Games like Board Defenders
If Board Defenders is your kind of game, the closest matches are King Bullseye: Headshot Training, Khet 2.0 and Dice chess — 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 Board Defenders: Board Defenders is super-structuring the rules of the world’s most played game of all times - chess. A modern vision thrilling and fun fast action game, combining the pace of an arcade with the challenge of a logic puzzle - brain game, based on chess rules.
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King Bullseye: Headshot Training
WHY THIS
Top pick for Board Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Board Defenders.
Shoot the chess pieces! The king is tired of being protected so now he is shooting the enemies down! King Bullseye is a shoot-the-target game in which the enemies are chess pieces on the board! Headshots eliminate faster and earn more points!
Khet 2.0
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Board Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Board Defenders.
Officially licensed version of the “Mensa Select” award-winning board game! The Laser Game Khet 2.0: Mind blowing laser fun for players ages 9-99. Using simple rules that can be learned in minutes players alternate turns moving Egyptian themed mirrored pieces, after which they fire their laser with the goal of blasting their opponents...
Dice chess
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Board Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Board Defenders.
A new-age chess game combined with math. Free to play with your bro offline, your friends or any players online.
Glow Chess
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Board Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Board Defenders.
Immortal classic - a game that has been for many thousands of years - Chess - comes back in a new form, now with neon lights!
Just Chess
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Board Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Board Defenders.
Enjoy a pure, distraction-free chess experience with Just Chess! Includes a built-in engine, UCI support and UCI engine profiles, and a Puzzle Arena with 4M+ puzzles. Lichess integration lets you challenge players and watch live tournament broadcasts.
CHESS with LASERS
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Board Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Board Defenders.
Obliterate the enemy's king with your laser by strategically moving/rotating mirrors, portals and more in this mind-bending chess-like game. Challenge your friends or battle an AI (includes Level Editor)!
Knight Swap
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Board Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Board Defenders.
One chess piece, the mighty knight. One simple concept: exchange the knights from one colored square to another. One hundred hand-crafted levels in a beautiful minimalist set. Can you swap the knights?
Chess Brain
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Board Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Board Defenders.
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!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Board Defenders at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Board Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Board Defenders.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Board Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Board Defenders.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Board Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Board Defenders.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Board Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Board Defenders.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Board Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Board Defenders.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Board Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Board Defenders.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Board Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Board Defenders.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Board Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Board Defenders.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
FPS Chess
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Casual with Board Defenders.
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.
Jigsaw Puzzles Infinite
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Board Defenders.
Sit back, relax and build puzzles to your heart's content. Assemble one of the many included puzzles, or add your own images. Customize size and shape of the pieces for any puzzle. Enjoy Classic mode or try out Zen mode for a new type of puzzle experience.
Rogue Agent
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Board Defenders.
Rogue Agent is a turn-based strategy game, fast-paced, that pits the player against the computer on a secret service thriller around the world.
Bardo
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Board Defenders.
It's Liar's Dice, until the loser rewrites the rules. Bluff up to 6 players online or AI rogues with minds of their own, then survive chaotic Event rounds: hide your hand, reveal all, bet on one face. Cozy tavern, ruthless mind games.
RISK: Global Domination
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Casual with Board Defenders.
Take over the world in RISK: Global Domination, the iconic strategy board game with 100+ original and classic maps and millions of players
Pixel Puzzles Ultimate Jigsaw Puzzles
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Board Defenders.
The Number 1 Jigsaw Puzzle Game.
Pixel Puzzles Traditional Jigsaw Puzzles
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Board Defenders.
Pixel Puzzles, your number one place for digital jigsaws.
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Frequently asked about Board Defenders
- How much does Board Defenders cost?
- Board Defenders is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Board Defenders?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Board Defenders are King Bullseye: Headshot Training, Khet 2.0, Dice chess.
- Who developed Board Defenders?
- Board Defenders was developed by Ludus Studio.
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