Games like Chess
If Chess is your kind of game, the closest matches are Chess Cubed, Chess Ultra and Adorables — 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.
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Players who liked Chess also play
Steam players who put hours into 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.
Chess Cubed
WHY THIS
Top pick for Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Chess.
Don't give up - Turn things around! Chess Cubed offers the first, true 3D Chess Experience! Play others in a new uncharted world of chess where the books on strategies of old mean nothing. Defeat challengers from all directions and raise your flag in this new world!
Chess Ultra
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Chess.
Introducing Chess Ultra; the most breathtaking chess game ever made. Experience stunning 4K visuals, seamless online multiplayer, Grandmaster approved AI and full VR compatibility.
3D Chess
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Chess.
A unique chess trip with exciting instant duels awaits you - test your mettle on the chessboard. Checkmate your opponent with only a few moves and solve challenging chess puzzles in amazing 3D worlds.
Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Strategy with Chess.
Chess! One of the world’s most popular games, has just got even better! Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition is a stunning celebration of the greatest strategy game of all time.
Pure Pool Pro
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Chess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Sports and Indie with Chess.
This is cue sports: redefined. Master 8-Ball, 9-Ball and more in solo, local or online with crossplay. Tackle a huge pool career mode, with 8K visuals, immersive venues, lifelike physics, precise controls and deep customisation, delivering the definitive pool sim experience.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Chess at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Chess on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chess.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Chess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chess.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Chess on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Chess.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Chess on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chess.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Chess on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under Chess on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chess.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
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 Chess.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
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 Simulation with Chess.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chess.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chess.
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!
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with 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!
Meteor 60 Seconds!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Chess.
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
Brief Karate Foolish
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess.
Here comes a new epic of live action fighting game!! With 60fps smooth action, sexy and deadly guys fly into air and bounces their flab!
Clicker Heroes
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess.
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
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More from baKno Games
Other recommendable Steam games by baKno Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Island Racer
WHY THIS
Another title from baKno Games, the studio behind Chess. Shares Sports and Indie with Chess.
A casual racing game full of fun that can be played solo, against the computer, or online against another player. Island Racer features the unique ability to generate new original landscapes and tracks, offering infinite track combinations for a new experience with every race.
Backgammon
WHY THIS
Another title from baKno Games, the studio behind Chess. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chess.
The classic board game of all times, with gorgeous graphics, computer opponent, and intuitive interface.
Color Sudoku
WHY THIS
Another title from baKno Games, the studio behind Chess. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess.
A colorful new way to play your favorite game, this Sudoku variation must be filled with colors instead of numbers.
Crazy Toad
WHY THIS
Another title from baKno Games, the studio behind Chess. Shares Indie and Casual with Chess.
A breakout style game with a fun twist. In Crazy Toad you control an old gnome who is carrying a huge mushroom, and your objective is to keep up with the bouncing toad, not letting it fall to the ground.
Frequently asked about Chess
- How much does Chess cost?
- Chess is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Chess have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Chess supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Chess?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chess are Chess Cubed, Chess Ultra, Adorables.
- Who developed Chess?
- Chess was developed by baKno 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 Chess.
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