- #1 Dustwind: Resistance
97% matchVery Positive88% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: Dustwind StudiosPub: Z-Software GmbH
Windows
Dustwind: Resistance is a single-player tactical game. Lead your squad—including your dog—against a brutal raider army. Pause to plan tactics. Use overwhelming firepower, stealth, traps, turrets, or an armored car to outmaneuver enemies. Protect your home and freedom. No surrender!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 14.6%, Isometric 12.2%, Tactical RPG 10.7%, Dystopian 10.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%
- #2 Dreadlands
96% matchMixed59% of 226 reviews2020
Dev: Blackfox StudiosPub: Fatshark
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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: Post-apocalyptic 28.3%, Isometric 26.4%, Tactical 15.6%, Character Customization 15.2%, Strategy 8.9%
- #3 Mystery Of Dust
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Pink Rabbit
Windows
A sudden mechanical rebellion. An ordinary girl who has gained power. Faced with a "world-class" crisis. Is there a secret behind the rebellion? Is the power gained safe? Can a few people's journey save the world? Find out in our Tower Defense game-- Mystery of the Dust!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 47.4%, Strategy 22%, Character Customization 13.6%, Female Protagonist 11.5%, Indie 3.2%
- #4 Dust to the End
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,245 reviews2021
Dev: Haojoy GamePub: 2P Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Nuclear war ended human civilization, but it could never uproot the evil within our hearts. Fight, trade, negotiate, raid– do whatever it takes to survive in the wasteland. You will have to be as clever as ruthless to thrive in a broken world, torn by war, cruelty, hunger and slavery.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.5%, Tactical RPG 25.4%, Character Customization 15.2%, Female Protagonist 14.2%, Strategy 9.3%
- #5 Band of Defenders
95% matchMixed50% of 399 reviews2018
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A Co-Op FPS game with base building in a post-apocalyptic world. Craft weapons, build barricades and automated turrets, unlock new gear and items for visual customization and kill all savages and mutants trying to destroy the remnants of human civilization.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 30.7%, Post-apocalyptic 21.8%, Character Customization 13.5%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Tactical 11%
- #6 Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
94% matchVery Positive83% of 8,100 reviews2014
Dev: inXile Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.4 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 45.9%, Isometric 21.8%, Tactical 14.6%, Strategy 9.6%, Atmospheric 2.3%
- #7 Nuclear Dawn
93% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,487 reviews2011
Dev: GameConnectPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 22%, Real Time Tactics 19.9%, Dystopian 17.2%, Tactical 11.6%, Strategy 11.4%
- #8 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,751 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 40.7%, Isometric 30%, Strategy 12.3%, Tactical 9.2%, Atmospheric 4.4%
- #9 Sands of Salzaar
91% matchVery Positive82% of 22,933 reviews2021
Dev: 汉家松鼠Han-Squirrel StudioPub: XD
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Bringing you to an exotic desert where you’ll recruit, train, and guide your troops into battle against rival cities and factions. Embark on an adventure that’s uniquely yours; Customizable characters, professions, and factions. The land is filled with a variety of hidden secrets.
Why similar: Moddable 20.5% ★, Character Customization 20.4%, Strategy 17.9%, Action RPG 14.5%, Multiplayer 10.9%
- #10 Badlands Crew - Drive, Command, Conquer
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,189 reviews2025
Dev: Runner DuckPub: Curve Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Create, customize and command your battle wagon to conquer crazed enemy factions and save innocent survivors scattered throughout the lawless Badlands in the aftermath of a devastating apocalypse. Do you have what it takes to Build, Evolve and Fight to survive?
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.8%, Real Time Tactics 31.4%, Character Customization 13%, Strategy 10.7%, Action 5%
- #11 Miasma Chronicles
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,901 reviews2023
Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: 505 Games Official
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
From the creators of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden comes a beautifully crafted tactical adventure you won’t forget. Embark on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland torn apart by a savage force known only as the ‘Miasma’.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 25.4%, Dystopian 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Tactical 14.8%, Strategy 7.5%
- #12 Tempest Rising
89% matchVery Positive88% of 11,317 reviews2025
Dev: Slipgate Ironworks™Pub: 3D Realms
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
Why similar: Strategy 48.5%, Isometric 26.2%, Multiplayer 18.4%, Singleplayer 3.9%, Action 2.9%
- #13 Ash & Rust
89% matchMixed67% of 82 reviews2026
Dev: Ash and Rust Studios
Windows
For seasoned ARPG lovers, a unique Indie entry is here! Construct a deep build as you fight your way through mysterious places. Enemies are strong and smart, but you'll have a massive arsenal of tools and abilities to master in order to vanquish them. Dive in!
Why similar: Isometric 41.4%, Action RPG 26.4%, Character Customization 25.8%, Action 6.3%
- #14 Tower of Time
88% matchVery Positive83% of 2,584 reviews2018
Dev: Event Horizon
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of RPG awaits you. A story-rich dungeon crawler with innovative real-time combat that lets you pause or slow time. Tactical thinking is essential to succeed. Now with RPGlite and Permadeath for fast-paced game.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 40.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 28.2%, Isometric 19.1%, Strategy 6.3%, Atmospheric 3.6%
- #15 Necromunda: Underhive Wars
87% matchMixed56% of 2,967 reviews2020
Dev: Rogue FactorPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Deep below the hive cities of Necromunda, lead, customize and grow your gang in the twisted tunnels of the dystopian Underhive. Face rival gangs in tactical gunfights for power, wealth, survival, and honor.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 32.7%, Strategy 19.4%, Multiplayer 13.3%, Gore 12.7%, Action 10.3%
- #16 Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG
85% matchMostly Positive76% of 91 reviews2024
Dev: Innervoid InteractivePub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Embark on an epic journey, enjoying complete freedom in a dynamic sandbox RPG. The world and its inhabitants will witness your deeds and react accordingly, adapting the narrative to your choices and delivering a truly unique and free experience.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 61%, Character Customization 36.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #17 Dungeons of Sundaria
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,410 reviews2023
Dev: Industry Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Adventure through epic dungeons facing fearsome creatures either solo or with a group of friends. Master your class, loot everything, and destroy the foul creatures of the deep! Will you become a hero of legend?
Why similar: Character Customization 32%, Action RPG 29.8%, Multiplayer 20.5%, Action 10%, Indie 4.9%
- #18 Almost Alive
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 225 reviews2018
Dev: Emir CerimovicPub: Emir Games
Windows
Almost Alive is redefining the role playing tactical games with an awesome fast paced but complexe real time combat system in a mad hand drawn post apocalyptic world that features character mental sanity, destructible environment, a cover system, tons of loot, a none linear story, and a lot of humor.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 32.7%, Gore 21.8%, Strategy 15.8%, Violent 13.4%, Action 9.5%
- #19 Darkwind
86% matchMixed51% of 478 reviews2014
Dev: Psychic Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 19%
Darkwind is a multiplayer online, simultaneous turn-based game of vehicular combat. Set in a post-apocalyptic world, it involves physics-based tactical combat and deathracing, online leagues, cooperative wilderness scouting and looting, trading and camp-based crafting. Live and online since 2006!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37.4%, Character Customization 19.8%, Tactical 19.3%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Strategy 11.1%
- #20 Grim Dawn
82% matchVery Positive94% of 105,530 reviews2016
Dev: Crate Entertainment
Windows
Median: 11.9 hrsMean: 65.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
Why similar: Action RPG 57.1%, Isometric 24.3%, Character Customization 5.8%, Multiplayer 3.8%, Moddable 3.3% ★
- #21 Age of Reforging: The Freelands
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,276 reviews2025
Dev: PersonaeGame StudioPub: Kunpan Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 32.8%, Tactical RPG 24%, Character Customization 18.1%, Tactical 13.2%, Strategy 12%
- #22 Dust and Salt
84% matchVery Positive84% of 76 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: Isometric 45%, Tactical 32.7%, Indie 15.4%, Singleplayer 6.9%
- #23 Wantless : Solace at World’s End
81% matchVery Positive90% of 324 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: Isometric 24.7%, Tactical RPG 24%, Post-apocalyptic 15.1%, Tactical 14.4%, Female Protagonist 9%
- #24 Machine Mind
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 484 reviews2026
Dev: Chudo-Yudo GamesPub: Targem Games
Windows · Mac
Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!
Why similar: Isometric 39%, Post-apocalyptic 31.5%, Action RPG 18.2%, Strategy 11.3%
- #25 Blasted Road Terror
83% matchVery Positive81% of 94 reviews2018
Dev: Tryzna83
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Blasted Road Terror is real-time tactical looter in post apocalyptic setting. Command mighty warcrawler and manage squadron of vehicles in order to get unseen riches of the world and reach immortal glory.
Why similar: Strategy 51.4%, Action 28.5%, Indie 20.2%
- #26 The Scouring
79% matchVery Positive88% of 1,169 reviews2025
Dev: Orc Group
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The Scouring is an RTS with fast pace, high attention to detail and next generation experience. Lead humans or orcs in a Classic Mode or use one of powerful Heroes to fight for victory! Play alone or with friends. Use our modding tools to create maps and custom game modes! Join The Scouring!
Why similar: Tactical 31%, Multiplayer 26.1%, Strategy 17.3%, Atmospheric 12.9%, Action 8.5%
- #27 Last Hope - Tower Defense
80% matchVery Positive83% of 458 reviews2016
Dev: JE Software
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Zombie Tower Defense: Join the ongoing war, in an open world, against the undead zombie horde. Choose between multiple powerful heroes all with unique epic gear and skills! With the wide variety of towers you can create your own perfect strategy.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 42.6%, Strategy 41.2%, Indie 16.2%
- #28 Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,844 reviews2016
Dev: Blackbird InteractivePub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.
Why similar: Strategy 37.4%, Multiplayer 25.8%, Female Protagonist 20%, Atmospheric 6.9%, Tactical 4.3%
- #29 Torchlight
78% matchVery Positive91% of 7,285 reviews2009
Dev: Runic GamesPub: XD
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Adventure awaits in the award-winning Action RPG debut from Runic Games! Explore the randomized depths of this boom town, collect loot, and level up to save Torchlight - and possibly the world.
Why similar: Action RPG 38.5%, Moddable 31.8% ★, Isometric 14%, Action 4%, Female Protagonist 3.6%
- #30 Telepath Tactics Liberated
77% matchVery Positive84% of 159 reviews2022
Dev: Sinister DesignPub: indie.io
Windows
An SRPG fan's SRPG! Imagine Fire Emblem with destructible battlefields; the ability to place traps; the ability to shove enemies off cliffs, into lava, or into each other; and a built-in campaign creator.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 37.9%, Level Editor 19%, Moddable 15.7% ★, Strategy 13.1%, Female Protagonist 11.3%
- #31 Showgunners
75% matchVery Positive93% of 1,879 reviews2023
Dev: ArtificerPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 24.6%, Dystopian 15.2%, Tactical 14.4%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Tactical RPG 9.6%
- #32 Warside
76% matchMixed70% of 602 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: Level Editor 55.7%, Multiplayer 22.9%, Strategy 17.9%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #33 Timemelters
75% matchVery Positive93% of 193 reviews2024
Dev: Autoexec Games
Windows
Prevent Doomsday AFTER it happened! Designed by the co-creator of Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves and featuring both a single-player and co-op campaign, TimeMelters is a strategy hero defense where you go back in time and fight alongside your past selves.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 45.5%, Female Protagonist 20.9%, Tactical 18.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Indie 4.1%
- #34 Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 410 reviews2019
Dev: Tortuga Team
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 44.5%, Tactical 26.5%, Strategy 15%, Atmospheric 10.4%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #35 Aestheta
73% matchVery Positive90% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: AploveStudio
Windows
A roguelike royalelike about warriors from across space and time, fighting to claim a wish from the Star of Aestheta. Strategize your tactics, enhance your troops, and outwit your opponents to rise to the top!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 67.6%, Strategy 22.5%, Female Protagonist 8.4%, Indie 0.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #36 Nordic Warriors
76% matchVery Positive84% of 67 reviews2020
Dev: Liron PeerPub: Mashmashu Studio
Windows
Enter the real time tactical nightmare of Nordic Warriors and use your handful of brave souls to stem an endless horde of undead horrors. You'll need to take advantage of the terrain and your Hero abilities to heal and lead your units as you blast, smash or slash your way through the unfolding apocalypse.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 36.5%, Gore 17.2%, Tactical 15.8%, Violent 12.3%, Strategy 9.5%
- #37 Dustborn
74% matchMixed67% of 674 reviews2024
Dev: Red Thread GamesPub: Spotlight by Quantic Dream
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 53%, Atmospheric 15.9%, Indie 12.9%, Action 10.9%, Singleplayer 7.4%
- #38 Deep Fringe
72% matchVery Positive94% of 81 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: Post-apocalyptic 35.4%, Tactical RPG 31.1%, Tactical 19.3%, Strategy 11.6%, Singleplayer 2.6%
- #39 Dust Raiders
73% matchMixed68% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Vixa GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Dust Raiders is a management strategy game, set in a lawless wasteland. Upgrade your vehicles, engage in tactical fights against raiders hunting for your resources and gather a crew to rule the area.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 40.9%, Post-apocalyptic 38.3%, Strategy 11.3%, Action 5%, Indie 4.6%
- #40 AirMech Wastelands
74% matchMixed70% of 406 reviews2018
Dev: Carbon Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
AirMech Wastelands is an Action-RPG set in an alternate future America following a global collapse of modern civilization. You are an AirMech Pilot, with the skills to fly and upgrade these ultimate pre-war machines. Unravel the mystery of why these machines are trying to wipe us out!
Why similar: Strategy 56.4%, Action 27.1%, Indie 16.4%
- #41 Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin
71% matchMixed61% of 319 reviews2025
Dev: Level Up Labs, LLCPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Rise above the Mirk and protect your ship from dangers unknown in the latest entry in the classic Defender’s Quest tower defense series!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 24.5%, Real Time Tactics 23.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Female Protagonist 12.8%, Tactical 11%
- #42 Chaos Entropy
70% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: MILLIDIA
Windows
This RPG features a unique combat system! After obtaining the Chaos God's Ring, you must evade the Goddess's minions while exploring the world, collecting divine weapons, and awakening heroic spirits. Assemble a knightly order to battle powerful enemies and uncover the ancient secrets of Eusayard.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 29.8%, Action RPG 28.4%, Tactical 21.2%, Real Time Tactics 9.5%, Strategy 6.3%
- #43 Legends of Eisenwald
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,825 reviews2015
Dev: Aterdux Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Legends of Eisenwald is an adventure game with tactical battles, RPG and strategy elements. Take the lead of a small feudal army and try to defend your right to survive in this ruthless medieval world.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 32.1%, Level Editor 29.3%, Character Customization 17.4%, Tactical 13.8%, Strategy 7.3%
- #44 Shieldmaiden: Remix Edition
71% matchVery Positive91% of 240 reviews2020
Dev: Dumativa
Windows
The end of the world just started and everyone is gone. The machines took over and your only goal is to look for your missing sister in a retro wave atmosphere. Fight and find your way into the danger with your shield in this vibrant pixel art world.
Why similar: Dystopian 38.2%, Post-apocalyptic 27.2%, Female Protagonist 20.7%, Action 6.8%, Indie 4.8%
- #45 Regenesis
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: Klopsy
Windows
Guide a group of survivors trying to strive in this alien yet familiar environment. Fight against mutated creatures and use their parts to craft and upgrade your weapons.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 29.9%, Tactical RPG 24%, Post-apocalyptic 18.3%, Character Customization 14%, Strategy 7.7%
- #46 Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,873 reviews2009
Dev: 14° EastPub: Bethesda Softworks
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 30.8 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Tactical Squad-Based Combat comes to the Fallout® Universe! You are the wretched refuse. You may be born from dirt, but we will forge you into steel. You will learn to bend; if not you, will you break. In these dark times, the Brotherhood - your Brotherhood - is all that stands between the rekindled flame of civilization and the howling,...
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 31.4%, Isometric 18.3%, Real-Time with Pause 16.6% ★, Tactical 12.1%, Tactical RPG 9%
- #47 Battlefall: State of Conflict
70% matchMixed63% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Kyoto Video Game ConcernPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Engage in a post-apocalyptic RTS showdown between three factions in Battlefall: State of Conflict.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 27%, Isometric 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 22.1%, Multiplayer 14.7%, Strategy 7%
- #48 Tactical Warfare
69% matchMixed67% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Mizrab
Windows
The enemy attack on your base is imminent; secure your defenses, mobilize your troops, reinforce key positions, and get ready for the next battle. RTS Tactical Warfare will test your resilience and strategic prowess.
Why similar: Multiplayer 23.9%, Isometric 23%, Strategy 19.1%, Real Time Tactics 14.5%, Atmospheric 8.4%
- #49 Astral Throne
68% matchVery Positive81% of 264 reviews2025
Dev: Zero Sun Games
Windows
Uncover the mystery of a land beset by a Falling Star's curse in this Roguelike Strategy RPG inspired by the classics. Build your party, recruit new allies, and synergize your team's skills for decisive victory.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 46.8%, Female Protagonist 24.3%, Tactical 16.3%, Strategy 12.6%
- #50 Ascent of Ashes
67% matchMostly Positive70% of 298 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 40.8%, Isometric 30%, Character Customization 17.5%, Strategy 11.7%
- #51 Voidspire Tactics
69% 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 47.2%, Strategy 27.1%, Character Customization 14.2%, Indie 11.4%
- #52 Aarklash: Legacy
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 850 reviews2013
Dev: Cyanide StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In Aarklash: Legacy take command of a mercenary squad in search of truth and guide it through countless battles.Welcome to Aarklash, a land of chaos where incessant battles between the forces of Light, Destiny and Darkness have lasted since the beginning of time.
Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 61.3% ★, Tactical 17.8%, Strategy 13.1%, Isometric 6.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #53 Everwind
64% matchVery Positive82% of 3,221 reviews2026
Dev: Enjoy Studio S.A.Pub: Bohemia Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Everwind is a novel take on RPG and Sandbox Survival genre in First-Person-Perspective. Embark on the adventure with your friends - Build a base on a flying island-ship, gather resources, craft, loot, and fight while you rise above the clouds to uncover the mysteries of this world!
Why similar: Action RPG 48.9%, Multiplayer 43.7%, Singleplayer 7.4%
- #54 Westland Survival
66% matchMixed59% of 492 reviews2025
Dev: Helio GamesPub: Helio Games
Windows · Mac
Saddle up for the ultimate survival adventure in the untamed Wild West! Build your homestead, tame the wilderness, bounty hunt the outlaws, and duel against the dangers that lurk on the frontier. Do you have what it takes to be a legend of the West?
Why similar: Isometric 26.4%, Tactical RPG 23.5%, Character Customization 16.3%, Action RPG 11.3%, Multiplayer 10.4%
- #55 Death Trash
66% matchVery Positive92% of 3,680 reviews2021
Dev: Crafting Legends
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Death Trash features a post-apocalyptic world where cosmic horrors long for humanity but meet punks with shotguns. It combines old-school role-playing, modern action gameplay and player freedom. Create your own character and explore a handcrafted world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 34.5%, Isometric 28.5%, Character Customization 15%, Action RPG 13.8%, Atmospheric 6.3%
- #56 Godless Tactics
68% matchVery Positive95% of 110 reviews2020
Dev: Ice Arrow Games
Windows
Lead an elite strike team through the wars of a reborn civilisation, and decide the fate of humanity through your achievements and choices. Traverse a dynamic war-map, engage in fast, turn-based battles, and explore the world of 2952.
Why similar: Strategy 90.6%, Singleplayer 9.4%
- #57 Vultures - Scavengers of Death
64% matchVery Positive82% of 328 reviews2026
Dev: Team VulturesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
VULTURES is a tactical turn-based survival horror, inspired by 90's survival horror classics. As an operative, scavenge the infested metropolis for materials and information that could cure the infection plaguing the world.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.9%, Tactical RPG 20.9%, Dystopian 19.5%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Tactical 11%
- #58 Rain of Reflections: Set Free
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 334 reviews2019
Dev: Lionbite Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Rain of Reflections is an atmospheric, dystopian adventure game with exploration and deep character interactions. Its turn-based strategic confrontations are uniquely centered around a motivation mechanic.
Why similar: Gore 29.1%, Violent 25.3%, Strategy 21%, Female Protagonist 16.9%, Indie 7.8%