Single-player games like This Is Not Chess
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to This Is Not Chess, 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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Bandit Life
Single-player alternative to This Is Not Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is Not Chess.
Lead a band of misfits through a turn-based adventure filled with blood, ambushes, and hard choices. Clash with rival camps, expand your influence, trade, build, and raid to become the most infamous bandit in history.
- 2
Dragon Hunters
Single-player alternative to This Is Not Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is Not Chess.
A DICE BASED FANTASY BOARD GAME SYSTEM Play up to 4 Characters by yourself or race against your friends and family with Local Multi-player (2-4 players), while gaining levels, items, and experience as you battle over 30 different monsters before confronting the foreboding Dragon.
- 3
Heroes Project
Single-player alternative to This Is Not Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is Not Chess.
Turn based strategy, tough choices, short and long term consequences.
- 4
Wargroove 2
Single-player alternative to This Is Not Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with This Is Not Chess.
Trouble stirs on the shores of Aurania. An ambitious new faction has unearthed forbidden relics capable of catastrophic consequences. But how far will they go to achieve glory? Take to the battlefield, sea, and sky with a cast of new Commanders, using your wits to wage turn-based war!
- 5
Hero's Hour
Single-player alternative to This Is Not Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with This Is Not Chess.
A fast turn-based strategy RPG with real-time combat. Develop your cities and armies, level up your heroes to gain new, powerful spells and skills, and explore the wonders and dangers of the procedurally generated maps as you aim to conquer your enemies before they do the same to you.
- 6
Wargroove
Single-player alternative to This Is Not Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is Not Chess.
Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools!
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Heroes of Science and Fiction
Single-player alternative to This Is Not Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is Not Chess.
A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to This Is Not Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with This Is Not Chess.
The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.