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Why similar: Turn-Based 21.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, Aliens 15.2%, Strategy 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%

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 37.2%, Strategy 30.3%, Turn-Based 21.5%, Tactical 4.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 3.1%

Retro sci-fi tactical turn-based strategy with an exciting storyline. The Albatross space liner is overrun by lizard-like monsters that can infect humans and turn them into their own kind. Save the passengers and defeat the hostile creatures.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 66.7%, Strategy 26.8%, Turn-Based 2.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 1.8%, Sci-fi 0.9%

MASSIVE CHALICE is a tactical strategy game set on an epic timeline from Double Fine Productions. As the Immortal Ruler of the nation, you'll take command of its heroes, forge heroic marriages to strengthen your Bloodlines, and battle a mysterious enemy known as the Cadence in a 300 year war.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 37.7%, Turn-Based 30.5%, Strategy 23.6%, Tactical 5.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Lead a ragtag squad of cops in rebellion against their town's new criminal power and see how long you can hold out in this unforgiving turn-based spin-off game from This Is the Police. You'll be desperately short on supplies, and a single shot can cost a cop their life.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 36.1%, Strategy 30.5%, Turn-Based 29.5%, Tactical 2.1%, Singleplayer 1.7%

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 42%, Strategy 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based 8.9%, Tactical 6.4%

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 37%, Strategy 21.9%, Turn-Based 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Tactical 3.6%

Step into the wacky heroic fantasy universe of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Lead a team of unlikely and clumsy heroes in an epic and challenging tactical RPG. Live an adventure filled with humor, surprises and silly encounters.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 39.6%, Turn-Based 25.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Strategy 12.3%, Tactical 3%

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 50.8%, Strategy 23.2%, Turn-Based 17.2%, Tactical 5.2%, RPG 2.2%

Silent Storm from leading Russian developer Nival is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII. As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you’ll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new...

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 39.7%, Turn-Based 25.3%, Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Tactical 4.8%

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 41.7%, Strategy 18.2%, Turn-Based 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 3.9%

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 Tactics 32%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.2%, Strategy 17.5%, Turn-Based 17.4%, Sci-fi 4.6%

The war continues... X-COM: UFO Defense brought you to a galactic battlefield. X-COM: Terror from the Deep brings the alien terror into a totally new dimension.Seeking to take advantage of a weakened Earth, X-COM's deep space foes unexpectedly change strategy and launch a powerful second front against planet Earth.

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.7%, Strategy 18.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Aliens 14%

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 Tactics 34.4%, Strategy 22.7%, Turn-Based 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.2%, Tactical 5.8%

You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.

Why similar: Turn-Based 19.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.3%, Strategy 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Aliens 15.2%

Banner of the Maid is a tribute to the golden age of tactical RPGs. Set in an alternate French Revolution, you play as Pauline Bonaparte, commanding your army on smoke-filled battlefields and navigating the turbulent political salons of Paris to forge a heroic epic like no other.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 33.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.6%, Strategy 23.9%, Turn-Based 8.5%, Tactical RPG 2.7%

Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 30.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based 14.8%, Aliens 13.6%, Strategy 10.5%

Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 30.9%, Turn-Based 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Strategy 13.2%, Sci-fi 6.5%

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 Tactics 34.2%, Turn-Based 22.8%, Strategy 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Sci-fi 6.1%

The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 47.7%, Strategy 17.2%, Turn-Based 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Tactical 4.1%

Halfway is a turn-based strategy RPG taking place a few hundred years into the future. Humanity has started colonising new worlds. Until now, they were alone ...

Why similar: Turn-Based 33.1%, Strategy 27%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Sci-fi 7.7%

In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 37.4%, Turn-Based 26.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Strategy 6.9%, Tactical 5.7%

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 Tactics 29.7%, Turn-Based 21.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Strategy 12.3%, Sci-fi 6.8%

Aliens invade Paperverse! Protect the terrorized civilians and discover the source of the alien threat in this minimalist game of battlefield tactics and global defense strategy.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26.1%, Turn-Based 20.7%, Aliens 16%, Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%

The AI was perfect - too perfect to control. Face off against rogue drone swarms in tactical turn-based combat inspired by Advance Wars and FTL.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 39.7%, Turn-Based 27.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%

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 Tactics 34.7%, Turn-Based 21.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Strategy 12.5%, Tactical 4.9%

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 Tactics 37%, Strategy 22.2%, Turn-Based 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Turn-Based Combat 5.1%

For the first time, play as the Orc faction and recruit heroes, build armies and manage cities as you explore and conquer legendary lands. Use tactics, skills and magic to outsmart fantasy armies while developing your heroes and unveiling the dark plot that threatens to tear the world of Ashan apart.

Why similar: Strategy 37.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 31.1%, Turn-Based 29.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%, RPG 0.8%

There's something evil in the city tonight... Earth has been ravaged by human excess, petty conflict and alien invasion. The world's population has been herded into huge cities, the first of which was Mega Primus. 2084: A Utopia shattered, social collapse and civil unrest reigns in Mega Primus. Fiendish aliens terrorize the city.

Why similar: Turn-Based 28%, Strategy 25.7%, Aliens 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Sci-fi 8.3%

Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award winning Civilization series. As part of an expedition sent to find a home beyond Earth, lead your people into a new frontier, explore and colonize an alien planet and create a new civilization in space.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.3%, Strategy 22.2%, Turn-Based 21.9%, Aliens 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%

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 Tactics 41.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Strategy 14.1%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Tactical 6.8%

Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools!

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 36.7%, Turn-Based 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Strategy 17%, Tactical 4.6%

Run For Cover is a turn-based strategy game where you control a team of soldiers traveling through hostile territory. Maps are procedurally generated and look different every time you start a new game. Your soldiers can drive tanks, find gear, and unlock powerful abilities.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.2%, Strategy 28.8%, Turn-Based 23%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Combat 4.3%

Heroes VI is a fast-paced epic story where Angels plot to end -- once and for all -- an unfinished war with their ancient rivals, the Faceless.

Why similar: Turn-Based 35%, Strategy 32.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.3%, Tactical 2.6%, RPG 1.9%

Breach & Clear brings deep tactical strategy simulation to PC, Mac and Linux! Build your Special Operations team, plan and execute advanced missions, and own every angle.Choose your real-world squad -- US Army Rangers, Germany's KSK, Canada’s JTF2, UK SAS, and more -- and take on a variety of foes with different skill-sets and...

Why similar: Strategy 31.2%, Turn-Based 22.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 22%, Tactical 12.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.7%

Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.

Why similar: Singleplayer 100%

Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.

Why similar: Singleplayer 54.2%, RPG 45.8%

Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter. Manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes and strategize who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and your own quest to become a hero. All episodes out now!

Why similar: Strategy 80.7%, Singleplayer 19.3%

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 33.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 28.9%, Strategy 21.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.9%, Tactical 5.2%

Build the ultimate cat army through tactical breeding and send them into deep, challenging turn-based adventures. Draft abilities, collect items, and manipulate genetics across generations in this roguelike tactics game from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 57.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.4%, Turn-Based Combat 6.8%, Sci-fi 3.8%, Tactical 3.6%

Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-4 will be available on launch, with more planned as free updates!

Why similar: Singleplayer 60.3%, RPG 39.7%

Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 62.6%, Singleplayer 15.7%, Character Customization 11%, RPG 10.7%

Escape the Backrooms is a 1-4 player co-op horror exploration game. Traverse 30+ eerie backrooms levels while avoiding entities and other dangers. Try to escape but be warned: survival isn't guaranteed.

Why similar: Singleplayer 100%

An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

Why similar: Sci-fi 100%

Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

Why similar: Strategy 61.4%, Sci-fi 30.8%, Singleplayer 7.7%

Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 45.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 29.3%, Strategy 22.7%, Singleplayer 2.5%

FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 45.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, Strategy 13.6%, Tactical 6.2%, Turn-Based Combat 5.4%

The latest in the Digimon Story series is finally here! In this RPG, unravel a mystery that spans across the human world and the Digital World, collecting and raising a wide variety of Digimon to save the world.

Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 46.3%, RPG 25.4%, Character Customization 16.1%, Singleplayer 12.1%

Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.

Why similar: Strategy 46.6%, Sci-fi 29.7%, Futuristic 18.2%, Singleplayer 5.5%

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 40.7%, Turn-Based 25.1%, Strategy 17%, Turn-Based Combat 7.6%, Tactical RPG 4.2%

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: Strategy 59.6%, Tactical 34.5%, Singleplayer 6%

ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is a standalone adventure within the ELDEN RING universe, crafted to offer players a new gaming experience by reimagining the game’s core design.

Why similar: Singleplayer 67.9%, RPG 32.1%

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 32.6%, Turn-Based 19.9%, Strategy 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Tactical 5.3%

Featuring fully voiced dialogue, beautifully enhanced graphics, and countless gameplay improvements, the genre-defining tactical RPG makes its long-awaited return.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 47.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.7%, Strategy 14%, Turn-Based Combat 5.7%, Tactical RPG 4.6%

Lonelode is a turn-based, placement-focused mining battle game. Each turn, you randomly receive a mining tool; rotate it and choose the right position to dig, competing for control of lonelodes—watch out for hidden mines, which can blow up your tool.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 50.7%, Strategy 25.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%

After his assassination, the will of the late king decrees the next monarch to be elected by the people. Forge bonds and win over a kingdom divided in this award-winning fantasy RPG with turn-based and action combat, party customization with powerful Archetypes, and hours of exploration.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 33.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 32%, Strategy 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 30%, Turn-Based 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Strategy 11.6%, Sci-fi 5.8%

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