Single-player games like Chess Pills
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Chess Pills, 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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BOT.vinnik Chess: Late USSR Championships
Single-player alternative to Chess Pills — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Pills.
Miss me already, comrade? A wise human once said: "Attackers may sometimes regret bad moves, but it is much worse to forever regret an opportunity you allowed to pass you by." So don't let this one pass! Enroll NOW and be prepared to learn from the real masters!
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5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
Single-player alternative to Chess Pills — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Chess Pills.
It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!
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Stress Chess
Single-player alternative to Chess Pills — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Chess Pills.
"The real chess was the friends we made along the way." - Randy Mc'Chess
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flChess 2
Single-player alternative to Chess Pills — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Pills.
Chess game in 3D environment, where advanced artifical inteligence with 6 levels of strength can make you work hard for win.
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Chess Brain
Single-player alternative to Chess Pills — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Pills.
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!
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Knight Swap
Single-player alternative to Chess Pills — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Pills.
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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BOT.vinnik Chess: Combination Lessons
Single-player alternative to Chess Pills — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Pills.
Nowadays everyone is a self-proclaimed chess player! Quite different from the soviet kids back in the old days. Maybe you are not so lazy and really want to improve your chess knowledge. Surprise me!
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Khet 2.0
Single-player alternative to Chess Pills — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Pills.
Officially licensed version of the “Mensa Select” award-winning board game! The Laser Game Khet 2.0: Mind blowing laser fun for players ages 9-99. Using simple rules that can be learned in minutes players alternate turns moving Egyptian themed mirrored pieces, after which they fire their laser with the goal of blasting their opponents...
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BOT.vinnik Chess: Winning Patterns
Single-player alternative to Chess Pills — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Pills.
Attention, comrade! Registrations are open once again! The players submitted to my previous training showed significant improvement in chess skills when compared to the rest of the population, even the lazy ones. So what are you waiting for?? Enroll NOW by clicking on the purchase button!!
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BOT.vinnik Chess: Opening Traps
Single-player alternative to Chess Pills — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Pills.
Do you think Queen's Gambit is a TV series, comrade? WRONG! It is a Chess opening! If you don't even know that, you have a lot to learn! A good chess player should know the chess openings and, more important, how to avoid their traps! Enroll NOW and find out how!
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BOT.vinnik Chess: Early USSR Championships
Single-player alternative to Chess Pills — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Chess Pills.
All this current chess hype is producing too many know-it-alls. It's time to teach you kids real chess from my fellow masters. Enroll now and you might learn a thing or two.
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BOT.vinnik Chess: Mid-Century USSR Championships
Single-player alternative to Chess Pills — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Pills.
We meet again, chess enthusiast comrade! If chess knowledge is what you seek, you have come to the right place. Let's see if you are worthy of standing on the shoulders of the soviet giants!
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BOT.vinnik Chess: Prodigies
Single-player alternative to Chess Pills — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Pills.
Do you think you have nothing to learn from a child? And what about the world's greatest chess prodigies of all time? Let BOT.vinnik - the Soviet digital trainer - show you how.
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BOT.VINNIK Chess Masters Academy
Single-player alternative to Chess Pills — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Pills.
BOT.VINNIK is a sarcastic Soviet robot with no patience for bad moves and he's about to become your chess coach. Puzzles, tactics, and commentary that will either make you great or make you quit.