- #1 Omerta - City of Gangsters
97% matchMixed67% of 2,390 reviews2013
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Omerta - City of Gangsters is a simulation game with tactical turn-based combat. Taking the role of a fresh-from-the-boat immigrant, with dreams of the big life, the player will work his way up the criminal hierarchy of 1920’s Atlantic City.
Why similar: Crime 48.3%, Management 15.9%, Strategy 10.1%, Turn-Based 7.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game is the closest thematic match, focusing on building a criminal empire in 1920s Atlantic City through management and turn-based combat.
- #2 City of Gangsters
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,551 reviews2021
Dev: SomaSimPub: Kasedo Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
In this management tycoon game, you’ll start a criminal operation from nothing and grow it into a well-oiled money machine! Build speakeasies and illegal distilleries. Manage production chains and resource distribution. Leverage favors, chase down debtors, and bribe the police to look the other way.
Why similar: Crime 40.3%, Management 16%, Turn-Based 12.9%, Noir 8.5%, Strategy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the logistical and economic side of running a criminal enterprise during the Prohibition era.
- #3 Company of Crime
96% matchMixed48% of 216 reviews2020
Dev: Resistance GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 10.1 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Company of Crime places you in the heart of 1960s London. Will you build an influential criminal empire, or head up an elite Scotland Yard task force and crack down on the rising tide of corruption? Case out targets, then dive into the melee with your hand-picked team of gangsters or detectives.
Why similar: Crime 25%, Turn-Based 14.6%, Management 11.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Set in 1960s London, it mirrors the gang-warfare mechanics and tactical combat found in Empire of Sin.
- #4 This Is the Police 2
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 6,540 reviews2018
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Interpret the law as you see fit! Run the sheriff’s department, manage your cops, make tough decisions – and try to keep out of prison yourself – in this story-driven mixture of adventure, strategy, and turn-based tactical combat.
Why similar: Crime 24.7%, Turn-Based 21.6%, Management 18.4%, Strategy 15%, Villain Protagonist 5.8% ★
Why You'll Like It: Expands on the original with more focus on turn-based tactical combat and squad management within a crime-ridden environment.
- #5 This Is the Police
94% matchVery Positive82% of 11,149 reviews2016
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?
Why similar: Crime 41.1%, Management 24.9%, Noir 15.3%, Strategy 12.6%, Villain Protagonist 2.6% ★
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep management experience centered on the corruption and crime of a city, providing a strong narrative counterpart.
- #6 Cartel Tycoon
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 3,780 reviews2022
Dev: Moon MoosePub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Cartel Tycoon is a survival business sim inspired by the ‘80s and '90s narco trade. Expand and conquer, fight off rival thugs and evade the authorities. Earn people's loyalty and strive to overcome the doomed fate of a power-hungry drug lord.
Why similar: Management 42.8%, Strategy 18.4%, RPG 12.9%, Sandbox 11.1%, Simulation 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy game that captures the high-stakes, dangerous nature of running an illegal drug empire.
- #7 Jagged Alliance 3
93% matchVery Positive89% of 14,574 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.3%, Strategy 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, Turn-Based 9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a robust tactical combat experience with deep squad management and mercenary recruitment mechanics.
- #8 Wartales
91% matchVery Positive86% of 35,141 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 51.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26.5%, Turn-Based 20.2%, Turn-Based Combat 18.2%, RPG 17.8%, Strategy 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar loop of managing a group of mercenaries, exploring a world, and engaging in turn-based tactical battles.
- #9 Vigilantes
92% matchVery Positive81% of 304 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: Crime 26.5%, Turn-Based 13.8%, Noir 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Turn-Based Combat 7%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical RPG set in a crime-ridden city that focuses on fighting back against criminal organizations.
- #10 Phantom Doctrine
91% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,669 reviews2018
Dev: CreativeForge GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 31%, Turn-Based 19.1%, Strategy 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, RPG 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A Cold War-era strategy game that balances base management with turn-based tactical combat and stealth.
- #11 Battle Brothers
89% matchVery Positive88% of 28,141 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 19.0 hrsMean: 93.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 28.8%, Strategy 18.6%, Historical 15.7%, RPG 14.5%, Sandbox 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, low-fantasy management game where you lead a mercenary company, focusing on survival and tactical combat.
- #12 Chicago 1930 : The Prohibition
90% matchMixed70% of 174 reviews2017
Dev: SpellboundPub: Microids
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The Mafia rules the city. A special police task force is formed to take down his gang. This squad is managed by two cops. An open war breaks out throughout the city of Chicago. Now it’s your turn to choose your side!
Why similar: Crime 58%, Strategy 30%, Isometric 12%
Why You'll Like It: A classic isometric strategy game that directly explores the era and themes of 1930s Chicago mobsters.
- #13 The Lamplighters League
89% matchMixed69% of 1,188 reviews2023
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Recruit a team of misfits with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.
Why similar: Noir 25.8%, Turn-Based Combat 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Strategy 12.5%, RPG 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Set in a 1930s pulp-adventure world, it combines turn-based tactics with a diverse cast of characters and criminal-underworld themes.
- #14 Evil Genius 2: World Domination
88% matchMixed69% of 13,171 reviews2021
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!
Why similar: Management 35.9%, Strategy 28.7%, Villain Protagonist 22.7% ★, Sandbox 6.1%, Simulation 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the villainous management aspect of running a criminal organization and building a secret base.
- #15 Rebel Cops
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,820 reviews2019
Dev: Weappy StudioPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lead a ragtag squad of cops in rebellion against their town's new criminal power and see how long you can hold out in this unforgiving turn-based spin-off game from This Is the Police. You'll be desperately short on supplies, and a single shot can cost a cop their life.
Why similar: Turn-Based 38.4%, Strategy 30.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.8%, Tactical 3.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical spin-off that focuses on squad-based combat and managing resources in a corrupt environment.
- #16 Hard West 2
86% matchVery Positive82% of 3,165 reviews2022
Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Isometric 11.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A supernatural western game that features high-stakes turn-based tactical combat and character-driven progression.
- #17 XCOM®: Chimera Squad
86% matchMostly Positive71% of 23,353 reviews2020
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 33.9%, Turn-Based 23.7%, Strategy 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Turn-Based Combat 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a refined turn-based tactical experience with a focus on squad synergy and urban operations.
- #18 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
85% matchVery Positive90% of 20,485 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: Turn-Based 20.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%, Strategy 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 16.4%, RPG 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a polished blend of real-time exploration and turn-based tactical combat with a focus on squad management.
- #19 Basement
84% matchMixed70% of 2,226 reviews2019
Dev: Halfbus
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Basement is a strategy game, where you start doing illegal business to fund the development of your dream video game. It won't be easy, so get ready to deal with other gangs, cops, crazy junkies, mysterious investor and even ghosts from the past.
Why similar: Crime 50.9%, Management 26.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Sandbox 6%, Simulation 3%
Why You'll Like It: A management game that tasks you with building an illegal underground empire while defending your turf.
- #20 Gears Tactics
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,620 reviews2020
Dev: Splash DamagePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 20.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.
Why similar: Strategy 28.9%, Turn-Based 26.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.2%, Tactical 6.9%, Isometric 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-octane turn-based tactical game that emphasizes aggressive playstyles and squad customization.
- #21 King Arthur: Knight's Tale
82% matchVery Positive84% of 7,469 reviews2022
Dev: NeocoreGames
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A unique hybrid between turn-based tactical games and traditional, character-centric RPGs. Knight's Tale is a modern retelling of a classic Arthurian mythology story filtered through the dark fantasy tropes, a twist on the traditional tales of chivalry.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 21.3%, Turn-Based 20.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Isometric 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark-fantasy RPG that combines kingdom management with turn-based tactical combat.
- #22 Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
82% matchVery Positive89% of 6,535 reviews2014
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
Why similar: Turn-Based 37.7%, RPG 16%, Isometric 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%, Strategy 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines a noir-inspired atmosphere with deep RPG elements and turn-based tactical combat.
- #23 Desperados III
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,449 reviews2020
Dev: Mimimi GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.
Why similar: Strategy 38.3%, Isometric 31.1%, Tactical 19.6%, Historical 5.9%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical stealth game that captures the tension of planning and executing complex maneuvers in a dangerous world.
- #24 The Boss Gangster: Criminal Empire
77% matchVery Positive84% of 346 reviews2025
Dev: BEF GAMESPub: Tripwire Presents
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Start from nothing and build a criminal empire in a seamless open-world sandbox. Run businesses, manage production chains, recruit your crew, fight rival families, and outsmart the police as every system pushes you closer to becoming the boss.
Why similar: Crime 40.2%, Management 22.6%, Strategy 17.4%, RPG 9.1%, Simulation 5.1%
- #25 Age of Gladiators II: Rome
81% matchMixed68% of 276 reviews2018
Dev: Creative Storm Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Age of Gladiators II: Rome is a single-player strategy/management sim set at the height of the bloody gladiatorial games in ancient Rome. As your fighters increase in level, it will be up to you to decide how to forge their attributes and abilities. Build your story. Build your empire.
Why similar: Management 19.4%, Turn-Based 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A management-focused game that tasks you with running a gladiator school, mirroring the recruitment and management loop of Empire of Sin.
- #26 Expeditions: Rome
78% matchVery Positive87% of 6,635 reviews2022
Dev: Logic ArtistsPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 22.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Strategy 15.1%, RPG 12.8%, Historical 8.6%
- #27 Invisible, Inc.
79% matchVery Positive91% of 5,751 reviews2015
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
Why similar: Turn-Based 22%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.2%, Isometric 15.8%, Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical game that focuses on stealth and resource management, perfect for those who enjoy the planning phase of tactical games.
- #28 Blackguards
81% matchMixed62% of 3,896 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 39.9%, RPG 16.5%, Strategy 13.3%, Tactical 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical RPG that focuses on a group of criminals and outcasts navigating a dangerous world.
- #29 Constructor
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 764 reviews2017
Dev: System 3
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
You can’t rise to the top without taking a few others down. If that means engaging in a workplace accidents, dodgy deals, and a shifty trick or two then so be it! You're going to need every trick in the book if you want to go from small-time slumlord to property tycoon!
Why similar: Strategy 80.5%, Simulation 19.5%
Why You'll Like It: A classic city-building management game that includes elements of sabotage and criminal competition.
- #30 PROHIBEAST
75% matchNo user reviews61% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: SUPER AC
Windows
Immerse yourself in a 1930s Chicago plagued by corruption and illegal meat trafficking. In this stealth-tactics game, control Eliot Ness and his team. Exploit the environment, deceive your enemies and strike the mafia from the shadows to dismantle Al Capone's criminal empire.
Why similar: Crime 32.8%, Noir 29.9%, Isometric 16.3%, Strategy 15.4%, Tactical 4.1%
- #31 Necromunda: Underhive Wars
78% matchMixed56% of 2,976 reviews2020
Dev: Rogue FactorPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Strategy 38.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 34.9%, Turn-Based 15.4%, Action 9.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #32 Hollywood Animal
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,102 reviews2025
Dev: Weappy WholesomePub: Weappy Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Make movies, even if someone has to die. Take the helm of a major Hollywood studio at the dawn of sound cinema, and guide it through decades of creative achievements and glamor, debauchery and dark deeds, tough choices and unpleasant compromises.
Why similar: Strategy 32.6%, Management 31.7%, Historical 18.9%, Simulation 9.3%, Atmospheric 5.3%
- #33 Evil Bank Manager
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,760 reviews2018
Dev: Hamsters Gaming
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
What could be better than having a million dollars, a billion? This will not make you all powerful in the world, your goal will not only be to make lots of money, but to print money and become a Federal reserve system
Why similar: Management 29.6%, Turn-Based 19.1%, Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #34 The Precinct
70% matchVery Positive87% of 8,973 reviews2025
Dev: Fallen Tree Games LtdPub: Kwalee
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Averno City, 1983. Gangs rule the streets and your father lies restless in his grave. Clean up the city, uncover the truth, and embark on thrilling vehicle chases through destructible environments in this neon-noir action sandbox police game.
Why similar: Crime 54.9%, Noir 30.3%, Sandbox 7.7%, Simulation 3%, Action 2.8%
- #35 Police Tactics: Imperio
77% matchMixed62% of 423 reviews2016
Dev: CyberphobX Ltd.Pub: astragon Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
In POLICE TACTICS: IMPERIO you start your career as an aspiring police chief in Newport Falls, a city that is dirty and corrupt to its core. You are responsible for upholding law and order. Coordinate the emergency vehicles and personnel of the municipal precinct and put a stop to crime.
Why similar: Strategy 80.2%, Simulation 19.8%
- #36 Black Legend
75% matchMixed65% of 210 reviews2021
Dev: Warcave
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A dark, immersive Turn Based Strategy RPG. Master tactical combat and the art of 17th century alchemy to liberate a doomed city from a bloodthirsty cult inspired by the great alchemist Mephisto.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Strategy 11%
- #37 Blackguards 2
76% matchMixed67% of 1,300 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 27.4%, Strategy 14.9%, RPG 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%
- #38 Imperator: Rome
74% matchMixed66% of 26,838 reviews2019
Dev: Paradox Development StudioPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 37.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dominate the classical Mediterranean in Imperator: Rome, a grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive. Navigate the dangerous waters of politics and diplomacy as you build up your provinces and conquer foreign lands. Now available with special content and the digital artbook.
Why similar: Strategy 42.9%, Management 25.3%, Historical 21.5%, Simulation 7.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #39 Trapper: Drug Dealing RPG
73% matchVery Positive90% of 127 reviews2022
Dev: Lathon Gaming
Windows
Drug Dealing RPG roguelite strategy crime saga with choose your own adventure elements. The police and the jackboys aren't your biggest enemy... Time is!
Why similar: Crime 38.6%, Management 18.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Strategy 8.7%
- #40 Aether & Iron
68% matchVery Positive84% of 502 reviews2026
Dev: Seismic Squirrel
Windows · Mac
Immerse yourself in this Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s where anti-gravitational technology has taken cars, roads, and even New York City into the sky. Muster a crew, master tactical turn-based combat, and unravel the dark secrets lurking beneath the floating metropolis.
Why similar: Noir 25.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, RPG 12.4%
- #41 Age of Wonders: Planetfall
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 6,625 reviews2019
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.9%, Management 22.3%, Strategy 18.7%, Tactical 7.8%
- #42 Wasteland 3
71% matchVery Positive85% of 22,201 reviews2020
Dev: inXile Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 25.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.2%, Isometric 14.7%, Turn-Based Combat 14%, Strategy 10%
- #43 MENACE
67% matchVery Positive91% of 12,202 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%, Turn-Based Combat 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Strategy 11.6%
- #44 Expeditions: Conquistador
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,611 reviews2013
Dev: Logic ArtistsPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Conquer the New world: In the 16th Century, Spanish explorers and soldiers reached the shores of America. The search for gold, fame, and adventure drove these travelers into a treacherous wilderness where they faced hunger, disease, and dangerous predators. In their wake, the Aztec Empires lay in ruins.
Why similar: Turn-Based 33.2%, Strategy 14.6%, RPG 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Historical 7.4%
- #45 Raiders! Forsaken Earth
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 303 reviews2020
Dev: Creative Storm EntertainmentPub: CreativeForge Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Raiders! Forsaken Earth is a strategy/management game where you play as the leader of a merciless band of post-apocalyptic marauders. Build up your organization while extorting, kidnapping, and destroying the last remnants of civilization. The wasteland doesn't need another hero...
Why similar: Management 27.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Isometric 15.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Strategy RPG 10.4%
- #46 Xenonauts 2
67% matchVery Positive82% of 5,470 reviews2026
Dev: Goldhawk InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 18%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Strategy 10.7%
- #47 Democracy 4
70% matchVery Positive82% of 6,345 reviews2022
Dev: Positech Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...
Why similar: Management 53.2%, Strategy 26.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Simulation 6.3%
- #48 We. The Revolution
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,450 reviews2019
Dev: PolyslashPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
As a judge of the Revolutionary Tribunal, preside over complicated cases of ordinary citizens, dangerous criminals, and enemies of the revolution in revolutionary Paris. Make judgments, plot political intrigue, and try to not lose your own head!
Why similar: Crime 45.1%, Turn-Based 26.1%, Historical 11.3%, Strategy 11%, Simulation 3.1%
- #49 Old World
69% matchVery Positive82% of 6,667 reviews2022
Dev: Mohawk GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Why similar: Turn-Based 24.4%, Management 22.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Historical 9.9%
- #50 Urban Empire
74% matchMostly Negative34% of 2,462 reviews2017
Dev: Reborn GamesPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Urban Empire is a ‘City Ruler’, pioneering a new breed of strategy game that combines city builder features with political scheming and adds profound social and historical events into the mix, creating a whole new gameplay experience.
Why similar: Management 43.7%, Strategy 31.8%, Historical 11.3%, Simulation 7.4%, RPG 5.8%
- #51 NORSE: Oath of Blood
67% matchMixed56% of 2,711 reviews2026
Dev: Arctic HazardPub: Tripwire Presents
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A Turn-Based Tactics game set in Viking-Age Norway. Build a settlement, forge alliances, and fight strategic battles. Manage a community of craftspeople, farmers, and warriors, as you grow strong on your path to vengeance in this story-rich saga.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 24.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Turn-Based Combat 17.5%, Strategy 12.3%, RPG 10%
- #52 The Guild 3
69% matchMixed60% of 7,957 reviews2022
Dev: Purple LampPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. Step into the shoes of a citizen, acquire businesses and mansions, produce goods and trade them, start intrigues in politics and society, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good and bad times!
Why similar: Strategy 30.4%, Management 22.1%, RPG 21%, Sandbox 9.9%, Simulation 9%
- #53 Port Royale 4
71% matchMixed58% of 2,115 reviews2020
Dev: Gaming MindsPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Set sail and join the colonial powers of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands in their fight for supremacy of the Caribbean in the 17th century.
Why similar: Management 31.8%, Strategy 24.8%, Turn-Based Combat 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Historical 7.9%
- #54 Phoenix Point
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 7,084 reviews2020
Dev: Snapshot Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM. Fight tactical battles on procedural maps against a foe that adapts to your tactics. Manage diplomacy and economy on a global scale. Research, explore, overcome. Now includes Steam Workshop support for mods!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26.4%, Isometric 23.9%, Strategy 18.8%, Tactical 16%, RPG 14.9%
- #55 Crown Wars: The Black Prince
68% matchMixed60% of 620 reviews2024
Dev: Artefacts StudioPub: Nacon
Windows
The War of Crowns rages on. Knights and brigands run rampant throughout the land, sowing destruction. From your castle base, rise to become the lord who leads the battle against the forces of evil in this turn-based tactics and strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 13.5%, Strategy 11.2%
- #56 Crossroads Inn Anniversary Edition
70% matchMixed55% of 4,067 reviews2019
Dev: Klabater
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Crossroads Inn, a real-time management sim, unfolds in Delcrys' unique fantasy realm. Construct and oversee your inn, delight traveling heroes, and achieve renowned status for your services across the kingdom.
Why similar: Management 39.5%, Strategy 18.4%, Strategy RPG 15.7%, RPG 14.5%, Sandbox 11.8%
- #57 Norland
65% matchVery Positive82% of 10,106 reviews2024
Dev: Long JauntPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Lead your noble family in this medieval colony sim, facing off against class conflict, religious struggle, and political treachery. Tend to your people’s needs, uncover the lost knowledge of a fallen empire, and engage in nefarious plots against your enemies.
Why similar: Management 42.3%, Strategy 20.8%, Historical 17.2%, Sandbox 12.1%, Simulation 5.4%
- #58 This Is the President
68% matchMixed68% of 409 reviews2021
Dev: SuperPACPub: THQ Nordic
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
This Is the President is a political thriller. You are the newly elected leader with a shady background. It is up to you to abuse the position of the most powerful man in the world to escape justice for past crimes – even if that pitches the country into utter chaos.
Why similar: Crime 33.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.9%, Management 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Strategy 11.3%
- #59 Tropico 6
65% matchVery Positive88% of 29,191 reviews2019
Dev: Limbic EntertainmentPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 27.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Why similar: Management 48.5%, Strategy 32.5%, Sandbox 9.6%, Simulation 7.1%, Atmospheric 1.3%