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24 alternatives to Don-Key-Ko! Are you smarter than a Gorilla?

Coolest strategy game that combines tic-tac-toe and chess

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Don-Key-Ko! Are you smarter than a Gorilla? launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Square Off▲144
World’s smartest chess board
2017 · indiegogo.com · its alternatives →
2
Probabilistic Tic-Tac-Toe▲293
Please see the associated Hacker News comments for discussion related to this game, including an algorithm for optimal play presented by Louis Abraham.
2024 · csun.io · its alternatives →
3PU
Playable Ultimate Tic Tac Toe▲160
2013 · ken-soft.com · its alternatives →
4
ARKit Tic-Tac-Toe▲61
Play tic-tac-toe in Augmented Reality ✨
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
5
HotterKeys▲63
A quirky game for learning keyboard shortcuts.
2015 · its alternatives →
6MC
My company's new turn based strategy game for Android▲9
Hey, it's been a long time in the making, but we're finally ready with our public BETA version of our Android application. We're anxiously (and nervously) awaiting your feedback, so please lay it on us. Our biggest fear is hearing nothing. The game is called Super Tic Tac Toe. It's a new take on the old, boring tic tac toe that more often than not ended in a cat's game. The game board is a large tic tac toe board with each square comprised of a smaller tic tac toe board. You and an opponent place your marks on the smaller boards, each move dictating where your opponent may move next (and…
2012 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
7
Tic-Tac-Toot▲57
Win at Tic-Tac-Toe and then push Fartastic! Woot Woot!
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
8
Cool Tic Tac Toe▲2
A board puzzle game for strategy building, destress and fun!
2020 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
9
Tricky Turn▲64
Welcome to a battle against your own brain!
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
10
RealTimeToe▲104
Play Tic Tac Toe With Random People [iOS]
2014 · its alternatives →
11
Impossible Tic-Tac-Toe▲60
Learn to master Tic-Tac-Toe so you will never lose!
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
12
BrainyChess▲83
Play, practice, analyze, and save chess games online!
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
13
Chesster▲117
3D Chess for your iPhone and iPad
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
14
Test your (soft) skills▲70
Amazing brain and knowledge trivia
2016 · facebook.com · its alternatives →
15
Genius Camp▲69
Competitive IQ Tests, Brain Teasers and Quiz Game
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
16
bit bit blocks▲57
Cute and action-packed competitive puzzle game
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
17
Draw Story▲70
New and fun turn-based drawing and guessing game!
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
18
Board Defenders▲75
Puzzel games based on the chess rules
2015 · ludusstudio.com · its alternatives →
19
Crowd Tic-Tac-Toe▲68
Worldwide crowdsourced tic-tac-toe
2023 · its alternatives →
20
Beat Battle▲75
A new kind of game.
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
21
Falling Prisoner▲66
Fun game that tests your "tapping" skills
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
22
No More Kings▲72
A challenging puzzle game based on the rules of chess
2015 · montoyaindustries.com · its alternatives →
23
Taijitu 2▲61
A Puzzle Game About Balance (iOS)
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
24
Finger Tap Challenge▲101
Tap as fast as you can, the fastest player win the game
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

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