Games like Checkmates
Looking for games like Checkmates? Here are top tactical role playing recommendations with a anime focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Once a Pawn a King, Artifice: War Tactics or Chessaria: The Tactical Adventure.
1 72%Game Brain Scoregameplay, storyreplayability96% User Score 26 reviewsOnce a Pawn a King is a roguelike, turn-based strategy game with party-building mechanics, where chess meets chaos. Venture into the ever-shifting castle of the evil White King on a quest to rescue the beloved Black King, who was recently taken by the tyrant.
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52%Game Brain Scoregameplay, musicstory, replayability61% User Score 36 reviewsArtifice: War tactics is a turn-based strategy all about setting up tripwires and executing killer combos! A game of anticipation, deduction and outwitting your enemy at every turn. Play as one of four kingdoms in an epic campaign for territory, champions, relics and the throne of the Immortal king.
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71%Game Brain Scoregraphics, storygameplay, optimization71% User Score 84 reviewsCritic Score 70%1 reviewsChessaria delivers for the first time ever, classic Chess combat backed with an epic fantasy quest. Challenge your tactical skills as you battle for Chessaria's destiny.
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Astralis: Dawnblades is a turn-based tactical RPG that blends stronghold management, dungeon exploration, and narrative choices. As the leader of the Dawnblades, an independent mercenary company, you sell your services across the fractured regions of a broken world… until the official story itself starts to crack. Between expeditions, you develop your stronghold, recruit new members, upgrade your…
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OUT AUGUST 18 About the GameChess Empire is a tactical twist on chess where you earn gold, buy new pieces and upgrades, and have to reveal the fog of war to see your enemies. The core rules are familiar-you command the classic board and pieces-but now every turn earns you gold: 1 for moving, 2 for captures, and 3 for taking down upgraded pieces. Spend it in the shop to recruit new units or…
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89%Game Brain Scoregameplay, atmospheregrinding, optimization89% User Score 517 reviewsInkshade is a turn-based tactics game carved out of strange wooden miniatures, wrapped in a web of locked rooms, and orchestrated by an otherworldly game master. Victory is not guaranteed, and the only constant is the cruel black ink that flows within the pieces.
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95%Game Brain Scorehumor, gameplaygrinding, story95% User Score 1,223 reviewsA BIZARRE GAME Defeat the troll in his homebrew game "Advanced Troll Chess" so you can cross his bridge. But with over twenty mind-boggling rule changes to a classic game, this will prove to be quite a challenge.THE TREACHEROUS TROLL This cunning foe will surely give you a hard time with his schemes, cheats and taunts! Can you defeat an opponent who has no regard for manners or rules…
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81%Game Brain Scoregameplay, graphicsreplayability81% User Score 257 reviewsChess meets Fighting games. Crush your opponents in the arena and on the chessboard in this online multiplayer competitive tactical fighting game that mixes the strategical elegance of Chess with the fast-paced execution of fighting games.
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69%Game Brain Scorestory, gameplayatmosphere, character development68% User Score 109 reviewsCritic Score 71%7 reviewsPendragon is a turn-based strategy game, where every move you make drives the narrative, and every story twist opens new gameplay opportunities. Will you advance and show your mettle, or cautiously retreat? Will you slip round enemies, or encounter them head-on? And when sacrifices are required, who will you put in harm's way?
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73%Game Brain Scoremusic, graphicsmonetization, stability73% User Score 2,220 reviewsEverything you need in a chess game. If you are a chess enthusiast or someone who just likes to play a game now and again, this is what you've been looking for. This is Simply Chess.
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