
Tactorius is a spell-driven chess roguelite. Summon pieces, rewrite movement, and warp the rules with 150+ spells across 7 escalating towers. No two runs play the same.
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Tactorius is a spell-driven chess roguelite. Summon pieces, rewrite movement, and warp the rules with 150+ spells across 7 escalating towers. No two runs play the same.

The Rookery
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!

Passant: A Chess Roguelike
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.
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 51.5% ★, Roguelite 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Strategy 8.8%
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 55.3% ★, Strategy 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Roguelite 8.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%
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 51.6% ★, Roguelite 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Strategy 7.2%
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 29.7% ★, Strategy 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Roguelite 13.4%
The World has united their strongest Grandmasters to challenge us! But they forget one thing: the Soviet School of Chess has no equal. Take your seat, comrade. It is time to show the globe who truly rules the 64 squares!
Why similar: Chess 63.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Strategy 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, Singleplayer 0.3%
ChessCorp - an indie puzzle game that takes you to a pixel art world to solve the mystery of your existence. Tackle AI-generated chess puzzles, develop your own thinking machine, and win the Grand Tournament. This is the only way.
Why similar: Chess 59% ★, Strategy 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.4%, Indie 1.2%
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 50.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Strategy 11%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.9%, Roguelite 9.6%
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 59.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Strategy 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.3%, Indie 3%
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 46.2% ★, Roguelite 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Strategy 9%
A two-player online (choose an opponent from your Steam friends list) Chess, in an edgeless landscape called "Kingland", with upgrades.
Chess battle is re-imagined as 3D! In this variation of chess, we have up-to 8 parallel boards and the pieces can travel between them.
Why similar: Chess 45.4% ★, Strategy 33.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Indie 8.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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 53.2% ★, Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Roguelite 8.5%
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 60.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Roguelite 11.5%, Strategy 11.4%, Indie 0.9%
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 58.1% ★, Roguelite 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Indie 1.7%
Relax, strategize, and master chess in a sleek 3D sci-fi world. Play against friends or other players online, or challenge smart AI.
Why similar: Chess 35.7% ★, Strategy 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 17%, Indie 2%
They say one person in the field is not a warrior. And what if this one is called to fight by the White Grandmaster himself, endowed with super powers and even the ground on which he steps helps him. Find out in the new skirmish of the Grandmasters and regain control over all the clans of Whitehills
Why similar: Chess 61.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Strategy 8.3%
Four Kings One War is a 1 or 2 player strategy game inspired by chess. Each player controls two armies as though they were one and get's two moves per turn. This opens up guerrilla style tactics and hidden attacks. This is strategy for the modern mind, outside the 64th square.
Why similar: Chess 50.8% ★, Strategy 34.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Indie 2.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
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 61.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Indie 1.3%
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 56.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Indie 1.5%
Chess... chess never changes. How much can you do?! It's time for something new - a combination of chess and snake!
Why similar: Chess 59.4% ★, Strategy 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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 54.8% ★, Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Roguelite 9.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.8%
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 61.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.6%, Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Indie 1.3%
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 55.3% ★, Roguelite 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.3%
Xiangqi (Chinese chess), reimagined as HP-based combat. Every piece has HP, Attack and Defense. Take 3 actions per turn, deal randomized damage, brace for counterattacks. The Cannon bombards over a screen; Soldiers power up across the river. Battle a 4-tier CPU or friends online.
Why similar: Chess 36.2% ★, Strategy 24.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.3%, Singleplayer 1%
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 68.5% ★, Strategy 18.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Do you like the Endgame in chess? Here's a brand new chess variant! Defend the back rank against the onslaught of enemy pawns. Easy to learn , advanced artificial intelligence , 66 hand-crafted stages.
Why similar: Chess 59.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Strategy 11%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 46.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Roguelite 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Strategy 8.8%
Chess, 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. Castling, en passant and promotion included. Battle a 4-tier CPU or friends online.
Why similar: Chess 33.9% ★, Strategy 25.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Strategize your way through a variety of encounters, each with various twists. Kill all of the other pieces on the board through night and day until only the two kings remain.
Why similar: Chess 60.1% ★, Strategy 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%, Indie 1.5%
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 62.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Strategy 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Indie 1.7%
What if Chess…was a roguelite? Assemble your party and battle your way across a broken kingdom in a fantastical, tactical take on Chess. Loot epic gear, recruit powerful pieces with unique abilities, and strategize your way to victory.
Why similar: Chess 57.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.9%, Roguelite 4.8%
Do you think chess is a man's game, comrade? THINK AGAIN! The Soviet Queens are here to crush your ego and show you true elegance on the board. Enroll NOW!
Why similar: Chess 61.4% ★, Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.6%, Indie 1.3%
Save the forest in this improved version of chess with new boards with obstacles and power-ups.
Why similar: Chess 60.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.3%, Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Enter the mafia underworld of 2D Chess, where animals take on the roles of mob bosses. Play 10+0 minute games online on the Lichess server. Analyze your moves with Stockfish. Checkmate with style in this captivating cartel-themed chess adventure!
Why similar: Chess 66.7% ★, Strategy 18.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
The Han dynasty is fading, and warlords rise. The realm has shattered like a broken chessboard, with no end in sight. The land is your board, its soilder your pieces. Enter the chaos of the Three Kingdoms, command armies, outwit rivals, seize cities, and fight for dominion!
Why similar: Chess 33.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Strategy 17.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Roguelite 13.8%
There are 11 classes in the war board game. Each class has 4 skills, one passive, and 24 equipment (8 equipment have active skills). You can switch to the third-person perspective when fighting.
Why similar: Chess 57.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.8%, Strategy 9.5%, Indie 1.8%
A chess arcade game where you play against the strongest chess engine in the world.
Why similar: Chess 83.5% ★, Strategy 15.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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 57.4% ★, Strategy 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Indie 1.3%
A tactical roguelike role-playing game based in the original thousand-year classic, Chess
Why similar: Chess 54.5% ★, Roguelite 13.7%, Strategy 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.6%
This is Chess on a conveyor belt -- an ingenious roguelike, melding tactical strategy and explosive action! Deal with a mind-bending scrolling board that pulls towards you relentless waves of foes and perils. Prepare for their violent collision with your pieces. Prepare for TOTAL ZUGZWANG.
Why similar: Chess 47.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Roguelite 11.8%, Strategy 10.4%
A brilliant breakthrough in turn-based strategy! Attack to charge Echo, then spend Echo during the enemy's turn to unleash Countermeasures—Preemptive Strike, Defense, or Counterattack. Anticipate enemy targeting, manage your resources, and take them out by surprise between turns!
Why similar: Strategy 29.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.1%, Roguelite 18.2%, Indie 6.6%
FRITZ CHESS 14! The Ultimate Chess SoftwarePlay against FRITZ or play online at FRITZ CHESS 14 is the most comprehensive chess program in the world. Whether you are new to the game or a Grandmaster, FRITZ 14 is suitable for all skill levels!
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 68.3% ★, Strategy 18.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
From piece movements, to drops, promotion and strategic formations, you'll learn Shogi inside out! Play against a wide variety of AI opponents, developing your Shogi playing style.
Why similar: Chess 62.4% ★, Strategy 21.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 58.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Strategy 11.4%, 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 66.6% ★, Strategy 19%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Build a chess army. Break the rules. Collect buffs that make your pieces addictively OP, with knights that roam the entire board, rooks that smash through anything. Use items like bombs or potions to cause even more chaos. No king to checkmate. Just enemies to destroy.
Why similar: Chess 47.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Roguelite 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Strategy 8.5%
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 66.2% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Strategy 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 59% ★, Strategy 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Indie 0.9%
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 57.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Indie 2.1%
Play the ancient game of "Hnefatafl" in style on your PC, in Singleplayer mode against the AI or Multiplayer over the internet. "Hnefatafl" is a strategic, chess-like boardgame with assumed origins all the way back to the Viking era.
Why similar: Chess 50.2% ★, Strategy 27.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Indie 7.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%
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 48.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Strategy 16%, Indie 1.2%
A new-age chess game combined with math. Free to play with your bro offline, your friends or any players online.
Why similar: Chess 58.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Strategy 11.7%, Indie 1.8%
Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun. A unique strategy roguelike based on the timeless checkboard classic.
Why similar: Chess 57.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Strategy 10.3%, Roguelite 10.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%
A new outlook on the classic strategy game, battle your way to winning.
Why similar: Chess 68.5% ★, Strategy 19%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Study piece movements, checkmate conditions and tactics; learn Xiangqi inside out! Play against a wide variety of AI opponents, developing your Xiangi playing style.
Why similar: Chess 67.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Strategy 16%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Caîssa Board is a graphical chess user interface that is evolving toward becoming an online chess club.
Why similar: Chess 66.6% ★, Strategy 17.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%
This is NOT a Chess, don't aim to CHECKMATE, but focus on MERGING the pieces to become a NUCLEAR BOMB
Why similar: Chess 61.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.6%, Strategy 9.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Experience a 4K graphics strategy game with tactical depth, breadth, and challenge like nothing you have played before: the perfect mix of Chess, tactical setups and quests inpired by classic RPGs
Why similar: Chess 58% ★, Strategy 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Indie 2.1%