Games like WizardChess
If WizardChess is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chess: The Lost Pieces, Gambition and Cobalt Core — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About 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 in a shamanic vision. Fight chaotic-yet-tactical encounters with magic powers out of a fever dream! Defeat the FaeQueen and Claim Your Wish!
Players who liked WizardChess also play
Steam players who put hours into WizardChess also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Chess: The Lost Pieces
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Top pick for WizardChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with WizardChess.
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
Gambition
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for WizardChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with WizardChess.
A chess-inspired tactical roguelike where every battle becomes a puzzle of sacrifice and manipulation. Evolve chess pieces, build powerful armies, and turn clever sacrifices into devastating synergies.
Cobalt Core
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for WizardChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with WizardChess.
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!
Usurper
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Ranked #4 for WizardChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with WizardChess.
A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where your King is your strongest weapon. Play cards from your deck to drop units onto the battlefield and checkmate your opponent. Build your Deck, Upgrade your Ruler, and Claim the Throne.
Meet the Master
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Ranked #5 for WizardChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with WizardChess.
A cute yet brutal tactical deckbuilder: Command your Squad and outsmart unique encounters to ultimately Meet the Master.
StrategySteam ↗StarVaders
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Ranked #6 for WizardChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with WizardChess.
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.
Chess Brain
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Ranked #7 for WizardChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with WizardChess.
Chess Brain is a chess puzzle game. Draw the correct path and don't let the King get killed by the opposite pieces! Every second all the pieces will move!
Hellmate
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for WizardChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with WizardChess.
A DECK-BUILDING ROGUELIKE CHESS game. Choose chess set, build deck as you go, bring the enemy king’s HP to 0 in as few turns, solve dilemma cases. Each run has 7 randomly generated hell floors, themed around the 7 deadly sins.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below WizardChess at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~87% under WizardChess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~60% under WizardChess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
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Priced ~50% under WizardChess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~73% under WizardChess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~80% under WizardChess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under WizardChess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
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Priced ~47% under WizardChess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under WizardChess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
Tails Noir: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Electoral Carnage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Electoral Carnage is an absurd 2D fighting game featuring America's most famous (and infamous) politicians. If you don't download it you hate America. Also JFK can assassinate himself. What more do you need to know?
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Frequently asked about WizardChess
- Does WizardChess run on Steam Deck?
- WizardChess is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does WizardChess cost?
- WizardChess is listed on Steam at 7.49 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to WizardChess?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside WizardChess are Chess: The Lost Pieces, Gambition, Cobalt Core.
- Who developed WizardChess?
- WizardChess was developed by TwoPM Studios and published by 2 Left Thumbs.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on WizardChess.
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