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24 alternatives to Circular Logic Games

Play different chess like games on different boards

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Circular Logic Games launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1PA

    Thought I would post in celebration of 1 year of my website being online. I've been working on it on and off and currently the website allows users to play Hex, Tumbleweed, Amazons, and Connect 6 against friends or against practice bots. I've been a long time player of some of these games and I felt for a long time that the world could use a few more popular abstract strategy games compared to Chess or Go. If you try it, let me know what you think. I'm always looking for new games or new features to add :)

    Oct 2025 · abstractboardgames.com · its alternatives →

  2. 2

    Fascinating brain game

    2018 · its alternatives →

  3. 3AS
  4. 4

    A casual chess game where games only last 5 minutes

    2020 · its alternatives →

  5. 5AD
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    A board game that teaches the Lean Startup Methodology

    2015 · its alternatives →

  7. 7

    World’s smartest chess board

    2017 · its alternatives →

  8. 8

    Test your skills and strategy with 1D Chess

    2020 · its alternatives →

  9. 9

    Provably fair backgammon with expert AI and analysis

    25d ago · boardgammon.com · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    Simple board logic game

    2018 · its alternatives →

  11. 11

    A quiz game with some interesting puzzle games

    2022 · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    A Merge Dice Puzzle Game

    2018 · its alternatives →

  13. 13TL

    I’ve been building a few small games to help kids (and curious adults) build reasoning and logic skills. Think Word Ladder, Prime Hunter, Math Maze ,all in the browser, no installs. Would love feedback or suggestions for new types of puzzles

    2025 · quizmathgenius.com · its alternatives →

  14. 14

    A virtual chess gym for everyone

    2022 · its alternatives →

  15. 15

    Play Chess in Slack with your fellow workspace members

    2023 · its alternatives →

  16. 16CT

    I continue my experiment of transposing classic games onto an irregular grid. I've previously released variants of minesweeper and checkers. And now I'd like to share my variant of Chess. Chess can be a pretty punishing game, but I thought this was nevertheless a way to make it even more challenging by making it trickier to anticipate your opponent, even though both players still have the same information. From the playtests I've done, that challenge is pretty compelling. It also seems to be more fun at 2 people, where both players keep surprising one another.

    2024 · polyreplay.com · its alternatives →

  17. 17CS

    Chess, but each square also follows the rules of Conway's Game of Life. Only your own pieces count as neighbours when deciding births/deaths. For births, an empty square must have 3 neighbours for 2 consecutive turns. For deaths, a piece must have 3 neighbours for 3 consecutive turns. This is a simple proof of concept I made with python and curses. You can play with a friend locally or over a socket connection. Controls: Arrow keys to move the cursor, enter/space to select and move a piece, u or backspace to undo a move, r to redo a move, q or escape to quit, s to perform a move…

    2023 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

  18. 18

    Easily organise/poll your next game night

    2019 · its alternatives →

  19. 19

    Unique real-time chess without a queue for a move

    2022 · its alternatives →

  20. 20

    Board game of strategy played between friends, family & kids

    2018 · its alternatives →

  21. 21

    Minimalist daily chess habit game

    Dec 2025 · dailychessblitz.com · its alternatives →

  22. 22

    East meets West on the board

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  23. 23

    Multiple-choice chess duels & daily challenges ♟️

    May 2026 · chessbout.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24OC

    My personal project: https://github.com/leonidasdeim/chasse Goal was to build session based chessboard game without any rules - to play just like oldschool over the board. Just create new board and share link with a friend. I would appreciate any feedback and github star. Thanks!

    2023 · chasse.fun · its alternatives →

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