Checkmate Charmers is a 2D CG animated point-and-click game from Impy, made with an engine listed as Others. It casts you as the king's daughter, whose goal is to claim the crown while the king is missing. You move across chess-like boards, upgrade allied pieces, and use charm to overcome opponents. The design combines puzzle and strategy play with adult themes, including monster girl content.
The current build is v4, released July 26, 2025, for Windows, Linux, and Mac in English. It is uncensored. Development is ongoing. The v3 changelog adds eight events, three new animations for Kate, eight special tile types, reworked maps totaling twelve small and ten big boards, twelve new cards, dialogue sprites for summoned tokens, a gallery, and a save system. Movement options were broadened, summoning costs and some item costs were reduced, the knight card places its token diagonally, and a bishop capture event was moved to the bishop token.
Developer's description
The king is missing and his daughter has plans to steal the crown for herself! Make your way across a variety of puzzling boards, upgrade your allied chess pieces, and charm anyone who opposes your claim to the throne!
v4
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v3
New Additions
8 new events.
3 voyeurism animations for Kate. She will now be shown in all events in the castle.
8 special tile types that trigger different effects when stepped on.
All maps reworked, new maps added, for a new total of 12 small and 10 big maps.
12 new cards (same as last set with new targets)
Dialogue sprites and some capture dialogue for summonable tokens.
Gallery and a save system to keep track of unlocked events.
Other Changes
Summoning card for knight now places the token diagonally.
Movement for all tokens changed to offer more options.
Slightly reduced cost of token summoning cards and some items.
Moved the Bishop by Bishop capture event to your Bishop's token.
Some boards revised and extended by a tile, added support for 8 by 9 boards.
Fixed bug, pawn equipment now works as described.
Added an "end of game" warning for the final event in the castle.
v2
New Content
3 new events.
New castle area for item shopping and viewing events.
12 action cards that can be used in battle for a variety of effects.
Gameplay Changes
Victory rewards replaced by favor points. You still get a bonus for checkmates.
Inventory is now infinite. It will automatically expand by 4 slots every time it is filled.
Quality of Life Changes
Added item descriptions.
Play as long as you like. Game now ends only when you click the room that shows the final scene.
Game waits 1 frame before loading new maps or menus. (This seems to have helped to prevent a freezing bug in Finders).
v1
Initial release
