Games like ChessCraft
If ChessCraft is your kind of game, the closest matches are Je Di Bo, Pets Kingdom Chess and Chess Remix - Chess variants — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and whimsical. 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 ChessCraft: Never play the same game of chess again! ChessCraft is a chess AI sandbox. Create your own chess boards, rules, and pieces. Play against the computer or your friends online, or win loot by playing one of 80 built-in chess boards in adventure mode.
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Steam players who put hours into ChessCraft 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.
Je Di Bo
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Top pick for ChessCraft fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with ChessCraft.
Je Di Bo is a chaotic, deep turn-based card strategy where chess-like logic meets unpredictability. Move pieces, upgrade their ranks, and dominate the board. But beware: every 7 turns, Karma rolls the dice and completely changes the rules of engagement. Can you outsmart the chaos?
Pets Kingdom Chess
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Second-strongest match for ChessCraft fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with ChessCraft.
Pets Kingdom Chess is a cozy, family-friendly 3D chess game where dogs and cats battle for a fantasy kingdom. Learn chess step by step, play against the AI, or challenge a friend in local or online multiplayer.
Chess Remix - Chess variants
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ChessCraft fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with ChessCraft.
Experience the thrill of playing Chess like never before with Chess Remix. Try out different versions of Chess from around the world, historic board games, modern variations or even create your own original games
Chess: The Lost Pieces
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Ranked #4 for ChessCraft fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with ChessCraft.
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
Triple Chess
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Ranked #6 for ChessCraft fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with ChessCraft.
Triple Chess reimagines classic chess with three stacked boards and vertical movement, creating deeper strategy, new tactics, and thrilling multi-level battles.
Pawn'd Chess
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Ranked #7 for ChessCraft fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with ChessCraft.
Play, study, and improve at your own pace in a chess trainer with human-like, skill-matched AI, full FEN tools, local hotseat, and ranked play or pressure-free practice.
Kingsfall:Chess
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Ranked #8 for ChessCraft fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with ChessCraft.
A fantasy-inspired chess experience featuring immersive 2.5D visuals, online multiplayer, AI opponents, puzzles, controller support, and modern gameplay enhancements designed for both new and experienced players.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ChessCraft at current Steam store prices.
The Test
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Priced ~67% under ChessCraft on Steam right now.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~83% under ChessCraft on Steam right now. Shares Casual with ChessCraft.
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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~67% under ChessCraft on Steam right now. Shares Casual with ChessCraft.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Nodebuster
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Priced ~50% under ChessCraft on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with ChessCraft.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~83% under ChessCraft on Steam right now. Shares Casual with ChessCraft.
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 ~83% under ChessCraft on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with ChessCraft.
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!
Superflight
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Priced ~50% under ChessCraft on Steam right now. Shares Casual with ChessCraft.
Superflight is an intense, easy to learn wingsuit game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. A great game to relax for half an hour and chase your latest highscore!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with ChessCraft.
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!
Cube Escape: Paradox
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Samsara Room
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with ChessCraft.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
Handshakes
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with ChessCraft.
Take your brain for a walk in Handshakes, a simple yet tricksy sokoban puzzle game. Guide two hands through puzzles designed to stump, not frustrate, so that they may achieve their dream of a warm, firm handshake.
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Frequently asked about ChessCraft
- How much does ChessCraft cost?
- ChessCraft is listed on Steam at 5.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does ChessCraft have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — ChessCraft supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to ChessCraft?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ChessCraft are Je Di Bo, Pets Kingdom Chess, Chess Remix - Chess variants.
- Who developed ChessCraft?
- ChessCraft was developed by Stuart Spence and published by Frame of Mind.
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 ChessCraft.
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