Games like GoblinChess

If GoblinChess scratched a replayable and competitive itch for you, keep reading. Start with these games when you are ready.

Rookspell
Real chess. Rule-breaking spells. Capture a piece, draw a card, and turn the board in your favor. Discover 66 spells, unlock new cards with gold earned in matches, and play solo, local hot-seat, or online through Steam.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive, Colorful
$7.99
Chess 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, Competitive, Colorful
91% of 810 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12Free
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
96% of 81 Steam reviews are positive$5.99
Favor Chess
Assemble your own unique chess army to use against your foes. Use new strategies and pieces to compete against players around the globe in a game of pure skill, where cleverness and adaptation are rewarded.
Replayable, Competitive
62% of 53 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Gigachess
Gigachess is a hero defense puzzler on a chess board. Command your party of Knights, Rooks & Bishops against the relentless Pawn onslaught!
Replayable, Competitive, Colorful
82% of 85 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Gamblers 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, Colorful
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$3.99
Chess'Extra
Chess'Extra is a new free chess game with a 10x10 board and 2 new pieces: Priest and Assassin. Additional game modes "Traps", "Reinforcements", "Fog of war" and "Random positions" are available. Basic Chess available.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive
88% of 216 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Passant: 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$11.99
Chaos Pieces
Chaotic board card game with too much freedom
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive, Colorful
100% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
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
Replayable, Competitive
100% of 7 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition
Chess! One of the world’s most popular games, has just got even better! Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition is a stunning celebration of the greatest strategy game of all time.
Also in Co-op · Replayable, Competitive
74% of 233 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$15.99
Gambonanza
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, Colorful
74% of 1,697 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 23$14.99

Hidden gems like GoblinChess

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

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

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.

$2.99

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.

$11.99

Gambonanza

Gambonanza takes chess, shrinks the board and throws the rulebook out the window.

$14.99

The Chess

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

Free

The Ouroboros King

The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes.

$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…

Free

Chess'Extra

Chess'Extra is a new free chess game with a 10x10 board and 2 new pieces: Priest and Assassin.

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

Newest games like GoblinChess

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

Checkmage!

A cozy adventure where magic is boring and wizard students play chess instead.

$19.99

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

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

Immortal Chess

Play Classic chess expanded with 9 unique classes, Mana, spells, traps and passive abilities.

Free

Five Elements Chess

A spell-duel game that combines the Five Elements theory and match-three gameplay.

$12.74

Dunchess

Chess, but with spells, items and dungeons that fight back. Play online matches on boards full of vision crystals, teleports and fog, where every…

$2.99

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

Chesscent

Chesscent is a pixel art turn-based strategy roguelite that blends classic chess with rule-breaking cards.

$2.99

Tactorius

64 squares. 20 piece types. Over 150 spells. Tactorius is the wild west of chess.

$9.99

CHESST

A fantasy chess variant. An enchanted board where pawns hide magical secrets. Hatch dragons, transform enemy pieces into unicorns.

$9.99

Gambonanza

Gambonanza takes chess, shrinks the board and throws the rulebook out the window.

$14.99