Games like Prisoners Chess
If Prisoners Chess is your kind of game, the closest matches are Fathom Reach, Septar and Spell Breakers — 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 Prisoners Chess: You know how the pieces move. You don't know how they die. A chess roguelike where every piece bleeds. Level them, perk them or lose them forever. Take the enemy King's head, or bleed their army dry. One path saves you. One damns you. Hell keeps score.
Players who liked Prisoners Chess also play
Steam players who put hours into Prisoners 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.
Fathom Reach
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Top pick for Prisoners Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Prisoners Chess.
An underwater roguelike deckbuilder where every dive is a gamble. Chain explosive card combos, push deeper for richer loot, and surface before your hull breaks. Bring the haul home to upgrade your deck—and build a base other players can raid while you're away.
Septar
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Prisoners Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Prisoners Chess.
Build scoring chains from a Romanian folk deck, weaponize the wild 7, and bend the rules with 59 relics as you out-race a gauntlet of folkloric opponents — the last of them Death. Sculpt your deck, pick a character, climb the Ascension ladder. Plus a friend-invite 1v1 best-of-5 series.
Spell Breakers
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Prisoners Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Prisoners Chess.
Build your Spell Deck, defeat your rivals, and aim for the top of the mysterious tournament, Spell Breakers! This is a new kind of auto-battle roguelike game where collecting over 300 spells is the key to victory!
Showdown of Luck
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Ranked #4 for Prisoners Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Prisoners Chess.
This is a PvP auto-battler game that blends deck-building with slot machine mechanics. Players purchase cards and symbols to assemble their own game machine and battle, with the core lying in the clever combination of cards and symbols. Spin fate, build victory!
PentaPip
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Ranked #5 for Prisoners Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Prisoners Chess.
Roll, hold, score and break the rules. Build powerful synergies across five scorecards, outplay bosses that change the game, and take on seeded challenges solo, in Daily Runs, or in competitive multiplayer.
Court of Hearts: Masquerade Trials
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Ranked #6 for Prisoners Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Prisoners Chess.
Classic Hearts meets roguelite strategy. Build powerful runs with Artifacts, Tactics, enhanced cards, shops, Elite encounters, and Boss Rules. Face AI, compete online, or team up with a friend against AI in private lobbies.
CHESS2
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Ranked #7 for Prisoners Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Prisoners Chess.
CHESS, BUT... NO TURNS, NO CHECK OR CHECKMATE, CAN'T MOVE THE SAME PIECE TWICE, 10×10 BOARD, 2 EXTRA KNIGHTS & PAWNS, PAWNS MOVE IN ANY DIRECTION
Chess Master Quest - Idle
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Prisoners Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Prisoners Chess.
Learn Chess. Real Progression. Idle Mode. Solve 10,000+ tactical puzzles, study grandmaster games, and climb from a park bench to the World Championship through deep idle mechanics, Grandmaster training, and RPG-style stat growth.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Prisoners Chess.
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!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Prisoners Chess.
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!
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby, winner of Best Mobile Game at The Game Awards 2025, is ready to race! Scout featured trainees and supporters as you navigate the immersive sports life simulation through the game's in-depth training system and top-of-the-line 3D graphics!
Dota Underlords
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Prisoners Chess.
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 Prisoners Chess.
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 Prisoners Chess.
Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!
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More from Oh Baby Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Oh Baby Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Oh Baby Kart
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Another title from Oh Baby Games, the studio behind Prisoners Chess.
Kart Racing. Ultimate abilities. Over 100+ Karts. 100+ Challenges. Unique racing modes including Race Royale and Grand Prix Duo.
Shogun Curse
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Another title from Oh Baby Games, the studio behind Prisoners Chess. Shares Strategy with Prisoners Chess.
Face demons and monsters while seeking revenge for the curse casted upon you. Will you find those responsible and finally lift it?
Bam Bam Boom
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Another title from Oh Baby Games, the studio behind Prisoners Chess.
Fight your way to glory in this intense platform fighter. Master the manoeuvres of a unique roster of characters and utilise strategies to strike your opponent like Bam. Bam. Boom!
Torii: Beyond The Gates
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Another title from Oh Baby Games, the studio behind Prisoners Chess.
The spirit realm has broken. Your brother has gone missing. Forge the path you were destined for. Explore the gates and find out why there has been broken links inside the spirit realm. Battle, discover and find the secrets, and make new connections in a beautiful hand-drawn 2D style.
Chonkstars
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Another title from Oh Baby Games, the studio behind Prisoners Chess.
Chonkstars is the ultimate multiplayer showdown where food is your weapon and being hefty is your greatest strength! In this arena, you'll be tossing pizzas, slinging fish, throwing eggs, and serving up absolute chaos. Gear up, because the fight to become the heavyweight champion has just begun!
Flood With Friends
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Another title from Oh Baby Games, the studio behind Prisoners Chess.
Nail a raft (or a plane) out of junk, load it with everything valuable or ridiculous and sail for the next island before the water swallows you up. Co-op physics chaos for 1-8 friends.
Frequently asked about Prisoners Chess
- Does Prisoners Chess have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Prisoners Chess supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, PvP).
- What games are most similar to Prisoners Chess?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Prisoners Chess are Fathom Reach, Septar, Spell Breakers.
- Who developed Prisoners Chess?
- Prisoners Chess was developed by Oh Baby Games.
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