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
Bramble Guard
Single-player alternative to This Is Not Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is Not Chess.
Hybrid fantasy strategy defense, as explained by a tired elder and interrupted by a beautiful fool in a crown. Build a fragile refuge, send defenders into the road, and protect the last memory-tree.
- 3
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.
- 4
Stones Keeper II: Chaos Lord
Single-player alternative to This Is Not Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with This Is Not Chess.
In Stones Keeper II: Chaos Lord, you will find both the well-known game mechanics of the original game as well as many new features. A signature blend of RPG and strategy with turn-based tactical battles.
- 5
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.
- 6
Leylines
Single-player alternative to This Is Not Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with This Is Not Chess.
As powerful wizard ruling a small nation, you plot to take over the world! In this 4X turn-based strategy, rule seven diverse races, from shapeshifting Theria to spider-riding Dwarves. Expand by building more cities, battle rival wizards, and cast 80 earth-shattering spells to ensure your victory.
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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!
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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.