Single-player games like Chess Knights: Viking Lands
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Chess Knights: Viking Lands, 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 Knights: Shinobi
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
Chess Knights: Shinobi is an original turn-based puzzle game inspired by Chess. Become a Ninja in feudal Japan and prove your skills in the art of infiltration, sabotage, and assassination.
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Samurai Chess
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
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.
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Ragnarok Chess
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
The classical game of chess... now played in the beautiful Viking lands! Play chess against your friends or versus the computer, unlock new scenarios and chess pieces, and prove yourself to be the most fearless Viking alive!
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Shinobi's Way - a jigsaw chess tale
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
An innovative jigsaw puzzle with chess-shaped pieces! Solve the puzzles to follow the story that inspired Chess Knights: Shinobi.
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Knight Swap
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
One chess piece, the mighty knight. One simple concept: exchange the knights from one colored square to another. One hundred hand-crafted levels in a beautiful minimalist set. Can you swap the knights?
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Chess Brain
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
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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Unlock The King
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
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Egyptian Senet
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
The Mysterious Afterlife Journey And The Favorite Pastime Of The Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Don't Miss The Opportunity To Play The World's Oldest Board Game From Ancient Egypt.
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Zen Chess: Mate in One
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
Zen Chess: Mate in One is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-one problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
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Colorgrid
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
Colorgrid is a puzzle game about mixing colors in a Lab. Find the correct positions for your lasers and mirrors to get the right mix of colors in each material.
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Chessarama
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
Chessarama is a collection of chess-inspired puzzle and strategy games that use chess pieces and their established move sets, then reimagines their goals and themes. Solve challenges, unlock collectibles, and compete against each other on the leaderboards. Welcome to Chessarama!
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Daylife in Japan - Pixel Art Jigsaw Puzzle
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
Daylife in Japan is a minimalist jigsaw puzzle game with pixel art GIFs instead of images.
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Zen Chess: Mate in Two
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
Zen Chess: Mate in Two is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-two problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
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Zen Chess: Mate in Three
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
Zen Chess: Mate in Three is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-three problems in a beautifully designed chess board.