Games like This is not Chess, It's War!
If This is not Chess, It's War! is your kind of game, the closest matches are Don't Sink My Ships!, War Job and Fistful of Frags — 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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Don't Sink My Ships!
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Top pick for This is not Chess, It's War! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with This is not Chess, It's War!.
A voice-controlled PvP naval battle where you place your fleet, call out coordinates, and fire missiles by shouting commands into your microphone.
War Job
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Second-strongest match for This is not Chess, It's War! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with This is not Chess, It's War!.
If there was a war between professions, who would win? Police, chef, farmer or other professions? War Job is a silly party game with silly weapons, choose your profession and join the funny war. Can be played alone or online with 2 to 10 friends
Fistful of Frags
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Third-strongest match for This is not Chess, It's War! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with This is not Chess, It's War!.
Multiplayer based, first person enabled, action packed and skill demanding shooter set in the Wild West times. A unique combination of non stop action and slow but powerful weaponry.
Trendpoker 3D: Texas Hold'em Poker
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Ranked #4 for This is not Chess, It's War! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with This is not Chess, It's War!.
Are you a rookie? Or a professional? Whatever! With this poker game you can compete against a powerful A.I. based on neural networks - or other poker players in the online community! In No Limit, Pot Limit, Split Limit poker and various game modes such as single game, tournament, network game and internet game you can train and improve...
Hand Simulator: Survival
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Ranked #5 for This is not Chess, It's War! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with This is not Chess, It's War!.
Wild island. Thirst and hunger. Dangerous animals and insects. The perfect place to test your survival skills, especially if you only have empty hands, especially if it is a hand simulator.
Sea of Thieves: 2026 Edition
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Ranked #6 for This is not Chess, It's War! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with This is not Chess, It's War!.
Sea of Thieves is a smash-hit pirate adventure game, offering the quintessential pirate experience of plundering lost treasures, intense battles, vanquishing sea monsters and more. Dive in with this revised edition of the game, which includes access to digital bonus media.
MoonMiners
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Ranked #7 for This is not Chess, It's War! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with This is not Chess, It's War!.
MoonMiners is a cooperative survival simulator of miners in space, in an alternative dystopian future. You take on the role of space miners working for an evil corporation far from home, and it will be much easier for you to die than to do your job.
World of Warships
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Ranked #8 for This is not Chess, It's War! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with This is not Chess, It's War!.
Immerse yourself in thrilling naval battles and assemble an armada of over 800 ships from the first half of the 20th century — from stealthy destroyers to gigantic battleships. Change the look of your ship, choose upgrades to suit your play style, and go into battle with other players!
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Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with This is not Chess, It's War!.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with This is not Chess, It's War!.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with This is not Chess, It's War!.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with This is not Chess, It's War!.
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?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with This is not Chess, It's War!.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with This is not Chess, It's War!.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with This is not Chess, It's War!.
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.
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I'm Tripping
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Another title from Charlie, the studio behind This is not Chess, It's War!. Shares Adventure and Simulation with This is not Chess, It's War!.
You woke up high in space with a smoke shop to run. Buy second-hand items from weird intergalactic beings, grow mysterious plants, craft drugs, and flip it all to aliens. From Pre-Rolls to edibles —keep them high, keep the cash flowing. And rule number one: get high on your own supply.
Orders, Captain!
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Another title from Charlie, the studio behind This is not Chess, It's War!. Shares Action and Indie with This is not Chess, It's War!.
Use your voice to command your pirate crew before enemy ships sink you!
Apoikia
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Another title from Charlie, the studio behind This is not Chess, It's War!. Shares Strategy and Indie with This is not Chess, It's War!.
Apoikia is a city-building and economic simulation where you grow a settlement into a thriving hub by mastering supply chains, regional markets, and legal policy, with upcoming combat and free-market investment systems.
Don't Sink My Ships!
WHY THIS
Another title from Charlie, the studio behind This is not Chess, It's War!. Shares Action and Strategy with This is not Chess, It's War!.
A voice-controlled PvP naval battle where you place your fleet, call out coordinates, and fire missiles by shouting commands into your microphone.
Frequently asked about This is not Chess, It's War!
- Does This is not Chess, It's War! have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — This is not Chess, It's War! supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to This is not Chess, It's War!?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside This is not Chess, It's War! are Don't Sink My Ships!, War Job, Fistful of Frags.
- Who developed This is not Chess, It's War!?
- This is not Chess, It's War! was developed by Charlie.
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 This is not Chess, It's War!.
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