Games like Protocol Aegirum
by Nacho Riquelme
The Ouroboros King and Pawnbarian play most like Protocol Aegirum. Of the 13 closest games below, most share its chess, turn-based strategy and turn-based tactics; 4 came out in the last year and 12 are free or under $10. The best known is 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel, with 8,103 Steam reviews.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
Closest matches
The Ouroboros King
Feb 27, 2023 · Oriol Cosp Games
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Roguelite · Board Game
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👍 472Pawnbarian
Sep 24, 2021 · j4nw
Both: Roguelike · Chess · 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👍 450Last Gambit
Aug 27 · Mads
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Chess · Roguelike
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 Game2D5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
Jul 22, 2020 · Conor Petersen, Thunkspace, LLC
Both: Chess · Board Game · Turn-Based Strategy
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👍 8,103Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
May 12, 2022 · PUNKCAKE Delicieux
Both: Chess · Turn-Based Strategy · Roguelike
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👍 5,931Dark Chess
Feb 28, 2023 · Tall Troll Games
Both: Chess · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics
THIS IS NOT CLASSIC CHESS! Dark Chess is an asymmetric puzzle-strategy game featuring fog of war. Survive a story-driven campaign filled with custom boards, traps, and rule-breaking Kings and Queens of the past. Stealth, calculated risks and outsmarting the unknown are your only ways to win.
ChessStrategyTurn-Based StrategyPuzzleTurn-Based TacticsTabletopBoard GameTime TravelSingleplayerDark Fantasy👍 155Chess Survivors
Aug 31, 2023 · Aarimous
Both: Roguelite · Chess · Roguelike
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!
RogueliteBullet HellChessReal Time TacticsAction RoguelikePerma DeathAction RPGRoguelikeStrategyRPG👍 156Schachkampf - 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 CombatTacticalImmortal 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 GameCasualMultiplayerTacticalRanaRangam: 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 MultiplayerSingleplayerSimply 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 FriendlyChesscape 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 StrategyPuzzle3DMultiplayerChess Evolved Online
Feb 22, 2021 · TheGrandestine
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Turn-Based Strategy · Chess
secretly the most overpowered game in existence
Early AccessPvPTacticalDeckbuildingTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyCard GameChess2DCard Battler
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
Into the Breach
Feb 27, 2018 · Subset Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Roguelike
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyIndiePixel GraphicsTurn-Based TacticsMechsRoguelikePuzzleTurn-BasedRoguelite👍 19,053StarVaders
Apr 30, 2025 · Pengonauts
Both: Turn-Based Tactics · Roguelite · Turn-Based Strategy
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Roguelike DeckbuilderDeckbuildingTurn-Based TacticsRogueliteDifficultVisual NovelCard GameTurn-Based StrategyRoguelikeBoard Game👍 3,770Battle Chess: Game of Kings™
Dec 11, 2015 · Olde Sküül, Sculptured Software
Both: Board Game · 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👍 360Master of Piece
Feb 4 · I M GAME, I M fine
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Board Game · Turn-Based Tactics
Recruit mercenaries, combine their traits, and forge endless synergies. Venture through the mysterious medieval realm, facing powerful foes and mighty bosses. Simple turn-based rules hide deep strategic depth—build your ultimate team, master the pieces, and uncover the secrets of the Black fog.
Early AccessTurn-Based StrategyRoguelike DeckbuilderTacticalBoard GameTabletopTurn-Based CombatCard BattlerTurn-Based TacticsRoguelite👍 197Regimental Chess
Apr 29, 2015 · Regimental Chess Dev.
Both: Chess · Board Game · Turn-Based Tactics
Regimental Chess is a battle game where large armies of chess pieces move and capture in mass formations. Up to 372 pieces in a single battle.
StrategyChessMultiplayerDifficultBoard GameTurn-Based TacticsOnline Co-OpEarly AccessFree to Play2.5D
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