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Forestress Shade

Forestress Shade is a strategy puzzle game that combines roguelike elements with chess. Command, battle, win, and acquire new animals. Control your animal army, defeat the approaching enemies, and venture to…

20 July 2026

Forestress Shade is an indie, released 20 July 2026 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Forestress Shade is

Forestress Shade was released in 2026. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Forestress Shade is a strategy puzzle game that combines roguelike elements with chess. Command, battle, win, and acquire new animals. Control your animal army, defeat the approaching enemies, and venture to the edge of the deadshade forest.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Forestress Shade launched on 20 July 2026, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Beast of Reincarnation, Halo: Campaign Evolved and Big Walk.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Beast of Reincarnation, Halo: Campaign Evolved, Big Walk.

Official trailer

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When did Forestress Shade come out?
Forestress Shade was released on 20 July 2026 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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