- #1 Geneforge 2
97% matchVery Positive86% of 87 reviews2003
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 20.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Geneforge 2 is an Indie fantasy role-playing adventure with a science fiction twist. Explore a huge world, choose which side you will fight for, and make your own horde of completely obedient mutant monsters. Geneforge 2 has a huge and open storyline. You can join with any of several factions and reach dozens of different endings.
Why similar: RPG 49.7%, Strategy 14.6%, Isometric 14.4%, Indie 11%, Turn-Based Combat 10.3%
- #2 Geneforge 4: Rebellion
96% matchVery Positive88% of 50 reviews2006
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Geneforge 4: Rebellion is an Indie fantasy role-playing adventure, the fourth chapter of the Geneforge Saga. Once again, return to the world of the Shapers, where you will explore a vast world, choose what side you will fight for, and create and mold your own army of strange, powerful monsters.
Why similar: RPG 48.8%, Isometric 16.3%, Strategy 13.8%, Indie 10.8%, Turn-Based Combat 10.3%
- #3 Geneforge 5: Overthrow
96% matchVery Positive92% of 124 reviews2008
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Geneforge 5: Overthrow is an Indie fantasy role-playing adventure, the final chapter of the epic Geneforge Saga. Return to the world of the Shapers one final time. Explore a vast, war-torn world, create and mold your own army of strange, powerful monsters, and choose a side to help lead to final victory.
Why similar: RPG 48.8%, Strategy 14.3%, Isometric 14.1%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Indie 10.5%
- #4 Geneforge 1
95% matchVery Positive92% of 396 reviews2001
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Geneforge is an Indie fantasy role-playing game, the first game in the five-part Geneforge Saga. It features an enormous world, the ability to create your own army of lethal, totally obedient creatures, and a cunning enemy AI with foes who can go on patrols, stalk you, and run for help. Geneforge has a huge and open storyline.
Why similar: RPG 43.8%, Isometric 21.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Indie 9.2%
- #5 Geneforge 1 - Mutagen
94% matchVery Positive94% of 443 reviews2021
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Unique, truly open-ended fantasy adventure in a strange, new world. Use battle or cunning to change the world, served by your own army of custom-made mutant monsters. Over 80 zones to explore and 50+ hours of gameplay. Multitudes of skills, abilities, factions, treasures, and servants to create.
Why similar: RPG 37.3%, Isometric 24.5%, Strategy 18.1%, Turn-Based Combat 16.9%, Indie 3.2%
- #6 Avadon: The Black Fortress
94% matchVery Positive81% of 623 reviews2011
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Avadon: The Black Fortress is an epic, Indie fantasy role-playing saga. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is law. Use your power to crush a growing rebellion! (Or join it.)
Why similar: RPG 53%, Isometric 25.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Indie 10.2%
- #7 Geneforge 2 - Infestation
92% matchVery Positive98% of 183 reviews2024
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
Wildly open-ended adventure in a unique fantasy world. Use battle or diplomacy and trickery to change the world, served by an army of custom-made mutant monsters. Almost 90 zones to explore and 50+ hours of gameplay. Enormous range of abilities, factions, quests, and paths to victory.
Why similar: RPG 45.5%, Isometric 26.7%, Strategy 23.5%, Turn-Based Combat 4.2%
- #8 Avernum: Escape From the Pit
93% matchVery Positive91% of 1,324 reviews2012
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 20.4 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Avernum is a land underground, a subterranean nation full of rogues, misfits, and brigands, struggling for survival in the monster-infested darkness. Hunt for glory, treasure, and justice in the underworld. Fight for survival, freedom, and even vengeance in the epic indie cult-classic.
Why similar: RPG 43.9%, Isometric 25.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12.5%, Strategy 9.5%, Indie 8.6%
- #9 Avadon 3: The Warborn
91% matchVery Positive91% of 134 reviews2016
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Huge, old-school, indie fantasy role-playing adventure. Features an epic story and tactical, turn-based combat. Explore cunning dungeons, hunt for 100s of magical artifacts, and use dozens of magical abilities. Many different endings. Will you save your people or betray them? It's up to you.
Why similar: RPG 47.4%, Isometric 25.2%, Strategy 15.9%, Indie 11.6%
- #10 Avernum 3: Ruined World
91% matchVery Positive84% of 336 reviews2018
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Wander free through this epic, indie fantasy adventure. Explore a huge world that evolves as time passes. Towns fight battles. Refugees flee. Disasters happen. Features cunning adventures, great depth, and unlimited freedom. Be a merchant or bounty hunter, buy a home, save the world!
Why similar: RPG 44%, Isometric 19.9%, Strategy 17.4%, Indie 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%
- #11 Avernum 4
90% matchVery Positive84% of 113 reviews2012
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Avernum 4 is the first chapter in the Great Trials Trilogy, three games that tell the tale of your land’s struggles in the face of powerful forces that seek to destroy it.
Why similar: RPG 61.9%, Isometric 23.8%, Indie 14.3%
- #12 Avernum 2: Crystal Souls
89% matchVery Positive90% of 335 reviews2015
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Huge indie fantasy role-playing adventure in a massive, underground land. Packed with over 100 towns and dungeons and an epic story. Fight to complete up to three distinct game-winning quests. Master over 60 spells and abilities. Hunt for hundreds of magical artifacts. Over 50 hours of gameplay.
Why similar: RPG 47.6%, Isometric 25.3%, Strategy 17.5%, Indie 9.6%
- #13 Siralim 3
88% matchVery Positive94% of 990 reviews2018
Dev: Thylacine StudiosPub: Thylacine Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Siralim 3 is a mechanically deep, monster taming RPG. Summon and customize over 700 different creatures to fight for you as you battle your way through randomly generated dungeons. Find rare treasure and use it to craft new items, empower your creatures, learn new spells, and much more.
Why similar: RPG 44.1%, Turn-Based Combat 29.2%, Isometric 26.7%
- #14 Avadon 2: The Corruption
89% matchVery Positive81% of 210 reviews2013
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Avadon 2: The Corruption is a huge, indie fantasy role-playing adventure, the second chapter in the epic Avadon trilogy. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is law.
Why similar: RPG 45.6%, Isometric 23.1%, Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%, Indie 8.9%
- #15 Queen's Wish: The Conqueror
87% matchVery Positive83% of 369 reviews2019
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
At last, the Queen has given you power and freedom! The cost? You must rebuild her Empire. Will you? In this epic, indie fantasy adventure, you are free to explore, fight for fame and power, and shape the world as you choose. Escape into an unpredictable open-ended story and cunning tactical combat.
Why similar: RPG 51.6%, Strategy 20.3%, Isometric 14.9%, Indie 13.1%
- #16 Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
86% matchVery Positive89% of 1,997 reviews2016
Dev: Troika GamesPub: Activision
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.
Why similar: RPG 58.9%, Isometric 30.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%
- #17 Torment: Tides of Numenera
86% matchMostly Positive70% of 4,378 reviews2017
Dev: inXile Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.
Why similar: RPG 51.8%, Isometric 25.2%, Turn-Based Combat 10.9%, Strategy 6.9%, Indie 5.3%
- #18 UnderRail
85% matchVery Positive86% of 7,264 reviews2015
Dev: Stygian Software
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
UnderRail is an old-school turn-based isometric role-playing game that features a large open post-apocalyptic world, deep and challenging combat and an intricate storyline.
Why similar: RPG 49.9%, Isometric 27.5%, Turn-Based Combat 16.7%, Indie 5.9%
- #19 AntharioN
84% matchMixed69% of 191 reviews2015
Dev: Orphic Software
Windows · Mac
Antharion is an epic old-school fantasy RPG that combines tactical turn-based combat with the freedom of a huge living-breathing open world.
Why similar: RPG 45.4%, Strategy 20.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.7%, Isometric 11.1%, Indie 10.2%
- #20 Beastmancer
83% matchMostly Positive76% of 88 reviews2017
Dev: Autarca
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Beastmancer is a monster tamer tactical RPG. Play as an adventurer in a fantasy world, capture monsters and make them fight in turn based battles.
Why similar: RPG 51.9%, Strategy 19.6%, Turn-Based Combat 17.1%, Indie 11.4%
- #21 Eschalon: Book I
82% matchVery Positive86% of 418 reviews2009
Dev: Basilisk Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 52%
Eschalon: Book I is an old-school role-playing game that will take you across massive outdoor environments and deep into dozens of sprawling dungeons as you seek to uncover the mystery of who you are. It features a tile-built, turn-based game world where the result of absolutely every action is rolled, calculated or statistically...
Why similar: RPG 61.4%, Isometric 27.6%, Indie 11%
- #22 Spellcrafter
84% matchMostly Negative36% of 64 reviews2015
Dev: Jujubee S.A.Pub: Salient Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spellcrafter is an RPG game with deep tactical turn-based combat and a unique spell casting system. Explore the magical world, collect gold, interact with NPCs, take quests and make moral choices! Recruit heroes, assemble and summon powerful troops and send them into battle!
Why similar: RPG 56.9%, Strategy 28.6%, Indie 14.4%
- #23 Queen's Wish 2: The Tormentor
80% matchVery Positive90% of 107 reviews2022
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
You are in a barbarian land. They are trying to kill you. The Queen demands you tame them. So what now? Escape into an exciting, open-ended story and cunning tactical combat. Epic, indie fantasy adventure. Freely explore a huge world, fight for fame and power, and shape the world as you choose.
Why similar: RPG 43%, Isometric 25.3%, Strategy 22%, Turn-Based Combat 7%, Indie 2.7%
- #24 Avernum 4: Greed and Glory
78% matchVery Positive94% of 192 reviews2025
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows · Mac
The cult-classic saga is back! Battle for fame, power, and wealth in the subterranean nation of Avernum. Conquer an enormous underworld in this epic turn-based fantasy RPG. Features huge, clever dungeons, varied and cunning foes, 100s of artifacts to find or craft, and a really cool story.
Why similar: RPG 59.8%, Strategy 21.1%, Isometric 14.6%, Indie 4.5%
- #25 Avernum 6
82% matchVery Positive89% of 81 reviews2012
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Avernum 6 is the final chapter in the Great Trials Trilogy, three games that tell the tale of your weary land’s final destiny.
Why similar: RPG 62.7%, Isometric 22.5%, Indie 14.8%
- #26 Balrum
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 810 reviews2016
Dev: Balcony Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Balrum is an old-school, turn-based, open world RPG with deep tactical combat. Explore a huge living fantasy world with dozens of side quests next to an epic main quest. Grow your own crops, build your home, and craft your own custom items.
Why similar: RPG 30.5%, Isometric 25.8%, Turn-Based Combat 19.9%, Strategy 15.6%, Indie 8.2%
- #27 Shadows: Heretic Kingdoms
81% matchMixed59% of 449 reviews2014
Dev: Games FarmPub: Kalypso Media Digital
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Shadows is the next chapter in the Heretic Kingdoms saga. Experience an epic adventure with challenging gameplay, a gripping storyline and enchanting graphics. Take on the role of the Devourer, a demon that swallows the souls of the dead and then brings them back into the mortal realm as his puppets
Why similar: RPG 63.8%, Isometric 26.6%, Indie 9.6%
- #28 Age of Reforging: The Freelands
76% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,555 reviews2025
Dev: PersonaeGame StudioPub: Kunpan Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!
Why similar: RPG 65.3%, Strategy 34.7%
- #29 Lethal RPG: War
79% matchVery Positive80% of 234 reviews2015
Dev: EyeSpyda Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Journey on an epic quest with Lethal and his elite party of warriors through a huge fantasy land. Play as Lethal and his companions in exciting turn based battles against a variety of fantasy creatures.
Why similar: RPG 79%, Indie 21%
- #30 Age of Wonders Shadow Magic
78% matchVery Positive90% of 654 reviews2010
Dev: Triumph StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 49%
Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic is the third entry in the award winning fantasy strategy series. This fan-favorite enhances the series' praised fusion of empire building, role-playing and tactical combat with the eerie Shadow World and battle with races never before seen, across new and diverse landscapes.
Why similar: RPG 60.9%, Strategy 39.1%
- #31 Eschalon: Book III
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 101 reviews2014
Dev: Basilisk Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Eschalon: Book III brings the trilogy to a climactic end as you seek to uncover the mystery of your past, the secrets of the Crux stones, and who the Orakur really are. You’ll traverse miles of virtual wilderness and dungeons, filled with secrets and danger, in an unparalleled role-playing experience designed to feel like a true...
Why similar: RPG 62.8%, Isometric 23.6%, Indie 13.7%
- #32 Tyranny
76% matchVery Positive86% of 13,461 reviews2016
Dev: Obsidian EntertainmentPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.
Why similar: RPG 66.9%, Isometric 29.7%, Strategy 3.4%
- #33 Monsters' Den Chronicles
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 81 reviews2019
Dev: Monstrum
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 50%
The third installment in the classic dungeon-crawling RPG series comes to Steam, remastered and better than ever! Build your roster of heroes as you venture into procedurally-generated dungeons, fight monsters in turn-based battles, and find powerful new equipment.
Why similar: RPG 35.3%, Isometric 28.5%, Turn-Based Combat 22.4%, Strategy 8.9%, Indie 4.9%
- #34 Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
75% matchVery Positive88% of 6,367 reviews2019
Dev: 6 Eyes StudioPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
Why similar: RPG 46.3%, Strategy 19.7%, Turn-Based Combat 16.4%, Isometric 10.4%, Indie 7.2%
- #35 Sorcery! Part 3
77% matchVery Positive93% of 138 reviews2016
Dev: inkle Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An epic open-world narrative adventure through a world of monsters, traps and magic. Explore two intermeshed worlds, past and present, and create your own unique story where every decision you make is remembered. Survive, and defeat the Seven Serpents - if you can!
Why similar: RPG 79%, Indie 21%
- #36 Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)
74% matchVery Positive92% of 11,916 reviews2014
Dev: Larian Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit.
Why similar: RPG 71.7%, Isometric 14.5%, Strategy 10.2%, Indie 3.6%
- #37 Rift Wizard 3
71% matchVery Positive89% of 343 reviews2026
Dev: Dylan White
Windows
Rift Wizard is a hardcore combat strategy roguelike and wizard simulator featuring an extremely deep build system. Customize your Wizard with more than 500 spells and magical artifacts. Blast, summon, or enchant your way through 20 levels of pure turn based chaos.
Why similar: RPG 50.6%, Strategy 26.4%, Turn-Based Combat 17%, Indie 6.1%
- #38 Siralim Ultimate
73% matchVery Positive93% of 2,548 reviews2021
Dev: Thylacine StudiosPub: Thylacine Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Siralim Ultimate is a monster-catching, dungeon-crawling RPG with a ridiculous amount of depth. Summon over 1200 different creatures and travel through randomly generated dungeons to acquire resources, new creatures, and loot.
Why similar: RPG 32%, Isometric 25.1%, Turn-Based Combat 20.9%, Strategy 16.6%, Indie 5.3%
- #39 Caves of Qud
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 12,678 reviews2024
Dev: Freehold GamesPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 35.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 54.1%, RPG 45.9%
- #40 Wizardry 7: Crusaders of the Dark Savant
75% matchVery Positive82% of 281 reviews2013
Dev: Sir-TechPub: Drecom Co., Ltd.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 26%
For the First TimeOutdoor CampaignsFull Soundtrack and EffectsTrue Point & Click Mouse InterfaceAuto-MappingUnprecedented Depth of StoryBegin your adventure in Crusaders of the Dark Savant. Import your characters from Bane of the Cosmic Forge or create a new party capable of surviving the rigors of a strange alien world.
Why similar: RPG 79.7%, Turn-Based Combat 20.3%
- #41 Paper Sorcerer
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 646 reviews2014
Dev: Ultra Runaway Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Paper Sorcerer is a stylish single player turn based RPG focused on strategy, party-building, and environmental puzzles. Fight with the skills and spells you've learned in a battle system that emphasizes strategy over grinding. Assemble a party of monsters and dark creatures to fight alongside you.
Why similar: RPG 58.1%, Turn-Based Combat 41.9%
- #42 Divine Divinity
72% matchVery Positive88% of 4,060 reviews2012
Dev: Larian Studios
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Divine Divinity is an epic role-playing game with hack-and-slash action, offering a huge world to explore and thousands of items to investigate, trade and use.
Why similar: RPG 70.5%, Isometric 29.5%
- #43 Siralim 2
72% matchVery Positive92% of 451 reviews2016
Dev: Thylacine StudiosPub: Thylacine Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Siralim 2 is an old-school monster catching RPG. Summon and customize hundreds of creatures to fight for you as you battle your way through endless dungeons. Find rare treasure and use it to upgrade your castle, empower your creatures, craft powerful artifacts, learn new spells, and much more.
Why similar: RPG 59.2%, Turn-Based Combat 34.2%, Indie 6.5%
- #44 Fae Tactics
71% matchVery Positive85% of 1,752 reviews2020
Dev: Endlessfluff GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 52%
In Fae Tactics, follow a young magic user named Peony on her journey across a vibrant world full of mystery and danger. Summon allies, cast spells, and befriend a motley crew of characters as you dive into the growing conflicts between man and magical beings known as fae.
Why similar: RPG 57.1%, Strategy 27.9%, Isometric 11.1%, Indie 3.9%
- #45 3DRPG
74% matchMixed61% of 267 reviews2016
Dev: Doomster Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 23.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
3DRPG is a voxelized old-school RPG where you explore a Randomly Generated world filled with random dungeons, towns and people! Every character in the game is recruitable. Hunt for prey or go fishing for food. Search for treasure in dungeons and fight monsters on the way!
Why similar: RPG 62.4%, Turn-Based Combat 27.9%, Indie 9.6%
- #46 Necromancer Returns
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 116 reviews2018
Dev: Greenolor StudioPub: Kaser Studio
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 97%
A turn-based strategy game. The world of a fantasy kingdom has been thrown into disarray by the return of the Necromancer – a creature of darkness that wishes to enslave all living beings.
Why similar: RPG 40.9%, Turn-Based Combat 23.5%, Strategy 23.3%, Indie 12.3%
- #47 Crystal Project
68% matchVery Positive92% of 2,601 reviews2022
Dev: Andrew Willman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 26.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Crystal Project is a non-linear JRPG where you are the maker of your own adventure. Explore the world while you find Crystals, unlock classes, learn abilities, and create a strategy capable of taking down the world's toughest bosses. Or just stick to exploring; it's up to you.
Why similar: RPG 63.5%, Turn-Based Combat 36.5%
- #48 Thyria
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 165 reviews2024
Dev: TwokatsPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Linux
Thyria is an RPG, a unique combination of dynamic exploration, turn-based combat and crafting. Summon and train a team of Guardians, who will accompany Thyria into the minds of the cursed villagers. Help them vanquish their nightmares.
Why similar: RPG 73.2%, Isometric 24.5%, Indie 2.2%
- #49 Forged of Blood
71% matchMixed67% of 118 reviews2019
Dev: Critical Forge
Windows
A fantasy turn-based tactical RPG built on depth and mechanical complexity, featuring classless character building, strategic management, and small unit tactics on a world scale.
Why similar: RPG 43.1%, Strategy 25.9%, Turn-Based Combat 18.2%, Indie 12.7%
- #50 Monster Alchemy
65% matchVery Positive92% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Team Metacarpo
Windows
Create unique creatures, use them to gather rare resources, and fuse them into even more powerful beings! This RPG combines classic exploration with a deep crafting system where your monsters are your ultimate tool for looting, combat, and discovery.
Why similar: RPG 46%, Turn-Based Combat 25.1%, Strategy 23.5%, Indie 5.4%
- #51 Siralim
70% matchVery Positive84% of 268 reviews2015
Dev: Thylacine StudiosPub: Thylacine Studios LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Siralim is a deep RPG with light roguelike elements that allows you to summon and customize hundreds of creatures to fight in strategic battle. Fight your way through randomly generated dungeons and complete randomized quests.
Why similar: RPG 59.5%, Turn-Based Combat 32%, Indie 8.5%
- #52 Disciples: Liberation
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 3,993 reviews2021
Dev: Frima StudioPub: Kalypso Media
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Disciples: Liberation is a mature, dark fantasy strategy RPG with turn-based combat. Liberate the land of Nevendaar and uncover the endless stories hidden within this richly detailed world where every decision has a consequence, and every wrong move could be deadly.
Why similar: RPG 39.7%, Isometric 24%, Strategy 18.5%, Turn-Based Combat 17.9%
- #53 Jerez's Arena Ⅲ
65% matchVery Positive90% of 669 reviews2025
Dev: WorkNite GamesPub: Alice Publication
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A classic RPG with visual novel elements, turn-based combat, and exploration. Play as the slave Oretti as she explores the dark corners of Jerez. Survive its dangers, battle monsters in the arena, and shape her fate through the choices you make.
Why similar: RPG 47.1%, Turn-Based Combat 33.3%, Strategy 19.6%
- #54 Monster Girls and the Mysterious Adventure 2
67% matchVery Positive89% of 347 reviews2022
Dev: NEKOTOKAGE GAMES
Windows
This is a "Mysterious Dungeon" style roguelike game where the terrain changes with each challenge. Make the monsters your "Friends" and go on a new adventure!
Why similar: RPG 66.3%, Strategy 27.4%, Indie 6.3%
- #55 Etherlords II
70% matchVery Positive83% of 500 reviews2014
Dev: Nival
Windows
Median: 18 minMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 41%
The saga continues! Etherlords II takes you back to the world of Ether and into a whole new realm of fantastic possibilities. Lead your hero on an unforgettable journey through lands filled with unsurpassed beauty and danger to unlock the ultimate mystery.
Why similar: RPG 71.1%, Strategy 24.8%, Indie 4.1%
- #56 Nethergate: Resurrection
70% matchVery Positive88% of 109 reviews2012
Dev: Spiderweb Software
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Spiderweb Software's classic adventure of treachery and battle in ancient times has returned! Travel back to ancient Britannia for a tale of cunning foes, vicious battles, and a race to rediscover the lost secrets of magic. Britannia is a land ravaged by war.
Why similar: RPG 55%, Strategy 17.2%, Isometric 17%, Indie 10.9%
- #57 Age of Fear: The Free World
68% matchVery Positive83% of 410 reviews2019
Dev: Leslaw SliwkoPub: Age of Fear
Windows · Mac · Linux
Age of Fear: The Free World is an introduction to a decade-old turn-based strategy series that fuses a tabletop wargame with RPG elements. Choose your faction (Undead Legion, Human Kingdom or Greenskins Horde), build a unique army and embark on exploring the realm!
Why similar: RPG 48.2%, Turn-Based Combat 27.1%, Strategy 24.7%
- #58 Monster Crown: Sin Eater
63% matchVery Positive86% of 205 reviews2026
Dev: Studio Aurum
Windows
Hand-craft your team of perfect Monsters and wage a one-man war against fate and the world in the Crown Nation! With a True Crossbreeding system, every Monster is entirely your own!
Why similar: RPG 49.9%, Turn-Based Combat 37.5%, Strategy 12.6%
- #59 Monsters' Den: Godfall
67% matchVery Positive84% of 563 reviews2017
Dev: Monstrum
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
The popular dungeon-crawling RPG series returns! Take your party into procedurally-generated dungeons, fight in turn-based battles, loot and level up! Explore the land and uncover the mysteries of the Godfall!
Why similar: RPG 40.4%, Isometric 33.9%, Turn-Based Combat 25.7%
- #60 Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection
62% matchMostly Positive77% of 9,079 reviews2026
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 24.5 hrsMean: 34.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The third entry in the Monster Hunter Stories RPG series is here! Twin Rathalos, born in a twist of fate. Monster Hunter Stories is an RPG series set in the Monster Hunter world, where you can become a Rider, raising and bonding with your favorite monsters.
Why similar: RPG 70.8%, Turn-Based Combat 29.2%