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24 alternatives to No More Kings

A challenging puzzle game based on the rules of chess

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. No More Kings launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   OffChess – Offline chess puzzles app▲369

   Hi HN! I'm the developer of rdx, a mildly popular ad-free, privacy and user friendly Reddit client. This time, I made something for a very specific use case: solving chess puzzles with no internet. Why? Well, my Wi-Fi is terrible in the bathroom—and that's where I do some of my best thinking. I tried printing out “mate in X” puzzles to solve offline, but they weren’t fun without interaction. So I built OffChess. OffChess is an iPhone/Android app that contains over 100,000 chess puzzles, fully offline and completely ad-free. You can solve puzzles by category (Mate in…

   2025 · offchess.com · its alternatives →

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   Board Defenders▲75

   Puzzel games based on the chess rules

   2015 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Not Chess▲76

   A puzzling chess-like game

   2020 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Bouncy Ball▲89

   A minimalist, physics puzzle game

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5IM
   I made a little puzzle game about a rogue chess knight▲155

   2025 · knightride.rakhim.org · its alternatives →

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   Play Chess Without Moving Pieces▲36

   2017 · ba.net · its alternatives →

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   Chesster▲117

   3D Chess for your iPhone and iPad

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   none*2▲87

   A mysterious game of riddles, episode2

   2015 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   appANDdown▲54

   Very simple yet engaging puzzle game

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Niaki▲69

    A New Kind of Puzzle made by a bioinformatician

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Puzzle 11▲57

    2048 for the number 11

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Okay? ▲166

    Clear the board in this minimalistic iOS game

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Stealth Chess▲86

    The ancient royal game of conquering kingdoms

    2023 · stealthchess.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Blackbox▲131

    Solve puzzles without touching the screen

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    iSlash heroes▲69

    A new Slashing puzzle

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Tricky Turn▲64

    Welcome to a battle against your own brain!

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Bonza▲69

    A new type of crossword!

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Bouncy Flip▲68

    Very challenging and addictive game

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Blocko▲68

    Simple but addictive puzzle game.

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Super Twenty▲72

    Addictive and challenging puzzle game

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    ROLL AWAY▲62

    A unique and challenging color-based runner game on iOS

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    BrainyChess▲83

    Play, practice, analyze, and save chess games online!

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Two or More▲73

    A stylish color-matching puzzle game for IOS platform

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Arcane Knight▲83

    A mounted combat challenge

    2016 · its alternatives →

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