Free games like Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG
Below are 8 free-to-play Steam games similar to Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.
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Ranked picks
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Grimm's Hollow
Free-to-play alternative to Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG.
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.
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Tails Noir: Prologue
Free-to-play alternative to Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG.
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.
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Landfall Archives
Free-to-play alternative to Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG.
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!
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Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
Free-to-play alternative to Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG.
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).
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Moonring
Free-to-play alternative to Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG — no purchase or trial window. Shares RPG with Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG.
A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.
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Die in the Dungeon: Origins
Free-to-play alternative to Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG.
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!
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Epic Battle Fantasy 3
Free-to-play alternative to Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and RPG with Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG.
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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Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
Free-to-play alternative to Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie with Board of the Kings: A Chess RPG.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!