- #1 Wildermyth
97% matchVery Positive95% of 18,135 reviews2021
Dev: Worldwalker Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.8%, Character Customization 16.3%, Procedural Generation 16%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Story Rich 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features procedural storytelling and a tabletop-inspired aesthetic that perfectly captures the feeling of a collaborative RPG campaign.
- #2 Baldur's Gate 3
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 840,324 reviews2023
Dev: Larian Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 78.6 hrsMean: 131.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.
Why similar: CRPG 20.8%, Turn-Based Combat 17.5%, Character Customization 14.2%, Choices Matter 12.5%, Story Rich 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive Dungeons & Dragons experience, offering unparalleled narrative freedom and world-altering choices.
- #3 Solasta: Crown of the Magister
96% matchVery Positive87% of 22,100 reviews2021
Dev: Tactical Adventures
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 31.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Roll for initiative, take attacks of opportunity, manage player location and the verticality of the battle field in this Turn-Based Tactical RPG based on the SRD 5.1 Ruleset. In Solasta, you make the choices, dice decide your destiny.
Why similar: CRPG 22.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16.8%, Character Customization 14.7%, Story Rich 11.4%, Choices Matter 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A faithful adaptation of D&D 5e mechanics that emphasizes tactical combat and dungeon exploration.
- #4 Soulash 2
94% matchVery Positive86% of 2,362 reviews2023
Dev: Artur Smiarowski
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 28.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?
Why similar: Procedural Generation 20.4%, Sandbox 20.1%, Base Building 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, RPG 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep sandbox RPG experience with procedural world generation that encourages unique character paths.
- #5 The Iron Oath
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 900 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: Tactical RPG 19.6%, CRPG 18.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%, Medieval 9.6%, Character Customization 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, party-based RPG that features a living, changing world where time passes and events unfold dynamically.
- #6 Wartales
93% matchVery Positive86% of 34,811 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 21.6 hrsMean: 51.8 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: Tactical RPG 21.7%, Medieval 19%, Turn-Based Combat 18.1%, RPG 13%, Sandbox 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world mercenary simulation offers a sandbox experience where you manage your party and influence the world around you.
- #7 Tyranny
92% matchVery Positive87% of 13,190 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 31.4%, RPG 17.4%, Choices Matter 17%, Story Rich 13.8%, Character Customization 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: It places you in a position of significant power, focusing on the moral weight of your choices in a world where you are the architect of change.
- #8 Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
91% matchVery Positive88% of 290,096 reviews2022
Dev: TaleWorlds Entertainment
Windows
Median: 62.3 hrsMean: 154.1 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: Medieval 30.7%, Sandbox 21.2%, Character Customization 12.4%, RPG 11.9%, Strategy 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox simulation allows you to rise from nothing to a powerful leader, directly influencing the political landscape.
- #9 Low Magic Age
91% matchVery Positive89% of 3,458 reviews2017
Dev: Low Magic Studios
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Adventure and fight in a medieval fantasy open world! Build heroic characters with various abilities, travel through villages, cities, or perilous dungeons. Strategic turn-based combat system and advanced character building - Fog of war, charging and flanking, and more in the fast-paced Arena mode.
Why similar: CRPG 18.5%, Tactical RPG 18.4%, Turn-Based Combat 16%, Medieval 11.5%, Sandbox 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the essence of D&D-style tactical combat and sandbox exploration in a party-based format.
- #10 Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Embark on an epic journey, enjoying complete freedom in a dynamic sandbox RPG. The world and its inhabitants will witness your deeds and react accordingly, adapting the narrative to your choices and delivering a truly unique and free experience.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 27.5%, Sandbox 14.7%, Character Customization 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: This tactical sandbox RPG offers extensive character customization and freedom in how you approach quests.
- #11 New Arc Line
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 719 reviews2024
Dev: DreamatePub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 2.1 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Take a stand in the eternal conflict between Arcane Magic and Steampunk Revolution and tip the uneasy balance between sorcery, elves, dwarves and mysterious monsters on one side and steampunk gadgets, zeppelins, and tesla guns on the other in this single-player, party-based, story-rich RPG.
Why similar: CRPG 22.5%, Tactical RPG 22.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%, Character Customization 10.5%, Choices Matter 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A story-rich, choice-driven RPG set in a unique world where magic and technology collide.
- #12 Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness
89% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,009 reviews2022
Dev: GrapeOcean TechnologiesPub: V Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Black Geyser is an isometric, party-based fantasy RPG inspired by genre classics. Recruit characters with unique personalities and explore a land ravaged by civil war and a mysterious curse of greed. Your choices, good or evil, will decide the fate of the Kingdom of Isilmerald.
Why similar: Tabletop 20%, CRPG 19.1%, Tactical RPG 17.1%, Character Customization 9%, Medieval 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style CRPG that emphasizes world-building and the impact of your moral choices on the environment.
- #13 The Doors of Trithius
88% matchVery Positive94% of 883 reviews2021
Dev: Jake Donkersgoed
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
The Doors of Trithius is an open-world RPG roguelike. Engage in tactical turn-based combat in a living world of warring factions, wandering behemoths, and ancient magic. Level your skills, cook, craft, and explore dungeons. Will you follow the story, or let adventure be your guide?
Why similar: CRPG 22.1%, Procedural Generation 21.1%, Roguelike 18.1%, Turn-Based Combat 14.1%, Simulation 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A procedural open-world roguelike that focuses on simulation elements and character growth.
- #14 For The King
86% matchVery Positive88% of 43,368 reviews2018
Dev: IronOak GamesPub: Curve Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
Why similar: Tabletop 36.4%, Turn-Based Combat 20%, Roguelike 16.9%, RPG 10.8%, Strategy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It blends board game mechanics with RPG elements to create a tabletop-inspired adventure that feels like a classic session.
- #15 Queen's Wish: The Conqueror
87% matchVery Positive83% of 366 reviews2019
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
At last, the Queen has given you power and freedom! The cost? You must rebuild her Empire. Will you? In this epic, indie fantasy adventure, you are free to explore, fight for fame and power, and shape the world as you choose. Escape into an unpredictable open-ended story and cunning tactical combat.
Why similar: CRPG 26.8%, RPG 18.5%, Base Building 15.6%, Strategy 11.9%, Story Rich 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic, choice-driven RPG that focuses on world-building and managing your influence over a kingdom.
- #16 Gloomhaven
86% matchVery Positive82% of 15,902 reviews2021
Dev: Flaming Fowl StudiosPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 42.6%, Turn-Based Combat 29%, RPG 11.7%, Strategy 10.2%, Adventure 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A direct and complex adaptation of a popular tabletop dungeon crawler that requires deep tactical planning.
- #17 Tales of Maj'Eyal
85% matchVery Positive95% of 7,315 reviews2013
Dev: Netcore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Tales of Maj’Eyal is a roguelike RPG, featuring tactical turn-based combat and advanced character building. Play as one of many unique races and classes in the lore-filled world of Eyal, exploring random dungeons, facing challenging battles, and developing characters with your own tailored mix of abilities and powers.
Why similar: Roguelike 48.3%, RPG 20.2%, Procedural Generation 15.4%, Fantasy 7.2%, Adventure 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A deep and complex roguelike with an expansive magic system and endless procedural exploration.
- #18 A Mage Reborn
84% matchVery Positive89% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: Hosted Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Walk the path of a legendary mage, combining four different schools of magic to devastating effects.
Why similar: Magic 31%, RPG 24.5%, Adventure 17%, Fantasy 12.4%, Story Rich 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: An interactive fiction title that captures the personal journey and power progression of a mage in a high-stakes world.
- #19 Popup Dungeon
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,045 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: Tabletop 26.5%, Tactical RPG 17.5%, Roguelike 12%, RPG 10.9%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A creative, tabletop-inspired dungeon crawler that allows for significant customization of characters and scenarios.
- #20 Kenshi
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 112,221 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 71.1 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: Sandbox 34.8%, Base Building 22.7%, RPG 15.3%, Strategy 8%, Character Customization 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: The ultimate sandbox experience where you are free to define your own story in a harsh, unforgiving world.
- #21 Choice of Magics
83% matchVery Positive93% of 163 reviews2018
Dev: Choice of Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Your magic can change the world, but at what cost? Battle dragons, skyships, and evil Inquisitors, as you protect your homeland, conquer it, or destroy it forever!
Why similar: RPG 59.4%, Adventure 40.6%
Why You'll Like It: A text-based narrative experience that emphasizes the consequences of your magical decisions and moral alignment.
- #22 Citizen Sleeper
80% matchVery Positive93% of 10,020 reviews2022
Dev: Jump Over The AgePub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Why similar: Tabletop 61.1%, Story Rich 18.9%, RPG 13.7%, Adventure 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy RPG that uses tabletop-inspired dice mechanics to drive its emotional and choice-driven story.
- #23 Mittelborg: City of Mages
82% matchMixed63% of 115 reviews2019
Dev: Armatur GamesPub: Asterion Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Mittelborg: City of Mages is a strategic adventure with elements of rogue-like and resource management. You are crowned to be Chancellor of the city, but this power is a heavy burden. Face tough decisions, fight mystical tempests, look for the cause of upcoming chaos. Will Mittelborg have a future?
Why similar: Choices Matter 17%, Simulation 15%, Strategy 14.7%, Base Building 14.7%, Roguelike 12.5%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation-heavy management game that explores the burden of leadership in a fantasy world of magic.
- #24 Age of Reforging: The Freelands
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,276 reviews2025
Dev: PersonaeGame StudioPub: Kunpan Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 14.9%, Magic 14.1%, Sandbox 13.2%, CRPG 12.3%, Medieval 10.8%
- #25 Endless RPG
81% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2019
Dev: Kezarus
Windows
Play on randomly generated worlds with a party of characters just the way you like it. You will not be bounded by classes or scripted story, only by your creativity. Make your own journey. Tell your own history.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 19.7%, Turn-Based Combat 19.7%, RPG 19.2%, Strategy 14.2%, Character Customization 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: A procedural dungeon crawler that focuses on the core loop of adventure and exploration.
- #26 Knights of the Chalice
81% matchVery Positive86% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: Heroic Fantasy Games Dot Com
Windows
Knights of the Chalice is a 2D RPG with turn-based combat. Create four Adventurers and embark on a bold journey to save the Land from Slavers, Demons, Dragons and other Evil Forces, as your Heroic Party progresses all the way from level 1 to level 20. The free Demo/Tutorial is a unique adventure.
Why similar: CRPG 26.4%, Tactical RPG 24.3%, Turn-Based Combat 13.5%, Character Customization 11.9%, Choices Matter 9%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore tactical CRPG that prioritizes D&D-style combat mechanics and party management.
- #27 Valorborn
78% matchMixed63% of 463 reviews2026
Dev: Laps Games
Windows
Dive into a living medieval fantasy sandbox RPG where the world moves with or without you and factions rise and fall. Become a thief, hunter, or sellsword, survive alone or with a party, and shape your story in a fully enterable world where every building, cave, and road hides opportunity or danger.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 22.1%, Sandbox 15.9%, Medieval 13.6%, Base Building 12.9%, Character Customization 9.5%
- #28 Elengard: Ascension
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Stèphano M. M. G.
Windows
Embark on an epic adventure to rise to power in this new Real-Time-With-Pause medieval fantasy RPG that combines action and strategy mechanics. Fight a lot, explore, choose how you fight, configure your abilities, create powerful builds and combos. Awaken your true power!
Why similar: Magic 19.3%, CRPG 14.6%, Medieval 13.3%, Character Customization 11.7%, Choices Matter 9.1%
- #29 Lawless Lands
79% matchVery Positive88% of 114 reviews2020
Dev: Corrosive Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Lawless Lands is a dark medieval role-playing game featuring a grim setting and innovative mechanics that allow players to delve into a low-fantasy, apocalyptic world of epic proportions. Defy and destroy the darkness that has taken hold over these Lawless Lands.
Why similar: CRPG 18.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.7%, Base Building 12.6%, Character Customization 12.4%, Medieval 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy RPG that forces players to make difficult choices in a world defined by its consequences.
- #30 Prophecy of Ashen
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: hhyuGame
Windows
Prophecy of Ashen: a dark fantasy tactical CRPG. Be a secret messenger between the Hall's judgment and the Ashborne's vengeance. Recruit allies, use terrain and magic in turn-based combat. Your choices reshape Rattalan: uphold order or ignite destruction.
Why similar: CRPG 24.7%, Tactical RPG 21.8%, Magic 18.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%, RPG 7.2%
- #31 Heart of the Machine
74% matchVery Positive92% of 1,968 reviews2026
Dev: Arcen GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.
Why similar: Base Building 38.1%, Sandbox 30.1%, Simulation 13.9%, Strategy 13.1%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #32 Immortal Tactics: War of the Eternals
77% matchVery Positive81% of 101 reviews2022
Dev: Kenisoft Game Studio
Windows
Experience a Fast-Paced Roguelite Turn-Based Strategy game with a New Turn-Based System which will need you to plan early on and create strategies that would lead your army to victory. Create an army with different Characters and Leaders to choose from and explore this Roguelite world.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 20.5%, Medieval 13.8%, Turn-Based Combat 13.4%, Sandbox 11.3%, Choices Matter 8%
- #33 Noble Fates
76% matchVery Positive83% of 1,471 reviews2021
Dev: Xobermon, LLC
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Harness your Demigod powers to lead a group from rags to riches in this 3D Fantasy Kingdom Management Sim with RPG elements. Command from the sky or take control in 3rd Person to BUILD, BATTLE, and RULE. Navigate a world of interesting Nobles, earn their respect, and decide their Fates.
Why similar: Base Building 20.5%, Sandbox 17.4%, Character Customization 14.9%, Medieval 14.1%, Procedural Generation 13.9%
- #34 Realms of Magic
75% matchVery Positive81% of 990 reviews2022
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a journey through the Old Kingdom in Realms of Magic - a sandbox RPG where you customize your character, choose your path, and immerse yourself in the fantasy world as a knight, wizard, miner, lumberjack, farmer, and more. After all, this is YOUR adventure.
Why similar: Sandbox 34%, RPG 29%, Adventure 14.8%, Magic 10.6%, Character Customization 6.4%
- #35 Milord
75% matchMixed66% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: iBright GamesPub: InEv Creative
Windows · Mac
Milord is a Kingdom Management RPG with city-building mechanics. Immerse yourself in a world where your decisions shape your fiefdom's destiny. Rule wisely as you construct, strategize, and navigate the challenges of leadership. Will you rise to glory or crumble under the weight of your choices?
Why similar: Medieval 21.8%, Choices Matter 17.7%, Story Rich 14.1%, RPG 10.7%, Fantasy 9.7%
- #36 The RPG Engine
74% matchVery Positive84% of 302 reviews2023
Dev: PolyDemons
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Host immersive tabletop campaigns in a world imagined entirely by you! Build from the ground up with The RPG Engine, an intuitive virtual tabletop that lets you create unparalleled roleplaying environments for your party to get lost in.
Why similar: Tabletop 43.7%, Sandbox 18.4%, Character Customization 13%, Story Rich 7.5%, RPG 7.2%
- #37 The Age of Decadence
76% matchVery Positive82% of 3,976 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 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 24.3%, Tactical RPG 20.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.8%, Medieval 11.1%, Choices Matter 10.7%
- #38 Ataegina Act I
71% matchVery Positive96% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: KthulianPub: Kthulian Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
In a world filled with magic and riddled with war, you find yourself playing an important role. A life of spellcraft, politics and intrigue awaits you. Will you use your powers to unify the land and its people? Or shall you use them for your own personal gain and amusement, no matter the cost?
Why similar: Magic 22.6%, Medieval 14.7%, Tactical RPG 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%, Fantasy 9.1%
- #39 The Bloodline
72% matchVery Positive83% of 3,828 reviews2023
Dev: Shieldbearer StudiosPub: 505 Pulse
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Bloodline is a sandbox adventure RPG that lets you play your way. Reforge bonds between kingdoms, explore the wilds, craft and plan adventures and wield mighty weapons or magic as you prepare for what is to come…
Why similar: Sandbox 23.2%, Medieval 22.7%, Character Customization 18.8%, RPG 11.8%, Fantasy 11.2%
- #40 Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 501 reviews2021
Dev: PoeticPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?
Why similar: Tabletop 36.8%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Medieval 12.3%, Story Rich 12.3%, RPG 6.4%
- #41 Yaengard
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 135 reviews2022
Dev: Planeshift Interactive
Windows
Who will you become to triumph? A turn-based RPG where your personality traits change your powers and proficiencies. Combine personality traits, rare weapons, and 20+ classes into endless team compositions; combos & builds are the keys to surviving your long journey towards Yaengard.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 22.7%, Magic 11.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%, Character Customization 9.9%, Choices Matter 9.4%
- #42 Inkbound
70% matchVery Positive87% of 3,979 reviews2024
Dev: Shiny Shoe
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 29.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 20.2%, Magic 13.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Procedural Generation 11.3%, Character Customization 9.8%
- #43 Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
70% matchVery Positive84% of 42,844 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 20%, Tactical RPG 19%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%, Character Customization 10.1%, Choices Matter 9%
- #44 Claymores of the Lost Kingdom
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Ultaan Games
Windows
Adventure Roguelike Deckbuilder infused with classless RPG progression. Forge your hero, increase your attributes, and craft a deck that evolves based on your unique build. Level up, hunt bandits, and face the Harbinger of Doom!
Why similar: Tabletop 19%, Magic 12%, Turn-Based Combat 11%, CRPG 10.7%, Sandbox 10.1%
- #45 Magic Sword
69% matchVery Positive93% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Virtue Voyage Gaming LLC
Windows
Magic Sword is a medieval CRPG with synchronous turn-based strategy where you develop your character, explore the map, and compete for victory points in Combat, Knowledge, Capital, Reputation, and Fellowships.
Why similar: Tabletop 26.9%, CRPG 26.6%, Tactical RPG 24.3%, Choices Matter 7.3%, RPG 6.1%
- #46 Endless RPG - Untold Tales
68% matchVery Positive99% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Kezarus
Windows
Craft a party of diverse characters, each with customizable skills and looks. Explore a living world with dynamic day-night cycles, changing seasons, and diverse biomes. Embark on an epic journey where you shape your destiny as the director of your unique story.
Why similar: CRPG 23%, Tactical RPG 22.9%, Sandbox 12.9%, Character Customization 9.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9%
- #47 Sorcerer King: Rivals
73% matchMixed63% of 408 reviews2016
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Explore a rich fantasy world, go on quests for powerful weapons, and forge a new civilization in Sorcerer King: Rivals. Can you build a civilization to topple the malevolent Sorcerer King and become a god yourself?
Why similar: Tactical RPG 27.2%, Sandbox 15.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13.5%, Character Customization 12.7%, Choices Matter 9.5%
- #48 Empire of Ember
71% matchMixed66% of 148 reviews2022
Dev: Poleaxe Games LLC
Windows
Become a battlemage, build a city, and command your troops in this fantasy warfare simulator. Jump into the fray and use your might, magic, and wits to fight enemies in battles of up to a hundred units and fully destructible city siege combat. The fate of an empire is in your hands.
Why similar: Magic 18.6%, Base Building 18.2%, Medieval 16.1%, Procedural Generation 14%, Fantasy 8.4%
- #49 Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor
69% matchVery Positive90% of 105 reviews2022
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
You are in a barbarian land. They are trying to kill you. The Queen demands you tame them. So what now? Escape into an exciting, open-ended story and cunning tactical combat. Epic, indie fantasy adventure. Freely explore a huge world, fight for fame and power, and shape the world as you choose.
Why similar: CRPG 27.5%, Tactical RPG 23.5%, Base Building 11.7%, RPG 9.1%, Strategy 7.5%
- #50 Age of Wonders 4
67% matchVery Positive81% of 22,264 reviews2023
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 22.2 hrsMean: 60.1 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: Tactical RPG 24.4%, Turn-Based Combat 17.1%, Character Customization 14.9%, Choices Matter 10.9%, Fantasy 8.7%
- #51 The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
71% matchMostly Positive74% of 721 reviews2016
Dev: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a tabletop adventure come to life! This fantasy solo RPG combines unique, simultaneous turn-based combat with a journey that changes based on each figurine you take into Firetop Mountain! Which hero will you take into Zagor's lair THIS time?
Why similar: Tabletop 33%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Roguelike 12.5%, Story Rich 8.6%, RPG 7.9%
- #52 The Thaumaturge
66% matchVery Positive83% of 5,600 reviews2024
Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.
Why similar: CRPG 32.4%, Turn-Based Combat 18.4%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Story Rich 12.5%, RPG 9.7%
- #53 Erannorth Chronicles
68% matchVery Positive87% of 409 reviews2021
Dev: Spyridon Thalassinos
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Erannorth Chronicles blends old-school card strategy with deep RPG progression in a vast sandbox world. With no fixed story, revel in unmatched freedom and limitless character customization.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.6%, Sandbox 17.7%, Character Customization 17.5%, Magic 13.3%, RPG 9.7%
- #54 Esoteric Ebb
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 6,654 reviews2026
Dev: Christoffer BodegårdPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.
Why similar: CRPG 27.3%, Tabletop 23.4%, Choices Matter 14.2%, Story Rich 12.7%, RPG 8.6%
- #55 Fates of Ort
69% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2020
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Fates of Ort is a retro fantasy RPG focused on strategic action, in a land where time is frozen when you stand still. Cast powerful spells - but beware, they will cost you your life.
Why similar: CRPG 24.2%, Magic 21.6%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Tactical RPG 11.8%, RPG 9%
- #56 The Adventurers
66% matchVery Positive87% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Eternal Vigilance Entertainment
Windows
The Adventurers is a turn-based tactical RPG where every decision shapes your legacy. Lead your party of heroes in an open world filled with random events that affect your story. Survive a high fantasy landscape where your epic saga is waiting to be written.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 26.9%, Medieval 16.7%, Roguelike 14.3%, Character Customization 13.1%, RPG 10.5%
- #57 Wizards and Warlords
68% matchVery Positive83% of 258 reviews2020
Dev: Valravn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wizards and Warlords is an indie turn-based strategy game, where you play in a randomly generated fantasy world, contending with rival wizards, warlords, roaming marauders and hidden ancient evils. Create a customized sovereign or choose from one of many predefined templates.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 27.9%, Magic 26.4%, Fantasy 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.1%, Strategy 13.3%
- #58 Idle Awakening: Mages Path
65% matchMostly Positive80% of 168 reviews2025
Dev: Strange Matter Gaming
Windows
Embark on a journey of a fledgling mage. Start with nothing. Improve yourself, develop your skills through a vast tree, unlock upgrades, learn spells, gather resources, and craft unique items. Your progress never stops – it continues even while you're offline.
Why similar: Magic 27.1%, Sandbox 24.8%, Choices Matter 12.1%, RPG 10.1%, Strategy 9.3%