
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?
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Chess, Strategy, Board Game, Turn-Based Tactics.

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?

ChessSnake
Chess... chess never changes. How much can you do?! It's time for something new - a combination of chess and snake!

Gigachess
Gigachess is a hero defense puzzler on a chess board. Command your party of Knights, Rooks & Bishops against the relentless Pawn onslaught!
Chess... chess never changes. How much can you do?! It's time for something new - a combination of chess and snake!
Why similar: Chess 53.6% ★, Board Game 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Tabletop 9.7%, Strategy 7.3%
Gigachess is a hero defense puzzler on a chess board. Command your party of Knights, Rooks & Bishops against the relentless Pawn onslaught!
Why similar: Chess 33.1% ★, Tabletop 11.5%, Tower Defense 10.5%, Board Game 9.6%, Procedural Generation 8.8%
Chex is a strategic board game currently based on Gliński's hexagonal variant of chess. Players must use their pieces to capture their opponent's king. The hexagonal board introduces new challenges and opportunities.
Why similar: Chess 59.6% ★, Board Game 14.4%, Tabletop 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Strategy 4.4%
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 57.5% ★, Board Game 10.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Tabletop 7.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.7%
Chess v Checkers is a mashup of two popular games Chess and Checkers. Play as either side on the game board through three distinct game modes.
Why similar: Chess 61.4% ★, Tower Defense 18.1%, Board Game 7.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.2%, Casual 3.4%
Caîssa Board is a graphical chess user interface that is evolving toward becoming an online chess club.
Why similar: Chess 56.9% ★, Board Game 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Tabletop 10.1%, Strategy 7.6%
Enter the mafia underworld of 2D Chess, where animals take on the roles of mob bosses. Play 10+0 minute games online on the Lichess server. Analyze your moves with Stockfish. Checkmate with style in this captivating cartel-themed chess adventure!
Why similar: Chess 60.6% ★, Board Game 12.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.9%, Strategy 8.7%, Casual 4.6%
A new-age chess game combined with math. Free to play with your bro offline, your friends or any players online.
Why similar: Chess 50.6% ★, Board Game 12.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.7%, Tabletop 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%
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 61% ★, Board Game 8.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Strategy 8%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.1%
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 45.9% ★, Board Game 13.6%, Tabletop 10.4%, Strategy 8.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%
It took 2,000 years for someone to make chess better! The most challenging game on earth comes to life in Battle Chess. An entire medieval world at war is reflected on the checkered field. Everyone who's ever had a knight take a pawn has seen that capture as more than one piece replacing another on the board.
Why similar: Chess 53.7% ★, Board Game 20.1%, Tabletop 14.6%, Strategy 8.7%, Casual 2.9%
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 62.6% ★, Board Game 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%, Strategy 8.5%, Isometric 5.3%
Cute Chess is all the fun of regular chess but with cute little characters, scene designs and music to make the game even more fun. Improve your chess skills by practising against computers with a range of different difficulties or take your skills online and compete against friends.
Why similar: Chess 61.7% ★, Board Game 12.8%, Tabletop 9.2%, Strategy 8.2%, Casual 4.1%
This project was inspired by Oats Jenkins' video on Youtube titled "I Made a BETTER Chess". In their video, they revised the pieces and rules. This project is that idea, turned into a video game!
Why similar: Chess 53.5% ★, Board Game 12.9%, Tabletop 11.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Strategy 5.3%
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 53.7% ★, Board Game 13.1%, Strategy 8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.6%
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 59.3% ★, Board Game 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.1%, Strategy 5.5%
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!
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 62.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Procedural Generation 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Strategy 4.4%
Study piece movements, checkmate conditions and tactics; learn Janggi inside out! Solve endgame puzzles and play against AI opponents, perfecting your Janggi strategy.
Why similar: Chess 62.2% ★, Board Game 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Top-Down 2.6%
A colorful chess roguelike! Engage in dopaminergic, cinematic strategy while you fulfill a chess power fantasy - your pieces gain abilities as you construct a juiced up roster capable of surviving the onslaught! Only - seven mysterious prismatic kings stand before you and the one true crown...
Why similar: Chess 63.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Board Game 8.9%, Tabletop 8.8%, Strategy 6.1%
Play with living, battling characters! Combat Chess takes the basic chess game and adds an imaginative element for players. Beautifully done in rendered 3D graphics, Combat Chess adds stunning animation sequences during gameplay.
Why similar: Chess 62.4% ★, Board Game 10.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%, Tabletop 7.4%, Strategy 5.5%
3D Chess Online combines the magical world of chess with a modern and three-dimensional experience! Determine your strategy and fight against your opponents worldwide in this simulator equipped with realistic graphics.
Why similar: Chess 53.2% ★, Tabletop 13.5%, Board Game 13.3%, Strategy 6.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.2%
If regular chess has become stale and you're looking for a unique, new challenge, Chess++ is the game for you! Play a game against the AI in a chess board with 3 dimensions, new movesets, and new rules.
Why similar: Chess 64.9% ★, Board Game 16.1%, Strategy 12.6%, Casual 6.4%
GoblinChess is a new type of chess game where we introduce ten different magical cards to the gameplay, and some chaos if you want. You can play online or against the built in robot.
Why similar: Chess 54.7% ★, Board Game 14.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.5%, Strategy 9.3%, Tabletop 9.2%
Try Boardfall for free! 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.
Why similar: Chess 45.1% ★, Procedural Generation 10.7%, Board Game 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%, Tabletop 6.8%
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 62.8% ★, Board Game 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Strategy 7.7%, Top-Down 2.4%
A chess arcade game where you play against the strongest chess engine in the world.
Why similar: Chess 80.8% ★, Arcade 10%, Strategy 7.7%, 2D 1.4%
Not a chess. It is a war strategy. Tamerlane Chess is the digital version of the board Timur used to shape his battlefield tactics. With a larger board, unique pieces, and deep strategy, every move demands the mindset of a true commander.
Why similar: Chess 52.9% ★, Board Game 12.1%, Tabletop 11%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%, Strategy 6.7%
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 63.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11%, Tabletop 8.6%, Strategy 6.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.4%
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 78.9% ★, Tabletop 13.9%, Strategy 6.1%, Indie 1%
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 63.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Strategy 8.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.4%
Save the forest in this improved version of chess with new boards with obstacles and power-ups.
Why similar: Chess 60.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Tabletop 8.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.1%, Strategy 6%
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 64.2% ★, Board Game 9.5%, Strategy 8.7%, Tabletop 7.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.6%
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 61.1% ★, Board Game 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Strategy 10.8%, 2D 1.2%
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 60.9% ★, Board Game 12.5%, Strategy 8.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.4%
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 72.3% ★, Board Game 16.7%, Strategy 9.4%, 2D 1.7%
Play chess online, vs AI, or vs a local player in our clean 2D and 2.5D chess game. Play against any of your Steam friends, even if they dont own the game.
Why similar: Chess 53.9% ★, Board Game 11.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, 2.5D 7.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%
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 46.1% ★, Tabletop 11.8%, Board Game 10.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, 2.5D 6.7%
Introducing Chess Ultra; the most breathtaking chess game ever made. Experience stunning 4K visuals, seamless online multiplayer, Grandmaster approved AI and full VR compatibility.
Why similar: Chess 51.6% ★, Board Game 13.1%, Tabletop 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%, Strategy 6.8%
Chess Defense is a strategy tower defense game where chess pieces become your towers.
Why similar: Chess 62.4% ★, Tower Defense 20.7%, Strategy 8.6%, Casual 3.3%, Top-Down 2.7%
Warriors clash in an epic chess battle where the fallen can be revived through the King’s Mana! Choose your battlefield, I mean your board, craft your ultimate strategy, harness your Mana, and defeat your enemy to claim glory!
Why similar: Chess 51.8% ★, Board Game 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Isometric 6.6%
A new outlook on the classic strategy game, battle your way to winning.
Why similar: Chess 65.8% ★, Board Game 12.3%, Strategy 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.8%, Casual 3.1%
Infernal Chess is a dark fantasy chess game set in the fiery depths of hell. Battle on a volcanic chessboard with creature-themed pieces and master strategic gameplay as you navigate the intense atmosphere of the inferno!
Why similar: Chess 51.3% ★, Board Game 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, Tabletop 8.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
There are NO TURNS in this wild version of Chess! Pieces move across the board in real-time, so you'll need to think fast to protect your King!
Why similar: Chess 64.5% ★, Board Game 15.1%, Strategy 7.6%, Arcade 7.4%, Tabletop 5.3%
Welcome to the Chess Game of Tomorrow!
Why similar: Chess 56.5% ★, Board Game 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Strategy 7.4%, Tabletop 4%
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 63.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Board Game 8.5%, Strategy 5.6%
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 57.9% ★, Board Game 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%, Strategy 6.9%
A casual puzzle played with 4 sided chits with a swords or a shield on an edge played on a classic chess board. when chits clash they may rotate or capture the other, your objective is to capture the crown chits, there are 4 on both sides.
Why similar: Chess 66.3% ★, Board Game 20.6%, Strategy 9.5%, Casual 3.6%
Chess on hexagonal field with local play, online multiplayer & against AI. Based on Gliński's chess variant.
Why similar: Chess 55.2% ★, Board Game 13%, Tabletop 11.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%
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 70.2% ★, Strategy 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.8%, Casual 3.7%
Vantageous is a competitive board game, where you have to strategize your piece placement, stack your pieces to increase their range and outsmart your opponent. You can play on the same device, online or against the computer! Play against your friends or challenge the rank ladder!
Why similar: Chess 48.1% ★, Tabletop 13.1%, Board Game 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.8%
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 62.3% ★, Strategy 10.9%, Board Game 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.4%
The world's most popular board game enhanced with unique pieces, various maps and new game modes. Experience gorgeous graphics, engaging campaign, challenging puzzles and diverse battles.
Why similar: Chess 58.8% ★, Board Game 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%, Strategy 5.8%
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 55.4% ★, Strategy 19.3%, Board Game 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%, Casual 1.5%
A playable Chess board that visualizes where each piece can go and what every move does
Why similar: Chess 56.5% ★, Board Game 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%, Strategy 5.3%
A turn-based tactical game in the style of chess, with roguelike elements, where you command a fleet in dynamic strategic battles to break humanity's cycle of defeat.
Why similar: Chess 59.2% ★, Board Game 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Strategy 4.2%
Master Xiangqi anytime! Thrilling games, custom boards & challenging AI.
Why similar: Chess 63.4% ★, Board Game 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Strategy 6.9%, Casual 3.6%
Play classic chess against girls who tease, provoke, and challenge you.
Why similar: Chess 63.4% ★, Board Game 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.3%, Strategy 6.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.4%