Single-player games like Chessarama
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Chessarama, 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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Roxy Raccoon's Mancala Madness
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chessarama.
When a Voodoo Priestess seeks vengeance upon the world, it is up to one Raccoon to stop her! Learn the basics & master the tactics of the classic board game as you prove, once and for all, that you are the true Mancala champion!
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Beacon Patrol: First Horizons
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chessarama.
Beacon Patrol: First Horizons is a relaxing strategy game with endless possiblities. Steer your Coast Guard ship and build your own coastal map one tile at a time. Get more tiles by exploring and keep building indefinitely as long as you can keep scoring.
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King for a Knight
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chessarama.
Be the unsung hero of chess board -BE THE KNIGHT! A fun -fast paced chess knight puzzle adventure with over 100 levels to stomp your way through!
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Serene Chess
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chessarama.
A relaxing 3D take on chess where victory comes from capturing the enemy king. Face three AI difficulty levels, track your wins and losses, save your matches, enjoy physics-based captures, and unwind with soothing background music.
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Tabletop Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Chessarama.
10 turn-based board and card games. Play, share, host, or spectate! A lobby system designed for whichever! Tweak the difficulty to play at your desired level.
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Beacon Patrol
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chessarama.
Beacon Patrol is a cooperative and relaxing tile laying exploration game. You play as captains of the Coast Guard, navigating the coast of the North Sea to secure its beacon buoys, lighthouses and waterways. Work together with your friends and score points by creating the most complete map.
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Summer Islands - The Board Game
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chessarama.
Summer Islands – The Board Game. Round by round, players build hotels and attractions along an expanding island road. Tourists arrive by ferry at a different side of the island each time and start moving based on dice rolls – where they end up is a mix of luck and strategy.
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Chessfolk
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Chessarama.
Play offline chess with AI rivals, tournaments, lessons and 2D or 3D boards.
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Unlock The King
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chessarama.
An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
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Chess Knight 2
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chessarama.
A medieval world of strategy and tactics await you to engage in epic battles of wits as you master the moves and the strategies in a conquest to claim the kingdom of Chess.
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Zen Chess: Mate in One
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Chessarama.
Zen Chess: Mate in One is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-one problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
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Colorgrid
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chessarama.
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.
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Knight Swap
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chessarama.
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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Daylife in Japan - Pixel Art Jigsaw Puzzle
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Chessarama.
Daylife in Japan is a minimalist jigsaw puzzle game with pixel art GIFs instead of images.
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Case Solved: The London Files
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Chessarama.
Solve logic puzzles and crack multiple cases in a cosy noir London using reason, not guesswork. Murders have taken place, witness statements conflict and the alibis don't add up. Everyone has a motive, and only clear logic reveals the truth.
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Zen Chess: Mate in Two
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chessarama.
Zen Chess: Mate in Two is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-two problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
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Zen Chess: Mate in Three
Single-player alternative to Chessarama — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chessarama.
Zen Chess: Mate in Three is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-three problems in a beautifully designed chess board.