- #1 Pathway
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,234 reviews2019
Dev: RobotalityPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.9%, Turn-Based 15.5%, Strategy RPG 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%
- #2 Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
89% 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 24.1%, Tactical RPG 19.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Strategy RPG 11.5%
- #3 Boardquest: Tales of Liria
77% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Ramezware SL
Windows · Mac
Lead Orcs, Humans, Elves, or Demons toward victory over Liria in this turn-based strategy for 1-4 players. Advance your skills, wield powerful weapons, and form alliances to defeat your foes. Bring peace over Liria with the solo campaign or face your friends in a local or online multiplayer.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Tactical RPG 10.8%, Strategy RPG 10.4%, Turn-Based 9.9%
- #4 Crying Suns
77% matchVery Positive86% of 4,447 reviews2019
Dev: Alt Shift
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.
Why similar: Tactical 33.2%, Strategy 30.6%, Pixel Graphics 24.7%, Indie 7.7%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #5 Jagged Alliance 3
75% 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 21.3%, Tactical RPG 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Tactical 11.5%, Strategy 10.4%
- #6 Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition
75% matchVery Positive87% of 6,921 reviews2018
Dev: SEGA
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A Continent Engulfed in the Bitter Flames of War! Commander Claude Wallace and his childhood friends set out to fight in a desperate war, but bone-chilling blizzards, waves of imperial soldiers, and the godlike powers of the Valkyria stand between them and victory.
Why similar: Turn-Based 25.6%, Strategy RPG 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Strategy 12.7%, Tactical RPG 11.1%
- #7 Sword Legacy: Omen
76% matchMixed65% of 716 reviews2018
Dev: Firecast Studio
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Survive strategic turn-based combat in this award-winning indie tactical RPG as you embark on an epic revenge quest in search of the long-lost Excalibur.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 21.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Strategy 11.4%, Turn-Based 10.3%
- #8 Pawnbarian
74% matchVery Positive89% of 866 reviews2021
Dev: j4nw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 42%, Turn-Based Strategy 35.7%, Strategy 20.3%, Singleplayer 2%
- #9 EarthX
73% matchVery Positive88% of 905 reviews2023
Dev: DenisPub: Mesote Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
EarthX is a rocket company management game. Go from launching small rockets on Earth to eventually building a colony on Mars. Create your own Internet constellation, develop new technologies, supply the International Space Station and terraform Mars!
Why similar: Strategy 46.2%, Family Friendly 32.2%, Indie 14%, Singleplayer 7.6%
- #10 Lotyas
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Loryend
Windows
Experience single-player or multiplayer battles in Lotyas, a realistic turn-based tactical strategy game with a medieval theme.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Tactical RPG 15.4%, Strategy RPG 11.6%, Strategy 10.2%
- #11 Supraland
72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 14,623 reviews2019
Dev: Supra Games
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Try the demo! A mix between Portal, Zelda and Metroid. Exploration, puzzles, terrible combat, secret upgrades and new abilities that help you reach new places. Playtime 12-25h.
Why similar: Family Friendly 68.3%, Singleplayer 31.7%
- #12 ΔV: Rings of Saturn
71% matchVery Positive93% of 3,302 reviews2023
Dev: Kodera Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A physics-based mining sim, set in the thickest debris field in Sol. Every action has a reaction, lasers are invisible without a medium, and your thrust is a potent weapon. Find trade, adapt your equipment to your playstyle, hire a crew to help. Unravel the mysteries of the rings, or just get rich.
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #13 WARSAW RISING: City of Heroes
74% matchMixed65% of 1,373 reviews2019
Dev: Pixelated MilkPub: Instytut Pamięci Narodowej
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
WARSAW RISING: City of Heroes is a challenging turn-based tactical RPG set in an occupied capital during WWII. Pick your heroes. Navigate historic streets. Confront occupiers. And try to survive the 63 days of hell in this historically accurate portrayal of Poles fighting for their city.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 32.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.3%, Strategy RPG 21.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Strategy 8.5%
- #14 The Last Spell
71% 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: Tactical RPG 18.6%, Turn-Based 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Strategy RPG 13.2%
- #15 Circle Empires Tactics
72% matchMixed50% of 44 reviews2022
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
It’s Circle Empires like never before! Take to the field in simultaneous turn-based tactical battles. Combine powerful magical tokens to infuse your army with unstoppable power, and take on evil demigods in single player. Or peer into the minds of your friends and predict their plans in multiplayer.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 14.4%, Turn-Based 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Tactical 10.2%
- #16 Desu Vult
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Penguin Garden
Windows
A new power is rising on Flat Earth! Figure out who the villain is in this old-school turn-based strategy game and save its mostly innocent denizens with the help of the world's most unhelpful sidekick. Explore secrets, fight bizarre enemies and test your wits in this fantasy adventure!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18%, Strategy RPG 17.7%, Tactical RPG 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Strategy 13.3%
- #17 General Tactics: An Shi Rebellion
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Liyun
Windows
In November 755, the An Shi Rebellion broke out, with most Tang Empire's cities falling to the rebels. You will be appointed as Military Governor of Shuofang to confront them. Form legions and strengthen your power to completely defeat the rebels.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 25.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.4%, Strategy RPG 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Strategy 9.5%
- #18 Fae Tactics
70% matchVery Positive85% of 1,703 reviews2020
Dev: Endlessfluff GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 51%
In Fae Tactics, follow a young magic user named Peony on her journey across a vibrant world full of mystery and danger. Summon allies, cast spells, and befriend a motley crew of characters as you dive into the growing conflicts between man and magical beings known as fae.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 31.1%, Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based 14.9%, Tactical 11.5%, Tactical RPG 10.4%
- #19 Powers Downtown
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Masaharu Studio
Windows
Powers Downtown is a turn-based combat RPG that features a unique fighting system. Your objective is to roam the rooftops of the city, battle enemies of varying abilities and gain experience when defeating enemies. Search for strong fighters to recruit and build a formidable team.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Strategy RPG 17.1%, Turn-Based 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Tactical RPG 13.2%
- #20 Fort Triumph
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 994 reviews2020
Dev: CookieByte Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
A strategy game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with the world exploration of HOMM. Build towns, collect artifacts, improve your heroes, and influence your tactical surroundings using physics!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 17.5%, Turn-Based 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Local Co-Op 9.5%
- #21 Into the Breach
69% 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 26.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 22%, Turn-Based 16.9%, Strategy 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%
- #22 Eldrador® Creatures
70% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2020
Dev: Independent Arts Software GmbHPub: Wild River Games
Windows
Go into combat together with your favourite Eldrador® Creatures in the Battle of the 4 Worlds and defeat the other factions so that you can call the powerful Superweapon your own and rule over Eldrador!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 21.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Strategy RPG 18%, Strategy 15.4%
- #23 逆战勇士团
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZhengKesheng
Windows
As a soul awakened in chaos, lead 17 heroes to revolt against the Dragon Empire. This SRPG blends tactics with Diablo-style loot. Conquer 31 battles, collect "Black Gold" gear, and break level limits. Every choice you make writes the final chapter of this epic redemption!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 25%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.2%, Turn-Based 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Strategy 10.9%
- #24 Popup Dungeon
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,044 reviews2020
Dev: Triple.B.TitlesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A tactical roguelike RPG inspired by our favorite tabletop games that lets you create any ability, item, villain, hero, and game imaginable.
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.2%, Tactical RPG 19.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Strategy 14%
- #25 The Amazing American Circus
70% matchMixed53% of 425 reviews2021
Dev: Klabater
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Roll up and play a deck building game like no other! Gather weird and wonderful performers, amaze audiences, explore Gilded Age America, and transform your run down circus into an entertainment empire. Play your cards right and you could claim the crown of greatest showman from P.T .Barnum!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 28.8%, Strategy RPG 25.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Tactical 17.2%, Strategy 9.3%
- #26 Pikuniku
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,948 reviews2019
Dev: Arnaud De BockPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Pikuniku is an absurdly wonderful puzzle-exploration game that takes place in a strange but playful world where not everything is as happy as it seems. Help peculiar characters overcome struggles, uncover a deep state conspiracy, and start a little revolution in this delightful dystopian adventure!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 27.8%, Co-op 24.7%, Multiplayer 24%, Family Friendly 11.9%, Indie 9.7%
- #27 Wargroove 2
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 432 reviews2023
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Trouble stirs on the shores of Aurania. An ambitious new faction has unearthed forbidden relics capable of catastrophic consequences. But how far will they go to achieve glory? Take to the battlefield, sea, and sky with a cast of new Commanders, using your wits to wage turn-based war!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Strategy RPG 11.3%, Local Co-Op 10.2%
- #28 Book of Demons
68% matchVery Positive91% of 9,468 reviews2018
Dev: Thing Trunk
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Book of Demons is a Hack & Slash in which YOU decide the length of quests. Wield magic cards instead of weapons and slay the armies of darkness in the dungeons below the Old Cathedral. Save the terror-stricken Paperverse from the clutches of the Archdemon himself!
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
- #29 Chronicles of Ultiria
67% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: Snowalski Studios LLC
Windows
Chronicles of Ultiria is a classic strategy RPG where you command a diverse cast of characters through turn and grid-based battles. Strategize to overcome enemies, traverse dangerous maps, and unravel the dark plots of the Ultiran Emperor.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 29.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.4%, Strategy RPG 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Strategy 9.7%
- #30 Hero's Hour
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 5,652 reviews2022
Dev: Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" HauerPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A fast turn-based strategy RPG with real-time combat. Develop your cities and armies, level up your heroes to gain new, powerful spells and skills, and explore the wonders and dangers of the procedurally generated maps as you aim to conquer your enemies before they do the same to you.
Why similar: Turn-Based 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Strategy RPG 12.9%, Local Co-Op 10.1%
- #31 Expeditions: Viking
68% 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 43.2%, Tactical RPG 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Strategy 14.9%, Tactical 7.4%
- #32 Tooth and Tail
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 4,109 reviews2017
Dev: Pocketwatch Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!
Why similar: Strategy 31%, Pixel Graphics 21.1%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Local Co-Op 10.4%, Local Multiplayer 8.6%
- #33 《鬼畜战记:金坷垃传说》
68% matchVery Positive90% of 120 reviews2019
Dev: 小闲
Windows
为了防止圣物金坷垃落入侵略者的手中,圣地亚戈大陆上的战士们纷纷挺身而出。
Why similar: Tactical RPG 17.2%, Strategy RPG 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Turn-Based 11.2%
- #34 Godstone Tactics
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Slap Games
Windows · Mac
Godstone Tactics is a tactical turn-based strategy game featuring competitive battles. Assemble your team of distinctive animal units. Master the unique challenges of each isometric arena with your tactics. Outsmart opponents to defeat the enemy king and claim victory in the world of Sangreal!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18.2%, Turn-Based 16.7%, Tactical RPG 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Tactical 10.6%
- #35 ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove!
68% matchVery Positive88% of 1,120 reviews2019
Dev: HumaNature Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove! is a mash-up of the very best features of the classic console games with a ton of fresh improvements! Explore Earth as funky aliens from planet Funkotron trying to find your missing ship pieces to get back home in this casual co-op roguelike.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 37.7%, Co-op 21.9%, Online Co-Op 14%, Local Multiplayer 13.3%, Indie 13.2%
- #36 No Mana, Just Dice
65% matchVery Positive89% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Dice CapitalPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Zero Mana. Massive Debt. No Mana, Just Dice is a tactical turn-based roguelike. Play as a dropout witch who needs dice just to take a single step! Use your limited dice to maneuver and attack, outsmart your bad luck, and seize the wish-granting scroll to rewrite your fate.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Strategy 14.2%, Tactical RPG 10.3%
- #37 XCOM®: Chimera Squad
68% 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 36.7%, Turn-Based 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Strategy 17%, Tactical 4.6%
- #38 GeneWars
66% matchPositive100% of 31 reviews2023
Dev: Maker製造機Pub: RMAsia
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gene Wars is a WarSong(Langrisser) like turn-based game . You will lead the army of cells to fight for the jihad of creating life. Train soldiers and characters, master the combat between arms and defeat the enemy on the battlefield!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Tactical RPG 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Strategy RPG 15.7%, Tactical 10.5%
- #39 Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy
66% matchVery Positive94% of 21,594 reviews2019
Dev: Toys for BobPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Same sick burns, same smoldering attitude, now all scaled up in stunning HD, Spyro is back in the Spyro™ Reignited Trilogy! Rekindle the fire with remastered versions of the original three games, Spyro™ the Dragon, Spyro™ 2: Ripto's Rage! and Spyro™: Year of the Dragon.
Why similar: Family Friendly 82.3%, Singleplayer 17.7%
- #40 One Step From Eden
66% matchVery Positive93% of 7,590 reviews2020
Dev: Thomas Moon KangPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 35.9%, Strategy 31.1%, Pixel Graphics 24.2%, Indie 8.8%
- #41 Kingdom Two Crowns
66% matchVery Positive90% of 37,560 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 22.3%, Online Co-Op 19.1%, Strategy 16.5%, Co-op 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%
- #42 Hellenica
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2017
Dev: The Dragonloft
Windows · Mac
In this puzzle RPG, explore a steam-powered ancient Greece as Artemis' bear warrior on a mythological quest of technology and magic. Push, toss, and bounce friend and foe, and use the environment to your advantage. You choose the battles, allies, and plots you encounter.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 22.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.5%, Strategy RPG 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Tactical 10.7%
- #43 INMOST
66% matchVery Positive91% of 7,172 reviews2020
Dev: Hidden Layer GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Escape the depths of an otherworldly labyrinth in this cinematic puzzle platformer. Explore a hauntingly beautiful world, with three playable characters, in one dark, interconnected story.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 68.8%, Indie 21.8%, Singleplayer 9.4%
- #44 Battle Tokens
65% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2025
Dev: ArchDawn
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battle Tokens is a free-to-play, turn-based tactics RPG where up to 9 players push 2D tokens across a living grid, crush escalating monster waves, and complete dynamic quests for gold, upgrades, and items!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Strategy RPG 16.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Online Co-Op 10.9%
- #45 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,032 reviews2019
Dev: Serious SimPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Use the radio to give commands to the soldiers on the battlefield. Keep track of the situation based on their voice reports only. Lead US platoons to clash with Vietcong in a realistic, innovative approach to the RTS genre. Make hard choices in a narrative driven experience, and face the outcome.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 63.8%, Strategy 30%, Singleplayer 6.2%
- #46 Warbanners
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 602 reviews2017
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Warbanners: the turn-based, tactical strategy game with role-playing elements that lets you manage a squad of mercenaries, and survive 42 campaign missions. Your goal? To earn a place among ancient legends!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 20.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.4%, Turn-Based 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Strategy RPG 12.9%
- #47 Tactics Ogre: Reborn
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 4,348 reviews2022
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 35.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Tactics Ogre, crown jewel of the tactical role-playing genre, is reborn! Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 35.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.7%, Strategy RPG 20.1%, Turn-Based 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.5%
- #48 Neverout
68% matchMixed64% of 236 reviews2017
Dev: Gamedust
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Neverout is a 'Escape Room' game with quantum physic and reality bending. Packed with dozens of levels, difficult puzzles, eerie atmosphere and unreal immersion. Every action creates reaction. Nothing is certain, but one thing is known - every lock has a key. And in Neverout, the key - is YOU.
Why similar: Indie 61.2%, Singleplayer 38.8%
- #49 Disgaea PC
66% matchVery Positive87% of 4,757 reviews2016
Dev: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.Pub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The hotheaded Laharl seeks to be the next big Overlord in the Netherworld...and will destroy anyone that gets in his way! With his devious vassal Etna and the angel trainee Flonne as his unlikely allies, he must battle his way to supremacy and retake the throne in this over-the-top RPG adventure!
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.5%, Strategy RPG 21.9%, Tactical RPG 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%
- #50 Telefrag VR
67% matchMixed60% of 112 reviews2019
Dev: Anshar StudiosPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Telefrag VR is a hellishly fast-paced shooter with visceral movement and combat mechanics. Dash, shoot, and teleport around unique arenas that feature impossible geometry where there is no right side up and death can come from any direction.
Why similar: Multiplayer 44.7%, PvP 31.9%, Indie 14.1%, Singleplayer 9.3%
- #51 Beaten Path
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Peacebreak Studio
Windows
Beaten Path is a turn-based tactical RPG set in a world ruled by fallen gods and ancient machines. Take command of Panna and her companions as they unravel the secrets of time, confronting lost memories, mythic powers, and a looping fate.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 28.2%, Strategy RPG 21.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.1%, Strategy 17.6%, Tactical 9.4%
- #52 Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
65% matchVery Positive91% of 52,734 reviews2017
Dev: Red Dot GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Build and expand your repair service empire in this incredibly detailed and highly realistic simulation game, where attention to car detail is astonishing. Find classic, unique cars in the new Barn Find module and Junkyard module. You can even add your self-made car in the Car Editor.
Why similar: Multiplayer 63.9%, Strategy 14.7%, Singleplayer 12.2%, Co-op 9.2%
- #53 Wizard of Legend
65% matchVery Positive91% of 20,884 reviews2018
Dev: Contingent99
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasizes precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a rogue-like dungeon crawler that features over a hundred unique spells and relics!
Why similar: Local Co-Op 32.7%, Pixel Graphics 21.7%, Local Multiplayer 16.3%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Co-op 11.8%
- #54 Guile & Glory: Firstborn
65% matchPositive97% of 32 reviews2021
Dev: Elston Studios
Windows
Make the battlefield your weapon to vanquish monstrous foes in turn-based, tactical combat. Explore the mysterious Drowned Lands in a tale of heroic fantasy inspired by the arcade classics of old.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 26.9%, Strategy RPG 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.4%, Tactical 8.3%
- #55 Live by the Sword: Tactics
65% matchMostly Positive71% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Labrador Studios
Windows · Mac
Live By The Sword: Tactics is a streamlined tactical RPG that blends classic and contemporary gameplay elements. The game is set in a world recovering from the ravages of war, you must navigate the treacherous landscape to prevent further turmoil. Single Player and Multiplayer modes available.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Strategy RPG 14.2%, Tactical RPG 12.4%, Tactical 8.8%
- #56 Wandersong
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,846 reviews2018
Dev: Wishes Ultd.Pub: Greg Lobanov
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A musical platforming adventure with an emotional story. Play as a silly bard and use music to interact with everything on a journey around the world. Along the way you'll explore, solve puzzles, and meet a huge cast of characters!
Why similar: Family Friendly 54.8%, Indie 45.2%
- #57 X-Morph: Defense
65% matchVery Positive92% of 4,065 reviews2017
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
Why similar: Local Co-Op 39.7%, Strategy 29%, Co-op 20.1%, Indie 7.4%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #58 Tactics V: "Obsidian Brigade"
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 34 reviews2019
Dev: From Nothing Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tactics V: "Obsidian Brigade" is a retro-style tactical turn-based video game in homage to console tactical RPGs from the 1990s.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 21.1%, Turn-Based 20.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Strategy RPG 15.1%, Strategy 14.2%
- #59 Hexologic
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,333 reviews2018
Dev: MythicOwl
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Immerse yourself in the beautiful world of Hexologic. Solve challenging, yet rewarding puzzles, listen to relaxing music, dive deep into the game’s atmosphere and fall in love in with Sudoku again!
Why similar: Family Friendly 71.7%, Singleplayer 14.8%, Indie 13.4%