Games like Wave Chess
If Wave Chess is your kind of game, the closest matches are Plinkomancy, Kill The Nova and Three Jokers — 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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Steam players who put hours into Wave 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.
Plinkomancy
WHY THIS
Top pick for Wave Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wave Chess.
PLINKOMANCY is a roguelite that turns a simple ball drop into explosive chaos. Hit pegs, rack up massive numbers, and unlock upgrades as you push the arcade cabinet to its limits. How far can you go before the machine pushes back?
Kill The Nova
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Wave Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wave Chess.
Classic puzzle meets roguelike deck-building! Collect a variety of unique pieces, build powerful synergies, and unleash overwhelmingly inflated scores through explosive “multipliers.” Smash impossible numbers straight into your enemies and beat up the final boss—the developer himself!
Three Jokers
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Wave Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wave Chess.
A card roguelike inspired by Balatro and Cuphead. Fight duels, play insane mini-games, build Joker City and rise to greatness — in Three Jokers!
Match Morphosis: Match-3 Roguelike
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Wave Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Wave Chess.
A challenging roguelike match-3 deckbuilder. Defeat enemies by matching pieces and triggering their effects. Build your deck and unleash satisfying infinite combos. Play strategically and master your form in this unique turn-based Kamen Rider-inspired roguelike.
Dataclysm
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Wave Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wave Chess.
Embark on a journey into the heart of a digital kingdom unlike any other. Dataclysm invites you to explore a world where ancient data comes alive, and every line of code tells a story waiting to be unraveled.
Alchemy Duel
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Wave Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wave Chess.
Alchemy Duel is a card game that combines elements of alchemy and roguelike gameplay. Alchemize monsters suited to the situation and unleash powerful combos by making use of synergies between your cards!
Super Kickmen
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Wave Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wave Chess.
A deck-building roguelike and turn-based soccer game that brings soccer to a 7×5 grid. Aim for the top of the world with the ultimate team you’ve built!
Dungeon Destroyer
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Wave Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wave Chess.
A puzzle + roguelike game where you break and rearrange the dungeon. The dwarf moves automatically toward the stairs, so create routes to collect gold and items. Even if defeated by enemies, you can retry endlessly and enjoy dungeon exploration like a puzzle.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wave Chess.
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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wave 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.
Sheepy: A Short Adventure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Wave Chess.
A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Wave Chess.
Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wave Chess.
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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wave Chess.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
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Frequently asked about Wave Chess
- What games are most similar to Wave Chess?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wave Chess are Plinkomancy, Kill The Nova, Three Jokers.
- Who developed Wave Chess?
- Wave Chess was developed by Lenin's Linens Consolidated and published by LLC Games.
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 Wave Chess.
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