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Games like Pieces of the Kingdom

If Pieces of the Kingdom is your kind of game, the closest matches are Petrified Pawns, Crownbreakers and Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG — 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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About Pieces of the Kingdom: What if Chess…was a roguelite? Assemble your party and battle your way across a broken kingdom in a fantastical, tactical take on Chess. Loot epic gear, recruit powerful pieces with unique abilities, and strategize your way to victory.

2026StrategyIndieWindows · macOSby Birdworks
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Players who liked Pieces of the Kingdom also play

Steam players who put hours into Pieces of the Kingdom 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. Petrified Pawns

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Pieces of the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    Defeat chessboard after chessboard without dying on your path to the throne. Assemble an army that you keep alive with healing spells. Make your units stronger by equipping weapons and armor and by upgrading stats as you level up. Become powerful enough to take down giant bosses!

    2025StrategyIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Crownbreakers

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Pieces of the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    Tyrants keep the magical city of Cascade in a chokehold. They grow fat by grinding everyone else's soul into profit. ✊ENOUGH! Crash into their districts and build your deck as you push forward. Use your champions and cards to pummel some demonic billionaires in this turn-based card-game brawler.

    StrategyIndieRPGSteam ↗
  3. Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Pieces of the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Pieces of the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    On your maiden voyage with the Heroes Guild, your ship was capsized by an enigmatic maelstrom, stranding your party on Respite Island. Navigate your way through pirates, ferocious beasts, and shady alchemists as you unravel its mysteries.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Pieces of the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Pieces of the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children is the first season of a turn-based strategy SRPG that takes place in the world of Troubleshooter.

    2020StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Every Day We Fight

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Pieces of the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    Caught in a time loop, your band of resistance fighters is humanity’s last hope. Real-time exploration meets turn-based tactics and roguelite strategy as you learn new abilities, seek out new weapons, and develop new techniques to overcome the mysterious alien threat.

    2025ActionStrategyRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Those Who Rule

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Pieces of the Kingdom fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?

    2025StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

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

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    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 ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Cinderella Phenomenon - Otome/Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    The Fairytale Curse was only the beginning...

    2017IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  7. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  8. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    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).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    On your maiden voyage with the Heroes Guild, your ship was capsized by an enigmatic maelstrom, stranding your party on Respite Island. Navigate your way through pirates, ferocious beasts, and shady alchemists as you unravel its mysteries.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Every Day We Fight

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    Caught in a time loop, your band of resistance fighters is humanity’s last hope. Real-time exploration meets turn-based tactics and roguelite strategy as you learn new abilities, seek out new weapons, and develop new techniques to overcome the mysterious alien threat.

    2025ActionStrategyRPG29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Those Who Rule

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pieces of the Kingdom.

    Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?

    2025StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Pieces of the Kingdom

What games are most similar to Pieces of the Kingdom?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Pieces of the Kingdom are Petrified Pawns, Crownbreakers, Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG.
Who developed Pieces of the Kingdom?
Pieces of the Kingdom was developed by Birdworks.

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 Pieces of the Kingdom.

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