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179 games like Chess

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01 Love Letter Cover

2018 · Android, PC, iOS

Love Letter

93%

The princess has several suitors... but which of them will manage to charm her? Choose a strategy, be it through bluffing or power of deduction, to win your beloved's heart. The official adaptation of the renowned card game. DRAW, PLAY AND BLUFF, FOR ONLY ONE...

Your match for

Chess

93% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
✓ Card & Board Game Genre ✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

02 Gang of Four Cover

2019 · Android, Mac, PC

Gang of Four

93%

Enter the relentless world of underground Chinese mafia! The Gang of Four card game embodies an endless battle for supremacy - where the weak perish and the strong dominate! Play your cards with cunning and tactics to snatch the victory!

Your match for

Chess

93% Starker DNA-Match
Shared DNA
✓ Card & Board Game Genre ✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

03 Ultimate Chess 3D Cover

2009 · Platform unknown

Ultimate Chess 3D

80%

Ultimate Chess 3D is a chess game developed by Superscape, published by Glu Mobile, and exclusively released for the Zeebo, where you'll face powerful warriors on the board.

Your match for

Chess

80% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Card & Board Game Genre ✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

04 Kasparov Chessmate Cover

2003 · Mac, PC

Kasparov Chessmate

74%

The game is backed by grand chessmaster, Garry Kasparov. Players can create a personal profile using their own name, MSN nickname for online/network play, country and a facial icon. Select a side black or white and game type: "Local" against the computer or ot...

Your match for

Chess

74% Sehr nah dran
Shared DNA
✓ Card & Board Game Genre ✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

05 Psi Chess Cover

1986 · ZXS

Psi Chess

67%

A chess game written by Steven L. Watson and published by The Edge for the ZX Spectrum.

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Chess

67% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Card & Board Game Genre ✓ Strategy Genre
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

06 Turbo Chess Cover

Year unknown · MSX

Turbo Chess

67%

Chess game developed by Artic Computing for MSX-based machines.

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Chess

67% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Card & Board Game Genre ✓ Strategy Genre
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

08 Chess Cover

2020 · PS4

Chess

60%

Chess is the most famous strategic board game of all time. Easy to learn but difficult to master, play against the smart Ai (artificial intelligent) player and with four levels of difficulty to choose from anyone from a novice to a master can play. Chess is...

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Chess

60% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Card & Board Game Genre ✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

09 Sargon I Cover

Year unknown · Platform unknown

Sargon I

53%

The first release in a high-regarded chess simulation series.

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Chess

53% Spannender Match
Shared DNA
✓ Card & Board Game Genre ✓ Strategy Genre
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

10 Battle Chess Cover

1988 · 3DO, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga

Battle Chess

50%

Battle Chess was developed by Interplay as their first project after severing ties with Electronic Arts. They designed it for the Amiga in 1988, and it was released on the majority of the other systems in the late 1980s and early 1990s as well. It was widely s...

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Chess

50% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Card & Board Game Genre ✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

11 Hearthstone Cover

2014 · Android, Mac, PC

Hearthstone

48%

Hearthstone is a free-to-play digital collectible card game set in the Warcraft universe. Originally subtitled Heroes of Warcraft, the game features turn-based one-on-one matches where players build 30-card decks and select heroes from eleven classes, each wit...

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Chess

48% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Card & Board Game Genre ✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

12 Age of Empires Cover

1997 · Mac, PC

Age of Empires

41%

Age of Empires (AoE) is a history-based real-time strategy video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft. The game uses the Genie, a 2D sprite-based game engine. The game allows the user to act as the leader of an ancient civilization by...

Your match for

Chess

41% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

13 Balatro Cover

2024 · Android, Mac, Switch

Balatro

41%

Balatro is a deck-building roguelite in which players construct poker hands to earn chips and overcome enemy blinds. The game features mechanics for enhancing a deck of playing cards, purchasing Jokers that modify hand effects, and discovering synergies to pro...

Your match for

Chess

41% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Card & Board Game Genre ✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

14 Inscryption Cover

2021 · Linux, Mac, Switch

Inscryption

37%

Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

Your match for

Chess

37% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Card & Board Game Genre ✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective
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Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

15 Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos Cover
34%

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is a real-time strategy game set in the high fantasy world of Azeroth. Players control one of four factions, the Human Alliance, Orcish Horde, Night Elves, or Undead Scourge, each with unique units, structures, and hero characters...

Your match for

Chess

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

16 StarCraft Cover

1998 · Mac, PC

StarCraft

34%

StarCraft is a real-time strategy game set in a distant sector of the Milky Way galaxy in the 26th century. Players command one of three species across separate campaigns: the Terrans, resourceful human colonists cut off from Earth; the Zerg, an insectoid swar...

Your match for

Chess

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

17 StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Cover
34%

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a science fiction real-time strategy game and the sequel to the original StarCraft. Set four years after the events of Brood War, the game revolves around three species: the Terrans, the Zerg, and the Protoss. The single-playe...

Your match for

Chess

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

18 Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings Cover
34%

Take control of a powerful civilization. Lead them through 1000 years of the Middle Ages to riches and greatness. Will you Intimidate the world into following you by using military force? Rule the world with honor and nobility by using commerce and diplomacy?...

Your match for

Chess

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

19 Cities: Skylines Cover

2015 · Stadia, Linux, Mac

Cities: Skylines

34%

Cities: Skylines is a single-player city-building simulation game. Players manage all aspects of a growing city including zoning residential, commercial, and industrial areas, constructing infrastructure such as roads, public transit, and utilities, and balanc...

Your match for

Chess

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

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20 Diablo Cover

1996 · Mac, PC, PS1

Diablo

34%

Diablo is an isometric strategy RPG and one of the most well-known examples of the action-RPG subgenre. Although some of the game mechanics resemble a typical RPG, all actions are done in real-time just like in an action game. The player have to kill hordes of...

Your match for

Chess

34% Mutiger Treffer
Shared DNA
✓ Strategy Genre ✓ Single player Mode ✓ Bird view / Isometric Perspective
Trade-offs

Weltdesign in IGDB nicht eindeutig klassifiziert · Keine Beschreibung von IGDB verfügbar

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