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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Demo Order Automatica
A tactical roguelite auto-battler where positioning sets up chain reactions
87% positive
79 reviews
Knight's Retreat
Chess-based puzzles built around troop movement rather than full matches
94% positive
77 reviews
Chess Brain: Dark Troops
Chess-based puzzle game about plotting safe paths past moving enemies
93% positive
70 reviews
三国吕布传说(Legend of Lv Bu of the Three Kingdoms)
Turn-based strategy with a supernatural twist on Three Kingdoms warfare
75% positive
69 reviews
BOT.vinnik Chess: Opening Traps
Chess puzzles about finding the best move in opening traps
88% positive
68 reviews
Below the Crown
A turn-based dungeon roguelite built around chess-inspired combat and spells
97% positive
67 reviews
Chess Knights: Shinobi
Turn-based stealth puzzles using chess moves to evade samurai
83% positive
66 reviews
Demo Gambit Shifter
A chess-inspired puzzle game built around one shape-shifting piece
95% positive
65 reviews
Zen Chess: Mate in Four
Minimalist chess puzzles built around checkmate in four moves
72% positive
64 reviews
Chess Knights: Viking Lands
Viking-themed chess puzzles built around moving knights and rescuing pieces
92% positive
63 reviews
Demo Tabulo
A chess-inspired roguelike where pieces and tiles compete for space
90% positive
63 reviews
Zen Chess: Mate in Three
Minimalist chess puzzles built around checkmate in three moves
82% positive
62 reviews
Viking Chess: Hnefatafl
Turn-based board strategy with different goals for attackers and defenders
89% positive
62 reviews
Ajedrez una tarde de Otoño
A single-player chess simulator available only in Latin American Spanish
48% positive
Free
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Chess Kingdom
Chess with structured lessons, league seasons, and alternate rule sets
87% positive
62 reviews
Favor Chess
Chess-style strategy built around armies you assemble from collectible pieces
64% positive
Free
Demo WizardChess
Turn-based tactical roguelite where magical pieces form your changing army
81% positive
58 reviews
Demo Once a Pawn a King
Turn-based roguelike strategy with chess pieces that gain magical abilities
53% positive
55 reviews
Hang The Kings
Minimalist chess puzzles about choosing the right order of captures
81% positive
54 reviews
AI
Quantum Chess
A chess variant built around split pieces and uncertain captures
62% positive
53 reviews
Demo AI
Yes, My Queen
A chess roguelite with cards that change the rules
77% positive
52 reviews
Demo Who Takes The Crown?
Precision puzzle platforming built around climbing through chess games
84% positive
38 reviews
Fritz 18 Steam Edition
Chess strategy and training with AI hints and visual analysis
55% positive
33 reviews
Deckmate!
Chess variants with cards and boards of different shapes
Coming soon
Free