Single-player games like Chess Knights: Viking Lands
Below are 17 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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Drop Duchy
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block shape your realm, leading your path to victory!
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Check vs Mate
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
Commanders, assemble your armies! CHECK vs. MATE calls for an interactive feather duster, chartering the successful chess game principle into the present day multimedia world. Animated fantasy figurines assemble in magical worlds and await your command!
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Chants of Sennaar
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
In this award-winning puzzle adventure game, play as the Traveler on a quest to reunite the Peoples of the Tower. Observe, listen, and decipher ancient languages in a fascinating universe inspired by the Myth of Babel.
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Dark Chess
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
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.
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Demeo
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
Adventurers, it’s time to unite! Gather your friends and battle the dark forces that have overtaken the world of Resolution Games' award-winning RPG dungeon crawler, Demeo. The next generation of tabletop adventure has arrived!
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For The King
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
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Pendragon: Narrative Tactics
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
AD 673. Camelot has fallen. The Round Table must rally to save King Arthur. Narrative strategy game from the creators of 80 DAYS, with elegant tactics and a unique, dynamic story every time you replay.
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Master of Chess
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Play chess with help from your AI character, solve chess puzzles, build an unrivaled openings repertoire, and win tournaments worldwide. Become World Champion in the first and only chess career simulator!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Case Solved: The London Files
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Viking Lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual and Indie with Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
Solve logic puzzles and crack multiple cases in a cosy noir London using reason, not guesswork. Murders have taken place, witness statements conflict and the alibis don't add up. Everyone has a motive, and only clear logic reveals the truth.
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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.