Games like Checkmate!
If Checkmate! is your kind of game, the closest matches are Color Guardian, Gallows Choice and Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine — 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 Checkmate! also play
Steam players who put hours into Checkmate! 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.
Color Guardian
WHY THIS
Top pick for Checkmate! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkmate!.
In Color Guardian, you must memorize a sequence of colors that will be shown and make the highest score possible.
Gallows Choice
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Checkmate! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkmate!.
A classic for great fun, a virtual and improved gallows game!
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Checkmate! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkmate!.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.
The Jackbox Party Pack 6
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Checkmate! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkmate!.
It’s the wildest Party Pack yet, with the absurd deathmatch Trivia Murder Party 2, the weird word circus Dictionarium, the hidden identity game Push The Button, the comedy contest Joke Boat and the offbeat personality test Role Models.
Tooth and Tail
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Checkmate! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkmate!.
Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!
Tumblestone
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Checkmate! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkmate!.
Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.
PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Checkmate! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkmate!.
Welcome to SoupCo, Astroworker! In Nom Nom Galaxy, construct and automate gigantic soup factories on unexplored planets throughout the universe, harvest flora and fauna to turn them into artisanal soups, and rocket your product into the gullets of the galaxy!
ShellShock Live
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Checkmate! fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkmate!.
Demolish your friends with hundreds of upgradable weapons shot from your customizable tank in this action-packed online multiplayer tanks game. Earn XP to level up and unlock new tanks, weapons, and gear. Fight against or alongside your friends for strategic team or free-for-all matches.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Checkmate! at current Steam store prices.
Miss Neko
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Checkmate! on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Checkmate!.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Checkmate! on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Checkmate!.
QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.
Save Jesus
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Checkmate! on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Checkmate!.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Checkmate! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Checkmate!.
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?
Trip to Vinelands
WHY THIS
Priced ~51% under Checkmate! on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Checkmate!.
Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.
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 Checkmate!.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Checkmate!.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
More from Softwaves Mini
Other recommendable Steam games by Softwaves Mini, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Falling Blocks
WHY THIS
Another title from Softwaves Mini, the studio behind Checkmate!. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkmate!.
Score and survive!
Gallows Choice
WHY THIS
Another title from Softwaves Mini, the studio behind Checkmate!. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkmate!.
A classic for great fun, a virtual and improved gallows game!
Color Guardian
WHY THIS
Another title from Softwaves Mini, the studio behind Checkmate!. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkmate!.
In Color Guardian, you must memorize a sequence of colors that will be shown and make the highest score possible.
Twenty One
WHY THIS
Another title from Softwaves Mini, the studio behind Checkmate!. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkmate!.
Twenty-one is a famous card game where you must go measuring and buying cards who get closer to 21 wins, however, if you pass 21, you lost!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Jackbox Party Pack 6
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkmate!.
It’s the wildest Party Pack yet, with the absurd deathmatch Trivia Murder Party 2, the weird word circus Dictionarium, the hidden identity game Push The Button, the comedy contest Joke Boat and the offbeat personality test Role Models.
Tumblestone
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkmate!.
Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.
PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Checkmate!.
Welcome to SoupCo, Astroworker! In Nom Nom Galaxy, construct and automate gigantic soup factories on unexplored planets throughout the universe, harvest flora and fauna to turn them into artisanal soups, and rocket your product into the gullets of the galaxy!
Frequently asked about Checkmate!
- How much does Checkmate! cost?
- Checkmate! is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Checkmate! have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Checkmate! supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Checkmate!?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Checkmate! are Color Guardian, Gallows Choice, Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine.
- Who developed Checkmate!?
- Checkmate! was developed by Softwaves Mini and published by HandMade 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 Checkmate!.
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