
A turn-based RPG, except it's also chess! Every capture becomes a 1v1 battle decided by stats, elements and abilities. Build your team, climb the roguelite campaign, or duel friends and CPUs.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Board Game, Turn-Based Tactics, Chess.

A turn-based RPG, except it's also chess! Every capture becomes a 1v1 battle decided by stats, elements and abilities. Build your team, climb the roguelite campaign, or duel friends and CPUs.

Vantageous
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!

Je Di Bo
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?
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 27.7% ★, Competitive 14.2%, Board Game 11.9%, Tabletop 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.5%
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 26.8% ★, Board Game 16.8%, Tabletop 12.9%, Competitive 8.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%
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 28.9% ★, Board Game 12.3%, Competitive 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%
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 33.3% ★, Board Game 11.7%, Tactical RPG 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%
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 37.9% ★, Board Game 10.2%, Competitive 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%
A roguelite chess RPG where your pieces gain unique abilities. Earn upgrades, unlock branching skill trees, and build your warband across runs as you fight through 20 boss encounters, each one playing by their own rules.
Why similar: Chess 33.4% ★, Tactical RPG 13.8%, Board Game 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Turn-Based Combat 7.2%
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 42.2% ★, Board Game 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Tabletop 6.6%, PvP 6.3%
A new-age chess game combined with math. Free to play with your bro offline, your friends or any players online.
Why similar: Chess 36.7% ★, Board Game 14.3%, Tabletop 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%, Turn-Based Combat 7.5%
Mitrys: Legends of Eania brings the acclaimed dark-fantasy board game to PC. Explore a hand-illustrated world, draw event cards, and settle every encounter with the roll of the dice. Play solo or co-op in Classic mode — then test your team in ranked Battle Mode across two warring continents.
Why similar: Competitive 17.1%, Tactical RPG 15.9%, Board Game 11.9%, Tabletop 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.8%
A turn-based tactical board game with card battler elements. Contains sandbox elements for you to build your own units, craft your own abilities and set your own game rules with a fully integrated editor.
Why similar: Chess 27.6% ★, Competitive 14.6%, Board Game 11.2%, Turn-Based Combat 7.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7%
A clash of gods played over sixty four squares. Three rule sets share one board: a classical match of kings, a variant where you raise your host from a hand of cards, and a roguelike where every kill reshapes the killer.
Why similar: Chess 31.3% ★, Competitive 14.2%, Board Game 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Tabletop 7.8%
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 43.5% ★, Board Game 17%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.4%, PvP 6.9%
Chess... chess never changes. How much can you do?! It's time for something new - a combination of chess and snake!
Why similar: Chess 43.6% ★, Board Game 15%, Tabletop 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%
A tactical roguelike role-playing game based in the original thousand-year classic, Chess
Why similar: Chess 37.4% ★, Tactical RPG 14%, Board Game 11.9%, Roguelite 7%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%
RanaRangam reimagines chess as a tactical battle of health, attacks, and step-by-step commands. Instead of instant captures, pieces can be commanded to any valid tile and then advance one step per turn, turning movement, combat, and board control into a deeper tactical battle.
Why similar: Chess 34% ★, Board Game 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Turn-Based Combat 8.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.3%
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 39.4% ★, Board Game 16.8%, Tabletop 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%, Turn-Based Combat 6.9%
A Turn-Based Multiplayer Strategy / Tactical game where you climb your way up the ranks in online competitive 1 vs 1 matches.
Why similar: Chess 24.8% ★, Board Game 13.1%, Tabletop 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.6%
A toy-table tactical strategy game where commanders move soldiers, tanks, engineers, radar, SAM sites, and aircraft across fogged battlefields. Outmaneuver your opponent through positioning, terrain, supply pressure, and air missions in MiliChess, Req. Ammo, or classic Chess modes.
Why similar: Chess 35.1% ★, Board Game 12.5%, Tabletop 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%, PvP 6.6%
Play backgammon, checkers, and chess versus friends or computer AI with different difficulty levels. Local and online gameplay, with online support for 2 players and 62 spectators. All with voice chat.
Why similar: Chess 34.3% ★, Board Game 14.6%, Tabletop 14.5%, Turn-Based Combat 8%, PvP 6.6%
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 33.2% ★, Board Game 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Turn-Based Combat 8.8%, Tabletop 8.5%
3D Chess Online combines the magical world of chess with a modern and three-dimensional experience! Determine your strategy and fight against your opponents worldwide in this simulator equipped with realistic graphics.
Why similar: Chess 38.7% ★, Board Game 15.8%, Tabletop 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 6%, Multiplayer 5.3%
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 30.8% ★, Competitive 15.3%, Board Game 12.8%, Tabletop 8.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
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 39.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Board Game 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.4%, Tabletop 6.4%
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 46.1% ★, Tabletop 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%, Multiplayer 7%
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 30.4% ★, Board Game 18.7%, Competitive 8%, Tabletop 7.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%
A new kind of chess where you earn gold each turn to buy units and upgrade them with unique abilities. Fog of war hides enemy positions unless your pieces are close enough.
Why similar: Chess 33.1% ★, Tabletop 12.8%, Board Game 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%, Turn-Based Combat 7.4%
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 40.3% ★, Board Game 13.7%, Tabletop 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%
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 49% ★, Board Game 19.3%, Tabletop 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Strategy 3.3%
A Wild West chess adventure where every duel is settled on the board—explore towns, solve themed puzzles, and defeat the hall bosses to become a legend.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 20.6%, Board Game 17.8%, Tabletop 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Chess 10.1% ★
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 41.5% ★, Board Game 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Tactical 7.5%, PvP 7.4%
Sans Issue is a 2D game mixing chess and card-deck building. Use cards to summon new pieces, move your pieces in new ways, and change the board's terrain. Earn new cards via the campaign, create custom decks using the deckbuilder, and play against your friends both locally and over Steam.
Why similar: Chess 43.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Board Game 10.2%, Competitive 8.2%, Tabletop 8.2%
The world's most popular board game enhanced with unique pieces, various maps and new game modes. Experience gorgeous graphics, engaging campaign, challenging puzzles and diverse battles.
Why similar: Chess 42.1% ★, Board Game 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.8%, Multiplayer 7%
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 47% ★, Board Game 12.5%, Tabletop 8.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%
Caîssa Board is a graphical chess user interface that is evolving toward becoming an online chess club.
Why similar: Chess 42.6% ★, Board Game 17.9%, Tabletop 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%, Top-Down 5.4%
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 48.8% ★, Board Game 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Strategy 6.3%, Tabletop 6.3%
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 34.7% ★, Board Game 15.5%, Tactical RPG 14.5%, Roguelite 6.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.8%
CHESS, BUT... NO TURNS, NO CHECK OR CHECKMATE, CAN'T MOVE THE SAME PIECE TWICE, 10×10 BOARD, 2 EXTRA KNIGHTS & PAWNS, PAWNS MOVE IN ANY DIRECTION
Why similar: Chess 46.3% ★, Board Game 13.8%, Tabletop 12.9%, PvP 8.2%, Tactical 7.1%
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 37.4% ★, Board Game 16.5%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Tabletop 9.6%
Participate in a one-on-one battle with other players or fight against AI and complete the first chapter of the campaign. Give orders to your army and watch them fight. Kill King is a fresh look at the world's most popular game - chess. Enjoy the turn-based strategy battle with RPG elements.
Why similar: Chess 34% ★, Tactical RPG 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Turn-Based Combat 8.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%
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 42.6% ★, Board Game 16.8%, Tabletop 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.2%, PvP 7.7%
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 47.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Board Game 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Roguelite 9.2%
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 37.6% ★, Board Game 18.2%, Tabletop 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Strategy 6.2%
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 43.5% ★, Board Game 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%, Roguelite 8.1%
"The real chess was the friends we made along the way." - Randy Mc'Chess
Why similar: Chess 41.3% ★, Board Game 13.5%, Tactical RPG 13%, Tabletop 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.5%
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 43.6% ★, Tactical RPG 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%, Roguelite 5.2%
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 49.5% ★, Board Game 15.3%, Tabletop 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%
A turn-based strategy board game for 2 or 4 players, with online and local multiplayer. Command soldiers, towers, and kings to outmaneuver your opponent and capture their king or claim their corner.
Why similar: Chess 37.6% ★, Board Game 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%, Turn-Based Combat 7.3%
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 50% ★, Board Game 11.5%, Tabletop 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Roguelite 7%
Play like a Viking in this cunning game of strategy - help your Jarl escape the battlefield or capture them before they do. Endlessly enjoyable with multiple variations, AI and online opponents and regular events to determine who is the grand master of Tafl!
Why similar: Competitive 23%, Board Game 16.8%, Tabletop 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, PvP 8.9%
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 49.8% ★, Board Game 12%, Tabletop 8.8%, Multiplayer 7.7%, PvP 6.9%
Hex Gambit: Respawned is a quirky and competitive digital board game for 1-4 players that’s easy to pick up and hard to put down!
Why similar: Competitive 14.9%, Tactical RPG 14.5%, Board Game 13.9%, Tabletop 9.6%, Turn-Based Combat 9.3%
Play Tafl Champions, an ancient form of chess dating all the way back to the Vikings! Capture the defender's king while they guide him to escape the battlefield and to freedom. Challenge your enemies, customise your shield, play on multiple platforms and become the ultimate Tafl Champion!
Why similar: Board Game 19.8%, Tabletop 15.2%, Chess 13.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, PvP 9.7%
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 40.3% ★, Tabletop 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Turn-Based Combat 7.7%, PvP 7.5%
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 51.2% ★, Board Game 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Strategy 6.1%, Roguelite 6%
Not a chess. It is a war strategy. Tamerlane Chess is the digital version of the board Timur used to shape his battlefield tactics. With a larger board, unique pieces, and deep strategy, every move demands the mindset of a true commander.
Why similar: Chess 41.2% ★, Board Game 15.4%, Tabletop 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.8%
Enjoy a pure, distraction-free chess experience with Just Chess! Includes a built-in engine, UCI support and engine profiles, and a Puzzle Arena with 4M+ puzzles. Lichess integration lets you challenge players, play Chess960, and watch live games and broadcasts.
Why similar: Chess 47.7% ★, Board Game 18.6%, Tabletop 12.4%, PvP 7.9%, Multiplayer 6.2%
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 39.3% ★, Board Game 16.9%, Tabletop 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Top-Down 4.3%
A new outlook on the classic strategy game, battle your way to winning.
Why similar: Chess 50.7% ★, Board Game 15.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Strategy 6.6%, Multiplayer 6.5%