Single-player games like WizardChess
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to WizardChess, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Chess: The Lost Pieces
Single-player alternative to WizardChess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with WizardChess.
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
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Gambition
Single-player alternative to WizardChess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Cobalt Core
Single-player alternative to WizardChess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
- 4
Usurper
Single-player alternative to WizardChess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Meet the Master
Single-player alternative to WizardChess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with WizardChess.
A cute yet brutal tactical deckbuilder: Command your Squad and outsmart unique encounters to ultimately Meet the Master.
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StarVaders
Single-player alternative to WizardChess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Chess Brain
Single-player alternative to WizardChess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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Hellmate
Single-player alternative to WizardChess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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The Thin Silence
Single-player alternative to WizardChess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
The Thin Silence explores depression, self-doubt, struggles, and trials. Amongst the darkness, the game features that sound, that thin silence, which calls to us in our darkest hours.
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PAR52
Single-player alternative to WizardChess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with WizardChess.
A uniquely cozy minigolf game, played on a hex-grid, where your putters are playing cards. Make combos to earn stardust, buy booster packs of strange cards and explore every hole to uncover its secrets...