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Games like Chess Brain: Dark Troops

If Chess Brain: Dark Troops is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chess Brain, Unlock The King and Chesskoban - Chess Puzzles — picked from the ranked list below. 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.

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About Chess Brain: Dark Troops: This game develops the ability to predict movement in Chess, using a playful and immersive concept. The dark troops march in a single sound. They are more organized and smarter

2021StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDWindows · macOSby Caio Flavio
Chess Brain: Dark Troops — Steam game cover

Players who liked Chess Brain: Dark Troops also play

Steam players who put hours into Chess Brain: Dark Troops also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Chess Brain

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Chess Brain: Dark Troops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Unlock The King

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Chess Brain: Dark Troops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.

    2019StrategyCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Chesskoban - Chess Puzzles

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Chess Brain: Dark Troops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    Relaxing puzzle game for chess lovers and beginners using a combination of sokoban and chess mechanics. If you like Chess you will enjoy playing it!

    2021StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Puzzle & Chess

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Chess Brain: Dark Troops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    Puzzle & Chess is a relaxing and minimalist game that mixes puzzle challenges with chess moves. Click on pieces, solve the puzzles with a pleasant and relaxing environment. You don't need to know how to play chess to have fun. No score, no timer and no pressure.

    2021StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Knight Swap

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Chess Brain: Dark Troops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    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?

    2019StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. A Lone Piece

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Chess Brain: Dark Troops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    Easy to learn. Hard to master. A Lone Piece is a chess themed puzzle game where you control a single pawn caught in the middle of opposing hostile pieces. Your main job is to escape the board, but sometimes offence is the best defense. Become more than just A Lone Piece.

    2023StrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Chess: The Lost Pieces

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Chess Brain: Dark Troops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,

    2023StrategyIndieCasual7.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Chess Morph: The Queen's Wormholes

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Chess Brain: Dark Troops fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    An original puzzle game inspired by chess. Control a lonely Queen with shapeshifting abilities and defeat the enemy army. Move wisely, explore the wormholes on the board, take the enemy shape and kill them all.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Chess Brain: Dark Troops at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Chess Brain: Dark Troops on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Chess Brain: Dark Troops on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Chess Brain: Dark Troops on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Peggle Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Chess Brain: Dark Troops on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    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.

    2007Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Chess Brain: Dark Troops on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Chess Brain: Dark Troops on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    "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!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Insaniquarium Deluxe

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Chess Brain: Dark Troops on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    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.

    2006Casual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Chess Brain: Dark Troops on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    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.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. 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 Brain: Dark Troops.

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    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.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

More from Caio Flavio

Other recommendable Steam games by Caio Flavio, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Chess Brain

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Caio Flavio, the studio behind Chess Brain: Dark Troops. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Frisbee For Fun

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Caio Flavio, the studio behind Chess Brain: Dark Troops. Shares Indie with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    Frisbee is joy, frisbee is fun! You are a very mischievous kitten that uses helpless chickens as targets.

    2020ActionSportsIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Dracula Frames

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Caio Flavio, the studio behind Chess Brain: Dark Troops. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

    Dracula's castle consists of 8 floors. Each floor has a large picture with a magnificent painting representing landmarks of Dracula's life. Your goal is to rebuild each painting through a slide puzzle and get to the top floor!

    2021IndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Chess Brain: Dark Troops

How much does Chess Brain: Dark Troops cost?
Chess Brain: Dark Troops is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Chess Brain: Dark Troops?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chess Brain: Dark Troops are Chess Brain, Unlock The King, Chesskoban - Chess Puzzles.
Who developed Chess Brain: Dark Troops?
Chess Brain: Dark Troops was developed by Caio Flavio.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Chess Brain: Dark Troops.

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