Single-player games like Pawn'd Chess
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Pawn'd Chess, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Tabletop Galaxy
Single-player alternative to Pawn'd Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Pawn'd Chess.
10 turn-based board and card games. Play, share, host, or spectate! A lobby system designed for whichever! Tweak the difficulty to play at your desired level.
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Paper Flags
Single-player alternative to Pawn'd Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pawn'd Chess.
A two-player abstract strategy game on a 9×9 board. Fold your pieces to advance diagonally. Unfold them into flags — moving like rooks across rank and file. Plant three flags on your opponent's back row, or cut their forces to three.
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Hardcourt Balls
Single-player alternative to Pawn'd Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Sports and Strategy with Pawn'd Chess.
Hardcourt Balls is a fast-paced, turn-based adaptation of the real-world game of tennis. With just a few simple rules, the roll of dice, and tactical use of skill "cards", it manages to capture some of the nuances and excitement that make tennis such a great sport.
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Abalon Arena: Multiplayer Card Tactics
Single-player alternative to Pawn'd Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pawn'd Chess.
Cards, tactics and mutant squirrels! Enter the arena and compete head to head, play cooperatively or go it alone to defeat increasingly challenging onslaughts of enemies in a cunning game of wits set in the fantastical world of Abalon.
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The Conquest of Go
Single-player alternative to Pawn'd Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pawn'd Chess.
Learn and play Go, the classic board game that has been played for thousands of years, and compete in the race to conquer the most land in the in-game world, or compete online against opponents around the real world.
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Unlock The King
Single-player alternative to Pawn'd Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Pawn'd Chess.
An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
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Chess Brain
Single-player alternative to Pawn'd Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pawn'd Chess.
Chess Brain is a chess puzzle game. Draw the correct path and don't let the King get killed by the opposite pieces! Every second all the pieces will move!
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Roll Player - The Board Game
Single-player alternative to Pawn'd Chess — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pawn'd Chess.
Create the ultimate Fantasy character by rolling dice, building attributes, purchasing weapons, gaining skills, and discovering character traits in Roll Player, a digital adaptation of a popular board game of dice manipulation and strategy!