- #1 Templar Battleforce
97% matchVery Positive93% of 973 reviews2015
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.4 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: Tactical RPG 15.7%, Turn-Based 12.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Strategy RPG 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%
- #2 Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion – Turn-Based Strategy
96% matchMostly Positive70% of 136 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 26.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Turn-Based Combat 15.5%, Strategy 9.7%
- #3 Earth vs Mars
95% matchVery Positive88% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: Relic Labs
Windows
Faced with a terrifying Martian invasion, you must lead Earth’s forces in a battle for our planet’s future. Create powerful human-creature super soldiers to fight an alien menace in this turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.5%, Turn-Based Combat 18.2%, Tactical 15.6%, Strategy 6.8%
- #4 Depth of Extinction
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2018
Dev: HOF Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
Why similar: Tactical RPG 16.9%, Turn-Based 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Turn-Based Combat 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%
- #5 MENACE
94% matchVery Positive91% of 10,002 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, CRPG 12.7%, Turn-Based 12.7%
- #6 Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 409 reviews2019
Dev: Tortuga Team
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 17.5%, Turn-Based 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.7%, Strategy RPG 11.4%
- #7 Strain Tactics
93% matchVery Positive85% of 239 reviews2017
Dev: Touch Dimensions Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.3 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 46%, RPG 20%, Action 16.4%, Action RPG 13.8%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #8 Recon Control
92% matchVery Positive84% of 132 reviews2021
Dev: Dmitry KozlovPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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: War 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based 14%, Tactical 10.7%
- #9 STRANGER SAGA -Stranger Bach and Iskiyeld's Ambition-
91% matchVery Positive86% of 187 reviews2025
Dev: Retro Game Balance & Mechanics -レトロゲームの手応えとバランスを追求するデザイン工房-
Windows
"STRANGER SAGA" is a turn-based SRPG where you lead a resistance army against a mighty enemy force. Raise citizens into elite warriors and conquer challenging strategy battles!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 18.6%, War 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, CRPG 13.3%, Strategy RPG 11.3%
- #10 Element Space
91% matchMixed55% of 295 reviews2019
Dev: Sixth VowelPub: Inca Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Year 2199. Assemble an elite crew and make allies to combat a shadowy organization threatening the future of humanity. Face overwhelming odds with strategy. Make your choices and save us from extinction.
Why similar: Turn-Based 14.7%, Tactical RPG 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Tactical 11.6%
- #11 USC: Counterforce
90% matchMixed68% of 235 reviews2024
Dev: Angry Cat StudiosPub: Firesquid
Windows
Lead your Space Commandos in a revival of turn-based squad tactics inspired by UFO/XCOM and Aliens. Utilize in-depth skill & combat systems in multiple game modes, including a full campaign. Discover the truth behind the demise of colony MC83-A and join the USC in defending humanity!
Why similar: Turn-Based 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Strategy RPG 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.3%
- #12 End State
89% matchMixed63% of 137 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 Tactics 14.1%, Turn-Based 11.9%, Strategy RPG 11.6%, Character Customization 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%
- #13 Galaxy Squad
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 429 reviews2019
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Galaxy squad is a hardcore turn-based tactical roguelike, inspired by FTL and XCOM.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 17%, Tactical 14.9%, Strategy 13.4%
- #14 Xenonauts 2
86% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,657 reviews2023
Dev: Goldhawk InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 19%, Turn-Based Combat 17.5%, Tactical 15.1%, Roguelite 9.5%
- #15 Space Grunts
88% matchVery Positive81% of 78 reviews2016
Dev: Orangepixel
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A turn-based game on a planet outpost - with no waiting between turns! Play it at the speed of an arcade game, or take your time and think about your next step.. no matter how fast you take your turn, it might be your last!
Why similar: Turn-Based 27.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.2%, Difficult 16.8%, Roguelite 11.8%, RPG 8.8%
- #16 Codex of Victory
87% matchMixed69% of 397 reviews2017
Dev: Ino-Co PlusPub: AKPublish pty ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
In this sci-fi turn-based strategy with real-time base-building elements, you’ll be defending human territories against the transhuman Augments. Expand your HQ, and manufacture and upgrade an army of advanced drones to wage interplanetary war for Humanity!
Why similar: Turn-Based 29.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.4%, Tactical 16.5%, Strategy 10.7%
- #17 Regenesis
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Klopsy
Windows
Guide a group of survivors trying to strive in this alien yet familiar environment. Fight against mutated creatures and use their parts to craft and upgrade your weapons.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Character Customization 12%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%
- #18 Mech Armada
84% matchVery Positive81% of 679 reviews2022
Dev: Lioncode Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Turn-Based 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Character Customization 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%
- #19 Twilight Wars
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: Comrade Bear Games
Windows
Twilight Wars is a tactical dungeon crawler set in a neon-drenched cyberpunk future. Corporations rule the world. Rebuild a shattered spy agency, assemble a team of elite operatives, and wage a covert war to reclaim the world from the shadows.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%
- #20 Ultimate Space Commando
85% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Creatio 49Pub: Angry Cat Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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: Turn-Based Tactics 40.8%, Strategy 29.8%, RPG 29.4%
- #21 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
82% matchVery Positive84% of 3,305 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!
Why similar: Tactical 26%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.9%, Roguelite 12.4%, RPG 10.5%, Turn-Based 9.8%
- #22 Interregnum: False Prophet
83% matchMixed59% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Spacewalkers
Windows
A tactical, turn-based strategy game in a post-apocalyptic world of eternal winter. As the titular False Prophet, recruit and lead a group of survivors to a promised land. Loot, craft, and make the best of what you find.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 14.2%, Turn-Based 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Strategy RPG 10.3%
- #23 Into the Breach
81% matchVery Positive94% of 21,742 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 23.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.3%, Turn-Based 16.2%, Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%
- #24 Metal Slug Tactics
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,401 reviews2024
Dev: Leikir StudioPub: Dotemu
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
METAL SLUG makes an explosive return! Dive into this dynamic tactical RPG with a roguelite thrill and experience the iconic run'n'gun action of the original series, redefined. Grab your weapons, assemble your squad and conquer the battlefield to defeat the infamous Rebel Army.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 18.1%, Turn-Based 16.4%, War 15.2%, Tactical 9.3%, Difficult 8.6%
- #25 Rise of Humanity
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 reviews2021
Dev: Cybernetic Walrus
Windows
Battle enemy bots, plan your strategy to complete missions, collect, upgrade and merge powerful cards to save humanity in this tactical turn-based game!
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Turn-Based Combat 15.4%, Tactical 15%
- #26 Wanna Survive
81% matchVery Positive93% of 301 reviews2019
Dev: PINIX
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
HIGH SPEED ZOMBIE TACTICS - Fight mobs of undead attacking from all sides in this streamlined turn-based tactics that emphasizes unit placement and synergies. Help the survivors live through fights and manage their rations to avoid permanent death, and they just might be able to reach the Sanctuary.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Tactical 18%, Turn-Based 17%, Difficult 13%
- #27 Every Day We Fight
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 394 reviews2025
Dev: Signal Space LabPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Caught in a time loop, your band of resistance fighters is humanity’s last hope. Real-time exploration meets turn-based tactics and roguelite strategy as you learn new abilities, seek out new weapons, and develop new techniques to overcome the mysterious alien threat.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 20.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Turn-Based Combat 17.3%, Tactical 15.9%, Roguelite 9.9%
- #28 Xenonauts
79% matchVery Positive87% of 5,012 reviews2014
Dev: Goldhawk Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 21.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Turn-Based Combat 18.5%, Turn-Based 15.9%, Tactical 14.4%
- #29 Mechanibot
79% matchVery Positive92% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Jon Nielsen
Windows
In this tactical rogue-like auto battler, you'll build your unique team of robots and keep them alive as they fight. Battle through waves of enemies as you travel from planet to planet on a mission to fix the sun. Strategize, protect, survive. A Mechanibot's wrench never rests.
Why similar: Tactical 44.9%, Roguelite 19.8%, Strategy 19%, RPG 6.8%, Action 5%
- #30 Infested Planet
78% matchVery Positive94% of 3,014 reviews2014
Dev: Rocket Bear Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.
Why similar: Strategy 48.7%, Tactical 28.9%, Action 11.7%, Singleplayer 7.3%, 2D 3.5%
- #31 Godless Tactics
77% matchVery Positive95% of 109 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: Turn-Based Tactics 34.6%, Strategy 31.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.7%, 2D 4.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #32 One-inch Tactics
75% matchVery Positive94% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: KOGADO STUDIOPub: KOMODO
Windows
Turn the tide of the war with nuanced strategies in One-inch Tactics, introducing players to a unique turn-based strategy experience.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Tactical 16.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%
- #33 Veterum
74% matchVery Positive93% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows
Turn-based tactical strategy with a detailed combat system and interactive environment. Explore the open world, complete quests, search for rare artifacts. Lead the last army of the Order of the Gatekeepers and stop the coming chaos!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Strategy RPG 13.3%, Tactical 9.6%
- #34 Clatter
76% matchVery Positive83% of 1,223 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Create and command your own customizable squads of fighting robots in this turn-based, arena tactics game.
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.6%, Strategy 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%
- #35 Trash of the Titans
73% matchVery Positive91% of 308 reviews2024
Dev: Thayer and Back Again
Windows
It's turn-based fantasy tactics with trash animals. Defend your trash from invading rats, and eat your trash to upgrade your team. Think your way out of ruin by using the shape of each level to your advantage. Be creative, and try to not die.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 17.4%, Turn-Based 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Strategy RPG 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%
- #36 Ruin Raiders
76% matchMixed69% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: indie.io
Windows
Ruin Raiders is a turn-based tactical roguelike where you command customizable squads on a one-way journey into the ruins of an ancient civilization. Master turn-based combat, craft new technologies, and dive into ever-changing ruins to unveil the past!
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Difficult 11%
- #37 Make War
77% matchMixed69% of 90 reviews2019
Dev: Creepy Brothers
Windows · Mac
Do you want to become part of great battles? Lead the alien army in tactical-voxel simulator game Make War.
Why similar: War 40.2%, Strategy 32.8%, Difficult 19%, Casual 5.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #38 Xeno Command
75% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: ChillyRoomPub: ChillyRoom
Windows
Defend galaxy against Alien invasion in the RTS offline game with roguelike fun
Why similar: Strategy 67.5%, 2D 20.9%, Singleplayer 11.6%
- #39 Magellania
74% matchVery Positive88% of 310 reviews2021
Dev: Illunsoft
Windows
Defeat your enemies with the power of love, friendship, and violent military aggression in Magellania, a hardcore tactics-RPG set in outer space.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 18.1%, Strategy RPG 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Action RPG 9.6%
- #40 Break the Loop
73% matchVery Positive85% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: Mastodonte
Windows
Break the Loop is a turn-based Rogue-like RPG. Compose your team and create a timeline by selecting the events you'll go through. Each decision will bring you one step closer to the ultimate threat, but will you have accumulated enough power to stop the apocalypse?
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 19.1%, Difficult 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Roguelite 11.5%
- #41 Attack of the Earthlings
72% matchVery Positive84% of 436 reviews2018
Dev: Team JunkfishPub: Junkfish Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Take on Galactoil, a comically dysfunctional intergalactic energy corporation, and its larger-than-life employees in a tactical-stealth game that fuses satisfying strategic gameplay and dark comedy in a quirky single-player story.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 50%, Strategy 30.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Tactical 7%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #42 Tinyfolks
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,077 reviews2022
Dev: Pierre VandermaesenPub: VANDERMAESEN GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Train your folks, defeat monsters and upgrade your town!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 24.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.9%, Tactical 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Strategy RPG 12%
- #43 Battle Grid
70% matchVery Positive83% of 226 reviews2023
Dev: Barking Dogs
Windows
Face relentless alien hordes, collect their resources and assemble an unstoppable squadron of mechs! In this Action Roguelite, discover game-breaking synergies, mix and match weapons and units, unlock upgrades, harvest and conquer alien planets.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 47%, Roguelite 27.4%, Strategy 18.3%, Action 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #44 Void Tyrant
72% matchMostly Positive70% of 111 reviews2021
Dev: Quite Fresh GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Collect an intergalactic bounty of eccentric allies and deadly weapons, explore vibrant planets, and engage in risky turn-based battles to restore the Eyes of Chronos and save the galaxy in this strategic roguelike deckbuilder!
Why similar: Difficult 31.4%, Roguelite 22.7%, Strategy 22%, Turn-Based 9.9%, RPG 6.7%
- #45 Ground Breakers
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: UnitedIndie
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Battle with robots on dynamic, randomly generated battlegrounds, as you attempt to take on the world in this unique turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, Turn-Based Combat 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based 14.2%
- #46 Ignited Steel: Mech Tactics
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: YokaicadePub: Meteorbyte Studios
Windows
Ignited Steel is a mech roguelike turn-based-tactics game. Manage a team of overheating old-tech mechs, more heat means more vulnerability and damage! Unravel the galaxy’s story as you travel from node to node, improving your mechs, acquiring new pilots, and defeat the sentient A.I. overlord!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 20.1%, Strategy RPG 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, War 11.7%
- #47 Void Marauders
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Autarca
Windows · Mac · Linux
Lead a band of space pirates and loot and pillage your way across the stars in this turn based tactical game!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.6%, Tactical 21.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 15.6%, Character Customization 11.5%
- #48 Bionic Dues
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 993 reviews2013
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelite with mech customization. Out-think wide-ranging tactical situations featuring robots with bad GPS, terrible aim, insecurity, a lack of focus, a tendency to backstab, and dozens of other maladies to exploit.
Why similar: Turn-Based 28.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Strategy 13.2%, RPG 12.2%, Tactical 12.2%
- #49 Dungeon Rushers
71% matchMixed62% of 1,233 reviews2016
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A Heroic-Parody tactical RPG combining dungeon crawler’s gameplay and turn-based fights. Dive in an off-beat universe, manage your team and craft mighty gear to equip them! Build your own dungeon by hiding traps and monsters in your galleries, then challenge other players to clean it!
Why similar: Turn-Based 15%, Turn-Based Combat 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Difficult 11.8%
- #50 BATTLETECH
68% matchVery Positive84% of 32,635 reviews2018
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 43.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 23.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Tactical 12.4%, Strategy 10.6%
- #51 Vactics
68% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: The Lemur Conspiracy
Windows · Mac
Build the mech to fight against robotic Vactics in tactical chess-like combat. The war is already over and the heroes of the city have fallen. Take on a new randomly generated challenge every time you play and join with the citizens to fight for a better future.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 37.5%, Tactical 29.7%, Roguelite 18.1%, Strategy 11.2%, 2D 3%
- #52 Deep Fringe
66% matchVery Positive96% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Bosoneon StudioPub: Thousand Generation
Windows
Deep Fringe is a deep tactical RPG set in a biopunk post-apocalyptic wasteland. Lead powerful factions in turn-based brutal battles, leveraging the strategic use of an interactive environment. Modify or destroy terrain to achieve tactical supremacy. Craft legendary chapters with the level editor.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 14.1%, Turn-Based 12.7%, War 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
- #53 The Last Spell
66% matchVery Positive92% of 12,839 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 15%, Turn-Based 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Strategy RPG 10.9%
- #54 Halfway
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,012 reviews2014
Dev: RobotalityPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 29.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, RPG 16.8%, Strategy 15.5%, Tactical 9.4%
- #55 Repel The Rifts
65% matchVery Positive86% of 313 reviews2025
Dev: RefinedBearGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Linux
Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world, uncovering new terrain each wave, drafting powerful upgrades, and constructing defenses to hold back the chaos.
Why similar: Turn-Based 29.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 23.4%, Tactical 23%, Roguelite 12.2%, Strategy 8.7%
- #56 Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors
67% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: ReijaPub: indie.io
Windows
You are Earth's last line of defense in a relentless alien invasion. Experience intense top-down roguelite action across diverse landscapes, fighting invaders with a versatile arsenal. Outsmart, outgun, and survive your foes. Every run increases the challenge - so adapt, evolve, dominate!
Why similar: Roguelite 41.4%, RPG 30.4%, Action 11%, Casual 10.6%, Singleplayer 6.6%
- #57 Anomaly Collapse
65% matchVery Positive86% of 634 reviews2024
Dev: RocketPunch Games
Windows
Command a squad of adorably fierce warriors in Anomaly Collapse, a turn-based Roguelite strategy game that offers a fresh twist to an old formula! Face off against otherworldly beings and uncover the dark secrets of supernatural calamities. Immerse yourself in a story where every move counts!
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Turn-Based Combat 17.7%, Roguelite 8.5%
- #58 StarVaders
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,970 reviews2025
Dev: PengonautsPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Turn-Based Combat 17.5%, Difficult 16.6%, Roguelite 11.5%
- #59 Anomaly: Warzone Earth
67% matchVery Positive87% of 4,668 reviews2011
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!
Why similar: Strategy 79%, Action 14.4%, Singleplayer 6.6%
- #60 Control Craft 2
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 464 reviews2016
Dev: Cristian ManolachiPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Control Craft 2 is a real time strategy game where you will have to act quickly against attackers who want to invade our planet! Wave after wave, your soldiers will overthrow the enemy colonies and will occupy enemy bases one after another.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26.5%, War 21.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.5%, Difficult 18.1%, Strategy 8.9%