- #1 Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
87% matchVery Positive84% of 42,158 reviews2021
Dev: Owlcat GamesPub: META Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.2 hrsMean: 58.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Embark on a journey to a realm overrun by demons in a new epic RPG from the creators of the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Explore the nature of good and evil, learn the true cost of power, and rise as a Mythic Hero capable of deeds beyond mortal expectations.
Why similar: CRPG 17.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Character Customization 9.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%
- #2 Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
85% matchVery Positive88% of 42,245 reviews2023
Dev: Owlcat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 54.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
Why similar: CRPG 18.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Character Customization 9.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%
- #3 Wasteland 3
83% matchVery Positive85% of 21,887 reviews2020
Dev: inXile Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
Why similar: CRPG 21.7%, Turn-Based 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Character Customization 11.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%
- #4 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
79% matchVery Positive90% of 20,366 reviews2018
Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.5%, Turn-Based 15.9%, Tactical 11.9%, Strategy 11%
- #5 XCOM®: Chimera Squad
78% matchMostly Positive71% of 23,225 reviews2020
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 30.9%, Turn-Based 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Strategy 13.2%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #6 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,718 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.
Why similar: CRPG 29.9%, Turn-Based Combat 19.6%, Turn-Based 10.1%, RPG 7.7%, Strategy 7.3%
- #7 Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
76% matchVery Positive88% of 6,237 reviews2019
Dev: 6 Eyes StudioPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 20.5%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, RPG 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Turn-Based 11.1%
- #8 Jagged Alliance 3
74% matchVery Positive89% of 14,204 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.4%, Turn-Based Combat 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Tactical 15.2%, Strategy 10.5%
- #9 The Age of Decadence
76% matchVery Positive82% of 3,941 reviews2015
Dev: Iron Tower Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic, post-apocalyptic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.
Why similar: CRPG 19.6%, Turn-Based 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%
- #10 The Iron Oath
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 889 reviews2023
Dev: Curious Panda GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Why similar: CRPG 17.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.5%, Turn-Based 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%
- #11 King Arthur: Knight's Tale
72% matchVery Positive84% of 7,348 reviews2022
Dev: NeocoreGames
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A unique hybrid between turn-based tactical games and traditional, character-centric RPGs. Knight's Tale is a modern retelling of a classic Arthurian mythology story filtered through the dark fantasy tropes, a twist on the traditional tales of chivalry.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 15.2%, CRPG 14.4%, Turn-Based 13%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%
- #12 XCOM: Enemy Unknown
73% matchVery Positive93% of 57,945 reviews2012
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26.2%, Turn-Based 21.7%, Tactical 17.3%, Sci-fi 12%, Strategy 9%
- #13 Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game
70% matchVery Positive88% of 3,868 reviews2023
Dev: Iron Tower Studio
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees.
Why similar: CRPG 21.8%, Turn-Based 16.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%
- #14 The Last Spell
69% matchVery Positive92% of 12,688 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 26.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Turn-Based 17%, Turn-Based Combat 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Tactical 10.9%
- #15 XCOM® 2
71% matchVery Positive85% of 106,976 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 61.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Why similar: Turn-Based 15.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Character Customization 11.8%
- #16 Showgunners
67% matchVery Positive94% of 1,820 reviews2023
Dev: ArtificerPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 19.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Tactical 13.4%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #17 The Banner Saga
68% matchVery Positive89% of 15,837 reviews2014
Dev: StoicPub: Stoic Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
Why similar: Turn-Based 30.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Tactical 12.6%, RPG 12.1%, Strategy 9.2%
- #18 Wartales
64% matchVery Positive87% of 34,145 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 51.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 30.7%, Turn-Based Combat 22%, Turn-Based 15.5%, RPG 15%, Strategy 6.6%
- #19 Expeditions: Viking
66% matchVery Positive83% of 4,124 reviews2017
Dev: Logic ArtistsPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Circa 790 AD. A small band of Norse warriors lands on the shores of England. History may have forgotten their names, but their actions live on. As the chieftain of your clan, let ambition guide your choices in the party-based RPG Expeditions: Viking. How will history remember you?
Why similar: Turn-Based 23%, CRPG 12.6%, Character Customization 11.4%, RPG 10.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%
- #20 Crown Wars: The Black Prince
66% matchMixed60% of 579 reviews2024
Dev: Artefacts StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
The War of Crowns rages on. Knights and brigands run rampant throughout the land, sowing destruction. From your castle base, rise to become the lord who leads the battle against the forces of evil in this turn-based tactics and strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Character Customization 9.6%
- #21 Hard West 2
65% matchVery Positive82% of 3,025 reviews2022
Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Turn-Based 16.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13.1%, Tactical 10.1%
- #22 Paranoia: Happiness is Mandatory
65% matchMixed49% of 43 reviews2023
Dev: Black ShamrockPub: Nacon
Windows
Lead a team of four Troubleshooters of dubious loyalty, who (mostly) obey orders from Friend Computer, a paranoid and irrational artificial intelligence. Inspired by the classic games of the CRPG genre, experience the first official adaptation of the cult role-playing game!
Why similar: CRPG 13.6%, Turn-Based 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Character Customization 9.8%
- #23 Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition
65% matchVery Positive87% of 4,766 reviews2015
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.7%, CRPG 16.1%, RPG 12.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 10%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%
- #24 Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
65% matchVery Positive89% of 6,470 reviews2014
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.4%, CRPG 16.3%, RPG 12.3%, Tactical 8.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.4%
- #25 SPARTA 2035 Prologue & Sea of Pirates DLC
62% matchVery Positive82% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Lipsar Studio
Windows
Turn-based tactics & strategy about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action-movie vibe. Command Sparta: recruit distinctive fighters, upgrade your base, run missions, and decide Africa’s future—no point-blank misses, with real ballistics.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Turn-Based 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Tactical 11%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%
- #26 Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
64% matchMostly Positive77% of 14,037 reviews2022
Dev: Complex GamesPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%, Character Customization 11%, Tactical 10.8%
- #27 Battle Brothers
64% matchVery Positive88% of 27,079 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 19.5 hrsMean: 93.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Why similar: Character Customization 29%, RPG 14.8%, Strategy 14.2%, Fantasy 13.2%, Story Rich 12.7%
- #28 RimWorld
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 235,937 reviews2018
Dev: Ludeon Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 59.1 hrsMean: 259.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Why similar: Sci-fi 37.9%, Strategy 28.1%, Story Rich 26.8%, Singleplayer 7.2%
- #29 Gears Tactics
64% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,496 reviews2020
Dev: Splash DamagePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 25.3%, Turn-Based 23.5%, Strategy 21%, Tactical 12%, Character Customization 6.7%
- #30 Expeditions: Rome
63% matchVery Positive88% of 6,468 reviews2022
Dev: Logic ArtistsPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?
Why similar: CRPG 24.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, RPG 8.3%, Strategy 7.2%
- #31 ATOM RPG Trudograd
62% matchVery Positive84% of 4,350 reviews2021
Dev: AtomTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
ATOM RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of ATOM RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.
Why similar: CRPG 28.8%, Turn-Based 15.8%, Turn-Based Combat 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%, Tactical 8.4%
- #32 BATTLETECH
62% matchVery Positive84% of 32,615 reviews2018
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 43.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Tactical 9.8%, Strategy 9.6%
- #33 Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II
63% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Fast-paced tactical combat meets strategic management in this sequel to the acclaimed Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. Take control of either the ancient and deathless Necron legions or the techno-religious acolytes of the Omnissiah, with the fate of a world in your hands.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Turn-Based 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%, Tactical 9.5%
- #34 Into the Breach
61% matchVery Positive94% of 21,718 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.6%, Turn-Based 16.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.9%, Strategy 10.3%
- #35 Tyranny
61% matchVery Positive87% of 13,108 reviews2016
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.
Why similar: CRPG 28.4%, RPG 15.2%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%, Story Rich 8.3%
- #36 Age of Wonders 4
59% matchVery Positive81% of 21,721 reviews2023
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 22.4 hrsMean: 58.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 15.4%, Character Customization 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.1%, Tactical 10.8%
- #37 MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
59% matchVery Positive85% of 14,629 reviews2021
Dev: Piranha Games Inc.
Windows
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 55.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The year is 3015. The battlefields are dominated by war machines known as BattleMechs. Level entire cities and decimate the enemy in your BattleMech. Follow a quest for glory and revenge. Manage an expanding mercenary company. Fight alongside your friends with a four-player PvE co-op.
Why similar: Combat 55.9%, Action 28.2%, Singleplayer 15.9%
- #38 Mordheim: City of the Damned
62% matchMostly Positive70% of 8,314 reviews2015
Dev: Rogue FactorPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes.
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.9%, Tactical 14.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%
- #39 Othercide
60% matchVery Positive82% of 5,137 reviews2020
Dev: Lightbulb CrewPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 19.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.8%, Turn-Based 16.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%, Strategy 11.4%
- #40 Warhounds
61% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Everplay DMCCPub: Brightika, Inc.
Windows
Warhounds is a turn-based tactics game about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action movie vibe, inspired by XCOM and Jagged Alliance. Recruit unique fighters, upgrade your base, and fight for Africa’s future. No fake RNG - only true ballistics and lethal tactics.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 15.9%, Turn-Based 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Tactical 11.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%
- #41 TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children
59% matchVery Positive94% of 9,630 reviews2020
Dev: Dandylion
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children is the first season of a turn-based strategy SRPG that takes place in the world of Troubleshooter.
Why similar: CRPG 24.7%, Turn-Based 18.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12.5%
- #42 The PIT: Broken Bones
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Creative Forge
Windows
The Pit is a turn-based tactical game set in dark fantasy. You will manage the guild of gladiators, fight battles for life and death.
Why similar: Turn-Based 16.8%, CRPG 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.4%, RPG 11.8%, Strategy 11.2%
- #43 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
58% matchVery Positive85% of 30,724 reviews2021
Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?
Why similar: Strategy 81.8%, Singleplayer 18.2%
- #44 Terra Invicta
56% matchVery Positive81% of 8,993 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 51.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
Why similar: Turn-Based 30.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 30%, Tactical 23.1%, Strategy 13.5%, Singleplayer 3%
- #45 WARNO
57% matchVery Positive81% of 14,866 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 69.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 47.8%, Tactical 29.7%, Strategy 22.5%
- #46 Blackguards 2
61% matchMixed67% of 1,249 reviews2015
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.5%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, RPG 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, CRPG 9.2%
- #47 Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
60% matchVery Positive83% of 8,089 reviews2014
Dev: inXile Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 22.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.
Why similar: Turn-Based 30.8%, CRPG 20.1%, RPG 15%, Tactical 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%
- #48 Kenshi
58% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 110,185 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 70.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: RPG 40.9%, Strategy 24%, Character Customization 22.1%, Adventure 7.2%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #49 Darkest Dungeon® II
58% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,123 reviews2023
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 19.2%, CRPG 18.1%, Turn-Based 15%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%
- #50 Wargame: Red Dragon
59% matchVery Positive89% of 19,610 reviews2014
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 52.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Why similar: Strategy 53.1%, Tactical 38.9%, Action 3.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%, Adventure 2%
- #51 Dwarf Fortress
56% matchVery Positive95% of 30,790 reviews2022
Dev: Bay 12 GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 38.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
Why similar: Strategy 85.9%, Fantasy 14.1%
- #52 The Banner Saga 3
59% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,007 reviews2018
Dev: StoicPub: Stoic Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Banner Saga 3 is the epic conclusion to a sweeping viking saga six years in the making. This strategic RPG, acclaimed for its strong story and compelling characters has won over 20 awards and been nominated for 4 BAFTA awards.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, RPG 10.7%
- #53 Total War: WARHAMMER III
58% matchMostly Positive70% of 140,992 reviews2022
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 32.7 hrsMean: 152.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 32.2%, Dark Fantasy 18.8%, Strategy 15.9%, Tactical 13.2%, Fantasy 11.4%
- #54 Quasimorph
56% matchVery Positive83% of 5,897 reviews2023
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based extraction RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.1%, Turn-Based Combat 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Tactical 11.5%
- #55 Total War: WARHAMMER II
57% matchVery Positive93% of 121,264 reviews2017
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 41.5 hrsMean: 180.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26.4%, Strategy 21.1%, Turn-Based 15.6%, Fantasy 13.8%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%
- #56 ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™
55% matchVery Positive92% of 82,764 reviews2023
Dev: FromSoftware, Inc.
Windows
Median: 15.9 hrsMean: 32.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A new action game based on the concept of the ARMORED CORE series that uses the knowledge gained from FromSoftware's recent action game development.
Why similar: Character Customization 43.4%, Sci-fi 24.1%, Combat 19.7%, Action 8.9%, Singleplayer 4%
- #57 Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
54% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 12,755 reviews2025
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 26.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".
Why similar: Tactical 59.8%, Strategy 24.6%, Action 11.1%, Singleplayer 4.6%
- #58 Broken Arrow
57% matchMixed55% of 28,686 reviews2025
Dev: Steel BalalaikaPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 35.7 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.
Why similar: Tactical 48.7%, Strategy 47.9%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #59 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
55% matchVery Positive88% of 286,135 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 61.2 hrsMean: 152.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
Why similar: Character Customization 29.5%, Strategy 28.1%, RPG 25.9%, Action 6.4%, Adventure 5.9%