Games like Chess Knights: Shinobi
If Chess Knights: Shinobi is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chess Knights: Viking Lands, Shinobi's Way - a jigsaw chess tale and Samurai Chess — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Chess Knights: Shinobi: 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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Chess Knights: Viking Lands
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Top pick for Chess Knights: Shinobi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Help the Knights to rescue their Kings and Queens in the beautiful and dangerous Vikings Lands. An innovative game concept inspired by chess: infiltrate mindfully, rescue quickly, and get out alive if you can.
Shinobi's Way - a jigsaw chess tale
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Chess Knights: Shinobi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
An innovative jigsaw puzzle with chess-shaped pieces! Solve the puzzles to follow the story that inspired Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Samurai Chess
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Chess Knights: Shinobi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
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.
Knight Swap
WHY THIS
Shares teleportation and a whimsical mood with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Ranked #4 for Chess Knights: Shinobi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
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?
Unlock The King 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Chess Knights: Shinobi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
The sequel of the successful Unlock The King, now in a tridimensional board. An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
Chess Brain
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Chess Knights: Shinobi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
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!
Cat Chess
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Chess Knights: Shinobi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Play the ancient and thrilling game of Chess but with... cats! Lead your furry friends to the Purrfect battle of brains and whiskers!
Unlock The King
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Ranked #8 for Chess Knights: Shinobi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
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Hitman GO: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Reviewers of Chess Knights: Shinobi cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Hitman GO is a simple to play, but difficult to master turn-based strategy game set in a stunning interpretation of the Hitman universe.
Chess Knights: Viking Lands
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Reviewers of Chess Knights: Shinobi cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Help the Knights to rescue their Kings and Queens in the beautiful and dangerous Vikings Lands. An innovative game concept inspired by chess: infiltrate mindfully, rescue quickly, and get out alive if you can.
Zapper: One Wicked Cricket
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Reviewers of Chess Knights: Shinobi cross-mention this title as a similar play.
In this action-adventure game, Zapper (a cricket) hops his way through six worlds in a quest to find his brother, held captive by the evil magpie queen. Dangerous traps and even more dangerous enemies await! It will take skill and timing to conquer all the worlds and survive the final showdown.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Chess Knights: Shinobi at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Chess Knights: Shinobi on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Chess Knights: Shinobi on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Chess Knights: Shinobi on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Chess Knights: Shinobi on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Chess Knights: Shinobi on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Chess Knights: Shinobi on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Chess Knights: Shinobi on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
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.
Coloring Pixels
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
An Arcade Full of Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
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More from Minimol Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Minimol Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Zen Chess: Mate in One
WHY THIS
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Chess Knights: Shinobi. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Zen Chess: Mate in One is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-one problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
Unlock The King
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Chess Knights: Shinobi. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
Colorgrid
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Chess Knights: Shinobi. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
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.
Knight Swap
WHY THIS
Shares teleportation and a whimsical mood with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Chess Knights: Shinobi. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
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?
Chessarama
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Chess Knights: Shinobi. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
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!
Daylife in Japan - Pixel Art Jigsaw Puzzle
WHY THIS
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Chess Knights: Shinobi. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Daylife in Japan is a minimalist jigsaw puzzle game with pixel art GIFs instead of images.
Zen Chess: Mate in Two
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Chess Knights: Shinobi. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Zen Chess: Mate in Two is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-two problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
Zen Chess: Mate in Three
WHY THIS
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Chess Knights: Shinobi. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Zen Chess: Mate in Three is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-three problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
Frequently asked about Chess Knights: Shinobi
- How much does Chess Knights: Shinobi cost?
- Chess Knights: Shinobi is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Chess Knights: Shinobi?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chess Knights: Shinobi are Chess Knights: Viking Lands, Shinobi's Way - a jigsaw chess tale, Samurai Chess.
- Who developed Chess Knights: Shinobi?
- Chess Knights: Shinobi was developed by Minimol Games.
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