- #1 Breach & Clear
97% matchVery Positive82% of 2,431 reviews2014
Dev: Mighty Rabbit StudiosPub: Gun Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Tactical 29.4%, Strategy 27.3%, Turn-Based 26%, Military 12.9%, Action 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a very similar squad-based tactical experience with a focus on modern military gear and loadouts.
- #2 Door Kickers
96% matchVery Positive94% of 10,059 reviews2014
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Why similar: Tactical 54.7%, Strategy 35.1%, Indie 4%, Action 2.6%, Shooter 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for tactical squad planning and execution, mirroring the room-clearing intensity of the seed game.
- #3 No Plan B
96% matchVery Positive87% of 809 reviews2024
Dev: GFX47
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.
Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, Military 26.3%, Tactical 22.8%, Indie 6.5%, Action 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses heavily on the planning and execution of tactical breaches, rewarding players who carefully map out their team's movements.
- #4 Gears Tactics
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,701 reviews2020
Dev: Splash DamagePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 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: Strategy 38%, Turn-Based 35.3%, Tactical 14.1%, Gore 7.2%, Violent 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers high-production value turn-based squad combat with a focus on aggressive, tactical movement.
- #5 Jagged Alliance 3
94% matchVery Positive89% of 14,785 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Strategy 33.2%, Tactical 31.2%, Turn-Based 21.7%, Military 12.2%, Action 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides deep squad management and complex turn-based tactical combat that captures the mercenary-style operation feel.
- #6 XCOM: Enemy Unknown
94% matchVery Positive93% of 58,561 reviews2012
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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Why similar: Turn-Based 46.4%, Tactical 28.9%, Strategy 23.1%, Multiplayer 0.7%, Action 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive turn-based tactical squad game that sets the bar for positioning, cover usage, and high-stakes decision-making.
- #7 Black Powder Red Earth®
93% matchVery Positive84% of 236 reviews2021
Dev: _Echelon Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
The near present. Step into the event horizon of a failed state, as Private Military Contractor - Cold Harbor, hunting jihadist terrorists in war-torn sprawls as a lethal surrogate for the host nation.
Why similar: Turn-Based 40.8%, Strategy 26.8%, Tactical 14.2%, Military 10.1%, Violent 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It matches the gritty, modern military aesthetic and tactical focus of the seed game perfectly.
- #8 Tactical Combat Department
92% matchMixed63% of 116 reviews2022
Dev: LukasHPub: Render System
Windows
Tactical Combat Department is a tactical turn-based strategy game inspired by Swat games. You command a special intervention squad that intervenes in various situations and environments.
Why similar: Turn-Based 34.2%, Military 21%, Tactical 15.5%, Strategy 10.8%, Gore 7%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on SWAT-style tactical room clearing and squad coordination in a turn-based format.
- #9 Phantom Doctrine
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,689 reviews2018
Dev: CreativeForge GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 38.5%, Strategy 30.5%, Tactical 20.7%, Violent 6.2%, Multiplayer 1.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines Cold War espionage with intense turn-based tactical squad combat and base management.
- #10 End State
91% matchMixed64% of 141 reviews2022
Dev: Finger Squad
Windows
End State is a turn-based tactics game where you manage a mercenary company tracking down a terrorists in a war-torn country. Hire, gear up and gain experience for your mercenaries. Take on rebels and criminal gangs, do side contracts and explore Brekovia.
Why similar: Turn-Based 32.2%, Strategy 18.9%, Military 16.8%, Tactical 15.8%, Violent 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game features mercenary-based tactical combat with realistic ballistics and squad management mechanics.
- #11 Recon Control
90% matchVery Positive83% of 144 reviews2021
Dev: Dmitry KozlovPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Recon Control is a turn-based strategy and 2D platformer hybrid focused on combat. Lead your special operations squad through a set of challenging and deadly missions.
Why similar: Turn-Based 33.6%, Military 21.7%, Tactical 17.2%, Strategy 17%, War 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on squad-based tactical combat with a strong emphasis on military realism and mission planning.
- #12 Silent Storm Gold Edition
89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,072 reviews2013
Dev: NivalPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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 52.5%, Strategy 23.4%, Tactical 20.9%, Gore 2%, Action 1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic turn-based squad combat game that features highly destructible environments and realistic military tactics.
- #13 Xenonauts
88% matchVery Positive87% of 5,065 reviews2014
Dev: Goldhawk Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 44.1%, Tactical 26.8%, Strategy 23.8%, Indie 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a gritty, realistic military approach to turn-based tactics that emphasizes squad survival and strategic planning.
- #14 Dead Monarchy
86% matchVery Positive81% of 139 reviews2023
Dev: Kevin Zhang
Windows
Dead Monarchy is an open-world, turn-based tactical RPG set in a low fantasy world. Personally lead and manage your mercenary company as the captain and embark on your personal quest to defeat the arena champions.
Why similar: Turn-Based 29.9%, Strategy 26.5%, Tactical 16.7%, Gore 10.4%, Violent 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical turn-based game that emphasizes squad survival and the management of specialized soldiers.
- #15 Frozen Synapse
87% matchVery Positive83% of 2,620 reviews2011
Dev: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.
Why similar: Turn-Based 49.9%, Tactical 23%, Strategy 21.9%, Indie 3.5%, Multiplayer 1.5%
Why You'll Like It: The simultaneous turn-based planning system mirrors the tactical decision-making required for real-time military operations.
- #16 Invisible, Inc.
85% matchVery Positive91% of 5,772 reviews2015
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
Why similar: Turn-Based 49.2%, Strategy 25.4%, Tactical 24.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes tactical stealth game that rewards careful planning and precise positioning over brute force.
- #17 Special Tactics
86% matchVery Positive83% of 130 reviews2016
Dev: Beast Mode Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
ST brings the most intense, tactical-action experience to Steam. Select your custom loadout, plan out strategies and accomplish your objectives. Addictive Survival mode and unrivaled multiplayer including Squads (1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, 2 vs 1)
Why similar: Turn-Based 42.9%, Tactical 28.8%, Strategy 18.9%, Indie 3.3%, Multiplayer 3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on small-unit tactical maneuvers and precise control over squad members in a combat environment.
- #18 Jagged Alliance - Back in Action
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,769 reviews2012
Dev: Coreplay GmbHPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A contemporary remake of the much-loved series of turn-based mercenary-themed strategy games.
Why similar: Strategy 36.3%, Tactical 28.6%, Turn-Based 21.7%, Military 12%, Action 1%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a real-time with pause tactical combat system that feels very similar to managing a specialized squad.
- #19 Strain Tactics
84% matchVery Positive86% of 242 reviews2017
Dev: Touch Dimensions Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!
Why similar: Strategy 52.6%, Gore 19.8%, Violent 10.5%, Indie 9.5%, Action 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides real-time tactical squad management with a gritty atmosphere and intense combat scenarios.
- #20 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
82% matchVery Positive90% of 20,528 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 40.8%, Strategy 34%, Tactical 23.9%, Action 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: It blends squad-based tactical combat with a heavy emphasis on stealth and positioning in a hostile world.
- #21 Voidspire Tactics
83% matchVery Positive97% of 290 reviews2015
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
An indie turn-based Tactics RPG with a heavy emphasis on exploration, character progression, and highly tactical combat. Create your own deeply customizable party of Warriors, Sorcerers, and Shiftcloaks to take on the Spire!
Why similar: Turn-Based 51.9%, Strategy 38.7%, Indie 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features deep tactical combat with a focus on environmental interaction and character positioning.
- #22 Alvora Tactics
82% matchVery Positive92% of 151 reviews2017
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
Alvora Tactics is an indie Tactics RPG that combines strategic combat with immersive exploration. Explore and conquer Great Serpent Alvora with your own customizable band of warriors!
Why similar: Strategy 45.5%, Turn-Based 43.5%, Indie 11%
Why You'll Like It: It provides tactical combat with a heavy focus on party composition and spatial awareness on the battlefield.
- #23 Mech Armada
81% matchVery Positive81% of 700 reviews2022
Dev: Lioncode Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.
Why similar: Tactical 50.4%, Strategy 47.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers turn-based tactical combat with high customization and a focus on unit synergy.
- #24 Zero Orders Tactics
79% matchVery Positive92% of 111 reviews2024
Dev: Pauloondra
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
🌋⚔ Terraforming + Into The Breach! An experimental puzzle strategy where you are not commanding your troops - now, you are shaping the battlefield itself! Nothing is random*, everything is predictable*, and the battlefield is changing. Every turn. By you.
Why similar: Turn-Based 44.9%, Strategy 28.9%, Tactical 22.5%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical combat game that emphasizes turn-based strategy and careful unit placement.
- #25 Live by the Sword: Tactics
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 74 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: Tactical 42.3%, Strategy 40.9%, Indie 10.2%, Multiplayer 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on pure tactical combat mechanics and the strategic use of unit abilities in turn-based encounters.
- #26 Ultimate Space Commando
81% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Creatio 49Pub: Angry Cat Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
USC is a turn-based, top-down view tactics game in which you control the crew of a stranded recon vessel in a "first contact war" for survival, featuring a detailed combat system with RPG elements, fully interactive randomized maps, unique weapons and gadgets, crafting, and custom multiplayer modes.
Why similar: Strategy 81%, Indie 19%
Why You'll Like It: A squad-based tactical game that captures the sci-fi military feel with turn-based mechanics.
- #27 Invasion Machine
79% matchMixed65% of 630 reviews2020
Dev: Pixel Machine
Windows
Modern-warfare RTS/sandbox game inspired by the real conflicts in the Middle East. Fight a counter-insurgency war, protect the civilian population, casevac your wounded and decide how the world sees your struggle. And remember - no one gets left behind.
Why similar: Military 32.6%, Strategy 28.4%, Tactical 14.4%, Gore 7.5%, Violent 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a military-focused tactical strategy experience with a focus on squad-level engagements.
- #28 Clatter
78% matchVery Positive83% of 1,269 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Create and command your own customizable squads of fighting robots in this turn-based, arena tactics game.
Why similar: Strategy 37.8%, Turn-Based 37%, Tactical 15.6%, Indie 8.1%, Multiplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers turn-based tactical combat with a focus on unit synergy and strategic movement on the grid.
- #29 SPARTA 2035 Prologue & Sea of Pirates DLC
76% matchVery Positive82% of 88 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 39.2%, Strategy 28.7%, Tactical 21.9%, Military 7.6%, Action 2.1%
- #30 Arma 3
76% matchVery Positive90% of 294,889 reviews2013
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 257.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Experience true combat gameplay in a massive military sandbox. Deploy with a wide variety of single- and multiplayer content, a massive arsenal of modern weapons and vehicles, and limitless opportunities for content creation. Authentic, diverse, open - Arma 3 sends you to war.
Why similar: Military 42.1%, Tactical 22.4%, Strategy 13.1%, War 7.5%, Shooter 6.1%
- #31 Godless Tactics
77% matchVery Positive95% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: Ice Arrow Games
Windows
Lead an elite strike team through the wars of a reborn civilisation, and decide the fate of humanity through your achievements and choices. Traverse a dynamic war-map, engage in fast, turn-based battles, and explore the world of 2952.
Why similar: Strategy 98.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #32 ARMA: Gold Edition
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,318 reviews2011
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
ARMA: Gold is pack of ARMA: Armed Assault and an expansion pack ARMA: Queen's Gambit. ARMA is a first person tactical military shooter with large elements of realism and simulation. This game features a blend of large-scale military conflict spread over large areas alongside the more closed quarters battle.
Why similar: Military 39.4%, Strategy 22.6%, Tactical 19.9%, Violent 3.9%, Gore 3.9%
- #33 Black One Blood Brothers
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,444 reviews2022
Dev: Helios Studio
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Black One Blood Brothers is a tactical military shooter game where strategy and coordination are key. Command a squad of top operators, with unique skills, through high-risk missions around the globe. Customize your crew, plan your missions, and adjust on the fly for a vast replayability.
Why similar: Military 33.8%, Tactical 27.3%, Strategy 18.2%, Violent 6.8%, War 5.6%
- #34 Antisquad
78% matchMixed52% of 298 reviews2014
Dev: InsGamesPub: INSGAMES LIMITED
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Widely known in small circles as AntiSquad, they are a military tactical response unit. These hardened military professionals, tired of bureaucracy, politics and serving the armed forces, have established a private paramilitary formation located in south United States.
Why similar: Turn-Based 51.6%, Strategy 30.2%, Tactical 14.2%, Action 2.5%, Indie 1.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game features turn-based tactical combat centered around a special forces team on a global mission.
- #35 Valor of Man
72% matchVery Positive90% of 175 reviews2026
Dev: Legacy ForgePub: Numskull Games
Windows
Forge your party. Master your fate. In this turn-based roguelite RPG, lead four heroes through a fractured realm of danger and destiny. Build synergies, unlock powerful abilities, and face ever-shifting challenges in an epic battle for survival. No journey is ever the same.
Why similar: Tactical 56.7%, Strategy 41.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #36 Immortal Tactics: War of the Eternals
75% 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: Turn-Based 47.4%, Strategy 24.4%, Tactical 22.5%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 1%
- #37 Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion – Turn-Based Strategy
74% matchMixed63% of 156 reviews2025
Dev: QuadCom InteractivePub: Brightika, Inc.
Windows
Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion - a turn-based strategy where you command SOF forces against an alien threat. Investigate disappearances, fight the invaders, and uncover the mystery. Every decision affects the fate of humanity.
Why similar: Turn-Based 49.5%, Strategy 22%, Military 18.3%, Tactical 8.8%, Indie 1.3%
- #38 Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 13,555 reviews2025
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Military 27.5%, Tactical 27.1%, Strategy 17%, Gore 6.9%, War 6.4%
- #39 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
74% matchVery Positive80% of 2,709 reviews2014
Dev: Game-Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to command thousands of soldiers as a Union or Confederate General. The game features the most accurately created map, a non-linear battle campaign, complex morale, innovative control mechanics and smart AI.
Why similar: Strategy 44.6%, Tactical 27%, Military 16%, War 6.5%, Indie 4.1%
- #40 Phantom Squad
71% matchVery Positive81% of 535 reviews2025
Dev: Ctrl FreakPub: Super Rare Originals
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Phantom Squad is a 1-4 player co-op tactical top-down shooter blending fast-paced combat with real-time strategy. Play solo or team up through online co-op and matchmaking, coordinating movement, positioning, and split-second decisions to survive intense, high-risk missions.
Why similar: Tactical 56.3%, Military 36.3%, Violent 3.5%, Action 2.1%, Indie 0.9%
- #41 Plan A
73% matchVery Positive89% of 298 reviews2021
Dev: GFX47
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.
Why similar: Military 38%, Tactical 29.1%, Strategy 27.9%, Indie 3.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #42 Arma Reforger
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 56,460 reviews2023
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 21.2 hrsMean: 94.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Engage in massive combined arms battles, create and curate combat missions in real time, and shape your experience with endless community mods. Deploy into the Cold War and experience the most authentic and immersive military sandbox ever created.
Why similar: Military 41.2%, Tactical 19.4%, Strategy 19.2%, War 7.7%, Shooter 5.9%
- #43 10-4 Indirect Contact
73% matchVery Positive83% of 81 reviews2019
Dev: 睦月文化
Windows
10-4 Indirect Contact is a RTT game. Player who acts as a commander , commands the girl operators to complete missions,like exterminating enemies,liberating hostages and dismantling installations,etc.
Why similar: Strategy 41.1%, Gore 25.2%, Violent 23.3%, Indie 10.4%
- #44 Command & Control 3
73% matchMixed63% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: C&C Game Studio
Windows
Assume the role of a special forces commander fighting against a terrorist organization named "Dawn of Freedom".
Why similar: Strategy 41.6%, Military 33.2%, War 9.1%, Violent 7.1%, Indie 5.6%
- #45 Wargroove
71% matchVery Positive83% of 5,267 reviews2019
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 43%, Strategy 28.1%, Tactical 20.8%, Indie 4.7%, Multiplayer 2.7%
- #46 Broken Lines
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 701 reviews2020
Dev: BirdIsland/PortaPlayPub: SuperGG.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Broken Lines is a story-driven tactical RPG set in an alternate-history version of WWII. Lead a squad of soldiers and face the horrors of war. In the included expansion, 'The Dead and the Drunk', guide your troops through fights against both the living and the undead.
Why similar: Turn-Based 58.1%, Strategy 22.8%, War 17.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #47 Demon's Rise - Lords of Chaos
71% matchVery Positive83% of 156 reviews2018
Dev: Wave Light Games Inc.
Windows
Turn-based, tactical RPG where players command a powerful band of warriors.
Why similar: Turn-Based 41.2%, Strategy 29.5%, Gore 10.6%, Violent 9.4%, Indie 6.1%
- #48 Classified: France '44
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,016 reviews2024
Dev: Absolutely GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?
Why similar: Military 32%, Tactical 30.8%, Strategy 23.5%, War 9.7%, Action 2.7%
- #49 Tabletop Tavern
65% matchVery Positive90% of 1,980 reviews2026
Dev: TJPub: Frostbloom
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Tabletop Tavern is a roguelike RTS where you build an army from scratch and command them across a brutal campaign. Recruit diverse units, create devastating synergies, and make tactical choices that shape the fate of every run.
Why similar: Tactical 42.9%, Strategy 40.9%, War 15.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #50 TO4: Tactical Operations
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 279 reviews2020
Dev: TacByte
Windows
Tactical Operations is a round based fast-action first-person shooter with classic controls. Built using the Unreal Engine 4 – Welcome to TO4!
Why similar: Tactical 38.4%, Gore 18.3%, Violent 16.7%, Shooter 8.9%, Indie 7.6%
- #51 Templar Battleforce
69% matchVery Positive93% of 984 reviews2015
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.
Why similar: Turn-Based 57.7%, Tactical 20.6%, Strategy 19.2%, Action 1.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #52 TINY METAL
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 290 reviews2017
Dev: AREA 35, Inc.Pub: Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. / UNTIES
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Craft unique strategies and outmaneuver your foes in TINY METAL, a turn-based Japanese wargame! With new tactical options, you will command over 16 tactically diverse units, flank, assault, deploy heroes from orbital dropships, and focus the firepower of multiple units to even out otherwise disastrous odds.
Why similar: Turn-Based 37.8%, Military 18%, Strategy 15.9%, Tactical 14.6%, War 5.7%
- #53 Survivor Squad
69% matchMixed69% of 884 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.
Why similar: Strategy 70.2%, Indie 15.7%, Action 8.1%, Multiplayer 4.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #54 Mud and Blood
66% matchVery Positive87% of 884 reviews2021
Dev: urbgames
Windows
Median: 20.3 hrsMean: 50.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Mud and Blood, the cult classic flash real time strategy game, returns with its signature take on infantry tactics. Command a small squad through brutal battles against unfair odds. This is combat. Experience the chaos and unceremonious violence of modern war, where every decision counts.
Why similar: Military 31.1%, Tactical 27.3%, Strategy 24.4%, Gore 9.8%, Indie 3.5%
- #55 Crawl Tactics
66% matchVery Positive92% of 219 reviews2022
Dev: icefill
Windows · Mac · Linux
Crawl Tactics combines classic turn-based tactics with roguelike progression. In Dungeon Mode, face challenging, ever-changing encounters as you explore procedurally generated maps. In Quest Mode, develop your village, train your mercenaries, and defend against growing enemy invasions.
Why similar: Turn-Based 57.6%, Strategy 25.1%, Tactical 12.5%, Indie 4.8%
- #56 MENACE
61% matchVery Positive91% of 13,267 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 48%, Tactical 25.7%, Strategy 22.7%, Action 2.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #57 Master of Command
62% matchVery Positive92% of 3,925 reviews2025
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 26.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take command in Europe's greatest 18th-century war. Equip & customize regiments, manage supplies, and engage in brutal real-time battles across procedural campaigns. Resources and replacements are scarce, and keeping your best men alive may matter more than any single victory.
Why similar: Military 32%, Tactical 25.9%, Strategy 24.8%, War 10.3%, Indie 3.9%
- #58 Survivor Squad: Gauntlets
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 163 reviews2015
Dev: Endless Loop Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Command your Squad of Survivors in a game where Line of Sight is extremely important, you cannot shoot what you cannot see. Develop your formations, move as a unit and cover every corner. Leave no man behind!
Why similar: Strategy 72.9%, Indie 16.1%, Action 9.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #59 Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,060 reviews2019
Dev: Serious SimPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Military 49.5%, Strategy 34%, War 14.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%