- #1 Voidspire Tactics
97% 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: Strategy 48.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 33.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, 2D 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A strong indie tactical RPG that focuses heavily on grid-based movement and complex character progression systems.
- #2 XCOM: Enemy Unknown
96% matchVery Positive93% of 57,975 reviews2012
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 42.8%, Strategy 40.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive squad-based tactical game featuring grid-based movement and high-stakes decision-making in a sci-fi setting.
- #3 The Iron Oath
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 889 reviews2023
Dev: Curious Panda GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 35.1%, Strategy 32.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.3%, Singleplayer 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: It combines party-based tactical combat with a persistent world map where your choices impact the future of your company.
- #4 Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
95% matchVery Positive91% of 14,312 reviews2018
Dev: Bulwark StudiosPub: Kasedo Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
MECHANICUS II ANNOUNCED! Take control of one of the most technologically advanced factions in the Imperium: the Adeptus Mechanicus. In this turn-based tactical game, your every decision will weigh heavily on the outcome of the conflict. Will you be blessed by the Omnissiah?
Why similar: Strategy 38.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 36.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: It features deep grid-based tactical combat and squad management that perfectly mirrors the sci-fi tactical feel of the seed game.
- #5 TRIANGLE STRATEGY
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,531 reviews2022
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 21.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A new tactics RPG from the team who brought you the Bravely series and Octopath Traveler. An epic tale, brought to life with stunning HD-2D graphics. Make difficult decisions in this story set against a backdrop of the war-torn continent of Norzelia.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 48.8%, Strategy 25%, Grid-Based Movement 21.1%, 2D 3.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers complex grid-based tactical battles combined with a narrative-heavy experience where your choices shape the world.
- #6 Godless
94% matchVery Positive93% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: Danil Kalyupa
Windows
In Godless, you don’t save the world — you end it one turn at a time. Reshape the hex-based battlefield, summon deadly minions, explore endless strategies, and crush mortal heroes in this tactical roguelike!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 30.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.7%, Strategy 21.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Singleplayer 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: It shares the core focus on hex-grid tactical combat and turn-based strategy mechanics within a challenging roguelite framework.
- #7 Jagged Alliance 3
93% matchVery Positive89% of 14,231 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 38.6%, Strategy 37.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a robust tactical squad management experience on a dynamic world map that rewards careful planning and positioning.
- #8 Battle Brothers
92% matchVery Positive88% of 27,117 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 93.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Why similar: Strategy 62%, Adventure 30.4%, Singleplayer 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: This gritty mercenary simulator excels at squad management and tactical combat on a hex-based grid within a dangerous, evolving world.
- #9 Dark Deity
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,983 reviews2021
Dev: Sword & Axe LLCPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 28%, Strategy 26%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.5%, Adventure 13.1%, 2D 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style tactical RPG that focuses on unit progression and grid-based combat maneuvers.
- #10 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
91% matchVery Positive90% of 20,374 reviews2018
Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
Why similar: Strategy 45.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 31.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Adventure 9.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends stealth-based exploration with intense grid-based tactical combat in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #11 TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children
90% matchVery Positive94% of 9,639 reviews2020
Dev: Dandylion
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 30.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children is the first season of a turn-based strategy SRPG that takes place in the world of Troubleshooter.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 38.8%, Strategy 28.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.3%, 2D 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: An incredibly deep tactical RPG that offers extensive grid-based combat and complex character customization options.
- #12 Wildermyth
89% matchVery Positive95% of 18,060 reviews2021
Dev: Worldwalker Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 52.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.8%, Strategy 19.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Why You'll Like It: It features procedural storytelling alongside grid-based tactical combat, making every playthrough feel like a unique adventure.
- #13 Live by the Sword: Tactics
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 73 reviews2022
Dev: Labrador Studios
Windows · Mac
Live By The Sword: Tactics is a streamlined tactical RPG that blends classic and contemporary gameplay elements. The game is set in a world recovering from the ravages of war, you must navigate the treacherous landscape to prevent further turmoil. Single Player and Multiplayer modes available.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 37.3%, Strategy 32%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.7%, Singleplayer 3%
Why You'll Like It: A pure grid-based tactical game that strips away the fluff to focus on balanced, competitive turn-based combat.
- #14 Pathway
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,235 reviews2019
Dev: RobotalityPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 35.2%, Strategy 25.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Adventure 10.5%, 2D 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: This exploration-focused tactical game features a distinct aesthetic and turn-based combat that feels like a classic adventure.
- #15 The Banner Saga
86% matchVery Positive89% of 15,850 reviews2014
Dev: StoicPub: Stoic Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
Why similar: Strategy 54.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 34.8%, Adventure 5.2%, 2D 3.5%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes tactical combat and difficult narrative choices that directly influence the survival of your party.
- #16 Forged of Blood
88% 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: Strategy 34.8%, Grid-Based Movement 19.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 18%, Adventure 16.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep tactical combat with a heavy emphasis on faction management and player-driven narrative consequences.
- #17 Our Adventurer Guild
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,084 reviews2024
Dev: GreenGuy
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 40.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Become the new Guild Master of the Adventurer Guild and lead your adventurers in explorations and turnbased tactical battles. Will the Guild thrive under your leadership? Or will it finally disband under it?
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 44.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.9%, Strategy 18.7%, 2D 8.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: This management-heavy tactical RPG focuses on character customization and the tactical growth of your team.
- #18 Outcast Tales: The First Journey
85% matchVery Positive85% of 248 reviews2024
Dev: Hardlane StudioPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Experience the beginning of a grand adventure in Outcast Tales: The First Journey. Engage in deep tactical battles, make tough decisions, and choose your own adventures - write an Outcast Tale that’s unique to you!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 35%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, Strategy 19.2%, Adventure 15.2%, 2D 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends roguelite exploration with tactical party-based combat, focusing on the journey of your squad.
- #19 Alvora Tactics
86% matchVery Positive93% of 149 reviews2017
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
Alvora Tactics is an indie Tactics RPG that combines strategic combat with immersive exploration. Explore and conquer Great Serpent Alvora with your own customizable band of warriors!
Why similar: Strategy 49%, Turn-Based Tactics 29.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.4%, 2D 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: An indie tactical RPG that excels at providing deep character builds and challenging grid-based combat scenarios.
- #20 Invisible, Inc.
84% matchVery Positive91% of 5,719 reviews2015
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 41.7%, Strategy 35.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique take on grid-based tactics by focusing on stealth and squad management in a high-tech environment.
- #21 Ash of Gods: The Way
82% matchVery Positive82% of 483 reviews2023
Dev: AurumDust
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor. Defend your commander, win duels, capture points, experiment with your strategy to defeat a superior enemy, and make decisions that affect your story.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 41.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 40.5%, 2D 11.8%, Singleplayer 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: This turn-based strategy game focuses on tactical positioning and the weight of your choices in a dark fantasy world.
- #22 Reverie Knights Tactics
83% matchMixed59% of 106 reviews2022
Dev: 40 Giants EntertainmentPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Reverie Knights Tactics is a turn-based tactical RPG with strategic battles in isometric grids where every decision can alter the story. Travel through a hand-drawn fantasy world and lead your heroes in a story-rich adventure, visual novel style!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 38.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 27.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Adventure 13.4%, 2D 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: It combines grid-based tactical combat with a strong narrative focus and character-driven storytelling.
- #23 Frozen Synapse
82% matchVery Positive83% of 2,618 reviews2011
Dev: Mode 7
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.
Why similar: Strategy 71.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 3%, Singleplayer 2%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a fast-paced, simultaneous turn-based tactical experience that rewards precise planning and anticipation of enemy moves.
- #24 Clash II
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 109 reviews2024
Dev: Prime Bit Games SA
Windows
Clash II is a turn-based strategy game in a world steeped in ancient magic. Immerse yourself in its history and explore forgotten land full of magical creatures. Gather and train an army, expand your stronghold, upgrade your heroes! Lead one side of the conflict and decide the fate of the continent!
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 35.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 26.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Strategy 13.9%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers tactical combat with grid-based movement and fantasy elements that reward strategic planning.
- #25 Ruin Raiders
81% matchMixed69% of 86 reviews2021
Dev: OverPowered TeamPub: indie.io
Windows
Ruin Raiders is a turn-based tactical roguelike where you command customizable squads on a one-way journey into the ruins of an ancient civilization. Master turn-based combat, craft new technologies, and dive into ever-changing ruins to unveil the past!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 35.3%, Strategy 32.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 32%
Why You'll Like It: It provides challenging turn-based tactical combat with roguelite progression elements in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #26 Telepath Tactics Liberated
79% matchVery Positive85% of 155 reviews2022
Dev: Sinister DesignPub: indie.io
Windows
An SRPG fan's SRPG! Imagine Fire Emblem with destructible battlefields; the ability to place traps; the ability to shove enemies off cliffs, into lava, or into each other; and a built-in campaign creator.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 27.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 27%, Strategy 22.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.2%, Singleplayer 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: This title features grid-based tactical combat with destructible environments and a focus on creative positioning.
- #27 Glorious Companions
79% matchMixed62% of 201 reviews2024
Dev: Ancient Forge
Windows
Explore the open world of Terscara as you advance through the challenging and tactical encounters in this epic turn-based tactical RPG. Form and lead a group of battle-proven companions, delve into the ancient dungeons to collect the elusive vault crystals, and end Xandar’s Wraith once and for all.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 41%, Strategy 30.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.1%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that offers a sandbox approach to squad management and turn-based combat.
- #28 Chains of Freedom
77% matchVery Positive81% of 494 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: Strategy 34.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 34.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.9%, Adventure 8.1%
- #29 Wargroove
78% matchVery Positive83% of 5,221 reviews2019
Dev: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools!
Why similar: Strategy 36.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 35.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.7%, Singleplayer 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A polished tactical game that emphasizes classic grid-based movement and unit management on a battlefield.
- #30 Immortal Tactics: War of the Eternals
78% 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: Grid-Based Movement 29.8%, Strategy 27.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.4%, Adventure 14.4%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #31 Veterum
75% matchVery Positive93% of 126 reviews2025
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows
Turn-based tactical strategy with a detailed combat system and interactive environment. Explore the open world, complete quests, search for rare artifacts. Lead the last army of the Order of the Gatekeepers and stop the coming chaos!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 24.9%, Strategy 23%, Grid-Based Movement 22.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, 2D 5.1%
- #32 Fated Land
77% matchMixed67% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: AlxmoPub: Leyo Games
Windows
This is a Pixel Tactical Self-Propelled RPG Games The battle system adopts a semi-turn-based design, Quick Battle or Enter the Battlefield? It's time to decide! In this journey full of magic, you will also meet a variety of characters, who may become your allies, or your partners...
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 31.5%, Strategy 30.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Adventure 16.6%, Singleplayer 2%
- #33 Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion – Turn-Based Strategy
76% matchMostly Positive70% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: QuadCom InteractivePub: Brightika, Inc.
Windows
Future War Tactics: SOF vs Alien Invasion - a turn-based strategy where you command SOF forces against an alien threat. Investigate disappearances, fight the invaders, and uncover the mystery. Every decision affects the fate of humanity.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 38%, Strategy 35.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.5%, Adventure 2.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #34 Arma Tactics
80% matchMostly Negative32% of 991 reviews2013
Dev: Bohemia Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Arma Tactics is a turn-based close-combat strategy game, where you take control of a four-member Special Forces team. There are no given strategies, rails to move on, or paths to follow; it‘s up to you to decide how you will play through both the story-driven missions and generated missions with randomized objectives.
Why similar: Strategy 98.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%
Why You'll Like It: A military-themed tactical game that focuses on squad positioning and tactical movement in a realistic setting.
- #35 Fantasy of Expedition
76% matchVery Positive80% of 687 reviews2020
Dev: LW.C
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Fantasy of Expedition is a Roguelike Strategy Adventure Game where players lead their own army on an expedition mandated by the Heavens. Be careful what choices you make on our randomized maps! Recruit, purchase, and gather relics to win battles and solve events. Your destiny awaits!
Why similar: Strategy 67.3%, Adventure 32.7%
- #36 One-inch Tactics
74% matchVery Positive94% of 89 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 Tactics 30.9%, Strategy 25.7%, Grid-Based Movement 22%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #37 Blightstone
73% matchVery Positive81% of 471 reviews2026
Dev: Unfinished Pixel
Windows
A challenging, turn-based strategy with a roguelike edge. Lead a team of adventurers to destroy the Blightstone and free the world from corruption. Use free movement, dynamic environments and collectable skills to save the crystal, and save the world.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 38.4%, Strategy 32.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 29%
- #38 Classified: France '44
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 931 reviews2024
Dev: Absolutely GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 33.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 26.1%, Strategy 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #39 Shields of Loyalty
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 164 reviews2025
Dev: Mosaic Mask StudioPub: indie.io
Windows
Experience tactically challenging turn-based strategy in the hostile island world of Mantaria. Command a dynamic army of various unit types and classes to slay a dark and possessed undead army. Train forces into powerful warriors and fight fervently until the snake's head is at your feet!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 31%, Strategy 30%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.2%, 2D 8%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #40 Conquest Tactics : Realm of Sin
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 203 reviews2026
Dev: Singular Sunshine StudiosPub: Thousand Generation
Windows · Mac
Conquest Tactics: Realm of Sin is a dark-fantasy roguelite tactics game. Command your army and engage in turn-based battles on a hex-based board as you advance step by step to conquer a land shrouded in sin. Your choices carry weight: will you restore order… or allow eternal darkness to reign?
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 39.6%, Strategy 30.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.6%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #41 Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 409 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 Tactics 38.4%, Strategy 31.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.5%, Singleplayer 3.8%
- #42 Warbanners
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 603 reviews2017
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Warbanners: the turn-based, tactical strategy game with role-playing elements that lets you manage a squad of mercenaries, and survive 42 campaign missions. Your goal? To earn a place among ancient legends!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 35%, Strategy 25.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 24%, 2D 7.5%, Adventure 4.9%
- #43 Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse
71% matchVery Positive82% of 338 reviews2025
Dev: EXLIXPub: GRAVITY
Windows
“The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 31.7%, Strategy 25.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Adventure 13.1%, 2D 7.1%
- #44 Urtuk: The Desolation
71% matchVery Positive88% of 2,484 reviews2021
Dev: David Kaleta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 42.4%, Strategy 27.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, 2D 5.6%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #45 Tales & Tactics
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,081 reviews2024
Dev: Table 9 StudioPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Roguelike Squad-based Autobattler in a Tabletop RPG setting. Draft your army, carefully equip and position your units, make important choices, and meet a colorful cast of characters as you make ready for the Grand Tournament.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 41%, Strategy 37.5%, Adventure 17.1%, Singleplayer 4.4%
- #46 Broken Lines
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 693 reviews2020
Dev: BirdIsland/PortaPlayPub: SuperGG.com
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Broken Lines is a story-driven tactical RPG set in an alternate-history version of WWII. Lead a squad of soldiers and face the horrors of war. In the included expansion, 'The Dead and the Drunk', guide your troops through fights against both the living and the undead.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 48.6%, Strategy 42.2%, Singleplayer 9.2%
- #47 Warside
70% matchMixed70% of 586 reviews2025
Dev: LAVABIRDPub: First Break Labs
Windows · Linux
Welcome to Warside, the fast-paced turn-based tactics game. With a single-player story campaign, multiplayer support, and a built-in map editor, the fight for victory never ends. Choose your Commander, assemble your forces, and battle your way to victory.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 29%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.1%, Strategy 22%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, 2D 5%
- #48 SPARTA 2035 Prologue & Sea of Pirates DLC
69% matchVery Positive82% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Lipsar Studio
Windows
Turn-based tactics & strategy about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action-movie vibe. Command Sparta: recruit distinctive fighters, upgrade your base, run missions, and decide Africa’s future—no point-blank misses, with real ballistics.
Why similar: Strategy 42.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 32.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.5%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #49 Indies' Lies 2: Fire Seed
68% matchVery Positive80% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: Fun Square GamesPub: Erabit
Windows
Indies' Lies 2: Fire Seed is a top-down 2D roguelite tactics game. Command three heroes in chess-like battles, forging legends through terrain strategy, skill combos, and ever-evolving rogue builds on a dynamic battlefield.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 29.7%, Strategy 27.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Adventure 10.9%, 2D 6.7%
- #50 Dust and Salt
71% matchVery Positive84% of 75 reviews2018
Dev: Prime Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dust and Salt is a text-based narrative adventure with a pinch of turn-based tactical battles which has you as the main hero leading your troops in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go and whom to form alliances with. Force your will with either diplomacy or through war.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 35.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 28%, Adventure 22.3%, 2D 10.4%, Singleplayer 4.1%
- #51 Shuffle Tactics
68% matchMixed70% of 102 reviews2025
Dev: Club SandwichPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Shuffle Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding tactical RPG. Strategize to survive tough battles, pick the right cards to create powerful synergies, and bond with your sidekicks to get an edge in battle. Adventure awaits! Will you rise as Asteria's new King?
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 29.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 27.6%, Strategy 20.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Singleplayer 4.3%
- #52 Recon Control
69% matchVery Positive84% of 132 reviews2021
Dev: Dmitry KozlovPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Recon Control is a turn-based strategy and 2D platformer hybrid focused on combat. Lead your special operations squad through a set of challenging and deadly missions.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 35.5%, Strategy 29.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.1%, 2D 5.7%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #53 Wartorn
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Stray Kite Studios
Windows
Harness the elements in fierce real-time battles while gathering and upgrading a crew of fantasy creatures in this rogue-lite adventure across a world torn apart by war.
Why similar: Strategy 69.9%, Adventure 22.7%, Singleplayer 7.3%
- #54 Journey to the Void
66% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: RuneHeads
Windows · Mac
Prepare to fend off attacks from all directions in this hybrid strategy roguelite deck builder. On your journey through varied grid-based biomes, battle unique foes and make tough moral choices to restore a corrupted land and decide the fate of your world.
Why similar: Strategy 38.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 28.8%, Adventure 13.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #55 Soul Elegy
70% matchMixed61% of 253 reviews2021
Dev: Sichuan Fruit Interactive Technology Co., Ltd.Pub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
This is a very challenging war chess + roguelike game, with random mazes, free combination of teams, and turn-based combat. In the game, players will lead all kinds of undead to counterattack the human world!
Why similar: Strategy 64.9%, Adventure 32.7%, 2D 2.4%
- #56 Depth of Extinction
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2018
Dev: HOF Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 36.9%, Strategy 34%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, 2D 7.2%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #57 Gears Tactics
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,500 reviews2020
Dev: Splash DamagePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.
Why similar: Strategy 60.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 33.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #58 Beat the Humans
66% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Dochungryest
Windows
Beat the Humans is the turn-based tactical strategy game. Here you lead an army of aliens against invaders from the human race. Collect your squad, protect planets, strengthen your army with equipment and look for allies if you want to survive and win.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 34.6%, Strategy 31.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.7%, 2D 4.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #59 Eden's Last Sunrise
67% matchVery Positive92% of 66 reviews2022
Dev: Sungazer Software LLC
Windows
A classic tactics RPG where magic and technology clash to determine the fate of the world. Command tactical battles, befriend and train your troops, create custom heroes, and experience the story through multiple branching paths.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 49.6%, Strategy 39.7%, 2D 7.7%, Singleplayer 3%
- #60 Dice of God
66% matchVery Positive93% of 102 reviews2024
Dev: Bad Dog Works.
Windows
Roll the dice, will the outcome be a blessing or a punishment?
Why similar: Adventure 74.4%, 2D 18.1%, Singleplayer 7.4%