- #1 Jagged Alliance 3
97% matchVery Positive89% of 14,231 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 22.4%, Tactical 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Strategy 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive mercenary management game that mirrors the squad-building and tactical combat depth found in End State.
- #2 Battle Brothers
96% matchVery Positive88% of 27,117 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 93.4 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: Military 21.7%, Character Customization 20.7%, Realistic 15.3%, War 15%, Strategy 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the brutal, gritty reality of managing a mercenary company in a harsh, unforgiving world.
- #3 Wartales
96% matchVery Positive87% of 34,222 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 51.2 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 26.9%, Turn-Based Combat 19.7%, Turn-Based 18.3%, RPG 15.5%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world RPG focuses on the management and survival of a mercenary band with deep tactical combat mechanics.
- #4 Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
94% matchVery Positive94% of 2,628 reviews2025
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 11.5%, Turn-Based 11.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Military 9.1%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical, turn-based game that emphasizes squad management and character progression in a gritty cyberpunk setting.
- #5 Phantom Doctrine
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,637 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 25.5%, Turn-Based 12.3%, Stealth 12.1%, Strategy 9.2%, Tactical 8%
Why You'll Like It: Set in the Cold War, this game features tactical combat and base management that feels very similar to the mercenary operations in End State.
- #6 Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 12,788 reviews2025
Dev: KillHouse Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 26.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".
Why similar: Military 26.8%, Tactical 24.1%, Violent 13.9%, War 13.4%, Strategy 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a hyper-realistic tactical experience focused on squad-based military operations and planning.
- #7 XCOM® 2
94% matchVery Positive85% of 107,051 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 61.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Why similar: Turn-Based 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Military 11%, Character Customization 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for turn-based squad tactics, offering intense combat and high-stakes mercenary-style management.
- #8 Silent Storm Gold Edition
92% matchVery Positive88% of 1,061 reviews2013
Dev: NivalPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Silent Storm from leading Russian developer Nival is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII. As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you’ll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new...
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.2%, Turn-Based 24.7%, Tactical 12.1%, Strategy 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic tactical game that features highly realistic combat and destructible environments that reward careful planning.
- #9 Black Powder Red Earth®
91% matchVery Positive86% of 231 reviews2021
Dev: _Echelon Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
The near present. Step into the event horizon of a failed state, as Private Military Contractor - Cold Harbor, hunting jihadist terrorists in war-torn sprawls as a lethal surrogate for the host nation.
Why similar: Turn-Based 33.9%, Strategy 20.6%, Violent 19.7%, Tactical 14.6%, Military 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: A highly tactical, turn-based game that captures the intense, short-range combat of modern military operations.
- #10 Urban Strife
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 371 reviews2024
Dev: White Pond GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.
Why similar: Turn-Based 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Strategy RPG 10.9%, Character Customization 10.7%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines turn-based tactical combat with survival elements in a realistic, post-collapse setting.
- #11 Xenonauts 2
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,657 reviews2023
Dev: Goldhawk InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 Tactics 27.5%, Turn-Based Combat 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Tactical 15.6%, Strategy 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a grounded, realistic approach to squad-based tactical combat and global management of a specialized force.
- #12 Classified: France '44
89% matchMostly Positive73% of 931 reviews2024
Dev: Absolutely GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Strategy RPG 11.5%, Turn-Based Combat 10.9%, Military 9.4%, Tactical 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on tactical squad combat and stealth, mirroring the realistic military feel of End State.
- #13 Dead Monarchy
88% matchVery Positive83% of 135 reviews2023
Dev: Kevin Zhang
Windows
Dead Monarchy is an open-world, turn-based tactical RPG set in a low fantasy world. Personally lead and manage your mercenary company as the captain and embark on your personal quest to defeat the arena champions.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, Violent 14.7%, Turn-Based 13.8%, Strategy 12.2%, RPG 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging tactical RPG that focuses on managing a mercenary company in a violent, low-fantasy world.
- #14 Vigilantes
89% matchVery Positive81% of 301 reviews2018
Dev: Timeslip Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Vigilantes is a combat focused, turn-based tactical RPG set in the crime riddled city of Reiker. The game offers hardcore squad-level combat in a gritty neo-noir setting, intel gathering through surveillance and interrogation, a detailed character system, base facilities, crafting, and more.
Why similar: Turn-Based 15.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Strategy RPG 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 9.8%, Violent 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This turn-based tactical RPG features a gritty crime-fighting theme with deep combat mechanics and character development.
- #15 Phoenix Point
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 6,915 reviews2020
Dev: Snapshot Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 18.0 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: Character Customization 21.5%, Tactical 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.3%, Isometric 16.3%, Strategy 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Developed by the creator of the original X-COM, it provides deep tactical combat and squad management in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #16 The Iron Oath
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 889 reviews2023
Dev: Curious Panda GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 16.1%, Turn-Based 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%, Character Customization 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the management of a mercenary company over time, with tactical turn-based combat and meaningful character progression.
- #17 Expeditions: Rome
86% matchVery Positive88% of 6,478 reviews2022
Dev: Logic ArtistsPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 15.1 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 26.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.7%, Strategy 13%, RPG 11.7%, Tactical 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title blends deep tactical combat with squad management and RPG elements in a historical military context.
- #18 TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children
85% matchVery Positive94% of 9,639 reviews2020
Dev: Dandylion
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children is the first season of a turn-based strategy SRPG that takes place in the world of Troubleshooter.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.7%, Strategy RPG 21.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an incredibly deep system for character customization and squad progression that will appeal to fans of tactical RPGs.
- #19 Gears Tactics
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,500 reviews2020
Dev: Splash DamagePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 20.5 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: Turn-Based Tactics 25.1%, Turn-Based 20.7%, Strategy 20.6%, Tactical 10.1%, Violent 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, highly polished turn-based tactical game that emphasizes aggressive squad movement and combat.
- #20 Tactical Combat Department
84% matchMixed63% of 111 reviews2022
Dev: LukasHPub: Render System
Windows
Tactical Combat Department is a tactical turn-based strategy game inspired by Swat games. You command a special intervention squad that intervenes in various situations and environments.
Why similar: Turn-Based 15.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Military 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Tactical 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a realistic, isometric tactical experience that focuses on squad-based military operations.
- #21 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
82% matchVery Positive90% of 20,374 reviews2018
Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 19%, Turn-Based 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 15.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Tactical 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: It blends real-time stealth exploration with turn-based tactical combat, focusing on a small, specialized squad.
- #22 Recon Control
83% matchVery Positive84% of 132 reviews2021
Dev: Dmitry KozlovPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Recon Control is a turn-based strategy and 2D platformer hybrid focused on combat. Lead your special operations squad through a set of challenging and deadly missions.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18.2%, Turn-Based 14.9%, Military 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A focused turn-based tactics game that emphasizes squad management and tactical decision-making in combat.
- #23 Quasimorph
81% matchVery Positive83% of 5,924 reviews2023
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 25.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based extraction RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, Tactical 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dark, turn-based extraction game that emphasizes tactical combat and the management of gear and resources.
- #24 USC: Counterforce
82% matchMixed68% of 235 reviews2024
Dev: Angry Cat StudiosPub: Firesquid
Windows
Lead your Space Commandos in a revival of turn-based squad tactics inspired by UFO/XCOM and Aliens. Utilize in-depth skill & combat systems in multiple game modes, including a full campaign. Discover the truth behind the demise of colony MC83-A and join the USC in defending humanity!
Why similar: Military 13.8%, Turn-Based 13.7%, Strategy RPG 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Character Customization 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a deep, turn-based tactical experience with a focus on squad survival and realistic combat mechanics.
- #25 Deep Fringe
80% matchVery Positive96% of 80 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: Turn-Based 16.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Strategy RPG 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that emphasizes squad management and combat in a dark, gritty environment.
- #26 Invisible, Inc.
81% matchVery Positive91% of 5,719 reviews2015
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 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 Tactics 19.6%, Turn-Based 16%, Stealth 12.1%, Isometric 11.6%, Tactical 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on high-stakes tactical squad management and stealth, rewarding careful planning and resource usage.
- #27 MENACE
77% matchVery Positive91% of 10,002 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, Turn-Based 15.3%, Character Customization 14.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%
- #28 Hard West 2
79% matchVery Positive82% of 3,037 reviews2022
Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 Tactics 20.6%, Turn-Based 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%, Tactical 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical turn-based game that emphasizes squad synergy and aggressive combat mechanics in a supernatural western setting.
- #29 Lost In The Open
79% matchMixed68% of 158 reviews2025
Dev: Black Voyage GamesPub: WhisperGames
Windows
An unexpected assassination attempt leaves you wounded and fleeing across no man's land. To survive in this roguelike, low-fantasy tactical RPG, you must recruit strategically, fight desperately and repent sincerely.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Turn-Based 17.7%, Strategy RPG 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on squad management and tactical combat in a dark, atmospheric world.
- #30 Wantless : Solace at World’s End
78% matchVery Positive90% of 318 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Rate StudioPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
In this dystopic sci-fi Tactical RPG, save your patients from themselves. Craft your skills among millions of combinations, heal the mind and face ever growing nightmares in 10mn runs. Will you overcome the insidious being chasing you across minds?
Why similar: Turn-Based 16.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.7%, Strategy RPG 15.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Tactical 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that features deep character customization and complex turn-based combat mechanics.
- #31 Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
78% matchVery Positive91% of 14,312 reviews2018
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18.9%, Turn-Based 18%, Turn-Based Combat 12.5%, Tactical 9.8%, Character Customization 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It features deep squad customization and tactical combat that rewards strategic positioning and resource management.
- #32 SPARTA 2035 Prologue & Sea of Pirates DLC
77% matchVery Positive82% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Lipsar Studio
Windows
Turn-based tactics & strategy about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action-movie vibe. Command Sparta: recruit distinctive fighters, upgrade your base, run missions, and decide Africa’s future—no point-blank misses, with real ballistics.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Turn-Based 15.7%, Tactical 10.8%, Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.5%
- #33 Veterum
75% matchVery Positive93% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows
Turn-based tactical strategy with a detailed combat system and interactive environment. Explore the open world, complete quests, search for rare artifacts. Lead the last army of the Order of the Gatekeepers and stop the coming chaos!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 19.9%, Strategy RPG 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Tactical 9.3%, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%
- #34 Winter Falling: Battle Tactics
76% matchVery Positive91% of 467 reviews2022
Dev: Rarykos
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Lead troops in tense tactical battles, just you and your brain against the dying world. Can you save it? Manage a mercenary company, scavenge supplies, build an army. Go on a quest! Burn down a village or two... Explore the rich medieval fantasy world in a mix of LOTR, Warhammer, FTL and Total War.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.5%, Strategy RPG 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%
- #35 Breach & Clear
76% matchVery Positive82% of 2,423 reviews2014
Dev: Mighty Rabbit StudiosPub: Gun Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Breach & Clear brings deep tactical strategy simulation to PC, Mac and Linux! Build your Special Operations team, plan and execute advanced missions, and own every angle.Choose your real-world squad -- US Army Rangers, Germany's KSK, Canada’s JTF2, UK SAS, and more -- and take on a variety of foes with different skill-sets and...
Why similar: Tactical 23%, Turn-Based 16.5%, Strategy 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Military 11%
- #36 Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion – Turn-Based Strategy
74% matchMostly Positive70% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: QuadCom InteractivePub: Brightika, Inc.
Windows
Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion - a turn-based strategy where you command SOF forces against an alien threat. Investigate disappearances, fight the invaders, and uncover the mystery. Every decision affects the fate of humanity.
Why similar: Turn-Based 24%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Military 11.8%
- #37 Interregnum: False Prophet
75% matchMixed59% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Spacewalkers
Windows
A tactical, turn-based strategy game in a post-apocalyptic world of eternal winter. As the titular False Prophet, recruit and lead a group of survivors to a promised land. Loot, craft, and make the best of what you find.
Why similar: Turn-Based 14.6%, Strategy RPG 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%, Character Customization 9.4%
- #38 Beat the Humans
73% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Dochungryest
Windows
Beat the Humans is the turn-based tactical strategy game. Here you lead an army of aliens against invaders from the human race. Collect your squad, protect planets, strengthen your army with equipment and look for allies if you want to survive and win.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Turn-Based 11.9%, Strategy RPG 11.6%, Character Customization 10.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%
- #39 Private Military Manager: Tactical Auto Battler
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 295 reviews2025
Dev: 5minlab Corp.
Windows
You are the CEO of a private military company. Recruit capable mercenaries, purchase weapons, and develop your mercenaries according to their roles and characteristics. Observe how your mercenaries perform in combat and plan your tactics to ensure mission success.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.7%, Tactical 22.2%, Military 21.6%, Strategy 14.1%, War 13.5%
- #40 Black One Blood Brothers
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,359 reviews2022
Dev: Helios Studio
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Black One Blood Brothers is a tactical military shooter game where strategy and coordination are key. Command a squad of top operators, with unique skills, through high-risk missions around the globe. Customize your crew, plan your missions, and adjust on the fly for a vast replayability.
Why similar: Military 23.6%, Tactical 17.7%, Realistic 12%, Stealth 11.8%, Violent 10.8%
- #41 Showgunners
71% matchVery Positive94% of 1,825 reviews2023
Dev: ArtificerPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.1 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: Turn-Based Tactics 23.1%, Turn-Based Combat 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Tactical 14.1%, Isometric 11.9%
- #42 No Plan B
70% matchVery Positive87% of 793 reviews2024
Dev: GFX47
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Carefully plan your team's tactics in close quarters battles. Use the timeline to synchronize each door breach, grenade throw and room entry with precision. Watch your team execute your plan autonomously in epic cinematic replays. Take on challenging roguelike campaigns or standalone missions.
Why similar: Strategy 21.2%, Military 19.6%, Tactical 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7%
- #43 Crawl Tactics
71% matchVery Positive92% of 203 reviews2022
Dev: icefill
Windows · Mac · Linux
Crawl Tactics combines classic turn-based tactics with roguelike progression. In Dungeon Mode, face challenging, ever-changing encounters as you explore procedurally generated maps. In Quest Mode, develop your village, train your mercenaries, and defend against growing enemy invasions.
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.4%, Strategy RPG 14.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.9%
- #44 Voidspire Tactics
71% 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: Turn-Based Tactics 20.9%, Turn-Based 20.2%, Strategy 13.9%, Strategy RPG 13.8%, RPG 13.2%
- #45 Fallen: A2P Protocol
74% matchMostly Negative38% of 226 reviews2015
Dev: Red Katana
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A post-apocalyptic, turn based, tactical combat and strategy game where you lead your caravan on a quest for revenge.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Tactical 9.5%, Strategy RPG 9.4%
- #46 Crown Wars: The Black Prince
69% matchMixed60% of 580 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 19.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%, Character Customization 10.9%
- #47 Antisquad
72% matchMixed52% of 297 reviews2014
Dev: InsGamesPub: INSGAMES LIMITED
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Widely known in small circles as AntiSquad, they are a military tactical response unit. These hardened military professionals, tired of bureaucracy, politics and serving the armed forces, have established a private paramilitary formation located in south United States.
Why similar: Turn-Based 37.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 21%, Strategy 20.4%, Tactical 12.8%, Action 6.3%
- #48 Twilight Wars
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: Comrade Bear Games
Windows
Twilight Wars is a tactical dungeon crawler set in a neon-drenched cyberpunk future. Corporations rule the world. Rebuild a shattered spy agency, assemble a team of elite operatives, and wage a covert war to reclaim the world from the shadows.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Tactical 10%
- #49 Ruin Raiders
69% matchMixed69% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: indie.io
Windows
Ruin Raiders is a turn-based tactical roguelike where you command customizable squads on a one-way journey into the ruins of an ancient civilization. Master turn-based combat, craft new technologies, and dive into ever-changing ruins to unveil the past!
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Military 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%
- #50 Warbanners
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 603 reviews2017
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Warbanners: the turn-based, tactical strategy game with role-playing elements that lets you manage a squad of mercenaries, and survive 42 campaign missions. Your goal? To earn a place among ancient legends!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 17.8%, Turn-Based 17.7%, Strategy RPG 15.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%
- #51 Arma Tactics
72% matchMostly Negative32% of 991 reviews2013
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Arma Tactics is a turn-based close-combat strategy game, where you take control of a four-member Special Forces team. There are no given strategies, rails to move on, or paths to follow; it‘s up to you to decide how you will play through both the story-driven missions and generated missions with randomized objectives.
Why similar: Turn-Based 31.2%, Strategy 19.4%, Military 16.9%, Tactical 16.1%, Violent 6.7%
- #52 Counter Terrorist Agency
70% matchMixed45% of 538 reviews2019
Dev: Play2ChillPub: Games Operators
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Counter Terrorist Agency lets you fight international terrorism and prevent attacks all over the world. Use modern invigilation techniques, discover connections, interrogate suspects, eliminate threats and dismantle terrorist networks.
Why similar: Strategy 33.4%, Realistic 29.3%, Action 15.1%, Difficult 10%, Indie 9.7%
- #53 Templar Battleforce
68% matchVery Positive93% of 973 reviews2015
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 16.9%, Turn-Based 16.3%, Strategy RPG 15.2%, Character Customization 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.1%
- #54 Quarantine
70% matchMixed60% of 435 reviews2017
Dev: SproingPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Quarantine is an intense turn-based strategy game about waging war on pandemic disease. Recruit a team of specialized operatives to deploy on worldwide missions. Research the contagion, upgrade your tech, and quarantine the outbreak before it kills us all.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26.7%, Strategy 22.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Tactical 17.6%, RPG 7%
- #55 Urtuk: The Desolation
66% matchVery Positive88% of 2,484 reviews2021
Dev: David Kaleta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.3%, Turn-Based 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12.7%, Strategy RPG 12.4%, Tactical 11.2%
- #56 Immortal Tactics: War of the Eternals
67% matchVery Positive81% of 101 reviews2022
Dev: Kenisoft Game Studio
Windows
Experience a Fast-Paced Roguelite Turn-Based Strategy game with a New Turn-Based System which will need you to plan early on and create strategies that would lead your army to victory. Create an army with different Characters and Leaders to choose from and explore this Roguelite world.
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Turn-Based Combat 17.1%, Tactical 13.9%, Strategy 11.3%
- #57 Tactical Breach Wizards
61% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,483 reviews2024
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Strategy RPG 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Military 10.2%
- #58 DRONE PERSPECTIVE
64% matchVery Positive92% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Demetri LindPub: VEIL Production
Windows
Real-time dynamic tactics with the strong focus on squad positioning and collaboration. Connect to the warzone from your home PC and orchestrate modern military operations from the Drone Perspective.
Why similar: Military 20.9%, Tactical 17.5%, War 15.1%, Realistic 14.9%, Strategy 13.6%
- #59 Tarnished Blood 🩸 [Tactic RPG]
64% matchVery Positive90% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Juggler GamesPub: Galaktus
Windows
Tarnished Blood is a turn-based roguelite RPG with a unique time-bending battle mechanic. Hunt massive beasts, harvest their essence, and help a group of hunters survive in the brutal world beneath the Dome!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 42.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.5%, RPG 15.6%, Character Customization 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 7.5%
- #60 Brigade E5: New Jagged Union
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 151 reviews2014
Dev: ApeironPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Brigade E5: New Jagged Union is a tactical game that places gamers in the small tropical nation of Palinero on the verge of a civil war. The mission: hire a band of mercenaries and take control of the deteriorating situation before the country finds itself in complete ruin.
Why similar: Strategy 54.7%, Tactical 43.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%