Best Chess games on PC
Games built around traditional chess or variants that use its board, pieces, and checkmate rules in puzzles, tactical battles, roguelikes, or genre hybrids.
- Strategic piece movement
- Turn-based tactical decisions
- Traditional rules and experimental variants
Related: Strategy, Board Game, Turn-Based Tactics, Tabletop
100 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Dota Underlords
Free-to-play auto battler about building crews and stacking alliances
82% positive
Free
FPS Chess
Competitive chess matches where captures become first-person shooter duels
83% positive
Free
5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
Chess variant with time-travel moves and branching timelines
97% positive
8,606 reviews
Demo Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
Turn-based chess roguelike with a shotgun instead of an army
92% positive
6,262 reviews
雀姬/姫麻雀
Anime-style riichi mahjong with ranked matches and customizable characters
53% positive
Free
Chess Ultra
3D chess matches with AI opponents, puzzles, and online play
76% positive
2,012 reviews
King of the Bridge
Chess-based strategy game against a cheating bridge troll
95% positive
1,741 reviews
Gambonanza
Tactical chess roguelike with upgrades that change the rules
75% positive
1,721 reviews
Prismata
Turn-based robot battles where resources shape every attack
81% positive
Free
Demo Frozen Synapse
Turn-based squad tactics built around predicting your opponent's next move
89% positive
1,122 reviews
Auto Chess
Eight-player auto battler built around hero combinations and positioning
65% positive
Free
Demo Pawnbarian
Turn-based puzzle roguelike where chess moves guide dungeon battles
89% positive
902 reviews
KNIGHTS
Chess-based logic puzzles built around the knight's L-shaped movement
94% positive
890 reviews
Chess Evolved Online
Chess-inspired turn-based tactics with custom armies and online matches
91% positive
Free
Demo Still There
A point-and-click adventure about grief and repairing a space lighthouse
87% positive
799 reviews
Demo The Ouroboros King
Chess-based roguelike tactics with unusual pieces and changing runs
80% positive
578 reviews
Cat Chess
Classic chess with animated cats standing in for traditional pieces
86% positive
497 reviews
Zen Chess: Mate in One
Minimalist chess puzzles where a single move must give checkmate
89% positive
442 reviews
Battle Chess: Game of Kings™
Turn-based chess with medieval pieces and animated capture battles
52% positive
377 reviews
Demo Passant: A Chess Roguelike
A chess roguelike with new pieces and rule-changing upgrades
79% positive
373 reviews
Unlock The King
Chess-inspired puzzles where you clear a route for the king
96% positive
355 reviews
Hyper Chess
Real-time chess where both players move without taking turns
91% positive
338 reviews
Regimental Chess
Chess-based strategy matches built around moving pieces in formations
55% positive
330 reviews
Chessformer
A grid-based puzzle platformer combining chess moves with gravity
100% positive
319 reviews