King of the Bridge
Learn a chess variant that keeps changing on you, catch the troll bending the rules, and bend them right back on your way to every ending.
95% of 1,701 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$2.99
Games like Dark Chess
Want something that feels dark and mysterious the way Dark Chess does? You will find a few strong contenders among these games.
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
74% of 99 Steam reviews are positive$19.99King of the Bridge
A troll blocks your bridge and only a win at his homebrew chess gets you across. Advanced Troll Chess hides over twenty rule changes in a dusty rulebook, and the troll cheats, taunts and rewrites the game as you play. Catch him at it, bend the rules yourself, and find every ending.
Mysterious, Replayable, Surreal
95% of 1,701 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$2.99Once 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.
Dark, Mysterious, Replayable
54% of 57 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Passant: 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$11.99Check vs Mate
Commanders, assemble your armies! CHECK vs. MATE calls for an interactive feather duster, chartering the successful chess game principle into the present day multimedia world. Animated fantasy figurines assemble in magical worlds and await your command!
66% of 113 Steam reviews are positive$24.99Chess Evolved Online
Chess, rebuilt as a collectible army builder. Pick from 500+ pieces with their own moves and abilities, spend your army points on a lineup only you would build, then battle other players or AI in matches with zero randomness. Easy to start, deep enough to think about for years.
Replayable
91% of 810 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16FreeThe 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
81% of 480 Steam reviews are positive$4.99ChessLocke
Chess with RPG elements
Replayable
87% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Pawn of the Dead
Experience a dark twist on classic chess where your captured pieces are infected and rise to join the undead army! Adapt to asymmetrical battlefields, protect the White Kingdom, and lead King Leonard against his greatest, most sinister enemy yet: His own reflection.
Dark, Scary, Replayable
93% of 44 Steam reviews are positive$6.99Below the Crown
Explore the dungeons Below the Crown, in this love letter to Roguelikes, Dungeon Crawlers, and Chess. Prepare for strategy, game-changing spells, psychological tests, and challenges from your fellow players. From the award-winning creators of Duskers & A Virus Named TOM.
Mysterious, Replayable, Surreal
95% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Gigachess
Gigachess is a hero defense puzzler on a chess board. Command your party of Knights, Rooks & Bishops against the relentless Pawn onslaught!
Replayable
82% of 85 Steam reviews are positive$3.99Chessarama
Chessarama is a collection of chess-inspired puzzle and strategy games that use chess pieces and their established move sets, then reimagines their goals and themes. Solve challenges, unlock collectibles, and compete against each other on the leaderboards. Welcome to Chessarama!
90% of 121 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Cheaper than Dark Chess
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
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
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
Pawn of the Dead
Experience a dark twist on classic chess where your captured pieces are infected and rise to join the undead army!
93% of 44 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
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
The Rookery
An exciting and fast-paced chess roguelite, full of ridiculous abilities!
94% of 78 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$9.99
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.
87% of 483 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$6.99
3D Chess
A unique chess trip with exciting instant duels awaits you - test your mettle on the chessboard.
52% of 131 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
ChessCraft
Never play the same game of chess again! ChessCraft is a chess AI sandbox. Create your own chess boards, rules, and pieces.
96% of 81 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
Outwit opponents by moving pieces through the past, branching new boards, and guarding several kings at once.
96% of 8,157 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 19$11.99
Hidden gems like Dark Chess
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.
87% of 483 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$6.99
King of the Bridge
Learn a chess variant that keeps changing on you, catch the troll bending the rules, and bend them right back on your way to every ending.
95% of 1,701 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$2.99
Master of Chess
Play chess with help from your AI character, solve chess puzzles, build an unrivaled openings repertoire, and win tournaments worldwide.
83% of 297 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$15.99
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
Chessarama
Chessarama is a collection of chess-inspired puzzle and strategy games that use chess pieces and their established move sets, then reimagines their…
90% of 121 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
• Dread Chess ✣
Dread Chess est un jeu original et étrange mêlant histoire narrative, puzzles et éléments de sandbox.
78% of 107 Steam reviews are positiveFree
The Chess
The ChessThemed Chess offers a relaxing, minimalist chess experience with multiple boards, piece sets, AI opponents, and multiplayer.
77% of 119 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2Free
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: 16Free
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 5,976 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 65$9.99
Unlock The King
An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
95% of 332 Steam reviews are positive$0.99
Newest games like Dark Chess
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
100% of 7 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Chess Folk
Your own offline chess club. Meet 300+ fictional rivals, compete in tournaments, learn with Susu the Panda, and relive famous games through…
96% of 23 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$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.
87% of 483 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$6.99
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
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 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…
88% of 60 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Below the Crown
Explore the dungeons Below the Crown, in this love letter to Roguelikes, Dungeon Crawlers, and Chess.
95% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
A Game of Chaess
A Game of Chaess is "Monty Python meets Tolkien on a Chessboard".
100% of 4 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Yes, My Queen
The chess roguelite. Play game-changing cards, bend the rules, save your Queen, and escape from the dungeon.
76% of 55 Steam reviews are positive$12.99
Master of Chess
Play chess with help from your AI character, solve chess puzzles, build an unrivaled openings repertoire, and win tournaments worldwide.
83% of 297 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$15.99
• Dread Chess ✣
Dread Chess est un jeu original et étrange mêlant histoire narrative, puzzles et éléments de sandbox.
78% of 107 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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