Games like Zeitnot
If Zeitnot is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gambition, Silent Mainland and Empire in Decay — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Zeitnot: Chess you already know, rules you don't. Pieces have HP and gear. Shop between fights, stack gambits, roll the dice if you're feeling stupid. Lose the trial, lose the run.
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Steam players who put hours into Zeitnot 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.
Gambition
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Top pick for Zeitnot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Zeitnot.
A chess-inspired tactical roguelike where every battle becomes a puzzle of sacrifice and manipulation. Evolve chess pieces, build powerful armies, and turn clever sacrifices into devastating synergies.
Silent Mainland
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Second-strongest match for Zeitnot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Zeitnot.
Silent Mainland is a roguelike deckbuilder based on movement and grid mechanics. Players engage in tactical battles on a vast 5x12 battlefield. Facing waves of oncoming monsters, use card-driven movement and positional control to defeat foes in dynamic formations.
Empire in Decay
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Third-strongest match for Zeitnot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Zeitnot.
Start a rebellion and fight chess inspired turn-based combats in this roguelike deckbuilder. Upgrade your units and cards wisely. You will need it to progress through the districts of Daandria, the city where the tyrant king awaits you. Save this Empire in Decay.
Crownbreakers
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Ranked #4 for Zeitnot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Zeitnot.
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.
Forge the Fates
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Ranked #5 for Zeitnot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Zeitnot.
Take deckbuilding to the next level. Transform your hand of cards into a tactical grid of runes. Plan, shift, and strike to unleash powerful combos and chain match-3 bonuses. Choose your hero, master their deck, and fight through deadly dungeons to face a mysterious dark overlord.
As We Descend
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Ranked #6 for Zeitnot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Zeitnot.
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Gambonanza
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Ranked #7 for Zeitnot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Zeitnot.
Gambonanza is a turn-based chess roguelike, set on a tiny board with higher stakes. Master tactical twists, invest your winnings and discover new rule-bending Gambits, tile and piece combinations. Face off against challenging bosses and get lost in all the ways you can break traditional chess!
Montabi
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Ranked #8 for Zeitnot fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Zeitnot.
Tame, collect, fight! Assemble an unstoppable team of unique Montabi in this Creature-Collector Roguelike Deckbuilder. Master their awesome abilities, synergize their strategic strengths and save the city in tactical turn-based combat!
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Tails Noir: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Lily's Well
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Zeitnot.
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!
Wheelchair Wizards
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
Limbus Company
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
Dota Underlords
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Zeitnot.
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
FPS Chess
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Zeitnot.
Battle a friend in this fast paced 1v1 class-based first-person shooter. Chess takes a back-seat to FPS as you win duel after duel and capture the opponent's pieces until you've beaten their king and won the game.
Super Auto Pets
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Zeitnot.
Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!
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Frequently asked about Zeitnot
- What games are most similar to Zeitnot?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Zeitnot are Gambition, Silent Mainland, Empire in Decay.
- Who developed Zeitnot?
- Zeitnot was developed by Emremefa and published by Diabolical Studios.
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