Games like Lucha Chess
If Lucha Chess is your kind of game, the closest matches are Backpack Dungeon, Imaginytes and Free of the Land — 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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Backpack Dungeon
WHY THIS
Top pick for Lucha Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lucha Chess.
A unique pixel-art backpack management roguelike. Your backpack isn't just storage—it's your combat core. Item placement, adjacency, and trigger mechanics determine your survival in the dungeon. A mental challenge of spatial planning and strategy.
Imaginytes
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Lucha Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lucha Chess.
Tower defense meets roguelite deckbuilder! Collect, summon and evolve your Imaginyte creatures, and use them to create intricate mazes to defeat the nightmares.
Free of the Land
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Lucha Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lucha Chess.
A tactical roguelike deckbuilder of misfits and monsters. Build your deck, summon your minions, cast your spells and survive long enough to claim the land.
Orium
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Ranked #4 for Lucha Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lucha Chess.
Aboard your ship, exterminate your enemies, exploit planets and weave your enterprise across the stars of a dying procedural galaxy. Orium is a Lovecraftian space roguelite, infused with streamlined 4X elements.
Fallen Isekai
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Ranked #5 for Lucha Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lucha Chess.
Fallen Isekai is a three-lane tactical card roguelike. Play as Lin Mo, recruit heroes from five races, build your deck, command units across three lanes, conquer the tower, and find a way back to reality.
Pick Squad
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Ranked #6 for Lucha Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lucha Chess.
A strategy game blending deckbuilding, auto-battler, and roguelike elements. Recruit and upgrade units to build your squad. Draw random numbers to activate matching units’ skills on the board, earn points, and defeat the boss. Test your strategy and arrangement — with a little luck.
Cave Crusade
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Ranked #7 for Lucha Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lucha Chess.
Classic roguelike deckbuilder designed for quick runs. Upgrade your cards, discover powerful artifacts, and master the Wheel of Fortune to maximize your rewards.
Forge the Fates
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Ranked #8 for Lucha Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lucha Chess.
Take deckbuilding to the next level. Transform your hand of cards into a tactical grid of runes. Plan, shift, and strike to unleash powerful combos and chain match-3 bonuses. Choose your hero, master their deck, and fight through deadly dungeons to face a mysterious dark overlord.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Lucha Chess at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Lucha Chess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lucha Chess.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
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Priced ~63% under Lucha Chess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lucha Chess.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Lucha Chess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lucha Chess.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
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Priced ~75% under Lucha Chess on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Lucha Chess.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~82% under Lucha Chess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lucha Chess.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Lucha Chess on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Lucha Chess.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
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Priced ~51% under Lucha Chess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lucha Chess.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Lucha Chess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Lucha Chess.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lucha Chess.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Lucha Chess.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lucha Chess.
The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...
Tails Noir: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Lucha Chess.
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.
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Lucha Chess.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lucha Chess.
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. Shares Indie and RPG with Lucha Chess.
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!
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Frequently asked about Lucha Chess
- How much does Lucha Chess cost?
- Lucha Chess is listed on Steam at 8.09 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Lucha Chess?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Lucha Chess are Backpack Dungeon, Imaginytes, Free of the Land.
- Who developed Lucha Chess?
- Lucha Chess was developed by Jorge T.V..
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 Lucha Chess.
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