Games Like Battle Brothers

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: Open World 26.9%, Medieval 26.7%, RPG 15.4%, Sandbox 13.1%, Strategy 7%

Why You'll Like It: It mirrors Battle Brothers most directly with roaming mercenary-company management, contract-driven sandbox travel, and lethal turn-based fights where gear, injuries, and wages matter.

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: Horses 13.8% ★, Medieval 13.6%, War 13.2%, Moddable 10.6% ★, Open World 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: If your favorite part is building a warband in a living medieval sandbox, Bannerlord delivers the same climb from ragtag sellswords to regional power, just with real-time battles.

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: Medieval 21.6%, Character Customization 18%, Open World 17.6%, RPG 10.9%, Fantasy 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: This grim tactical RPG also revolves around hiring, training, and protecting a mercenary company across a dynamic world map with lasting wounds and hard choices.

In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!

Why similar: Medieval 16.9%, Horses 14.6% ★, Moddable 13.8% ★, Open World 10%, Military 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Warband captures the same sandbox mercenary fantasy of recruiting nobodies, taking contracts, and slowly becoming a feared force in a reactive medieval world.

Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.

Why similar: Strategy 48.2%, Fantasy 35.6%, Singleplayer 16.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its bleak low-fantasy setting, harsh tactical combat, and emphasis on positioning, injuries, and surviving with a small band feel very Battle Brothers-adjacent.

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: Strategy 36.8%, Character Customization 26.9%, RPG 12.2%, Story Rich 8.2%, Action 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Swap medieval mercs for mechs and you still get contract-based company management, salvage economics, travel between jobs, and punishing turn-based attrition.

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: Open World 32.5%, Sandbox 30%, RPG 13.2%, Strategy 7.9%, Character Customization 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its open-ended squad sandbox is even harsher, rewarding the same love of emergent disaster stories, risky travel, and slowly forging survivors out of recruits.

Bringing you to an exotic desert where you’ll recruit, train, and guide your troops into battle against rival cities and factions. Embark on an adventure that’s uniquely yours; Customizable characters, professions, and factions. The land is filled with a variety of hidden secrets.

Why similar: War 21.4%, Open World 17.7%, Sandbox 10.1%, Hack and Slash 9.5%, Moddable 9.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: This blends open-world wandering, troop building, faction politics, and rising from obscure captain to power broker in a way Battle Brothers players often click with.

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 38.8%, Military 28.7%, RPG 22.7%, Action 5.1%, Singleplayer 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Though modern and mission-based, its merc roster management, tactical lethality, equipment juggling, and campaign-layer decision making hit a very similar strategic itch.

Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.

Why similar: RPG 28.7%, Medieval 23.5%, Sandbox 18.3%, Strategy 15.2%, Open World 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its gritty low-fantasy world, harsh survival pressure, and unforgiving combat capture Battle Brothers' grounded tone even though the focus is on a single adventurer.

A unique hybrid between turn-based tactical games and traditional, character-centric RPGs. Knight's Tale is a modern retelling of a classic Arthurian mythology story filtered through the dark fantasy tropes, a twist on the traditional tales of chivalry.

Why similar: Medieval 46.9%, RPG 27.7%, Strategy 19.4%, Singleplayer 6%

Why You'll Like It: Its weighty turn-based battles, persistent knight roster, injuries, and darker tone appeal to players who enjoy Battle Brothers as a brutal campaign of hard trade-offs.

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: Medieval 32.6%, Fantasy 18.3%, Strategy 17.9%, RPG 16.4%, Story Rich 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers compact turn-based mercenary tactics with hiring, leveling, and equipping a roster of soldiers in a fantasy world.

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: Moddable 31.1% ★, Character Customization 28.7%, Story Rich 13.2%, Fantasy 11.1%, RPG 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: If you love emergent character stories and seeing a party evolve through tactical campaigns, Wildermyth offers that in a more narrative but still highly replayable form.

Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes.

Why similar: RPG 27.4%, Strategy 26%, Medieval 25.1%, Fantasy 17.5%, Singleplayer 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Persistent warband progression, permanent injuries, and brutally unforgiving turn-based skirmishes make it a great pick if you love Battle Brothers' attritional combat.

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: Medieval 36.3%, Character Customization 29.5%, Sandbox 27.9%, Adventure 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its sandbox mode, party building, and crunchy turn-based fights make it one of the closer fantasy tactics alternatives for people who enjoy optimizing squads.

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

Why similar: RPG 50.5%, Strategy 25.8%, Fantasy 15.2%, Singleplayer 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: While more dungeon-focused, it scratches the same obsession with roster curation, stress and injury management, grim losses, and making do with imperfect survivors.

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: Historical 23.4%, Character Customization 17.8%, RPG 16.4%, Medieval 15.9%, Strategy 10%

Why You'll Like It: This pairs a gritty historical setting with party tactics, travel, and meaningful campaign choices that echo Battle Brothers' grounded feel.

Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.

Why similar: Open World 47.7%, Story Rich 24.5%, RPG 22.8%, Singleplayer 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: It leans more into caravan leadership, but the bleak world, resource pressure, hiring companions, and route-based decision making should appeal to sandbox mercenary fans.

The standalone expansion for Mount & Blade! With Fire & Sword builds and expands upon the highly regarded combat system from Mount & Blade: Warband. Firearms have been introduced to the battlefield.

Why similar: Medieval 13.2%, Horses 12.3% ★, Historical 11.8%, War 11.2%, Open World 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: It keeps the same freeform warband-building sandbox as Warband while shifting the setting to an early modern mercenary frontier.

Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.

Why similar: RPG 34.8%, Strategy 27%, Story Rich 17.7%, Fantasy 15.8%, Adventure 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: Fans of Battle Brothers' bleak mood and hard campaign trade-offs will appreciate its desperate caravan journey and tough tactical battles.

Enter Tahnra, a land savaged by war. You, a fresh academy graduate with humble beginnings, will grow to lead a grand army against a corrupt adversary. Gather heroes, form bonds, and lead your force in turn-based battles. Make use of tactics, terrain, morale and more to bring peace to the land!

Why similar: RPG 27.4%, Fantasy 23.3%, Story Rich 22.2%, Strategy 14%, Adventure 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its focus on building and developing an army over a long tactical campaign scratches the same satisfaction of roster growth and formation planning.

Re-experience the thrill and challenges of managing a Gladiator arena in this management/simulation game. With new content, new graphics, Quality of Life updates, and all DLCs packed into this new experience, this is how Blackthorn Arena was meant to be experienced.

Why similar: Medieval 42.3%, Fantasy 19.6%, Strategy 19.6%, Simulation 18.6%

Why You'll Like It: Managing a stable of fighters, gearing them up, and trying to keep veterans alive through punishing battles hits a similar roster-management loop.

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: RPG 33.5%, Strategy 32.6%, Fantasy 24.1%, Singleplayer 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: It turns the tactics up to eleven with highly lethal squad combat, long-term hero development, and constant pressure to avoid losing key veterans.

In the anarchic world of Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare, only the mightiest warlord rules. Start with a pistol and a few militias, you will set yourself on a wild and ambitious journey towards world domination. Enjoy the immersive combination of intense FPS and sandbox strategy.

Why similar: Open World 15.3%, War 15.2%, Sandbox 15.1%, Military 14.6%, Strategy 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: This hybrid also lets you recruit troops, roam a world map, take contracts, and fight to grow a private force, albeit with guns instead of spears.

Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?

Why similar: Historical 40%, RPG 23.3%, Strategy 20.9%, Story Rich 7.4%, Character Customization 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: If you want more polished squad tactics and campaign decisions than open-world freedom, this still delivers a lot of the same commander fantasy.

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: Character Customization 28.5%, RPG 14.8%, Strategy 14.2%, Fantasy 13.6%, Story Rich 12.7%

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: RPG 32.9%, Strategy 25.3%, Character Customization 20.9%, Fantasy 12.2%, Story Rich 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Though more structured, its class building, squad customization, and demanding turn-based combat make it a strong tactical substitute.

Manage a team of traveling gladiators in this turn-based fantasy roguelike. Find the best recruits, discover powerful item combinations and come up with clever tactics on the battlefield. The tournament awaits those who desire MORTAL GLORY!

Why similar: Strategy 34.5%, RPG 34%, Simulation 24.6%, Singleplayer 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its gladiator-team management, permadeath, gear upgrades, and tactical battles channel the same attachment to disposable-yet-precious recruits.

Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.

Why similar: Moddable 32.1% ★, Historical 21.7%, Sandbox 15.7%, Open World 13.6%, Strategy 7.8%

Love, fight, scheme, and claim greatness. Determine your noble house’s legacy in the sprawling grand strategy of Crusader Kings III. Death is only the beginning as you guide your dynasty’s bloodline in the rich and larger-than-life simulation of the Middle Ages.

Why similar: Historical 17.5%, Moddable 16.2% ★, Medieval 15.5%, War 11.6%, Character Customization 9%

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: War 24%, Historical 23.9%, Military 23.5%, Open World 9.7%, Strategy 8.4%

Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters.

Why similar: Medieval 33.9%, RPG 17.6%, Story Rich 15.9%, Strategy 14.8%, Fantasy 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Its dark tone, meaningful losses, and turn-based battles make it a worthwhile pick if you mainly want the grim tactical side of Battle Brothers.

Sons of Valhalla is a roguelike strategy game set in the Viking Age. Build fortresses, gather warriors, and lay siege to enemy strongholds, engaging in personal combat as you raid and conquer across England.

Why similar: Horses 16.3% ★, Moddable 11.9% ★, War 8.3%, Historical 7.3%, Medieval 6.7%

Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.

Why similar: Medieval 21.2%, Open World 13.7%, Moddable 12.3% ★, Sandbox 10.8%, RPG 9.6%

What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.

Why similar: RPG 35.7%, Strategy 22.2%, Fantasy 17.2%, Character Customization 12.1%, Story Rich 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is a denser, more story-driven tactical RPG, but its tough hex battles and persistent party progression will still resonate with Battle Brothers players.

Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!

Why similar: Medieval 22.7%, Open World 16.4%, Historical 15.9%, Horses 15.4% ★, Realistic 9.9%

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: War 17.4%, Medieval 15.2%, Sandbox 13.2%, Character Customization 12%, Open World 11.7%

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: Strategy 24.5%, RPG 24.4%, Medieval 21%, Open World 17%, Fantasy 10.2%

Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based extraction RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.

Why similar: RPG 35.3%, Strategy 32.9%, Open World 14.8%, Singleplayer 10.1%, Story Rich 6.9%

Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.

Why similar: Moddable 32.8% ★, Historical 21.6%, Sandbox 15.4%, Open World 13.8%, Strategy 7.4%

An open-world adventure RPG. Choose your favorite character, train your elite legion step by step, and crush all enemies on the battlefield. Strengthen yourself, establish a powerful family, create a great dynasty, and become the dominator of this fantasy world.

Why similar: Sandbox 24.5%, War 18.2%, Open World 15.5%, RPG 9.7%, Strategy 9%

Fight & strategize your way through spectacles and arenas -- rise from lowly slave to Grand Champion and earn your freedom. Or... die trying. This Gladiator RPG Roguelite features in-depth career management and a unique physics simulated combat system. To those who are about to die, I salute you!

Why similar: Historical 20.4%, Medieval 17.1%, Hack and Slash 16.7%, Sandbox 13.4%, Realistic 11.9%

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: Moddable 28% ★, War 21.8%, Character Customization 16.6%, Strategy 8.9%, Fantasy 8.6%

Blackthorn Arena is a strategy/management sim with a real-time/turn based combat system, set in a world of mythical monsters and classic fantasy races. Play as the master of Blackthorn Arena, train your slaves into gladiators, forge them into your champions, and send them to fight for your glory!

Why similar: Medieval 21.1%, Sandbox 18.5%, Realistic 14.4%, Open World 13.4%, Third Person 11.7%

A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.

Why similar: Medieval 50.3%, Strategy 22.2%, RPG 22%, Singleplayer 5.4%

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: Sandbox 17.6%, Open World 16.9%, Medieval 16.9%, Character Customization 12.4%, Realistic 8.3%

KINGDOMS is a procedural medieval RPG in a randomly generated open world. The main feature of KINGDOMS is a smart AI system that completely controls NPC behavior. As the player, you can fully interact with this massive world and become any person you want to be.

Why similar: Medieval 23.3%, Open World 20.8%, Sandbox 14.7%, Military 10.6%, RPG 8.7%

Build and manage your own castle settlement in a land reclaimed by wilderness. With detailed management, survival strategy, and a moddable sandbox world, Going Medieval challenges you to build the mightiest colony this side of the apocalypse.

Why similar: Moddable 35.7% ★, Historical 22.7%, Sandbox 16.9%, Strategy 7.9%, RPG 7.6%

Survival of your people - that's the only thing that matters. Become the leader of a newly founded Viking settlement and lead it to safety and glory. Gather, build, craft, hunt, raid and follow your Gods to endure hardships of nature and save your clan from violent destruction.

Why similar: Horses 21.1% ★, Moddable 14.7% ★, Medieval 10.1%, Open World 8.6%, Historical 8%

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Why similar: Moddable 23.9% ★, Historical 18.2%, War 18%, Military 15.8%, Sandbox 10.4%

Welcome to Han Xiongnu Wars. A stand-along game and synergy of historical Far East and multiple features in role-playing, real-time strategy and action gameplay. This game brings you to the eventful years of the early Han Dynasty, and faithfully presents the ancient eastern culture with many objects and scenes faithfully reconstructed...

Why similar: Horses 17.7% ★, Historical 12.5%, War 11.4%, Hack and Slash 9.3%, Medieval 8.8%

You are the captain of a starship venturing through a massive open universe. Customize your crew and take command at the helm of your very own ship as you explore a galaxy torn apart by internal strife, alien threats, and political intrigue.

Why similar: Moddable 43.6% ★, Sandbox 18.5%, Open World 13.6%, Simulation 8.5%, RPG 8%

Lead troops in tense tactical battles, just you and your brain against the dying world. Can you save it? Manage a mercenary company, scavenge supplies, build an army. Go on a quest! Burn down a village or two... Explore the rich medieval fantasy world in a mix of LOTR, Warhammer, FTL and Total War.

Why similar: Medieval 40.3%, Fantasy 20.8%, Strategy 18.6%, RPG 14.1%, Singleplayer 6.1%

Fight for control during the Friso-Hollandic Wars. Set in the medieval 13th century, the game features a strategy campaign and historical battles. Fight alongside your army in 3rd person battles and command your troops in this strategy-action game.

Why similar: War 23.8%, Medieval 19.2%, Historical 19.2%, Sandbox 15.4%, Realistic 5.8%

Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.

Why similar: War 34.6%, Historical 25.1%, Medieval 21.3%, RPG 8.8%, Story Rich 7.9%

Raise mighty armies, wield ancient magic and forge an empire. This turn-based strategy adventure game fuses strategic decision making, tactical combat and kingdom management.

Why similar: Fantasy 37.3%, Strategy 33.7%, Story Rich 29%

Explore the open world of Terscara as you advance through the challenging and tactical encounters in this epic turn-based tactical RPG. Form and lead a group of battle-proven companions, delve into the ancient dungeons to collect the elusive vault crystals, and end Xandar’s Wraith once and for all.

Why similar: Sandbox 26.6%, Character Customization 22.9%, Open World 19.1%, RPG 11.2%, Strategy 10.6%

RPG/Strategy. Lead your army through intense battles, make decisions that influence the story, and conquer vast lands. Play solo or fight side by side with up to 4 friends.

Why similar: War 24.9%, Medieval 21%, Open World 16.3%, Realistic 11.4%, Strategy 9.1%