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Games like Pawnbarian

Games like Pawnbarian

A short turn-based roguelike where card plays drive chess-like movement through monster-filled dungeons.

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

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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)

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FORWARD: Escape the Fold - Ultimate Edition

A bite-sized card-based roguelike dungeon crawler with quick, solitaire-like runs that last around ten hours total.

2022-03-29

Puzzle
Horror
Strategy
Fantasy
Indie
Text
Point-and-click
Card & Board Game
Auditory

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Tabulo

A ~3.5-hour chess-themed roguelike deckbuilder focused on careful piece placement, piece enhancement, and optional challenges.

2026-01-15

Strategy
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Card & Board Game

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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

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Gambonanza

A chaotic chess-based roguelike where you buy rule-bending upgrades to make illegal moves and beat bosses; players note first-try wins and glitches.

2026-05-01

Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator

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Desktop Dungeons: Rewind

A turn-based tactical roguelike of short, solitaire-like sessions where you bargain with gods and fight monsters.

2023-04-18

Action
Puzzle
Adventure
Strategy
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Fighting
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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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

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Blood Card

A grim, pixel-art roguelite deckbuilder where cards serve as health, with turn-based combat, a choice between escape and confronting Death, and a compact median reviewer playtime of about 4 hours.

2019-05-24

Strategy
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Right and Down and Dice

A compact roguelike dungeon crawler where movement is limited to right/down, with dice-and-card combat and collectible artifacts for short but replayable runs.

2024-01-23

Puzzle
Strategy
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)
Card & Board Game

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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)

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Desktop Dungeons

A turn-based puzzle-roguelike where quick 10–30 minute runs of tactical spells and dungeon-tile management add up to dozens of hours of varied content.

2023-04-18

Puzzle
Adventure
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Role-playing (RPG)