- #1 MEGACHESS
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Starry MinesPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
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 29.4% ★, Turn-Based 13.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Roguelike 11.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%
- #2 Chess of Doom
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: New Dawn Interactive
Windows
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 58.5% ★, Roguelike 10.9%, Strategy 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Combat 5.8%
- #3 Weapon Gambit
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PC W.Pub: PC W. Studio
Windows · Mac
Roll your weapons, plan your every move! A bite-sized tactical puzzle blending dice and chess. Strategize your positioning with the rolled weapons to dismantle enemy defenses. Strike directly at the Monster Crystal before your turns run out!
Why similar: Chess 40.7% ★, Turn-Based 13.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9.8%, Grid-Based Movement 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.6%
- #4 ChessRPG
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nessarosa
Windows
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 53.9% ★, Strategy 8.6%, Grid-Based Movement 7.3%, Demons 7.2%, Turn-Based Combat 5.4%
- #5 Passant: A Chess Roguelike
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 373 reviews2025
Dev: Marc Makes Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 62.6% ★, Roguelike 11.6%, Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Logic 3.5%
- #6 Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure (Chess)
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 127 reviews2018
Dev: Pixel Wizards
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 53% ★, Turn-Based 19.7%, Strategy 8.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%, Turn-Based Combat 5.9%
- #7 Advancing Chess
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LeviathanStasis
Windows · Linux
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 61.7% ★, Roguelike 10.7%, Strategy 8.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.5%
- #8 Peace by Piece
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Przemek Cholewa
Windows
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 54.3% ★, Roguelike 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Strategy 7.7%, Turn-Based Combat 5.6%
- #9 Once a Pawn a King
91% matchMixed59% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: Clover BitePub: indie.io
Windows
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 43.1% ★, Turn-Based 16.9%, Grid-Based Movement 12.3%, Roguelike 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
- #10 A Game of Chaess
90% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Yohan Fabre (Gamezel)Pub: Klaas Jongsma
Windows · Mac
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 49.9% ★, Turn-Based 17.2%, Roguelike 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%, Strategy 6.2%
- #11 Chess 3: The Final Chapter
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TeamTwoStudios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outsmart the world's strongest chess engine, Stockfish. See its plan, then turn that plan against it, using abilities from a procedural skill tree in this turn-based strategy roguelike.
Why similar: Chess 62.4% ★, Roguelike 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%, Strategy 7.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 4%
- #12 Chess Bulk
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Chess phD
Windows
Why do we have to be restricted by the chess rule of only moving a piece per player turn? What if we can move all pieces in a single turn? This game do exactly that!!! Plus a pretty good multi kill effect :)
Why similar: Chess 42.4% ★, Turn-Based 16.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%, Grid-Based Movement 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%
- #13 Crown and Coup
88% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kristiyan Ivanov
Windows · Linux
Chess is the deck. Draft an army, march it through escalating sieges, and stack stratagems until one rook move scores like an avalanche. A score-chasing roguelike where every capture feeds the combo - and checkmate is the jackpot.
Why similar: Chess 55.9% ★, Strategy 9%, Roguelike 8.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%, Turn-Based Combat 6.9%
- #14 Waves of Chess
87% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2026
Dev: Amusing Noodle Games
Windows
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 67.2% ★, Roguelike 13%, Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.1%, Pixel Graphics 1.9%
- #15 Unto Deepest Depths
86% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2025
Dev: McCollum Games
Windows · Linux
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 34% ★, Turn-Based 22.7%, Grid-Based Movement 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%, Strategy 7.3%
- #16 Back Rank Chess
86% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2023
Dev: Nocky
Windows · Mac
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 62% ★, Grid-Based Movement 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Strategy 7.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 6%
- #17 The Rookery
85% matchVery Positive94% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: Glyder Games
Windows · Mac
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 64.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Roguelike 8.6%, Strategy 7.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.2%
- #18 Dunchess
84% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Chateau Pixel SL
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 55.5% ★, Grid-Based Movement 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Roguelike 6.5%, Strategy 6.1%
- #19 Grandmaster's Revenge
84% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Middle Way Games
Windows
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 69% ★, Turn-Based Combat 16.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%, Strategy 6.9%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #20 ChessSnake
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: HowDeerYou
Windows
Chess... chess never changes. How much can you do?! It's time for something new - a combination of chess and snake!
Why similar: Chess 64.7% ★, Strategy 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.2%, Turn-Based Combat 5.9%
- #21 Chesslike
82% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Habit Gaming
Windows · Linux
A new outlook on the classic strategy game, battle your way to winning.
Why similar: Chess 67.3% ★, Turn-Based Combat 15.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.1%, 2D 0.7%
- #22 Last Gambit
81% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Mads
Windows · Linux
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 48.8% ★, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%, Roguelike 10.8%, Grid-Based Movement 8.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
- #23 Shatranj Puzzles
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: iradastudio
Windows
Shatranj Puzzles 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 83.2% ★, Strategy 15%, 2D 1.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #24 OVERCHESS
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ktotakops
Windows
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.
Why similar: Chess 55.4% ★, Roguelike 12.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7%, Grid-Based Movement 6.6%
- #25 Questy Chess
80% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Dadako
Windows · Mac · Linux
A unique chess-RPG-puzzle hybrid set inside a corrupted 90s computer. Battle an evil chess invasion across 24 handcrafted levels, purge glitched worlds and bosses, and restore the system. Minimal Bauhaus visuals and a deep drone soundtrack shape a tense, atmospheric journey.
Why similar: Chess 65.1% ★, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Strategy 11.2%, Grid-Based Movement 7.5%, Top-Down 1.9%
- #26 Tactorius
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Ludius Constructs
Windows
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 67.3% ★, Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #27 Gamblers Chess
78% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: PixelatedCouchCoding
Windows
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 43.7% ★, Turn-Based Combat 16.2%, Roguelike 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Strategy 8.4%
- #28 Hellmate - Chess Deck Builder
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Overbaked Studio
Windows · Mac
Roguelike deckbuilding chess in the seven floors of Hell. Each floor belongs to a deadly sin, and every sin crowns its own king. Summon pieces, sling spells, and brand your army with sigils to melt the king's HP before your turns run out. Seven sins, seven kings, one deck.
Why similar: Chess 43.6% ★, Grid-Based Movement 11.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%, Roguelike 9.3%, Demons 8.4%
- #29 Checkmate Challenge
77% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Erik Fast
Windows
A chess arcade game where you play against the strongest chess engine in the world.
Why similar: Chess 87.8% ★, Strategy 10.7%, 2D 1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #30 Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Checkmate
Windows
A tactical roguelike role-playing game based in the original thousand-year classic, Chess
Why similar: Chess 57.6% ★, Roguelike 12%, Strategy 9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.3%
- #31 Fritz Chess 14
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 123 reviews2014
Dev: ChessBasePub: Viva Media
Windows
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!
Why similar: Chess 91.7% ★, Strategy 8.3%
- #32 BOT.vinnik Chess: USSR vs the World
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Deep Green GamesPub: Abyssal Studios
Windows
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 74.5% ★, Strategy 9.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.4%, Logic 3.1%
- #33 Just Chessing Around
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cabbage Club
Windows
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 49.9% ★, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, Roguelike 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.2%
- #34 Dice chess
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Actual indie game
Windows
A new-age chess game combined with math. Free to play with your bro offline, your friends or any players online.
Why similar: Chess 60.3% ★, Turn-Based Combat 10.3%, Strategy 7.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.9%
- #35 Protocol Aegirum
75% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Nacho Riquelme
Windows
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 62% ★, Roguelike 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Turn-Based Combat 6.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.3%
- #36 Chess Corp
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Piotr Dul
Windows
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 69.8% ★, Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.5%, Logic 1.9%
- #37 Immortal Chess
73% match9 user reviews56% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Arcane Square Games
Windows · Mac
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 64.7% ★, Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 6%, Turn-Based Combat 5.5%
- #38 Pirate Chest Chess
73% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Matthew Satterfield
Windows
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 63.3% ★, Strategy 17%, Grid-Based Movement 9.5%, Top-Down 4.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.7%
- #39 Crounds
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ZeroEight Studios
Windows
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 57.3% ★, Roguelike 9.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%, Strategy 7.1%
- #40 Prisoners Chess
71% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Oh Baby Games
Windows
You know how the pieces move. You don't know how they die. A chess roguelike where every piece bleeds. Level them, perk them or lose them forever. Take the enemy King's head, or bleed their army dry. One path saves you. One damns you. Hell keeps score.
Why similar: Chess 80.1% ★, Strategy 10.4%, Roguelike 9.2%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #41 Gambition
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EasternLamp
Windows
A chess-inspired tactical roguelike where every battle becomes a puzzle of sacrifice and manipulation. Evolve chess pieces, build powerful armies, and turn clever sacrifices into devastating synergies.
Why similar: Chess 53.2% ★, Turn-Based 14.1%, Roguelike 11.2%, Strategy 7.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.5%
- #42 Chess: The Lost Pieces
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Yağız Selimoğlu
Windows
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
Why similar: Chess 54% ★, Roguelike 11.9%, Grid-Based Movement 10.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%
- #43 Helios Chess
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Error707Studios
Windows
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 62.9% ★, Roguelike 11.4%, Strategy 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.6%
- #44 SokoChess Black
71% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Daisy GamesPub: Martin Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
SokoChess Black is a puzzle game about pushing and capturing Chess pieces while overcoming various obstacles. Enjoy 70 different handcrafted levels with a unique twist on the Chess formula.
Why similar: Chess 63.6% ★, Strategy 11%, Grid-Based Movement 9.2%, Turn-Based 8.2%, Logic 7.1%
- #45 TOTAL ZUGZWANG
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LOKUST AZUL LIMITED
Windows
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 51.5% ★, Roguelike 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Strategy 7.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.2%
- #46 CHECKBORNE - A CHESS ADVENTURE
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dadzio Software Solutions
Windows · Linux
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 73.4% ★, Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 2.3%, 2D 0.8%
- #47 Chaturanga
68% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Bored Games LLC
Windows · Mac
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 52.2% ★, Roguelike 11.3%, Grid-Based Movement 9.2%, Strategy 8.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 5%
- #48 Backstabbing King
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Flown
Windows
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 68.4% ★, Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 4%, Pixel Graphics 2.9%
- #49 Pawnbarian
68% matchVery Positive89% of 902 reviews2021
Dev: j4nw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 48.6% ★, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Roguelike 11.6%, Grid-Based Movement 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.2%
- #50 Combat Chess
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2021
Dev: Minds Eye ProductionsPub: Strategy First
Windows
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 72.4% ★, Strategy 8.1%, Turn-Based Combat 7.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.4%
- #51 Schachkampf - Fantasy Chess
68% matchPositive84% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: KeyboardKrieger
Windows
Solve more than 3.000.000 chess puzzles and fight an AI which is challenging for beginners and pros. Unlock different startign positions to give your chess game a new twist. All that in the style of famous 90s JRPGs.
Why similar: Chess 52.7% ★, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Logic 6.1%, Strategy 5.8%
- #52 MAFIA Chess
69% matchNo user reviews2023
Dev: MAFIA Chess
Windows
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 75% ★, Strategy 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.7%, Logic 4.3%, 2D 0.9%
- #53 Prismarch
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Noah Magner
Windows
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 73.7% ★, Roguelike 9.5%, Strategy 9.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.4%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #54 Sharp Chess
66% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Melmax LLC
Windows
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 79.7% ★, Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #55 Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
66% matchVery Positive91% of 7,454 reviews2022
Dev: PUNKCAKE Delicieux
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun. A unique strategy roguelike based on the timeless checkboard classic.
Why similar: Chess 61.8% ★, Roguelike 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Strategy 7.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 3.4%
- #56 King-Dom
70% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: maddma
Windows
A two-player online (choose an opponent from your Steam friends list) Chess, in an edgeless landscape called "Kingland", with upgrades.
Why similar: Chess 69.5% ★, Strategy 30.5%
- #57 Zeitnot
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: EmremefaPub: Diabolical Studios
Windows
Chess you already know, rules you don't. Pieces have HP and gear. Shop between fights, stack gambits, roll the dice if you're feeling stupid. Lose the trial, lose the run.
Why similar: Chess 56.9% ★, Roguelike 9.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Strategy 8.5%
- #58 Grandmaster Chess
67% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Capstone SoftwarePub: Ziggurat
Windows
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 57.9% ★, Grid-Based Movement 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Strategy 8.6%, Logic 3.7%