Single-player games like Puzzle & Chess
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Puzzle & 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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Chess Brain
Single-player alternative to Puzzle & Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle & Chess.
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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Chess Brain: Dark Troops
Single-player alternative to Puzzle & Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle & Chess.
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
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Unlock The King
Single-player alternative to Puzzle & Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Puzzle & Chess.
An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
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Chess Morph: The Queen's Wormholes
Single-player alternative to Puzzle & Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle & Chess.
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.
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Egyptian Senet
Single-player alternative to Puzzle & Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle & Chess.
The Mysterious Afterlife Journey And The Favorite Pastime Of The Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Don't Miss The Opportunity To Play The World's Oldest Board Game From Ancient Egypt.
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Knight Swap
Single-player alternative to Puzzle & Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle & Chess.
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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Sudoku Zenkai / 数独全卡
Single-player alternative to Puzzle & Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle & Chess.
Sudoku Zenkai is a game for everyone, from beginning to advanced players. It brings a new dimension to sudoku - you can solve puzzles with your friends, wherever they are! You can start a new puzzle with a friend or call one over to help when you get stuck.
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Dark Chess
Single-player alternative to Puzzle & Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle & Chess.
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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ShapeNeon Chaos
Single-player alternative to Puzzle & Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Puzzle & Chess.
ShapeNeon Chaos is an old school style space-shooter. You are a ship facing off waves of deadly enemies. This game was made to give you a shot of adrenaline in a couple of minutes. Lots of bullets and neon in an arcade psychedelic shooter!
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Dice & Dungeons
Single-player alternative to Puzzle & Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle & Chess.
Dice & Dungeons is a unique deck builder. You build a DICE deck (dicebuilding)! Explore dungeons, fight enemies with increasingly difficult and get new dice to your deck. A dungeon and it's challenges are never the same as before.
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Dragon Bobby - The Story of a Life
Single-player alternative to Puzzle & Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Puzzle & Chess.
A uniquely beautiful game with third-person exploration and puzzles that tells the story of a man's life from birth. You control a dragon who is an analogy of this man in the story. A true reflection on life.