- #1 Crossfire: Dungeons
97% matchMixed48% of 91 reviews2015
Dev: Random Thoughts EntertainmentPub: Random Thoughts Enterainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Battle against rival fantasy armies in this fast paced turn based strategy game. Fight powerful bosses while you hunt for treasure in dungeon mode, play through over one hundred single player missions in campaign mode, or match wits against your friends in multiplayer.
Why similar: Strategy 81.1%, Indie 18.9%
- #2 Shadows of War
96% matchMostly Negative34% of 167 reviews2015
Dev: TRI.G
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Shadows of War is a 2D Real-Time Strategy sidescroller game. The game combines classical RTS elements with new ideas into a 2D game.
Why similar: Strategy 74%, Indie 26%
- #3 Galaxy Admirals
94% matchVery Positive86% of 331 reviews2017
Dev: Jetdogs Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Galaxy Admirals is a multiplayer turn-based cosmic strategy with pretty innovative and challenging gameplay. Improve your command skills with AI and conquer the whole universe by fighting with real players.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #4 Hexarchy
92% matchVery Positive82% of 1,534 reviews2023
Dev: Main Tank SoftwarePub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Hexarchy is an innovative, fast-paced, historical 4x strategy game where you use cards and deckbuilding to make your decisions. Single-player and online multiplayer.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #5 Great Big War Game
94% matchVery Positive93% of 74 reviews2012
Dev: Rubicon Development
Windows
Join 2.5 million gamers in this award-winning, BAFTA-Nominated turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Strategy 74.8%, Indie 25.2%
- #6 Battle Academy
93% matchVery Positive85% of 362 reviews2014
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 40%
A turn-based strategy game like no other has landed on Steam. Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling gameplay.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #7 Athena Crisis
91% matchVery Positive82% of 140 reviews2024
Dev: Nakazawa Tech
Windows · Mac · Linux
Athena Crisis is a modern retro turn-based strategy game that places you in command of 40+ units in your journey across the multiverse. Embark on a challenging single-player quest or dive into the thrill of ranked or casual multiplayer modes to become the best Athena Crisis player!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #8 Ground Breakers
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: UnitedIndie
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Battle with robots on dynamic, randomly generated battlegrounds, as you attempt to take on the world in this unique turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Strategy 79.6%, Indie 20.4%
- #9 Lost Frontier
90% matchVery Positive97% of 57 reviews2018
Dev: Mika Mobile, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Turn-Based Tactics in the Weird West.
Why similar: Strategy 72.6%, Indie 27.4%
- #10 Ancestory
89% matchMixed57% of 61 reviews2015
Dev: Kajak Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Turn-based strategy meets card game! Outwit your opponent on multiple different battlefields with cunning strategies. Build your own decks made of underworldly minions and powerful spells!
Why similar: Strategy 72.6%, Indie 27.4%
- #11 Chaos Reborn
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,136 reviews2015
Dev: Snapshot Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Turn-based wizard combat with the tactical positioning of chess and the bluff of poker. Features wizard customization, 100s of gear items, single player realm adventures, online leagues and co-op play.
Why similar: Strategy 78.1%, Indie 21.9%
- #12 Desert Revenant
86% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Kreationware
Windows
Desert Revenant is a strategic Roguelike Deck Building RPG packing a huge variety of cards to do battle with. Think about your every move and make careful decisions in hand-crafted encounters as you cut deals with Jinn and humans alike in your adventures amongst the dunes of Elmyr.
Why similar: Strategy 84.6%, Indie 15.4%
- #13 Warside
83% matchMixed70% of 586 reviews2025
Dev: LAVABIRDPub: First Break Labs
Windows · Linux
Welcome to Warside, the fast-paced turn-based tactics game. With a single-player story campaign, multiplayer support, and a built-in map editor, the fight for victory never ends. Choose your Commander, assemble your forces, and battle your way to victory.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #14 Future Wars
89% matchMostly Negative30% of 310 reviews2010
Dev: Radon Labs
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 18%
Battle it out on the proving grounds and get ready for Future Wars. Similar to classic titles such as Advance Wars and Battle Isle, the game takes strategy gaming away from the micro-management overkill that it has become and using simple, proven rock-paper-scissors principles, reopens the genre to everyone.
Why similar: Strategy 92.7%, Indie 7.3%
- #15 Frozen Synapse
85% matchVery Positive83% of 2,618 reviews2011
Dev: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.
Why similar: Strategy 79.1%, Indie 20.9%
- #16 Heroes of Arca
86% matchMixed68% of 81 reviews2017
Dev: IMPIRESOFT
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Heroes of Arca is a unique blend of a turn-based strategy and RPG with an unorthodox combat system that presents a wide choice of battle tactics for the turn-based games' fans.
Why similar: Strategy 74.4%, Indie 25.6%
- #17 50 years
84% matchVery Positive90% of 691 reviews2017
Dev: Aleksandr Golovkin
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 50.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
50 Years is a fast-paced alternative to the bigger, longer turn-based strategy games. You can win or lose a game in a single evening. Either way you'll want to play it again.
Why similar: Strategy 76.2%, Indie 23.8%
- #18 Live by the Sword: Tactics
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Labrador Studios
Windows · Mac
Live By The Sword: Tactics is a streamlined tactical RPG that blends classic and contemporary gameplay elements. The game is set in a world recovering from the ravages of war, you must navigate the treacherous landscape to prevent further turmoil. Single Player and Multiplayer modes available.
Why similar: Strategy 70.6%, Indie 29.4%
- #19 Spellmasons
80% matchVery Positive92% of 1,132 reviews2023
Dev: Octavia Blue
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Spellmasons is a magical, tactical roguelike where you customize your spells. Play solo or team up with your friends in online multiplayer, and explore a deep magic system where clever combinations yield powerfully satisfying results!
Why similar: Strategy 73.7%, Indie 26.3%
- #20 Army General
84% matchMixed56% of 64 reviews2017
Dev: Phobetor
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Army General is a turnbased strategy game that depicts the desert warfare in Northern Afrika and parts of the Mediterranean sea during World War II.
Why similar: Strategy 90.4%, Indie 9.6%
- #21 Circle Empires
79% matchVery Positive90% of 4,100 reviews2018
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
Why similar: Strategy 75.3%, Indie 24.7%
- #22 Telepath Tactics
82% 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: Strategy 73.1%, Indie 26.9%
- #23 Axes and Acres
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 149 reviews2016
Dev: BrainGoodGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Axes and Acres is a deep and engaging single-player strategy game designed to create exciting decisions every turn. The rules are easy to learn, but every turn can be played out in many different ways in order to farm, build and survive.
Why similar: Strategy 71.9%, Indie 28.1%
- #24 Beasts Battle
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 96 reviews2016
Dev: Greenolor StudioPub: Kaser Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Turn-based battles.
Why similar: Strategy 73.4%, Indie 26.6%
- #25 Wizard Warfare
79% matchVery Positive98% of 60 reviews2019
Dev: Psyanotek Limited
Windows
Wizard Warfare is a fantasy-themed, 4X-style, turn-based strategy game with a strategic empire management layer supported by a detailed tactical battle simulation layer.
Why similar: Strategy 80.7%, Indie 19.3%
- #26 Hex of Steel
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 801 reviews2020
Dev: War Frogs Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hex of Steel is a refreshing WWII wargame covering all fronts featuring a certain amount of original mechanics. Fight in solo against finally a decent AI throughout Europe, Africa or the Pacific, or against a friend in the cross-platform PBEM or real time multiplayer. Coop is also an option!
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #27 Tactical Troops: Anthracite Shift
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2021
Dev: QED Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Dive into a top-down, turn-based strategy game with 80's sci-fi flair. Command elite soldiers in multiplayer duels on 24 maps, local hot-seat mode, or a thrilling singleplayer campaign. Master teleportation and gridless movement on the mysterious planet Anthracite.
Why similar: Strategy 73.4%, Indie 26.6%
- #28 Conquest of Elysium 5
75% matchVery Positive89% of 1,662 reviews2021
Dev: Illwinter Game Design
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Conquest of Elysium 5 is a quick turn based fantasy strategy game with a touch of rogue-like. The game is full of depth, details and monsters. There are also a huge number of factions, each with its own unique gameplay and magic rituals.
Why similar: Strategy 94.3%, Indie 5.7%
- #29 Attack at Dawn: North Africa
76% matchVery Positive87% of 95 reviews2022
Dev: Panzer Division Games
Windows
Attack at Dawn is a WWII strategy game that mixes the ease of real-time action with the depth of operational gameplay, all on beautifully crafted North Africa maps. Plan your strategy like Rommel or Montgomery and better the real history.
Why similar: Strategy 77.8%, Indie 22.2%
- #30 Deck Casters
77% matchVery Positive90% of 115 reviews2018
Dev: Rock Nano Global
Windows
Experience an entirely new kind of strategic gameplay that fuses together deck-building, RTS and MOBA in one epic experience. Wield the 5 elements, build your deck and unleash powerful spells and creatures to crush your opponent.
Why similar: Strategy 71.6%, Indie 28.4%
- #31 A Druid's Duel
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 113 reviews2015
Dev: Thoughtshelter GamesPub: Surprise Attack
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A Druid's Duel is a fast paced turn-based strategy game set in a world of Celtic lore where players can create and destroy the board by harnessing the power of nature.
Why similar: Strategy 66.3%, Indie 33.7%
- #32 Wretch: Divine Ascent
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 983 reviews2025
Dev: OgopogoPub: SapStaR Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A 1v1 tactical auto battler game with elements of roguelike mechanics and backpack management in a dark medieval art style. It was inspired by Backpack Battles and developed with Unreal Engine. Create your own unique attack combos by arranging items in your backpack to connect moves.
Why similar: Strategy 75.7%, Indie 24.3%
- #33 Mecharashi
70% matchMixed69% of 1,359 reviews2025
Dev: BlackJack StudioPub: HK TEN TREE LIMITED
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 43.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Mecharashi is a mecha-themed tactical turn-based game. The game adopts a unique part-destruction combat system, where you can assemble mechas however you want, equip a wide selection of weapons, and choose your favorite pilots to engage in battle.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #34 Dust and Salt
75% matchVery Positive84% of 75 reviews2018
Dev: Prime Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dust and Salt is a text-based narrative adventure with a pinch of turn-based tactical battles which has you as the main hero leading your troops in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go and whom to form alliances with. Force your will with either diplomacy or through war.
Why similar: Indie 100%
- #35 WARMACHINE: Tactics
76% matchMixed44% of 1,160 reviews2014
Dev: WhiteMoon DreamsPub: Privateer Press Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Turn-based tactical combat set in the award-winning world of the Iron Kingdoms. Command your custom squad of steam-powered robots and elite warriors in raging battles dominated by magic and mechanika. Battle in online multiplayer and play the epic 21-mission single player campaign!
Why similar: Strategy 89.1%, Indie 10.9%
- #36 Epicinium
71% matchVery Positive88% of 308 reviews2020
Dev: A Bunch of Hacks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Epicinium is a strategy game where nature is a finite resource. No need to wait for your move, thanks to fast, simultaneous turns. Your economy and troops are influenced by the environment and increasingly severe weather effects. Is it worth winning a war when you end up conquering dirt and ash?
Why similar: Strategy 77.4%, Indie 22.6%
- #37 Army of Pixels
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 56 reviews2015
Dev: Gergely Zsolnay
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Pixel strategy that combines real-time and turn-based gameplay. 17 factions from vampire queens to mechanical golems.
Why similar: Strategy 72.6%, Indie 27.4%
- #38 Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
68% matchVery Positive88% of 1,626 reviews2022
Dev: The Secret Games CompanyPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Build an empire in a single sitting. All the strategy of a classic 4X in a faster format, which also shines in multiplayer.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #39 Turnbound
65% matchVery Positive82% of 247 reviews2026
Dev: 1TKPub: Gambit Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Turnbound is an auto battler, where you manage a hero's inventory to escape a haunted boardgame. Each run is different from the last, with unique upgrades, combos and synergies. Async PvP lets you battle the ghosts of other players at your own pace in this unique new inventory battler.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #40 Techwars Online
73% matchMixed63% of 124 reviews2016
Dev: Argus Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Immerse yourself in a world of old-school turn-based strategy with massive combat mechs. Real hardcore PvP: two factions, each with just one mech with 20 additional specializations and a pilot-neuroimplant system.
Why similar: Strategy 73.1%, Indie 26.9%
- #41 War Selection
67% matchVery Positive85% of 23,033 reviews2019
Dev: Glyph Worlds
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
War Selection is a compelling RTS game featuring base building, resource extraction and warfare. Evolve from a stone age tribe to a distinct industrial nation with unique game mechanics and battle for supremacy with dozens of players on a unique procedurally generated map.
Why similar: Strategy 92.2%, Indie 7.8%
- #42 Numeral Lord
67% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2022
Dev: Flint Games
Windows
minimalism strategy game
Why similar: Strategy 85.8%, Indie 14.2%
- #43 Apes Warfare
63% matchVery Positive99% of 67 reviews2025
Dev: GigaQuests
Windows · Mac
APES WARFARE is a fast paced turn based tactics game inspired by classic strategy titles like Advance Wars. Build your army, capture key positions, and counter enemy units across dynamic battlefields. Play the solo campaign or challenge players worldwide in competitive online multiplayer.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #44 War on Folvos
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 151 reviews2014
Dev: Lonely Troops
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 31%
Clouds of war are shaping over the endless Folvos desert. You cannot wait any longer. Choose your side and take command! Lead your soldiers, tanks and aircraft to victory through Folvos varying landscapes across dozens of battles.
Why similar: Strategy 77.1%, Indie 22.9%
- #45 Forged Battalion
70% matchMixed58% of 1,108 reviews2018
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.
Why similar: Strategy 80.1%, Indie 19.9%
- #46 One-inch Tactics
65% 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: Strategy 100%
- #47 Wars Across The World
70% matchVery Positive82% of 221 reviews2017
Dev: StrategiaePub: Plug In Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
WAW is a unique historical strategy turn-based game, in a boardgame spirit, which aims at simulating in one single system ALL kind of wars and conflicts throughout the world (and beyond) from Prehistoric times to nowadays, on the operational or strategic levels.
Why similar: Strategy 72.6%, Indie 27.4%
- #48 Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,922 reviews2016
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #49 Backpack Battles
59% matchVery Positive91% of 19,754 reviews2025
Dev: PlayWithFurciferPub: IndieArk
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A PvP inventory management auto battler! Buy and craft powerful items, then carefully arrange them in your backpack.
Why similar: Strategy 81.3%, Indie 18.7%
- #50 Desert Law
71% matchMixed59% of 82 reviews2015
Dev: ArisePub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Desert Law is a new spin on the traditional real-time strategy that immerses players into a post-apocalyptic world where gasoline is the new world currency.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #51 Mythic Battlegrounds: Demonic Siege
63% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: DochiGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based strategy game where your tactical decisions are key to surviving relentless waves of enemy attacks. While battles unfold automatically, your choices before the clash, such as resource management, unit training, and skill selection, are critical to securing victory.
Why similar: Strategy 95.7%, Indie 4.3%
- #52 Evopollution
72% matchMostly Negative29% of 139 reviews2014
Dev: Atapki
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Evopollution is a business strategy game that incorporates the environment into the game.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
- #53 Fire & Maneuver
63% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,756 reviews2023
Dev: Armchair Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 45%
The Armchair Historian brings you a new turn-based strategy game set in the Victorian Era. As muskets become rifles and infantry is confronted by modernizing artillery, it is imperative to adapt to a rapidly changing battlefield. This is a new age, not of courage and chivalry, but of Blood and Iron.
Why similar: Strategy 100%