Games like Linear Chess
If the competitive and replayable rhythm of Linear Chess stuck with you, this helps. Browse these games for your next favorite.
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
Competitive, Replayable, Minimalist
100% of 7 Steam reviews are positiveFreeChessLocke
Chess with RPG elements
Competitive, Replayable
87% of 30 Steam reviews are positive$4.99ChessCraft
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 · Competitive, Replayable, Minimalist
96% of 81 Steam reviews are positive$5.99Shift Chess
This is a chess variant in which players can “control the board” as a move action. The game supports online play, matches against AI, and local analysis.
Also in Co-op · Competitive, Replayable, Minimalist
$4.99Chess Valley
Play chess in a way you've never played. Face a board like a labyrinth and try to cross it with the king to join his army.
Minimalist
91% of 46 Steam reviews are positive$0.49Chess'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 · Competitive, Replayable, Minimalist
88% of 215 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4FreeChees
What if your chess pieces lied to you? In CHEES, rooks crawl like pawns, queens leap like knights, and every game shuffles the rules. Outsmart the chaos in local PvP or challenge the AI. Think you can adapt?
Competitive, Replayable, Colorful
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$1.99The 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 · Competitive, Replayable, Minimalist
83% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$4.993D Chess
A unique chess trip with exciting instant duels awaits you - test your mettle on the chessboard. Checkmate your opponent with only a few moves and solve challenging chess puzzles in amazing 3D worlds.
Also in Co-op · Competitive, Colorful
52% of 131 Steam reviews are positive$4.99Chess Dungeons: Shubousha
Help the white pieces to rescue their king solving chess puzzles for chess lovers and beginners in this dungeon theme in japanese landscapes sokoban style game.
Minimalist, Colorful
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Infinite Chess
Chess, but every game is a new board. Random layouts, blocked terrain and castle extensions force fresh strategy every match. Sacrifice pawns to upgrade pieces, claim neutral pawns to summon dragons and catapults, and outwit a 4-level AI. Play solo, local, or online PvP.
Also in Co-op · Competitive, Replayable
$6.99Chessaria: 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
Cheaper than Linear Chess
Chess Valley
Play chess in a way you've never played. Face a board like a labyrinth and try to cross it with the king to join his army.
91% of 46 Steam reviews are positive$0.49
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.
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
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…
83% of 41 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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
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
Chess Knight 2
A medieval world of strategy and tactics await you to engage in epic battles of wits as you master the moves and the strategies in a conquest to…
57% of 23 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
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!
92% of 322 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Chess, Texas
A Wild West chess adventure where every duel is settled on the board.
81% of 27 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
Chessformer
Chessformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer with Chess pieces.
100% of 306 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
3D Chess Q14
3D Chess with new figures, new game modes and complex boards-sizes. Play on 5x5 to 16x16 boards. New Figures: Wizard, Gamma and Keeper.
$4.49
Hidden gems like Linear Chess
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!
92% of 322 Steam reviews are positive$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.
79% of 371 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$11.99
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
Chessformer
Chessformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer with Chess pieces.
100% of 306 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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
Chess
Play relaxed matches against the AI or a friend, with puzzles and custom boards to keep every session fresh.
77% of 109 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$7.99
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 809 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16Free
Chess'Extra
Chess'Extra is a new free chess game with a 10x10 board and 2 new pieces: Priest and Assassin.
88% of 215 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4Free
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
FPS Chess
Plan your chess moves, then settle every capture in a first-person duel against your opponent.
84% of 44,872 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 280Free
Chess Ultra
Play the classic board game in hand-crafted sets, against a ten-level AI, other players or VR.
76% of 1,843 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 16$12.99
Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition
Chess! One of the world’s most popular games, has just got even better!
74% of 233 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$15.99
Newest games like Linear 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: 7$6.99
CHESST
A fantasy chess variant. An enchanted board where pawns hide magical secrets. Hatch dragons, transform enemy pieces into unicorns.
100% of 2 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
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…
90% of 60 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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.
100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
Chess Knightmare
In this non-turn-based chess variant, play as a lone knight: Outsmart and outmaneuver whole armies of pieces one bold move at a time.
100% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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
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!
92% of 322 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Chess, Texas
A Wild West chess adventure where every duel is settled on the board.
81% of 27 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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