Free games like Chess Tools
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Chess Tools, 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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Helltaker
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Tools — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Chess Tools.
Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.
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Bongo Cat
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Tools — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Chess Tools.
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?
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Magic Archery
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Tools — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Chess Tools.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
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Coloring Pixels
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Tools — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Chess Tools.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Eternal Senia
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Tools — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Chess Tools.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
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There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Tools — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Chess Tools.
A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!
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Cube Escape: Paradox
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Tools — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Chess Tools.
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.
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Tails Noir: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Tools — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Chess Tools.
Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.