Games like Samurai Chess
If Samurai Chess is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chess Knights: Shinobi, Ragnarok Chess and Chess Knights: Viking Lands — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Samurai Chess: 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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Steam players who put hours into Samurai Chess 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.
Chess Knights: Shinobi
WHY THIS
Top pick for Samurai Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Samurai Chess.
Chess Knights: Shinobi is an original turn-based puzzle game inspired by Chess. Become a Ninja in feudal Japan and prove your skills in the art of infiltration, sabotage, and assassination.
Ragnarok Chess
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Samurai Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Samurai Chess.
The classical game of chess... now played in the beautiful Viking lands! Play chess against your friends or versus the computer, unlock new scenarios and chess pieces, and prove yourself to be the most fearless Viking alive!
Chess Knights: Viking Lands
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Samurai Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Samurai Chess.
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.
Wild Wild Chess
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Samurai Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Samurai Chess.
The classical game of chess... now played in the Wild West! Play chess against your friends or versus the computer, unlock new scenarios and chess pieces, and prove yourself to be the wildest gunslinger in the old west!
3D Chess Online
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Ranked #5 for Samurai Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Samurai Chess.
3D Chess Online combines the magical world of chess with a modern and three-dimensional experience! Determine your strategy and fight against your opponents worldwide in this simulator equipped with realistic graphics.
The Chess Variants Club
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Samurai Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Samurai Chess.
Play and discover 12 popular chess variants, improve your chess skills with hundreds of chess puzzles, or simply play regular chess with your friends - all in one package. This diverse collection includes several chess games and puzzles. All in a minimalist, beautifully designed virtual chess club.
Unlock The King
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Samurai Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Samurai Chess.
An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
Chess Brain
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Samurai Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Samurai 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!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Samurai Chess at current Steam store prices.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Samurai Chess on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Samurai Chess.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~50% under Samurai Chess on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Samurai Chess.
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.
shapez
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Priced ~50% under Samurai Chess on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Samurai Chess.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~50% under Samurai Chess on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Samurai Chess.
"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!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Samurai Chess on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Samurai Chess.
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.
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Samurai Chess on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Samurai Chess.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Bit Blaster XL
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Samurai Chess on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Samurai Chess.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Samurai Chess.
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?
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Samurai Chess.
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!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Samurai Chess.
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.
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Samurai Chess.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
The Lab
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
An Arcade Full of Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Samurai Chess.
Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.
100 Asian Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Samurai Chess.
🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️♂️🐈✅
DORONKO WANKO
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation and Casual with Samurai Chess.
『DORONKO WANKO』 is a DORONKO Action Game. In this game, You can become a cute, innocent Pomeranian, make your master's home messy and dirty. "Will the master be angry with me?" Don't worry. Because you are a sweet doggie.
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More from Minimol Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Minimol Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Zen Chess: Mate in One
WHY THIS
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Samurai Chess. Shares Casual with Samurai Chess.
Zen Chess: Mate in One is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-one problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
Unlock The King
WHY THIS
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Samurai Chess. Shares Strategy and Casual with Samurai Chess.
An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
Colorgrid
WHY THIS
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Samurai Chess. Shares Strategy and Casual with Samurai Chess.
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.
Knight Swap
WHY THIS
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Samurai Chess. Shares Strategy and Casual with Samurai 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?
Chessarama
WHY THIS
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Samurai Chess. Shares Strategy and Casual with Samurai Chess.
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!
Daylife in Japan - Pixel Art Jigsaw Puzzle
WHY THIS
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Samurai Chess. Shares Casual with Samurai Chess.
Daylife in Japan is a minimalist jigsaw puzzle game with pixel art GIFs instead of images.
Zen Chess: Mate in Two
WHY THIS
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Samurai Chess. Shares Strategy and Casual with Samurai Chess.
Zen Chess: Mate in Two is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-two problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
Zen Chess: Mate in Three
WHY THIS
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Samurai Chess. Shares Strategy and Casual with Samurai Chess.
Zen Chess: Mate in Three is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-three problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
Frequently asked about Samurai Chess
- How much does Samurai Chess cost?
- Samurai Chess is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Samurai Chess?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Samurai Chess are Chess Knights: Shinobi, Ragnarok Chess, Chess Knights: Viking Lands.
- Who developed Samurai Chess?
- Samurai Chess was developed by Minimol Games.
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 Samurai Chess.
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