- #1 Invisible, Inc.
97% 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: Tactical RPG 12.6%, Cyberpunk 12.3%, Isometric 11.2%, Stealth 10.5%, Turn-Based 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the heist-planning and stealth-heavy infiltration mechanics that are central to the Cyber Knights experience.
- #2 Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
96% matchVery Positive89% of 6,565 reviews2014
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 26.1%, Turn-Based 24.6%, Isometric 13.4%, RPG 8.5%, Tactical 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: This is the gold standard for cyberpunk tactical RPGs, offering deep narrative choices and squad-based combat that mirrors the atmosphere of the seed game.
- #3 Templar Battleforce
96% 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: Tactical RPG 14.5%, Turn-Based 13.9%, Perma Death 13.3%, Strategy RPG 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this game shares the core DNA of squad-based tactical combat and persistent character growth.
- #4 Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game
95% matchVery Positive88% of 4,190 reviews2023
Dev: Iron Tower Studio
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 22.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees.
Why similar: Turn-Based 15.1%, Tactical RPG 14.2%, Party-Based RPG 14%, Cyberpunk 11%, Isometric 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, turn-based tactical RPG that emphasizes faction politics and meaningful player choices in a confined, sci-fi environment.
- #5 Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 14,700 reviews2022
Dev: Complex GamesPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Tactical 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Features intense, high-stakes squad tactics with deep character customization and persistent consequences for your team.
- #6 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: Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Tactical RPG 12.4%, Tactical 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the mercenary management and tactical squad combat aspects, requiring careful planning and resource allocation.
- #7 XCOM® 2
93% matchVery Positive85% of 109,126 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 61.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Why similar: Turn-Based 10.1%, Perma Death 9.7%, Military 9.2%, Isometric 8.7%, Post-apocalyptic 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive squad-based tactical game that features high-stakes mission planning, perma-death, and deep base management.
- #8 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
92% 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: Post-apocalyptic 16.7%, Turn-Based Combat 15.2%, Turn-Based 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Tactical 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines stealth-based exploration with tactical turn-based combat in a gritty, post-apocalyptic world.
- #9 The Iron Oath
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 923 reviews2023
Dev: Curious Panda GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 14.4%, Party-Based RPG 13.8%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Strategy RPG 10.8%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that focuses on managing a mercenary company over time, with long-term consequences for your party members.
- #10 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 Tactics 22%, Stealth 18.9%, Turn-Based 14.5%, Tactical 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical game focused on espionage and stealth that mirrors the heist-planning and faction-based tension found in Cyber Knights.
- #11 Wasteland 3
89% matchVery Positive85% of 22,342 reviews2020
Dev: inXile Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 13.3%, Turn-Based 12.9%, Party-Based RPG 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.2%, Isometric 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A robust tactical RPG that features squad management, faction-based storytelling, and a harsh, reactive world.
- #12 Vigilantes
90% matchVery Positive81% of 306 reviews2018
Dev: Timeslip Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Vigilantes is a combat focused, turn-based tactical RPG set in the crime riddled city of Reiker. The game offers hardcore squad-level combat in a gritty neo-noir setting, intel gathering through surveillance and interrogation, a detailed character system, base facilities, crafting, and more.
Why similar: Turn-Based 15.8%, Tactical RPG 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Strategy RPG 10.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, crime-focused tactical RPG that emphasizes positioning and combat efficiency in a modern urban setting.
- #13 Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
89% matchVery Positive88% of 6,353 reviews2019
Dev: 6 Eyes StudioPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Tactical RPG 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%, Turn-Based 9.8%, Strategy RPG 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: Provides deep turn-based tactical combat with an extensive class system that allows for highly customized squad builds.
- #14 Showgunners
87% matchVery Positive93% of 1,958 reviews2023
Dev: ArtificerPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.
Why similar: Isometric 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Tactical 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features tactical combat centered around a futuristic, televised death-game show, emphasizing environmental traps and tactical movement.
- #15 UnderRail
88% matchVery Positive86% of 7,229 reviews2015
Dev: Stygian Software
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Turn-Based 21.8%, Isometric 21.4%, Post-apocalyptic 21.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.1%, RPG 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A hardcore isometric RPG that offers deep character builds and tactical combat within a claustrophobic, futuristic setting.
- #16 Stellar Tactics
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,731 reviews2026
Dev: Don WilkinsPub: Maverick Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 18%, Party-Based RPG 16.2%, Isometric 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: An exploration-heavy tactical RPG that offers deep squad customization and a vast sci-fi universe to navigate.
- #17 Mechajammer
86% matchMixed52% of 240 reviews2021
Dev: Whalenought StudiosPub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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: Tactical 11.9%, Cyberpunk 11.8%, Turn-Based 10.9%, Tactical RPG 10.2%, Stealth 10%
Why You'll Like It: An atmospheric sci-fi RPG that prioritizes tactical combat and open-world exploration in a dark, cyberpunk-inspired city.
- #18 Satellite Reign
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 5,366 reviews2015
Dev: 5 Lives Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 38.8%, Tactical 14.9%, Stealth 13.9%, Isometric 12.3%, Strategy 9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the cyberpunk aesthetic and squad-based tactical infiltration feel through its real-time, heist-focused gameplay.
- #19 Quasimorph
82% matchVery Positive82% of 7,882 reviews2026
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 27.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk 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: Turn-Based 20.6%, Cyberpunk 17.8%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Tactical 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk extraction-based roguelike that features intense, turn-based combat and a focus on gear management.
- #20 Gears Tactics
84% 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: Turn-Based 25.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.5%, Strategy 16.8%, Tactical 13.1%, Isometric 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers fast-paced, aggressive tactical combat with a focus on character progression and squad synergy.
- #21 Depth of Extinction
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2018
Dev: HOF Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
Why similar: Turn-Based 13.4%, Tactical RPG 12.4%, Perma Death 11.1%, Party-Based RPG 9.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic tactical RPG with roguelite elements and squad management that mirrors the high-lethality combat of the seed game.
- #22 End State
83% 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 11.7%, Strategy RPG 11.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Military 9.2%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on realistic mercenary operations with detailed character customization and tactical turn-based combat.
- #23 Voidspire Tactics
82% 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: Tactical RPG 18.9%, Turn-Based 17.4%, Party-Based RPG 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Strategy RPG 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that emphasizes environmental interaction and complex character building through a variety of classes.
- #24 Hard West 2
81% matchVery Positive82% of 3,209 reviews2022
Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Turn-Based 16.1%, Tactical RPG 15.3%, Isometric 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical game that utilizes a unique momentum-based combat system, rewarding aggressive play and strategic positioning.
- #25 Phoenix Point
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 7,165 reviews2020
Dev: Snapshot Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM. Fight tactical battles on procedural maps against a foe that adapts to your tactics. Manage diplomacy and economy on a global scale. Research, explore, overcome. Now includes Steam Workshop support for mods!
Why similar: Perma Death 15.2%, Tactical RPG 14.8%, Isometric 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features complex squad management and tactical combat against evolving threats, emphasizing strategic adaptability.
- #26 Kingsvein
80% matchVery Positive91% of 313 reviews2024
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
Explore and reclaim the infested castle-city of Kingsvein! Ride into its depths on your trusty wyvern, and lead your customizable party of Knights and Mystics in deep tactical combat.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.8%, Party-Based RPG 19.7%, Strategy RPG 15.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG with party-based combat and deep dungeon-crawling mechanics that reward strategic planning.
- #27 Urban Strife
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 666 reviews2026
Dev: White Pond GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.
Why similar: Turn-Based 14.9%, Party-Based RPG 11.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 9.8%, Isometric 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused tactical game that emphasizes squad management and combat in a post-apocalyptic urban environment.
- #28 Tactical Breach Wizards
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 12,112 reviews2024
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
Why similar: Turn-Based 16.9%, Tactical RPG 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Strategy RPG 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%
- #29 Every Day We Fight
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 419 reviews2025
Dev: Signal Space Lab
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 10.8%, Party-Based RPG 10.3%, Tactical RPG 10%, Military 9.4%, Strategy RPG 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical strategy game that focuses on squad management and resistance warfare, mirroring the high-stakes planning of mercenary missions.
- #30 Lost Eidolons
79% matchMixed68% of 2,384 reviews2022
Dev: Ocean Drive Studio, Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
Why similar: Perma Death 12.7%, Tactical RPG 11.2%, Turn-Based 10.2%, War 9.8%, Party-Based RPG 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical turn-based strategy game that focuses on large-scale war and character development within a narrative-driven campaign.
- #31 Warhounds
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 693 reviews2026
Dev: Everplay DMCCPub: Brightika, Inc.
Windows
Warhounds is a turn-based tactical game about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action movie vibe, inspired by XCOM and Jagged Alliance. Recruit unique fighters, upgrade your base, and fight for Africa’s future. Less fake RNG, more true ballistics and lethal tactics.
Why similar: Turn-Based 14.4%, Isometric 11%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%
- #32 Dead Grid
76% matchVery Positive94% of 512 reviews2026
Dev: Atom Void
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 14.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Dead Grid is a turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, infused with an 80s retro vibe. Lead a squad of elite mercenaries, fight relentless hordes, discover survivors, and build up your camp with hundreds of scavenged upgrades.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 17.5%, Party-Based RPG 15.7%, Strategy RPG 14%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
- #33 MENACE
74% 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 18.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Tactical 12.6%
- #34 StarCrawlers
78% matchVery Positive83% of 899 reviews2017
Dev: Juggernaut Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Turn-Based Combat 22.9%, Turn-Based 20.9%, Cyberpunk 20.1%, RPG 14.7%, Sci-fi 12.8%
Why You'll Like It: A dungeon-crawling RPG with sci-fi themes and turn-based tactical combat that focuses on squad-based mission completion.
- #35 SPARTA 2035 Prologue & Sea of Pirates DLC
75% 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 16%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Tactical 11.5%, Tactical RPG 11%
- #36 Those Who Rule
74% matchVery Positive90% of 1,112 reviews2025
Dev: Eldin Turulja
Windows
Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?
Why similar: Tactical RPG 13.1%, Party-Based RPG 12.4%, Perma Death 11.4%, Strategy RPG 10.7%, Isometric 9.3%
- #37 Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II
75% matchMixed54% of 2,297 reviews2026
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Fast-paced tactical combat meets strategic management in this sequel to the acclaimed Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. Take control of either the ancient and deathless Necron legions or the techno-religious acolytes of the Omnissiah, with the fate of a world in your hands.
Why similar: Turn-Based 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Tactical RPG 12.1%, Tactical 10.4%
- #38 Twilight Wars
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 254 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: Cyberpunk 16.1%, Turn-Based 15.8%, Tactical RPG 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%
- #39 Space Cats Tactics
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 130 reviews2023
Dev: Mitzi Games
Windows
Fight nerve-wracking spaceship battles in this turn-based tactical space opera RPG! Manage your crew of feline warriors to adapt to every strategic situation and dive into a thrilling space opera story where your choices will determine your path.
Why similar: Turn-Based 16.3%, Tactical RPG 16.1%, Cyberpunk 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%
- #40 Deep Fringe
70% matchVery Positive94% of 83 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: Turn-Based 13.7%, Tactical RPG 13.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 10%, Strategy RPG 9.9%
- #41 Glorious Companions
72% matchMixed62% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: Ancient Forge
Windows
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: Tactical RPG 13.5%, Turn-Based 13.2%, Party-Based RPG 12.2%, Strategy RPG 10.3%, Isometric 9.3%
- #42 Fallen: A2P Protocol
76% matchMostly Negative38% of 226 reviews2015
Dev: Red Katana
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A post-apocalyptic, turn based, tactical combat and strategy game where you lead your caravan on a quest for revenge.
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.7%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Isometric 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.2%
- #43 Star Renegades
71% matchVery Positive83% of 3,065 reviews2020
Dev: Massive Damage, Inc.Pub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.6%, Tactical RPG 20.6%, Strategy RPG 16.9%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%, Tactical 10.5%
- #44 Warbanners
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 612 reviews2017
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Turn-Based 17.3%, Tactical RPG 16.9%, Strategy RPG 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%
- #45 Knights in Tight Spaces
70% matchMixed70% of 933 reviews2025
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Control your environment, gather your party, and build your best deck to overcome outlaws and supernatural forces, across a rich fantasy world. Watch as your tactical choices and deckbuilding prowess play out through stylish fight sequences.
Why similar: Isometric 16.7%, Tactical RPG 15.9%, Military 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%
- #46 Phantom Brigade
70% matchVery Positive81% of 4,515 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.
Why similar: Military 21.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.3%, Tactical 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%
- #47 Mech Armada
71% 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: Isometric 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Post-apocalyptic 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Turn-Based Combat 10.9%
- #48 Heroes of Steel RPG
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 285 reviews2014
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Party-Based RPG 14.6%, Turn-Based 14.4%, Perma Death 13.7%, Strategy RPG 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%
- #49 The Last Spell
68% matchVery Positive91% of 13,615 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Turn-Based 13.6%, Tactical RPG 13%, Strategy RPG 11%, Perma Death 10.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9.4%
- #50 Interregnum: False Prophet
71% 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: Turn-Based 12.3%, Tactical RPG 11.2%, Strategy RPG 9.5%, Isometric 9.2%, Post-apocalyptic 9.2%
- #51 Shardpunk
68% matchVery Positive93% of 781 reviews2023
Dev: Clockwork PilePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
The war is lost, the Capitol lies in ruins, and you’re on the run! Shardpunk mixes turn-based tactical strategy with RPG, survival, and resource management as you gather your team, scavenge for resources, fight enemy hordes, and seek shelter to live another day.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 18.1%, Party-Based RPG 16.5%, Strategy RPG 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%
- #52 Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
67% matchVery Positive82% of 1,385 reviews2025
Dev: Ocean Drive Studio, Inc.
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 21.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Strategy RPG 13%
- #53 NITRO GEN OMEGA
66% matchVery Positive85% of 451 reviews2026
Dev: DESTINYbit
Windows
A sandbox tactical RPG of steel, fire, friendship, and shonen anime. Assemble your crew, customize your Mech, and lead them in cinematic turn-based battles through a world ruled by rogue AI. The bonds you forge will decide who survives!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 15.4%, Party-Based RPG 15%, Turn-Based 14%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%
- #54 The Hand of Merlin
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 360 reviews2022
Dev: Room-C GamesPub: Versus Evil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
The Hand of Merlin is a turn-based rogue-lite RPG in which Arthurian legend meets with sci-fi horror. Recruit mortal heroes to explore lands rife with otherworldly evil, make narrative bending choices in unique interactive encounters, and search for the lost fragments of your soul across the multiverse!
Why similar: Perma Death 17.1%, Tactical RPG 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Tactical 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%
- #55 Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition
69% matchVery Positive87% of 4,836 reviews2015
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 21.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 27.2%, Turn-Based 24.1%, Isometric 14.2%, RPG 8.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.6%
- #56 BATTLETECH
67% matchVery Positive84% of 33,119 reviews2018
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 44.0 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 27.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Tactical 12.3%, Strategy 8.8%
- #57 Zoria: Age of Shattering
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 630 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Trinket GamesPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A squad-based tactical RPG with fluid turn-based combat, outpost, and followers management, set in the expansive fantasy world of Zoria. Lead a team of four heroes with their unique skills and perks. Every team member contributes to undertaken battles.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 18%, Party-Based RPG 17.9%, Turn-Based 17.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%
- #58 Wantless : Solace at World’s End
66% matchVery Positive90% of 331 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Rate StudioPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
In this dystopic sci-fi Tactical RPG, save your patients from themselves. Craft your skills among millions of combinations, heal the mind and face ever growing nightmares in 10mn runs. Will you overcome the insidious being chasing you across minds?
Why similar: Tactical RPG 15.1%, Turn-Based 14.3%, Isometric 11.4%, Strategy RPG 11.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%
- #59 Crawl Tactics
67% 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 14.8%, Tactical RPG 14%, Party-Based RPG 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Strategy RPG 9.9%
- #60 Dice Gambit
64% matchVery Positive88% of 1,135 reviews2025
Dev: Chromatic InkPub: Spelkollektivet
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Shape and lead your own fully customisable (and debt-ridden) family of Inquisitors in charge of hunting the chromatic monsters infesting the city. Unlock unique abilities, hang out with eccentric nobles, learn the secrets the city holds while occasionally delivering ice cream!
Why similar: Perma Death 14.9%, Tactical RPG 14.5%, Strategy RPG 14.2%, Isometric 12.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%