60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Tactical, Real Time Tactics, RTS.
Chess, but instead of taking turns each piece has an individual cooldown. Additional pieces and upgrades can be bought after each battle in the campaign.
Fritz Chess 17 Steam Edition
At the turn of the century, Fritz fascinated the chess world with victories over Garry Kasparov and then-reigning World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. The "most popular chess program" offers you everything you will need as a dedicated chess enthusiast.
Real-time Shogi
Welcome to a world of Shogi freed from the limits of turns. From an infinite number of possibilities, find the shortest path to victory. Your tactical reading and sharp judgment will dominate the board. This is a new challenge for even the most seasoned Shogi fans.
At the turn of the century, Fritz fascinated the chess world with victories over Garry Kasparov and then-reigning World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. The "most popular chess program" offers you everything you will need as a dedicated chess enthusiast.
Why similar: Chess 59.3% ★, Board Game 17%, Strategy 10%, Tactical 8.8%, 3D 2.5%
Welcome to a world of Shogi freed from the limits of turns. From an infinite number of possibilities, find the shortest path to victory. Your tactical reading and sharp judgment will dominate the board. This is a new challenge for even the most seasoned Shogi fans.
Why similar: Action RTS 36% ★, RTS 19.8%, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, Board Game 13%, Strategy 6.8%
A fast-paced, real-time strategy game inspired by chess, where units follow classic movement rules but fight with health, cooldown-based attacks, and powerful pillar abilities in matches that typically last 1–2 minutes,
Why similar: Action RTS 28.2% ★, Chess 18.3% ★, RTS 16.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, Grid-Based Movement 8%
a minimalist rts game where decision-making is at the heart of simple and intuitive gameplay. Compete or cooperate with your friends online to build the best base.
Why similar: Action RTS 28.5% ★, RTS 21.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.8%, Grid-Based Movement 10.3%, Tactical 8.8%
A difficult, fast-paced action, real-time strategy game in which you embark on an exciting journey, fighting against a wide variety of dangerous enemies whilst levelling up your different characters.
Why similar: Action RTS 34.1% ★, RTS 26.9%, Grid-Based Movement 12.5%, Strategy 12.3%, Tactical 9.3%
"Who wins: a chess grandmaster's strategy or a pro-gamer's reflexes?" In Mechanical Chess, you need both. Shattering the old rules, we've removed turns for pure real-time battles. Your mind is the strategist, your hands are the weapon. Enter the arena and prove your mastery!
Why similar: Chess 32% ★, Action RTS 21.8% ★, RTS 15.1%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, Board Game 10.5%
A Roguelike tactics game where you fight hordes of aliens. Your Units evolve and learn new skills as the fight goes on. Manage your squad of 5 specialised mercenaries, and fight a never ending war against the infestation.
Why similar: Action RTS 30.7% ★, RTS 19.5%, Real Time Tactics 19.4%, Roguelike 9.7%, Strategy 8.1%
40-player real-time chess battle royale on a massive chessboard. Outplay enemies with chess tactics and game-changing ability kits. Master the chaos as the storm closes in to be the last King standing!
Why similar: Chess 28.1% ★, Action RTS 19.2% ★, RTS 16.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%, Tactical 9.1%
The sequel to Chess we've all been waiting for! Yes, that's right, 3D chess with Catgirls! Play online with a friend today! A highly refined game for the delight of your intellectual capacity.
Why similar: Chess 56% ★, Board Game 16%, Grid-Based Movement 8%, Strategy 7.6%, Tactical 6.3%
A fast-paced TRTS multiplayer chess game with simultaneous moves, real-time tactics, and dynamic FFA or Team battles for up to 8 players. Play on square or hex boards, join matchmaking or custom lobbies, and outmaneuver opponents in this evolving Early Access title.
Why similar: RTS 24.1%, Chess 20.9% ★, Board Game 18.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, Strategy 11.9%
Command your chess army in this real-time rougelike tactics game and defeat the enemy pieces in mission after mission. Unlock powers and abilities, collect resources, craft items, bolster your army and defend your King at all cost or you will have try from square one again!
Why similar: Chess 46.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.9%, Roguelike 11.7%, Tactical 9.2%, Strategy 6.2%
Keep is a WW2-themed strategy shooter where you place flak turrets to defend your fortress, then jump into first-person mode to shoot down enemy planes. Switch between tactical planning and direct combat in a fast-paced blend of strategy and action
Why similar: Action RTS 38.4% ★, RTS 24.1%, Real Time Tactics 19.2%, Tactical 8.2%, Strategy 6.7%
Command knights, aliens, and other historically dubious nations in a free real-time tower conquest game rebuilt from a 2009 iPad original. Grow armies, capture towers, and outmaneuver adaptive AI through 30 campaign levels.
Why similar: Action RTS 39.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.3%, RTS 18.2%, Tactical 9.1%, Strategy 5.8%
Radial Chess is a chess game that preserves all traditional rules and mechanics while reimagining the board as a radial spatial structure, where players compete against AI or locally in a transformed geometric interpretation of classic chess.
Why similar: Chess 37.8% ★, Board Game 17.7%, Strategy 10.2%, Grid-Based Movement 10.1%, Tactical 7.9%
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 59.8% ★, Board Game 15.6%, Roguelike 13.5%, Strategy 10.6%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Real-time territory conquest. Claim regions on procedurally generated maps, forge alliances, and betray them. Every game is player-hosted — host it yourself and play with friends over Steam or LAN. No accounts, no tracking.
Why similar: Action RTS 32% ★, RTS 25.3%, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Tactical 10.8%, Strategy 7.7%
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 59.1% ★, Roguelike 13.1%, Board Game 10.6%, Strategy 10.1%, Choices Matter 3.6%
Kairos is an RTS game set in a medieval fantasy world consumed by Corruption. As a last bastion of life, you must build bases and lead your armies to fight the endless hunger. Discover new magics to purify the land and reclaim what was lost. At the end of times, will you win? Or you will die trying?
Why similar: Action RTS 29.9% ★, RTS 22.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.2%, Time Management 12.6%, Strategy 6.5%
A roguelike where you build the colony you defend. Select and place cards to construct an army and a colony that supports them to beat back the ever-threating invaders!
Why similar: RTS 25.1%, Action RTS 22.2% ★, Roguelike 14%, Real Time Tactics 13%, Strategy 11.9%
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 57.5% ★, Board Game 17.1%, Tactical 8.1%, Strategy 6.9%, Choices Matter 5%
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
Why similar: Chess 44.3% ★, Board Game 14.6%, Grid-Based Movement 11.5%, Roguelike 11.4%, Tactical 8.6%
Bataliron is a modern warfare RTS game that focuses on personnel development, online command, fire support, and unit assistance on the battlefield, leveraging modern technologies.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.3% ★, RTS 26.1%, Real Time Tactics 17%, Strategy 11.9%, Tactical 7.6%
"Siege Showdown" is an exciting strategy game that will give you the opportunity to defend a majestic fortress and fight with the troops of your opponents in a battle for power and territory. An exciting fantasy era world awaits you, where magic and powerful warriors merge in one battle.
Why similar: Action RTS 29.6% ★, RTS 26.1%, Real Time Tactics 17.7%, Strategy 13%, Tactical 6.9%
Classic tower defense rules meet modern systems. Build medieval towers, face adaptive waves, and experiment with upgrades, modifiers, and roguelike progression.
Why similar: Action RTS 34.5% ★, RTS 26.7%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Tactical 5.9%
A physics-driven tower defense game where one massive cube does everything: fight, build, activate, and survive. Drop into a neon sci-fi battlefield, hold back waves of Chaos Dice, and power up your defenses through energy, momentum, and precision.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.1% ★, RTS 27.8%, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, Strategy 12.7%, Tactical 6.9%
If regular chess has become stale and you're looking for a unique, new challenge, Chess++ is the game for you! Play a game against the AI in a chess board with 3 dimensions, new movesets, and new rules.
Why similar: Chess 61.5% ★, Board Game 18.9%, Strategy 15.5%, 3D 3.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Chess Bomb is a unique puzzle game where bombs take the shape of chess pieces. Strategically use these explosive chess bombs to fend off waves of invading monsters threatening the chess kingdom.
Why similar: Chess 48.8% ★, Board Game 16.4%, Grid-Based Movement 12.3%, Tactical 9.3%, Strategy 7%
Become your teams In-Game Leader and lead your team of 5 agents to victory.
Why similar: Action RTS 34.5% ★, RTS 26.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Strategy 11.7%, Tactical 6%
In this unique RTS twist on the classic game, every move on the chessboard opens up new possibilities for building, upgrading and dominating your opponents. Play chess on a new hexagon board that allows you to reach new places and make the tactical part of chess even more tactical.
Why similar: Chess 34.5% ★, RTS 27.5%, Strategy 13.3%, Tactical 10.7%, Board Game 8%
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 53.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 12.5%, Board Game 12.1%, Roguelike 11.2%, Strategy 9.4%
Thumper Chess is a free to play chess game with basic animated pieces. Better looking and more fun chess sets, maps, animations, etc... are available in cheap DLC content.
Why similar: Chess 51% ★, Board Game 23.8%, Strategy 17.2%, 3D 4.1%, Multiplayer 3.9%
Prepare to take off, soldier! The galaxy needs your strategy! Prove your RTS expertise, explore an entire galaxy and defend it from a threatening invasion.
Why similar: Action RTS 28.8% ★, RTS 22.9%, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, Tactical 10.9%, Choices Matter 6.6%
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 59.3% ★, Tactical 11.7%, Board Game 9.8%, Roguelike 9.3%, Strategy 6.8%
Command a colony on the brink in Ants Megapolis. Survive an unforgiving world by forging your unique Pheromone, a weapon that dictates your evolution. Carve out an empire from the dirt as an interactive narrator chronicles your savage, epic story of survival.
Why similar: Action RTS 34.5% ★, RTS 29.1%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Top-Down 2.7%
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 48.1% ★, Board Game 15.8%, Grid-Based Movement 14%, Strategy 7.2%, Tactical 5.6%
《十面冲突》是一款即时策略对战竞技游戏，在游戏中，玩家雇佣武装力量进行对战，有各种各样的兵种等你来雇佣，注意彼此的出兵种类，这样你才能知己知彼，百战百胜。干掉对方的基地，胜利就是你的，你能成功吗？那就来挑战吧！
Why similar: Action RTS 33.3% ★, RTS 25.9%, Real Time Tactics 17.7%, Tactical 11%, Strategy 8.1%
Combine RTS combat with roguelike elements to create highly replayable and strategic action. Summon troops and purchase stacking upgrades to create a massive army of incredibly powerful troops. How massive of an army can you create?
Why similar: RTS 27.3%, Real Time Tactics 21.2%, Action RTS 15.9% ★, Tactical 13.9%, Roguelike 11.7%
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 62.3% ★, Board Game 10.9%, Roguelike 9.4%, Strategy 7.8%, Tactical 5.8%
There are NO TURNS in this wild version of Chess! Pieces move across the board in real-time, so you'll need to think fast to protect your King!
Why similar: Chess 60.9% ★, Board Game 17.8%, Strategy 9.4%, Real Time Tactics 6.9%, Multiplayer 3.1%
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 59% ★, Roguelike 12.1%, Choices Matter 10.1%, Strategy 7.1%, Tactical 5.4%
Prime Domination is a real-time strategy game where you build your base, manage finance, produce powerful military units, and battle against AI or other players in large-scale multiplayer matches with up to 10 commanders.
Why similar: Action RTS 32.9% ★, RTS 28.1%, Real Time Tactics 17%, Strategy 10%, Tactical 4.6%
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 67.2% ★, Board Game 19.9%, Strategy 12.2%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Blast off in this retro-style space shooter! Conquer planets, outwit AI enemies, and survive the dangers of deep space in fast-paced, nostalgic pixel action.
Why similar: Action RTS 33.6% ★, RTS 31.2%, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Strategy 14.6%, Singleplayer 0.4%
A real-time strategy game in which you fight to secure the victory of your Bacteria over the Cell Defense Force and other enemy Bacteria in a world where your units are your only resource, and where your mobile base will not be enough to keep you alive.
Why similar: RTS 34%, Action RTS 31.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 19%, Strategy 12.4%, Top-Down 2.4%
Karvan is a tactical roguelite game. A gigantic tree grew a few years ago, many are exploring it and exploiting the incredible resources that grow there, be the first to send a caravan all the way up, or die trying
Why similar: RTS 30%, Real Time Tactics 21%, Roguelike 16.6%, Strategy 14.9%, Grid-Based Movement 13.6%
180 Seconds: A Firefighter's Call drops you into the heart-pounding world of emergency fire response. As flames engulf diverse environments - from bustling offices to quiet schools - you have just three minutes to make decisions that will determine who lives and who doesn't.
Why similar: Action RTS 30.8% ★, RTS 22%, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Choices Matter 9.4%, Tactical 8.6%
Single player tactical action real-time game with active pause to plan orders carefully. Based on real war-time experience of living Russian veterans of war in Ukraine. It's all about modern conflict small infantry groups with some armored vehicle and drone support as well as real events story
Why similar: Action RTS 32.9% ★, RTS 24.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.2%, Tactical 8.4%, Strategy 8%
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 45% ★, Board Game 15.3%, Roguelike 11.4%, Grid-Based Movement 10.2%, Tactical 7.8%
Polly's Gone is an action-RTS with shoot'em up elements. Lead a team of sheep through challenging levels in Story Mode to find the missing Polly. Explore diverse environments, defeat enemies, and test your skills in Survival Mode.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.6% ★, RTS 21.5%, Real Time Tactics 16.6%, Roguelike 10.6%, Action Roguelike 5.8%
Defend your base against relentless alien waves in a sci-fi tower defense strategy game. Build deadly kill zones, unlock new towers and special abilities, and adapt your loadout to survive escalating assaults across a hostile campaign.
Why similar: Action RTS 35.3% ★, RTS 22.2%, Real Time Tactics 18.5%, Tactical 9.7%, Strategy 7.8%
Chessferatu is a chess opening training game where you study, battle, and improve by playing real opening lines against themed opponents, then keep fighting when theory ends with live move evaluation and engine refutations.
Why similar: Chess 63.9% ★, Board Game 19.3%, Grid-Based Movement 9.3%, Choices Matter 4.7%, Strategy 2.5%
A casual puzzle played with 4 sided chits with a swords or a shield on an edge played on a classic chess board. when chits clash they may rotate or capture the other, your objective is to capture the crown chits, there are 4 on both sides.
Why similar: Chess 62.8% ★, Board Game 24.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
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 62.9% ★, Board Game 18.1%, Strategy 12%, Family Friendly 3.8%, Top-Down 2.8%
Our Last Stand is a tower defence game that allows you to command a powerful mech and defend against relentless waves of enemies. Play on different worlds to gather resources, unlock advanced technology, and level your commander to gain powerful new abilities. Build defend, survive.
Why similar: Action RTS 34.4% ★, RTS 29%, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Strategy 13.3%, 3D 2.5%
Build, upgrade, evolve, and reposition your towers to counter new threats, explore powerful synergies, and stay one step ahead in this fast-paced fantasy tower defense.
Why similar: Action RTS 36.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, RTS 17.3%, Tactical 13.8%, Strategy 7.9%
Lead troops to the most macabre battle of their lives. Slay bloodthirsty monsters, deal with gruesome magic, construct safe corners, collect treasures. Leave no man to bleed out in SLAUGHTEREON!
Why similar: Action RTS 40.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.6%, RTS 17.9%, Strategy 8%, Tactical 5.8%
