Games like Zen Chess: Mate in One
If Zen Chess: Mate in One is your kind of game, the closest matches are Zen Chess: Blindfold Masters, Zen Chess: Champion's Moves and Zen Chess: Mate in Three — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its calming and meditative atmosphere, chill and cozy. 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 Zen Chess: Mate in One: Zen Chess: Mate in One is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-one problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
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Steam players who put hours into Zen Chess: Mate in One 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.
Zen Chess: Blindfold Masters
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Top pick for Zen Chess: Mate in One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
In Zen Chess: Blindfold Masters you will put your memory and chess skills to the test by solving puzzles without seeing the pieces.
Zen Chess: Champion's Moves
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Second-strongest match for Zen Chess: Mate in One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
In Zen Chess: Champion's Moves you will be put in the position of a World Chess Champion. Play through historical games and solve the same chess problems the champions had to solve to win each game.
Zen Chess: Mate in Three
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Zen Chess: Mate in One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Zen Chess: Mate in Three is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-three problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
Zen Chess: Mate in Four
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Ranked #4 for Zen Chess: Mate in One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Zen Chess: Mate in Four is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-four problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
Zen Chess: Mate in Two
WHY THIS
Shares a peaceful mood with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Ranked #5 for Zen Chess: Mate in One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Zen Chess: Mate in Two is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-two problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
Knight Swap
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Ranked #6 for Zen Chess: Mate in One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
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?
Knight Swap 2
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Ranked #7 for Zen Chess: Mate in One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
The sequel of the successful Knight Swap, with more levels, more gameplay mechanics, and even more fun. The goal in each level is to move the opposing knights to where the others are placed (and vice versa) using the features of the board.Can you swap the knights?
One Line
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Ranked #8 for Zen Chess: Mate in One fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
One Line is a minimalist puzzle game where the objective is to draw a single line filling the entire board. Different mechanics will challenge your mind in this game that is easy to learn but hard to solve. Can you find the correct path?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Zen Chess: Mate in One at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
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Priced ~51% under Zen Chess: Mate in One on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)
QUICKERFLAK
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Priced ~51% under Zen Chess: Mate in One on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
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Priced ~51% under Zen Chess: Mate in One on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!
Gachi Heroes
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Priced ~51% under Zen Chess: Mate in One on Steam right now.
Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?
Love wish
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Priced ~51% under Zen Chess: Mate in One on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Love Wish is an easy, fun and challenging jigsaw puzzle.♪(^∇^*) Put the pieces together to restore the full picture of the girls. Collect their photos and animations and remember this wonderful moment❤
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Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
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More from Minimol Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Minimol Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Unlock The King
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Zen Chess: Mate in One. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
An originally designed puzzle game inspired by chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
Colorgrid
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Zen Chess: Mate in One. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Colorgrid is a puzzle game about mixing colors in a Lab. Find the correct positions for your lasers and mirrors to get the right mix of colors in each material.
Knight Swap
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Zen Chess: Mate in One. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
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?
Chessarama
WHY THIS
Shares a cozy mood with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Zen Chess: Mate in One. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Chessarama is a collection of chess-inspired puzzle and strategy games that use chess pieces and their established move sets, then reimagines their goals and themes. Solve challenges, unlock collectibles, and compete against each other on the leaderboards. Welcome to Chessarama!
Daylife in Japan - Pixel Art Jigsaw Puzzle
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Zen Chess: Mate in One. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Daylife in Japan is a minimalist jigsaw puzzle game with pixel art GIFs instead of images.
Zen Chess: Mate in Two
WHY THIS
Shares a peaceful mood with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Zen Chess: Mate in One. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Zen Chess: Mate in Two is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-two problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
Zen Chess: Mate in Three
WHY THIS
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Zen Chess: Mate in One. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Zen Chess: Mate in Three is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-three problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
Zen Chess: Mate in Four
WHY THIS
Shares a relaxing mood with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Another title from Minimol Games, the studio behind Zen Chess: Mate in One. Shares Casual with Zen Chess: Mate in One.
Zen Chess: Mate in Four is a minimalist chess puzzle game. Solve mate-in-four problems in a beautifully designed chess board.
Frequently asked about Zen Chess: Mate in One
- Is Zen Chess: Mate in One verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Zen Chess: Mate in One is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Zen Chess: Mate in One cost?
- Zen Chess: Mate in One is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Zen Chess: Mate in One?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Zen Chess: Mate in One are Zen Chess: Blindfold Masters, Zen Chess: Champion's Moves, Zen Chess: Mate in Three.
- Who developed Zen Chess: Mate in One?
- Zen Chess: Mate in One was developed by Minimol Games.
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