Games like Hyper Chess
If Hyper Chess is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lazy Chess, Cute Chess and RPG Chess — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its customizable boards and pieces, chill and competitive. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Hyper Chess: There are NO TURNS in this wild version of Chess! Pieces move across the board in real-time, so you'll need to think fast to protect your King!
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Steam players who put hours into Hyper Chess 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.
Lazy Chess
WHY THIS
Top pick for Hyper Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Hyper Chess.
Lazy Chess is a new non-profit chess game that narrows your choices down to the best 2 possible moves per turn. The moves provided can always win the game, but how strong are your decisions? Fewer moves. More fun.
Cute Chess
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Hyper Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Hyper Chess.
Cute Chess is all the fun of regular chess but with cute little characters, scene designs and music to make the game even more fun. Improve your chess skills by practising against computers with a range of different difficulties or take your skills online and compete against friends.
RPG Chess
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Hyper Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Hyper Chess.
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!
Chess Kingdom
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Hyper Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Hyper Chess.
Chess for every kind of player. Whether you're learning the rules or hunting a Legend rank, there's a place for you in the kingdom.
Videopac Collection 1
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Hyper Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Hyper Chess.
Experience late 1970s gaming with this collection of 10 games for the Philips Videopac G7000 (aka the Magnavox Odyssey 2). From battling invading aliens in space, to leading your team to victory on the baseball field, to turning into a swarm of killer bees, this pack has it all.
3D Chess Online
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Hyper Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Hyper Chess.
3D Chess Online combines the magical world of chess with a modern and three-dimensional experience! Determine your strategy and fight against your opponents worldwide in this simulator equipped with realistic graphics.
Chess: The Lost Pieces
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Ranked #7 for Hyper Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Hyper Chess.
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
CHESS with LASERS
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Ranked #8 for Hyper Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Hyper Chess.
Obliterate the enemy's king with your laser by strategically moving/rotating mirrors, portals and more in this mind-bending chess-like game. Challenge your friends or battle an AI (includes Level Editor)!
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Pseudoregalia
WHY THIS
Shares skill progression and whimsical with Hyper Chess.
Reviewers of Hyper Chess cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hyper Chess.
Deep within the realm of sleep, Sybil finds herself pulled to a distorted castle. Grow strong, and unlock new abilities to build up a deep movement system, fight enemies, find secrets, and free the weary soul of Castle Sansa, in this retro-inspired 3D Platformer Metroidvania.
Psychopomp GOLD
WHY THIS
Shares indie with Hyper Chess.
Reviewers of Hyper Chess cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Hyper Chess.
Psychopomp is BACK. The catacombs stretch down farther than ever before. Your entire life has been a lie. Delve into the depths, and discover the horrors that lie below. More realms, more modes, more secrets. An ancient voice calls to you from the center of the earth. Will you answer it?
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Hyper Chess.
Reviewers of Hyper Chess cross-mention this title as a similar play.
It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Hyper Chess at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hyper Chess on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hyper 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?
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~67% under Hyper Chess on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hyper Chess.
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.
shapez
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Priced ~67% under Hyper Chess on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hyper Chess.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
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Priced ~67% under Hyper Chess on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hyper Chess.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hyper Chess on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hyper Chess.
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.
Bit Blaster XL
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Priced ~67% under Hyper Chess on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hyper Chess.
Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Hyper Chess on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Hyper Chess.
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.
TYRONE vs COPS
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Priced ~67% under Hyper Chess on Steam right now. Shares Action with Hyper Chess.
Awaken the latent power of your melanin and kill cops in this thought-provoking game on police brutality in America.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hyper Chess.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hyper Chess.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hyper Chess.
Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Hyper Chess.
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!
NERTS! Online
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hyper Chess.
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!
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
Wheelchair Wizards
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hyper Chess.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
Counter-Strike 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Hyper Chess.
For over two decades, Counter-Strike has offered an elite competitive experience, one shaped by millions of players from across the globe. And now the next chapter in the CS story is about to begin. This is Counter-Strike 2.
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Frequently asked about Hyper Chess
- Does Hyper Chess work on Steam Deck?
- Hyper Chess is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Hyper Chess cost?
- Hyper Chess is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Hyper Chess have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Hyper Chess supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to Hyper Chess?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Hyper Chess are Lazy Chess, Cute Chess, RPG Chess.
- Who developed Hyper Chess?
- Hyper Chess was developed by Grouch, SuitNtie and published by Grouch.
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 Hyper Chess.
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