Games Like King of the Bridge

Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun. A unique strategy roguelike based on the timeless checkboard classic.

Why similar: Chess 79.4% ★, Strategy 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%, Top-Down 4.3%, 2D 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: It subverts traditional chess by replacing standard pieces with a shotgun-wielding king in a roguelike format.

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 58.5% ★, Board Game 24.9%, Strategy 7.1%, Fantasy 5.9%, 2D 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelite combines chess pieces with unique abilities and items to create a fresh, tactical board-game experience.

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 73.9% ★, Board Game 16.6%, Puzzle 5.5%, Strategy 3.6%, Singleplayer 0.4%

Why You'll Like It: It pushes the boundaries of chess logic by introducing time travel and multiple timelines, mirroring the bizarre rule-breaking of the seed game.

In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 27.4%, Puzzle 19.4%, Comedy 17.1%, Mystery 10.1%, Strategy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends tactical grid-based combat with a humorous, story-rich narrative that rewards creative problem-solving.

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 60.6% ★, Board Game 20.8%, Puzzle 9.3%, Strategy 7.1%, 2D 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: It distills chess movement into a fast-paced, turn-based roguelike combat system that feels both strategic and puzzle-oriented.

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 61.7% ★, Board Game 19.8%, Puzzle 9.3%, Strategy 6.5%, 2D 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A clever puzzle platformer where you control chess pieces moving across a grid, emphasizing spatial logic over standard chess play.

Baba Is You is a puzzle game where the rules you have to follow are present as blocks you can interact with. By manipulating them, you can change how the game works, repurpose things you find in the levels and cause surprising interactions!

Why similar: Puzzle 66.4%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, 2D 6.9%, Singleplayer 4.6%, Top-Down 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: This puzzle game centers on the ability to physically rewrite the rules of the game, perfectly matching the theme of manipulating game logic.

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 70.6% ★, Board Game 14.2%, Strategy 11.1%, PvE 3%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: It integrates roguelike progression into chess, offering a challenging and evolving experience for fans of the genre.

Pony Island is a suspense puzzle game in disguise. You are in limbo, trapped in a malevolent and malfunctioning arcade machine devised by the devil himself. It is not a game about ponies.

Why similar: Puzzle 61.5%, Pixel Graphics 26.6%, 2D 6%, Singleplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: A meta-narrative experience that forces you to break the game's own code to defeat a malevolent entity, much like the troll in King of the Bridge.

THIS IS NOT CLASSIC CHESS! Dark Chess is a twist on chess with fog of war, a story-driven campaign, and plenty of challenges, traps, and puzzles. Fight your way through the campaign against legendary Kings and Queens of the past, who don't like to play by the rules!

Why similar: Chess 56.7% ★, Board Game 20.6%, Puzzle 8.8%, Strategy 7.4%, PvE 3%

Why You'll Like It: This version of chess adds fog-of-war and tactical depth, emphasizing the need to anticipate hidden threats.

Control your environment, gather your party, and build your best deck to overcome outlaws and supernatural forces, across a rich fantasy world. Watch as your tactical choices and deckbuilding prowess play out through stylish fight sequences.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 38%, Strategy 19%, Puzzle 18.3%, Fantasy 16.3%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical card-battler uses grid-based movement and positioning to create intense, puzzle-like combat encounters.

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 46.2% ★, Board Game 17.4%, Tactical RPG 12.9%, Puzzle 5.9%, Strategy 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike that uses chess movement patterns to navigate grid-based maps and defeat fantasy enemies.

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Why similar: Puzzle 43.3%, Strategy 33.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, 2D 6.8%, Adventure 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric card-based game that features a sinister opponent and meta-elements that constantly shift the rules of play.

Chess variation with unique twist: Black turns White into undead like themselves

Why similar: Chess 63.5% ★, Board Game 15.1%, Strategy 7.7%, Fantasy 7.2%, Puzzle 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: A gothic-themed chess variant where captured pieces turn into zombies, adding a layer of strategic chaos to the board.

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 70.6% ★, Board Game 13.1%, Strategy 7.4%, Puzzle 6.3%, 2D 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: A chess-inspired roguelite that focuses on tactical positioning and unique unit abilities to overcome difficult encounters.

A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

Why similar: Mystery 35.4%, Puzzle 31.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, 2D 8.6%, Adventure 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: A deduction-heavy puzzle game that requires careful observation and rule-inference to solve complex, macabre scenarios.

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 65.9% ★, Board Game 13.1%, Strategy 10%, Fantasy 7%, Puzzle 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: It combines traditional chess with a fantasy adventure campaign, offering a narrative-driven approach to the classic game.

An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.

Why similar: Chess 62% ★, Board Game 19.2%, Puzzle 10.4%, Strategy 6%, Top-Down 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: This minimalist puzzle game uses chess pieces to solve sokoban-style challenges, focusing on movement logic.

Gambit Shifter is a relaxing, minimalist cozy puzzle game for chess experts and beginners alike! Take control of a single piece, solve your way through 80+ hand-crafted levels and lose yourself in the zen atmosphere as you advance.

Why similar: Chess 85.2% ★, Puzzle 14.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist puzzle game that focuses on shifting pieces to solve logic-based chess challenges in a cozy setting.

Chess Brain is a chess puzzle game. Draw the correct path and don't let the King get killed by the opposite pieces! Every second all the pieces will move!

Why similar: Chess 53.8% ★, Board Game 19.4%, 2.5D 8.6%, Puzzle 8.3%, Strategy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A series of chess-themed puzzles that test your tactical foresight in a minimalist, distraction-free environment.

Shadows over Loathing — a slapstick-figure comedy adventure-RPG full of mobsters, monsters, and mysteries.

Why similar: Comedy 33.6%, Puzzle 24.6%, Multiple Endings 13.3%, RPG 11.6%, Adventure 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous, turn-based adventure game that features clever puzzles and a distinct, quirky art style.

Take your rightful place on the throne in this multiplayer-only party game for 4+ players. Rule the kingdom with an iron fist or silver tongue as you steer through bloodshed, intrigue & madcap disaster! Can you keep your crown when others plot your downfall? More importantly, can you keep your head?

Why similar: Strategy 45.8%, Fantasy 40.7%, 2D 13.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy strategy game where player choices and narrative consequences drive the experience, similar to the story-rich nature of the seed game.

Gigachess is a hero defense puzzler on a chess board. Command your party of Knights, Rooks & Bishops against the relentless Pawn onslaught!

Why similar: Chess 52.5% ★, Board Game 21.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Puzzle 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced board game that simplifies chess into an accessible, arcade-like experience.

Nowadays everyone is a self-proclaimed chess player! Quite different from the soviet kids back in the old days. Maybe you are not so lazy and really want to improve your chess knowledge. Surprise me!

Why similar: Chess 58.8% ★, Board Game 21.8%, Puzzle 8.8%, Strategy 6.7%, Pixel Graphics 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A psychological-horror take on chess that uses the game to teach complex combinations in an unsettling atmosphere.

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 68.1% ★, Board Game 22.2%, Strategy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented take on chess that emphasizes speed and arcade-like mechanics over slow, deliberate strategy.

Perception is reality. In this mind-bending first-person puzzler, you escape a surreal dream world through solving impossible puzzles using the ambiguity of depth and perspective.

Why similar: Puzzle 78.1%, Adventure 14.1%, Singleplayer 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A perspective-based puzzle game that forces you to think outside the box to manipulate the environment, sharing the 'bizarre logic' appeal of the seed game.

Chess just got an upgrade! Chess Ultimate, where precision strategy meets colorful chaos. Build your team from a roster of unique, quirky characters to defend your King while plotting your opponent’s downfall. Easy to pick up, endlessly fun to master, and a fresh take on the classic game of wits.

Why similar: Chess 57% ★, Strategy 26.3%, Top-Down 8.2%, Fantasy 7.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward 3D chess simulator that provides a clean, tactical environment for traditional play.

This game develops the ability to predict movement in Chess, using a playful and immersive concept. The dark troops march in a single sound. They are more organized and smarter

Why similar: Chess 60.8% ★, Board Game 21.6%, Puzzle 9.3%, Strategy 7.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: An expansion of the chess-puzzle concept that adds more complex board states and tactical requirements.

Chess: The Grand Strategy Game - Your Pocket Edition for Mastery and Fun!

Why similar: Chess 48.2% ★, Board Game 39.4%, Strategy 7.4%, 2D 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%

The king is deceitful, the queen is wicked, and the bishop unholy. In every land it’s the same. Corrupted knights and power hungry pawns. It’s time for change. You've waited long enough. Be brave. Be daring. Be the last one standing.

Why similar: Chess 62.2% ★, Strategy 18.7%, Puzzle 14%, Fantasy 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, indie-developed puzzle game that utilizes chess movement to navigate through unique levels.

Battle a friend in this fast paced 1v1 class-based first-person shooter. Chess takes a back-seat to FPS as you win duel after duel and capture the opponent's pieces until you've beaten their king and won the game.

Why similar: Chess 60% ★, Board Game 30.2%, Strategy 9.8%

A fantasy epic of war and betrayal. As a magicless prince, lead the Army of Light to reclaim a fractured Empire. Master tactical battles, crack complex mysteries, and forge a path to the throne with wisdom and heart.

Why similar: Puzzle 24.3%, Strategy 22.8%, Mystery 13%, Fantasy 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%

Become the King in a story-driven 8-bit style game, where choice matters. And try not to die instantly...

Why similar: Multiple Endings 39.9%, Strategy 24.6%, Pixel Graphics 16.5%, RPG 11.9%, 2D 7.2%

RPG turn-based combat game with deep tactics and bad jokes! Do you have what it takes to save the kingdom?

Why similar: Tactical RPG 48.4%, Strategy 19.2%, Fantasy 13.3%, RPG 9.3%, 2D 6.5%

Chessplosion is an arcade action puzzle game where you drop chess piece bombs to create chain reactions and trap opponents. Defeat enemies and bosses in Adventure Mode and the roguelike-inspired Dungeon Mode, break targets with limited bombs in Puzzle Mode, or fight friends and AI in Battle Mode.

Why similar: Chess 74.1% ★, Top-Down 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%, Puzzle 6.7%, 2D 2.3%

Piggy Gambit is a game that harmoniously combines the elements of chess, box puzzles, and flow control into a coherent puzzle game about a piggy searching for the meaning to his life.

Why similar: Board Game 33.3%, Comedy 19.2%, Puzzle 15.1%, Strategy 11%, Top-Down 8.3%

A unique chess trip with exciting instant duels awaits you - test your mettle on the chessboard. Checkmate your opponent with only a few moves and solve challenging chess puzzles in amazing 3D worlds.

Why similar: Chess 64.8% ★, Board Game 23.3%, Strategy 10.9%, Singleplayer 1%

Whether you're new to chess or a seasoned master, welcome to Chess Infinity—the art of timeless strategy. Immerse yourself in serene environments, sharpen your skills with an adaptive AI mentor, and connect with players worldwide. Embrace endless challenges that transcend eras and borders.

Why similar: Chess 61.1% ★, Board Game 22.2%, Puzzle 8.9%, Strategy 7.6%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Wulin Chess is a turn-based strategy game set in a captivating dark fantasy world. Employ diverse characters across various boards/battlefields, and devise strategic thinking for victory. Strengthen your heroes by collecting equipment and enhancing attributes to face the challenges that lie ahead.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 40.5%, Strategy 19.5%, Fantasy 19.3%, RPG 9.5%, 2D 7.5%

Prepare to inhabit a world of chivalry, class warfare and off-beat pop references. Knights of Pen & Paper 2 is a turn-based, retro style, pixel-art adventure full of danger, intrigue, death, and saving throws!

Why similar: Strategy 23.1%, RPG 21.5%, Comedy 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Fantasy 11%

Add up, multiply, clone, and divide your party members to beat the monsters on your path!

Why similar: Tactical RPG 36%, Fantasy 19.3%, Puzzle 17%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, RPG 7.1%

Let’s! Revolution! is a colorful roguelite puzzle mashup about stopping a narcissistic King from ruining your world. Flip tiles to uncover the hidden path to the King. Use deductive reasoning to avoid his cronies or take them all down in strategic turn-based combat.

Why similar: Puzzle 36.6%, Strategy 29.9%, Fantasy 22.7%, 2D 10.9%

An uniquely styled deck-building game. Assemnble a deck with the right Magibrick and challenge diverse enemies in different regions. Fill the board, destroy enemy bricks,play amazing combo, and occupy the entire board with your Magibricks, leaving no space for your enemy.

Why similar: Board Game 40.8%, Strategy 21.6%, Puzzle 14%, Fantasy 7%, PvE 6.6%

Explore and reclaim the infested castle-city of Kingsvein! Ride into its depths on your trusty wyvern, and lead your customizable party of Knights and Mystics in deep tactical combat.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 40.7%, Strategy 12.2%, Top-Down 10.1%, RPG 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%

Chess Knights: Shinobi is an original turn-based puzzle game inspired by Chess. Become a Ninja in feudal Japan and prove your skills in the art of infiltration, sabotage, and assassination.

Why similar: Chess 62.9% ★, Board Game 21%, Puzzle 11.1%, Strategy 5%

Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.

Why similar: Board Game 37.4%, Tactical RPG 16.8%, Multiple Endings 15%, Strategy 11.3%, Fantasy 7.5%

✣ Dread Chess is an original and strange narrative story-puzzle game with sandbox elements. Uncover mysteries by speaking with gods in Latin. Immerse yourself in an atmosphere of madness, and reach one of many endings in an unfair game against Death that can be played ONLY ONCE...

Why similar: Multiple Endings 29.1%, Puzzle 25.7%, Mystery 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, 2D 5.3%

Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil. Pick a side amongst noble families to choose the future monarch and crush those who stand in your way through board-shattering tactical card combat!

Why similar: Strategy 33.2%, Fantasy 31.6%, RPG 17.3%, Adventure 12.6%, Singleplayer 5.3%

Be a Bard! The challenge awaits!!Join Finn the bard as he undertakes "The King's Challenge" and see if he has what it takes to not only survive, but to write the greatest song in all of the land of Uir!

Why similar: Adventure 31.2%, Fantasy 28.8%, Puzzle 28.4%, 2D 7.5%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Help the Knights to rescue their Kings and Queens in the beautiful and dangerous Vikings Lands. An innovative game concept inspired by chess: infiltrate mindfully, rescue quickly, and get out alive if you can.

Why similar: Chess 66.1% ★, Board Game 22.4%, Puzzle 11.4%

"The real chess was the friends we made along the way." - Randy Mc'Chess

Why similar: Chess 58% ★, Board Game 16.3%, Tactical RPG 11.9%, Puzzle 7.1%, Strategy 4.4%

Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor. Defend your commander, win duels, capture points, experiment with your strategy to defeat a superior enemy, and make decisions that affect your story.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 39.3%, Puzzle 21.1%, PvE 20.5%, RPG 8.1%, 2D 7.2%

Kofi Quest is a not-so-serious adventure that brings together mechanics from Action RPG and RTS games. You’ll control Kofi, a weak, lazy and unlucky videogame character that will be followed by a group of interesting (and pathetic) characters aiding him to live a great adventure.

Why similar: Strategy 39.4%, Comedy 23.4%, RPG 19.7%, Adventure 15.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%

A mind-bendingly challenging puzzle game that mixes homage to retro classics with funny dialogue and innovative puzzle mechanics. Over a hundred ultra-challenging pixelated puzzles will have you avoiding killer robots as you engage with memorable characters.

Why similar: Board Game 25.4%, Puzzle 15.4%, Comedy 14.3%, Strategy 12.3%, Top-Down 9.7%

Claim and defend the Tomb of Tyrants against greedy adventurers by matching tiles to build a deadly dungeon full of traps, minions, and more!

Why similar: Strategy 33.9%, Puzzle 25.7%, Fantasy 18.1%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, 2D 6.1%

A puzzling adventure where you abuse the Rules set by your Rat captors! 📜🐀 Manipulate enemies and environments with the commanding power of Rules to escape!

Why similar: Puzzle 50.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.6%, Adventure 14.3%, 2D 13.1%, Singleplayer 2.6%

Play the ancient game of "Hnefatafl" in style on your PC, in Singleplayer mode against the AI or Multiplayer over the internet. "Hnefatafl" is a strategic, chess-like boardgame with assumed origins all the way back to the Viking era.

Why similar: Chess 54.4% ★, Board Game 26%, Strategy 18.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Delve with Shovel Knight into the depths of the Pocket Dungeon in an action-packed puzzle adventure mashup like none other!

Why similar: Puzzle 28.9%, Strategy 19.2%, PvE 13.3%, Multiple Endings 11.4%, Adventure 11%