5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel similar games & best alternatives

5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel

PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2020

Should you play it?

It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!

What works

  • Unique and innovative multidimensional chess mechanics
  • High intellectual challenge and strategic depth
  • Engaging puzzles and mental stimulation
  • Long, immersive gameplay sessions
  • Strong community support for learning

Things to keep in mind

  • Extremely high complexity and steep learning curve
  • Can cause mental fatigue and frustration
  • Limited multiplayer population
  • Lack of narrative or story content
  • Minimal customization or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

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  • Chess Ultimate

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Less dominating

Games that feels like 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel but with less domination over others

  • Passant: A Chess Roguelike

  • Shattered Pixel Dungeon

  • Pawnbarian

  • Into the Breach

  • Merge Maestro

  • Cubetractor

More story-driven

Games that feels like 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Big Winner

  • Petal Crash

  • ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery)

  • Soulestination

  • Soulash 2

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5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Violence, Cooperation, Fellowship.

Last update: 03/08/2026