Single-player games like Chess Knights: Shinobi
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Chess Knights: Shinobi, 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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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
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Hitman GO: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Drop Duchy
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
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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Mark of the Ninja
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
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KNIGHTS
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
KNIGHTS is a minimalist puzzle game based on a single chess piece, the titular knight. A simple enough to pick up and relaxing experience.
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Dark Chess
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
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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Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Sengoku Jidai: Shadow of the Shogun is a turn-based tactical and strategic game set during the Sengoku era; primarily focusing on the Japanese Warring States period and Japanese Invasion of Korea.
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Aragami
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
Aragami is a third person stealth game that casts you as an undead assassin with the power to control the shadows. Teleport to any shadow, become invisible, materialize weapons or even summon a shadow dragon to infiltrate the enemy ranks and dispose of your targets.
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Chess Knights: Viking Lands
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Zen Chess: Mate in One
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Unlock The King
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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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Colorgrid
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Knight Swap
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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?
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Chessarama
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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Daylife in Japan - Pixel Art Jigsaw Puzzle
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
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: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual and Indie with Chess Knights: Shinobi.
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: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.