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Games similar to Chess Tales

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    Get rid of the vermin infesting a dungeon in Beethro's original turn-based adventure.
  • Leaf's Odyssey
    Windows
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    MacOS
    Solve tricky turn-based enemy encounters on your journey to the Tower of Destiny.
  • DROD: The City Beneath
    Windows
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    MacOS
    Wherein a calculating smitemaster is challenged by both roaches and bureaucrats.
  • DROD: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder
    Windows
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    Solve turn-based puzzles as Beethro's grandfather in this revised introduction to the DROD series.
  • DROD: The Second Sky
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    The climactic, formidable conclusion to Beethro's epic pest-battling adventure.
  • The Descent of King Hesper
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    MacOS
    A monumental DROD community hold containing hundreds of turn-based roach-slaying conundrums.
  • Inconceivable Rat Endeavour
    Windows
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    Rotate the hexes around an intrepid rat to overcome a variety of zany challenges.
  • Lara Croft Go
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    PlayStation 4
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    Guide the fearless Lara Croft through turn-based puzzles inside ancient ruins.
  • DROD: Journey to Rooted Hold
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    Guide Beethro and his nephew through tricky turn-based encounters down countless caves.
  • Treasure 'n Trio
    Windows
    Switch between three adventurers with unique abilities to solve sokoban-styled puzzles.
  • Paklyx
    Windows
    MacOS
    Find the right path to collect all keys on the exact turn they appear.
  • Hitman Go
    Windows
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    PlayStation 4
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Infiltrate scenes and take out targets in this turn-based reinvention of Agent 47's missions.
  • Wilderplace
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    Explore a maze-like, hand-drawn world of restless spirits.
  • AssassInvisible
    Windows
    MacOS
    Turn invisible and eliminate your targets in the margins of a school notebook.
  • Tower of Square
    Windows
    Study and evade enemies with various movement patterns.
  • Bean & Nothingness
    Windows
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    MacOS
    Turns beans into monsters in this whimsical yet challenging puzzle game.
  • Puzzle Depot
    Windows
    Journey through a post-apocalyptic land filled with hazardous puzzles.
  • Energy Excavation
    Web
    Dig into the ground to find buried reserves while managing a limited energy resource.
  • Stackrobats
    Windows
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    Web
    Connect the troupe leader with fellow acrobats to reach each performance trophy.
  • Causality
    Windows
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    MacOS
    iPad
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    Android
    Switch arrows to lead restless astronauts to safety in a limited number of steps.
  • The Court of Wanderers
    Windows
    Wander an impossible space to find block-rotating puzzles behind every door.
  • Heroes of Sokoban III: The Bard and the Druid
    Web
    Control the music of the bard and the spells of the druid to assist the adventuring party.
  • Heroes of Sokoban II: Monsters
    Web
    Combine the movement tricks of several heroes to navigate rooms littered with goblins and dragons.
  • Addlemoth
    Web
    Wield your blade against hellhounds and skeletons in turn-based battles.
  • A Monster's Expedition
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    Nintendo Switch
    Nintendo Switch 2
    PlayStation 4
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    iPad
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    Push and roll trees to build bridges through an expansive open world.
  • Skipping Stones to Lonely Homes
    Web
    Throw stones across the water to create ripples and maneuver lilypads from a distance.
  • Only Sliding
    Windows
    Linux
    Explore a network of caves featuring difficult sliding puzzles.
  • A Short Bike
    Windows
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    Web
    Ride your bike to the top of the cliff, making use of some boxes and a tricky movement scheme.
  • Logica Emotica
    Windows
    iPad
    iPhone
    Android
    Web
    Solve small grid-based puzzles made out of emojis.
  • In a Pickle
    Windows
    Web
    Apply local resets on small islands to solve pickle-pushing puzzles.

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