Games Like Halfway

Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, Strategy 15.7%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Tactical 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar high-stakes, squad-based tactical experience against alien threats with a focus on careful positioning.

Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.

Why similar: Turn-Based 31.9%, Strategy 18.2%, RPG 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%, Sci-fi 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title captures the claustrophobic, sci-fi, squad-based tactical combat that makes Halfway so engaging.

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: Turn-Based 27.5%, RPG 25.2%, Strategy 20%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Indie 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on deep, grid-based tactical combat and character customization that appeals to fans of Halfway's mechanical depth.

Shock Tactics is a single player turn-based sci-fi strategy game with tactical combat, exploration, squad management and base building.

Why similar: Strategy 54.5%, RPG 45.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the sci-fi tactical combat of Halfway with a strong emphasis on squad management and exploration.

Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements

Why similar: Turn-Based 34.1%, RPG 16.2%, Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that shares the sci-fi setting and squad-based turn-based combat mechanics found in Halfway.

Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!

Why similar: Turn-Based 38.9%, RPG 15.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Sci-fi 10%

Why You'll Like It: It combines a striking pixel-art aesthetic with a deep, turn-based combat system set in a sci-fi universe.

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: RPG 30.8%, Strategy 27.3%, Turn-Based 27.2%, Indie 9%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes environmental interaction and tactical positioning, which are core components of the Halfway experience.

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 36.1%, Strategy 18.2%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Tactical 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a masterclass in turn-based tactical squad movement and stealth that feels like a more polished evolution of the genre.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.

Why similar: Turn-Based 23%, Strategy 22.5%, RPG 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10%

Why You'll Like It: It shares the sci-fi setting and turn-based combat focus while adding a layer of base management.

A tactical sci-fi RPG set in an alternative 1970's, where an enormous and inexplicable artifact –the Dome– is discovered in a remote desert. Fight enemies, explore the anomalous wasteland, level up your character, join one of the forces in the ruined world.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.7%, RPG 25.8%, Strategy 23.4%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Tactical 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based RPG that focuses on tactical combat and exploration within a detailed sci-fi world.

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: Turn-Based 45%, RPG 36.7%, Sci-fi 8.2%, Indie 4.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: This CRPG features intense, turn-based tactical combat in a sci-fi setting that rewards careful 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 31.5%, Strategy 17.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, RPG 11.2%, Sci-fi 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a highly polished, squad-based tactical experience with a strong sci-fi atmosphere and deep customization.

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: Turn-Based 29.6%, Strategy 24%, RPG 21.3%, Tactical 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends stealth and tactical turn-based combat in a post-apocalyptic setting that feels mechanically similar to Halfway.

Year 2199. Assemble an elite crew and make allies to combat a shadowy organization threatening the future of humanity. Face overwhelming odds with strategy. Make your choices and save us from extinction.

Why similar: Turn-Based 28.3%, RPG 14.9%, Strategy 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Sci-fi 10%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi tactical RPG that focuses on squad composition and turn-based combat mechanics.

In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.

Why similar: Turn-Based 40.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, RPG 12.7%, Tactical 9.5%, Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A modern take on squad-based tactical combat that emphasizes clever positioning and ability usage.

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 42.8%, RPG 24.4%, Strategy 9.8%, Sci-fi 7.6%, Tactical 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a rich, turn-based tactical RPG experience with a strong sci-fi/cyberpunk narrative and squad management.

A Sci-Fi role-playing game featuring turn-based ground combat, space exploration, deep character customization and a massive living universe with thousands of star systems. Equip your ships with the best equipment you can find, gather a powerful crew of mercenaries and set out into the void!

Why similar: RPG 36.9%, Sci-fi 19.4%, Tactical 15.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15%, Space 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a mix of squad-based tactical combat and space exploration that aligns with the sci-fi themes of Halfway.

Jagged Alliance Flashback brings back the true spirit of this legendary series: Turn-based tactics meets crazy mercenary personalities and intense battles. Manage your squad of unique mercenaries, secure your income and take back the island - sector by sector, turn by turn.

Why similar: Turn-Based 37.7%, Strategy 23.5%, RPG 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Tactical 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the classic squad-based tactical combat feel that served as an inspiration for many modern indie tactical games.

A post-apocalyptic, turn based, tactical combat and strategy game where you lead your caravan on a quest for revenge.

Why similar: Turn-Based 35.9%, RPG 16.5%, Strategy 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Tactical 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a turn-based tactical experience in a post-apocalyptic setting with a focus on squad survival.

USC is a turn-based, top-down view tactics game in which you control the crew of a stranded recon vessel in a "first contact war" for survival, featuring a detailed combat system with RPG elements, fully interactive randomized maps, unique weapons and gadgets, crafting, and custom multiplayer modes.

Why similar: RPG 40.5%, Strategy 38%, Indie 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that focuses on squad-based combat against alien threats in a sci-fi environment.

Galaxy squad is a hardcore turn-based tactical roguelike, inspired by FTL and XCOM.

Why similar: Strategy 32.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Tactical 11%, Space 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: This title features turn-based tactical combat in space with a focus on squad management and sci-fi weaponry.

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 43.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, RPG 16.4%, Strategy 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: This game provides an incredibly deep tactical combat system that will satisfy players looking for more complexity than Halfway.

The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.4%, Strategy 21.7%, RPG 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep, turn-based tactical experience with a focus on squad management and covert operations.

Robothorium is a cyberpunk dungeon crawler with turn-based fights, where all your choices will have a direct impact on your revolution against Humankind. Deep Strategy, Crafting, Party Based management, Talents and so much more in this roguelike!

Why similar: Turn-Based 41.6%, Strategy 24.7%, RPG 23%, Indie 6.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi RPG that focuses on managing a squad of robots in turn-based tactical combat.

Ancient Frontier is a turn-based strategy RPG set in the far future. You command the fleet. Buy new ships, outfit them with crew and equipment, then deploy and destroy the enemy. Take control of massive fleets of capital ships and support craft as you play through two unique campaigns.

Why similar: Turn-Based 27.4%, Strategy 24%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.1%, Sci-fi 8.6%, RPG 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a turn-based strategy experience set in space that emphasizes fleet and squad-level tactical decisions.

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: RPG 43.6%, Strategy 39.8%, Action 14.5%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: Though set in a fantasy world, its brutal, squad-based tactical combat is a gold standard for the genre.

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 33.3%, RPG 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.3%, Strategy 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: While set in the 1930s, its squad-based, turn-based tactical combat and pixel-art style feel very similar to Halfway.

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: Turn-Based 30.7%, Strategy 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.3%, Tactical 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a polished, grid-based tactical experience that focuses on unit positioning and objective-based combat.

Turn-based RPG about a group of players rolling dice in the year 1999! Create your own game master and RPG party, as they roleplay, explore distant planets in their imagination, fight weird aliens and save the galaxy in the era of dial-up internet and floppy disks! (Includes +1 Edition content)

Why similar: RPG 36.2%, Turn-Based 34.6%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Indie 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%

Highlands is a hand-drawn turn-based strategy game with unique characters, resource management and RPG elements where the focus is directed toward decision-making.

Why similar: Turn-Based 30.7%, RPG 29.6%, Strategy 28.9%, Indie 10.9%

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 29.5%, RPG 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Strategy 12%, Sci-fi 10.2%

Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.

Why similar: RPG 38.3%, Sci-fi 24.5%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Tactical 13.2%, Indie 7.9%

Battlevoid: Harbinger is a hard sci-fi space exploration game blending roguelike, turn-based, star map strategy, and real-time space battles. You are a young commander venturing out into enemy territories, to unknown galaxies, never knowing what you will face as you jump out from hyperspace.

Why similar: Strategy 40.7%, Space 20.9%, Sci-fi 11%, Action 8.8%, Indie 8.2%

Into the Void is a strategy RPG and exploration sci-fi game with an epic story and intense battles. Travel through space and discover the origin of a cosmic threat which destroyed Earth centuries ago. Fight or cooperate with the different factions; be a leader !

Why similar: Turn-Based 32.2%, Strategy 25.8%, RPG 16.7%, Space 11.4%, Tactical 5.3%

Approaching Infinity is a turn-based space RPG in the spirit of the sci-fi classics, with endless progression and exploration. Fight tactical battles or use diplomacy. Seek powerful artifacts. Quest, mine, trade, and craft. Level up forever or attempt 10 victories in hardcore or adventure mode.

Why similar: RPG 21.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Strategy 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%

Weaves of Fate is a unique and epic blend of isometric role playing and tactical strategy. In the far future, a demonic invasion throughout all of time has been triggered as a result of humanity’s actions.

Why similar: RPG 23.4%, Strategy 21.9%, Turn-Based 19.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, Action 8%

A turn-based game on a planet outpost - with no waiting between turns! Play it at the speed of an arcade game, or take your time and think about your next step.. no matter how fast you take your turn, it might be your last!

Why similar: Turn-Based 31.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.9%, RPG 12.7%, Strategy 11.7%, Sci-fi 8.5%

OUTTA GAS is a post-apocalyptic RPG featuring a turn-based SHOOTING GALLERY combat mechanic where blasting away body tiles damages monster health and decreases their combat stats. Explore four unique acts to find gas and get back on the road to the Party at the End of the World!

Why similar: RPG 52.9%, Turn-Based 18%, Indie 11.4%, Sci-fi 6.2%, Strategy 5.9%

What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.

Why similar: Turn-Based 42.9%, RPG 23.7%, Strategy 13.8%, Tactical 7.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%

A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.

Why similar: Turn-Based 36.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, RPG 13.8%, Strategy 12.1%, Sci-fi 7.7%

Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees.

Why similar: Turn-Based 42.8%, RPG 17.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.8%

Prepare to inhabit a world of chivalry, class warfare and off-beat pop references. Knights of Pen & Paper 2 is a turn-based, retro style, pixel-art adventure full of danger, intrigue, death, and saving throws!

Why similar: Turn-Based 40.1%, RPG 30.8%, Strategy 14.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.8%, Indie 4.2%

Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.

Why similar: Strategy 26.1%, RPG 23.4%, Pixel Graphics 19.9%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Indie 7.8%

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 35%, Strategy 27%, Space 10.2%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.7%

Stars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against rivals, negotiate or conquer them. Win by unifying the galaxy, through diplomacy or force.

Why similar: Strategy 26.1%, Turn-Based 24.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, Sci-fi 10.2%, Space 8%

Interstellar Space: Genesis is a turn-based space 4X strategy game in which you attempt to build a thriving galactic empire. Discover mysteries among the stars, colonize worlds, and engage enemies in tactical turn-based combat on your journey to becoming the ruler of the galaxy!

Why similar: Turn-Based 36.3%, Strategy 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Space 7.8%

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 29.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, RPG 16.8%, Strategy 15.5%, Tactical 9.4%

Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.

Why similar: Turn-Based 32.8%, Strategy 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Space 8.4%

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 46.4%, Strategy 19.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.4%, Tactical 4.4%

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: RPG 24.2%, Strategy 22%, Turn-Based 21.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

Star Shift Origins tells the story of the first crew of the Dauntless. Trapped in an alternate reality and on the run, the crew desperately searches for answers while being hunted by the relentless Earth Systems Alliance (ESA).

Why similar: RPG 25.7%, Strategy 22%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Space 11.5%

Colonize newly-discovered planets, control the resources found there, and defend your colony against other rival factions in real-time or turn-based action.

Why similar: Strategy 55.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Action 13.5%

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 34.5%, RPG 18.4%, Strategy 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Sci-fi 6.5%

Turn-based tactics & strategy about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action-movie vibe. Command Sparta: recruit distinctive fighters, upgrade your base, run missions, and decide Africa’s future—no point-blank misses, with real ballistics.

Why similar: Turn-Based 28.9%, Strategy 20.7%, RPG 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Tactical 8.6%

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: RPG 31.4%, Strategy 24.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.8%

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 23.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Strategy 17.8%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, RPG 7%

StarCrawlers is a modern take on a classic cRPG dungeon crawler set in a gritty spacepunk universe. Build a crew of renegade adventurers on the fringes of space, taking jobs from megacorps to hunt bounties, sabotage rivals and conduct corporate espionage.

Why similar: RPG 39.6%, Turn-Based 33.2%, Sci-fi 18.3%, Indie 8.9%

Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based extraction RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.6%, RPG 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Strategy 11%, Sci-fi 8.8%