Games like Checkate
If Checkate is your kind of game, the closest matches are Abyss Forge, Gambition and Tic Card Toe — 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 Checkate: Checkate is the roguelike deckbuilder about checkers. Spend gold on rule-bending upgrades, and absurd pieces. Build your deck, chain outrageous combos, crown unstoppable kings and battle iconic bosses. Will you break the balance before it breaks you?
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Steam players who put hours into Checkate 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.
Abyss Forge
WHY THIS
Top pick for Checkate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkate.
Abyss Forge is a sci-fi match-and-merge roguelike set in deep space. Move tiles, create matches, merge modules, gather fuel, efficiency, research, and other resources, then shape your build through random upgrades as you push your ship deeper into unknown sectors.
Gambition
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Checkate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkate.
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.
Tic Card Toe
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Checkate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkate.
A Turn Based Strategy Roguelike with Deckbuilding elements that transforms Tic-Tac-Toe into a High-Stakes Combat Tournament!
Void Nebula
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Checkate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkate.
Create, customize and fuse every card in this sci-fi roguelite deckbuilder where you battle foes, stack absurd items, and drag your handmade deck to the heart of the Nebula.
灵韵牌：清浊之间
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Checkate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkate.
Each additional card you chain makes your next strike hit even harder! Lingyun Cards: Between the Clear and the Turbid – an Eastern fantasy roguelite deckbuilder. Dive into mist-shrouded spirit realms, match wits with restless spirit beasts, counter their every move, and cut your way through!
Lootbound
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Checkate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkate.
Lootbound is a tactical roguelite with turn-based combat, loot management and D&D elements set in a dark fantasy world. Fight dangerous enemies, collect epic loot, recruit allies and lead them on a path of adventure.
Rentlord
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Checkate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkate.
Rentlord is a combo-making roguelike real estate game where you buy properties, manage your income, and overcome unique weekly challenges. Strategic property upgrades and plugins with high combo potential, each run offers new opportunities to maximize rent, while avoiding taxes!
Gambonanza
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Checkate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Checkate.
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!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Checkate.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Checkate.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Checkate.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Checkate.
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 Checkate.
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.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Checkate.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Checkate.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Frequently asked about Checkate
- What games are most similar to Checkate?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Checkate are Abyss Forge, Gambition, Tic Card Toe.
- Who developed Checkate?
- Checkate was developed by Shease and published by Shease 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 Checkate.
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