The Ouroboros King
The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes.
81% of 480 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Games like Centurion's Gambit
Looking for that same replayable and surreal spark as Centurion's Gambit? Give these games a try when the craving hits.
Last Gambit
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.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Surreal, Competitive
The Ouroboros King
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.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Surreal, Retro
81% of 480 Steam reviews are positive$4.99The 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!
Replayable
94% of 78 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99Gambonanza
Gambonanza takes chess, shrinks the board and throws the rulebook out the window. Capture every piece, not just the king, with 150+ gambits that bend the rules, tiles you can upgrade mid-run and a reserve of pieces waiting off-board. Silly, chaotic and tough, and every run plays out differently.
Replayable, Surreal, Retro
74% of 1,697 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$14.99Chess Army
Build your army, merge your units, and dominate the battlefield in a chess-inspired turn-based strategy game.
Replayable, Retro
93% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Once a Pawn a King
Chess is broken. Gather the Black Army, build a party of chess pieces, and battle through fractured boards in this asymmetric turn-based roguelike. Empower your army, adapt your strategy each run, and unravel the mystery behind a world trapped in an endless match.
Replayable, Surreal
54% of 57 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
Chess, but your whole army defected and all you have left is a royal shotgun. Move or shoot each turn, blast a path through the white pieces, and pick upgrades for both sides as the board grows meaner. A short, sharp strategy roguelike where every run takes about twenty minutes and every loss feels earned.
Replayable, Surreal, Retro
92% of 5,980 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 71$9.99Petrified Pawns
Defeat chessboard after chessboard without dying on your path to the throne. Assemble an army that you keep alive with healing spells. Make your units stronger by equipping weapons and armor and by upgrading stats as you level up. Become powerful enough to take down giant bosses!
Replayable, Colorful
88% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Rogue Mate
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.
Replayable
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Gamblers Chess
A game combining chess and card games with roguelike elements. You can move with the cards in your hand. With only a joker piece as start, you can build up a powerful army. With Upgrade Cards changing how you play, and Curses that help the enemy, every run feels different.
Replayable, Retro, Colorful
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$3.99Passant: A Chess Roguelike
A chess roguelike where the rules bend as far as you push them. Earn strange pieces, twist the rules with badges and grab items that freeze a bishop or promote your pawn straight to queen. Beat round after round, take down the final boss and become a grandmaster. You do not need to be good at chess to have a great time.
Replayable
79% of 371 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$11.99Chess: The Lost Pieces
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Surreal, Competitive
67% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Cheaper than Centurion's Gambit
Chess Army
Build your army, merge your units, and dominate the battlefield in a chess-inspired turn-based strategy game.
93% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Petrified Pawns
Defeat chessboard after chessboard without dying on your path to the throne. Assemble an army that you keep alive with healing spells.
88% of 17 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Rogue Mate
A roguelite chess RPG where your pieces gain unique abilities.
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Gamblers Chess
A game combining chess and card games with roguelike elements. You can move with the cards in your hand.
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Chess: The Lost Pieces
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
67% of 21 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Pieces of the Kingdom
What if Chess…was a roguelite? Assemble your party and battle your way across a broken kingdom in a fantastical, tactical take on Chess.
0% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Chess Survivors
Chess Survivors is a grid based, quick-turn, roguelike where you outmaneuver and destroy an ever growing horde of chess based enemies.
83% of 156 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Chaturanga
The ultimate chess variant roguelike game. Start with pieces and the board set up for the ancient precursor to chess, Chaturanga.
75% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Gigachess
Gigachess is a hero defense puzzler on a chess board. Command your party of Knights, Rooks & Bishops against the relentless Pawn onslaught!
82% of 85 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
ChessRPG
ChessRPG is a revisited chess game in pixel art. Each player chooses a medieval fantasy people, gaining access to pieces with various…
$3.99
Chesscent
Chesscent is a pixel art turn-based strategy roguelite that blends classic chess with rule-breaking cards.
69% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Hidden gems like Centurion's Gambit
Passant: A Chess Roguelike
Build strange piece combos, twist the rules with badges and push through round after round until you face the final boss.
79% of 371 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$11.99
Gambonanza
Gambonanza takes chess, shrinks the board and throws the rulebook out the window.
74% of 1,697 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$14.99
Chess Survivors
Chess Survivors is a grid based, quick-turn, roguelike where you outmaneuver and destroy an ever growing horde of chess based enemies.
83% of 156 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Pawnbarian
Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full…
91% of 453 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
The Ouroboros King
The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes.
81% of 480 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Chess Evolved Online
Spend your army points on a lineup of pieces with their own moves and abilities, then test it against other players or AI in matches where nothing…
91% of 810 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12Free
Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
Swap your whole army for a royal shotgun and blast through enemy ranks one turn at a time, in short runs that beg for one more go.
92% of 5,980 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 71$9.99
Dark Chess
THIS IS NOT CLASSIC CHESS! Dark Chess is an asymmetric puzzle-strategy game featuring fog of war.
76% of 154 Steam reviews are positive$5.19
Check vs Mate
Commanders, assemble your armies! CHECK vs. MATE calls for an interactive feather duster, chartering the successful chess game principle into the…
66% of 113 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Last Gambit
Build an impossible army: knights that become unicorns, queens that cross the edges, phoenixes that rise again.
Once a Pawn a King
Chess is broken. Gather the Black Army, build a party of chess pieces, and battle through fractured boards in this asymmetric turn-based roguelike.
54% of 57 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Pieces of the Kingdom
What if Chess…was a roguelite? Assemble your party and battle your way across a broken kingdom in a fantastical, tactical take on Chess.
0% of 1 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
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Zeitnot
Chess you already know, rules you don't. Pieces have HP and gear. Shop between fights, stack gambits, roll the dice if you're feeling stupid.
100% of 8 Steam reviews are positive$4.95
Chess Army
Build your army, merge your units, and dominate the battlefield in a chess-inspired turn-based strategy game.
93% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
CHESS2
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
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RPG Chess
A turn-based RPG, except it's also chess! Every capture becomes a 1v1 battle decided by stats, elements and abilities.
95% of 19 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$12.99
Prismarch
A colorful chess roguelike! Engage in dopaminergic, cinematic strategy as you fulfill a chess power fantasy - your pieces gain abilities, and…
100% of 6 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
Chesscent
Chesscent is a pixel art turn-based strategy roguelite that blends classic chess with rule-breaking cards.
69% of 16 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Chessman Adventures
Every move matters in this chess-inspired tactical adventure. Lead three heroes and outsmart the undead.
100% of 11 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Final Legal Move
Survive a hostile chessboard where you are the only white piece.
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Rogue Mate
A roguelite chess RPG where your pieces gain unique abilities.
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Chessillo
The chess roguelike. Recruit magical pieces, break the rules of the board with sacrifices, portals, and curses, and survive three acts to bring down…
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Tabletop Tavern
A roguelike RTS on a tabletop battlefield: build an army from scratch, command it through a brutal campaign, and lose it all to start again.
90% of 2,280 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 151$19.99
Shattered Chess
Chain massive combos, build game-breaking synergies, and survive rule-changing bosses in this fast-paced roguelike twist on chess.
100% of 28 Steam reviews are positive$7.99