- #1 Twilight Wars
97% 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: Turn-Based 15.2%, Tactical RPG 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%
- #2 Urtuk: The Desolation
96% matchVery Positive88% of 2,484 reviews2021
Dev: David Kaleta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
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: Hex Grid 19.9% ★, Tactical RPG 11.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.6%, Turn-Based 8.5%, Post-apocalyptic 8.4%
- #3 Interregnum: False Prophet
96% 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 15.2%, Tactical RPG 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%, Strategy RPG 10.7%
- #4 WARBORN
95% matchMostly Positive72% of 79 reviews2020
Dev: Raredrop Games LtdPub: PQube
Windows · Mac
Deploy for battle in the Variable Armour, a technologically advanced suit of war. With turn-based tactics and quick-fire clashes, lead a strike force of deadly mecha to bring peace to the solar system in a 40-mission campaign. Create your own maps, practice in skirmish, or battle across multiplayer.
Why similar: Mechs 15.9% ★, Hex Grid 14.2% ★, Turn-Based 12.9%, Tactical RPG 12.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.5%
- #5 Depth of Extinction
94% 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: Turn-Based 18.1%, Tactical RPG 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13%, Turn-Based Combat 9.6%, Strategy RPG 8.7%
- #6 Templar Battleforce
93% 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: Mechs 15.3% ★, Tactical RPG 15.1%, Turn-Based 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Strategy RPG 10.3%
- #7 Winter Falling: Battle Tactics
92% matchVery Positive91% of 467 reviews2022
Dev: Rarykos
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Turn-Based 20.3%, Tactical RPG 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Strategy RPG 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%
- #8 Blightstone
91% matchVery Positive81% of 471 reviews2026
Dev: Unfinished Pixel
Windows
A challenging, turn-based strategy with a roguelike edge. Lead a team of adventurers to destroy the Blightstone and free the world from corruption. Use free movement, dynamic environments and collectable skills to save the crystal, and save the world.
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.2%, Tactical RPG 16.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.4%
- #9 Fallen: A2P Protocol
94% 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 21%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Tactical RPG 9.4%
- #10 Veterum
90% 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: Hex Grid 16.6% ★, Tactical RPG 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Strategy RPG 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%
- #11 MENACE
89% 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 17.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%
- #12 Telepath Tactics
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 114 reviews2015
Dev: Sinister Design
Windows
A deep indie strategy RPG with destructible battlefields; the ability to build bridges, traps, and barricades; the ability to shove enemies off cliffs and into lava; and full-fledged mod support.
Why similar: Turn-Based 30.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 28.1%, RPG 20.9%, Strategy 20.7%
- #13 Ancient Frontier
89% matchMixed66% of 131 reviews2017
Dev: Fair Weather Studios
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Ancient Frontier is a turn-based strategy RPG set in the far future. You command the fleet. Buy new ships, outfit them with crew and equipment, then deploy and destroy the enemy. Take control of massive fleets of capital ships and support craft as you play through two unique campaigns.
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.9%, Tactical RPG 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Strategy 10.7%
- #14 Mech Armada
87% 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: Mechs 23.5% ★, Turn-Based 14.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%
- #15 The Bell Echoes
86% matchVery Positive97% of 65 reviews2026
Dev: 七颗枚
Windows
The Bell Echoes is a turn-based strategy game that combines SRPG-style storytelling with roguelike gameplay.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 17.5%, Strategy RPG 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%
- #16 Bionic Dues
88% 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 24.2%, Mechs 18.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Strategy 8.8%, Robots 8.7%
- #17 End State
86% 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 16.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Strategy RPG 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
- #18 Revelatio
84% matchVery Positive93% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: Guild Studio
Windows
"Revelatio" is a turn-based strategy game that combines tile-based combat and elements of roguelike. Strategically summon and control units to claim victory. Stain the world with your darkness by corrupting various units, bosses and even NPCs.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, Strategy RPG 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #19 Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
82% matchVery Positive94% of 2,628 reviews2025
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: Turn-Based 13.3%, Tactical RPG 13%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Strategy RPG 10%
- #20 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
83% matchVery Positive90% of 20,374 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 16.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16.5%, Turn-Based 16%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Tactical 11.1%
- #21 MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light
84% matchMostly Positive80% of 147 reviews2023
Dev: Black AnchorPub: Webzen
Windows
A turn-based tactical RPG set in a medieval city overrun by horrific creatures, where only your wits and strategies can keep you alive. Plunge into The Dark Shroud to rescue survivors, inherit the memories of the fallen, and restore the shattered "Memolith" to reclaim the lost light.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 18.1%, Strategy RPG 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%
- #22 Heroes of Steel RPG
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 282 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: Turn-Based 19.8%, Strategy RPG 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%
- #23 One-inch Tactics
82% 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: Mechs 24.9% ★, Turn-Based 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Tactical 10.4%
- #24 Frosthaven
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 761 reviews2025
Dev: Snapshot Games Inc.Pub: Arc Games
Windows
From the creative mind of Isaac Childres, the highly acclaimed board game moves to the digital realm in the video game adaptation of FROSTHAVEN! The dark fantasy tactical RPG features deep mechanics and challenging yet satisfying gameplay both in Single Player and Co-Op Online Multiplayer.
Why similar: Hex Grid 22.2% ★, Tactical RPG 16.2%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Strategy RPG 10.5%
- #25 Tarnished Blood 🩸 [Tactic RPG]
80% matchVery Positive90% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Juggler GamesPub: Galaktus
Windows
Tarnished Blood is a turn-based roguelite RPG with a unique time-bending battle mechanic. Hunt massive beasts, harvest their essence, and help a group of hunters survive in the brutal world beneath the Dome!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 29.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Dark 13.3%, RPG 12.4%
- #26 Voidspire Tactics
81% matchVery Positive97% of 287 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 20.5%, Turn-Based 19.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, RPG 10.9%, Strategy RPG 9.8%
- #27 Death Ring: Second Impact
78% matchVery Positive85% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: Rouge Mecha
Windows
Death Ring: Second Impact is a turn-based Roguelite strategy game. As the commander of the "Griffin" squadron, you must lead your Mechas and Pilots to resist the threat of mutated monsters and approaching to the secrets hidden behind the Death Ring.
Why similar: Mechs 30.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 22.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Robots 10.1%, Tactical 9.8%
- #28 Vactics
79% 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: Mechs 18.9% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Robots 16.9%, Tactical 13.7%, Hex Grid 9.2% ★
- #29 Neuroshima Hex
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: Baked Games
Windows
Neuroshima Hex is a post-apocalyptic tactical game from the designers of Neuroshima, the board game. It is all about strategy and tactics on one hexagonal battlefield. The game offers many different units, technologies and special abilities that can be used for an effective strategy.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 21.9%, Turn-Based Combat 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 15%
- #30 Urban Strife
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 371 reviews2024
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 20.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%
- #31 Blackguards
79% matchMixed62% of 3,851 reviews2014
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Turn-Based 32.3%, Tactical 12.5%, RPG 10.9%, Hex Grid 10.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8%
- #32 Dark Deity
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,983 reviews2021
Dev: Sword & Axe LLCPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
Why similar: Tactical RPG 15.4%, Strategy RPG 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Tactical 12.9%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%
- #33 Conquest Tactics : Realm of Sin
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 203 reviews2026
Dev: Singular Sunshine StudiosPub: Thousand Generation
Windows · Mac
Conquest Tactics: Realm of Sin is a dark-fantasy roguelite tactics game. Command your army and engage in turn-based battles on a hex-based board as you advance step by step to conquer a land shrouded in sin. Your choices carry weight: will you restore order… or allow eternal darkness to reign?
Why similar: Hex Grid 26.1% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Tactical RPG 12%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%
- #34 Mechajammer
77% matchMixed52% of 239 reviews2021
Dev: Whalenought StudiosPub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.9 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: Turn-Based 16.6%, Tactical 16.6%, Turn-Based Combat 15.4%, Tactical RPG 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%
- #35 NITRO GEN OMEGA
72% matchVery Positive90% of 304 reviews2025
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: Mechs 22.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Turn-Based 11.3%
- #36 BEAST: False Prophet
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 237 reviews2023
Dev: False Prophet
Windows
BEAST is a brutal, gridless tactical RPG that sends players to the dark ages rife with plague and raiders. Join forces with your warband, develop your skills, and unleash your inner beast to shred through your enemies. But take heed, as your choices have consequences – in and out of battle.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 17.1%, Strategy RPG 14.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.1%
- #37 Shardpunk
73% matchVery Positive93% of 758 reviews2023
Dev: Clockwork PilePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 23.2%, Turn-Based Combat 16.4%, Strategy RPG 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.3%
- #38 Dead Monarchy
73% matchVery Positive83% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: Kevin Zhang
Windows
Dead Monarchy is an open-world, turn-based tactical RPG set in a low fantasy world. Personally lead and manage your mercenary company as the captain and embark on your personal quest to defeat the arena champions.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.1%, Tactical 12.1%, Strategy 11.5%, RPG 10.9%
- #39 Robothorium
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 368 reviews2019
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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: Turn-Based 34.1%, Turn-Based Combat 18.7%, Strategy 13.8%, RPG 11.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%
- #40 Wantless : Solace at World’s End
72% matchVery Positive90% of 318 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 16%, Turn-Based 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%, Strategy RPG 10.9%
- #41 Last Days of Old Earth
76% matchMixed60% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: Auroch DigitalPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Last Days of Old Earth is a rich strategy game set in our far, far future where the sun is dying. Can you command the last noble tribes of humanity as they attempt to survive among the machines and marauding clans?
Why similar: Hex Grid 29% ★, Turn-Based 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Post-apocalyptic 11.9%, Strategy 8.2%
- #42 Blackguards 2
75% matchMixed67% of 1,254 reviews2015
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!
Why similar: Turn-Based 21%, Hex Grid 12.6% ★, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%, Tactical RPG 9.2%, RPG 8.3%
- #43 Forged of Blood
74% matchMixed67% of 118 reviews2019
Dev: Critical Forge
Windows
A fantasy turn-based tactical RPG built on depth and mechanical complexity, featuring classless character building, strategic management, and small unit tactics on a world scale.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 15.1%, Strategy RPG 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Strategy 11.2%
- #44 Netherguild
71% matchVery Positive97% of 93 reviews2023
Dev: David Vinokurov
Windows · Linux
Descend into Netherguild, a tactical grid-based roguelite. Lead expeditions deep into mysterious, strange depths. Explore, battle dangerous foes, and manage resources carefully. Push your limits before returning to resupply. What secrets await below?
Why similar: Tactical RPG 26.7%, Turn-Based Combat 22.1%, Turn-Based 21.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.2%, Strategy 8%
- #45 Kingsvein
70% matchVery Positive92% of 293 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 20.1%, Strategy RPG 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%
- #46 Quasimorph
69% matchVery Positive83% of 5,924 reviews2023
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Turn-Based 23%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Tactical 12.8%
- #47 Cogmind
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,943 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Sage Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.
Why similar: Turn-Based 44.9%, Robots 33.1%, Strategy 11%, RPG 8.9%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #48 Wulin Chess
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 489 reviews2024
Dev: LameCat StudioPub: East2west Games
Windows
Wulin Chess is a turn-based strategy game set in a captivating dark fantasy world. Employ diverse characters across various boards/battlefields, and devise strategic thinking for victory. Strengthen your heroes by collecting equipment and enhancing attributes to face the challenges that lie ahead.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 16.4%, Strategy RPG 16%, Turn-Based Combat 14%, Dark 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%
- #49 Beat the Humans
68% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Dochungryest
Windows
Beat the Humans is the turn-based tactical strategy game. Here you lead an army of aliens against invaders from the human race. Collect your squad, protect planets, strengthen your army with equipment and look for allies if you want to survive and win.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 14.1%, Turn-Based 12.7%, War 11.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
- #50 Champions Tactics Reforged
69% matchMixed48% of 288 reviews2025
Dev: Ubisoft
Windows
Champions Tactics REFORGED is a turn-based strategy game where players command squads of mystical figurines in tactical PvP battles. Forge unique Champions, master deep strategy, and outsmart rivals in intense duels. Shape your legend in the dark and mysterious world of Grimoria.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 16%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Strategy RPG 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%
- #51 Dreadlands
71% matchMixed59% of 223 reviews2020
Dev: Blackfox StudiosPub: Fatshark
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to Dreadlands! A perilous landscape brimming with potential in the form of Glow. Command one of 3 unique factions in this turn-based tactical RPG and play through their campaigns, be it solo or Co-Op, or battle it out in PvP. So far no one has tamed the Dreadlands. Will you be the first?
Why similar: Turn-Based 20%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, Tactical 12.3%
- #52 Valor of Man
66% matchVery Positive94% of 93 reviews2026
Dev: Legacy ForgePub: Numskull Games
Windows
Forge your party. Master your fate. In this turn-based roguelite RPG, lead four heroes through a fractured realm of danger and destiny. Build synergies, unlock powerful abilities, and face ever-shifting challenges in an epic battle for survival. No journey is ever the same.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 21.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%
- #53 Tenebris: Terra Incognita
67% matchVery Positive88% of 218 reviews2024
Dev: Phantasmica Studios
Windows
A turn-based tactical RPG in which you will explore a harsh planet teeming with terrifying monsters. Experiment with talent builds for 23 heroes. Combine abilities with equipment and other characters. Assemble a squad and learn the secrets of the planet Tenebris!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 20.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Tactical 10.4%
- #54 Edge Islands
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 17.2%, Strategy 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Tactical 12.2%
- #55 Farabel
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 116 reviews2016
Dev: Frogames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Farabel is a turn-based strategy game where you start at the end of the story. Develop your cleverness, your strategic prowess, and your inventive capabilities in order to survive!
Why similar: Hex Grid 25.8% ★, Turn-Based 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Tactical RPG 9.3%, Turn-Based Combat 7.9%
- #56 Zero Orders Tactics
66% matchVery Positive91% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: Pauloondra
Windows
🌋⚔ Terraforming + Into The Breach! An experimental puzzle strategy where you are not commanding your troops - now, you are shaping the battlefield itself! Nothing is random*, everything is predictable*, and the battlefield is changing. Every turn. By you.
Why similar: Turn-Based 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.6%, Hex Grid 13.7% ★, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%
- #57 Whispers of the Eyeless
64% matchMostly Positive80% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: VenrisPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows
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: Strategy RPG 18.2%, Turn-Based Combat 17.5%, Tactical RPG 16%, Dark Fantasy 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%
- #58 Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy
67% matchMixed69% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: Curious FatePub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy is a turn-based, tactical RPG featuring strategic battles, intriguing puzzles and exciting quests. Customize your heroes’ unique, class-based attacks and abilities to defeat Father Eldritch's oppressive armies throughout dozens of unique, hand-crafted maps!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.5%, Turn-Based Combat 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.5%, Strategy RPG 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%
- #59 Vigilantes
68% matchVery Positive81% of 301 reviews2018
Dev: Timeslip Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.1 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 19%, Tactical RPG 15.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Strategy RPG 11%