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Dark Chess

THIS IS NOT CLASSIC CHESS! Dark Chess is an asymmetric puzzle-strategy game featuring fog of war. Survive a story-driven campaign filled with custom boards, traps, and rule-breaking Kings and Queens of the past. Stealth, calculated risks and outsmarting the unknown are your only ways to win.

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Warhammer 40,000: Regicide

67% 👍 OF 1.9K
About This Game

Warhammer 40,000: Regicide is a brutal take on one of the greatest turn based strategy games of all time. Regicide fuses multiple phases of gameplay with dynamic action. Maneuver your army into place and unleash a devastating array of tactical abilities to crush your enemies.

Gore Strategy Chess Turn-Based Strategy Indie
REL Sep 8, 2015 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →
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5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel

97% 👍 OF 8.9K
About This Game

It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!

In this game, you can…

  • …have ten active timelines where a single move can put five past kings in check at once.
  • …watch the AI create nine parallel dimensions, then checkmate it three moves in the past in two different dimensions.
  • …move a king into an alternate dimension, creating a parallel present where there are now two enemy kings to deal with.
Chess Time Travel Time Manipulation Board Game Difficult
REL Jul 22, 2020 ★ $11.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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Chess Brain

90% 👍 OF 164
About This Game

Chess Brain is a chess puzzle game. Draw the correct path and don't let the King get killed by the opposite pieces! Every second all the pieces will move!

In this game, you can…

  • …plan a full path where you're never allowed to step on the same square twice.
  • …watch enemy pieces stack on the same square at once, even though that's not how normal chess works.
  • …draw your king's entire route to an orange goal while every enemy piece advances at the same time each second.
Chess Puzzle Strategy Board Game Minimalist
REL Sep 8, 2020 ★ $0.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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KNIGHTS

94% 👍 OF 826
About This Game

KNIGHTS is a minimalist puzzle game based on a single chess piece, the titular knight. A simple enough to pick up and relaxing experience.

In this game, you can…

  • …tackle 75 new daily puzzles a day, split into three sets of 25.
  • …solve boards with only one empty space, where that single slot has to cycle every piece into place.
  • …clear a path by moving golden knights out of the way in the exact order.
Puzzle Tabletop Immersive Sim Strategy 2D
REL May 30, 2016 $0.99 -51% $0.49 See This Game →
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Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

91% 👍 OF 7.4K
About This Game

Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun. A unique strategy roguelike based on the timeless checkboard classic.

In this game, you can…

  • …play as a lone king with a double-barrel shotgun.
  • …kill a piece and spend its soul to move like it.
  • …pick one upgrade for yourself and one for the enemy every floor, so you're boosting your gun while also mutating their army.
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REL May 12, 2022 ★ $9.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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Dota Underlords

84% 👍 OF 33K
About This Game

Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.

Free to Play Strategy Auto Battler Casual Multiplayer
REL Jun 20, 2019 FREE ON STEAM See This Game →
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King of the Bridge

95% 👍 OF 1.7K
About This Game

Face off against the bridge troll in his bizarre game of chess! Decrypt, Twist and Enforce the rules as your devious opponent attempts to break them in King of the Bridge!

In this game, you can…

  • …catch the troll cheating, then cheat on your next turn as a reward.
  • …take the enemy king and watch another piece become the new king, so the match keeps escalating until black runs out of pieces.
  • …walk a bishop around to leave landmines on every square it visits, then have those mines keep warping the board long after.
Puzzle Chess Strategy Comedy Board Game
REL Mar 8, 2024 ★ $2.99 ON STEAM See This Game →
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