60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Chess, Strategy, Board Game, 2D.
It’s not chess...it’s better! COMBINE pieces as you play. New moves. New strategies. Create powerful hybrid pieces like the "Knook" by moving the Knight + Rook onto the same square. Then move as either piece. Face off with friends. Battle the AI. Beat the Grandmaster in the Deckbuilding Roguelike.
The Ouroboros King
The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes. Assemble a formidable army, discover powerful relics, and buy surprising gadgets to defeat the Coven.
Passant: A Chess Roguelike
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.
The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes. Assemble a formidable army, discover powerful relics, and buy surprising gadgets to defeat the Coven.
Why similar: Chess 38.8% ★, Difficult 13.2%, Board Game 11.3%, Roguelite 10.8%, Roguelike 8.4%
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 53% ★, Roguelike 10.4%, Board Game 7.5%, Roguelite 7.2%, Strategy 6.7%
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 51.8% ★, Board Game 12.2%, PvP 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 5%, Choices Matter 4.7%
Gambonanza is a tactical roguelike that sets chess pieces on a tiny board. Forget traditional chess and embrace the chaos of breaking the balance! Spend your money on rule-bending upgrades, board tiles and pieces. Experiment with illegal combinations and face off against iconic bosses!
Why similar: Chess 35.1% ★, Difficult 9.8%, Board Game 9%, Roguelite 7.8%, Roguelike 7.8%
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 45.9% ★, Roguelike 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Roguelite 7.5%, Board Game 7.4%
Outsmart the world's strongest chess engine, Stockfish. See its plan, then turn that plan against it, using abilities from a procedural skill tree in this turn-based strategy roguelike.
Why similar: Chess 51.6% ★, Roguelite 10.5%, Roguelike 9.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.2%
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 39.1% ★, Roguelite 10.1%, Roguelike 8.3%, Choices Matter 7.9%, Board Game 7.9%
Build an impossible army: knights that become unicorns, queens that cross the edges, phoenixes that rise again. Lead it through a roguelite Story of bosses, merchants and perks that bend the rules, then put it to the test online.
Why similar: Chess 40% ★, PvP 9.4%, Roguelike 9.3%, Board Game 9.2%, Roguelite 8.6%
Chess is the deck. Draft an army, march it through escalating sieges, and stack stratagems until one rook move scores like an avalanche. A score-chasing roguelike where every capture feeds the combo - and checkmate is the jackpot.
Why similar: Chess 47.8% ★, Roguelite 9.9%, Roguelike 7.3%, Board Game 6.2%, Deckbuilding 6.1%
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 41.5% ★, Difficult 9.6%, Board Game 9.5%, Roguelite 7.4%, Deckbuilding 7.1%
Olympiad Chess evolves classical chess into a unified 4v4 team sport. Across shared middle ranks, pieces migrate between boards to flank opponents and save teammates. A true multi-board competitive variant built to completely revolutionize FIDE team chess format!
Why similar: Chess 56.5% ★, Board Game 12.5%, PvP 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, Multiplayer 4.8%
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 54.4% ★, Roguelite 12.3%, Roguelike 7.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%, Board Game 7.1%
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 49.4% ★, PvP 11.2%, Deckbuilding 10.1%, Board Game 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.1%
Escape custom chess boards with your king while your opponent hunts you down. Play campaigns, solve puzzles, compete locally or ranked online, and build your own puzzles and campaigns in the editor.
Why similar: Chess 50.2% ★, Difficult 12.6%, Board Game 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.7%, Strategy 5.1%
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 57.2% ★, Roguelike 10.5%, PvP 10.1%, Multiplayer 6.1%, Strategy 5.6%
You know how the pieces move. You don't know how they die. A chess roguelike where every piece bleeds. Level them, perk them or lose them forever. Take the enemy King's head, or bleed their army dry. One path saves you. One damns you. Hell keeps score.
Why similar: Chess 65.8% ★, Board Game 10.9%, Roguelike 8%, Strategy 6.4%, PvP 6.4%
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 57.4% ★, Difficult 15.2%, Board Game 13%, Puzzle 6.4%, Strategy 4.9%
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 54.3% ★, PvP 9.8%, Deckbuilding 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%, Board Game 7.7%
The chess roguelite. Play game-changing cards, bend the rules, save your Queen, and escape from the dungeon.
Why similar: Chess 45.4% ★, Difficult 12.3%, Board Game 10.3%, Roguelike 10.1%, Deckbuilding 9.1%
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 58.8% ★, Board Game 9.4%, Retro 8.8%, PvP 7.9%, Strategy 5%
Mad Chess is a turn-based strategy game that vastly expands on the classic game of chess. Explore a colorful fantasy world, recruit up to 20 unique factions, fight-off an alien invasion in a single-player story mode or battle your friends online!
Why similar: Chess 45.1% ★, Difficult 12%, Board Game 11.6%, PvP 8.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.4%
Challenge 20 chess masters from around the world to duels across the board. Defeat them one by one, prove your skills, and fight your way to the top to become the ultimate CHECKBORNE Champion.
Why similar: Chess 61.2% ★, Board Game 13.6%, Strategy 8.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%, PvP 5.7%
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 53.3% ★, Board Game 11.6%, PvP 8.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%, Multiplayer 6.2%
A tactical roguelike role-playing game based in the original thousand-year classic, Chess
Why similar: Chess 50% ★, Roguelike 11%, Roguelite 10.8%, Board Game 9.5%, Medieval 6.2%
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 53.6% ★, Board Game 12.5%, Roguelite 11.6%, Roguelike 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%
Crounds is a fast-paced PvP chess roguelike. Choose a powerful King, draft game-breaking upgrades, and bend the traditional rules of chess to destroy your opponent! Synergize your chaotic upgrades to create your winning strategy!
Why similar: Chess 48.8% ★, PvP 11.6%, Roguelike 8.9%, Deckbuilding 6.9%, Roguelite 6.5%
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 42.6% ★, Board Game 11.3%, Roguelike 9.3%, Roguelite 7.6%, Deckbuilding 7.6%
A chess-inspired tactical roguelike where every battle becomes a puzzle of sacrifice and manipulation. Evolve chess pieces, build powerful armies, and turn clever sacrifices into devastating synergies.
Why similar: Chess 45.4% ★, Board Game 10.4%, Roguelike 10.1%, Deckbuilding 8.2%, Roguelite 7.8%
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 68.2% ★, Board Game 15.5%, Strategy 8.5%, Multiplayer 3.9%, 2D 2.8%
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 57.5% ★, Medieval 10.6%, Strategy 9.7%, Board Game 9.1%, Puzzle 6.4%
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 58.9% ★, Board Game 13.8%, Roguelite 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%, Strategy 4.7%
Helios Chess is a chess roguelike where you have to upgrade your pieces, buy augments and play chess like you never have before. If your new to chess this can also help enhance your skills and knowledge.
Why similar: Chess 53.8% ★, Roguelike 10.3%, Board Game 9.6%, Roguelite 7.8%, Strategy 7.1%
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 61.8% ★, Board Game 18.8%, Puzzle 8.6%, Strategy 8.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun. A unique strategy roguelike based on the timeless checkboard classic.
Why similar: Chess 51.3% ★, Roguelike 10.3%, Roguelite 7.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%, Choices Matter 7.2%
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 62.8% ★, Board Game 13%, Roguelike 12.8%, Strategy 8.2%, 2D 2.1%
A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where your King is your strongest weapon. Play cards from your deck to drop units onto the battlefield and checkmate your opponent. Build your Deck, Upgrade your Ruler, and Claim the Throne.
Why similar: Chess 43.7% ★, Difficult 10.2%, Roguelite 9.9%, Roguelike 9.4%, Board Game 8.8%
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 49.3% ★, Board Game 12.1%, Medieval 9.3%, PvP 8.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%
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 61% ★, Board Game 14%, PvP 9%, Strategy 7%, Multiplayer 5.7%
Shatranj Puzzles 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 76.9% ★, Strategy 10.4%, Puzzle 7.8%, 2D 3.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%
Forget checkmate. Every capture scores in this chess roguelike deckbuilder. Gather powerful floppy disks, rig your pieces (and theirs), and ignite cascading combos as you chase scores you have no right to reach.
Why similar: Chess 45.2% ★, Roguelike 11.7%, Deckbuilding 8.3%, Strategy 7.6%, Roguelite 7.2%
Regimental Chess is a battle game where large armies of chess pieces move and capture in mass formations. Up to 372 pieces in a single battle.
Why similar: Chess 56.9% ★, Difficult 16.1%, Board Game 13.7%, Multiplayer 6.7%, Strategy 6.5%
A chess game where you lead a customizable fantasy army through 1,500 levels of curated puzzles. Face checkpoint commanders in full matches, recruit new races, and customize your hero and army. Key chess concepts encountered are logged in a Sage Ledger for education and future reference.
Why similar: Chess 61.6% ★, Board Game 12.3%, Puzzle 6.7%, Difficult 6.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.8%
Chess Bomb is a unique puzzle game where bombs take the shape of chess pieces. Strategically use these explosive chess bombs to fend off waves of invading monsters threatening the chess kingdom.
Why similar: Chess 50.7% ★, Difficult 14.7%, Board Game 13.4%, Puzzle 6.3%, Choices Matter 6.3%
Lead ten animal armies in 3D chess. Challenge the computer across five difficulties or play a friend locally. Learn with Danger Sense and 100 guided lessons, solve 100 mate-in-two puzzles, and conquer the nine-battle Gauntlet.
Why similar: Chess 65.8% ★, Board Game 13.4%, Strategy 6.9%, PvP 5.7%, Multiplayer 4.1%
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 62% ★, Roguelite 16.5%, Strategy 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Mate'Morphosis is a pixel art, chess-inspired puzzle game built around the concept of becoming the piece you capture. Outsmart each board, adapt to evolving mechanics, and hunt down the rival king across every stage.
Why similar: Chess 58.2% ★, Difficult 17.5%, Puzzle 7.4%, Strategy 4.9%, Board Game 3.9%
CHESS, BUT... NO TURNS, NO CHECK OR CHECKMATE, CAN'T MOVE THE SAME PIECE TWICE, 10×10 BOARD, 2 EXTRA KNIGHTS & PAWNS, PAWNS MOVE IN ANY DIRECTION
Why similar: Chess 60.2% ★, PvP 13.6%, Board Game 10.8%, Multiplayer 6%, Strategy 5.9%
It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!
Why similar: Chess 59.5% ★, Difficult 9.5%, Board Game 9.3%, Psychedelic 4.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 4%
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
Why similar: Chess 47.5% ★, Board Game 12.4%, Roguelike 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%, Deckbuilding 6.7%
Welcome to the Chess Game of Tomorrow!
Why similar: Chess 54.4% ★, Board Game 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Strategy 6.9%, Multiplayer 5.4%
Play Classic chess expanded with 9 unique classes, Mana, spells, traps and passive abilities. Outsmart your opponent, create unexpected positions, compete online across PC and mobile.
Why similar: Chess 59% ★, PvP 11%, Board Game 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, 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 64.1% ★, PvP 11.3%, Board Game 9.3%, Strategy 8.4%, Multiplayer 6.9%
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 64.9% ★, Roguelite 10.6%, Board Game 9%, Roguelike 8.9%, Strategy 6%
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 53.5% ★, Board Game 11.8%, Deckbuilding 9%, Strategy 6.2%, Multiplayer 6.2%
Chess has never been like this. Explore a fantasy world, customize your pieces, master factions with unique rules, and embark on an RPG adventure with an immersive story and strategic battles. Chess, reinvented.
Why similar: Chess 62.7% ★, Deckbuilding 12.4%, Multiplayer 6.5%, Medieval 6.2%, PvP 5.2%
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 57% ★, Board Game 13.5%, PvP 13.1%, Puzzle 6.3%, Strategy 5.4%
