Games like Absurd Chess
If Absurd Chess is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lazy Chess, The Chess Variants Club and Just Chess — 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 Absurd Chess: Compete against up to 100 players in various, REALLY absurd chess modes never seen before! You will have to adapt to new rules and develop your own tactics that will allow you to dominate the board.
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Lazy Chess
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Top pick for Absurd Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Absurd 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.
The Chess Variants Club
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Second-strongest match for Absurd Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Absurd 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.
Just Chess
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Third-strongest match for Absurd Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Absurd Chess.
Enjoy a pure, distraction-free chess experience with Just Chess! Includes a built-in engine, UCI support and UCI engine profiles, and a Puzzle Arena with 4M+ puzzles. Lichess integration lets you challenge players and watch live tournament broadcasts.
Crounds
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Ranked #4 for Absurd Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Absurd Chess.
Crounds is a online PvP chess roguelike where you draft game breaking upgrades to create devastating combos and disrupt your opponents plans. After key points in the game players take turns to pick upgrades that define their strategy.
Non-Euclidean Chess
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Ranked #5 for Absurd Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Absurd Chess.
Non-Euclidean Chess provides a chess engine with boards and piece movement that push, bend, and sometimes defy reality. Play locally or online vs. other players or AI.
Chess: The Lost Pieces
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Ranked #6 for Absurd Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Absurd Chess.
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
Dicey Chess
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Ranked #7 for Absurd Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Absurd Chess.
A chess game in which the throw of the dice decides how far you can move.
0KEY!
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Ranked #8 for Absurd Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Absurd Chess.
0KEY! transforms the classic board game into a modern, competitive board game experience. Play with friends or match with players worldwide, level up, unlock exclusive cues, and prove you're the best. Are you ready to take your seat at the table?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Absurd Chess at current Steam store prices.
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Absurd Chess 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 ~80% under Absurd Chess on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Absurd 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.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
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Priced ~60% under Absurd Chess on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Absurd Chess.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
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Priced ~80% under Absurd Chess on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Absurd 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 ~80% under Absurd Chess on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Absurd 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!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under Absurd Chess on Steam right now.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Insaniquarium Deluxe
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Priced ~80% under Absurd Chess on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Absurd 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.
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.
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?
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Absurd Chess.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
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
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Absurd 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.
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Absurd Chess.
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!
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Frequently asked about Absurd Chess
- Does Absurd Chess run on Steam Deck?
- Absurd Chess is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Absurd Chess cost?
- Absurd Chess is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Absurd Chess have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Absurd Chess supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Absurd Chess?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Absurd Chess are Lazy Chess, The Chess Variants Club, Just Chess.
- Who developed Absurd Chess?
- Absurd Chess was developed by Pretty Absurd and published by Pretty Absurd .
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