
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.
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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.

Top Check: A Chess Card Game
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?

Gambonanza
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!
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 28.3% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 21.5% ★, Board Game 9.1%, Deckbuilding 7.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.5%
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 26.1% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 18.9% ★, Board Game 9.7%, Deckbuilding 8.3%, Turn-Based 7.7%
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 29.1% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.9% ★, Deckbuilding 8.3%, Roguelike 7.6%, Strategy 5.9%
Start with pawns, end with clowns. Build a roster of evolving pieces, stack game-breaking stickers, and chain together absurd high scores in this chess roguelike deckbuilder.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.3% ★, Chess 12.4% ★, Deckbuilding 10.9%, Turn-Based 10.3%, Roguelike 7.9%
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 29.8% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 23% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%, Board Game 8.7%, Deckbuilding 7%
Chess you already know, rules you don't. Pieces have HP and gear. Shop between fights, stack gambits, roll the dice if you're feeling stupid. Lose the trial, lose the run.
Why similar: Chess 34% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 9.8%, Deckbuilding 7.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 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 30.8% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 21% ★, Board Game 11.8%, Deckbuilding 8.5%, Turn-Based 7.5%
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 31.9% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 18.8% ★, Deckbuilding 10.1%, Board Game 9.3%, Roguelike 6.9%
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 43.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Board Game 8.3%, Roguelite 7.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
What if chess was invented by silly cosmic wizards? WizardChess is a turnbased roguelite where all the pieces have insane abilities that came to us in a shamanic vision. Fight chaotic-yet-tactical encounters with magic powers out of a fever dream! Defeat the FaeQueen and Claim Your Wish!
Why similar: Chess 27.5% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 19.6% ★, Board Game 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%, Deckbuilding 7.7%
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 46.7% ★, Board Game 9.6%, Roguelike 9.4%, Strategy 7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%
Position your pieces carefully to max out your score in this Balatro-inspired chess roguelike. Enhance your pieces, purchase powers, and win bonuses from optional challenges, but be careful - your board only has so much room.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.1% ★, Chess 13.6% ★, Deckbuilding 10.8%, Turn-Based 9.4%, Roguelike 9.2%
A roguelike deckbuilder where your cards move like chess pieces. Build an army, bless your troops, and conquer the kingdom one battle at a time.
Why similar: Chess 31.8% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.4% ★, Roguelike 9.4%, Deckbuilding 9.3%, Strategy 5.1%
Mancalero is the ancient strategy board game of Mancala, rebuilt as a roguelike deckbuilder. Collect special marbles, stack blessings, discover synergies, and break every table with increasing scores.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 36.9% ★, Board Game 18.6%, Deckbuilding 15.5%, Roguelite 7.7%, Roguelike 5.2%
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 41.9% ★, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Board Game 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.9%, Tactical 6.9%
The quickest way to capture the king? Steal the king's army and strike him with it. Set the board with cards, and shout 'checkmate' with the pieces you've taken!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 35.1% ★, Deckbuilding 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Board Game 11.5%, Roguelike 8.3%
Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!
Why similar: Chess 32.2% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.1% ★, Board Game 11.3%, Roguelike 8.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.9%
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 43.1% ★, Board Game 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Roguelite 7.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7%
Dominova reinvents the roguelike deckbuilder with tactical domino placement and visually satisfying chain reactions. Master intricate board puzzles, craft powerful synergies and prove your skill in a game where strategy, not luck, determines victory.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.4% ★, Deckbuilding 12.8%, Board Game 8.1%, Turn-Based 7.5%, Roguelike 7.1%
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 48.2% ★, Board Game 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.6%, Strategy 5.1%
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
Why similar: Chess 36.8% ★, Board Game 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Roguelike 8.7%, Deckbuilding 8.1%
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 51.3% ★, Board Game 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Roguelike 10.6%, Strategy 7.9%
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 42.7% ★, Roguelike 10.6%, Board Game 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%
A grid-based roguelike deckbuilder where every move sets up your next reaction. Build your deck, collect Elemental Cores and chain powerful elemental combos to defeat your enemies.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 39.9% ★, Deckbuilding 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Roguelike 12.4%, Roguelite 7.4%
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 38.7% ★, Board Game 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Roguelike 8.4%, Roguelite 8.1%
Start a rebellion and fight chess inspired turn-based combats in this roguelike deckbuilder. Upgrade your units and cards wisely. You will need it to progress through the districts of Daandria, the city where the tyrant king awaits you. Save this Empire in Decay.
Why similar: Chess 31.7% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.3% ★, Deckbuilding 9.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.8%, Roguelike 7.5%
A single player only PvE autobattler that is purely GUI (graphical user inteface). Keep or reroll dealt cards (units). Combine units to level them up. Upgrade items. Survive 50 randomized rounds that are highly replayable. No synergy system, no other maps/campaigns, no meta-progression.
Why similar: Chess 33.7% ★, Board Game 13.8%, Turn-Based 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Deckbuilding 9.9%
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 51.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Board Game 10.4%, Roguelike 7.1%, Roguelite 6.3%
Circadian Dice is a game inspired by single-player deck-building games, but instead of upgrading a deck, you build up a set of dice! Use 10 different heroes and 60 game-warping relics to take on 13 hand-crafted scenarios, in runs that take 10-30 minutes. Lots of secrets and unlocks to discover!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 39.2% ★, Deckbuilding 17%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Board Game 8.1%, Strategy 5.3%
A roguelike deckbuilder played on arcane tic-tac-toe boards. Collect volatile spell components and cursed relics to defeat the faculty in a replayable solo campaign, or hex your friends in online PvP.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.1% ★, Board Game 17.7%, Deckbuilding 12.1%, Roguelike 10%, Roguelite 9%
Classic strategy rules are being rewritten in roguelike chaos. As a Jester who has accidentally ascended the throne, you must think like a King to survive. Manipulate the battlefield, wield your unique powers, build your deck, and rewrite your fate against all odds in this ruthless dungeon.
Why similar: Chess 28.9% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.7% ★, Board Game 10.6%, Turn-Based 9.7%, Roguelike 7.5%
Draw an item each turn and place it carefully to maximize its power. Engage in battles against a variety of enemies and bosses, using your backpack's contents to overcome them.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.1% ★, Turn-Based 13.8%, Deckbuilding 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Tactical 7.6%
Watchword is the anagram roguelike. Strategically spell real and made-up words while using magical rule-bending books to score massively satisfying combos. Build your deck of letter tiles and find synergies in this endlessly re-playable twist on classic word games.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.1% ★, Deckbuilding 13.5%, Board Game 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.9%, Roguelike 9.4%
This is a new type of strategic roguelike where you fight by combining "dice x cards x tiles." You can create your own strategy by linking the "special effects" of the rolling dice with the "cards" that are activated according to the roll.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 37.7% ★, Deckbuilding 13.8%, Roguelike 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Board Game 8.1%
Losing is not an option: Gamble your way up in this slot machine roguelite! Upgrade and manipulate the machines in your favor. Enhance your reels, win big and break the bank while defying ever-increasing odds.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 38% ★, Deckbuilding 15.4%, Roguelike 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%, Strategy 6.3%
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 37.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Roguelike 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Tactical 8.3%
The chess roguelike. Recruit magical pieces, break the rules of the board with sacrifices, portals, and curses, and survive three acts to bring down the Chaos King.
Why similar: Board Game 22%, Chess 17.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Roguelike 11.8%, Roguelite 8%
Pickpocket rival birds to build a deck. A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder about a tiny bird's grim migration north through a wretched medieval kingdom. Steal abilities, chart your migratory route, survive.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 38.5% ★, Deckbuilding 17.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Turn-Based 7.5%, Roguelike 6.1%
Double Barrel Desperado is a roguelike deckbuilder where you wield a double-barrel shotgun fueled by chance. Strengthen it with powerful synergies to unleash devastating blasts, mowing down ever-tougher enemies with a single, well-aimed shot.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.5% ★, Turn-Based 11.7%, Board Game 10.7%, Roguelike 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.4%
The Han dynasty is fading, and warlords rise. The realm has shattered like a broken chessboard, with no end in sight. The land is your board, its soilder your pieces. Enter the chaos of the Three Kingdoms, command armies, outwit rivals, seize cities, and fight for dominion!
Why similar: Chess 26.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, Board Game 12.4%, Roguelike 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
The puzzle roguelike that turns dominoes into a mind-bending spectacle! Move, manipulate, and match using absurd tile modifiers, game-changing artifacts, and unique starting loadouts for endless chaos and replayability.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.6% ★, Board Game 17%, Turn-Based 13.8%, Deckbuilding 11.1%, Roguelike 9%
Command your army in a turn-based strategy game where every move matters. Each round represents new challenges in randomly generated battles, but be careful because when your king dies your attempt is over!
Why similar: Chess 16.5% ★, Board Game 14.6%, Turn-Based 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Roguelike 8%
A strategic roguelike deckbuilder with tiles instead of cards. Fight enemies by collecting unique tiles and merging them to deal damage or defend yourself. Unleash devastating combos by combining powerful artifacts that radically change your run.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.6% ★, Deckbuilding 17.9%, Roguelike 13%, Turn-Based 8.9%, Roguelite 7.4%
A chess roguelike where every run bends the rules. Build your army, wield powerful kings, and survive deadly variants on your way to proving a human can still beat the machine. Shape your build, outlast the chaos, and choose when to command the board yourself.
Why similar: Chess 45.4% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.5% ★, Deckbuilding 17.7%, Strategy 6.3%, Indie 0.7%
Forge. Expand. Then roll them all at once. A fast-paced dice deckbuilding roguelike. Arrange ability-based dice on the board and roll them all simultaneously in turn-based battles. Combat and events alike are decided by the roll. Use luck to your advantage and play around expected value.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 38.9% ★, Deckbuilding 17.1%, Board Game 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Roguelike 9.2%
Cyber souls is a tactics and roguelike deck building game. Choose a hero, unlock new items and cards, create your deck and fight powerful enemies in deep tactical battles. Are you ready to take a risk?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.4% ★, Deckbuilding 16.8%, Turn-Based 10.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.1%
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 44.1% ★, Turn-Based 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.7%, Board Game 8.9%, Tactical 8%
The chess roguelite. Play game-changing cards, bend the rules, save your Queen, and escape from the dungeon.
Why similar: Chess 40.7% ★, Board Game 13.3%, Deckbuilding 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Roguelike 9.1%
Percolator is a Roguelike Deckbuilder where you manage an up-and-coming cafe. Brew coffee and juggle a counter of items while scheduling tasks for your Baristas. Reinvest your profits to power up or build wealth. Discover new ways to combine ingredients so that your name goes down in history!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 38.7% ★, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Turn-Based 14.1%, Roguelike 7.7%, Roguelite 7%
A strategic rogue-lite puzzle game where you collect and place Tetris-style pieces to defeat fantasy villains, unlock characters and upgrades, and build powerful runs. Focused on replayability, quick sessions, and meaningful strategic choices.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 44.8% ★, Deckbuilding 17.8%, Strategy 7.7%, Roguelike 6.8%, Puzzle 6.3%
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 53.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Roguelite 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
The World has united their strongest Grandmasters to challenge us! But they forget one thing: the Soviet School of Chess has no equal. Take your seat, comrade. It is time to show the globe who truly rules the 64 squares!
Why similar: Chess 57.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 16.2%, Board Game 10.3%, Strategy 6.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.9%
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 38.7% ★, Board Game 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Roguelike 8.9%, Deckbuilding 8.2%
Chess... chess never changes. How much can you do?! It's time for something new - a combination of chess and snake!
Why similar: Chess 52.3% ★, Board Game 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Strategy 8.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.9%
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 58.6% ★, Board Game 19.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%, Strategy 9.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon is a turn-based Roguelike card game where you assume the role of a Shu general. Explore dungeons, gather relics, and amass a collection of cards. In each round, you can assemble a unique combination of cards and treasures to defeat your enemies and rewrite history!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.7% ★, Deckbuilding 15%, Turn-Based 13.1%, Roguelike 8.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
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.
Why similar: Chess 27.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.9%, Roguelike 11.3%, Strategy 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%
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 51% ★, Board Game 11.6%, Strategy 10.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.3%, Puzzle 5.4%