
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!
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Chess, Board Game, Turn-Based Tactics.

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!

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 27.3% ★, Competitive 13.9%, Board Game 11.8%, Tabletop 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.4%
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 13%, Competitive 8.5%, 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 28.5% ★, Board Game 12.1%, Competitive 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%
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 37.5% ★, Board Game 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Competitive 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%
A new-age chess game combined with math. Free to play with your bro offline, your friends or any players online.
Why similar: Chess 36.2% ★, Board Game 14.1%, Tabletop 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%, Turn-Based Combat 7.4%
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%, Tactical RPG 15.9%, Board Game 11.9%, Tabletop 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 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% ★, Board Game 16.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%, PvP 6.9%
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 27.5% ★, Competitive 14.5%, Board Game 11.3%, 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 31.1% ★, Competitive 14%, Board Game 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Tabletop 7.8%
Chess... chess never changes. How much can you do?! It's time for something new - a combination of chess and snake!
Why similar: Chess 43.5% ★, Board Game 15%, Tabletop 12%, 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%
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 34.6% ★, Board Game 12.3%, Tabletop 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%, PvP 6.6%
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 24.7% ★, Board Game 13.1%, Tabletop 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.6%
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 33.9% ★, Board Game 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Turn-Based Combat 8.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.3%
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 38.1% ★, Board Game 15.6%, Tabletop 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.9%, Multiplayer 5.3%
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 39.3% ★, Board Game 16.8%, Tabletop 10.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%, Turn-Based Combat 6.9%
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 34.2% ★, Board Game 14.6%, Tabletop 14.5%, Turn-Based Combat 8%, PvP 6.6%
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 45.7% ★, Tabletop 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%, Multiplayer 7%
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 48.4% ★, Board Game 19.1%, Tabletop 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Strategy 3.3%
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 39.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Board Game 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.4%, Tabletop 6.4%
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% ★, Board Game 13.6%, Tabletop 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%
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 7.9%, Tabletop 7.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%
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 40.7% ★, Board Game 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Tactical 7.3%, PvP 7.3%
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% ★, Tabletop 12.8%, Board Game 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%, Turn-Based Combat 7.4%
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 41.3% ★, Board Game 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%, Multiplayer 6.9%
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 20.5%, Board Game 17.8%, Tabletop 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Chess 10% ★
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 36.9% ★, Board Game 16.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Tabletop 9.5%
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 43.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Board Game 10.2%, Tabletop 8.2%, Competitive 8.2%
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 34.6% ★, Board Game 15.5%, Tactical RPG 14.5%, Roguelite 6.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.8%
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 41.8% ★, Board Game 16.6%, Tabletop 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%, PvP 7.6%
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 46.9% ★, Board Game 12.5%, Tabletop 8.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%
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 33.9% ★, Tactical RPG 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Turn-Based Combat 8.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.3%
A roguelite chess RPG where your pieces don't stay as they are. Earn upgrades, unlock branching skill trees, and build your warband across runs as you fight through 10 boss encounters, each one rewriting the rules to take you apart.
Why similar: Chess 35.7% ★, Tactical RPG 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%
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% ★, Board Game 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%, Turn-Based Combat 7.2%
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 43.3% ★, Board Game 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9%, Roguelite 8.2%
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% ★, Board Game 15.2%, Tabletop 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%
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 Strategy 11.5%, Board Game 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Roguelite 9.3%
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 37.4% ★, Board Game 18.2%, Tabletop 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.1%, Strategy 6.2%
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 40.4% ★, Board Game 15.2%, Tabletop 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.7%
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 48.6% ★, Board Game 11.8%, Tabletop 8.7%, Multiplayer 7.5%, PvP 6.8%
"The real chess was the friends we made along the way." - Randy Mc'Chess
Why similar: Chess 41.2% ★, Board Game 13.6%, Tactical RPG 12.9%, Tabletop 9.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.5%
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 39.5% ★, Tabletop 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Turn-Based Combat 7.6%, PvP 7.4%
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 50% ★, Board Game 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Strategy 6%, Roguelite 5.9%
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 43.5% ★, Tactical RPG 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%, Roguelite 5.2%
Caîssa Board is a graphical chess user interface that is evolving toward becoming an online chess club.
Why similar: Chess 48.4% ★, Board Game 16.3%, Tabletop 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Strategy 5.9%
A new outlook on the classic strategy game, battle your way to winning.
Why similar: Chess 49.7% ★, Board Game 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%, Strategy 6.5%, Multiplayer 6.5%
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 49.9% ★, Board Game 11.5%, Tabletop 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Roguelite 7.1%
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 22.8%, Board Game 16.8%, Tabletop 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, PvP 8.9%
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 13.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, PvP 9.7%
Enjoy a pure, distraction-free chess experience with Just Chess! Includes a built-in engine, UCI support and UCI engine profiles, and a Puzzle Arena with 4M+ puzzles. Lichess integration lets you challenge players and watch live tournament broadcasts.
Why similar: Chess 47% ★, Board Game 18.4%, Tabletop 12.3%, PvP 7.8%, Multiplayer 6.1%
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 14.8%, Tactical RPG 14.5%, Board Game 13.9%, Tabletop 9.6%, Turn-Based Combat 9.3%
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 39.2% ★, Board Game 16.9%, Tabletop 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Top-Down 4.3%
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 44.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Tabletop 9.1%, Board Game 8.3%, Roguelite 7.5%
Craft explosive combos of units and powers to use in head-to-head auto battler combat against friends, other players or challenging AI. Outplay your opponent with strategic maneuvers and watch the battle unfold on a tabletop arena.
Why similar: Chess 29.1% ★, Competitive 21.1%, Tabletop 9.7%, Tactical 6.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.7%
Cozy Chessu is a narratively driven Chess-TCG hybrid. Play as Ryo, a former local who returns to his hometown to rekindle with the community through chess. Unlock new cards, discover new strategies, and make an effort to reconnect with the people of Enomura.
Why similar: Chess 32% ★, Tactical RPG 14.1%, Board Game 11.7%, Tabletop 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
Lead your chess army beyond the 8x8 board into a heavily guarded, enchanted fortress, solving environmental puzzles across dilapidated ruins, portals, overgrown gardens, collapsing caves, cities and trap-filled dungeons until you reach the throne and face the King.
Why similar: Chess 24.4% ★, Board Game 18.1%, Tabletop 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Stylized 7%
Sequence is a dice-based poker game, multiplayer & competitive, inspired by the classics Generala/Yahtzee/Yacht/Yatzy (every area of the world has a name for the game!). Now, players from all over the world can compete to climb the ranks - will you become a Senior Master?
Why similar: Competitive 25.9%, Board Game 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, PvP 8.8%, Multiplayer 8.2%
Stuck in an unusual game night. Break the contract and escape. In Omicrox, you are drawn into a twisted match of Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe against an uncanny foe. Uncover the mysteries of this twisted game and escape.
Why similar: Board Game 21.1%, Tabletop 17.1%, Tactical 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%