Games like ChessBoyChess

Want something that feels replayable and retro the way ChessBoyChess does? These games keep things close enough to feel familiar.

Just Chess
Enjoy a pure, distraction-free chess experience with Just Chess! Includes a built-in engine, UCI support and engine profiles, and a Puzzle Arena with 4M+ puzzles. Lichess integration lets you challenge players, play Chess960, and watch live games and broadcasts.
Competitive
89% of 9 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$11.99
Chess
Challenge the AI at several difficulty levels, solve 777 puzzles, set up custom positions, or invite a Steam friend for a relaxed online match with no time limit. Undo a move, save a game, pick a board theme, and play the oldest strategy game there is, your way.
Also in Party and Co-op · Replayable, Competitive, Minimalist
77% of 109 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$7.99
ChessCraft
Never play the same game of chess again! ChessCraft is a chess AI sandbox. Create your own chess boards, rules, and pieces. Play against the computer or your friends online, or win loot by playing one of 80 built-in chess boards in adventure mode.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive, Minimalist
96% of 81 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
ALL Chess
Create, collect and play board games from around the world, you can customise board sizes, piece moves and their unique look. There's 20+ classic board games and countless future games of yours!
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive
70% of 44 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$9.99
Chess Ultra
Chess is the same game everywhere, so this one wins on atmosphere: hand-crafted sets and rooms, a Grandmaster-approved AI across ten levels, puzzles, historic matches and full VR support. Play a slow evening game in a firelit library, or chase a checkmate in a bleak ruin. A chess board that finally looks like it deserves the game.
Replayable, Competitive
76% of 1,843 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$12.99
Chess Visualized
A playable Chess board that visualizes where each piece can go and what every move does
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Minimalist
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
The Chess Variants Club
Play and discover 12 popular chess variants, improve your chess skills with hundreds of chess puzzles, or simply play regular chess with your friends - all in one package. This diverse collection includes several chess games and puzzles. All in a minimalist, beautifully designed virtual chess club.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive, Minimalist
83% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure (Chess)
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
Also in Co-op · Competitive
74% of 99 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Schachkampf - Fantasy Chess
Solve more than 3.000.000 chess puzzles and fight an AI which is challenging for beginners and pros. Unlock different startign positions to give your chess game a new twist. All that in the style of famous 90s JRPGs.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Retro, Competitive
75% of 12 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Chess Folk
Your own offline chess club. Meet 300+ fictional rivals, compete in tournaments, learn with Susu the Panda, and relive famous games through historical quests. Play in 2D or 3D, and create and share puzzles, chess sets and more through Steam Workshop.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive, Minimalist
96% of 23 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$11.99
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
Chess, but every piece can move through time and across parallel timelines. Send a rook into the past, branch a new universe, and defend kings that exist in several boards at once. It is confusing for an evening and unforgettable after that.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive, Colorful
96% of 8,157 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$11.99
Chess Royal
A simple yet satisfying game of chess that anyone can play - and learn from. Challenge a powerful chess AI, play against your friends, and try to get through a massive tower of puzzles!
Replayable, Competitive, Minimalist
86% of 42 Steam reviews are positive$2.99

Hidden gems like ChessBoyChess

Cat Chess

Classic chess played by two rival cat clans, with full rules, move hints, a scalable bot, online and local matches, and a challenge campaign.

$6.99

The Chess

The ChessThemed Chess offers a relaxing, minimalist chess experience with multiple boards, piece sets, AI opponents, and multiplayer.

Free

Chess

Play relaxed matches against the AI or a friend, with puzzles and custom boards to keep every session fresh.

$7.99

Free Chess

Free Chess is a free physics based chess simulator where you are free to play the game of chess with the freedom of however you like.

Free

5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel

Outwit opponents by moving pieces through the past, branching new boards, and guarding several kings at once.

$11.99

FPS Chess

Plan your chess moves, then settle every capture in a first-person duel against your opponent.

Free

Chess Ultra

Play the classic board game in hand-crafted sets, against a ten-level AI, other players or VR.

$12.99

Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition

Chess! One of the world’s most popular games, has just got even better!

$15.99

Check vs Mate

Commanders, assemble your armies! CHECK vs. MATE calls for an interactive feather duster, chartering the successful chess game principle into the…

$24.99

3D Chess

A unique chess trip with exciting instant duels awaits you - test your mettle on the chessboard.

$4.99

Battle Chess: Game of Kings™

It took 2,000 years for someone to make chess better! The most challenging game on earth comes to life in Battle Chess.

$29.99

Just Chess

Enjoy a pure, distraction-free chess experience with Just Chess!

$11.99

Newest games like ChessBoyChess

Chess Online: Grandmaster's Table

Sit down at the table and play chess your way: rated online matches against real players, eight AI opponents from beginner to full-strength engine…

$1.79

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

Free

Chess Folk

Your own offline chess club. Meet 300+ fictional rivals, compete in tournaments, learn with Susu the Panda, and relive famous games through…

$11.99

Cat Chess

Classic chess played by two rival cat clans, with full rules, move hints, a scalable bot, online and local matches, and a challenge campaign.

$6.99

Chess Kingdom

A hundred chess games on Steam. One of them gives you 40 AI opponents up to 2550 Elo, live open lobbies, async play, a league mode, a mini board…

$4.99

Sharp Chess

Play in the dark or under open skies. Sharp Chess is a clean, distraction-free chess experience — Stockfish AI, nature and dark themes.

$2.99

Chess AI

A chess game featuring an adaptive AI opponent that scales to your skill level.

$1.99

Chees

What if your chess pieces lied to you? In CHEES, rooks crawl like pawns, queens leap like knights, and every game shuffles the rules.

$1.99

Master of Chess

Play chess with help from your AI character, solve chess puzzles, build an unrivaled openings repertoire, and win tournaments worldwide.

$15.99

Hyper Chess

There are NO TURNS in this wild version of Chess! Pieces move across the board in real-time, so you'll need to think fast to protect your King!

$2.99

Chess, Texas

A Wild West chess adventure where every duel is settled on the board.

$4.99

Ajedrez

It is a chess game with the possibility of playing two players or playing against the computer.

$0.99