Free games like Chess Ultra
Below are 9 free-to-play Steam games similar to Chess Ultra, ranked by player overlap and content similarity. No purchase or Steam login required to view the list. Every pick is a full free-to-play title — not a demo, trial, or time-limited giveaway. imho.run's catalogue refreshes daily, so newly free or newly popular titles surface here without manual editing.
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Ranked picks
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FPS Chess
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Ultra — no purchase or trial window. Shares Action and Strategy with Chess Ultra.
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.
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Cards & Tankards
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Ultra — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Ultra.
Grab a drink, invite your friends and ready your deck! Cards & Tankards is the first social collectible card game available for both PC and VR.
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Puzzle Together Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzles
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Ultra — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Ultra.
Multiplayer jigsaw puzzles with voice chat! Play on your own or with friends, and feel like you're all sitting around the same table. Millions of puzzle images, upload your own, or create any puzzle you can imagine just by describing it!
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Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Ultra — no purchase or trial window. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess Ultra.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
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FPV SkyDive : FPV Drone Simulator
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Ultra — no purchase or trial window. Shares Sports and Adventure with Chess Ultra.
FPV SkyDive is a free-to-play realistic drone racing and freestyle simulator. Feel the adrenaline of high speed first-person view drone racing in single-player or multi-player scenarios. The future is now, become an FPV pilot today!
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Dota Underlords
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Ultra — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chess Ultra.
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.
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Super Jigsaw Puzzle: Generations
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Ultra — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess Ultra.
If you like to make puzzles, Super Jigsaw Puzzle is your game. Enjoy its comfortable and intuitive interface and its relaxing music that will allow you to concentrate on the difficult task of solving these beautiful photos that pose a real challenge for lovers of puzzles.
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Dominion
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Ultra — no purchase or trial window. Shares Strategy with Chess Ultra.
Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.
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Immersion Chess
Free-to-play alternative to Chess Ultra — no purchase or trial window. Shares Sports and Strategy with Chess Ultra.
Lose yourself in the most immersive virtual rendition of the world’s most beloved classic: Chess! Whether you’re using advanced VR technology (HTC Vive, Oculus Rift etc.) or just playing on a standard computer, users of both interfaces from around the world can now challenge each other in real time.