
A roguelike chess strategy game where chess pieces evolve into powerful forms, gaining unique abilities and devastating synergies across ever-changing boards.
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A roguelike chess strategy game where chess pieces evolve into powerful forms, gaining unique abilities and devastating synergies across ever-changing boards.

Top Check
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 turn-based chess roguelike, set on a tiny board with higher stakes. Master tactical twists, invest your winnings and discover new rule-bending Gambits, tile and piece combinations. Face off against challenging bosses and get lost in all the ways you can break traditional chess!
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 26.8% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.5% ★, Board Game 9.2%, Deckbuilding 7.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.9%
Gambonanza is a turn-based chess roguelike, set on a tiny board with higher stakes. Master tactical twists, invest your winnings and discover new rule-bending Gambits, tile and piece combinations. Face off against challenging bosses and get lost in all the ways you can break traditional chess!
Why similar: Chess 25.2% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 18.7% ★, Board Game 9.1%, Turn-Based 8.3%, Deckbuilding 7.9%
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 27.9% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.9% ★, Deckbuilding 8.1%, Roguelike 7.5%, Turn-Based 6.2%
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 29.4% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%, Board Game 8.3%, Deckbuilding 6.8%
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 30.3% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 21% ★, Board Game 11.3%, Deckbuilding 8.3%, Turn-Based 8.2%
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 31.3% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 18.8% ★, Deckbuilding 9.8%, Board Game 8.9%, Roguelike 6.8%
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 27.8% ★, Chess 13.1% ★, Deckbuilding 10.4%, Turn-Based 10.2%, Roguelike 8.9%
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 46.2% ★, Board Game 9.2%, Roguelike 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%, Strategy 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 44.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%, Board Game 8.1%, Roguelite 7.6%
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 27.8% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 20.2% ★, Board Game 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.3%, Deckbuilding 7.7%
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 41.1% ★, Deckbuilding 13%, Board Game 11%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.7%, Tactical 7.8%
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 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Board Game 10.9%, Roguelike 8.2%
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 42.5% ★, Board Game 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%, Roguelite 7%
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 41.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Roguelike 10.5%, Board Game 9.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%
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 28.9% ★, Deckbuilding 12.6%, Turn-Based 8.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%, Board Game 7.9%
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
Why similar: Chess 36.3% ★, Board Game 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, Roguelike 8.6%, Deckbuilding 7.9%
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 52.6% ★, Roguelike 10.3%, Deckbuilding 9.2%, Strategy 8.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%
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 29.4% ★, Turn-Based 14.8%, Deckbuilding 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.9%, Tactical 8.3%
A DECK-BUILDING ROGUELIKE CHESS game. Choose chess set, build deck as you go, bring the enemy king’s HP to 0 in as few turns, solve dilemma cases. Each run has 7 randomly generated hell floors, themed around the 7 deadly sins.
Why similar: Chess 35.1% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.4% ★, Deckbuilding 9%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%
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 51.2% ★, Board Game 14.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%, Roguelike 10.6%, Strategy 7.9%
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 32.9% ★, Turn-Based 14.2%, Board Game 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Deckbuilding 9.6%
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 33.1% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 15.8% ★, Board Game 11.2%, Roguelike 8.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%
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 37.7% ★, Board Game 15.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Roguelike 8.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%
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 32.9% ★, Turn-Based 12.7%, Roguelike 10.3%, Board Game 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.1%
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 31.2% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.4% ★, Deckbuilding 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%, Roguelike 7.4%
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 39.4% ★, Deckbuilding 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Board Game 7.7%, Strategy 5.2%
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 28.3% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.7% ★, Turn-Based 10.7%, Board Game 10%, Roguelike 7.4%
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 13.1%, Board Game 11.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%, Roguelike 9.3%
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 37.6% ★, Deckbuilding 13.4%, Roguelike 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Board Game 7.7%
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 49.5% ★, Board Game 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.5%, Tactical 5.9%
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 31.7% ★, Deckbuilding 15.9%, Turn-Based 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.6%
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 51.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.4%, Board Game 10%, Roguelike 7.1%, Roguelite 6.4%
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 31.1% ★, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Turn-Based 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Roguelike 8.4%
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% ★, Turn-Based 15.2%, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Roguelike 7.4%, Roguelite 6.8%
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 16.2% ★, Turn-Based 14.6%, Board Game 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%
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 43.2% ★, Turn-Based 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Tactical 9%, Board Game 8.5%
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 37.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Roguelike 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Tactical 9.6%
Meowbrick Dungeon combines the gameplay of Slay the Spire with the classic Falling-block puzzle game mechanics. Here, you will damage enemies and trigger various effects by clearing blocks. After defeating all the enemies in a room, gradually increasing your combat power.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.3% ★, Turn-Based 16.4%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Roguelike 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
Stealth is your weapon in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Pickpocket rival flocks to build a deck of cunning abilities, turning their strengths against them in tactical, turn-based gameplay. Migrate across a wretched kingdom where every run writes a new, grim story of survival.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 35.3% ★, Deckbuilding 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Turn-Based 10.3%, Roguelike 8.6%
A Game of Chaess is "Monty Python meets Tolkien on a Chessboard". Defeat waves of black pieces in this asymmetrical chess game to stop the Lord of Darkness! The rules are simple, but the game gets harder and harder. Only the most fooli- eh fearless players will succeed!
Why similar: Chess 41.1% ★, Turn-Based 12.9%, Tactical 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
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 45.2% ★, Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.9% ★, Deckbuilding 17.4%, Strategy 6.3%, Indie 0.7%
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 24.2% ★, Board Game 17.7%, Deckbuilding 12.4%, Roguelike 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
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 39.5% ★, Deckbuilding 16.9%, Board Game 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.6%, Roguelike 9.3%
A turn-based roguelike where every attack is decided by a roll of the dice. Know when to roll and when to hold to increase your attack and defeat powerful enemies. Craft your dice and build up your deck of magical tools and powerful relics that will change the way you play!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.1% ★, Deckbuilding 13.9%, Turn-Based 12.5%, Roguelike 10.2%, Roguelite 7.2%
Unto Deepest Depths is a turn-based strategy game where all units must move and attack every turn. Build your party, upgrade your units, and lead them into the unknown to vanquish the horrors below in this punishing roguelite where any move could be your last.
Why similar: Chess 27.5% ★, Turn-Based 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Roguelite 8.5%
Combo Card Clashers is a roguelike deckbuilder meets auto battler! Build massive combos by playing all cards each turn. Unlock powerful card synergies, recruit monsters to be your allies, upgrade gears and skills - give it all to brave through a mysterious world.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.8% ★, Turn-Based 12.6%, Tactical 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.5%, Deckbuilding 9.3%
Summon new pieces, move multiple times, trample opponents, and unleash 100+ arcana - a tactical chess roguelite where the AI casts back. Climb the Gauntlet one floor at a time.
Why similar: Chess 52.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Strategy 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Roguelite 10.6%
Battle Stones is a single-player turn-based strategy deckbuilding roguelike. Place stones on a board and leverage their combo rules and special effects. Expand your deck and even merge stones to create more powerful moves. Will you master the art of the stones and win all your battles ?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 37.1% ★, Board Game 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Roguelike 9.7%, Deckbuilding 7%
Toodle is a block blast-inspired roguelike deck builder; create awesome block combinations scoring huge numbers. Collect doodles, blocks, tools and more! Doodles help you fight enemies and bosses throughout different worlds.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 42.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Roguelite 11.6%, Deckbuilding 7.8%, Strategy 7%
Fairy Circle is a Bag Building roguelike set in a fairytale world. Play as a Forest Keeper and protect your home from a shadowy force called the Gloom.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Deckbuilding 11.1%, Roguelike 11%, Board Game 10.5%
Chess... chess never changes. How much can you do?! It's time for something new - a combination of chess and snake!
Why similar: Chess 51.9% ★, Board Game 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Strategy 8%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%
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 12.9%, Deckbuilding 12.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Roguelike 9.2%
Gravity is your greatest weapon as you launch enemies into the air and spike them back down in this tactical roguelite with a unique perspective.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Deckbuilding 13.3%, Roguelike 9.9%, Roguelite 8%
Cards of the Abyss is a roguelike deckbuilder where movement replaces block. Move on a grid, dodge enemy attacks, trigger countless chain-reactions and unleash overpowered card combos as you dive deeper into the Abyss.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 28.9% ★, Turn-Based 14.2%, Deckbuilding 12.5%, Tactical 9.1%, Roguelike 8.5%
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 38.6% ★, Board Game 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, Roguelike 8.9%, Deckbuilding 8.1%
A dice-building roguelike where you shape a 25-dice board to unleash powerful chained attacks.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 46.4% ★, Deckbuilding 18.6%, Roguelike 11.1%, Roguelite 9.3%, Strategy 8.9%
Pegture is a peg solitaire-themed roguelike, deck-building game. Build your deck, enhance your pegs, perform frenetic combos, beat bosses, reach the highest score and get the best peg solitaire experience.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.4% ★, Chess 23.3% ★, Deckbuilding 13.8%, Roguelike 10%, Roguelite 7.9%
Cardinal Descent is a card building roguelike where you craft elemental synergies and find game breaking sticker combos.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 36.6% ★, Deckbuilding 14.6%, Turn-Based 13.7%, Roguelike 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
Slot or Not is a turn-based slot machine battling adventure. Fight evil fruits alongside your battle buddy slot machine to save your village. Spin your destiny and grab the precious loot in a fast-paced, colorful adventure.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.1% ★, Turn-Based 15.2%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Roguelike 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%