- #1 Bloodgrounds
97% matchMostly Positive77% of 594 reviews2026
Dev: Exordium GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Bloodgrounds merges tactical turn-based combat with strategic management, RPG and roguelite elements. Forged in the pits of the arena, you fought your way out and now as a wealthy patron you recruit, train, and command your team of hardened Gladiators to glory - or death.
Why similar: Rome 34.7% ★, Perma Death 16.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Base Building 8.8%
- #2 Shardorium
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Turtle Speed Development
Windows · Mac · Linux
Indie turn-based strategy game. Capture the whole shard by defeating their guards, build your own stronghold, level up your heroes and equip most powerful items!
Why similar: Hex Grid 40.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%, Strategy 9.4%, Magic 9.1%
- #3 Brigandine The Legend of Runersia
96% matchVery Positive85% of 1,379 reviews2022
Dev: Happinet
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The continent of Runersia is home to six major powers with more than 40 bases, 100 knights, and 50 types of monsters. Select a ruler, organize knights and monsters into troops, and conquer enemy bases!
Why similar: Hex Grid 27.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.6%, Dragons 13.8% ★, Strategy 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%
- #4 Roman General
95% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2026
Dev: Moore Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A hex based strategy game set in the time of the Roman Republic. Fight through numerous historical wars and campaigns to experience the rise of one of the worlds greatest empires.
Why similar: Rome 31.4% ★, Hex Grid 27.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based Combat 6.5%, Strategy 6.4%
- #5 Empis
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kyle Meadows
Windows
Empis is a turn-based strategy game that focuses on short and sweet multiplayer matches. Choose from individual factions each with their own unique units and upgrades, unlock technology, and build sprawling cities with buildings and fortifications.
Why similar: Hex Grid 31% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.7%, Procedural Generation 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #6 We Are Gladiators
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Viking Roo
Windows
We Are Gladiators is a challenging turn-based RPG roguelite game about commanding and managing a company of gladiators. Recruit, train and lead a roster of characters from all walks of life against ruthless outlaws, wild beasts, savage greenskins and undead monstrosities!
Why similar: Hex Grid 31.1% ★, Perma Death 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Fantasy 7.1%
- #7 Pangea
93% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2021
Dev: Andrew BykovPub: Hommer Games
Windows
Unique combination of turn-based strategy, tabletop game and roguelike. Make moves according to the roll of the dice on a randomly generated field and destroying enemies in tactical battles. Available 4 different factions.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 26% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.1%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Magic 10.7%
- #8 Primal Fray: Prologue
92% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Tymoteusz Pietruszka
Windows
Primal Fray:Prologue is a turn-based strategy roguelite set in the world of Primal Fray. Discover the origins of the story and witness the beginning of an adventure leading into the main game. Enter the Rift,battle enemies, build a team of Primals, outsmart your foes and uncover secrets of the Rift.
Why similar: Hex Grid 32.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #9 The 8 Sins: New Hell Order
91% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2021
Dev: Omegan's Domain
Windows
Creepy turn-based strategy game with RPG elements where the action takes place in hell. Choose a faction based on 7 deadly sins, Create an army from various classes of creatures, expand your towns, explore the map, upgrade your troops, plunder, and fight. LTS
Why similar: Steampunk 26.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%, Magic 7.7%
- #10 Glory of the Colosseum
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Mechanix
Windows
Glory of the Colosseum is a turn-based tactical strategy game set across the Roman empire. A fresh take on tactical turn based combat with minimal randomness and maximum choice. Shape gladiators from fresh recruits to legends of the arena. Will you make it to the Colosseum and win eternal glory?
Why similar: Rome 41.8% ★, Hex Grid 25.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Perma Death 8.5%, Turn-Based Combat 7.8%
- #11 Dungeons of Aether
90% matchVery Positive83% of 656 reviews2023
Dev: Aether Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Delve into Dungeons of Aether, a turn-based dungeon crawler set in the Rivals of Aether universe. Control four new heroes as they uncover the mysteries of the Julesvale Caverns in Story Mode or test your mettle in the grueling Challenge Dungeons.
Why similar: Steampunk 31.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.6%, Strategy 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%
- #12 Tales Of Chandar
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Forever Young Games
Windows
Tales Of Chandar is a turn-based strategy RPG, where you have to survive the dangerous lands of Chandar, and take back the kidnapped princess to her father.
Why similar: Dragons 20.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Hex Grid 17.3% ★, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%
- #13 Lords of the Shattered Kingdom
89% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2020
Dev: Neuralsoft
Windows
LotSK is a kingdom building game, featuring turn based hex grid combat, exploration and resource gathering.
Why similar: Hex Grid 35.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Base Building 13.8%, Turn-Based Combat 13.4%, Magic 10.1%
- #14 Battle for Wesnoth
87% matchVery Positive94% of 5,961 reviews2018
Dev: The Battle for Wesnoth ProjectPub: Wesnoth Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
The Battle for Wesnoth is an open source, turn-based strategy game with a high fantasy theme. Explore the four corners of Irdya in seventeen solo campaigns and dozens of multiplayer maps, taking part in countless adventures as you go.
Why similar: Hex Grid 42% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 25.6%, Strategy 11.9%, Fantasy 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%
- #15 Crowntakers
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 684 reviews2014
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.
Why similar: Hex Grid 32.6% ★, Perma Death 20%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Procedural Generation 10.2%, Strategy 8.2%
- #16 Dungeon World
86% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: FBRZD
Windows · Linux
Dungeon World mixes roguelike and sandbox elements while keeping simple gameplay and retro style. Explore procedural worlds, plan your journey, make a family, modify the lands, get old and reincarnate with more world knowledge.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Dragons 14% ★, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 10.3%, Retro 10.2%
- #17 勇士末路 The End of Warriors
86% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Firebird
Windows
This is a strategy round rogue-like RPG. Random maps, random events, free teams, skill matches, and turn-based battles, where players will lead their teams to a magnificent revenge for the justice in their hearts!
Why similar: Hex Grid 34.1% ★, Perma Death 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based Combat 14.6%, Procedural Generation 9.8%
- #18 Gods of Sand
84% matchVery Positive86% of 736 reviews2026
Dev: Achenar Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Train gladiators. Manage a ludus. Fight in the arenas. Conquer the tower. Gods of Sand is a gladiator manager with intense turn-based combat, inspired by the Swords and Sandals series, in a dark and unforgiving setting.
Why similar: Rome 42.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Perma Death 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #19 Gridwardens
85% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Kr1sek
Windows · Linux
Gridwardens is a turn-based tactics game built for quick, satisfying battles on a grid. Pick your squad, read the battlefield, and outsmart your opponent with clever positioning, timing, and ability combos. Every turn matters, and every unit can swing the match.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 25.5%, Strategy 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13.4%, Retro 13.1%, Fantasy 10.6%
- #20 Gem Wizards Tactics
84% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: Keith Burgun Games
Windows
Choose your faction and test your skill in this one-player tactical masterpiece, where positioning is everything! Clear forests, pave roads, knock enemies into pits, yank them out from behind their defenders, before the Business Demons burn it all down!
Why similar: Hex Grid 38.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%, Magic 9.8%, Procedural Generation 9.1%
- #21 Journey to Monolith
82% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Drew Stillwell
Windows
Choose your general, build your team, customize your fighters, and battle your way to the Monolith in this strategic, turn-based roguelite game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 21.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Perma Death 16.6%, Strategy 16%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #22 Nusantara
82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Gordan GlavašPub: Globulus d.o.o.
Windows · Mac · Linux
The hackable indie turn-based strategy game. The game is feature-rich, with single (PvE) and multiplayer (PvP) content. Different maps, factions, heroes, upgrade trees and randomized map interaction allow for lots of exploration, while rulesets allow for endless replayability. Minigame included!
Why similar: Steampunk 28.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Hex Grid 14% ★, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%, Procedural Generation 9.8%
- #23 Farabel
83% 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 41.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Strategy 10.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%, Fantasy 8.1%
- #24 Arena Monarchy
81% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Kevin Zhang
Windows
Arena Monarchy is a gladiator management game with a heavy focus on turn-based combat. Collect loot, theorycraft builds, upgrade your ludus and become champion!
Why similar: Rome 34.8% ★, Perma Death 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%, Base Building 10.8%
- #25 Urtuk: The Desolation
80% matchVery Positive88% of 2,529 reviews2021
Dev: David Kaleta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.4 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 33.7% ★, Perma Death 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%
- #26 Firezone
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: ArcadiaPub: MIRROR Soft
Windows · Linux
A game of 21st century warfare.
Why similar: Hex Grid 42.5% ★, Strategy 27.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Retro 13%
- #27 Age of Legacy
79% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Chaotic Order Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Age of Legacy is an unforgiving roguelike RPG with intense turn-based 1v1 combat. Choose a class to define your tactical approach, and hunt unique equipment and powerful runestones. Survival is key, because death means game over!
Why similar: Perma Death 25.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Turn-Based Combat 17.3%, Magic 9.3%, Strategy 7.1%
- #28 Burned Land
79% matchMixed56% of 102 reviews2021
Dev: Koya Game
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Burned Land is a 4x game in which you will take control of a nascent human race and try to avoid its extinction. Build, explore, conquer until you are worthy of gods. Then confront their anger.
Why similar: Hex Grid 24% ★, Perma Death 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%
- #29 Path of Gear: Blacksmith's Legend
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: HaNWA Games
Windows
Become a blacksmith this roguelite deck-builder where you forge the powerful weapons adventurers use in battle. Slot your weapons into the Ouroburos Timeline to chain combos and outsmart monsters. Design your own builds and become the stuff of legend.
Why similar: Hex Grid 29.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.2%, Turn-Based Combat 16.2%, Magic 10%, Strategy 8.9%
- #30 Sons of the Arena: Pollice Verso
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ruby Coconut
Windows
Train gladiators. Manage your ludus. Send them to the sand to fight, win, and bleed. Turn-based hex tactics where stamina, formations, and four classes — Swordsman, Spearman, Archer, Mace Fighter — decide every match. Permadeath makes every loss final.
Why similar: Rome 32.6% ★, Hex Grid 28.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Base Building 10.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9%
- #31 Master of Luna
77% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: Aleksandr Tiupin
Windows · Mac · Linux
Master of Luna is a turn-based strategy game where you take the role of a half-forgotten deity seeking to regain their former power. It features powerful magic, tactical battles, city building, sweet pixel art and a calm melancholic atmosphere.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20.3%, Turn-Based Combat 17.1%, Hex Grid 14.4% ★, Magic 13.9%, Strategy 9.4%
- #32 Hex of the Lich
78% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2022
Dev: Clobster Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hex of the Lich is a spellcrafting turn-based roguelike. Forge spells from hexes and find new ones along the way. Gain powerful artifacts that enhance your abilities. Clear dungeons filled with bouncing blobs, eldritch horrors, and otherworldly aliens. Can you break the Hex of the Lich?
Why similar: Hex Grid 35.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Strategy 9.5%
- #33 Queen Slayer
76% matchMixed54% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Mantaray161
Windows · Mac · Linux
A tightly focused, streamlined turn-based roguelike RPG you can finish in 2–3 hours. Challenge the short but razor-sharp journey to slay 8 corrupted queens.
Why similar: Perma Death 18.3%, Gothic 18% ★, Turn-Based Combat 16.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
- #34 Age of Druids
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dejima Studios
Windows
Age of Druids is a historical turn-based strategy game, based on the Roman conquest of Britannia. Lead your Roman legions or Celtic tribes in operational level tactical campaigns to decide the fate of the Britons and walk in the footsteps of Julius Caesar and Boudicca.
Why similar: Rome 47.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Hex Grid 19.9% ★, Strategy 12.8%
- #35 Fight Life: Vanguard
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 164 reviews2026
Dev: StartImpulsePub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
Engage in tactical turn-based combat, manage and upgrade each character, and strive to reclaim harmony in a world on the brink of oblivion. Take on the mantle of leadership as you guide a mercenary squad through perilous landscapes, selecting your comrades from a diverse pool of skilled recruits.
Why similar: Hex Grid 20.3% ★, Dark Fantasy 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Magic 11.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%
- #36 Thule
75% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Xeaker
Windows
A quick turn-based 4X strategy game with RPG elements. Explore and conquer randomly generated worlds, complete diverse missions and forge a powerful empire.
Why similar: Hex Grid 29.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Magic 9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #37 Sich Tactics
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gard Interactive
Windows · Mac
Sich Tactics is a small turn-based tactics set in Ukrainian mythology world. Take control over a party of Cossacks of different classes in procedurally generated battles, fight with chorts, muscovites and other unholy spirits, complete scenarios or compete with other players in special mode.
Why similar: Hex Grid 44.7% ★, Procedural Generation 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14%, Strategy 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #38 Tribe Nation
73% matchPositive81% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Random Worlds s.r.o.
Windows
Tribe Nation is a real-time strategy with roguelike elements, set during the Gallic Wars. Lead your Celtic tribe across Europe in search of a new homeland. Strategize on a randomly generated hex battlefields, adapt to unexpected events, craft, upgrade, and equip. Make your tribe a nation.
Why similar: Hex Grid 32.9% ★, Rome 30.8% ★, Perma Death 14.7%, Procedural Generation 8.1%, Strategy 7%
- #39 Lucid Steam
74% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: Team Lucid Dream
Windows
The engineer has to make his way out of his dreams and defeat the boss. As time passed, bizarre and powerful monsters will appear and cause pain to the engineer. Can the engineer escape his lucid dreams?
Why similar: Steampunk 31% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.2%, Hex Grid 16.4% ★, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%, Strategy 8.3%
- #40 Fealty
71% match9 user reviews100% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: ToddMakesGames
Windows · Mac
A turn-based war game where you must fight for the throne! Use tactics, strategy and magic to wage war. Destroy your enemies with steel and fireballs, or force them to bend the knee, and you will be king of the island!
Why similar: Hex Grid 33.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Procedural Generation 9.6%, Magic 9.5%, Minimalist 9.3%
- #41 Animperium
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Paws And Claws
Windows
Animperium is a turn-based strategy tabletop game! Fight with other players for resources to expand your army and buildings to destroy the enemy's main base! Explore the underground to gather resources in the later game and surprise the enemy from below!
Why similar: Hex Grid 31.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Base Building 15.1%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%, Fantasy 7.9%
- #42 Wizards and Warlords
72% matchVery Positive83% of 259 reviews2020
Dev: Valravn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Wizards and Warlords is an indie turn-based strategy game, where you play in a randomly generated fantasy world, contending with rival wizards, warlords, roaming marauders and hidden ancient evils. Create a customized sovereign or choose from one of many predefined templates.
Why similar: Hex Grid 29.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Magic 10%, Fantasy 8.8%
- #43 Sorcerer Lord
73% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: PSSPub: MIRROR Soft
Windows · Linux
The Shadowlord, the evil sorcerer who rules the Northern Shadowlands, has invaded the ancient lands of Galanor. In this fantasy wargame simulation, you must gather the free forces of Galanor and stem the advancing might of the Shadowland.
Why similar: Hex Grid 33.5% ★, Strategy 26.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Retro 12.3%, Fantasy 8.4%
- #44 Of Mist and Shadows
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Promethean Interactive
Windows · Linux
Cast powerful magic by actually writing the magical words in the right syntax, as you explore the Plane of Shadows in this complex and intriguing roguelike.
Why similar: Perma Death 20.8%, Gothic 16.8% ★, Turn-Based Combat 12%, Magic 10.8%, Procedural Generation 10.3%
- #45 再苟一步 One More Step
72% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2020
Dev: 01 GamesPub: AplusGames
Windows
This is a game that integrates roguelike, adventure, auto chess, turn-based, strategy, and more.(这是一款集roguelike、探险、自走棋、回合制、策略等内容于一体的游戏。不同的角色、技能及装备间的配合可以组合成各种神奇的玩法。)
Why similar: Hex Grid 20.4% ★, Turn-Based Combat 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Dragons 14.3% ★, Strategy 10.5%
- #46 Old Magic Grandtower
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: M44 Labs
Windows
Old Magic Grandtower is a singleplayer or 2 player coop puzzle adventure game, combining tactical floor-breaking combat against fairy-tale creatures with challenging puzzles on every floor.
Why similar: Hex Grid 26.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.2%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%, Magic 12.5%, Strategy 9.7%
- #47 Fairysite
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wooltyranny
Windows
A turn-based strategy game, from the perspective of parasitic fairies. You steal dreams from humans. You need them, they don't need you. They can easily override you. Build your colony, gather what you can and barely escape in time.
Why similar: Hex Grid 40.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 26.5%, Minimalist 13.7%, Fantasy 11.7%, Strategy 7.3%
- #48 Temple of Aeryn
70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Pumpkinteractive
Windows
A fantasy adventure game inspired by C64 classics. Discover your destiny as a powerful sorcerer, summon mighty creatures, and unravel ancient mysteries as you explore the curious and deadly world of Temple of Aeryn.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 17.4%, Dark Fantasy 16.5%, Magic 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Retro 11.5%
- #49 Wizard Warfare 2: Cephalopod Wars
68% matchPositive87% of 39 reviews2025
Dev: Psyanotek Limited
Windows
Wizard Warfare 2: Cephalopod Wars is the sequel to Wizard Warfare, a fantasy-themed, 4X-style, turn-based strategy game with a strategic empire management layer supported by a detailed tactical battle simulation layer. Now includes fully simulated naval battles.
Why similar: Hex Grid 31.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, Base Building 16.4%, Magic 13.7%, Fantasy 9.5%
- #50 Beard of Stone
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Dwarfaparte Games
Windows
4x turn based strategy mixed with real time (turn stealing) bidding mechanics. Complete single player or competitive online matches with up to 4 players in a single sitting, while telling the history of a fantasy world from the creation of its continents to the twilight of its gods.
Why similar: Hex Grid 31.5% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Magic 10.3%, Strategy 9.7%, Fantasy 9%
- #51 Solus Sector: Tactics
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zizaco
Windows · Mac · Linux
A single-player turn-based strategy with simple mechanics. Control spacecrafts, pick skills, and build bases to reach the center of the galaxy. Each sector presents a new tactical challenge and unfolds the story-line.
Why similar: Hex Grid 37.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.8%, Retro 12.9%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%
- #52 Primal Fray
67% matchPositive85% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: ImagoPub: Indie Games Starter
Windows
Primal Fray is a turn-based strategy roguelite. Enter the Rift and fight your way through enemies while building a team of primals and collecting buffs along the way. Outmaneuver your foes and surprise them with powerful combos of a well-built and synergistic team to learn the truth about the Rift.
Why similar: Hex Grid 29.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Strategy 7.4%
- #53 Tegula - Rise of the Roman Republic
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Restless Toucan
Windows · Linux
Tegula combines turn-based tactics with real-time strategy. Enlist as a general in the army of Rome, Carthage or the Parthian Empire and lead your army into the virtual battlefield. Re-enact historic battles in Singleplayer or face up to 8 human players in Multiplayer.
Why similar: Rome 35.9% ★, Hex Grid 30.1% ★, Base Building 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%, Strategy 7%
- #54 Fantasy Lands
69% matchPositive89% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: José Antonio Durá Olmos
Windows · Linux
A single player strategy game in the style of euro board games. Around 30 minutes per game. Collect resources. Explore. Recruit adventurers and fight monsters or complete quests. Improve lands. Research spells. Unlock races, adventurers, land & quest cards, spells and monsters.
Why similar: Hex Grid 27.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 21.3%, Procedural Generation 12%, Magic 11.5%, Minimalist 9.3%
- #55 Ibboran
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ian C PookPub: Paphian Games
Windows
The Empire is aflame! Lead your fantastical troops through a 15-battle, turn-based strategy campaign. Build your army by achieving objectives to fill your Treasury. Recruit mercenaries to tilt the battle in your favor and use your General to improve your units or blast the enemy. To war!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 25.2%, Hex Grid 23.3% ★, Strategy 15.9%, Magic 13.6%, Fantasy 9.6%
- #56 Portilus - Civitas Sanguinis
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: VIWESA GAMES
Windows
Enter the world of a gladiator where only the strongest survive. Rise from an unknown fighter to a legend in this RPG. Master skills, weapons, and strategic turn-based combat. Manage fatigue, armor, and risk permanent death. Earn points after each session to grow stronger in your next life
Why similar: Rome 60.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Perma Death 8.6%, Retro 5%, Turn-Based Combat 4.9%
- #57 Mare Nostrvm
69% matchPositive88% of 34 reviews2017
Dev: TurnopiaPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
From the dawn of history to the Roman Civil Wars, from Iberia to Cyprus, revive the ancient naval battles of the Mediterranean Sea.
Why similar: Rome 54.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 23.3%, Strategy 22%
- #58 Witchland: Trinity Blight
66% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Radical Ravens
Windows
Lead bound warriors in brutal turn-based tactical combat across a cursed land once ruled by witches. Plan your positioning carefully, adapt your abilities, and survive deadly encounters in every battle.
Why similar: Hex Grid 36.9% ★, Turn-Based Combat 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Perma Death 13%, Dark Fantasy 12.9%
- #59 Stones Keeper
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 123 reviews2022
Dev: SK TeamPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Stones Keeper is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements in which you explore a detailed fantasy world, lead the Order of the Griffin, recruit and enhance your fighters, control a flying island, search for artifacts, and learn the secrets of the ancients.
Why similar: Gothic 20.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Combat 14.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Magic 12.4%
- #60 Demigoddess!
64% matchVery Positive97% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: SNP Engineering
Windows
Demigoddess! is a unique game that focuses on the essentials of turn-based strategy games. It is designed so that each gameplay can be won or lost in 1 hour. The random map generation system makes different situation each time. You can control over 450 types of soldiers and monsters of 20 factions.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 30.9%, Dark Fantasy 18.3%, Strategy 14.8%, Procedural Generation 12.5%, Magic 10.8%