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A chess-inspired wave-survival strategy game where you capture falling enemies and drop reinforcements, with a fast ~2-hour playtime.

Chessformer
A relaxed ~2-hour grid-based puzzle platformer where you use chess-piece moves to capture a stationary king.
2022-01-18
- Puzzle
- Strategy

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Games like Boardfall

A chess-inspired wave-survival strategy game where you capture falling enemies and drop reinforcements, with a fast ~2-hour playtime.

Chessformer
A relaxed ~2-hour grid-based puzzle platformer where you use chess-piece moves to capture a stationary king.
2022-01-18
- Puzzle
- Strategy

Indie

Chess Survivors

A fast, grid-based chess-themed roguelike mixing tactical movement and bullet-hell hordes with a demanding die-and-retry loop.

2023-08-31

Action
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)

BoardLand

A short, chill turn-based strategy game where dice rolls grow your board and fuel monster battles.

2024-01-10

Strategy
Indie
Card & Board Game

WizardChess

A silly cosmic-wizard turn-based roguelite where chess pieces wield magical abilities in chaotic tactical fights against the FaeQueen.

2024-12-14

Comedy
Strategy
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)
Card & Board Game

Passant: A Chess Roguelike

A challenging single-player chess roguelike where collecting pieces and items reshapes each run; reviewers logged a median of about 5.5 hours.

2025-08-11

Strategy
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

A turn-based chess roguelike where a shotgun-wielding black king blasts through white pieces, mixing simple rules with deep replayability.

2022-05-12

Shooter
Action
Puzzle
Strategy
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Tactical
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Historical
Arcade
Card & Board Game

Boardfall zero

A casual single-player strategy game where you capture falling enemies to buy reinforcements, with a light tone and short sessions.

2025-11-21

Strategy
Indie

Shattered Chess

A compact single-player roguelike chess game focused on chaining combos, building synergies, and adapting to rule-changing bosses, with an addictive run-based loop.

2026-06-05

Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Tactical
Indie

Moonlight Chess

A cute, single-player turn-based auto-battler where you build an army to fight enemy waves in a fantasy kingdom, with early impressions from brief play sessions.

2025-11-13

Adventure
Strategy
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Tactical
Indie

Chess Knightmare

A frantic non-turn-based chess action game that pits a lone knight against whole armies, with a punishing, silly tone and very short play sessions.

2026-01-14

King of the Bridge

A brief, quirky chess duel against a rule-bending troll, with intuitive rules and a challenging alternate ending.

2024-03-08

Adventure
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Role-playing (RPG)

Waves of Chess

A short, vibrant single-player roguelike chess game with escalating waves, fun twists, and leaderboards that keep runs competitive.

2026-01-13

Science fiction
Strategy
Indie
Arcade
Card & Board Game

Chessformer