Games like Waves of Chess
Games like Waves of Chess include Balatro, FTL: Faster Than Light, Into the Breach, Stoneshard, and Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate. We matched them by the tags players give Waves of Chess on Steam (Strategy, Chess, Roguelike, Board Game, and Turn-Based Tactics): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Balatro
Shared: Roguelike · Strategy · Singleplayer

FTL: Faster Than Light
Shared: Strategy · Roguelike · Singleplayer

Into the Breach
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Roguelike

Stoneshard
Shared: Roguelike · Strategy · Pixel Graphics

Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
Shared: Chess · Strategy · Roguelike

Gambonanza
Shared: Chess · Strategy · Board Game

Vampire Survivors
Shared: 2D · Roguelike · Pixel Graphics

Nubby's Number Factory
Shared: Strategy · Roguelike · Singleplayer

The Ouroboros King
Shared: Turn-Based Tactics · Chess · Board Game

5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
Shared: Chess · Board Game · Strategy

The Last Spell
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Singleplayer

XCOM 2
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Singleplayer

Slay the Spire 2
Shared: Roguelike · Strategy · 2D

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
Shared: Roguelike · Pixel Graphics · 2D

Darkest Dungeon® II
Shared: Turn-Based Tactics · Roguelike · Singleplayer

Dead Cells
Shared: Roguelike · 2D · Pixel Graphics

The Escapists
Shared: Strategy · 2D · Pixel Graphics

Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
Shared: Roguelike · Turn-Based Tactics · Pixel Graphics

Crying Suns
Shared: Strategy · Roguelike · Pixel Graphics

Loop Hero
Shared: Roguelike · Pixel Graphics · Strategy

Slay the Spire
Shared: Roguelike · Strategy · Singleplayer

Peglin
Shared: Roguelike · Strategy · 2D

STAR WARS Zero Company™
Shared: Strategy · Turn-Based Tactics · Singleplayer

Passant: A Chess Roguelike
Shared: Strategy · Chess · Roguelike