60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Chess, Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy, Singleplayer.
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 51.7% ★, Roguelite 13.4%, 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 55.6% ★, Strategy 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Roguelite 8.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 7%
Outsmart the world's strongest chess engine, Stockfish. See its plan, then turn that plan against it, using abilities from a procedural skill tree in this turn-based strategy roguelike.
Why similar: Chess 55.3% ★, Roguelite 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%
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 51.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13%, Roguelite 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Strategy 7.1%
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 29.9% ★, Strategy 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Roguelite 13.3%
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 63.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Strategy 11.9%, 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 59.2% ★, Strategy 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%, 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 50.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Strategy 10.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.9%, Roguelite 9.5%
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 59.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Strategy 14.8%, 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 46.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Roguelite 14.8%, 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 45.6% ★, Strategy 33.3%, 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 53.4% ★, Strategy 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Roguelite 8.4%
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 60.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Roguelite 11.4%, Strategy 11.3%, 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 58.4% ★, Roguelite 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Indie 1.7%
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 61.8% ★, Strategy 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.8%, Indie 1.4%
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 35.9% ★, Strategy 24.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 17%, Indie 2%
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 51% ★, Strategy 34.3%, 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 61.4% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Strategy 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%, Indie 1.3%
Chess... chess never changes. How much can you do?! It's time for something new - a combination of chess and snake!
Why similar: Chess 59.6% ★, Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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 56.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Strategy 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Indie 1.5%
Shatranj Puzzles is a tactical chess puzzle game featuring 10,000 unique puzzles, 3 AI difficulty levels, and local 2-player mode. Solve challenging positions, improve your tactical vision, and progress through a massive chess puzzle experience at your own pace.
Why similar: Chess 76.2% ★, Strategy 20.6%, Indie 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%
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 62.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Strategy 10.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%, Indie 1.4%
Chess is the deck. Draft an army, march it through escalating sieges, and stack stratagems until one rook move scores like an avalanche. A score-chasing roguelike where every capture feeds the combo - and checkmate is the jackpot.
Why similar: Chess 53.3% ★, Strategy 12.9%, Roguelite 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%
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 55.1% ★, Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Roguelite 9.1%, 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 62.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, 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 55.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Roguelite 12.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.3%
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 68.7% ★, Strategy 18.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, 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 59.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Strategy 11%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 36.4% ★, Strategy 24.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.3%, Singleplayer 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 51.2% ★, Roguelite 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Strategy 7.9%
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 34.1% ★, Strategy 25.3%, 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 60.3% ★, Strategy 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.7%, Indie 1.5%
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 57.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.8%, Roguelite 4.8%
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 62.5% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Strategy 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Indie 1.7%
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 61.6% ★, Strategy 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, 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 60.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 15.3%, Strategy 11.6%, 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 66.9% ★, Strategy 18.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Indie 1.6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
A chess arcade game where you play against the strongest chess engine in the world.
Why similar: Chess 83.7% ★, Strategy 15.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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 57.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.8%, Strategy 9.4%, Indie 1.8%
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 33.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Roguelite 13.7%
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 57.6% ★, Strategy 16.5%, 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 54.8% ★, Roguelite 13.5%, Strategy 12.9%, 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 47.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Roguelite 11.6%, Strategy 10.4%
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 68.5% ★, Strategy 17.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%
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 brilliant breakthrough in turn-based strategy! Just as the enemy attacks, your turn is only beginning—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 25.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.2%, Roguelite 18.1%, Indie 6.7%
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 62.6% ★, Strategy 21.4%, 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 58.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Strategy 11.3%, 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 66.8% ★, Strategy 18.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
Build a chess army. Break the rules. Get thrown around by a tornado, spiked by a trap, swallowed by quicksand or captured by an enemy hiding in tall grass. Make your knights move infinitely or turn your bishops into necromancers. No king to checkmate. Just enemies to destroy.
Why similar: Chess 47.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Roguelite 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Strategy 8.5%
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 59.2% ★, Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%, Indie 0.9%
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 66.3% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Strategy 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 57.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Strategy 11.3%, Indie 2.1%
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 49.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Strategy 15.8%, Indie 1.2%
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 50.4% ★, Strategy 27.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Indie 7.1%, Singleplayer 1.1%
A new-age chess game combined with math. Free to play with your bro offline, your friends or any players online.
Why similar: Chess 58.7% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Strategy 11.6%, Indie 1.8%
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 62.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.8%, Indie 1.3%
Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun. A unique strategy roguelike based on the timeless checkboard classic.
Why similar: Chess 57.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Roguelite 10%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%
