Games like ShyChess
If ShyChess is your kind of game, the closest matches are Take the Dream IX, Silver Island and Gachimuchi Reloaded — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 ShyChess: ShyChess is a puzzle game where the ShyGirls must cross through chessboards avoiding dangerous zones, marked by thechess pieces attack patterns. Go through room to room while discovering more about the ShyGirls history, escape with as many of them as you can.

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Take the Dream IX
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ShyChess.
Top pick for ShyChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ShyChess.
What would you do for the person you love? Are you sure you're actually in love with them? They say love is all about sacrifice. What are you willing to lose for the one you supposedly love?
Silver Island
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for ShyChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ShyChess.
The hood has been infested with a plague of creeps and uglies. Zombies ate your cat and you're out for revenge. However, what started as a simple mission to bludgeon, dismember and hack to pieces the hordes of hell unfolds into an epic quest through the slums, graveyards, 99-cent stores, whorehouses and polluted lakes of Silver island in...
Gachimuchi Reloaded
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for ShyChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ShyChess.
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School Idol
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for ShyChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ShyChess.
School idol - is a story about cute and polite female student from Japan. Her name is Haneko. She is a student council member. Haneko is a secret admirer of the student council's head - Coco Nobunaga.
Welcome to the Game
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ShyChess.
Ranked #5 for ShyChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Sexual Content with ShyChess.
Welcome to the Game is a creepy horror/puzzle game that takes you into the world of the Deep Web. Explore the Deep Web with the sole purpose of trying to find a Red Room, an online service / website that allows you to see and participate in interactive torture and murder.
Damage: Sadistic Butchering of Humanity
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for ShyChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ShyChess.
Idea of Damage is simple: kill as many people as possible! Damage is a black humor 2D action adventure game where you roam freely in a wide urban setting killing thousands of enemies. New Arcade-mode lets you quickly get into action, try different weapons and drugs.
Kungfu Beggar
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for ShyChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with ShyChess.
"Kungfu Beggar" is a simulation of the drama of the game, a total of 40 episodes, the player plays the protagonist "SuCan", from the dandy reduced to beggars , on the revenge road,going through a variety of exciting battles and love affairs.Different options will be different outcome.
Erinye Demo
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with ShyChess.
Ranked #8 for ShyChess fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with ShyChess.
Erin arrives the town of Azuliris, following the path of a mysterous witch, who is rumored, carries with her a very valuable treasure. But Erin's quest is interrumpted when she finds out the town has been taken by a group of bandits, the ShyGirls.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below ShyChess at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ShyChess on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ShyChess.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ShyChess on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with ShyChess.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ShyChess on Steam right now. Shares Casual with ShyChess.
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 ~50% under ShyChess on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with ShyChess.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ShyChess on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with ShyChess.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ShyChess on Steam right now. Shares Casual with ShyChess.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under ShyChess on Steam right now. Shares Casual with ShyChess.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with ShyChess.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with ShyChess.
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.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with ShyChess.
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.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with ShyChess.
‘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 Adventure with ShyChess.
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!
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Frequently asked about ShyChess
- How much does ShyChess cost?
- ShyChess is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to ShyChess?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside ShyChess are Take the Dream IX, Silver Island, Gachimuchi Reloaded.
- Who developed ShyChess?
- ShyChess was developed by Karosu-Maker.
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 ShyChess.
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