Games like Shogi
If Shogi is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chess Remix - Chess variants, The Lost Game: Royal Game Of Ur and Chess: The Lost Pieces — 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.
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Steam players who put hours into Shogi also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Chess Remix - Chess variants
WHY THIS
Top pick for Shogi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Shogi.
Experience the thrill of playing Chess like never before with Chess Remix. Try out different versions of Chess from around the world, historic board games, modern variations or even create your own original games
The Lost Game: Royal Game Of Ur
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Shogi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Shogi.
The Royal Game of Ur is a board game thought to be played as early as 2600BC. The Lost Game seeks to restore this ancient tradition with a twist. The board is entirely customizable, allowing players to reshape the strategy of the game and even share it with others through the Steam Workshop.
Chess: The Lost Pieces
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Shogi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Shogi.
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
ChessCraft
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Shogi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Shogi.
Never play the same game of chess again! ChessCraft is a chess AI sandbox. Create your own chess boards, rules, and pieces. Play against the computer or your friends online, or win loot by playing one of 80 built-in chess boards in adventure mode.
Globe Games
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Shogi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shogi.
A suite of turn based games and puzzles on a spherical grid: Chess, Go, and Othello.
Infection - Board Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Shogi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Shogi.
Infection is an abstract strategy board game played on a 7x7 board.
Dominate - Board Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Shogi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Shogi.
Dominate is an abstract strategy board game played on a 8x8 board.
Tide Of Tactics
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Shogi fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Shogi.
Tide Of Tactics is a medieval turn-based tactics game. Choose a commander to play, each with their own unique unit and abilities, then go to battle on a grid-based battlefield. Use the terrain to your advantage, place traps on the ground, and build the right units to counter your enemy.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Shogi at current Steam store prices.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Shogi 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
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Shogi on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Shogi.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Shogi on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Shogi.
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.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Shogi on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Shogi.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Shogi on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Shogi.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Shogi on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Casual with Shogi.
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!
Superflight
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Shogi on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Shogi.
Superflight is an intense, easy to learn wingsuit game with an infinite number of beautiful procedurally generated maps. A great game to relax for half an hour and chase your latest highscore!
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?
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
The Lab
WHY THIS
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!
100 Asian Cats
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Shogi.
🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️♂️🐈✅
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Shogi.
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!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Shogi.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
NERTS! Online
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Shogi.
NERTS! Online is a fast-paced competitive solitaire game for you and up to five of your friends, played the same way we play it at the Zachtronics office!
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More from Popoko VM Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Popoko VM Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Go
WHY THIS
Another title from Popoko VM Games, the studio behind Shogi. Shares Strategy and Casual with Shogi.
Classic Weiqi, Igo, Baduk, 圍棋 Discover Go Like Never Before! Welcome to a world where strategy and skill meet in the ancient game of Go, now available at your fingertips.
Chinese Chess - Xiangqi
WHY THIS
Another title from Popoko VM Games, the studio behind Shogi. Shares Strategy and Casual with Shogi.
Master Xiangqi anytime! Thrilling games, custom boards & challenging AI.
Dyno Burst: Bubble Shooter
WHY THIS
Another title from Popoko VM Games, the studio behind Shogi. Shares Casual with Shogi.
Shoot, match, and burst colorful eggs in a dinosaur bubble puzzle.
Frequently asked about Shogi
- How much does Shogi cost?
- Shogi is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Shogi have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Shogi supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Shogi?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Shogi are Chess Remix - Chess variants, The Lost Game: Royal Game Of Ur, Chess: The Lost Pieces.
- Who developed Shogi?
- Shogi was developed by Popoko VM Games.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Shogi.
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