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

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?

MetaChess
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.

Crounds
Crounds is a online PvP chess roguelike where you draft game breaking upgrades to create devastating combos and disrupt your opponents plans. After key points in the game players take turns to pick upgrades that define their strategy.
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 44.4% ★, Board Game 12.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.9%, PvP 8.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.5%
Crounds is a online PvP chess roguelike where you draft game breaking upgrades to create devastating combos and disrupt your opponents plans. After key points in the game players take turns to pick upgrades that define their strategy.
Why similar: Chess 44% ★, PvP 9.7%, Deckbuilding 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%, Strategy 6.9%
A new-age chess game combined with math. Free to play with your bro offline, your friends or any players online.
Why similar: Chess 43.5% ★, Board Game 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, PvP 8.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%
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 44.1% ★, Board Game 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Strategy 8.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%
Master Xiangqi anytime! Thrilling games, custom boards & challenging AI.
Why similar: Chess 48% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Board Game 11.4%, PvP 8.8%, 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 51.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Board Game 8.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Deckbuilding 7%
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
Why similar: Chess 39.2% ★, Board Game 12.3%, Deckbuilding 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
Command history on a chessboard. Unique piece stats shape your strategy, while dynamic Board Effects can turn the battle in an instant. Create custom matches, challenge your friends, and experiment with different piece sets to fight your way.
Why similar: Chess 37.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Board Game 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Strategy 8.1%
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 50.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Tactical 9.1%, Board Game 8%
secretly the most overpowered game in existence
Why similar: Chess 34.8% ★, Deckbuilding 17.1%, Tactical 11.2%, PvP 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%
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 56.5% ★, Deckbuilding 11.5%, Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.7%
RanaRangam reimagines chess as a tactical battle of health, attacks, and step-by-step commands. Instead of instant captures, pieces can be commanded to any valid tile and then advance one step per turn, turning movement, combat, and board control into a deeper tactical battle.
Why similar: Chess 39.6% ★, Board Game 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Tactical 8.6%
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 52.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, PvP 8.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%, Strategy 6.9%
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 55.2% ★, Board Game 13.6%, Strategy 10.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10%, Casual 4.5%
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 47.3% ★, Board Game 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, PvP 7.2%
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 60.3% ★, Board Game 16.4%, Strategy 10%, Tactical 8.1%, 2D 2.6%
A turn-based strategy board game for 2 or 4 players, with online and local multiplayer. Command soldiers, towers, and kings to outmaneuver your opponent and capture their king or claim their corner.
Why similar: Chess 41.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Board Game 12%, Strategy 7.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%
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 54.1% ★, Board Game 9.4%, Strategy 9.4%, PvP 8.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.8%
Chess... chess never changes. How much can you do?! It's time for something new - a combination of chess and snake!
Why similar: Chess 52.7% ★, Board Game 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%
A playable Chess board that visualizes where each piece can go and what every move does
Why similar: Chess 46.1% ★, Board Game 12.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, PvP 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
Save the forest in this improved version of chess with new boards with obstacles and power-ups.
Why similar: Chess 51.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Tactical 8.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.4%, Strategy 6.5%
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 40% ★, Board Game 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, PvP 6.4%
A roguelike chess strategy game where chess pieces evolve into powerful forms, gaining unique abilities and devastating synergies across ever-changing boards.
Why similar: Chess 41.1% ★, Deckbuilding 13%, Board Game 11%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.7%, Tactical 7.8%
A new outlook on the classic strategy game, battle your way to winning.
Why similar: Chess 56.5% ★, Board Game 12.5%, Strategy 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%, Turn-Based Combat 4.3%
Eonica Chess Battle is an auto-battler game, mixing together elements of the classic chess game with elements from the fantasy fiction world.
Why similar: Chess 35.3% ★, Deckbuilding 12%, Tactical 9.9%, Board Game 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%
Chess: The Grand Strategy Game - Your Pocket Edition for Mastery and Fun!
Why similar: Chess 34.1% ★, Board Game 21.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.6%, PvP 9.2%, Casual 7.1%
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 49.9% ★, Board Game 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Strategy 4.5%
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 55.7% ★, Tactical 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Strategy 9.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%
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 61% ★, Board Game 17.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Restore peace — one piece at a time. Start a rebellion with a handful of loyalists in this chess roguelike, and grow your army as you free a war-torn kingdom. Gain banners that bend the rules and build devastating synergies as you race to topple a tyrant before his army returns!
Why similar: Chess 47.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Board Game 9.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%, Strategy 6.8%
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 57% ★, Board Game 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%, Strategy 10.6%, 2D 2.5%
Chess, but continuous! Avalog is a free game for playing analog chess with others, either locally or online. As well as a 'classic' mode, there is a 'draft' mode, where players pick pieces from 5 different factions.
Why similar: Chess 47% ★, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Board Game 12.5%, Strategy 7.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.1%
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 55.6% ★, Board Game 15.1%, Strategy 7.4%, Tactical 5.7%, PvP 4.8%
Solve more than 3.000.000 chess puzzles and fight an AI which is challenging for beginners and pros. Unlock different startign positions to give your chess game a new twist. All that in the style of famous 90s JRPGs.
Why similar: Chess 40.9% ★, Board Game 12.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Tactical 8.7%
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 56.4% ★, Board Game 10.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, PvP 7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7%
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 56.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Board Game 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Strategy 7.1%
Reversi - A Board Game of Strategy and Tactics!
Why similar: Chess 25.9% ★, Board Game 20%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Strategy 13.4%, PvP 8.9%
Collect cards, build decks, and battle fierce opponents in Top Check, a roguelike deckbuilder and card game inspired by the classic game of chess. With many unique pieces and abilities, only the best strategists will emerge victorious. Do you have what it takes to reach the top?
Why similar: Chess 41.3% ★, Deckbuilding 13.9%, Board Game 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Tactical 6.4%
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 45.4% ★, Board Game 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, PvP 7%
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 49.6% ★, Board Game 15.3%, Strategy 10.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, PvP 6.6%
A turn-based tactical board game with card battler elements. Contains sandbox elements for you to build your own units, craft your own abilities and set your own game rules with a fully integrated editor.
Why similar: Chess 35.3% ★, Deckbuilding 11.6%, Board Game 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%
Monsters’ Gambits: Card tactics game with infinite strategies on random chess fields. Fuse more than 300 monsters for powerful beasts. Summon, attack, trap, and unleash special abilities for the ultimate strategic experience.
Why similar: Chess 34.6% ★, Deckbuilding 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, PvP 9.3%, Board Game 9%
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 54.5% ★, Board Game 13.3%, Strategy 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.4%
Relax, strategize, and master chess in a sleek 3D sci-fi world. Play against friends or other players online, or challenge smart AI.
Why similar: Chess 32.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Strategy 15.5%, PvP 9.2%
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 50.9% ★, Board Game 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, PvP 10.8%, Strategy 6.4%
Dive into Gomoku: The Classic Five in a Row!
Why similar: Chess 27.2% ★, Board Game 20%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.8%, Strategy 13.8%, PvP 9%
3D chess variants + Mana Chess deckbuilding. Weird boards, strange pieces, puzzles and mini-games — and a free demo available now.
Why similar: Chess 45.2% ★, Deckbuilding 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Board Game 9.9%, PvP 6.8%
Whether you're new to chess or a seasoned master, welcome to Chess Infinity—the art of timeless strategy. Immerse yourself in serene environments, sharpen your skills with an adaptive AI mentor, and connect with players worldwide. Embrace endless challenges that transcend eras and borders.
Why similar: Chess 50.4% ★, Board Game 15.5%, PvP 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.8%, Strategy 6.7%
Experience a 4K graphics strategy game with tactical depth, breadth, and challenge like nothing you have played before: the perfect mix of Chess, tactical setups and quests inpired by classic RPGs
Why similar: Chess 49.2% ★, Tactical 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Board Game 8.3%
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 54.8% ★, Strategy 12.2%, Board Game 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%
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 55% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Tactical 9.8%, Strategy 6.7%
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 57.7% ★, Board Game 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.6%, Strategy 9%, Top-Down 2.2%
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 60.7% ★, Board Game 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Strategy 10.5%, 2D 2.2%
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 41.7% ★, Board Game 11.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Tactical 10.2%, PvP 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 61.8% ★, Board Game 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Strategy 5.8%, Casual 1.9%
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 55.5% ★, Board Game 16.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Strategy 12.5%, 2D 2.1%
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 60.3% ★, Board Game 17.6%, Strategy 15%, Casual 6.4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Experience the thrill of playing Chess like never before with Chess Remix. Try out different versions of Chess from around the world, historic board games, modern variations or even create your own original games
Why similar: Chess 42.8% ★, Board Game 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.4%, Strategy 6.3%