Games Like Frozen Synapse

Frozen Synapse 2 is the sequel to the award-winning turn-based tactical game. Command your squads in a vast procedurally generated city: enter any building, perform any mission, execute any strategy.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.4%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 18.7% ★, Strategy 18.4%, Great Soundtrack 13.3%, Tactical 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: This direct sequel expands the simultaneous turn-based tactical formula into an open-world strategy experience.

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 33.9%, Strategy 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.6%, Tactical 14.7%, Great Soundtrack 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers similarly immaculate, puzzle-like tactical combat where predicting enemy moves and planning every turn is paramount.

The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!

Why similar: Turn-Based 37.5%, Tactical 25.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, Strategy 12.1%, Sci-fi 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers the same tense squad-based tactical depth and positioning challenges, though played sequentially rather than simultaneously.

Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.

Why similar: Turn-Based 44.6%, Tactical 17.3%, Strategy 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Great Soundtrack 5%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep tactical mecha combat that rewards careful positioning, line-of-sight management, and predictive planning.

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 34.2%, Great Soundtrack 19.8%, Tactical 16.7%, Strategy 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a tactical sci-fi combat experience focused on precise squad optimization and aggressive tactical decision-making.

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 47.1%, Cyberpunk 24.6%, Tactical 13%, Strategy 7.1%, Sci-fi 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same gritty cyberpunk atmosphere and tactical turn-based squad combat.

Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open-world cyberpunk city. You command a group of 4 agents through rain-soaked, neon-lit streets, where the law is the will of mega-corporations.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 36.5%, Tactical 24.5%, Strategy 18.3%, Sci-fi 5.8%, Great Soundtrack 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the dark, neon-lit cyberpunk command structure and tactical squad control of the genre.

Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 41.8%, Cyberpunk 21.1%, Turn-Based 13.6%, Tactical 9.4%, Sci-fi 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features a phenomenal cyberpunk aesthetic and a core planning mechanic that lets you freeze time to queue up tactical actions.

A hard-hitting simultaneous-turn-based tactical game from the creators of Frozen Synapse. Defeat your opponent’s plans on a randomly-generated playfield in this brutal futuresport.

Why similar: Turn-Based 36.3%, Tactical 23.9%, Strategy 12.1%, Great Soundtrack 11.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%

Why You'll Like It: Created by the same developers, applying the identical simultaneous execution engine to a futuristic sports setting.

Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts in SteamWorld Heist. This is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!

Why similar: Turn-Based 60.3%, Strategy 17.5%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Indie 3.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on meticulous 2D turn-based tactical planning and bounce-shot geometry that appeals to analytical thinkers.

Dive into a top-down, turn-based strategy game with 80's sci-fi flair. Command elite soldiers in multiplayer duels on 24 maps, local hot-seat mode, or a thrilling singleplayer campaign. Master teleportation and gridless movement on the mysterious planet Anthracite.

Why similar: Turn-Based 41.1%, Tactical 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Strategy 9.9%, Sci-fi 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: A modern sci-fi tactical game that emphasizes careful positioning and outsmarting opponents in tight spaces.

Enter the Samurai Afterlife and join forces with vibrant ghost-samurai warriors, magical animal monks, and mustachioed samurai generals. It's fast-paced turn-based strategy inspired by Advance Wars, and supercharged with fighting-game flare!

Why similar: Turn-Based 39.4%, Strategy 19.9%, Tactical 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Indie 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Employs an accessible yet deeply strategic simultaneous turn-resolution system.

Turn-based strategy at its finest.

Why similar: Turn-Based 63.3%, Strategy 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.7%, Multiplayer 5.3%, Local Multiplayer 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game focused on ruthless spatial control and terrain manipulation.

Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelite with mech customization. Out-think wide-ranging tactical situations featuring robots with bad GPS, terrible aim, insecurity, a lack of focus, a tendency to backstab, and dozens of other maladies to exploit.

Why similar: Turn-Based 44.1%, Strategy 15.6%, Tactical 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 7%, Great Soundtrack 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike featuring heavily strategic mech combat in a dystopian technological setting.

Turn-based wizard combat with the tactical positioning of chess and the bluff of poker. Features wizard customization, 100s of gear items, single player realm adventures, online leagues and co-op play.

Why similar: Turn-Based 45%, Strategy 13.7%, Tactical 12.9%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 10.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical wizard chess with simultaneous turn resolution and psychological bluffing.

The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.

Why similar: Tactical 38.9%, Strategy 21.3%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Top-Down 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines top-down tactical planning with a stark, minimalist presentation and frantic execution.

"You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...

Why similar: Strategy 51.6%, Great Soundtrack 16.9%, Tactical 15.9%, Sci-fi 5.4%, Indie 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A cerebral strategy game that requires careful intelligence gathering and asymmetrical tactical planning against a superior foe.

The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!

Why similar: Strategy 57.8%, Sci-fi 14.9%, Indie 14.3%, Top-Down 7.4%, Difficult 4%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic sci-fi indie title with a retro-futuristic aesthetic and heavy emphasis on defensive planning.

Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.

Why similar: Tactical 56.6%, Strategy 19%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Top-Down 8.2%, Difficult 4.1%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same cold, minimalist interface and psychological tension of predicting an opponent's hidden moves.

ENDLESS Space™ is a turn-based 4X strategy game, covering the space colonization age in the ENDLESS Universe™, where you can control every aspect of your civilization as you strive for galactic domination.

Why similar: Turn-Based 40.5%, Strategy 29.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%, Great Soundtrack 8.3%, Sci-fi 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: Offers complex, turn-based sci-fi grand strategy for players who enjoy deep analytical planning.

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.

Why similar: Strategy 60.5%, Sci-fi 19.5%, Indie 11.1%, Addictive 6.2% ★, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on structural planning and tactical choke-point management in sci-fi environments.

Zachtronics is back with an ambitious new design-based puzzle game. Take on the role of a Reactor Engineer working for SpaceChem, the leading chemical synthesizer for frontier colonies. Construct elaborate factories to transform raw materials into valuable chemical products!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 51.2%, Difficult 13.1%, Indie 12.5%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Addictive 4.7% ★

Why You'll Like It: Appeals to the same programming-like logic and trial-and-error optimization found in planning out perfect combat turns.

Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.

Why similar: Tactical 46.9%, Strategy 23.4%, Sci-fi 11%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Indie 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the tradition of methodical, sci-fi strategic layout and defense optimization.

Shatter is a retro-inspired brick-breaking game that merges familiar action with unique twists and a modern crafted production approach.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 83.3%, Indie 10.2%, Sci-fi 4.6%, Local Multiplayer 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the original game's penchant for an incredible electronic soundtrack and sleek, stylized presentation.

Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

Why similar: Tactical 62.4%, Strategy 23.4%, Top-Down 7.5%, Indie 3.4%, Multiplayer 1.7%

Undead. Unstoppable. A challenging, turn-based indie sci-fi RPG that brings the beloved classic into the modern era with all new content and gameplay.

Why similar: Turn-Based 39.7%, Strategy 21.6%, Great Soundtrack 17.1%, Tactical 13.6%, Indie 6%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic tactical RPG featuring deliberate, strategic turn-based combat decisions.

Discover the story of the Aristeia world in single-player or storm into PvP battles! Turn-based battles, 12 heroes, varied arenas, deckbuilding with dozens of tactical cards. Assemble the perfect team, use hundreds of insane combos, and become HexaDome champion. And bring a friend!

Why similar: Turn-Based 40.2%, Tactical 19.8%, Strategy 9.9%, Competitive 9.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%

With over 6 million units sold and unprecedented critical acclaim from fans and press around the world, Sid Meier's Civilization is recognized as one of the greatest PC game franchises of all-time. Now, Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new...

Why similar: Turn-Based 47.7%, Strategy 20.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Great Soundtrack 5.5%, Multiplayer 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic turn-based strategy touchstone for players who appreciate deep, systems-driven tactical foresight.

XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.

Why similar: Turn-Based 46.1%, Strategy 24.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Tactical 10.3%, Sci-fi 4.3%

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 36.8%, Turn-Based 29.4%, Strategy 20%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Multiplayer 0.9%

From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.

Why similar: Turn-Based 43.4%, Strategy 22.2%, Tactical 10.9%, Great Soundtrack 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.6%

You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.

Why similar: Strategy 40.3%, Great Soundtrack 19.7%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Tactical 8.9%

Experience turn-based strategy with free-form base building, multi-unit control, colossal units, and powerful battle skills. It captures the depth of an RTS in turn-based form, like Advanced Wars with massive super units!

Why similar: Tactical 28.3%, Strategy 25.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.5%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Top-Down 10%

Experience a 4K graphics strategy game with tactical depth, breadth, and challenge like nothing you have played before: the perfect mix of Chess, tactical setups and quests inpired by classic RPGs

Why similar: Turn-Based 41.3%, Tactical 22.4%, Strategy 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%, Chess 6.6% ★

Astra Exodus is a single player turn based Sci-fi 4X strategy game inspired by the classics, with a multiple choice narrative driven epic campaign, top down real time tactical battles and an extensive semi-randomized research grid.

Why similar: Strategy 37.2%, Turn-Based 22.5%, Great Soundtrack 11.1%, Indie 10.5%, Tactical 10.3%

Athena Crisis is a modern retro turn-based strategy game that places you in command of 40+ units in your journey across the multiverse. Embark on a challenging single-player quest or dive into the thrill of ranked or casual multiplayer modes to become the best Athena Crisis player!

Why similar: Tactical 39.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.8%, Strategy 15.1%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Multiplayer 8.1%

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 43.3%, Strategy 30.1%, Tactical 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 2.3%, Multiplayer 1.9%

From the creative mind of Isaac Childres, the highly acclaimed board game moves to the digital realm in the video game adaptation of FROSTHAVEN! The dark fantasy tactical RPG features deep mechanics and challenging yet satisfying gameplay both in Single Player and Co-Op Online Multiplayer.

Why similar: Tactical 49%, Strategy 20.7%, Multiplayer 14.8%, Top-Down 11%, Turn-Based Tactics 2.7%

Master grand tactical combat as a Cold War force commander in this data-rich simulation. Plan and issue orders in asynchronous WEGO turns, leveraging real-world maps and complex features like Electronic Warfare and Air Assaults to outthink your enemy.

Why similar: Asynchronous Multiplayer 43.5% ★, Strategy 28.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Top-Down 7.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Order of Battle: World War II is a breath of fresh air for all strategy fans. It is a game that takes wargaming to a new level by upgrading every single game element and rebooting the genre for a new generation of players.

Why similar: Turn-Based 41.8%, Strategy 24.6%, Tactical 10.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 7.3% ★

Take one of the most modern, fun and engaging board games created in recent years. Match it with cutting-edge technology. Add a ridiculously well-crafted art style and a ton of extra content. This is the recipe to one of the most thrilling, charming and captivating strategy games you will ever find.

Why similar: Turn-Based 32.1%, Asynchronous Multiplayer 23.5% ★, Strategy 18.1%, Tactical 15.5%, Multiplayer 5.2%

Turn-based tactical combat set in the award-winning world of the Iron Kingdoms. Command your custom squad of steam-powered robots and elite warriors in raging battles dominated by magic and mechanika. Battle in online multiplayer and play the epic 21-mission single player campaign!

Why similar: Turn-Based 45.8%, Tactical 20.1%, Strategy 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Multiplayer 2.4%

The fantasy wargaming classic is back! Lead powerful heroes and mighty armies into battle in this critically acclaimed turn-based strategy milestone. Level up and train your units and guide them through a gripping story campaign to decide the fate of a world on the brink of destruction.

Why similar: Turn-Based 36.9%, Tactical 18.9%, Strategy 16.2%, Great Soundtrack 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%

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: Tactical 45.6%, Strategy 22.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 2.2%

A deep indie strategy RPG with destructible battlefields; the ability to build bridges, traps, and barricades; the ability to shove enemies off cliffs and into lava; and full-fledged mod support.

Why similar: Turn-Based 53.1%, Strategy 35.3%, Indie 9.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 1.8%

Create and command your own customizable squads of fighting robots in this turn-based, arena tactics game.

Why similar: Turn-Based 37.6%, Strategy 24.8%, Tactical 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.3%, Indie 6.7%

Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

Why similar: Turn-Based 40.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Strategy 17.8%, Tactical 6.3%, Multiplayer 5.7%

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 36.8%, Tactical 21.6%, Cyberpunk 17.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%

Shift’n Slay is an amped-up turn-based tactical roguelike, where you fight your way through a cyberpunk hell step by step, trying to break a time loop engineered by corporate bastards.

Why similar: Turn-Based 30.8%, Tactical 24.5%, Strategy 17.9%, Cyberpunk 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.4%

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 50.3%, Tactical 22.9%, Strategy 21.7%, Indie 3.5%, Multiplayer 1.5%

A true test your wits and spatial reasoning. Detour combines highway-building fun with the excitement of a competitive real-time strategy game. Construct a path for your convoy to reach its destination in this incredibly addictive title. With online multiplayer!

Why similar: Strategy 65.3%, Indie 23%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Singleplayer 2%