Games Like Shogi

Reversi - A Board Game of Strategy and Tactics!

Why similar: Board Game 28.7%, Strategy 18.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.3%, Casual 11.9%, Logic 8.6%

Shogi software with functions that even beginners can enjoy. Have fun learning and become stronger!

Why similar: Board Game 33.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.5%, Strategy 18.7%, Casual 9.9%, Tactical 6.4%

Dive into Gomoku: The Classic Five in a Row!

Why similar: Board Game 28.7%, Strategy 19.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Casual 12.4%, Logic 8.7%

A two-player abstract strategy game on a 9×9 board. Fold your pieces to advance diagonally. Unfold them into flags — moving like rooks across rank and file. Plant three flags on your opponent's back row, or cut their forces to three.

Why similar: Board Game 24.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Strategy 12%, Artificial Intelligence 11.6%, Logic 9.4%

UZO is an abstract strategy board game for two players where one player is the computer. The winner is the first player to manoeuvre their ring from one side of the board to the other. The deployment and capture of individual snakes and ladders enable players to control the dynamics of play.

Why similar: Board Game 28.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 23.6%, Strategy 10.2%, Artificial Intelligence 9.9%, Logic 7.5%

The Royal Game of Ur is a board game thought to be played as early as 2600BC. The Lost Game seeks to restore this ancient tradition with a twist. The board is entirely customizable, allowing players to reshape the strategy of the game and even share it with others through the Steam Workshop.

Why similar: Board Game 28.5%, Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.7%, Casual 11.2%, Artificial Intelligence 8.1%

Dots n Lines (Dots and Boxes) game is a classic and old school game brought you by Tuga Studios.

Why similar: Board Game 30.9%, Strategy 21.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.2%, Casual 11.5%, Logic 8.2%

Chess, but capture transforms the captor. Your queen takes a pawn and your queen is now a pawn. Kings excepted. Standard rules otherwise, with ranked matches, puzzles, bots, and analysis. Sometimes the strongest move on the board is forcing your opponent to capture something.

Why similar: Board Game 30.4%, Strategy 20.6%, Logic 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Tactical 8.5%

Chess as you've never played it. Every game generates a fresh board, blocked terrain and castle extensions. You need new strategy for every game. Upgrade your knights by sacrificing pawns, claim neutral pawns to summon a dragon, and outsmart a three-level AI that plays smart, not random.

Why similar: Board Game 34.6%, Strategy 24.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.2%, Tactical 10.2%, Local Multiplayer 4.7%

Shogi, reimagined as HP-based combat. Every piece has HP, Attack and Defense. Take 3 actions per turn, deal randomized damage, brace for counterattacks — a tactical duel where reading and luck collide. Battle a 4-tier CPU or friends worldwide. Fully customizable rules and piece stats.

Why similar: Board Game 35.3%, Strategy 25.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.7%, Tactical 9.4%, 2D 4.5%

Curated Sudoku puzzles from YouTube's most popular Sudoku channel, Cracking the Cryptic!

Why similar: Board Game 35.3%, Strategy 23.7%, Casual 15.6%, Logic 10.2%, Minimalist 10.1%

2,855 problems in total! The definitive software for learning Go including the rules and terms of Go!! Beneficial for Go novices as well as for beginner and intermediate players looking to increase their skills!

Why similar: Board Game 32.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.8%, Artificial Intelligence 14.3%, Casual 10.5%, PvP 9.4%

The game is a turn-based board game, and players can provide players with their imaginations to write different rules of board games.

Why similar: Board Game 32.9%, Strategy 25.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.2%, Casual 13.2%, PvP 5.6%

A single-player Chess variant where you go up against endless enemies while controlling a single piece. Use your wits and a morphing mechanic to outmaneuver swarms of pieces in this arcade, randomized strategy game!

Why similar: Board Game 26.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Minimalist 10%, Logic 9.1%

A modern take on Minesweeper with quality-of-life features. Save your progress, use hints, and customize gameplay settings to your liking. Whether you're a veteran or newcomer, enjoy a polished experience that honors the classic.

Why similar: Board Game 34.5%, Strategy 24.7%, Minimalist 14%, Grid-Based Movement 13.5%, Logic 12.8%

JIN is a modern traditional strategy board game where every move matters. Combine pieces to grow stronger, outplay your opponent, and capture your way to victory.

Why similar: Board Game 35%, Strategy 26.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.4%, Casual 9.3%, Local Multiplayer 4%

A turn-based strategy game where you race your opponent to the other side of the board

Why similar: Board Game 34.3%, Strategy 17.9%, Casual 9.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.5%, Grid-Based Movement 8.9%

Knights Together is a minimalist puzzle game inspired by the chess piece knight. Although it's inspired by chess, it requires no knowledge of chess to play!. Simply move your knights around the board and make sure they come together.

Why similar: Board Game 33.2%, Strategy 15.6%, Casual 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Tactical 9.3%

An experimental strategy sandbox where classic board games become scientific laboratories across different lattices, dimensions, boundaries, and topologies, with customizable rules inspired by mathematics, physics, biology, and computer science.

Why similar: Board Game 27%, Turn-Based Tactics 17%, Strategy 16.7%, Logic 8.3%, Grid-Based Movement 8.1%

It’s Yut Nori—but you can throw your pieces, summon a demon god, and even poop your way to victory! A 2–4 player online competitive game featuring 50 unique augments.

Why similar: Board Game 44.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.2%, Casual 13.5%, Strategy 12.1%, Multiplayer 5.7%

Hexteria is a casual Turn-Based Strategy and Puzzle game. The concept is simple: each turn you rotate one tile on the hexagonal board, in order to take over your opponents' tiles. Play against your friends or the AI, or challenge yourself with the Single Player Campaign!

Why similar: Board Game 22.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.1%, Level Editor 9.1%, Strategy 8.8%, Artificial Intelligence 7.9%

A deterministic abstract tactics game of geometric armies, color conversion, factory warfare, the Central Prism, and board-changing Light Storms—solo, in puzzles, or online.

Why similar: Board Game 29.1%, Strategy 19.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Casual 11.7%, Logic 10%

Unleash a new level of chess tactics with mages that can create fires, freeze opponents, introduce fog of war and more. Capture gold spaces to earn income which can be used to strengthen your army!

Why similar: Board Game 35.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 27.7%, Strategy 21.9%, Tactical 7.4%, 2D 4.6%

Play classic chess on Steam: challenge AI opponents, invite friends online, solve puzzles, customize your board, and unlock achievements.

Why similar: Board Game 35.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.5%, Casual 13.6%, Logic 9.1%, Strategy 8.3%

The game of Copenhagen Hnefatafl is a turn based strategy game with roots going back hundreds of years. It is a bit like chess and played on 11 by 11 and 13 by 13 size board. The client supports playing games, playing in tournaments, reviewing games and going through different move choices.

Why similar: Board Game 46.4%, Strategy 24.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.9%, 2D 6.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Join your friends in a 2D online multiplayer board game experience. Slide tiles around the board to make paths and collect goals and power-ups. Use the board to mess with your opponents, and take you to victory.

Why similar: Board Game 32.3%, Strategy 21.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.2%, Grid-Based Movement 9.1%, Logic 8.5%

In 6x6 Tic-Tac-Toe, use 4 different types of items to come up with good tactics and strategies to defeat your opponent!

Why similar: Board Game 19.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.6%, Artificial Intelligence 16.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Casual 8.9%

A 3D strategy chess variant played across seven interconnected boards. Reposition attack boards mid-game to open new lines of attack across levels, or challenge NeuralTick AI — an optional local AI that comments on moves and weighs in on move choice in four languages, or play locally with a friend.

Why similar: Board Game 27.4%, Strategy 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Artificial Intelligence 12.4%, Logic 10.1%

It is a chess game with the possibility of playing two players or playing against the computer. Castling, exchanging a pawn for another piece at the end of the board, drawing, recording and loading the game can be performed.

Why similar: Board Game 40.1%, Strategy 22.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, Logic 14.1%, Multiplayer 3.1%

XO evolved is a revolutionary new twist to the game of tic tac toe. XO Evolved is a much more complex and strategic version of tic tac toe, featuring more shapes, exciting mechanics such as lasers, and cards with special effects to turn the tide of the game.

Why similar: Board Game 35.3%, Strategy 23.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.7%, Tactical 7.4%, PvP 5.6%

Command your swarm in Hex Clash: The Fractured Combs! In this turn-based strategic multiplayer game, face 5 Legendary Queens across Planet Hexanor. Farm Nectar, convert it to Pollen, Honey, and Stars to unlock epic cosmetics from Colony Chests. Unleash magical skills and rule the hex grid!

Why similar: Board Game 28.9%, Strategy 21.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 18%, Casual 11.4%, Logic 7%

King’s Three is a chess-themed puzzle game where you only have three moves to win. Plan the order, hit go, and use the board’s pieces, obstacles, and changing interactions to reach the goal.

Why similar: Board Game 36%, Strategy 21.6%, Casual 9.9%, Level Editor 9.3%, Logic 9.2%

This is a chess variant in which players can “control the board” as a move action. The game supports online play, matches against AI, and local analysis.

Why similar: Board Game 28%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Strategy 14.8%, Level Editor 11%, Logic 9.3%

Outwit opponents in this abstract strategy game of tactics and deception. The pieces lie, and the only thing that can be trusted is your own deduction. Use calculated bluffs to exert command over the board as you race to be the first to capture your opponent's castles.

Why similar: Board Game 36.2%, Strategy 25.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.4%, PvP 7.8%, 2D 4.7%

Buy and sell commodities with friends to see who will be the fattest Wall Street Cat! Speculate low value stocks will rise to be re-sold for a profit! Cry as the stocks you paid too much for plummet for the second time in one turn!

Why similar: Board Game 34.1%, Strategy 22.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 21%, Casual 14.5%, 2D 4.4%

Want an Engineer who can revive pieces back? Or a Rook that can move 1 square diagonally? Maybe a Pawn that can also go backwards? Well you got all of that in Chaos Chess. Custom puzzles with Workshop. Build an army with a budget in the Lab, take it into a match, and find out if the theory holds.

Why similar: Board Game 31.2%, Strategy 19.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.3%, Casual 12.5%, Logic 8.3%

Basically tic-tac-toe games from classic 3x3 three-in-row to challenging 11x11 five-in-row. Designed for kids and adults to develop logical thinking while playing relaxing game.

Why similar: Board Game 36.3%, Strategy 25.1%, Casual 16%, Logic 13.4%, Tactical 8.5%

Classic Tic Tac Toe / Noughts & Crosses game with a minimalist style.

Why similar: Board Game 30.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.6%, Tactical 9.1%, Casual 8.1%, Minimalist 8.1%

Place Crosses on the game board and complete "Shapes". Earn "Stops" to block your opponents and make your way to victory! Play with your friends on the same device or challenge other players Online.

Why similar: Board Game 18.2%, Strategy 13.9%, Grid-Based Movement 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Logic 9%

Kreabordis is a puzzle game where you have to strategically place creatures on a board to score the most points. Defeat challengers, maximize your points in tricky puzzles and find the perfect move.

Why similar: Board Game 32.9%, Strategy 21.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.7%, Casual 13.6%, Logic 5.6%

Turn-based strategy game that drops up to six different creatures onto a single, sprawling world map — 74 territories across six continents. Every creature has a trick up its sleeve. Learning to use yours — and watching out for the other’s — is half the fun.

Why similar: Board Game 35.4%, Strategy 24.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.9%, Tactical 7%, Local Multiplayer 4.2%

A cozy and gentle Reversi game set deep in rural Japan. Enjoy matches and conversations with Japanese-style characters through Free Match, Story Mode, Tutorials, Puzzles, and Endgame Puzzles.

Why similar: Board Game 39.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.3%, Logic 15.4%, Strategy 13.2%, Casual 4.8%

Boobytrap a mini Chess board in this turn-based party game for 2 - 4 players!Works on Steam Deck!Only ~40Mb!

Why similar: Board Game 24.7%, Ninja 24.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 17.1%, Strategy 10.4%, PvP 7%

Grow one luminous tree together. Choose a direction and colour, verify the branch, and never echo the colour of a neighbouring signal.

Why similar: Board Game 32.6%, Strategy 21.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.9%, Minimalist 8.3%, Logic 7.1%

JULPAE is a free-to-play 4-player online card battle game with a Korean-inspired atmosphere. Learn the flow quickly in 1v1 duels, then infer hidden teams, play or pass, and read the match through timing, decisions, and mind games.

Why similar: Board Game 35%, Strategy 21.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.4%, Casual 11.6%, Tactical 6.3%

Chessplosion reinvents chess with an explosive Giant Pawn that occupies a 2×2 area. Face the AI or other players, solve puzzles, and customize special rules to create tactical, unpredictable matches filled with surprising turns.

Why similar: Board Game 26%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.9%, Grid-Based Movement 11.1%, Strategy 10.3%, Logic 10%

Dominate is an abstract strategy board game played on a 8x8 board.

Why similar: Board Game 28.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.3%, Strategy 11.6%, Artificial Intelligence 8.8%, PvP 8.4%

Experience the thrill of playing Chess like never before with Chess Remix. Try out different versions of Chess from around the world, historic board games, modern variations or even create your own original games

Why similar: Board Game 22.6%, Artificial Intelligence 15.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Level Editor 9.9%

Infection is an abstract strategy board game played on a 7x7 board.

Why similar: Board Game 28.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Artificial Intelligence 8.7%, PvP 8.4%

Settle a kingdom, roll for resources, and build an army with real chess movesets on a hex battlefield. ChessTan fuses Catan-style economy with chess-style combat for 2-4 players — outbuild your rivals, then checkmate the last Nexus standing. Play locally, online with friends, or through Steam.

Why similar: Board Game 38%, Strategy 26.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.4%, PvP 5.3%, 2D 4.4%

Hakuroku’s board games are coming to digital! Play three titles solo or in multiplayer!

Why similar: Board Game 41.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.7%, Casual 17.6%, PvP 8.8%, Multiplayer 5.2%

Battleboat is a strategic, turn-based naval combat simulator where you command a fleet on a grid and execute tactical strikes against a CPU opponent. Anticipate enemy moves, and fire precise payloads as you navigate the world of naval warfare.

Why similar: Board Game 37.7%, Strategy 17.2%, Casual 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Tactical 9%

Charge, spread and take over your opponents’ cells in the turn-based casual strategy board game Spread: Transmission! Assert your dominance across various unique islands. The game is not over until the last charge is captured, so flip the board with a single thought-out move.

Why similar: Board Game 30.3%, Strategy 14.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Minimalist 10.5%, Logic 8.7%

Checkerboard Collection: A collection of turn-based strategy board games played on a checkerboard. Challenge yourself against AI opponents or go head-to-head with friends in various game modes. Master the art of strategy and become the ultimate checkerboard champion.

Why similar: Board Game 33.9%, Strategy 21.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.8%, Casual 13.9%, PvP 5.3%

Othello Let's Go is a beautifully designed strategy board game for all ages. A total of 8 levels of computer AI difficulty, suits for both beginners and experts! More than 100 carefully selected Endgame and Lights Out levels are waiting for you to solve!

Why similar: Board Game 28.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.2%, Strategy 12.4%, Minimalist 12.3%, Casual 7.6%

Tactical, turn based board game 1v1 with offline mode. chess like strategy game adding more aspects to the board.

Why similar: Strategy 35.3%, Board Game 29.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.9%, Tactical 10.5%, Multiplayer 4.4%

Classic board game brought to PC and space! Battles in space is a Sci fi version of a classic board game. Place your fleet and fire away at enemy locations. Play with a friend on local mode or vs an AI.

Why similar: Board Game 41.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.6%, Casual 17.6%, Strategy 10.3%, Multiplayer 4.7%

Fight for victory in this fast-paced 1v1 online multiplayer game. Use strategy to infiltrate your opponents zone, eliminate pieces, and capture their flag. With dynamic respawns and intense battles, every match will put your strategy to the test.

Why similar: Board Game 31.3%, Strategy 20.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 10%, Casual 9.4%, Grid-Based Movement 8.9%

A turn-based deduction and chase game where one player hides and escapes as the Wolf, while the Police track down clues to uncover its location. Play solo or against other players and enjoy a simple battle of wits from both sides of the chase.

Why similar: Board Game 42.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.3%, Strategy 21%, Local Multiplayer 5.1%, Multiplayer 4.1%