Games Like Hexachess

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 48.5% ★, Board Game 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%, Strategy 7.4%, Tabletop 5.8%

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 48.4% ★, Board Game 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Tabletop 7%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.4%

3D Chess Online combines the magical world of chess with a modern and three-dimensional experience! Determine your strategy and fight against your opponents worldwide in this simulator equipped with realistic graphics.

Why similar: Chess 41.2% ★, Tabletop 14.7%, Board Game 14.6%, Local Multiplayer 6%, Strategy 5.7%

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 40.6% ★, Board Game 13.2%, Tabletop 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%, Strategy 5.5%

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?

Why similar: Chess 34% ★, Board Game 18.5%, Tabletop 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%, Strategy 6.6%

Chess... chess never changes. How much can you do?! It's time for something new - a combination of chess and snake!

Why similar: Chess 48.1% ★, Board Game 14.3%, Tabletop 12.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%, Strategy 7%

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 52% ★, Board Game 17.8%, Tabletop 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Strategy 4.1%

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% ★, Board Game 14.6%, Tabletop 11%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%

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.

Why similar: Chess 47.8% ★, Board Game 16.2%, Tabletop 11.6%, Logic 6.4%, PvP 4.4%

Chess, but with wizards. Every piece has HP and Attack and spell cards bend the rules. Outplay a friend in hotseat, over LAN, or online and climb the leaderboard.

Why similar: Chess 44.1% ★, Board Game 13%, Tabletop 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%

Caîssa Board is a graphical chess user interface that is evolving toward becoming an online chess club.

Why similar: Chess 46.1% ★, Board Game 16.9%, Tabletop 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.5%, Strategy 5.9%

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 37.5% ★, Tabletop 14.4%, Board Game 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.7%

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 45.3% ★, Board Game 15.5%, Tabletop 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%, Strategy 4.7%

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 52% ★, Board Game 14%, Tabletop 10.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%

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 52.2% ★, Board Game 12.1%, Tabletop 8.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.3%

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 45.5% ★, Board Game 16.9%, Tabletop 10.8%, Strategy 8.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.9%

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 48% ★, Board Game 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%, Strategy 6.5%

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 47.2% ★, Board Game 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.3%, Strategy 5%

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 54.2% ★, Board Game 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Strategy 7.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.4%

It took 2,000 years for someone to make chess better! The most challenging game on earth comes to life in Battle Chess. An entire medieval world at war is reflected on the checkered field. Everyone who's ever had a knight take a pawn has seen that capture as more than one piece replacing another on the board.

Why similar: Chess 48% ★, Board Game 25.5%, Tabletop 18.2%, Strategy 8.3%

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 19.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%, Minimalist 4.3%

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 49.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Board Game 10.1%, Tabletop 8.7%, Strategy 5.5%

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 52.6% ★, Board Game 17.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%, Strategy 5.2%

Introducing Chess Ultra; the most breathtaking chess game ever made. Experience stunning 4K visuals, seamless online multiplayer, Grandmaster approved AI and full VR compatibility.

Why similar: Chess 43.6% ★, Board Game 15.6%, Tabletop 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.4%, Strategy 6%

Play backgammon, checkers, and chess versus friends or computer AI with different difficulty levels. Local and online gameplay, with online support for 2 players and 62 spectators. All with voice chat.

Why similar: Chess 41.1% ★, Tabletop 16.1%, Board Game 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.5%, PvP 4.4%

Play and discover 12 popular chess variants, improve your chess skills with hundreds of chess puzzles, or simply play regular chess with your friends - all in one package. This diverse collection includes several chess games and puzzles. All in a minimalist, beautifully designed virtual chess club.

Why similar: Chess 40% ★, Board Game 15%, Tabletop 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.3%, Logic 5.9%

A chess game where you can combine your own pieces by capturing them. The combined piece moves as both pieces that got combined or with new rules when combining two pieces of same type. It's improving chess by making it more exciting & dynamic.

Why similar: Chess 40.8% ★, Board Game 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Tabletop 7.9%, Logic 7%

Cute Chess is all the fun of regular chess but with cute little characters, scene designs and music to make the game even more fun. Improve your chess skills by practising against computers with a range of different difficulties or take your skills online and compete against friends.

Why similar: Chess 55.5% ★, Board Game 16.3%, Tabletop 11.6%, Strategy 7.8%, Logic 4.5%

Save the forest in this improved version of chess with new boards with obstacles and power-ups.

Why similar: Chess 51.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Tabletop 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%, Board Game 6.3%

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 48.3% ★, Board Game 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Strategy 7.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.8%

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 54.3% ★, Board Game 18.1%, Strategy 6.9%, Tabletop 6.3%, Local Multiplayer 5.8%

Whether you’re a beginner or a veteran, this fully featured chess game from Capstone has all the tools and features you need to learn and master the game of chess. Challenge an opponent with five adjustable skill levels from beginner to grandmaster.

Why similar: Chess 43.7% ★, Board Game 16.3%, Tabletop 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Strategy 5.4%

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 57.9% ★, Board Game 17%, Local Multiplayer 9.2%, Strategy 6.7%, Multiplayer 2.6%

Puzzle & Chess is a relaxing and minimalist game that mixes puzzle challenges with chess moves. Click on pieces, solve the puzzles with a pleasant and relaxing environment. You don't need to know how to play chess to have fun. No score, no timer and no pressure.

Why similar: Chess 43.5% ★, Board Game 14.5%, Tabletop 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%, Logic 7.6%

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 40.2% ★, Board Game 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Tabletop 9.8%

A suite of turn based games and puzzles on a spherical grid: Chess, Go, and Othello.

Why similar: Board Game 23.8%, Tabletop 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Hex Grid 12% ★, Strategy 8.1%

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 59.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Board Game 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.2%, Strategy 6.2%

No more taking turns. Both players move at once in this tactical chess variant where military power-ups reshape the battlefield every round

Why similar: Chess 42.7% ★, Board Game 18%, Tabletop 13.6%, Strategy 8.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%

Obliterate the enemy's king with your laser by strategically moving/rotating mirrors, portals and more in this mind-bending chess-like game. Challenge your friends or battle an AI (includes Level Editor)!

Why similar: Chess 24.3% ★, Tabletop 17.5%, Board Game 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Local Multiplayer 7.7%

A toy-table tactical strategy game where commanders move soldiers, tanks, engineers, radar, SAM sites, and aircraft across fogged battlefields. Outmaneuver your opponent through positioning, terrain, supply pressure, and air missions in MiliChess, Req. Ammo, or classic Chess modes.

Why similar: Chess 43.2% ★, Board Game 13.3%, Tabletop 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.3%

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 39.3% ★, Board Game 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Tabletop 9.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.3%

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 56.7% ★, Board Game 11.9%, Tabletop 9.3%, Strategy 8.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 5%

Welcome to the Chess Game of Tomorrow!

Why similar: Chess 48.4% ★, Board Game 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Strategy 6.8%, Tabletop 4.8%

Master Xiangqi anytime! Thrilling games, custom boards & challenging AI.

Why similar: Chess 53.2% ★, Board Game 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Strategy 6.2%, Logic 5%

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 58.1% ★, Board Game 17.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%, Logic 5%

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 41.1% ★, Board Game 13.7%, Tabletop 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%

Chess! One of the world’s most popular games, has just got even better! Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition is a stunning celebration of the greatest strategy game of all time.

Why similar: Chess 45.1% ★, Board Game 12.1%, Tabletop 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.4%

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 56.5% ★, Tabletop 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%, Strategy 6.2%

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 57.9% ★, Board Game 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Tabletop 11.3%, Strategy 5.9%

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 55.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Board Game 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Strategy 5.2%

Radial Chess is a chess game that preserves all traditional rules and mechanics while reimagining the board as a radial spatial structure, where players compete against AI or locally in a transformed geometric interpretation of classic chess.

Why similar: Chess 37.7% ★, Board Game 20.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%, Strategy 8.3%, Tabletop 8.3%

The Secret Hexa has vanished. Ask the right questions, stay strategic in your answers. Your goal will be to gather the clues from each player. By combining them, you will likely be the first to find the Hexa.

Why similar: Hex Grid 26.3% ★, Board Game 19%, Tabletop 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Logic 8.4%

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 55.2% ★, Board Game 14.4%, Tabletop 14.3%, Strategy 6%, PvP 5.5%

Infernal Chess is a dark fantasy chess game set in the fiery depths of hell. Battle on a volcanic chessboard with creature-themed pieces and master strategic gameplay as you navigate the intense atmosphere of the inferno!

Why similar: Chess 45.3% ★, Board Game 17.4%, Tabletop 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%

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 64.5% ★, Board Game 21.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Multiplayer 2.7%, 3D 2.3%

Play classic chess on Steam: challenge AI opponents, invite friends online, solve puzzles, customize your board, and unlock achievements.

Why similar: Chess 37.6% ★, Board Game 26.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Logic 7.7%, Local Multiplayer 6.8%

Triple Chess reimagines classic chess with three stacked boards and vertical movement, creating deeper strategy, new tactics, and thrilling multi-level battles.

Why similar: Chess 25.6% ★, Board Game 23.8%, Tabletop 20.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Strategy 11.7%

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

Why similar: Chess 58.5% ★, Board Game 15.6%, Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%, Local Multiplayer 5.9%

A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,

Why similar: Chess 43.7% ★, Board Game 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%, Tabletop 6.5%