- #1 Last Gambit
97% 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 30% ★, Board Game 11%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%, Tabletop 8.3%, Roguelike 7.9%
- #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 43.3% ★, Board Game 12.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Tabletop 9.7%, PvE 7.8%
- #3 Prismarch
96% 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 43.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, Tabletop 9.8%, Board Game 9.6%, Roguelike 6.7%
- #4 Passant: A Chess Roguelike
95% 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 45.2% ★, Board Game 10.2%, Roguelike 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%
- #5 Je Di Bo
94% 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 31.1% ★, Board Game 18.6%, Tabletop 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
- #6 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 44% ★, Board Game 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Tabletop 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.4%
- #7 Peace by Piece
93% 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 39% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Roguelike 10.8%, Board Game 10.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%
- #8 Protocol Aegirum
92% 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 41.5% ★, Board Game 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Roguelike 7.4%
- #9 Immortal Chess
91% 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 43.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Board Game 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Class-Based 7.2%
- #10 Chess: The Lost Pieces
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Yağız Selimoğlu
Windows
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
Why similar: Chess 35.5% ★, Board Game 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Roguelike 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%
- #11 Dice chess
89% 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 41.2% ★, Board Game 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Tabletop 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%
- #12 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 49.2% ★, Board Game 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Roguelike 11.3%, Isometric 6.3%
- #13 Chex
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 20 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 50.3% ★, Board Game 19%, Tabletop 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Strategy 3%
- #14 Warboard
87% 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 35.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.2%, Board Game 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Tabletop 10%
- #15 Just Chessing Around
86% 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 34.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Dungeon Crawler 9.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
- #16 Infernal Chess
86% 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 38.3% ★, Board Game 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Tabletop 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%
- #17 Yes, My Queen
84% matchVery Positive84% of 55 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 36.9% ★, 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 14.6%, Tabletop 13.8%, Dungeon Crawler 13.7%, PvE 8.7%
- #19 Crown and Coup
84% 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 41.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%, Board Game 8.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%, Roguelike 7.2%
- #20 The Rookery
83% 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 47.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Board Game 9.8%, Roguelite 7.9%
- #21 A Wizard-Chess Tournament
82% 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 42.2% ★, Board Game 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Tabletop 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #22 Below the Crown
79% matchVery Positive94% of 109 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 31.6% ★, Tabletop 12.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Dungeon Crawler 10.9%, Roguelike 8.3%
- #23 The Ouroboros King
81% matchMostly Positive80% of 579 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 37.9% ★, Board Game 17.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.3%, Roguelike 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #24 Enkhbayar's Olympiad Chess: Multi-Board Team Matches
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enkhbayar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Olympiad Chess evolves classical chess into a unified 4v4 team sport. Across shared middle ranks, pieces migrate between boards to flank opponents and save teammates. A true multi-board competitive variant built to completely revolutionize FIDE team chess format!
Why similar: Chess 49.4% ★, Board Game 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%, Tabletop 8.3%
- #25 Combat Chess
81% 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 49% ★, Board Game 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Tabletop 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.1%
- #26 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 44.3% ★, Board Game 17.8%, Tabletop 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.6%, Strategy 4.2%
- #27 Amethyst
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: L.E. Vader
Windows · Mac
Eight heroes. Infinite decisions. One winner. Amethyst is a deep 1v1 tactical strategy game — draft your team, level your heroes, contest objectives, and wager your matchmaking rating on your read of the game.
Why similar: Chess 32.8% ★, Board Game 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Tabletop 9.9%, Class-Based 8.9%
- #28 Chess 3: The Final Chapter
78% 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 47.4% ★, Roguelike 9.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Class-Based 8.5%
- #29 Dark Quest 4
76% matchVery Positive81% of 176 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%, Dungeon Crawler 11.2%
- #30 ChessRPG
78% 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 44.4% ★, Board Game 12.1%, Tabletop 7.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%, Grid-Based Movement 6.1%
- #31 Demeo
77% matchVery Positive87% of 2,032 reviews2021
Dev: Resolution Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 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: Class-Based 13.5%, Board Game 12.2%, Tabletop 12.2%, Party-Based RPG 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%
- #32 Underworld Explorers
77% 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%, Party-Based RPG 12.3%, Dungeon Crawler 12.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%
- #33 Last Crown Gambit
76% 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 48.2% ★, Board Game 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, PvE 9.8%, Roguelite 8.2%
- #34 Advancing Chess
75% 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 49.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, Tabletop 11%, Roguelike 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
- #35 Against The Godds
73% 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 20.7%, Roguelike 14%, Dungeon Crawler 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Action Roguelike 9.5%
- #36 Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
74% matchVery Positive94% of 766 reviews2023
Dev: D20Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 12.5%, Tabletop 12.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Dungeon Crawler 11%
- #37 Chaos Chess
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Black Keep Studios
Windows · Linux
Chaos Chess is a new chess variant that turns every capture into a battle. Think twice before attacking and prepare for the consequences. Build your army, fight through four custom campaigns, and challenge players worldwide in a tactical RPG twist on classic chess.
Why similar: Chess 41.7% ★, Board Game 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9%
- #38 Chessillo
73% 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 16.4% ★, Roguelike 12.6%, Roguelite 7.6%
- #39 flChess 2
75% 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 34% ★, Tabletop 15.1%, Board Game 13.7%, PvE 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%
- #40 GoblinChess
72% 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 44% ★, Board Game 18%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Tabletop 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 6.7%
- #41 Chess of Doom
73% 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 50.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Roguelike 11.1%, Dungeon Crawler 9.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.8%
- #42 Band of Brigands
72% 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 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Dungeon Crawler 12.5%, Grid-Based Movement 9.1%
- #43 CHECKBORNE - A CHESS ADVENTURE
71% 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 51.8% ★, Board Game 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Tabletop 7.2%, Strategy 5.9%
- #44 Once a Pawn a King
69% 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 34.7% ★, Dungeon Crawler 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Grid-Based Movement 10.2%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #45 Demeo Battles
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 77 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 16.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Class-Based 11.7%, Dungeon Crawler 9.8%
- #46 Strike Chess
70% 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 39.2% ★, Board Game 18.2%, Tabletop 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
- #47 MEGACHESS
70% 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 25.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Roguelike 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.3%
- #48 Dunchess
68% 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 43.5% ★, Dungeon Crawler 12.5%, Grid-Based Movement 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.5%
- #49 Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
68% 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 43.5% ★, Tabletop 14%, Roguelike 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Action Roguelike 7.8%
- #50 Vantageous
71% 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 37.2% ★, Tabletop 16.5%, Board Game 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 7.6%
- #51 Chess Mess
69% 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 22.6%, Chess 19.3% ★, Tabletop 18.9%, Roguelike 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%
- #52 Dungeon Rollers
68% 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 16%, Tabletop 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Grid-Based Movement 10%
- #53 Chess of Fortune
69% 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 45.5% ★, Board Game 17.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Class-Based 8.5%
- #54 Chess 2
67% 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 45.9% ★, Board Game 17.4%, Tabletop 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Strategy 3.6%
- #55 Chaturanga
67% 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 37.7% ★, Board Game 16.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Roguelike 9.7%, Grid-Based Movement 6.8%
- #56 Usurper
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 49 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 37.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Board Game 11.9%, Tabletop 9%, Roguelike 9%
- #57 Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Checkmate
Windows
A tactical roguelike role-playing game based in the original thousand-year classic, Chess
Why similar: Chess 43.4% ★, Board Game 13.2%, Roguelike 10.7%, Roguelite 7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%
- #58 BoardLand
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 955 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 12.5%, Dungeon Crawler 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%
- #59 Battle Chess: Game of Kings™
70% 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 46.4% ★, Board Game 27.2%, Tabletop 20.4%, Strategy 6%