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- $16.99 (Price checked Nov 7)
- Deck Playable
- 2025
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Why this: Shares relationship building and hidden collectibles with Tsunagari Chess School.
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Why this: Shares visual novel style and hidden collectibles with Tsunagari Chess School.
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Tsunagari Chess School.
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Why this: Shares visual novel style and dialogue choices with Tsunagari Chess School.
The full ranked list: top 24 games like Tsunagari Chess School
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- 1Yet Another Killing Game
Shares time loop and visual novel style with Tsunagari Chess School.
- 98% of 170 reviews
- 2MiSide
Shares hidden collectibles and dialogue choices with Tsunagari Chess School.
- 98% of 25,078 reviews
- 3Cabernet
Shares relationship building and dialogue choices with Tsunagari Chess School.
- 95% of 1,198 reviews
- 4Escape from Yandere
Shares relationship building and hidden collectibles with Tsunagari Chess School.
- 79% of 140 reviews
- 5Expelled!
Shares visual novel style and hidden collectibles with Tsunagari Chess School.
- 95% of 177 reviews
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Shares visual novel style and dialogue choices with Tsunagari Chess School.
- 87% of 111 reviews
- 9The NOexistenceN of you AND me
Shares fourth wall breaking and dialogue choices with Tsunagari Chess School.
- 96% of 4,781 reviews
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Same unsettling mood as Tsunagari Chess School.
- 96% of 16,706 reviews
- 13Angels with Scaly Wings™ / 鱗羽の天使
Shares relationship building with Tsunagari Chess School.
- 97% of 1,149 reviews
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- 21Charming Hearts
Shares relationship building and visual novel style with Tsunagari Chess School.
- 89% of 84 reviews
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- Released: 2024
- Developer: Mintkuru
- Price: $4.99checked Nov 7
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 69% of 94 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Simulation, Casual
- Platforms: Windows
Players highlight
- Character driven storytelling
- Memorable characters like yumiko irelle and rin
- Multiple endings worth exploring
- Atmospheric
- Cozy
- Dark
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Why this: Same atmospheric mood as Tsunagari Chess School.
About Tsunagari Chess School
The closest matches to Tsunagari Chess School: Yet Another Killing Game, MiSide, Cabernet, Escape from Yandere, and Expelled!. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Tsunagari Chess School is your kind of game, the closest matches are Yet Another Killing Game, MiSide and Cabernet — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, cozy and dark, and single out its boss fights and combat system. 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.
About Tsunagari Chess School: Welcome to the chess school! Connect with the brilliant girls of Sakuragi town and engage them in chess matches. How will you master the moves that come your way?
Is Tsunagari Chess School worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 69% of 94 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $4.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 4 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics had played a median of 3 h before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Character driven storytelling
- Memorable characters like yumiko irelle and rin
- Multiple endings worth exploring
- Mysteries that demand replaying
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“i personally didn´t enjoy it and here is why: - a lot of dialouge sounded REALLY AI generated - it was too much like DDLC (music, yellow hair girl death scene (like sayori), black hair girl (like yuri), yumiko (like monika) - battle system…”
“Riddled with grammatical errors and uninteresting dialogue. The story both feels rushed and far too reliant on tropes, but is also incredibly dragged down by tedious menu changes in order to progress between each scene. Suffice to say, the…”
People who play it also play: Yet Another Killing Game, MiSide, Cabernet
Frequently asked about Tsunagari Chess School
Can I run it?
Does Tsunagari Chess School run on Steam Deck?
Tsunagari Chess School is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Tsunagari Chess School cost?
Tsunagari Chess School is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Tsunagari Chess School?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tsunagari Chess School are Yet Another Killing Game, MiSide, Cabernet.
Who developed Tsunagari Chess School?
Tsunagari Chess School was developed by Mintkuru.