Chess Rush

Chess Rush is openly inspired by the excellent 'Dota Auto Chess' — as well as a slew of other similar chess games. Here, you face off in epic strategic chess battles in real-time. Your aim? Defeat wave after wave of enemy raids until you've thrashed each of your successive opponents and gain a highly coveted spot on the game's online scoreboard.

Combat systems in Chess Rush are far simpler than what initially meets the eye. In fact, Chess Rush is divided up into two distinct phases. First, you must purchase new units and situate them strategically on the battlefield — chess board. From there, the second phase consists of essentially, just watching as the combat in each match unfolds. Depending on the result of these clashes (most won't last much longer than a couple seconds) you get a larger bounty of coins, or not. Use those coins to access new troops or build on the ones you already have. From there, you start out in a new round of chess battles. The higher your score at the end of each round, the more likely it is that you'll win the match.

In Chess Rush there are a whopping 50 different characters to choose from. Each of them has particular attributes and special attack skills for you to summon from them at precisely the right time to your best strategic advantage. Many, if not all, of your troops' attack skills allow you to synergize your moves with a specific character. Meaning, you need to mix up exactly the right combo in order to win the hardest battles. Another important element to keep in mind is that if you arrange to get three of the same class of heroes, you can fuse them together to create a more powerful unit.

Chess Rush for Windows is the Android version of the game, integrated into the Tencent emulator. That's not to say that the game doesn't also have outstanding visuals and works perfectly on mid-range PCs. All in all, this title is another excellent game for you to play for hours and hours.