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Free games like Chess: The Lost Pieces

Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Chess: The Lost Pieces, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.

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Ranked picks

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    Ultimate Custom Night — Steam game cover

    Ultimate Custom Night

    Free-to-play alternative to Chess: The Lost Pieces — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Chess: The Lost Pieces.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Bongo Cat — Steam game cover

    Bongo Cat

    Free-to-play alternative to Chess: The Lost Pieces — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Chess: The Lost Pieces.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
  3. 3
    The Expendabros — Steam game cover

    The Expendabros

    Free-to-play alternative to Chess: The Lost Pieces — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Chess: The Lost Pieces.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    The Lab — Steam game cover

    The Lab

    Free-to-play alternative to Chess: The Lost Pieces — no purchase or trial window.

    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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Cube Escape: Paradox — Steam game cover

    Cube Escape: Paradox

    Free-to-play alternative to Chess: The Lost Pieces — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Chess: The Lost Pieces.

    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.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →
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    Samsara Room — Steam game cover

    Samsara Room

    Free-to-play alternative to Chess: The Lost Pieces — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Chess: The Lost Pieces.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedFree to playSimilar games →
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    Landfall Archives — Steam game cover

    Landfall Archives

    Free-to-play alternative to Chess: The Lost Pieces — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess: The Lost Pieces.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeFree to playSimilar games →
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    Meteor 60 Seconds! — Steam game cover

    Meteor 60 Seconds!

    Free-to-play alternative to Chess: The Lost Pieces — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Chess: The Lost Pieces.

    Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?

    2018ActionIndieSimulationFreeDeck PlayableFree to playSimilar games →