- #1 Back Rank Chess
67% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Nocky
Windows · Mac
Do you like the Endgame in chess? Here's a brand new chess variant! Defend the back rank against the onslaught of enemy pawns. Easy to learn , advanced artificial intelligence , 66 hand-crafted stages.
Why similar: Chess 60.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Strategy 8.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.3%, Tactical 5.6%
- #2 King's Hand
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Anomie Game Studio
Windows
King's Hand is a turn-based, roguelike battler that fuses the strategy of chess with deckbuilding and a dash of chaos. Face increasingly challenging waves of tactical chess gameplay with a twist!
Why similar: Chess 68.3% ★, Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.1%, PvE 1.9%
- #3 Chess Corp
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Piotr Dul
Windows
ChessCorp - an indie puzzle game that takes you to a pixel art world to solve the mystery of your existence. Tackle AI-generated chess puzzles, develop your own thinking machine, and win the Grand Tournament. This is the only way.
Why similar: Chess 63.6% ★, Strategy 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Tactical 6.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.5%
- #4 Checkmate Challenge
66% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Erik Fast
Windows
A chess arcade game where you play against the strongest chess engine in the world.
Why similar: Chess 82.2% ★, Strategy 11.6%, Tactical 4.2%, 2D 1.9%
- #5 Global Chess
65% match9 user reviews60% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Joseph Kinsella
Windows
A chess-based global conquest game
Why similar: Grand Strategy 23.4% ★, Chess 23% ★, Wargame 17.7%, Strategy 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%
- #6 Passant: A Chess Roguelike
63% matchVery Positive80% of 334 reviews2025
Dev: Marc Makes Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Passant is a chess roguelike that changes all the rules. Progress through challenging rounds while collecting powerful pieces and game-changing items to seize victory.
Why similar: Chess 68.6% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.8%, Choices Matter 1.6%
- #7 The Rookery
63% matchVery Positive96% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: Glyder Games
Windows · Mac
An exciting and fast-paced chess roguelite, full of ridiculous abilities! Explode your opponent's pieces, spawn queens all over the board, move twice in a row... But watch out for the bosses, who have crazy powers of their own!
Why similar: Chess 65.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Strategy 8.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%, Tactical 6.2%
- #8 MetaChess
63% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: MetaChess
Windows · Mac
MetaChess is chess that lets you build your own army and rewrite the board. With alternate roles for every piece, it creates billions of new possible games possibilities. No more memorized openings, no more solved meta. Every decision matters. Outdraft, outthink, and outplay your opponent.
Why similar: Chess 65.5% ★, Strategy 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.9%, Tactical 4.4%
- #9 Divinity Chess
65% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Divinity Sky
Windows · Mac
Divinity Chess stands at the forefront of chess interfaces, offering an immersive 3D experience and full integration with powerful analytic engines like Stockfish. With a vast database of grandmaster games, players can explore the depths of chess history to hone their skills.
Why similar: Chess 64.9% ★, Grand Strategy 22% ★, Strategy 13.1%
- #10 Chess of Doom
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: New Dawn Interactive
Windows
Chess of doom is a chess-based roguelike where you're outnumbered at every turn. Harness the dungeon's power to battle enemy hordes, familiar and strange. Die, learn, master, conquer!
Why similar: Chess 66.4% ★, Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Procedural Generation 3.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.1%
- #11 Backstabbing King
62% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Flown
Windows
Strategize your way through a variety of encounters, each with various twists. Kill all of the other pieces on the board through night and day until only the two kings remain.
Why similar: Chess 64.6% ★, Strategy 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.1%, PvE 3.3%
- #12 Grandmaster's Revenge
63% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Two in One
Windows
They say one person in the field is not a warrior. And what if this one is called to fight by the White Grandmaster himself, endowed with super powers and even the ground on which he steps helps him. Find out in the new skirmish of the Grandmasters and regain control over all the clans of Whitehills
Why similar: Chess 69.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.6%, Strategy 7.1%, Procedural Generation 4.4%
- #13 ChessSnake
63% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HowDeerYou
Windows
Chess... chess never changes. How much can you do?! It's time for something new - a combination of chess and snake!
Why similar: Chess 65.8% ★, Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%, Minimalist 4.5%
- #14 The Chess
61% matchMostly Positive80% of 93 reviews2025
Dev: NowakGames
Windows
The ChessThemed Chess offers a relaxing, minimalist chess experience with multiple boards, piece sets, AI opponents, and multiplayer. Play in 3D or 2D, learn the game’s history, and explore RPG-themed DLC. Free to Play – Download now and enjoy endless strategy!
Why similar: Chess 36.8% ★, Grand Strategy 23% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Strategy 8.9%, War 7.3%
- #15 Chessemble
62% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Giga Glitch
Windows
Customize your board with a host of new pieces. Start with an aggressive forward assault, Or perhaps a defensive fortress designed to weather the storm. Will you outwit, outmanoeuvre, or out-explode your way to victory?
Why similar: Chess 60.8% ★, Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Tactical 6.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.6%
- #16 Advancing Chess
63% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LeviathanStasis
Windows · Linux
Experience the beloved game of chess in ways never before seen! Starting with just your King and a Pawn, you’ll strategically assemble your board with pieces of your choice. But be warned, you’ll be facing off against boards uniquely crafted by other players, there’s no telling what to expect!
Why similar: Chess 67.6% ★, Strategy 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.5%, Tactical 2.8%
- #17 Chess of Fortune
63% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: devOfFortune
Windows
A unique and casual chess experience with new rules and luck-based mechanics which requires fresh strategies, tactics, and ingenuity to conquer.
Why similar: Chess 59.6% ★, Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.7%, Minimalist 4.5%
- #18 EcoChess
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Timeless Ideas
Windows
Save the forest in this improved version of chess with new boards with obstacles and power-ups.
Why similar: Chess 64.5% ★, Strategy 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%, Tactical 5.6%
- #19 Auto Battle Royale
63% matchMixed59% of 34 reviews2019
Dev: ByKing
Windows
Kill or run away, and the last survivor is the winner!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 59.9%, Battle Royale 21.9% ★, Strategy 16.2%, Indie 2%
- #20 Pieces of the Kingdom
62% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Birdworks
Windows · Mac
What if Chess…was a roguelite? Assemble your party and battle your way across a broken kingdom in a fantastical, tactical take on Chess. Loot epic gear, recruit powerful pieces with unique abilities, and strategize your way to victory.
Why similar: Chess 70.1% ★, Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 2.4%, PvP 1.7%
- #21 Fritz Chess 14
63% matchMostly Positive71% of 122 reviews2014
Dev: ChessBasePub: Viva Media
Windows
FRITZ CHESS 14! The Ultimate Chess SoftwarePlay against FRITZ or play online at FRITZ CHESS 14 is the most comprehensive chess program in the world. Whether you are new to the game or a Grandmaster, FRITZ 14 is suitable for all skill levels!
Why similar: Chess 90.5% ★, Strategy 9.5%
- #22 Fritz Chess 17 Steam Edition
62% matchMixed67% of 81 reviews2020
Dev: ChessBase GmbH
Windows
At the turn of the century, Fritz fascinated the chess world with victories over Garry Kasparov and then-reigning World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. The "most popular chess program" offers you everything you will need as a dedicated chess enthusiast.
Why similar: Chess 77.2% ★, Strategy 14.9%, Tactical 5.5%, 2D 2.4%
- #23 Mini Battlegrounds
62% matchMixed65% of 591 reviews2018
Dev: IOA Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Mini Battlegrounds is a multiplayer last-man-standing battle royale full of adrenaline-packed combat! With simple controls, this game is easy to pick up for new players, while maintaining a high skill cap to entertain the seasoned veterans of the genre.
Why similar: Battle Royale 49.6% ★, Massively Multiplayer 36.9%, Strategy 12.2%, Indie 1.3%
- #24 Chess Empire
60% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Blue Alpaca Games
Windows
A new kind of chess where you earn gold each turn to buy units and upgrade them with unique abilities. Fog of war hides enemy positions unless your pieces are close enough.
Why similar: Chess 50.6% ★, Wargame 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Strategy 8.6%, Tactical 6.5%
- #25 Chess Nuke
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Duwit
Windows
A Chess Roguelike where you combine your pieces to build a NUKE and annihilate the enemy Boss.
Why similar: Chess 63.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Strategy 7.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.2%, Wargame 5.2%
- #26 Lilith's Game
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TikoPub: Tiko Developments
Windows
Face the demon queen Lilith in high-stakes, asymmetrical chess matches. Capture all of her pieces, EXCEPT ONE! Carefully sacrifice your own pieces, use special items, and outthink Lilith’s unpredictable moves to gain the upper hand.
Why similar: Chess 70.3% ★, Strategy 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%, PvE 3.3%
- #27 BOT.vinnik Chess: Legendary Queens
59% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Deep Green GamesPub: Abyssal Studios
Windows
Do you think chess is a man's game, comrade? THINK AGAIN! The Soviet Queens are here to crush your ego and show you true elegance on the board. Enroll NOW!
Why similar: Chess 68% ★, Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Minimalist 4.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.3%
- #28 老虎游戏-tiger casino&slot game
62% matchMixed48% of 44 reviews2018
Dev: 上海信虎文化传播有限公司
Windows
"Tiger game" is a very fun small fresh beauty leisure entertainment chess and card mobile game. The game is simple, easy to play, fast-paced, and suitable for young and old. "Tiger game" introduces the current technology and supports one click login, which saves a long time for players to register.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 51.8%, Chess 29.3% ★, Strategy 16.9%, Indie 2%
- #29 攻城.三国.志
59% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: 問鼎九州工作室
Windows · Mac
以一种全新的真实视角,纵览全局,带你重回乱世三国之中,经营城池,招兵买马,率领亲自招募的武将征战沙场,和千万玩家一起,在三国真实地图上,攻城掠地,一统天下!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 41.3%, Strategy 13.2%, Grand Strategy 12.8% ★, Wargame 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #30 Minds of Nations
60% matchMixed67% of 564 reviews2023
Dev: OmnemPub: Soul Playing Games
Windows
Grand Strategy Game. How does reincarnation affect the evolution of a state ? Control the material well-being of your country with a backbone of spiritual growth. Religion. Economy. Diplomacy. War. Souls. Karma. Ideology. Tech. Stories. Single-Player. MMO.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 63.4%, Strategy 19%, Grand Strategy 12.7% ★, Wargame 2.7%, Indie 2.1%
- #31 Strike Chess
60% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CodingWithKantecki
Windows · Mac
Strike Chess is a competitive simultaneous turn strategy game that reimagines chess with hidden move selection and rotating powerup cards. Both players move at the same time, and every three turns a random card alters tactics, creating fast, unpredictable matches built on strategy and timing.
Why similar: Chess 54.4% ★, Strategy 14.6%, Wargame 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.5%
- #32 Four Kings One War
61% matchMixed54% of 192 reviews2021
Dev: StaplesVR
Windows · Mac
Four Kings One War is a 1 or 2 player strategy game inspired by chess. Each player controls two armies as though they were one and get's two moves per turn. This opens up guerrilla style tactics and hidden attacks. This is strategy for the modern mind, outside the 64th square.
Why similar: Chess 59% ★, Strategy 30.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Indie 0.9%
- #33 King-Dom
63% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: maddma
Windows
A two-player online (choose an opponent from your Steam friends list) Chess, in an edgeless landscape called "Kingland", with upgrades.
Why similar: Chess 65.3% ★, Strategy 33.3%, Indie 1.4%
- #34 Glow Chess
61% matchNegative8% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: 13-lab
Windows · Mac · Linux
Immortal classic - a game that has been for many thousands of years - Chess - comes back in a new form, now with neon lights!
Why similar: Chess 47.8% ★, Massively Multiplayer 27.9%, Strategy 8.7%, Minimalist 4.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.4%
- #35 Gender Neutral Chess
59% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Bhelpuri Boyz
Windows
A chess variant where you can transform pieces on the fly to add excitement to the classic game.
Why similar: Chess 81.4% ★, Strategy 16.6%, PvP 2.1%
- #36 Let's Learn Shogi
60% matchMostly Positive77% of 30 reviews2020
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
From piece movements, to drops, promotion and strategic formations, you'll learn Shogi inside out! Play against a wide variety of AI opponents, developing your Shogi playing style.
Why similar: Chess 67.8% ★, Strategy 17.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.3%, Minimalist 5.2%, 2D 1.9%
- #37 九劫曲:诅咒之地 NineTrials Test Server
61% matchMixed53% of 283 reviews2019
Dev: 深圳市爱玩游戏科技有限公司
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 26.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
There are immortals everywhere in Shenzhou. One day, A curse comes. The cursed people will have a mark on their body, known as "indescribable mark". Until the full moon night, the cursed person will be inhaled into the alien world. Players play one of the immortals and start their own journey to survive.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 70.4%, Battle Royale 29.6% ★
- #38 Hang The Kings
60% matchMostly Positive77% of 65 reviews2019
Dev: Minimol Games
Windows · Mac
Hang The Kings is a chess-inspired puzzle game. Capture all pieces of the same color before eliminating its King.
Why similar: Chess 66.8% ★, Strategy 25.3%, Minimalist 7.9%
- #39 Waves of Chess
57% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: Amusing Noodle Games
Windows
A roguelike chess game where players see how far one set of pieces will take them. A short, run based game that respects the classic, but with a few fun twists. Compete against friends and the world on the leaderboards, how far will you go?
Why similar: Chess 76.3% ★, Strategy 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.3%, 2D 2%
- #40 Chess Visualized
58% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: The Lunar Carver
Windows
A playable Chess board that visualizes where each piece can go and what every move does
Why similar: Chess 62.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Strategy 8.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%, Minimalist 3.8%
- #41 Battle Royale: Survivors 究极求生:大逃杀
61% matchMixed45% of 552 reviews2018
Dev: momoStorm Entertainment
Windows
Battle Royale: Survivors is a last-man-standing top down shooter pvp survival game. Players are taken as prisoners and thrown to an abandoned island. Players must fight with whatever they can find on the island. Whoever survivals to be the last lone survivor wins the game.
Why similar: Battle Royale 48.2% ★, Massively Multiplayer 40.3%, Strategy 10.5%, Indie 1.1%
- #42 Die pig die
61% matchMostly Negative33% of 317 reviews2018
Dev: Vector bundle
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 21%
Die pig die Battle Royale is a multiplayer's online game where 16 players will have to carry out certain missions before jump to the battlefield of Battle Royale. A frenetic and tense round that will end up with only one player standing up the ground.
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 50.9%, Battle Royale 47.7% ★, Indie 1.3%
- #43 Chess: Definitive Edition
57% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Aphoenicis
Windows
A new patch just dropped for the ancient game of Chess. The Definitive Edition adds new pieces, chaotic cards, and modernized rules. Reshape the board and bring down the enemy Kings, heirs, and pretenders. Master the first major update in centuries.
Why similar: Chess 74.3% ★, Strategy 14.9%, Tactical 3.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.6%, PvP 2.9%
- #44 Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Checkmate
Windows
A tactical roguelike role-playing game based in the original thousand-year classic, Chess
Why similar: Chess 60.3% ★, Tactical RPG 14.1%, Strategy 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.2%
- #45 Clan War Chess
58% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Black Eye Creations
Windows
Clan War Chess is visually striking with immersive gameplay with custom chess pieces. Each map has its own design theme. There are animated and traditional chess pieces and can be played against AI or battle it out with your friends!
Why similar: Chess 44.1% ★, Grand Strategy 19.7% ★, Wargame 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Strategy 7.7%
- #46 Unknown Surge
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Just Play GamesPub: Mind Reader Studios
Windows
First MMO FPS Game from Bangladesh
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 71.2%, Battle Royale 26.2% ★, Indie 2.6%
- #47 Boardfall
57% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Follow the fun
Windows
Progressively harder waves of enemies fall from the sky. Capture them to earn gold, and then purchase your own reinforcements to drop onto the board. 10 brand new chess pieces to master. How many waves can you survive?
Why similar: Chess 68.4% ★, Strategy 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%, Procedural Generation 5.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.2%
- #48 TOTAL ZUGZWANG
58% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LOKUST AZUL LIMITED
Windows
This is Chess on a conveyor belt -- an ingenious roguelike, melding tactical strategy and explosive action! Deal with a mind-bending scrolling board that pulls towards you relentless waves of foes and perils. Prepare for their violent collision with your pieces. Prepare for TOTAL ZUGZWANG.
Why similar: Chess 52.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Strategy 8.8%, Tactical 7.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%
- #49 SGS Battle For: Fort Donelson
58% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Strategy Game StudioPub: Avalon Digital
Windows · Mac
Fight the first decisive battle of the U.S. Civil War. Lead the Union force as General Grant to seize the key forts on the Cumberland, or play the Confederate defenders to maintain the gate to the South closed.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 32.2% ★, Strategy 18.9%, Wargame 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%
- #50 Mobile Soldiers: Plastic Army
59% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2022
Dev: Ecliptec Mobile Ltd.
Windows
Get ready to embark on a thrilling journey down memory lane, with Mobile Soldiers: Plastic Army, bringing the beloved childhood table-top game to life in a new 3D experience that fits in your pocket. Brace yourself for fun that combines nostalgia with the excitement of mobile gaming!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 27.3% ★, Wargame 18.6%, Strategy 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.8%
- #51 Let's Learn Xiangqi (Chinese Chess)
59% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Dr. Cyril Splutterworth
Windows
Study piece movements, checkmate conditions and tactics; learn Xiangqi inside out! Play against a wide variety of AI opponents, developing your Xiangi playing style.
Why similar: Chess 72.5% ★, Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%, Minimalist 4.7%, 2D 1.9%
- #52 Chess 2: The Sequel
60% matchMixed48% of 117 reviews2014
Dev: Ludeme Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 92.9 hrs≥1hr: 15%
The next step in the evolution of chess tuned for more viable options, strategic interest, and years and years of expert play.
Why similar: Chess 88.7% ★, Strategy 10.2%, Indie 1.1%
- #53 Infestation: Battle Royale
59% matchMixed49% of 336 reviews2020
Dev: Fredaikis ABPub: OP Productions LLC
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Infestation: Battle Royale is a free-to-play, zombie-infested Battle Royale game. Fight in groups of 3 or solo until only one team remains standing. Discover a wide selection of maps, guns and customizations. Join in and let the good memories come back in this massively revamped all-time classic!
Why similar: Massively Multiplayer 53.8%, Battle Royale 44.3% ★, Indie 1.8%