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A chess-inspired dungeon-escape puzzle game with special squares and traps, delivering a chill, casual strategy experience in about two hours.

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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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Games like Take the King!

A chess-inspired dungeon-escape puzzle game with special squares and traps, delivering a chill, casual strategy experience in about two hours.

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

Gambit Shifter

A cozy, low-difficulty chess-based puzzle game with 80+ hand-crafted levels, playable solo in around five hours.

2024-02-19

Puzzle
Indie

GraviChess

A gravity-shifting chess puzzle platformer where players capture enemy pieces across 102 challenging levels, lasting about 15 hours.

2026-01-08

Action
Platform
Puzzle
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Side view

Unlock The King

A short, chill chess-inspired puzzle game about moving pieces to create a path for the king.

2019-11-20

Puzzle
Strategy
Card & Board Game

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)

Chess Brain

A short chess-puzzle game about drawing a safe king path as pieces move every second, with very positive casual puzzle reviews.

2020-09-08

Puzzle
Strategy
Indie
Educational
Card & Board Game

Mate'Morphosis

A short, pixel-art chess-inspired puzzler where capturing a piece transforms you into it, known for clever, occasionally maddening levels and an energy system.

2026-01-09

Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)

Gigachess

A compact chessboard hero-defense puzzler where you command chess pieces against endless pawn waves, with a catchy soundtrack and escalating difficulty.

2015-12-15

Puzzle
Strategy
Indie
Turn-based strategy (TBS)

Unlock The King 2

A short single-player chess-inspired 3D puzzle game where you move pieces to clear a path for the king, though 3D and portal mechanics can make later levels frustrating.

2020-01-31

Puzzle
Strategy

Chesscape Room

A tense chess-variant escape game where you guide your king to safety across custom boards, with puzzles, PvP, and an editor.

2026-01-26

Strategy
Simulator

ChessWalkers

A brief chess-pawn puzzle about navigating enemy territory and planning routes, with a slower start and addictive ARPG-style mechanics later.

2026-03-05

Chess Dungeons

A casual chess-sokoban puzzle game in a dungeon setting, with short playtime and mixed player reception.

2022-07-25

Chessformer