Games Like City of Chains

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: Cyberpunk 26.2%, Indie 24%, Dystopian 19.5%, RPG 16.2%, Sci-fi 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the desperate, dystopian atmosphere of City of Chains through its focus on survival and narrative-heavy decision-making.

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

Why similar: Cyberpunk 45.8%, RPG 25.8%, Strategy 16.3%, Sci-fi 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep, turn-based tactical experience set in a gritty cyberpunk future with high stakes for your squad.

Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!

Why similar: Cyberpunk 41.8%, RPG 27.2%, Indie 13.8%, Strategy 7.6%, Sci-fi 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: A definitive cyberpunk tactical RPG that excels in party-based storytelling and complex moral dilemmas.

A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.

Why similar: RPG 32.7%, Indie 24.9%, Strategy 20.6%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Adventure 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style CRPG that mirrors the sci-fi setting and strategic party management found in your seed game.

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

Why similar: RPG 80.3%, Adventure 14.8%, Strategy 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the consequences of your choices in a dark, oppressive world, much like the branching paths of City of Chains.

A dark cyberpunk RPG in a bleak dystopian future. Become a "freelancer" in the heart of Slade City, a sprawling urban nightmare of grimy asphalt and broken dreams where crime and disorder run rampant. - Stay Alert. Stay Armed. Stay Alive. Don't lose your humanity.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 37.3%, Dystopian 23.3%, RPG 21.1%, Sci-fi 9.7%, Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore cyberpunk RPG that emphasizes exploration and survival in a harsh, futuristic urban landscape.

Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open-world cyberpunk city. You command a group of 4 agents through rain-soaked, neon-lit streets, where the law is the will of mega-corporations.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 45.9%, Indie 25.3%, Strategy 14.6%, Sci-fi 8%, RPG 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time tactical strategy game that perfectly captures the neon-soaked, corporate-dystopian vibe of the genre.

UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.

Why similar: RPG 43.6%, Indie 31%, Cyberpunk 14.9%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Adventure 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, dystopian RPG that rewards careful planning and strategic combat in a claustrophobic underground world.

Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!

Why similar: Cyberpunk 41.3%, RPG 27.2%, Indie 16.2%, Strategy 8.1%, Adventure 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a rich, atmospheric cyberpunk setting paired with the same turn-based tactical combat mechanics.

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: RPG 76.8%, Adventure 23.2%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric, story-rich RPG where your choices and moral alignment significantly impact the narrative outcome.

Rain of Reflections is an atmospheric, dystopian adventure game with exploration and deep character interactions. Its turn-based strategic confrontations are uniquely centered around a motivation mechanic.

Why similar: Indie 39.1%, Cyberpunk 26.6%, Strategy 15.4%, Adventure 13.6%, Sci-fi 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-focused strategy game set in a dystopian future where every decision carries significant weight.

MINDS BENEATH US is an emotional sci-fi narrative game. Through the eyes of a humble individual, experience a mad world where humans are exploited as computing devices for AI. Listen to the concerns of those you meet and offer guidance. Together, face challenges and confront an uncertain destiny.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 35.3%, Dystopian 27.5%, RPG 20%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Adventure 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A cinematic, choice-heavy narrative game that explores the dark intersection of technology and human identity.

The miserable journey of a broken man...

Why similar: RPGMaker 54.2% ★, Indie 24.1%, RPG 15.3%, Adventure 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: An indie RPGMaker title that shares the dark, bleak tone and difficult moral choices of City of Chains.

Conglomerate 451 is a grid-based, dungeon crawling first-person RPG with roguelike elements set in a cyberpunk world.

Why similar: Indie 41.9%, Cyberpunk 27.7%, RPG 26.4%, Strategy 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines cyberpunk aesthetics with grid-based tactical combat and squad management in a dystopian city.

In a silent world where music is outlawed, play as a singer to shatter the strings of fate and sing the melody of freedom in this unforgiving Turn Based Rhythm JRPG.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 41.6%, Dystopian 26.5%, RPG 23.6%, Sci-fi 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A stylish, turn-based cyberpunk RPG that emphasizes character progression and strategic combat.

A tactical cyberpunk turn-based RPG set on an off-world grindhouse jungle colony. Skulk through the shadows or charge in guns blazing. Recruit a unique party for large squad-based assaults as your adventure plunges you deep into the city’s secrets.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 42.3%, RPG 24.3%, Sci-fi 20.7%, Strategy 12.8%

Why You'll Like It: A unique, atmospheric sci-fi RPG that focuses on tactical combat and exploration in a gritty, open-world city.

Outrage is a short cyberpunk dungeon crawler. You manage a team of vigilantes and must undertake various missions in the city to strengthen your team and your cause in order to bring a powerful enemy to justice.

Why similar: Indie 64.9%, RPGMaker 24% ★, RPG 7.6%, Adventure 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: An indie RPGMaker title that mirrors the classic, gritty aesthetic and turn-based combat of City of Chains.

From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

Why similar: RPG 50%, Indie 19.9%, Strategy 16.7%, Adventure 8.2%, Sci-fi 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A party-based tactical RPG that forces players to make difficult moral trade-offs in a post-apocalyptic setting.

An expansive dystopian sci-fi world awaits you! Equipment customization, a varied cast and an epic story in this sci-fi epic from Astronomic Games.

Why similar: Indie 58.5%, RPGMaker 28.4% ★, RPG 9%, Adventure 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: A direct peer in the RPGMaker sci-fi genre, focusing on narrative-driven exploration and adventure.

Become The Prophet in a world of the future without the future! Lead your Cult in this cyberpunk RTS in the fight against evil corporations and heretics. Choose your creed, convert citizens, create an army and take over the city!

Why similar: Cyberpunk 35.8%, RPG 35.6%, Strategy 25.4%, Sci-fi 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game set in a cyberpunk world that explores themes of control and societal collapse.

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: Indie 39.7%, RPG 27.3%, Strategy 19%, Cyberpunk 7%, Sci-fi 7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based roguelike that features deep squad customization and a sci-fi setting.

The last king was killed over 400 years ago and the global rule of the land ceased to exist. The Vindicator is coming. ~a decadent, dark fantasy world with a new take on the concepts of Angels and Demons!

Why similar: Indie 85%, RPGMaker 9.6% ★, RPG 3.9%, Adventure 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: An indie RPGMaker adventure that shares the same engine and focus on character-driven storytelling.

StarCrawlers is a modern take on a classic cRPG dungeon crawler set in a gritty spacepunk universe. Build a crew of renegade adventurers on the fringes of space, taking jobs from megacorps to hunt bounties, sabotage rivals and conduct corporate espionage.

Why similar: Indie 35.4%, RPG 28.6%, Cyberpunk 19.4%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Adventure 7%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi dungeon crawler that offers turn-based combat and procedural missions within a futuristic setting.

Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 47.2%, Indie 21.2%, RPG 19.4%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Adventure 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D open-world RPG that explores cyberpunk themes through a lens of exploration and character-driven narrative.

Embark on a thrilling journey in a high-stakes, turn-based tactics game. Lead an elite squad in a fictional, dystopian Eastern European country as you unravel a conspiracy threatening the state. Navigate intense strategic battles and adapt to ever-evolving challenges to prevail.

Why similar: Dystopian 34.2%, Strategy 32.1%, Sci-fi 22.8%, Adventure 10.9%

Time, Space and Parallel Universes collapse and merge, tethered to threads of reality and sustained by a paradoxical power source. Nothing is impossible - it is time to become a Data Hacker.

Why similar: Indie 87.8%, RPGMaker 7.6% ★, RPG 2.8%, Adventure 1.1%, Sci-fi 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: An indie RPGMaker title that leans into the sci-fi and cyberpunk themes common to the genre.

A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!

Why similar: RPG 55.3%, Dystopian 44.7%

Robothorium is a cyberpunk dungeon crawler with turn-based fights, where all your choices will have a direct impact on your revolution against Humankind. Deep Strategy, Crafting, Party Based management, Talents and so much more in this roguelike!

Why similar: Indie 46.6%, RPG 30.5%, Strategy 22.9%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy RPG that focuses on leading a robot uprising in a dystopian world.

Untangle a gripping conspiracy in this noir-influenced mystery, laced with classic RPG elements. Navigate seedy streets to collect clues, upgrade skills and customize weapons. Brawl in turn-based combat with timed hits & combos, to reveal the dark truth that plagues the city’s core and your sanity.

Why similar: Indie 52.5%, RPG 33.6%, Adventure 13.9%

Why You'll Like It: A retro-styled RPG that blends detective noir themes with a dark, futuristic urban setting.

Company of Crime places you in the heart of 1960s London. Will you build an influential criminal empire, or head up an elite Scotland Yard task force and crack down on the rising tide of corruption? Case out targets, then dive into the melee with your hand-picked team of gangsters or detectives.

Why similar: RPG 65.7%, Strategy 34.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that emphasizes managing a criminal organization through strategic decision-making.

Heroes of Steel is a tactical RPG set in a grim post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Coordinate your party of four heroes in turn-based combat and navigate a engaging world and story.

Why similar: Indie 51.7%, RPG 29.5%, Strategy 18.8%

Why You'll Like It: A party-based tactical RPG that focuses on deep character builds and strategic combat encounters.

"Rust of Steel" is a post-apocalyptic ruins exploration RPG with a high degree of freedom. Take on the world in your own style with multiple scenarios, free stat distribution, and the option to play as the good guy or the bad guy!

Why similar: RPG 58%, Indie 29.6%, Sci-fi 12.4%

“The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.

Why similar: RPG 37.2%, Dystopian 30.2%, Strategy 18.6%, Adventure 14%

Explore a decaying futuristic city in this action adventure experience. Search for items, unlock superpowers, recruit companions, and free every turf from ruthless gangs to unite the people once again.

Why similar: Indie 56%, RPG 29.5%, Adventure 14.5%

Delve into a role-playing game of horror, loss and madness set in the strange worlds of HP Lovecraft. Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones offers a mix of rich role-playing and turn-based tactical combat, represented in an illustrative visual style. Can you find salvation in a dead world?

Why similar: Indie 49.7%, RPG 39.4%, Adventure 5.6%, Strategy 5.3%

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: RPG 92.4%, Adventure 7.6%

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: Indie 47.8%, RPG 29.1%, Strategy 19.1%, Adventure 4.1%

Feel the mysterious world of Molds and the City where the sun never sets. Look for clues, make decisions and follow your own path in the Cyber ​​City 2157.

Why similar: Indie 42.1%, Cyberpunk 33%, Adventure 24.8%

In a city driven by corruption, three hardened citizens rise to uncover a conspiracy threatening its fate. Define your playstyle and engage in lethal high-octane combat, or keep out of sight in gripping stealth action.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 32.5%, RPG 22.7%, Dystopian 20.9%, Indie 15.9%, Sci-fi 8.1%

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

Why similar: RPG 53%, Indie 28.4%, Adventure 18.6%

What if there were virtual realms that exist just beyond our reach? What if an online game became the bridge? The worlds are changing rapidly, with each side vying for a position that will secure their realm's future. In the coming war, on which side do you stand?

Why similar: Indie 86.2%, RPGMaker 8.9% ★, RPG 3.5%, Adventure 1.4%

Tower Song is a challenging turn-based RPG that rewards clever planning and decisive tactics in unrepeatable battles. Eldritch tower-borne beasts threaten to breach reality and overrun the capital of Qadam. Lead your chosen Mana Knight in this tightly plotted quest to push back the darkness.

Why similar: RPG 68.4%, Sci-fi 31.6%

Recruit a team of misfits with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.

Why similar: RPG 45.9%, Strategy 28.8%, Adventure 25.3%

In the mist-surrounded City of Time and Eternity, you are the son of a noble family, going between various factions aiming to fight against the upcoming disaster of the Mist of Doomsday. This game is for players who love SLGs and multi-ending RPGs. Join us and write your own legend!

Why similar: RPG 38.7%, Strategy 23.9%, Indie 17.9%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Adventure 8.7%

This is a turn-based strategy game. You'll assume the role of the Special Investigations Division Chief at the Bureau of Crisis Response (BCR), leading agents deep into Bleak Mountains City, a metropolis steeped in retro 1980s charm, to investigate and contain various supernatural “Visions”.

Why similar: RPG 59.3%, Strategy 40.7%

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: Indie 60.3%, Strategy 23.2%, Adventure 16.4%

Most stories end with the death of the protagonist. For Xzus, death is where things started to get really interesting...

Why similar: Strategy 52.7%, Indie 26.5%, RPG 13.9%, Adventure 6.8%

Explore a surreal world inspired by Kowloon Walled city in this turn-based RPG inspired by Japanese dungeon crawlers from the late 1990s.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 39.2%, RPG 35.1%, Adventure 17.3%, Indie 8.4%

"Have we all been acting waywardly?" An Adventure RPG that deals with the life and death of wayward humans, striving to escape a syndicate that creates monsters.

Why similar: RPGMaker 63.7% ★, RPG 23.2%, Adventure 13%

Experience the beginning of a grand adventure in Outcast Tales: The First Journey. Engage in deep tactical battles, make tough decisions, and choose your own adventures - write an Outcast Tale that’s unique to you!

Why similar: Indie 42.7%, RPG 29.2%, Adventure 15%, Strategy 13%

Become a cult leader and unleash divine power in this dark fantasy strategy RPG. You are the villain - you command disciples, outwit enemies in combat, and shape the fate of the fallen city as you awaken the Dead Gods — Wrath, Desire, and Madness.

Why similar: Indie 40.8%, RPG 25.3%, Adventure 18%, Strategy 15.8%

As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.

Why similar: RPG 52.5%, Strategy 33.1%, Sci-fi 14.4%

The Use of Life is a multi-ending adventure book style JRPG. The main character’s various attachments change in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the use of life” you choose through your journey.

Why similar: Indie 47.3%, RPG 38.3%, Adventure 14.4%

It's the zombie-slaying survival game with JRPG elements you didn't know you wanted! Get swarmed by zombies in active-time battles, search for other survivors, eat and most importantly: SURVIVE!

Why similar: Indie 62.8%, RPGMaker 21% ★, RPG 8.6%, Adventure 4%, Strategy 3.6%

Data Hacker: Initiation sets the stage for the Datastream saga; an epic series of tales revolving around the possibility of virtual realms existing beyond our current reach. Once the bridge is crafted, everything will change.

Why similar: RPG 72.9%, RPGMaker 15.4% ★, Indie 9.6%, Adventure 2.2%

Discover a world where life is cheap, identities are bought & sold, & a quest for redemption can change the fate of a whole galaxy.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 34.8%, Indie 25.8%, Dystopian 14.7%, Adventure 13.2%, Sci-fi 11.4%

Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.

Why similar: Indie 49.2%, RPG 27.3%, Strategy 16.5%, Sci-fi 7%

Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.

Why similar: Indie 43.6%, RPG 38.5%, Sci-fi 17.8%