- #1 MENACE
97% matchVery Positive91% of 11,482 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 23.2 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 16%, Turn-Based Combat 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Character Customization 10.8%
- #2 Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
96% 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: Turn-Based 13.7%, Tactical RPG 13.3%, Aliens 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.4%, Strategy RPG 10.3%
- #3 Depth of Extinction
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2018
Dev: HOF Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.5%, Tactical RPG 15.1%, Party-Based RPG 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%, Strategy RPG 8.9%
- #4 Xenonauts 2
94% matchVery Positive82% of 5,238 reviews2026
Dev: Goldhawk InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 21.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 18.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Tactical 11.2%
- #5 Beat the Humans
95% matchMostly Positive79% of 63 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: Tactical RPG 12.6%, War 11.8%, Turn-Based 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
- #6 Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion – Turn-Based Strategy
94% matchMixed67% of 147 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 23%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.9%, Military 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 11.7%
- #7 The Last Spell
91% matchVery Positive91% of 13,289 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Turn-Based 16.8%, Tactical RPG 14.9%, Strategy RPG 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%
- #8 Templar Battleforce
92% matchVery Positive93% of 976 reviews2015
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.3 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 13.8%, Tactical RPG 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.5%, Strategy RPG 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%
- #9 Element Space
93% matchMixed55% of 295 reviews2019
Dev: Sixth VowelPub: Inca Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 55%
Year 2199. Assemble an elite crew and make allies to combat a shadowy organization threatening the future of humanity. Face overwhelming odds with strategy. Make your choices and save us from extinction.
Why similar: Turn-Based 15.9%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Tactical RPG 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Tactical 10.5%
- #10 Breachway
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,404 reviews2024
Dev: Edgeflow StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.
Why similar: Turn-Based 45.2%, Turn-Based Combat 35.7%, Strategy 15.4%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #11 End State
90% matchMixed63% of 137 reviews2022
Dev: Finger Squad
Windows
End State is a turn-based tactics game where you manage a mercenary company tracking down a terrorists in a war-torn country. Hire, gear up and gain experience for your mercenaries. Take on rebels and criminal gangs, do side contracts and explore Brekovia.
Why similar: Turn-Based 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Strategy RPG 12.2%, Military 10.2%, Character Customization 8.8%
- #12 USC: Counterforce
89% matchMixed67% of 236 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 16.6%, Turn-Based 14.8%, Strategy RPG 11.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%
- #13 Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
87% matchVery Positive94% of 2,846 reviews2025
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Turn-Based 10.5%, Party-Based RPG 10.4%, Tactical RPG 10%, Military 9.3%, Strategy RPG 8.3%
- #14 Urban Strife
88% matchMostly Positive77% of 388 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 18.2%, Party-Based RPG 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%, Strategy RPG 9.4%
- #15 Interregnum: False Prophet
89% 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 12.3%, Tactical RPG 10.5%, Aliens 9.3%, Strategy RPG 9.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.5%
- #16 Phantom Brigade
86% matchVery Positive81% of 4,280 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.
Why similar: Military 20.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.6%, Tactical 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%
- #17 Enter the Chronosphere
85% matchVery Positive99% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Effort StarPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Everything moves when you do in Enter the Chronosphere, the turn-based bullet hell roguelike. Each chronosphere is procedurally generated with defenders and biomes from the worlds it has consumed. Break in, find exotic weaponry and gadgets, outsmart hostile aliens, and fight your way to the core.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 41.2%, Turn-Based Combat 23.4%, Turn-Based 14.8%, Action 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.3%
- #18 Break the Loop
86% matchVery Positive85% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Mastodonte
Windows
Break the Loop is a turn-based Rogue-like RPG. Compose your team and create a timeline by selecting the events you'll go through. Each decision will bring you one step closer to the ultimate threat, but will you have accumulated enough power to stop the apocalypse?
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 29.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.6%, Strategy 13.9%, RPG 13.7%
- #19 Showgunners
84% 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: Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Turn-Based Combat 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Tactical 14.9%, Tactical RPG 9.3%
- #20 Wantless : Solace at World’s End
82% 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: Turn-Based 17.4%, Tactical RPG 17.2%, Strategy RPG 12.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%
- #21 Into the Breach
82% matchVery Positive94% of 21,909 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 31.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 23.1%, Turn-Based 19%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%, Strategy 9.5%
- #22 Last Train Home
81% matchVery Positive87% of 5,291 reviews2023
Dev: Ashborne GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The Great War is over - the fight continues. Command a legion of soldiers, desperately trying to make their way home amidst the chaos of civil war. Lead them through the unforgiving wilderness onboard an armored train. Manage your crew and resources and try to survive.
Why similar: War 44.4%, Strategy 27.8%, Tactical 23.5%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #23 Terra Invicta
79% matchVery Positive81% of 9,264 reviews2026
Dev: Pavonis InteractivePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.5 hrsMean: 51.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.1%, Military 20.1%, War 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Tactical 14.9%
- #24 Weaves of Fate
83% matchMixed69% of 80 reviews2017
Dev: Tom Kingston
Windows
Weaves of Fate is a unique and epic blend of isometric role playing and tactical strategy. In the far future, a demonic invasion throughout all of time has been triggered as a result of humanity’s actions.
Why similar: Turn-Based 14.4%, Tactical RPG 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%, Strategy 11%
- #25 Gears Tactics
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,557 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: Turn-Based 27%, Turn-Based Tactics 24%, Strategy 19%, Tactical 13.4%, Character Customization 5.7%
- #26 Repel The Rifts
77% matchVery Positive86% of 332 reviews2025
Dev: RefinedBearGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Linux
Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world, uncovering new terrain each wave, drafting powerful upgrades, and constructing defenses to hold back the chaos.
Why similar: Turn-Based 33%, Tactical 21.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 21%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Strategy 7.7%
- #27 Deified
76% matchVery Positive99% of 214 reviews2026
Dev: Unexpected
Windows · Linux
Forge your strategy around powerful relics in this turn-based tactical roguelite. Choose your slots, manage their constraints, and face formidable bosses.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 31.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 22%, Strategy 18.3%
- #28 Dustwind: Resistance
78% 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: Tactical RPG 34.8%, Tactical 17.9%, Character Customization 14.8%, RPG 12.9%, Strategy 12.6%
- #29 Halfway
80% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,012 reviews2014
Dev: RobotalityPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Halfway is a turn-based strategy RPG taking place a few hundred years into the future. Humanity has started colonising new worlds. Until now, they were alone ...
Why similar: Turn-Based 31.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, RPG 13.7%, Strategy 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #30 Galaxy Squad
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 429 reviews2019
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Galaxy squad is a hardcore turn-based tactical roguelike, inspired by FTL and XCOM.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Tactical 12.3%, Strategy 10.3%
- #31 Anomaly Collapse
75% matchVery Positive86% of 636 reviews2024
Dev: RocketPunch Games
Windows
Command a squad of adorably fierce warriors in Anomaly Collapse, a turn-based Roguelite strategy game that offers a fresh twist to an old formula! Face off against otherworldly beings and uncover the dark secrets of supernatural calamities. Immerse yourself in a story where every move counts!
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.5%, Party-Based RPG 20.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%
- #32 Recon Control
77% matchVery Positive83% of 139 reviews2021
Dev: Dmitry KozlovPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 39%
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 15.1%, Military 14.5%, War 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%
- #33 Mech Armada
76% matchVery Positive81% of 686 reviews2022
Dev: Lioncode Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14%, Character Customization 13.5%, Tactical 12.6%
- #34 As We Descend
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,226 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 34.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 32.5%, Turn-Based Combat 18.8%, Strategy 12.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #35 Nightmare Frontier
73% matchVery Positive83% of 204 reviews2025
Dev: Ice Code Games
Windows
Behold the first-ever Tactical Extraction Looter where you pit your courage and leadership against fears made manifest: the Dreadweavers. Lead a band of scavenger roughnecks into a devastated boom town of the alternative 1900s. Get in, face the monsters, grab what you can carry and get out. Alive.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.9%, Strategy RPG 20.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%
- #36 Fallen: A2P Protocol
79% 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 22.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%, Tactical 10.1%, Tactical RPG 9.9%
- #37 Immortal Tactics: War of the Eternals
74% 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: Tactical RPG 20.1%, Turn-Based 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Turn-Based Combat 14.1%, Tactical 11.8%
- #38 The Wind and Wilting Blossom
74% matchVery Positive95% of 188 reviews2020
Dev: Picklefeet Games
Windows · Mac
Navigate the war-torn lands of an alternate history Heian Japan battling yokai hordes in challenging turn-based combat. Encounter hundreds of story events, level-up your party, and unlock new allies and weapons. Die, learn from your mistakes, and try again.
Why similar: RPG 24.6%, Strategy 24.1%, Party-Based RPG 20.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Tactical 13.9%
- #39 Veterum
71% matchVery Positive92% of 138 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: Tactical RPG 20.5%, Strategy RPG 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Tactical 11.9%
- #40 The Bell Echoes
70% matchVery Positive97% of 109 reviews2026
Dev: 七颗枚
Windows
The Bell Echoes is a story-driven tactical roguelite. Fight alongside a cast of distinctive companions as you venture deeper into the Corrupted Lands, defeat powerful foes, collect Echoes and memory fragments, and uncover the truth behind the characters and the world.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.5%, Strategy RPG 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%
- #41 Death Ring: Second Impact
71% matchVery Positive81% of 171 reviews2025
Dev: Rouge Mecha
Windows
Death Ring: Second Impact is a turn-based Roguelite strategy game. As the commander of the "Griffin" squadron, you must lead your Mechas and Pilots to resist the threat of mutated monsters and approaching to the secrets hidden behind the Death Ring.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.3%, Character Customization 17.2%, Tactical 13.1%, Sci-fi 8.4%
- #42 Chains of Freedom
71% matchVery Positive81% of 516 reviews2025
Dev: NordcurrentPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Embark on a thrilling journey in a high-stakes, turn-based tactics game. Lead an elite squad in a fictional, dystopian Eastern European country as you unravel a conspiracy threatening the state. Navigate intense strategic battles and adapt to ever-evolving challenges to prevail.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.2%, Tactical 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Sci-fi 11.6%
- #43 Those Who Rule
69% matchVery Positive90% of 1,005 reviews2025
Dev: Eldin Turulja
Windows
Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 15.7%, Tactical RPG 15.6%, Strategy RPG 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
- #44 Infested Planet
72% matchVery Positive94% of 3,025 reviews2014
Dev: Rocket Bear Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.
Why similar: Strategy 27.7%, Aliens 24.4%, Tactical 17.5%, Sci-fi 17.3%, Action 8.6%
- #45 Voidspire Tactics
73% 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 17.8%, Turn-Based 17.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Party-Based RPG 13%, RPG 9.9%
- #46 Fight Life: Vanguard
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: StartImpulsePub: Two Cakes Studio
Windows
Engage in tactical turn-based combat, manage and upgrade each character, and strive to reclaim harmony in a world on the brink of oblivion. Take on the mantle of leadership as you guide a mercenary squad through perilous landscapes, selecting your comrades from a diverse pool of skilled recruits.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.8%, Strategy RPG 16.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%
- #47 Earth vs Mars
69% matchVery Positive86% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Relic EntertainmentPub: Relic Labs
Windows
Faced with a terrifying Martian invasion, you must lead Earth’s forces in a battle for our planet’s future. Create powerful human-creature super soldiers to fight an alien menace in this turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 21.8%, Aliens 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, Turn-Based Combat 15.6%, Tactical 13%
- #48 One-inch Tactics
68% matchVery Positive94% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: KOGADO STUDIOPub: KOMODO
Windows
Turn the tide of the war with nuanced strategies in One-inch Tactics, introducing players to a unique turn-based strategy experience.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Tactical 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%
- #49 Quasimorph
67% matchVery Positive83% of 6,125 reviews2023
Dev: Magnum ScriptumPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based cyberpunk 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 23.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Tactical 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%
- #50 The Last Flame
66% matchVery Positive85% of 2,834 reviews2025
Dev: Hotloop
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Recruit a party of unique heroes, fight deadly encounters, loot and craft powerful gear, discover and create thousands of synergetic builds! The Last Flame is an endless roguelike auto-battler in which you guide a righteous party of heroes through many challenges.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 17%, Turn-Based 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Tactical 14%, Strategy RPG 12.9%
- #51 M.E.R.C.
72% matchMixed63% of 60 reviews2017
Dev: TinyMob Games
Windows
Experience non-stop, real-time tactical combat with a 4-person squad. Upgrade and recruit units, enhance special abilities, while acquiring better weapons and gear. Take your toughest recruits into action in single player or co-op multiplayer and save humanity from the suppressive Manta force.
Why similar: Tactical 34.3%, Strategy RPG 33.6%, Strategy 21.5%, Action 10.5%
- #52 Ruin Raiders
70% matchMixed67% of 88 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 19.7%, Military 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%
- #53 Strain Tactics
70% matchVery Positive85% of 240 reviews2017
Dev: Touch Dimensions Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!
Why similar: Aliens 34.5%, Strategy 24.2%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Action 11.4%, RPG 10.5%
- #54 Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
67% matchMostly Positive77% of 14,276 reviews2022
Dev: Complex GamesPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 16%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Tactical 12%, Turn-Based Combat 10%
- #55 Xenonauts
68% matchVery Positive87% of 5,038 reviews2014
Dev: Goldhawk Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, Turn-Based 14.4%, Aliens 13.6%
- #56 SPARTA 2035 Prologue & Sea of Pirates DLC
66% matchVery Positive82% of 85 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 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Tactical 11.5%, Tactical RPG 10.5%
- #57 Space Cats Tactics
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 130 reviews2023
Dev: Mitzi Games
Windows
Fight nerve-wracking spaceship battles in this turn-based tactical space opera RPG! Manage your crew of feline warriors to adapt to every strategic situation and dive into a thrilling space opera story where your choices will determine your path.
Why similar: Turn-Based 18.3%, Tactical RPG 16.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Military 10.3%
- #58 Fights in Tight Spaces
66% matchVery Positive90% of 3,852 reviews2021
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 69%
A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.1%, Turn-Based Combat 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%, Strategy 11.2%