Side Effect
Side Effect combines a game of chess with a roguelike experience. Experiment, discover combos, carve out your own path by expanding your spellbook and collecting artifacts. Lose, learn and try again.
Side Effect is an indie developed by Daegames Studio, released 12 May 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Side Effect is
Side Effect is an indie game developed by Daegames Studio and released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Side Effect combines a game of chess with a roguelike experience. Experiment, discover combos, carve out your own path by expanding your spellbook and collecting artifacts. Lose, learn and try again.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Side Effect launched on 12 May 2025, within three weeks of Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Elden Ring Nightreign and The Midnight Walk.
Released around the same time: Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Elden Ring Nightreign, The Midnight Walk.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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