# Games like Gigachess

> The closest matches to Gigachess: Militia, Dark Chess, KNIGHTS, Drop Duchy, and Gambonanza. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Militia](https://imho.run/games/421260/militia) — Also Turn-Based and Board Game, like Gigachess. 73 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/421260/)
2. [Dark Chess](https://imho.run/games/1151130/dark-chess) — Shares puzzle mode with Gigachess. 72 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1151130/)
3. [KNIGHTS](https://imho.run/games/476240/knights) — Also Chess and Tabletop, like Gigachess. 388 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/476240/)
4. [Drop Duchy](https://imho.run/games/2525310/drop-duchy) — Shares endless mode with Gigachess. 1,463 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2525310/)
5. [Gambonanza](https://imho.run/games/3509230/gambonanza) — Also Chess and Board Game, like Gigachess. 1,417 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3509230/)
6. [Chess Survivors](https://imho.run/games/2065000/chess-survivors) — Also Chess and Procedural Generation, like Gigachess. 123 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2065000/)
7. [Khet 2.0](https://imho.run/games/312720/khet-2-0) — Also Chess and Turn-Based, like Gigachess. 90 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/312720/)
8. [Pure Chess Grandmaster Edition](https://imho.run/games/300630/pure-chess-grandmaster-edition) — A frequent pick in Gigachess players' libraries, and another Sports. 102 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/300630/)
9. [Passant: A Chess Roguelike](https://imho.run/games/3353100/passant-a-chess-roguelike) — A frequent pick in Gigachess players' libraries, and another Strategy. 281 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3353100/)
10. [Pawnbarian](https://imho.run/games/1142080/pawnbarian) — Also Chess and Board Game, like Gigachess. 328 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1142080/)
11. [Chessformer](https://imho.run/games/1701190/chessformer) — Also Chess and Board Game, like Gigachess. 209 Steam reviews, 100% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1701190/)
12. [Desktop Dungeons: Rewind](https://imho.run/games/1976950/desktop-dungeons-rewind) — Also Turn-Based and Procedural Generation, like Gigachess. 342 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1976950/)
13. [The Ouroboros King](https://imho.run/games/2096510/the-ouroboros-king) — Also Chess and Board Game, like Gigachess. 355 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2096510/)
14. [Chessplosion](https://imho.run/games/1571220/chessplosion) — A frequent pick in Gigachess players' libraries, and another Action. 104 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1571220/)
15. [King of the Bridge](https://imho.run/games/2523120/king-of-the-bridge) — A frequent pick in Gigachess players' libraries, and another RPG. 1,193 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2523120/)
16. [Defend the Rook](https://imho.run/games/1531250/defend-the-rook) — Also Turn-Based and Tabletop, like Gigachess. 93 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1531250/)
17. [Chaos Reborn](https://imho.run/games/319050/chaos-reborn) — Also Turn-Based and Board Game, like Gigachess. 595 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/319050/)
18. [Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate](https://imho.run/games/1972440/shotgun-king-the-final-checkmate) — Also Chess and Tabletop, like Gigachess. 3,713 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1972440/)
19. [Here Be Dragons](https://imho.run/games/945680/here-be-dragons) — Also Turn-Based and Board Game, like Gigachess. 89 Steam reviews, 62% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/945680/)
20. [For The King](https://imho.run/games/527230/for-the-king) — Also Turn-Based and Board Game, like Gigachess. 11,548 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/527230/)
21. [The Conquest of Go](https://imho.run/games/1264970/the-conquest-of-go) — Also Turn-Based and Board Game, like Gigachess. 238 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1264970/)
22. [Dice Dice Baby](https://imho.run/games/3820810/dice-dice-baby) — Also Board Game and Tabletop, like Gigachess. 54 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3820810/)
23. [Nowhere Prophet](https://imho.run/games/681730/nowhere-prophet) — Also Turn-Based and Board Game, like Gigachess. 501 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/681730/)
24. [dotAGE](https://imho.run/games/638510/dotage) — Also Turn-Based and Board Game, like Gigachess. 1,816 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/638510/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=415910&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=415910&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=415910&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=415910
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/415910
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Gigachess

Gigachess is a hero defense puzzler on a chess board. Command your party of Knights, Rooks & Bishops against the relentless Pawn onslaught!

## Game info

- **AppID:** 415910
- **Developer:** Drixxel Soft
- **Publisher:** Drixxel Soft
- **Genres:** Strategy, Indie, Casual
- **Categories:** Stats, Includes level editor, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Workshop, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Dec 15, 2015
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/415910/gigachess)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=415910&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/415910/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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