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

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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!

Reviews: No user reviews — 50%
Released: 2026-11-01
Developer: ZeroEight Studios
Genres: Casual, Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    96% matchMostly Positive79% of 373 reviews2025
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    Why similar: Chess 50.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Roguelike 8.2%, Strategy 6.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.2%

  4. #4 Immortal Chess
    95% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2026
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  5. #5 Sans Issue
    94% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

    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 46.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Deckbuilding 9.6%, PvP 8.1%, Tabletop 6.2%

  6. #6 Last Gambit
    94% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
    Dev: Mads
    Windows · Linux

    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.

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  8. #8 Vantageous
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    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!

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    91% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 52.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, PvP 9.5%, Multiplayer 6.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 6%

  10. #10 The Rookery
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 105 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!

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  11. #11 EcoChess
    89% 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 49.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Tabletop 7.2%, Tactical 6.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%

  12. #12 A Wizard-Chess Tournament
    89% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows · Linux

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    Why similar: Chess 46.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%, Tabletop 8.2%, PvP 6.9%

  13. #13 Peace by Piece
    88% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Przemek Cholewa
    Windows

    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!

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    87% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2023
    Dev: Yağız Selimoğlu
    Windows

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    Why similar: Chess 41.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%, Roguelike 7.9%, Deckbuilding 7%

  15. #15 Je Di Bo
    86% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Evgeny Nichipuruk
    Windows · Mac

    Je Di Bo is a chaotic, deep turn-based card strategy where chess-like logic meets unpredictability. Move pieces, upgrade their ranks, and dominate the board. But beware: every 7 turns, Karma rolls the dice and completely changes the rules of engagement. Can you outsmart the chaos?

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  16. #16 MetaChess
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    85% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2026
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    Windows · Linux

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    84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    79% matchVery Positive94% of 109 reviews2026
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  25. #25 CHESS2
    81% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Single Soul Studios
    Windows

    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

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    80% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: TeamTwoStudios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  27. #27 Usurper
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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.

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    78% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
    Dev: Bad Habit Gaming
    Windows · Linux

    A new outlook on the classic strategy game, battle your way to winning.

    Why similar: Chess 57.7% ★, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%, Strategy 8.3%, Multiplayer 7.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%

  30. #30 Tactorius
    77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: Ludius Constructs
    Windows

    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.

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  31. #31 Prismarch
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    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...

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    76% matchMixed65% of 25 reviews2022
    Dev: canVERSE Games Ltd.
    Windows

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  33. #33 Kingdom Chess
    75% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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  34. #34 TOTAL ZUGZWANG
    75% 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 41.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Tactical 9.6%, Roguelike 9.1%

  35. #35 Combat Chess
    76% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2021
    Dev: Minds Eye ProductionsPub: Strategy First
    Windows

    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 57.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%, PvP 7.4%, Tabletop 7.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.8%

  36. #36 Odin's Chess
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Ridiculous Games
    Windows

    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 40.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.8%, PvP 7.5%, Tabletop 7%

  37. #37 Crown and Coup
    74% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Kristiyan Ivanov
    Windows · Linux

    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 49.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Deckbuilding 7.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.7%, Strategy 6.3%

  38. #38 Warboard
    73% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: IBELF Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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 42.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, PvP 7.8%, Tabletop 7.7%

  39. #39 Tamerlane Chess
    73% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: gamegine
    Windows

    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 48.2% ★, Tabletop 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.7%, Strategy 6.2%

  40. #40 Protocol Aegirum
    73% matchNo user reviews2025
    Dev: Nacho Riquelme
    Windows

    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 51.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Roguelike 6.8%, Roguelite 6.5%

  41. #41 Chess Evolved Online
    72% matchVery Positive91% of 806 reviews2021
    Dev: TheGrandestine
    Windows

    secretly the most overpowered game in existence

    Why similar: Chess 39% ★, Deckbuilding 12.6%, PvP 12.2%, Tactical 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%

  42. #42 Hexachess
    71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Tricky Chaos
    Windows

    Chess on hexagonal field with local play, online multiplayer & against AI. Based on Gliński's chess variant.

    Why similar: Chess 48.8% ★, Tabletop 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%, Logic 5.9%

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    72% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2023
    Dev: KeyboardKrieger
    Windows

    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 42.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%, Local Multiplayer 7.8%, Tactical 7.6%

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    71% 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 59% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Roguelike 9.5%, Strategy 7.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.1%

  45. #45 GoblinChess
    70% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: Panaq AB
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    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.

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  46. #46 ChessSnake
    71% 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 57.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Tabletop 10.9%, Strategy 7.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%

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    70% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: domax studios
    Windows

    Four chessboards. One barrel. Every "safe" square you know is a lie here. Chess just lost its edges, and so did your confidence. Four boards fused into one barrel. Same rules, no walls, nowhere to trap a king. Face BarrelBot, running real Stockfish Engine across all 4 boards.

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  48. #48 Chess Corp
    70% 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.

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    68% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2025
    Dev: Wall Spaghetti
    Windows · Mac

    The chess roguelite. Play game-changing cards, bend the rules, save your Queen, and escape from the dungeon.

    Why similar: Chess 45.2% ★, Deckbuilding 10.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%, Roguelike 8.3%, Tabletop 6.6%

  50. #50 Chaos Chess
    69% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Black Keep Studios
    Windows · Linux

    Chaos Chess is a new chess variant that turns every capture into a battle. Think twice before attacking and prepare for the consequences. Build your army, fight through four custom campaigns, and challenge players worldwide in a tactical RPG twist on classic chess.

    Why similar: Chess 49.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%, PvP 8.3%, Turn-Based Combat 7%

  51. #51 Chess 2
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: KeeleePub: TD Indie
    Windows

    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!

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  52. #52 MEGACHESS
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Starry MinesPub: Abiding Bridge
    Windows

    MEGACHESS is a roguelite dungeon crawler with chess elements. Blast through high-paced tactical battles, adapt your army against outnumbering foes, craft and combine your units to form MEGA-PIECES and obliterate the bosses.

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  53. #53 RPG Chess
    68% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Oskar Aleksander Melbye
    Windows

    A turn-based RPG, except it's also chess! Every capture becomes a 1v1 battle decided by stats, elements and abilities. Build your team, climb the roguelite campaign, or duel friends and CPUs.

    Why similar: Chess 40.3% ★, Tabletop 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Turn-Based Combat 7.7%, PvP 7.5%

  54. #54 Chess of Fortune
    69% 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.

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  55. #55 Chess Empire
    67% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
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    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.

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  56. #56 Just Chess
    67% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
    Dev: Pupugames
    Windows · Linux

    Enjoy a pure, distraction-free chess experience with Just Chess! Includes a built-in engine, UCI support and engine profiles, and a Puzzle Arena with 4M+ puzzles. Lichess integration lets you challenge players, play Chess960, and watch live games and broadcasts.

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  57. #57 Blindfold Chess
    66% match6 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
    Dev: DarkSky Studios
    Windows

    Blindfold Chess is a minimalist strategy game where you play chess entirely from memory. Practice with blindfold exercises, improve your visualization, and battle Stockfish AI or online players without ever seeing the board.

    Why similar: Chess 56.3% ★, Tabletop 9.4%, PvP 8.8%, Strategy 7.8%, Logic 5.7%

  58. #58 Just Chessing Around
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Cabbage Club
    Windows

    Build a chess army. Break the rules. Get thrown around by a tornado, spiked by a trap, swallowed by quicksand or captured by an enemy hiding in tall grass. Make your knights move infinitely or turn your bishops into necromancers. No king to checkmate. Just enemies to destroy.

    Why similar: Chess 43.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Deckbuilding 8.5%, Turn-Based Combat 7.6%

  59. #59 Chaturanga
    65% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
    Dev: Bored Games LLC
    Windows · Mac

    The ultimate chess variant roguelike game. Start with pieces and the board set up for the ancient precursor to chess, Chaturanga. Defeat progressively more sophisticated computer opponents and chess variants while leveling up your pieces to their modern equivalents and beyond into new faery pieces.

    Why similar: Chess 44.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%, Roguelike 8.3%, Deckbuilding 7.2%, Logic 6.4%

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