Single-player games like Chess Knights: Shinobi
Below are 16 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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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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Shinobi's Way - a jigsaw chess tale
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Samurai Chess
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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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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Unlock The King 2
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.
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Chess Brain
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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Cat Chess
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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!
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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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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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Zapper: One Wicked Cricket
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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.
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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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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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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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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.
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Zen Chess: Mate in Three
Single-player alternative to Chess Knights: Shinobi — playable solo, no multiplayer required. 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.