
Chesscent is a pixel art turn-based strategy roguelite that blends classic chess with rule-breaking cards. Face impossible rivals, embrace defeat, and unlock new permanent abilities to change the outcome of the match.
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Chesscent is a pixel art turn-based strategy roguelite that blends classic chess with rule-breaking cards. Face impossible rivals, embrace defeat, and unlock new permanent abilities to change the outcome of the match.

Fritz Chess 17 Steam Edition
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.

Chess++
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.
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 66.5% ★, Board Game 15.5%, Strategy 11%, Tactical 4.7%, 2D 1.8%
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 61.8% ★, Board Game 15.4%, Strategy 15.3%, Casual 6.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
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 60.2% ★, Strategy 10.5%, Card Game 9.4%, Board Game 9%, Casual 4%
Unleash the fusion of classic Chess strategy and electrifying card game mechanics. Navigate a familiar board with the unpredictability of your card deck. Choose your moves, strategize your plays, and outwit opponents in this riveting blend of tactics and chance. Ready for the ultimate duel?
Why similar: Chess 46.9% ★, Trading Card Game 14.7% ★, Card Game 14.6%, Board Game 9.5%, Strategy 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 55.6% ★, Board Game 21%, Strategy 11.5%, Tabletop 8.5%, Casual 3.3%
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 63.9% ★, Strategy 10.7%, Board Game 9.3%, Roguelite 7.3%, Casual 3.8%
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 63.4% ★, Board Game 19.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Casual 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
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!
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 66.4% ★, Board Game 14%, Strategy 12.2%, Casual 5.5%, 2D 1.4%
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 55.4% ★, Board Game 14.6%, Card Game 12.2%, Strategy 12.1%, Tabletop 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 64.9% ★, Board Game 13.6%, Strategy 11%, Tabletop 5.4%, Casual 4.7%
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 67.3% ★, Board Game 16.4%, Tabletop 7.2%, Strategy 6.4%, Casual 2.1%
Shatranj Pro is a tactical chess puzzle game featuring 10,000 unique puzzles, 3 AI difficulty levels, and local 2-player mode. Solve challenging positions, improve your tactical vision, and progress through a massive chess puzzle experience at your own pace.
Why similar: Chess 79.8% ★, Strategy 14.4%, Casual 2.6%, 2D 2.1%, Singleplayer 1%
Play in the dark or under open skies. Sharp Chess is a clean, distraction-free chess experience — Stockfish AI, nature and dark themes. At home or on the go with Steam Deck.
Why similar: Chess 69.9% ★, Board Game 16.8%, Strategy 12.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 65.3% ★, Board Game 15.2%, Strategy 12.2%, Artificial Intelligence 5%, 2D 1.7%
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 65.3% ★, Board Game 9.3%, Roguelite 9%, Strategy 8%, Tabletop 5.1%
A chess arcade game where you play against the strongest chess engine in the world.
Why similar: Chess 83.1% ★, Strategy 10.2%, Tactical 4.3%, 2D 1.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
A cozy chess career simulation where every move matters. Shape your strategy with decision cards, rise through local tournaments, and work city jobs to build the life that supports your path to becoming a champion.
Why similar: Chess 56.8% ★, Card Game 13.2%, Trading Card Game 12.9% ★, Strategy 9.2%, Tactical 2.7%
Sans Issue is a 2D game mixing chess and card-deck building. Use cards to summon new pieces, move your pieces in new ways, and change the board's terrain. Earn new cards via the campaign, create custom decks using the deckbuilder, and play against your friends both locally and over Steam.
Why similar: Chess 60% ★, Card Game 15.9%, Board Game 8.7%, Strategy 8%, Tabletop 4.2%
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 67.9% ★, Board Game 14.4%, Strategy 11.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%, 2D 1.5%
Chess... chess never changes. How much can you do?! It's time for something new - a combination of chess and snake!
Why similar: Chess 63.5% ★, Board Game 13.4%, Strategy 11%, Tabletop 6.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%
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 64.1% ★, Roguelite 12.2%, Board Game 8.6%, Strategy 7.2%, Tactical 6%
A chess roguelike where the opponent shows you its moves. Gain Insight to unlock board-altering Techniques in a procedural skill tree and set up devastating traps Stockfish can’t see coming.
Why similar: Chess 64% ★, Roguelite 11%, Strategy 7.6%, Board Game 4.6%, Choices Matter 4.5%
A chess-based roguelike tactics game where you empower pieces with cards, build tag synergies, and shape each run through strategic choices.
Why similar: Chess 64.5% ★, Board Game 15.6%, Roguelite 12.4%, Strategy 6.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Caîssa Board is a graphical chess user interface that is evolving toward becoming an online chess club.
Why similar: Chess 66.4% ★, Board Game 13.8%, Strategy 11.3%, Tabletop 6.6%, 2D 1.4%
Thumper Chess is a free to play chess game with basic animated pieces. Better looking and more fun chess sets, maps, animations, etc... are available in cheap DLC content.
Why similar: Chess 56.7% ★, Board Game 21.4%, Strategy 18.9%, Casual 3%
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 65.6% ★, Board Game 15.8%, Strategy 7.8%, Tactical 4.4%, Choices Matter 2.3%
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 56.6% ★, Strategy 25.3%, Board Game 15.9%, Casual 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
The ultimate poker-infused chess derivative with deckbuilding, roguelike mechanics and minimal RNG! Go on a campaign run where strategic deckbuilding decisions matter or jump into an exhibition match against an AI/human opponent. Play a ranked match with a friend and climb the global leaderboards!
Why similar: Chess 47% ★, Card Game 12%, Board Game 10.9%, Roguelite 9.2%, Strategy 5.9%
Chess, but with wizards. Every piece has HP and Attack and spell cards bend the rules. Outplay a friend in hotseat, over LAN, or online and climb the leaderboard.
Why similar: Chess 58.9% ★, Board Game 12.3%, Card Game 10.2%, Strategy 7.6%, Tabletop 5.6%
A new outlook on the classic strategy game, battle your way to winning.
Why similar: Chess 69% ★, Board Game 13%, Strategy 12.6%, Casual 3.5%, 2D 1.2%
Combines chess with card games with basically 0 RNG mechanic.
Why similar: Trading Card Game 22.7% ★, Chess 21.3% ★, Card Game 20.2%, Board Game 17%, Strategy 9.7%
The sequel to Chess we've all been waiting for! Yes, that's right, 3D chess with Catgirls! Play online with a friend today! A highly refined game for the delight of your intellectual capacity.
Why similar: Chess 67.3% ★, Board Game 15.6%, Strategy 9%, Casual 4.5%, Tactical 3.6%
Experience K-CHESS OMEGA, the ultimate Korean Chess (Janggi) simulator featuring a cutting-edge, self-learning AI. Test your strategic limits against an intelligence that evolves with every move. From beginners to pros, prove your mastery on the board!
Why similar: Chess 43.6% ★, Board Game 20.2%, Strategy 17.2%, Artificial Intelligence 12.6%, Tactical 5.3%
chess simulator game
Why similar: Chess 75.9% ★, Board Game 14.2%, Tabletop 4.6%, Casual 4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Tactorius is a spell-driven chess roguelite. Summon pieces, rewrite movement, and warp the rules with 150+ spells across 7 escalating towers. No two runs play the same.
Why similar: Chess 68% ★, Strategy 16%, Roguelite 15.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Whether you’re a beginner or a veteran, this fully featured chess game from Capstone has all the tools and features you need to learn and master the game of chess. Challenge an opponent with five adjustable skill levels from beginner to grandmaster.
Why similar: Chess 54.5% ★, Board Game 14.5%, Strategy 8.1%, Tabletop 7.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
Think you know chess? Forget some of that. Rule House is a pawn chess adventure where every stage rewrites the game. Travel the globe and beyond, master an ever-changing board where new pieces, twisted variants, and cunning opponents keep you guessing from first move to last.
Why similar: Chess 62.1% ★, Board Game 15.7%, Strategy 10.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%, Choices Matter 2.7%
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 65.2% ★, Strategy 14.6%, Board Game 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%, Tactical 2.7%
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 68.8% ★, Strategy 12.2%, Tactical 7.4%, Artificial Intelligence 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 2.3%
TAKE YOUR CHESS GAME TO NEW LEVELS! Whether you're a beginner, club player or professional Grandmaster, FRITZ FOR FUN 13 has what you need!
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 69.7% ★, Board Game 13.3%, Strategy 8.8%, Tabletop 5.4%, Casual 1.8%
Play classic chess against girls who tease, provoke, and challenge you.
Why similar: Chess 65.5% ★, Board Game 15.2%, Strategy 8%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%, Casual 4.3%
Become a better chess player with learning by repetition. Exercise from 3.000+ opening lines and discover their best continuation. Learn tactics from millions of puzzles split into 38 categories and 11 difficulty levels. Master 18.000+ endgame positions sorted by category and difficulty.
Why similar: Chess 69.7% ★, Board Game 14.6%, Strategy 12.8%, Choices Matter 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 69.7% ★, Board Game 16.5%, Strategy 10.6%, Tabletop 3.2%
Chessferatu is a chess opening training game where you study, battle, and improve by playing real opening lines against themed opponents, then keep fighting when theory ends with live move evaluation and engine refutations.
Why similar: Chess 71.7% ★, Board Game 17.5%, Casual 4%, Strategy 2.7%, Choices Matter 2.2%
Save the forest in this improved version of chess with new boards with obstacles and power-ups.
Why similar: Chess 66.1% ★, Strategy 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, Tactical 5.7%, Board Game 5.7%
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 66.4% ★, Board Game 16.4%, Strategy 15%, 2D 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
The chess roguelike deckbuilder. Solo Chess is a cozy strategy game where you play chess-themed cards on a 3×3 grid, trigger piece effects, and earn points through clever combos. Build your deck with pets and food to conquer waves of unique battles.
Why similar: Chess 49.8% ★, Card Game 16.8%, Board Game 13.6%, Roguelite 7.5%, Strategy 6.1%
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 61.8% ★, Board Game 15.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Casual 6.4%, Tactical 3.4%
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 62.8% ★, Board Game 15%, Roguelite 11.5%, Strategy 5.7%, Tactical 2.9%
Various board games based on chess, checkers and others on different boards.
Why similar: Chess 59.9% ★, Board Game 33%, Casual 7.1%
Chessformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer with Chess pieces. The goal in each level is to capture the opposing king, who is lazy and never moves, so don't worry about losing any pieces.
Why similar: Chess 70.4% ★, Board Game 16.3%, Strategy 8%, Casual 2.8%, 2D 1.9%
Master Xiangqi anytime! Thrilling games, custom boards & challenging AI.
Why similar: Chess 67.2% ★, Board Game 13.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Casual 4.2%, Tactical 3.9%
A clash of gods played over sixty four squares. Three rule sets share one board: a classical match of kings, a variant where you raise your host from a hand of cards, and a roguelike where every kill reshapes the killer.
Why similar: Chess 49.7% ★, Card Game 13.2%, Board Game 12.4%, Roguelite 10.6%, Strategy 7.6%
Master the Knight’s challenge! Move a knight across the 2D chessboard, visiting as many squares as possible within limited moves. Plan ahead, think like a strategist — are you a swift King or a true Knight?
Why similar: Chess 64.2% ★, Board Game 16.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Casual 5%, 2D 1.8%