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 5,970 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 65$7.49
Games like Urja
Did Urja leave you in a surreal and competitive frame of mind? These games are worth a look next.
FPS Chess
Chess, but every capture turns into a first-person duel. Move your pieces, plan your openings, then fight for the square with guns, swords and sniper rooks. A fast 1v1 shooter where the board decides who fights, and your aim decides who wins.
Competitive, Replayable, Fast-paced
84% of 44,809 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 280FreeShotgun 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.
Surreal, Replayable
92% of 5,970 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 65$7.49Chess 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.
Competitive, Replayable
91% of 809 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.
Surreal, Replayable
81% of 479 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.
Surreal, Replayable
54% of 57 Steam reviews are positive$11.99Chess Survivors
Chess Survivors is a grid based, quick-turn, roguelike where you outmaneuver and destroy an ever growing horde of chess based enemies. Combine abilities, upgrades, and relics to create game-breaking builds. Think fast, die, learn, repeat!
Surreal, Replayable, Fast-paced
83% of 156 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: 1$9.99Passant: 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 369 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$6.59King 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.
Surreal, Replayable
95% of 1,700 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$2.99Pawnbarian
Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!
Replayable
91% of 452 Steam reviews are positive$9.99Below 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.
Surreal, Replayable
95% of 66 Steam reviews are positive$14.99Shattered Chess
Chain massive combos, build game-breaking synergies, and survive rule-changing bosses in this fast-paced roguelike twist on chess.
Replayable
100% of 28 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Cheaper than Urja
The Ouroboros King
The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes.
81% of 479 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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
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 369 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$6.59
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 1,700 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$2.99
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
Unlock The King
An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
95% of 330 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
Chessformer
Chessformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer with Chess pieces.
100% of 306 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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$6.49
Knight's Retreat
A chess game without any chess. Rearrange your troops to bring your best knights back to your Kingdom in an abstract medieval world.
93% of 74 Steam reviews are positive$2.99
Hidden gems like Urja
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
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 1,700 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 6$2.99
Chess for idiots
Move any piece in any absurd way, capture as much as you want, and let a lower IQ carry you to victory.
93% of 1,591 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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 296 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
Chess Ultimate
Draft a team of quirky characters, each with its own ability, and play matches that never repeat themselves.
87% of 310 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13Free
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 369 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$6.59
Gambonanza
Gambonanza takes chess, shrinks the board and throws the rulebook out the window.
74% of 1,691 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$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
Chessformer
Chessformer is a grid-based puzzle platformer with Chess pieces.
100% of 306 Steam reviews are positive$4.99
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
Chessplosion
Chessplosion is an arcade action puzzle game where you drop chess piece bombs to create chain reactions and trap opponents.
95% of 140 Steam reviews are positive$11.99
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 452 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Newest games like Urja
Prismarch
A colorful chess roguelike! Engage in dopaminergic, cinematic strategy as you fulfill a chess power fantasy - your pieces gain abilities, and…
100% of 5 Steam reviews are positive$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
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 1,691 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$14.99
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
ChessWalkers
In this short yet memorable puzzle game You will take on the role of a chess pawn with unique abilities!
100% of 13 Steam reviews are positive$1.99
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$6.49
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 296 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
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 369 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 17$6.59
Pawns of War
Build a squad of Pawns, customise their guns, and send them into grid battles where every run plays out differently.
82% of 778 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10Free
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
WizardChess
What if chess was invented by silly cosmic wizards? WizardChess is a turnbased roguelite where all the pieces have insane abilities that came to us…
82% of 56 Steam reviews are positive$14.99