Games like Dark Chess
by Tall Troll Games
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel and The Ouroboros King play most like Dark Chess. Of the 15 closest games below, most share its chess and board game; 4 came out in the last year and 13 are free or under $10. The best known is 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel, with 8,103 Steam reviews.
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5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
Jul 22, 2020 · Conor Petersen, Thunkspace, LLC
Both: Chess · Time Travel · Board Game
It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!
ChessTime TravelTime ManipulationBoard GameDifficultPuzzleMultiplayerTurn-Based StrategyStrategyPsychological👍 8,103The Ouroboros King
Feb 27, 2023 · Oriol Cosp Games
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Board Game · Chess
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.
Turn-Based TacticsRogueliteDifficultBoard GameChessTurn-Based StrategyStrategyRoguelike2DFantasy👍 472Schachkampf - Fantasy Chess
Jun 28, 2023 · KeyboardKrieger
Both: Chess · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics
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.
ChessTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsPixel GraphicsPuzzleBoard GameLocal MultiplayerLogicTurn-Based CombatTacticalShotgun King: The Final Checkmate
May 12, 2022 · PUNKCAKE Delicieux
Both: Chess · Turn-Based Strategy · Tabletop
Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun. A unique strategy roguelike based on the timeless checkboard classic.
ChessTurn-Based StrategyRoguelikeStrategyAction RoguelikeArcadePixel GraphicsTabletopChoices MatterRetro👍 5,931Battle Chess: Game of Kings™
Dec 11, 2015 · Olde Sküül, Sculptured Software
Both: Board Game · Tabletop · Chess
It took 2,000 years for someone to make chess better! The most challenging game on earth comes to life in Battle Chess. An entire medieval world at war is reflected on the checkered field. Everyone who's ever had a knight take a pawn has seen that capture as more than one piece replacing another on the board.
StrategyBoard GameTabletopChessCasualMultiplayer👍 360Immortal Chess
13 days ago · Arcane Square Games
Both: Chess · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics
Play Classic chess expanded with 9 unique classes, Mana, spells, traps and passive abilities. Outsmart your opponent, create unexpected positions, compete online across PC and mobile.
StrategyChessFree to PlayTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsPvPBoard GameCasualMultiplayerTacticalKing of the Bridge
Mar 8, 2024 · Finn Schuuring
Both: Puzzle · Chess · Board Game
Face off against the bridge troll in his bizarre game of chess! Decrypt, Twist and Enforce the rules as your devious opponent attempts to break them in King of the Bridge!
PuzzleChessStrategyComedyBoard GameMultiple EndingsFantasy2.5DAdventureSouls-like👍 1,675Pawnbarian
Sep 24, 2021 · j4nw
Both: Chess · Puzzle · Board Game
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!
RoguelikeTurn-Based CombatChessCard GamePuzzleBoard GameRogueliteStrategyCard BattlerTurn-Based Tactics👍 450Samurai Chess
Apr 16, 2021 · Minimol Games
Both: Chess · Puzzle · Turn-Based Strategy
The classical game of chess... now with samurai warriors! Play chess against your friends or versus the computer, unlock new scenarios and chess pieces, and prove yourself to be a real samurai.
ChessPuzzleMartial ArtsMedievalTurn-Based StrategyStrategyTabletopCasualBoard GameSimulationRanaRangam: Where Chess Pieces Bleed
Aug 19 · Bogaram Rakesh
Both: Chess · Turn-Based Tactics · Board Game
RanaRangam reimagines chess as a tactical battle of health, attacks, and step-by-step commands. Instead of instant captures, pieces can be commanded to any valid tile and then advance one step per turn, turning movement, combat, and board control into a deeper tactical battle.
ChessTurn-Based TacticsStrategyBoard GameTurn-Based StrategyTacticalMultiplayerPvPLocal MultiplayerSingleplayerChesscape Room
Sep 24 · Figmenthol
Both: Chess · Board Game · Turn-Based Strategy
Escape custom chess boards with your king while your opponent hunts you down. Play campaigns, solve puzzles, compete locally or ranked online, and build your own puzzles and campaigns in the editor.
ChessStrategyDifficultBoard GameEscape RoomSimulationTurn-Based StrategyPuzzle3DMultiplayerCombat Chess
Feb 23, 2021 · Minds Eye Productions
Both: Chess · Dark Fantasy · Turn-Based Tactics
Play with living, battling characters! Combat Chess takes the basic chess game and adds an imaginative element for players. Beautifully done in rendered 3D graphics, Combat Chess adds stunning animation sequences during gameplay.
ChessRetro3DStrategyDark FantasyTurn-Based TacticsBoard GamePvPTurn-Based StrategyTabletopLast Gambit
Aug 27 · Mads
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Chess · Turn-Based Strategy
Build an impossible army: knights that become unicorns, queens that cross the edges, phoenixes that rise again. Lead it through a roguelite Story of bosses, merchants and perks that bend the rules, then put it to the test online.
Early AccessTurn-Based TacticsChessRoguelikeTurn-Based StrategyPvPRogueliteStrategyBoard Game2DSimply Chess
Sep 11, 2015 · BlueLine Games
Both: Chess · Board Game · Turn-Based Strategy
The classic board game comes to Steam with asynchronous online play and 100 levels of AI. If you are a chess enthusiast or someone who just likes to play a game now and again, this is what you've been looking for. This is Simply Chess.
ChessBoard GameMultiplayerStrategyFree to PlayCasualSingleplayerIndieTurn-Based StrategyFamily Friendly
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Both: Board Game · Tabletop · Turn-Based Tactics
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