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Games like Chess, Texas

If Chess, Texas is your kind of game, the closest matches are RPG Chess, Dice chess and MightyKingdom — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, contemplative and funny. 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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About Chess, Texas: A Wild West chess adventure where every duel is settled on the board—explore towns, solve themed puzzles, and defeat the hall bosses to become a legend.

2025Strategy4.99 USDWindows · macOSby Studio Apollo
Chess, Texas — Steam game cover
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Adjustable difficulty for beginners and expertsCharming npcs with witty chess themed dialogueConsumable items to manipulate gameplayChallengingContemplativeFunny

Players who liked Chess, Texas also play

Steam players who put hours into Chess, Texas 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.

  1. RPG Chess

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Chess, Texas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    A turn-based RPG, except it’s also chess! Instead of capturing, your pieces fight in automated battles based on stats, elements and abilities. Build your team in roguelite tower runs, or battle friends or CPU's in 1v1 matches!

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. Dice chess

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Chess, Texas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    A new-age chess game combined with math. Free to play with your bro offline, your friends or any players online.

    2026StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. MightyKingdom

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Chess, Texas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    In a mythical realm, six ancient gods, battle for dominion. Strategically claim lands, outmaneuver rivals, and rise as the supreme power in this fast-paced conquest of territories—solo or in asynchronous online multiplayer.

    2025StrategyIndie6.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Old Salt

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Chess, Texas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    A Naval Strategy With No Reinforcements On The Way. Command a Custom Fleet with faction abilities in Multiplayer matches or Faction Campaigns.

    2025StrategyIndie14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. For The King

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based combat and a contemplative mood with Chess, Texas.

    Ranked #5 for Chess, Texas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Neuroshima Hex

    WHY THIS

    Shares turn based combat, indie and a contemplative mood with Chess, Texas.

    Ranked #6 for Chess, Texas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    Neuroshima Hex is a post-apocalyptic tactical game from the designers of Neuroshima, the board game. It is all about strategy and tactics on one hexagonal battlefield. The game offers many different units, technologies and special abilities that can be used for an effective strategy.

    2025StrategyRPGCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Headquarters: World War II

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Chess, Texas.

    Ranked #7 for Chess, Texas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    Headquarters: World War II is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game where your battlefield tactics are as important as your army management skills. Experience both sides of the war, battling in Europe as the USA, the UK, or Germany. Storm bunkers, occupy houses, win tank duels.

    2024StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Nexus 5X

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Chess, Texas.

    Ranked #8 for Chess, Texas fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced 60-minute competitive sessions. Play Solo or Multiplayer for 2-8 players.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Chess, Texas at current Steam store prices.

  1. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Chess, Texas on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Chess, Texas on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Chess, Texas on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Majesty Gold HD

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Chess, Texas on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!

    2009StrategySimulation2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Bomber Crew

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Chess, Texas on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!

    2017StrategySimulation2.39 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Turmoil

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Chess, Texas on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation2.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Chess, Texas on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.

    2006Strategy0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Party Hard

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Chess, Texas on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Chess, Texas.

    It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. 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.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Chess, Texas

How much does Chess, Texas cost?
Chess, Texas is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does Chess, Texas have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Chess, Texas supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
What games are most similar to Chess, Texas?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chess, Texas are RPG Chess, Dice chess, MightyKingdom.
Who developed Chess, Texas?
Chess, Texas was developed by Studio Apollo.

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 Chess, Texas.

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