The Best Chess Games for Nintendo Switch

Update 19 October 2023: Chess Royal added at rank #13.

Here are our 10 Best Chess Games for Nintendo Switch: 1

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate (2022)

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80

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

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

Good match + 7 Bad match

2

Chess Ultra (2017)

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83

Review score

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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

Good match + 69 Bad match - 91

3

Unlock The King (2019)

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88

Review score

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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

Good match + 26 Bad match - 39

4

Sudoku Zenkai (2018)

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87

Review score

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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

Good match + 20 Bad match - 47

5

Headland (2020)

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76

Review score

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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

Good match + 19 Bad match - 24

6

Just Xiangqi (2023)

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ND

Review score

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

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7

Chess - Clash of Kings (2022)

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ND

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IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch

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.

Good match + 14 Bad match - 22

8

Knight's Retreat (2020)

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ND

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Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows

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

Good match + 32 Bad match - 74

9

Chess Brain: Dark Troops (2021)

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ND

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Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

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

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10

BOT.vinnik Chess: Early USSR Championships (2021)

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ND

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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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