- #1 Prismarch
97% 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 43.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, Tabletop 9.9%, Board Game 9.6%, Roguelike 6.7%
- #2 Lilith's Game
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: TikoPub: Tiko Developments
Windows
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 43.2% ★, Board Game 12.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Tabletop 9.8%, PvE 7.9%
- #3 Passant: A Chess Roguelike
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 369 reviews2025
Dev: Marc Makes Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 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 44.9% ★, Board Game 10.2%, Roguelike 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%
- #4 Je Di Bo
95% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Evgeny Nichipuruk
Windows · Mac
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 31% ★, Board Game 18.7%, Tabletop 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
- #5 ChessSnake
94% 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 43.9% ★, Board Game 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Tabletop 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.4%
- #6 Peace by Piece
94% 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 38.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Roguelike 10.9%, Board Game 10.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%
- #7 Protocol Aegirum
93% 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 41.4% ★, Board Game 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Roguelike 7.5%
- #8 Chess: The Lost Pieces
92% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Yağız Selimoğlu
Windows
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
Why similar: Chess 35.4% ★, Board Game 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Roguelike 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%
- #9 Immortal Chess
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Arcane Square Games
Windows · Mac
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 43.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Board Game 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Class-Based 7.3%
- #10 Dice chess
90% matchNo user reviews2026
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 41.1% ★, Board Game 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Tabletop 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%
- #11 Waves of Chess
89% 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 49% ★, Board Game 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Roguelike 11.4%, Isometric 6.4%
- #12 Chex
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2023
Dev: KonsolKongenPub: Stuen
Windows
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 50.1% ★, Board Game 19%, Tabletop 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Strategy 3%
- #13 Spellk
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: bascorp
Windows
A roguelike combat spelling game with diverse build variation and light story.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18%, Dungeon Crawler 15.6%, Party-Based RPG 13.6%, PvE 9%, Roguelite 8.2%
- #14 Warboard
86% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: IBELF Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 35.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.3%, Board Game 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Tabletop 10%
- #15 Infernal Chess
87% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Hard Shark Games
Windows
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 38.1% ★, Board Game 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Tabletop 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%
- #16 Just Chessing Around
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cabbage Club
Windows
Build a chess army. Break the rules. Collect buffs that make your pieces addictively OP, with knights that roam the entire board, rooks that smash through anything. Use items like bombs or potions to cause even more chaos. No king to checkmate. Just enemies to destroy.
Why similar: Chess 34.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Dungeon Crawler 9.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
- #17 Yes, My Queen
84% matchVery Positive85% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Wall Spaghetti
Windows · Mac
The chess roguelite. Play game-changing cards, bend the rules, save your Queen, and escape from the dungeon.
Why similar: Chess 36.7% ★, Board Game 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Roguelike 9.2%, Tabletop 8.3%
- #18 Boardmancer
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: cxhuy
Windows
In Boardmancer, your board is your deck! Roll your dice, reroll your ability tiles, and activate abilities as you battle enemies who transform the board into a battlefield in this unique deckbuilding roguelike.
Why similar: Board Game 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Tabletop 13.8%, Dungeon Crawler 13.6%, PvE 8.7%
- #19 The Rookery
84% matchVery Positive95% of 102 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 47% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Board Game 9.8%, Roguelite 8%
- #20 A Wizard-Chess Tournament
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stefan Badenhorst
Windows · Linux
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 42.1% ★, Board Game 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13%, Tabletop 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #21 Below the Crown
81% matchVery Positive94% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: Misfits Attic
Windows
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 31.4% ★, Tabletop 12.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%, Roguelike 8.3%
- #22 The Ouroboros King
81% matchVery Positive80% of 569 reviews2023
Dev: Oriol Cosp Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%
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 37.7% ★, Board Game 17.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Roguelike 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #23 Combat Chess
82% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 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 48.8% ★, Board Game 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Tabletop 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.1%
- #24 Dark Quest 4
79% matchVery Positive82% of 174 reviews2025
Dev: Brain Seal Ltd
Windows · Mac
A turn based dungeon crawler where you create a party of heroes to go on epic quests.
Why similar: Board Game 14.3%, Tabletop 13.2%, Party-Based RPG 12.9%, Class-Based 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%
- #25 ChessRPG
80% 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 44.3% ★, Board Game 12.1%, Tabletop 7.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%, Grid-Based Movement 6.1%
- #26 Underworld Explorers
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: mc2games
Windows
Journey into the unknown with Underworld Explorers, a bite-sized roguelike with card and dice mechanics where you will fight powerful monsters, level up your heroes, find artifacts and explore deeper until you confront the Underworld Lord!
Why similar: Board Game 14.6%, Loot 13.1%, Party-Based RPG 12.4%, Dungeon Crawler 12%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%
- #27 Caïssa Board
82% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Dominique Lorre
Windows
Caîssa Board is a graphical chess user interface that is evolving toward becoming an online chess club.
Why similar: Chess 48.6% ★, Board Game 15.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.4%, Tabletop 14.2%, Strategy 5.2%
- #28 Last Crown Gambit
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Feona Games
Windows
A chess-based roguelike tactics game where you empower pieces with cards, build tag synergies, and shape each run through strategic choices.
Why similar: Chess 48% ★, Board Game 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, PvE 9.9%, Roguelite 8.3%
- #29 Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
77% matchVery Positive94% of 758 reviews2023
Dev: D20Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
Why similar: Board Game 14.1%, Party-Based RPG 12.6%, Tabletop 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%, Dungeon Crawler 11%
- #30 Against The Godds
76% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Quokka Quest
Windows
Death has vanished, and nothing can die. Lead a party, battle the Godds, and forge your fate in this turn-based rogue-lite where every move is decided by the roll of the dice.
Why similar: Tabletop 20.8%, Roguelike 14%, Dungeon Crawler 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Action Roguelike 9.5%
- #31 Chessillo
76% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: DRV
Windows
The chess roguelike. Recruit magical pieces, break the rules of the board with sacrifices, portals, and curses, and survive three acts to bring down the Chaos King.
Why similar: Board Game 23.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, Chess 16.3% ★, Roguelike 12.7%, Roguelite 7.7%
- #32 Advancing Chess
77% 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 49.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Tabletop 11%, Roguelike 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
- #33 flChess 2
78% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Flying. Stone. Production
Windows
Chess game in 3D environment, where advanced artifical inteligence with 6 levels of strength can make you work hard for win.
Why similar: Chess 33.8% ★, Tabletop 15.2%, Board Game 13.7%, PvE 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%
- #34 Band of Brigands
75% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: ProtoGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Band of Brigands is an exhilarating dungeon crawler where players vie for riches in treacherous depths. Outsmart lurking monsters and rival brigands alike. Snatch valuable loot and escape before your teammates do. In this world, trust is transient, and alliances shift like shadows.
Why similar: Board Game 15.7%, Tabletop 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Dungeon Crawler 12.4%, Grid-Based Movement 9.1%
- #35 GoblinChess
74% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Panaq AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 43.9% ★, Board Game 18%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Tabletop 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 6.7%
- #36 Chess of Doom
75% 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 50.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Roguelike 11.2%, Dungeon Crawler 9.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.8%
- #37 Demeo Battles
74% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Resolution Games
Windows
Demeo Battles is a competitive PvP turn-based strategy game. Choose your champion, assemble an army of monstrous minions, and team up with fellow champions in your quest for turn-based glory!
Why similar: Tabletop 17.2%, Board Game 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Class-Based 11.8%, Dungeon Crawler 9.8%
- #38 Once a Pawn a King
71% matchMixed59% of 56 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 34.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Dungeon Crawler 10.6%, Grid-Based Movement 10.1%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #39 Strike Chess
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: CodingWithKantecki
Windows · Mac
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 39.1% ★, Board Game 18.2%, Tabletop 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
- #40 MEGACHESS
73% 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 25.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Roguelike 12%, Turn-Based Combat 10.3%
- #41 Demeo
72% matchVery Positive87% of 2,028 reviews2021
Dev: Resolution Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Adventurers, it’s time to unite! Gather your friends and battle the dark forces that have overtaken the world of Resolution Games' award-winning RPG dungeon crawler, Demeo. The next generation of tabletop adventure has arrived!
Why similar: Board Game 14.4%, Tabletop 14.1%, Class-Based 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Dungeon Crawler 11.4%
- #42 Vantageous
73% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: Alec Schneider
Windows
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 37.1% ★, Tabletop 16.6%, Board Game 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 7.6%
- #43 Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
70% matchVery Positive91% of 7,402 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 43.3% ★, Tabletop 14%, Roguelike 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Action Roguelike 7.8%
- #44 Chess Mess
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Heavy Element
Windows · Linux
The chess pieces you know, but with an addictive, puzzle game twist! Get the highest score possible while staying ready to capture the King. Featuring daily challenges, rogue-like elements, and more!
Why similar: Board Game 22.5%, Chess 19.2% ★, Tabletop 19%, Roguelike 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%
- #45 Dunchess
69% matchPositive100% of 14 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 43.4% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.5%, Grid-Based Movement 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.5%
- #46 Chess of Fortune
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: devOfFortune
Windows
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 45.3% ★, Board Game 17.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Class-Based 8.6%
- #47 Dungeon Rollers
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Prince Game Studio
Windows
Dungeon Rollers is a turn-based dice game, upgrade your skills reroll your dice to defeat the dangerous enemies on your adventure.
Why similar: Board Game 17.9%, Dungeon Crawler 15.9%, Tabletop 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Grid-Based Movement 9.9%
- #48 Grandmaster's Revenge
70% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Two in One
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 52.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 16.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Action Roguelike 4.1%
- #49 Chess 2
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KeeleePub: TD Indie
Windows
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 45.8% ★, Board Game 17.4%, Tabletop 15.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Strategy 3.6%
- #50 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 37.5% ★, Board Game 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Roguelike 9.7%, Grid-Based Movement 6.7%
- #51 BoardLand
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 949 reviews2024
Dev: High FishPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
BoardLand is a turn-based strategy board game where you use the numbers rolled by dice to grow your own board and battle monsters.
Why similar: Board Game 18.9%, Tabletop 16%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Dungeon Crawler 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%
- #52 Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Checkmate
Windows
A tactical roguelike role-playing game based in the original thousand-year classic, Chess
Why similar: Chess 43.3% ★, Board Game 13.2%, Roguelike 10.8%, Roguelite 7.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%
- #53 Battle Chess: Game of Kings™
72% matchMixed52% of 377 reviews2015
Dev: Olde SküülPub: Interplay Entertainment Corp.
Windows
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 46.2% ★, Board Game 27.2%, Tabletop 20.5%, Strategy 6%
- #54 Usurper
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 48 reviews2024
Dev: Rogue Brain Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where your King is your strongest weapon. Play cards from your deck to drop units onto the battlefield and checkmate your opponent. Build your Deck, Upgrade your Ruler, and Claim the Throne.
Why similar: Chess 36.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Board Game 11.9%, Tabletop 9%, Roguelike 9%
- #55 DunDie
67% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Moonsaurus Games
Windows
DunDie is a dice-based roguelike where you combine Yahtzee-style rolls to attack or defend, explore shifting routes, discover relics that reshape your strategy, and face an eternal cycle that can only be broken by sacrificing your own dice.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, Board Game 14.7%, Dungeon Crawler 13.9%, Turn-Based Combat 8.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #56 Pawnbarian
67% matchVery Positive89% of 893 reviews2021
Dev: j4nw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 34.9% ★, Board Game 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%, Roguelike 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%
- #57 City of Promotion
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tanami Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
City of Promotion est un jeu qui combine les échecs et la construction de colonies, où les joueurs utilisent les règles de déplacement des pièces d'échecs pour collecter des ressources, développer des colonies et résister aux attaques de monstres en essaim.
Why similar: Chess 46.4% ★, Tabletop 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Board Game 8.4%
- #58 Chess Visualized
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: The Lunar Carver
Windows
A playable Chess board that visualizes where each piece can go and what every move does
Why similar: Chess 44.5% ★, Board Game 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, PvE 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #59 RPG Chess
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Oskar Aleksander Melbye
Windows · Mac
A turn-based RPG, except it’s also chess! Instead of capturing, your pieces fight in battles based on stats, elements and abilities. Build your team in roguelite adventure runs, or battle friends and CPU's in 1v1 matches!
Why similar: Chess 35.5% ★, Board Game 15.1%, Tabletop 13%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%