- #1 Might is Right
96% matchVery Positive81% of 137 reviews2021
Dev: Lazy Kitty
Windows
Might is Right is an old-school turn-based strategy game, it has simple controls and deep complex mechanics.
Why similar: RPG 35.7%, Strategy 32.6%, Indie 13.9%, Tactical 4.7%, Old School 4.4%
- #2 Shadow Hunter
97% matchMixed64% of 73 reviews2015
Dev: Jeff Trier
Windows
Shadow Hunter is a casual deductive puzzle game with RPG elements. Explore areas filled with turn-based random encounters and events, veiled under horror filled darkness. With your food supply running low, and wit and a little luck your only tools... tread carefully as every step can be your last.
Why similar: RPG 35.2%, Strategy 32.9%, Board Game 18.1%, Indie 13.9%
- #3 Huckleberry Falls
96% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: Fatcat Games
Windows · Mac
A new kind of match game! Set in a post apocalyptic world, use your wits and bombs to survive.
Why similar: RPG 39.3%, Strategy 38%, Indie 16%, Puzzle 6.7%
- #4 Beatitas
95% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2020
Dev: StFP Studios
Windows · Mac
Join Lily on her pilgrimage as she pushes through trials, puzzles, and strategic combat in order to be reunited with her family.
Why similar: RPG 41.6%, Strategy 37.8%, Indie 16.4%, Turn-Based Combat 4.1%
- #5 Pixel Force 像素特攻队
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gemini Stars Games
Windows
“Pixel Force” is the fourth work of TSM series. This work adopts a new way of turn-based game. I believe it will bring you a fresh world. ·New Sandbox world ·Collect materials and synthesize equipment ·Optional battlefield
Why similar: RPG 42.8%, Strategy 40%, Indie 17.2%
- #6 Dizzy Dungeon
94% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: DigiFeather
Windows · Mac
Move, rotate and fall. Move, rotate and fall. Get ready for dizziness, find to best strategy to conquer the dungeon.
Why similar: Strategy 38.2%, RPG 37.2%, Indie 14.7%, Puzzle 9.9%
- #7 Mistress of Maids
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YDKR
Windows
Turn-based, but fast-paced, roguelike-game when you do not need to think over each turn and count the HP. If you see the weak - kill him! And if you see a strong man - run away, or think how to defeat him and earn experience and money.
Why similar: RPG 44%, Strategy 39.4%, Indie 16.6%
- #8 Perfect Crime
94% matchMixed69% of 472 reviews2020
Dev: Skeleton
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 56%
With superb script and calm narrative style, Perfect Crime will reproduce every detail of a criminal case. How to make use of common objects to make a perfect crime is all up to you. An editor of cases is accompanied if help is needed. Now it’s time to log on and create your own murder.
Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Strategy 38.4%, Indie 16.4%, Puzzle 3.8%
- #9 Brutal Scales
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Missiles are Magic
Windows
Tactics Role Playing Game where you and your friends fight for control of your school.
Why similar: RPG 42.9%, Strategy 40.1%, Indie 16.9%
- #10 Town Defence
91% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: Brian Tallent
Windows
Town Defence is a Tower defence RPG.
Why similar: RPG 44.1%, Strategy 38.6%, Indie 17.4%
- #11 Sin; Vengeance
90% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Spaced Toad Studio
Windows
In this SRPG, you play as a man out to get revenge for his lost home. But how much of his own humanity is he willing to sacrifice to satisfy this yearning? You will make a crucial choice that determines the ending, as he faces demons within and without.
Why similar: RPG 42.9%, Strategy 40.1%, Indie 16.9%
- #12 Seven Sins - Academic Version
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: much2pro4youPub: MediaCube Games
Windows
Seven Sins is a 4-6 player online multiplayer game, in which you and your teammates have to work together in order to survive - but beware! Everyone could be stained with one of the seven sins or decide to betray the group and follow their own goals...
Why similar: RPG 42.9%, Strategy 40.1%, Indie 16.9%
- #13 江湖侠客行
89% matchMostly Negative28% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: ShinerJoy Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
江湖侠客行是一款讲究见招拆招的武侠卡牌单机游戏,简单易上手,但要想通关却需要多多动脑,在游戏中,玩家将扮演一名初出茅庐的门派弟子,参与到江湖的各种事件中.
Why similar: RPG 42.9%, Strategy 40.1%, Indie 16.9%
- #14 The story of Gods 七神物语
88% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: KMA GAMES
Windows
独居在光明帝国边界村落的年轻猎手阿敏,偶然邂逅了潜入帝国境内的外域女孩艾薇儿,答应护送她深入帝国境内并进行一系列探索的故事, 全中文奇幻风格角色扮演游戏,丰富复杂的回合制战斗模式,超过20小时的冒险时光,不同选择,触发不同主角的命运结局。
Why similar: RPG 42.9%, Strategy 40.1%, Indie 16.9%
- #15 Rise of Keepers
87% matchMixed48% of 31 reviews2015
Dev: Samaritan Studios
Windows
Rise of Keepers is a mix of the best Old School RPGs and Tower Defense games. Explore a huge map, get resources, build structures, fight powerful enemies, loot and the most important. Protect the Crystal!
Why similar: RPG 42.9%, Strategy 40.1%, Indie 16.9%
- #16 Grim Wanderings
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: Elllinia gamesPub: Self-publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Oldschool turn-based roguelike rpg
Why similar: RPG 42.9%, Strategy 40.1%, Indie 16.9%
- #17 净土英雄 - Heroes of Pure land
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cloudmoon Studios
Windows
“Heroes of Pure land” is an independent game that integrates strategy, cultivation and moba-like gameplay.Players need to collect all kinds of skills, and then through the battlefield, challenge the BOSS, one-on-one hit, martial arts conference and other ways to cultivate the characteristics of the hero, unify the last pure land.
Why similar: RPG 42.1%, Strategy 40.7%, Indie 17.2%
- #18 Hunter's Trial: The fight never ends
84% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: ESAT
Windows
In the depths of the forest lies the Delain Academy, a school for Monster Hunters, humans with special skills that keep the Earth safe from terrible devastating beasts. On a fateful day, an unexpected attack leaves the fate of the School and humanity in the hands of the most unlikely heroes.
Why similar: RPG 44.1%, Strategy 39.3%, Indie 16.6%
- #19 审判者 The Inquisitor
84% matchPositive92% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: invwindyPub: 迷糊的安安
Windows
"The Inquisitor" is a short RPG game with a complete storyline and combat system. A resurrected inquisitor from the graveyard receives the instructions of God and embark on the journey of judging the sinners.
Why similar: RPG 42.6%, Strategy 39.8%, Indie 17.6%
- #20 不惑英雄传(puzzled heroes)
82% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2019
Dev: xhGames
Windows
【Puzzled Heroes】 is a traditional strategic role-playing game. Players will play the hero who unloads his armor and returns home to overcome the new crisis and save the mainland again.
Why similar: RPG 42.6%, Strategy 39.8%, Indie 17.7%
- #21 Orc Assault
83% matchMostly Negative27% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: Ghost Machine
Windows
Once upon a time all was peaceful and serene in the far off land of Camalon, but the silence has been broken as the Orc hordes have returned to the peaceful kingdom to claim the land that they once held most sacred.
Why similar: RPG 42.6%, Strategy 39.8%, Indie 17.6%
- #22 Clarent Saga: Tactics
81% matchVery Positive84% of 61 reviews2017
Dev: David Nguyen
Windows
A straightforward SRPG inspired by 16-bit classics and made with SRPG Studio. The storyline follows the armies of Prince Abel of Meyr as he battles Pherrelios who invade them. The third entry of Clarent Saga.
Why similar: RPG 43.2%, Strategy 40.3%, Indie 16.5%
- #23 Capsize
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OctoBeet Studio
Windows
Capsize is a rogue-like, deck-building, single player adventure. Build your pirate crew, stealing crew members from the other factions and promote them to unlock new powers. All in comic hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: RPG 41.4%, Strategy 41.2%, Indie 17.4%
- #24 Demented Pixie
82% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2016
Dev: Molegato
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Demented Pixie is a blend between twin-stick shooters and roguelikes with unique visuals and ambientation, packed with content, in which nothing is what it looks like…
Why similar: RPG 43.4%, Strategy 38.7%, Indie 17.9%
- #25 Arcane Legacy
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wisdom Games
Windows
Arcane Legacy: Turn-Based Fantasy Tactical Game This is Lodmor, the land of the Fathers, the Empire's Core. To help maintaining the peace, the emperor has established the Judgement of the arcanium, where Champions selected by the Great Houses – the Archmages – battle against each other.
Why similar: RPG 42.5%, Strategy 41.6%, Indie 15.9%
- #26 Sin Castle
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 98 reviews2017
Dev: Primary cells studio
Windows
Sin Castle is a slightly high difficulty adventure game that focus on puzzling, contains various policy elements, rigorous rules. The key of puzzle this game is reasonable attributes assignment, props use, and equipment collocation. As the grids opened, game player will encounter all sorts of strategic monsters and puzzling design.
Why similar: RPG 41.9%, Strategy 40.5%, Indie 17.6%
- #27 Street Posse Showdown
81% match4 user reviews0% of 4 reviews2016
Dev: LS Ensemble
Windows
This is an isometric comedic tactical RPG that take place in a modern urban setting. Gather your posse together and beat the living shit out of your foes in order to strike for a better future. Health insurance not included.
Why similar: RPG 44.8%, Strategy 38.3%, Indie 16.9%
- #28 The Expedition
79% matchMostly Negative36% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Life Jumb DT
Windows
The Expedition is a turn-based tactical game with an oppressive atmosphere of underground immersion.
Why similar: RPG 44.7%, Strategy 37.8%, Indie 17.6%
- #29 Glory & Honor
78% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: SugGames
Windows
In Glory&Honor your mission is to lead a team of gladiators of different races into success. The battles are fought out on a 7x5 battlefield, where your jov is to find out the enemies weaknesses and use your strengths against them. You can use different races and their racial abilities to your advantage.
Why similar: RPG 41.8%, Strategy 40.9%, Indie 17.3%
- #30 Immortals(修仙志)
77% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Muggle
Windows
《Immortals》 is a SLG with fast paced fighting. When the game starts, the hero will appear in a huge maze, and your goal is to find a way out of the maze. The hero will encounter other characters in the maze. They may be enemies or friends. You need to be careful in making judgments.
Why similar: RPG 41.8%, Strategy 41%, Indie 17.3%
- #31 Wolf Gang
77% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Lyon Beckers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a band of wolves as they take control of the mountain using turn based tactical combat in a humorous adventure campaign!
Why similar: RPG 41.8%, Strategy 41%, Indie 17.3%
- #32 Heresy
78% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2015
Dev: dark made games
Windows
You take the role of a god influencing the lives of your followers in a medieval setting. Build villages, castles and defend them from raiders. Possess your followers to take direct control over their actions. Advance your civilization for better technologies, buildings, abilities, and equipment.
Why similar: RPG 41.8%, Strategy 41%, Indie 17.3%
- #33 The Mercenary Rise
75% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: zeroplaystone
Windows
It tells the story of Stephen Gray, who inherited his father's legacy and managed the Mercenary Corps of Thunder Anger.
Why similar: RPG 41.8%, Strategy 41.7%, Indie 16.5%
- #34 Tales Of The White Knight
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: WK-Studio
Windows
This is a new SRPG strategy role-playing game created by the WK-Studio. The game will feature beautiful graphics presented in a 3D top-down perspective. Set in the war-torn continent of Breskan, the protagonists will face many trials and tribulations, what will be their fate?
Why similar: Strategy 37.4%, RPG 36.1%, Turn-Based Combat 18.9%, Fantasy 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #35 Star Nomad
76% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2014
Dev: Huy Phan
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore, trade, fight & plunder in this tribute to classic sandbox spacesims of old.
Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Strategy 40.6%, Indie 17.9%
- #36 Heroes of Arca
75% matchMixed68% of 81 reviews2017
Dev: IMPIRESOFT
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Heroes of Arca is a unique blend of a turn-based strategy and RPG with an unorthodox combat system that presents a wide choice of battle tactics for the turn-based games' fans.
Why similar: RPG 42.5%, Strategy 41.6%, Indie 15.9%
- #37 Ticket to Earth
73% matchVery Positive91% of 116 reviews2017
Dev: Robot Circus
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Ticket to Earth fuses battlefield tactics, tile-matching puzzle, and epic sci-fi RPG in one unique package. Four unlikely heroes are thrown together to save everything they love from murderous criminals, hideous mutants, and a corrupt government.
Why similar: Strategy 41.7%, RPG 40.7%, Indie 17.6%
- #38 Yet Another Hero Legend 英雄传说又一则
73% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: invwindy
Windows
Heroes, Justice, Collecting Flags, Sokoban, and the Extermination of Evil, Yet Another Hero Legend is a minimalistic puzzle game filled with choices and creative solutions.
Why similar: Strategy 41.8%, RPG 40.5%, Indie 17.6%
- #39 Aurora Trail
72% matchVery Positive86% of 111 reviews2017
Dev: Screenhit Studios
Windows
A new epic game where the perspective of the camera changes everything. Do not let your body parts get in the same view as a wall with the same color, or you’ll lose it! Puzzle your way through challenging and appealing surroundings and try to stay in one piece!
Why similar: RPG 41.1%, Strategy 38.4%, Indie 20.4%
- #40 Dungeon & Derision
71% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: Alexis Angely
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dungeon & Derision is a tactical turn-based game with some gameplay elements taken from the rogue-like genre ! Create your team to explore a mysterious island run by a powerful king !
Why similar: RPG 33.6%, Strategy 30.8%, Indie 13.2%, Tactical 5.9%, Turn-Based Combat 5.9%
- #41 Legioncraft
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,374 reviews2022
Dev: Way YorkPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Loslan needs you! The Legion is waiting for your call! Gather your strength, prepare your food, contribute your love, and pull out your gold coin!
Why similar: RPG 42.1%, Strategy 40.4%, Indie 17.5%
- #42 Card Dungeon
74% matchMixed57% of 54 reviews2015
Dev: Playtap Games
Windows · Mac
Take on the invading hordes of the Nethermists as The Crusader and fight, think, and strategize to clear the monster infested, randomly created, dungeons in this card, board, and turn-based rogue-like.
Why similar: RPG 46%, Strategy 38%, Indie 16%
- #43 Dungeon Marauder
65% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KROMVO Games
Windows
Dungeon Marauder is a puzzle-oriented, roguelite game where you guide a knight who can only move in a single direction at a time. Cleverly use the layout of the dangerous dungeons to your advantage while avoiding traps and enemies trying to stop you in your mighty quest!
Why similar: RPG 42.5%, Strategy 38.4%, Indie 17.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #44 The Wind and Wilting Blossom
68% 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 39.1%, Strategy 36.6%, Indie 15.6%, Tactical 7.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #45 Link
73% matchMixed58% of 48 reviews2016
Dev: Brainwashing Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Link is a strategy game with roguelike elements. Take control over group of soldiers trying to survive on the hostile, arctic planet. Can you survive until someone will come for rescue?
Why similar: Strategy 42.5%, RPG 41.8%, Indie 15.7%
- #46 Five Elements
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 40 reviews2017
Dev: TaosX
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Five Elements is a real time strategy game about managing energies of five Taoist elements (fire, earth, metal, water and wood). The hero is a monk in quest for Enlightenment.
Why similar: Strategy 44.2%, RPG 37.9%, Indie 17.9%
- #47 Empire Live
70% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Osmose Studio
Windows
Empire Live is a Real-Time Strategy Game focused on online matches where you will have to prosper your empire and fight your opponent with your magical power and your army to lead your people to the total domination!
Why similar: RPG 42.7%, Strategy 39.9%, Indie 17.4%
- #48 Fight Life: Vanguard Prologue
64% matchNo user reviews
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: RPG 31.5%, Strategy 26.8%, Medieval 14.9%, Tactical 9.5%, Turn-Based Combat 9.4%
- #49 Cards & Crystals
68% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2020
Dev: Falko Michael Kötter
Windows
Match3 meets Trading Card Game! Collect cards, level up your heroes, and build decks to defeat your foes in this fast-paced puzzle/strategy game.
Why similar: RPG 40.7%, Strategy 38%, Indie 16%, Fantasy 2.3%, Puzzle 2.3%
- #50 Defend Them !
68% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: Butter Fly Games
Windows
Defend Them ! is a fictionally ironic tower defense game about killing enemies and defending human infrastructure.
Why similar: RPG 37.1%, Strategy 35.3%, Indie 14.9%, Loot 9.5%, Fantasy 3.1%
- #51 Duel Abyss Latia
59% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2026
Dev: WU ZHANGHUA
Windows
Play as adventurer Nia in this 2D retro pixel RPG. Challenge city guardians, combine skills freely, and strengthen gear with Abyss materials. Recruit 11 companions and uncover Latia's secrets.
Why similar: RPG 37.6%, Turn-Based Combat 20.4%, Loot 15.8%, Retro 8.4%, Fantasy 7.5%
- #52 Fantasization
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Codens Oy
Windows · Mac
Fantasization is a team-based roleplaying game with turn-based tactical combat, deep RPG mechanics and an evolving procedurally generated world with multiple factions.
Why similar: RPG 51.7%, Strategy 48.3%
- #53 Rhino's Rage
71% matchMixed47% of 158 reviews2016
Dev: Defroids
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
It is a turn-based tactical game, where you can accelerate and bunt enemies. There is a game mode for one player in different modes with own combat mechanics and characters with unique team roles are used in the game: pusher, stopper, tumbleweed and sprinter. Also you can play with your friends against each other on various maps.
Why similar: RPG 45.1%, Strategy 42.2%, Indie 12.7%
- #54 Cahertis
66% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: RedPhial Games
Windows
In a world full of stories, creatures, and ancient magical ruins left behind by time, you play as Frey Modnos. Investigate the corruption within the guard and attempt to stop Antus and his evil forces in order to free the continent of Athara.
Why similar: RPG 41%, Strategy 24.7%, Indie 16.2%, Medieval 12%, Fantasy 6.1%
- #55 Samurai Forge
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: deeparrowstudio
Windows · Mac
Samurai Forge is a Collectible Card Game unlike anything you have ever played before!
Why similar: RPG 51.7%, Strategy 48.3%
- #56 Rayless
70% matchMixed67% of 15 reviews2017
Dev: Reb_Orn
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Alternative fantasy world of Middle Ages. For hundreds of years humans and creatures had barely coexisted until strange highly contagious rage-inducing virus transformed creatures into bloodthirsty monsters. Most of humanity was wiped out. You are the leader of a small human settlement chosen to turn the tide of war around.
Why similar: Strategy 40.8%, RPG 29.1%, Indie 17.2%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%
- #57 Dice & Sword
60% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Zeoi Studio
Windows · Mac
DICE & SWORD is a board game base RPG developed by a solo-indie base in Hong Kong. Let roll the dice to start your adventure!
Why similar: RPG 28.7%, Strategy 24.5%, Board Game 20.6%, Minimalist 7.7%, Turn-Based Combat 5.7%