Games Like KNIGHTS

A chess game without any chess. Rearrange your troops to bring your best knights back to your Kingdom in an abstract medieval world.

Why similar: Chess 44.4% ★, Tabletop 21%, Minimalist 9.9%, Relaxing 7.7%, Puzzle 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game shares the exact core mechanic of navigating a grid using knight movements in a relaxing, minimalist puzzle format.

One chess piece, the mighty knight. One simple concept: exchange the knights from one colored square to another. One hundred hand-crafted levels in a beautiful minimalist set. Can you swap the knights?

Why similar: Chess 43.8% ★, Tabletop 17.6%, Logic 10.7%, Minimalist 10.5%, Puzzle 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It features similar grid-based movement puzzles that require careful planning and logic, much like the seed game.

Zen Chess: Mate in One is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-one problems in a beautifully designed chess board.

Why similar: Chess 40.9% ★, Tabletop 16.4%, Minimalist 8.7%, Logic 8.3%, Relaxing 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the minimalist, relaxing approach to chess-based puzzles, focusing on quick, satisfying logic solutions.

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 52.2% ★, Tabletop 23.4%, Puzzle 9.2%, Minimalist 6.1%, Relaxing 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title expands on the knight-movement concept with thematic levels and turn-based tactical challenges.

Zen Chess: Mate in Two is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-two problems in a beautifully designed chess board.

Why similar: Chess 43.8% ★, Tabletop 17.4%, Minimalist 9.5%, Relaxing 7.3%, Puzzle 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: This sequel continues the minimalist chess puzzle tradition, offering slightly more complex logic challenges while keeping the same aesthetic.

Zen Chess: Mate in Three is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-three problems in a beautifully designed chess board.

Why similar: Chess 44.5% ★, Tabletop 17.5%, Minimalist 9.5%, Relaxing 7.5%, Puzzle 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: It maintains the clean, distraction-free interface of the series while increasing the depth of the chess-based puzzles.

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 57.5% ★, Tabletop 24.4%, Puzzle 10.3%, Strategy 4.8%, Casual 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: It applies the knight's unique movement pattern to a stealth-themed puzzle environment that feels like a natural evolution of the seed game.

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 46.2% ★, Logic 13.2%, Tabletop 12%, Minimalist 10%, Puzzle 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: This cozy puzzle game focuses on chess-inspired movement and logic, making it a perfect companion for fans of minimalist strategy.

Zen Chess: Mate in Four is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-four problems in a beautifully designed chess board.

Why similar: Chess 44.9% ★, Tabletop 17.1%, Minimalist 9.6%, Relaxing 7.5%, Puzzle 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: This entry provides the most challenging logic puzzles in the series while adhering to the minimalist design philosophy of the seed game.

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 58.4% ★, Puzzle 8.9%, Logic 7.2%, Relaxing 7%, Strategy 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It blends chess movement mechanics with platforming puzzles, offering a fresh perspective on how chess pieces interact with a grid.

In Chess Knights: High Noon you are one of the deadliest gunslingers of the Old West. Use your instincts and fast trigger skills to hunt and kill all the Wanted Ones. Do it for fame or simply for a fistful of dollars.

Why similar: Chess 49.8% ★, Tabletop 22.7%, Tactical 10%, Puzzle 9.6%, Strategy 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This entry in the series maintains the focus on knight-based movement while introducing a western-themed puzzle aesthetic.

Minimal puzzle game.

Why similar: Logic 25%, Minimalist 21.3%, Relaxing 20.3%, Puzzle 18%, Casual 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: While not chess-based, its minimalist design and relaxing, logic-heavy puzzle gameplay mirror the overall feel of the seed game.

Chessarama is a collection of chess-inspired puzzle and strategy games that use chess pieces and their established move sets, then reimagines their goals and themes. Solve challenges, unlock collectibles, and compete against each other on the leaderboards. Welcome to Chessarama!

Why similar: Tabletop 27.6%, Chess 25.4% ★, Puzzle 9.6%, Relaxing 9.3%, Strategy 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game reimagines chess through various puzzle-based mini-games, capturing the same experimental spirit found in KNIGHTS.

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 44.5% ★, Tabletop 14%, Logic 11.3%, Minimalist 9.3%, Puzzle 7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a series of minimalist, chess-based puzzles that emphasize logic and pattern recognition over traditional competitive 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 44.1% ★, Tabletop 14.9%, Logic 10.7%, Minimalist 9%, Puzzle 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This follow-up provides more of the same satisfying, minimalist chess puzzles with a slightly darker, atmospheric visual style.

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 35.8% ★, Tabletop 17.3%, Logic 7.9%, Tactical 5.6%, Relaxing 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This collection of chess-based puzzles explores various board game mechanics in a clean, accessible format.

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 39.2% ★, Tabletop 26.4%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Strategy 8.9%, Puzzle 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: It simplifies chess into a fast-paced, casual strategy experience that retains the core movement logic of the original game.

Unitied is a minimalistic & relaxing puzzle game

Why similar: Strategy 23.2%, Minimalist 18.5%, Puzzle 16%, Relaxing 13.7%, Casual 12%

Why You'll Like It: It features minimalist, grid-based movement puzzles that require the same type of careful planning and logic as KNIGHTS.

Placement is a minimalist logic puzzle game based on chess.

Why similar: Chess 82.5% ★, Casual 12.6%, Indie 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This indie puzzle game uses chess pieces and grid-based logic to create a relaxing, minimalist experience.

HOOK is a short minimal, puzzle game.

Why similar: Relaxing 23%, Puzzle 20.8%, Minimalist 18.3%, Family Friendly 11.4%, Logic 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It is a quintessential minimalist puzzle game that shares the same relaxing, non-verbal design philosophy as KNIGHTS.

Hang The Kings is a chess-inspired puzzle game. Capture all pieces of the same color before eliminating its King.

Why similar: Chess 54.7% ★, Strategy 17.5%, Minimalist 10.6%, Puzzle 8.9%, Casual 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on minimalist chess puzzles that prioritize quick, logical thinking in a casual setting.

Deceptively simple. Infinitely complex. LYNE is a minimalist puzzle game that will knot your brain as it calms your soul. Connect the shapes. Fill the board. Lose yourself in the interflowing paths of LYNE.

Why similar: Logic 20.6%, Procedural Generation 18.9%, Puzzle 18.6%, Minimalist 15.6%, Relaxing 12.2%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on connecting shapes on a grid, providing a similar meditative, logic-based puzzle experience.

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 62.6% ★, Puzzle 9.3%, Strategy 8.1%, Relaxing 7.3%, Tactical 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides an endless, minimalist approach to chess puzzles that emphasizes casual, long-term engagement.

In Land of Puzzles: Knights the king and queen need your help. To avoid war the king has accepted a challenge of puzzles to solve. He needs you to solve 15 sets of challenging puzzles and help him secure the kingdom.

Why similar: Logic 21.5%, Puzzle 14%, Casual 12.3%, Relaxing 12.3%, Family Friendly 10.9%

Why You'll Like It: It directly incorporates knight-themed puzzles into a casual, 2D environment that feels very similar to the seed game.

Relaxing puzzle game, telling the story of Eon through gorgeous art and music.

Why similar: Puzzle 38.2%, Minimalist 28%, Relaxing 16.5%, Casual 11.8%, Indie 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a beautiful, minimalist puzzle experience that focuses on spatial logic and relaxing, non-punishing gameplay.

Relaxing, minimalistic 2d-puzzle game.

Why similar: Puzzle 20.1%, Relaxing 18%, Minimalist 14.9%, 2D 11.3%, Strategy 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on simple, grid-based puzzle mechanics that prioritize relaxation and logical flow, much like the seed game.

Hexcells Infinite is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Why similar: Puzzle 31.4%, Logic 24.3%, Minimalist 16%, Relaxing 11.9%, Casual 6.1%

Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Why similar: Puzzle 35.8%, Logic 22%, Minimalist 13.7%, Relaxing 8.7%, Casual 6.8%

Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.

Why similar: Puzzle 39.7%, Logic 19%, Minimalist 13.8%, Strategy 8.8%, Relaxing 7.3%

Mind games is a great set of extremely hard brain twisting puzzles! Warning: this game is for smarties! Only one out of ten people can solve the first puzzle!

Why similar: Chess 34.3% ★, Tabletop 31.2%, Puzzle 9.7%, Minimalist 7.9%, Family Friendly 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This collection of tabletop-inspired puzzles shares the minimalist, mouse-only control scheme that makes KNIGHTS so accessible.

Free Chess is a free physics based chess simulator where you are free to play the game of chess with the freedom of however you like.

Why similar: Chess 59.6% ★, Tabletop 23.5%, Simulation 6.4%, Strategy 3.7%, Casual 3.4%

Blue eats blue. Red eats red. Until one of each remains. A puzzler that is deceptively simple but hard to master.

Why similar: Minimalist 20.6%, Puzzle 18.9%, Strategy 17.6%, Relaxing 14.4%, Casual 11.6%

Relax, clear your mind and find the way out.

Why similar: Puzzle 26.1%, Minimalist 20.7%, Relaxing 11.5%, Strategy 10.7%, Casual 9.5%

Kombine is a minimalist puzzle game played on a grid. The goal is to remove all of the blocks that have borders by matching three or more of the same blocks together.

Why similar: Logic 21.4%, Minimalist 19%, Puzzle 14.4%, Relaxing 11.1%, Family Friendly 10.8%

SiNKR is a minimalist puzzler using various contraptions to sink pucks. Responsive ambient music. No holes left behind.

Why similar: Minimalist 27.2%, Strategy 21.9%, Puzzle 21.4%, Relaxing 16.8%, Casual 6%

chess simulator game

Why similar: Chess 67.6% ★, Tabletop 14.3%, Simulation 7.8%, Family Friendly 5.2%, Casual 3.2%

A puzzle for math lovers with matchsticks that won't burn you, but will light up your mind Challenge your mind moving, adding and removing matchsticks until you find the correct solution. How many tries do you need to solve each level?

Why similar: Tabletop 22%, Logic 20.6%, Strategy 14.8%, Relaxing 10.4%, Puzzle 10.2%

A selection of fantasy jigsaw puzzles. Customize your puzzle experience and expand the game with DLC.

Why similar: Tabletop 37.7%, Immersive Sim 15.3%, Puzzle 13.9%, Simulation 10.1%, Casual 6.2%

CrossCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.

Why similar: Puzzle 29.7%, Strategy 18.6%, Minimalist 18.2%, Logic 17.8%, Casual 11.5%

SquareCells is an ambient logic puzzle game.

Why similar: Puzzle 41.3%, Minimalist 24.8%, Logic 19%, Casual 10.2%, Indie 4.7%

TRIOS is a relaxing, minimalist maths puzzle game. Take your time, chill out with some numbers. Deceptively simple, surprisingly challenging.

Why similar: Procedural Generation 27.7%, Minimalist 17.1%, Relaxing 17.1%, Puzzle 16.2%, 2D 8.5%

The ChessThemed Chess offers a relaxing, minimalist chess experience with multiple boards, piece sets, AI opponents, and multiplayer. Play in 3D or 2D, learn the game’s history, and explore RPG-themed DLC. Free to Play – Download now and enjoy endless strategy!

Why similar: Chess 53.2% ★, Tabletop 15.2%, Tactical 13.7%, Strategy 10.9%, Multiplayer 2.6%

We’ve been taught not to play with fire, but the matches of this game aren’t going to burn you! Challenge your mind moving, adding and removing matchsticks until you find the correct solution. How many tries do you need to solve each level?

Why similar: Tabletop 25.9%, Logic 21.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Relaxing 10.8%, Puzzle 10.8%

Beautiful & relaxing Numberlink puzzles.

Why similar: Minimalist 21.9%, Puzzle 19.6%, Relaxing 18.1%, Strategy 17.7%, Casual 11.7%

Relaxing disassemble puzzle.

Why similar: Minimalist 26.4%, Relaxing 19.6%, Puzzle 19.6%, Family Friendly 14.7%, Casual 8.1%

Inline is an atmospheric, relaxing and minimalist experience reminiscent of classic puzzle games. Arrange the shapes you are given on a grid to form and clear as many lines as possible in this simple yet challenging game.

Why similar: Puzzle 17.3%, Minimalist 17.1%, Strategy 15.5%, Relaxing 14.5%, Family Friendly 11.2%

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

Why similar: Chess 43.8% ★, Tabletop 17.7%, Logic 11.6%, Minimalist 10%, Puzzle 7.5%

Protecting nobles from mud may look simple on the surface, but the intricate cape arranging puzzle mechanics ensure steadily increasing difficulty. Join the Knights on their quest to preserve dignity, and mindmuck is practically guaranteed! Playtime 10-35h.

Why similar: Logic 26.9%, Puzzle 15.9%, Minimalist 15%, Relaxing 14.8%, Strategy 11.7%

Square Logic is a minimalist puzzle game about coloring the grid with squares and rectangles, respecting the number of each cell.

Why similar: Logic 22.9%, Minimalist 17.3%, Puzzle 13%, Relaxing 13%, Family Friendly 9.8%

Puzzletronics Analog Eletronics is a minimalist puzzle-style game. In this game you will have the experience of moving pieces to form an electronic circuit, while listening to a calm and relaxing soundtrack.

Why similar: Tabletop 40.7%, Strategy 13.9%, Puzzle 12.9%, Logic 10.6%, Minimalist 9.8%

Minimalistic 3d puzzle with portals, cubes and lasers.

Why similar: Tabletop 24.4%, Logic 18.5%, Minimalist 15.8%, Relaxing 13.2%, Puzzle 12.5%

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

Why similar: Chess 57.6% ★, Tabletop 17.3%, Family Friendly 8.3%, Puzzle 7.2%, Strategy 4.5%

Move the blocks strategically until the balls find the targets. Simple yet challenging! This is Blokker.

Why similar: Logic 21.7%, Minimalist 19.2%, Relaxing 12%, Puzzle 11.7%, Tabletop 10.1%

Classic Solitaire game, accompanied by music and kitties.

Why similar: Tabletop 49.1%, Puzzle 14.8%, Minimalist 12.3%, Casual 9.2%, Relaxing 9%

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 43.7% ★, Tabletop 22.4%, Logic 10.5%, Strategy 7.6%, Family Friendly 6%

Logical puzzle game for meditation. The goal of the player is to assemble a puzzle consisting of nodes. Easy to understand mechanics, swap hexagons with lines.

Why similar: Logic 30.1%, Minimalist 21.8%, Relaxing 18.2%, Puzzle 17.2%, Casual 7.4%

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 66.5% ★, Strategy 10.9%, Tabletop 9%, Logic 8.3%, Casual 3.5%

A minimalist and relaxing experience. Challenge yourself to move pieces to assemble a safe path for your car and collect all the items on the way, while listening to a relaxing soundtrack in a totally minimalist environment.

Why similar: Logic 25.1%, Minimalist 16.8%, Relaxing 14.4%, Puzzle 14.4%, Family Friendly 10.7%

Simple. Elegant. Challenging.

Why similar: Strategy 37.8%, Puzzle 36.4%, Casual 19.6%, Indie 6.3%