The Best Chess Games for Nintendo Switch
By Sophia Edwards
Update : Chess Royal added at rank #13.
Here are our 10 Best Chess Games for Nintendo Switch:Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate (2022)
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Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun. A unique strategy roguelike based on the timeless checkboard classic.
- chess
- rogue-like
- turn-based
- strategy
- card
Chess Ultra (2017)
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Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One
Introducing Chess Ultra; the most breathtaking chess game ever made. Experience stunning 4K visuals, seamless online multiplayer, Grandmaster approved AI and full VR compatibility.
- chess
- tabletop
- cross-platform
- board-game
Unlock The King (2019)
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Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch
A originally designed puzzle game inspired by Chess. Move the pieces and create a path to Unlock the King.
- sokoban
- chess
- movement
- minimalist
- logic
- futuristic
- tabletop
- board-game
- grid
- atmospheric
- puzzle
- sci-fi
- turn-based
- simple
- tactical
Sudoku Zenkai (2018)
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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Nintendo Switch Android IOS iPhone
Sudoku Zenkai is a game for everyone, from beginning to advanced players. It brings a new dimension to sudoku - you can solve puzzles with your friends, wherever they are! You can start a new puzzle with a friend or call one over to help when you get stuck.
- solitaire
- logic
- chess
- high-quality
- tabletop
- text
- linear
- abstract
- education
- minimalist
- point-and-click
- puzzle
- relaxing
- stylized
- family-friendly
Headland (2020)
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IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS
A powerful force shatters the imagination core from Nor’s Headland. With his robot friends he has to find the fragments and fight to regain his limitless creativity.
- sci-fi
- robots
- metroidvania
- chess
- action-adventure
- exploration
- funny
- puzzle
- colourful
- boss-fight
- combat
- family-friendly
- adventure
- side-scrolling
- cover
Just Xiangqi (2023)
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PC Windows Nintendo Switch
This is a refreshing Chinese chess game with realistic graphics and a detailed audio tutorial that will keep you entertained, even as a novice. A variety of well-designed challenges will test your tactics. Sit back and relax, as you transform into a master of strategy.
- board-game
- strategy
- tactical
- tabletop
- turn-based
- chess
- 3d
- relaxing
- realistic
- simulation
Chess - Clash of Kings (2022)
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Chess is a strategic game with 10 different levels of difficulty. Hints are available to show the most advantageous moves. In the case of a mistake, you can use an Undo option. It has challenges with 400+ chess puzzles.
Knight's Retreat (2020)
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A chess game without any chess. Rearrange your troops to bring your best Knights back to your Kingdom in an abstract medieval world.
- chess
- abstract
- puzzle
- minimalist
- tabletop
- relaxing
- medieval
Chess Brain: Dark Troops (2021)
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This game develops the ability to predict movement in Chess, using a playful and immersive concept. The dark troops march in a single sound. They are more organized and smarter
- chess
- sokoban
- movement
- programming
- logic
- board-game
- minimalist
- turn-based
- puzzle
- tabletop
- grid
BOT.vinnik Chess: Early USSR Championships (2021)
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Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows
All this current chess hype is producing too many know-it-alls. It's time to teach you kids real chess from my fellow masters. Enroll now and you might learn a thing or two.
- chess
- unforgiving
- artificial
- intelligence
- psychological
- board-game
- text
- horror
- top-down
- education
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