60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Chess, Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy.
You are a pawn in an endless but not always fair chess world. Enslave your enemies and turn them into slaves. Build your own army. On the path to glory you will face alcoholism, alligators and ludomania. Test your luck in OVERCHESS.
Chess of Doom
Chess of doom is a chess-based roguelike where you're outnumbered at every turn. Harness the dungeon's power to battle enemy hordes, familiar and strange. Die, learn, master, conquer!
Passant: A Chess Roguelike
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.
Chess of doom is a chess-based roguelike where you're outnumbered at every turn. Harness the dungeon's power to battle enemy hordes, familiar and strange. Die, learn, master, conquer!
Why similar: Chess 56.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Roguelike 12.4%, Strategy 9.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.1%
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 60.1% ★, Roguelike 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.9%
Crawl through the infernal checkerboards. Plan your moves, survive demonic hordes, collect unholy weapons, and descend ever deeper to reclaim your soul — but beware: in this damned game, the rules of chess have been... corrupted. Can you reach the PAWNDEMONIUM ?
Why similar: Chess 54.8% ★, Roguelike 12.9%, Strategy 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%, Grid-Based Movement 6.6%
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 50.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Roguelike 14%, Strategy 7.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.1%
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 59.1% ★, Roguelike 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Strategy 8.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 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 62.8% ★, Roguelike 14.3%, Strategy 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.1%, 2D 2.5%
A chess roguelike where the opponent shows you its moves. Gain Insight to unlock board-altering Techniques in a procedural skill tree and set up devastating traps Stockfish can’t see coming.
Why similar: Chess 58.8% ★, Roguelike 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Strategy 7.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.8%
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 60.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Roguelike 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.5%, Strategy 7.2%
Chess, but with spells, items and dungeons that fight back. Play online matches on boards full of vision crystals, teleports and fog, where every piece has abilities the original never had.
Why similar: Chess 52.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Grid-Based Movement 7.8%, Roguelike 7.3%, Strategy 6.1%
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 62.6% ★, Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Helios Chess is a chess roguelike where you have to upgrade your pieces, buy augments and play chess like you never have before. If your new to chess this can also help enhance your skills and knowledge.
Why similar: Chess 56% ★, Roguelike 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.1%
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 49.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Roguelike 10.5%, Comedy 8%, Strategy 6.6%
Shatranj Pro is a tactical chess puzzle game featuring 10,000 unique puzzles, 3 AI difficulty levels, and local 2-player mode. Solve challenging positions, improve your tactical vision, and progress through a massive chess puzzle experience at your own pace.
Why similar: Chess 80% ★, Strategy 15.3%, 2D 3.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Do you like the Endgame in chess? Here's a brand new chess variant! Defend the back rank against the onslaught of enemy pawns. Easy to learn , advanced artificial intelligence , 66 hand-crafted stages.
Why similar: Chess 60.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Grid-Based Movement 9.3%, Strategy 7.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.5%
Chess... chess never changes. How much can you do?! It's time for something new - a combination of chess and snake!
Why similar: Chess 63% ★, Strategy 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%, Top-Down 3.7%
Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun. A unique strategy roguelike based on the timeless checkboard classic.
Why similar: Chess 55.5% ★, Roguelike 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Strategy 7%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.8%
ChessCorp - an indie puzzle game that takes you to a pixel art world to solve the mystery of your existence. Tackle AI-generated chess puzzles, develop your own thinking machine, and win the Grand Tournament. This is the only way.
Why similar: Chess 65.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.4%, 2D 2.1%
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 66.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.9%, Horror 6%
A chess arcade game where you play against the strongest chess engine in the world.
Why similar: Chess 85.2% ★, Strategy 11%, 2D 3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 48.1% ★, Roguelike 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Strategy 7.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.4%
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 33.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Strategy 16.4%, Roguelike 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%
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 63.3% ★, Strategy 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.7%, Top-Down 3.7%
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
Why similar: Chess 51% ★, Roguelike 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Strategy 8.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.6%
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 73% ★, Strategy 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.3%
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 60.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Roguelike 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.8%, Strategy 5.8%
A pirate themed chess puzzle game where strategically placing a limited number of pieces is key to breaking open all treasure chests and completing each level.
Why similar: Chess 61.1% ★, Strategy 17.4%, Top-Down 6.7%, Grid-Based Movement 5.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.5%
FRITZ CHESS 14! The Ultimate Chess SoftwarePlay against FRITZ or play online at FRITZ CHESS 14 is the most comprehensive chess program in the world. Whether you are new to the game or a Grandmaster, FRITZ 14 is suitable for all skill levels!
A tactical roguelike role-playing game based in the original thousand-year classic, Chess
Why similar: Chess 57.2% ★, Roguelike 14%, Strategy 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%, Comedy 6.1%
Study piece movements, checkmate conditions and tactics; learn Janggi inside out! Solve endgame puzzles and play against AI opponents, perfecting your Janggi strategy.
Why similar: Chess 69.4% ★, Strategy 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.4%, Top-Down 5.6%, 2D 3.3%
ChessRPG is a revisited chess game in pixel art. Each player chooses a medieval fantasy people, gaining access to pieces with various characteristics that turn every match into a fresh tactical battle.
Why similar: Chess 61.9% ★, Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%, Grid-Based Movement 5.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%
Chess Defense is a strategy tower defense game where chess pieces become your towers.
Why similar: Chess 66.3% ★, Strategy 12.4%, Roguelike 11.7%, Top-Down 5.6%, Survival 1.6%
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 67.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Strategy 8.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%, Top-Down 4.6%
Save the forest in this improved version of chess with new boards with obstacles and power-ups.
Why similar: Chess 65.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Strategy 8.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%
They say one person in the field is not a warrior. And what if this one is called to fight by the White Grandmaster himself, endowed with super powers and even the ground on which he steps helps him. Find out in the new skirmish of the Grandmasters and regain control over all the clans of Whitehills
Why similar: Chess 70.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%, Strategy 6.7%
Chess Club Valley is a 2D open-world Chess RPG where battles are played on the board. Explore an action-packed overworld and dungeons, challenge quirky characters and Super Bosses in chess, and level up through 20+ hours of adventure.
Why similar: Chess 70.6% ★, Open World 19.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%, 2D 3%, Adventure 0.9%
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 70.6% ★, Roguelike 10.7%, Strategy 9.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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 54.1% ★, Roguelike 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%, Strategy 7.4%
This is NOT a Chess, don't aim to CHECKMATE, but focus on MERGING the pieces to become a NUCLEAR BOMB
Why similar: Chess 63.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%, Strategy 6.8%, Grid-Based Movement 4.3%
Build a chess army. Break the rules. Get thrown around by a tornado, spiked by a trap, swallowed by quicksand or captured by an enemy hiding in tall grass. Make your knights move infinitely or turn your bishops into necromancers. No king to checkmate. Just enemies to destroy.
Why similar: Chess 50.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Roguelike 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8%, Strategy 6.3%
Explore the dungeons Below the Crown, in this love letter to Roguelikes, Dungeon Crawlers, and Chess. Prepare for strategy, game-changing spells, psychological tests, and challenges from your fellow players. From the award-winning creators of Duskers & A Virus Named TOM.
Why similar: Chess 45.7% ★, Roguelike 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Strategy 7.6%, Horror 7%
How would you play chess if the board was a magical fantasy world? Command living chess pieces across four strange realms, use the terrain as a weapon, and gather allies with incredible powers. A single-player tactics game where you win by building your best synergistic army.
Why similar: Chess 62.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Strategy 10.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.9%, Open World 6.6%
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 62% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.7%, Top-Down 4.5%
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 77.6% ★, Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Warriors clash in an epic chess battle where the fallen can be revived through the King’s Mana! Choose your battlefield, I mean your board, craft your ultimate strategy, harness your Mana, and defeat your enemy to claim glory!
Why similar: Chess 56.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Strategy 8.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.2%, Top-Down 5.8%
Four Kings One War is a 1 or 2 player strategy game inspired by chess. Each player controls two armies as though they were one and get's two moves per turn. This opens up guerrilla style tactics and hidden attacks. This is strategy for the modern mind, outside the 64th square.
Why similar: Chess 59.8% ★, Strategy 28.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Chess is broken. Gather the Black Army, build a party of chess pieces, and battle through fractured boards in this asymmetric turn-based roguelike. Empower your army, adapt your strategy each run, and unravel the mystery behind a world trapped in an endless match.
Why similar: Chess 48.4% ★, Roguelike 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Grid-Based Movement 8.8%, Strategy 7%
Chess game with classes, Mana, spells, traps and skills. Build your strategy, disrupt your opponent and compete across platforms in tactical matches. Choose the class that suits best your play style.
Why similar: Chess 66% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%, Singleplayer 0.3%
Study piece movements, checkmate conditions and tactics; learn Xiangqi inside out! Play against a wide variety of AI opponents, developing your Xiangi playing style.
Why similar: Chess 70.9% ★, Strategy 11.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%, Top-Down 5.2%, 2D 2.8%
Escape custom chess boards with your king while your opponent hunts you down. Play campaigns, solve puzzles, compete locally or ranked online, and build your own puzzles and campaigns in the editor.
Why similar: Chess 63.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Sandbox 10.7%, Strategy 9.1%, Top-Down 1.9%
A two-player online (choose an opponent from your Steam friends list) Chess, in an edgeless landscape called "Kingland", with upgrades.
It’s not chess...it’s better! COMBINE pieces as you play. New moves. New strategies. Create powerful hybrid pieces like the "Knook" by moving the Knight + Rook onto the same square. Then move as either piece. Face off with friends. Battle the AI. Beat the Grandmaster in the Deckbuilding Roguelike.
Why similar: Chess 54.8% ★, Psychedelic 14.5%, Roguelike 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.8%, Strategy 6.8%
Caîssa Board is a graphical chess user interface that is evolving toward becoming an online chess club.
Why similar: Chess 70.6% ★, Strategy 12.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%, Top-Down 4.9%, 2D 2.7%
A game combining chess and card games with roguelike elements. You can move with the cards in your hand. With only a joker piece as start, you can build up a powerful army. With Upgrade Cards changing how you play, and Curses that help the enemy, every run feels different.
Why similar: Chess 46.3% ★, Roguelike 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Strategy 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.7%
Crounds is a fast-paced PvP chess roguelike. Choose a powerful King, draft game-breaking upgrades, and bend the traditional rules of chess to destroy your opponent! Synergize your chaotic upgrades to create your winning strategy!
Why similar: Chess 58.3% ★, Roguelike 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Strategy 7.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.4%
A playable Chess board that visualizes where each piece can go and what every move does
Why similar: Chess 61% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%, Strategy 7.7%, Top-Down 5.4%
There are 11 classes in the war board game. Each class has 4 skills, one passive, and 24 equipment (8 equipment have active skills). You can switch to the third-person perspective when fighting.
Why similar: Chess 62.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.4%, Strategy 7.3%, Comedy 6.6%
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 72.3% ★, Strategy 13.3%, Comedy 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 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 62.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Strategy 8.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.8%, Top-Down 5.9%
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 63.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Strategy 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%, Top-Down 3.2%
