Single-player games like Grandmaster Chess
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Grandmaster 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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ChessCraft
Single-player alternative to Grandmaster Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Grandmaster Chess.
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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Schachkampf - Fantasy Chess
Single-player alternative to Grandmaster Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Grandmaster Chess.
Solve more than 3.000.000 chess puzzles and fight an AI which is challenging for beginners and pros. Unlock different startign positions to give your chess game a new twist. All that in the style of famous 90s JRPGs.
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Chess Visualized
Single-player alternative to Grandmaster Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Grandmaster Chess.
A playable Chess board that visualizes where each piece can go and what every move does
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Super X Chess
Single-player alternative to Grandmaster Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Grandmaster Chess.
A chess game where you can combine your own pieces by capturing them. The combined piece moves as both pieces that got combined or with new rules when combining two pieces of same type. It's improving chess by making it more exciting & dynamic.
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Lazy Chess
Single-player alternative to Grandmaster Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Grandmaster Chess.
Lazy Chess is a new non-profit chess game that narrows your choices down to the best 2 possible moves per turn. The moves provided can always win the game, but how strong are your decisions? Fewer moves. More fun.
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Chess: The Lost Pieces
Single-player alternative to Grandmaster Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Grandmaster Chess.
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
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Theatre of War
Single-player alternative to Grandmaster Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Grandmaster Chess.
Engage your opponent in this unique real-time strategy game set on a surreal tile-based board game battlefield. Clash swords and fire arrows in the Medieval style, roll tanks to victory in the Great War setting, and gain air superiority in the Contemporary mode.
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Tank Chess
Single-player alternative to Grandmaster Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Grandmaster Chess.
Have you ever dreamed of being a great general of the armoured forces? Or maybe a chess grandmaster? Perhaps what you want is just a fun, challenging game you can explain quickly and play with anyone? If that’s the case, you’re in for a real treat!
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Corridor 7: Alien Invasion
Single-player alternative to Grandmaster Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
This terrifying 1990s sci-fi first-person shooter from Capstone Software has you venturing deep into the dark and twisting test chambers of Corridor 7 to combat a hostile takeover of Earth.
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Discoveries of the Deep
Single-player alternative to Grandmaster Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Join an expedition to the unexplored abyss – a fascinating world of strange creatures, lost vessels, and a wealth of untold secrets. Search for ancient wrecks, underwater trenches, missing airplanes, and even the Titanic. Climb on board your mini-sub and dive as deep as you dare!
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Search for the Titanic
Single-player alternative to Grandmaster Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Grandmaster Chess.
As an inexperienced oceanographer, you must build your skills, reputation, crew, and resources along your journey to mount an expedition to find the lost Titanic. Experience the challenges, dangers and excitement of scientific underwater exploration!
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Operation Body Count
Single-player alternative to Grandmaster Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Capstone Software’s classic first-person shooter built on an upgraded Wolfenstein 3D engine brings the heat with 40 levels of intense action. Struggle to the top against hordes of bad guys – it’s time to put that training to the test, soldier!
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Witchaven
Single-player alternative to Grandmaster Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Witchaven is a first-person fantasy slasher set in a dark medieval times. Dare to enter this 3D Hell... Dare to enter Witchaven!
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Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance
Single-player alternative to Grandmaster Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Continue the story of the knight Grondoval in this first-person fantasy slasher. Get ready for bloody encounters with vile creatures and vicious warriors. Stop an evil witch from carrying a titular blood vengeance in revenge for him having slain her sister.