- #1 FTL: Faster Than Light
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 77,568 reviews2012
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 33.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
Why similar: Roguelike 32.6%, Strategy 19.2%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Roguelite 9.3%, Tactical 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: Created by the same developers, this roguelike captures the same sense of desperate survival and strategic resource management.
- #2 Tactical Breach Wizards
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,483 reviews2024
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 Strategy 25.2%, Turn-Based 20.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.6%, Tactical 9%, Isometric 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Like Into the Breach, this game focuses on tactical puzzles where you manipulate enemy positions to solve combat scenarios efficiently.
- #3 Shogun Showdown
95% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,574 reviews2024
Dev: RoboatinoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Turn-Based 17.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Roguelike 10.8%, Turn-Based Combat 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelike that emphasizes positioning and anticipating enemy moves, mirroring the puzzle-like combat of the seed game.
- #4 Invisible, Inc.
96% 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 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Turn-Based 13.2%, Isometric 10%, Roguelite 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: This turn-based stealth game shares the high-stakes, perfect-information tactical feel where every move must be calculated to avoid failure.
- #5 Cobalt Core
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,128 reviews2023
Dev: Rocket Rat GamesPub: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.5%, Roguelike 14.2%, Strategy 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This deckbuilder features a unique focus on ship positioning and dodging enemy attacks, feeling very similar to mech combat.
- #6 BATTLETECH
94% matchVery Positive84% of 32,635 reviews2018
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 43.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Mechs 41.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, Turn-Based 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Strategy 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deep tactical game focused on mech customization and grid-based combat that will appeal to fans of the mech theme.
- #7 Phantom Brigade
93% matchVery Positive80% of 4,177 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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: Mechs 33.3% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 18.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.6%, Strategy 8.2%, Tactical 8%
Why You'll Like It: This game features mech combat with a unique time-manipulation mechanic that allows you to predict and counter enemy actions before they happen.
- #8 Star Renegades
92% matchVery Positive83% of 2,997 reviews2020
Dev: Massive Damage, Inc.Pub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
Why similar: Mechs 27.7% ★, Turn-Based 15.6%, Roguelike 10%, Roguelite 7.6%, Turn-Based Combat 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a timeline-based combat system that rewards players for interrupting enemy attacks, similar to the push-and-pull mechanics of the seed.
- #9 XCOM® 2
91% matchVery Positive85% of 107,051 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 61.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Turn-Based 16.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.2%, Isometric 9.9%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for turn-based tactical combat, offering intense squad management and high-stakes missions.
- #10 SteamWorld Heist
91% matchVery Positive94% of 6,137 reviews2016
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 34.2%, Strategy 18.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.2%, RPG 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features grid-based tactical combat where ricochet mechanics and positioning are key to overcoming enemy defenses.
- #11 Mech Armada
90% matchVery Positive81% of 679 reviews2022
Dev: Lioncode Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.
Why similar: Mechs 23.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.8%, Turn-Based 10.1%, Roguelite 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite strategy game where you build and command custom mechs to survive against waves of alien threats.
- #12 One-inch Tactics
89% 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: Mechs 26.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Turn-Based 12.8%, Strategy 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist tactical game that distills mech combat down to its most essential strategic elements.
- #13 Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
89% 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: Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.1%, Turn-Based 17%, Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical turn-based game that focuses on squad management and grid-based combat with a distinct sci-fi aesthetic.
- #14 Vactics
88% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: The Lemur Conspiracy
Windows · Mac
Build the mech to fight against robotic Vactics in tactical chess-like combat. The war is already over and the heroes of the city have fallen. Take on a new randomly generated challenge every time you play and join with the citizens to fight for a better future.
Why similar: Mechs 23.6% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 20.5%, Roguelite 10.8%, Tactical 9.7%, Roguelike 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelite that focuses on grid-based movement and mech combat against a variety of robotic enemies.
- #15 Dicey Dungeons
87% matchVery Positive89% of 11,511 reviews2019
Dev: Terry Cavanagh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Become a giant walking dice, explore dungeons and defy Lady Luck in this dice powered roguelike! Now featuring "Reunion", a free DLC with six brand-new episodes!
Why similar: Turn-Based 27.1%, Roguelite 17.8%, Roguelike 17.8%, Strategy 13.1%, Great Soundtrack 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike that turns combat into a tactical puzzle where you must optimize your dice rolls to overcome specific enemy patterns.
- #16 Xenonauts
86% matchVery Positive87% of 5,012 reviews2014
Dev: Goldhawk Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 Strategy 24.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.9%, Turn-Based 12.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%, Strategy 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A challenging turn-based strategy game that focuses on tactical combat and base management against an alien invasion.
- #17 Loop Hero
84% matchVery Positive93% of 36,055 reviews2021
Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.6%, Roguelike 20.7%, Tactical 16.9%, Roguelite 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%
Why You'll Like It: While different in genre, it shares the addictive roguelike loop and the need to plan your strategy ahead of the action.
- #18 Crown Trick
85% matchVery Positive85% of 5,356 reviews2020
Dev: NEXT StudiosPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enter a labyrinth that moves as you move, where mastering the elements is key to defeating enemies and uncovering the mysteries of this underground world. With a new experience awaiting every time you enter the dungeon, let the power bestowed by the crown guide you in this challenging adventure!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.2%, Turn-Based 19.5%, Roguelike 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%, Roguelite 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A grid-based roguelike that emphasizes tactical movement and environmental interaction during turn-based combat.
- #19 Ignited Steel: Mech Tactics
86% matchMostly Positive72% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: YokaicadePub: Meteorbyte Studios
Windows
Ignited Steel is a mech roguelike turn-based-tactics game. Manage a team of overheating old-tech mechs, more heat means more vulnerability and damage! Unravel the galaxy’s story as you travel from node to node, improving your mechs, acquiring new pilots, and defeat the sentient A.I. overlord!
Why similar: Mechs 31.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.2%, Roguelike 9.6%, Strategy 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines mech-based tactical combat with roguelike progression and resource management.
- #20 Wildermyth
82% 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 28.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.2%, Turn-Based 18%, Roguelite 9.7%, Procedural Generation 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Offers tactical grid-based combat with a heavy emphasis on environmental interaction and character positioning.
- #21 Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
83% matchVery Positive85% of 13,956 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...
Why similar: Roguelike 28.1%, Strategy 18.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.8%, Sci-fi 9%, Roguelite 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic roguelike that blends tower defense and tactical movement in a sci-fi setting.
- #22 Bionic Dues
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 993 reviews2013
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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: Mechs 18.8% ★, Turn-Based 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Roguelike 11.4%, Strategy 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A mech-focused tactical game that emphasizes planning and defense against waves of robotic enemies.
- #23 XCOM®: Chimera Squad
82% matchMostly Positive71% of 23,227 reviews2020
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.2%, Strategy 17.5%, Turn-Based 17.4%, Sci-fi 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: A more focused, fast-paced tactical experience that emphasizes turn-order manipulation and squad synergy.
- #24 The Banner Saga
81% 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: Turn-Based 33.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.6%, Strategy 14.3%, Tactical 10.3%, RPG 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that features grid-based combat where positioning and turn order are critical to survival.
- #25 ARC SEED
79% matchMostly Positive77% of 90 reviews2025
Dev: Massive Galaxy Studios
Windows
Face the interstellar Archangels in a turn-based tactical game with deckbuilding elements and destructible environment, where you pilot powerful mechs to save the Earth from destruction.
Why similar: Mechs 26% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.9%, Roguelike 7.5%, Strategy 7%
Why You'll Like It: A mech-based strategy game that uses card-based tactical combat to defend against massive threats.
- #26 Breachway
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,353 reviews2024
Dev: Edgeflow StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Explore the galaxy in this deckbuilding, sci-fi roguelike where ship upgrades and crew management are key to your survival. Optimize resource generation, engage in intense turn-based battles, and take on ever-growing threats as you seek out The Signal.
Why similar: Turn-Based 23.7%, Roguelike 18.7%, Strategy 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14.6%, Roguelite 14%
Why You'll Like It: A space-based roguelike deckbuilder that emphasizes tactical decision-making and ship management.
- #27 StarVaders
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,970 reviews2025
Dev: PengonautsPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
Why similar: Mechs 29.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Roguelike 10%, Roguelite 9%
- #28 Templar Battleforce
80% matchVery Positive93% of 973 reviews2015
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.
Why similar: Mechs 22% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Turn-Based 14.7%, Roguelike 8%
Why You'll Like It: A squad-based tactical game that features heavy armor and grid-based combat against alien swarms.
- #29 Frozen Synapse
81% 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: Turn-Based 33.2%, Strategy 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Tactical 14.9%, Great Soundtrack 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on simultaneous turn-based planning, requiring you to predict and counter enemy movements in a tactical environment.
- #30 Zero Orders Tactics
77% matchVery Positive91% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: Pauloondra
Windows
🌋⚔ Terraforming + Into The Breach! An experimental puzzle strategy where you are not commanding your troops - now, you are shaping the battlefield itself! Nothing is random*, everything is predictable*, and the battlefield is changing. Every turn. By you.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.4%, Turn-Based 11.7%, Roguelike 8.9%, Strategy 8.8%
- #31 Dome Keeper
76% matchVery Positive92% of 19,233 reviews2022
Dev: BippinbitsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Why similar: Roguelike 34.8%, Tactical 17.5%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 15.6%, Procedural Generation 12.1%
- #32 Repel The Rifts
76% matchVery Positive86% of 313 reviews2025
Dev: RefinedBearGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Linux
Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world, uncovering new terrain each wave, drafting powerful upgrades, and constructing defenses to hold back the chaos.
Why similar: Mechs 30% ★, Turn-Based 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Roguelike 10%, Tactical 6.9%
- #33 Galaxy Squad
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 429 reviews2019
Dev: Kazakov Oleg
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Galaxy squad is a hardcore turn-based tactical roguelike, inspired by FTL and XCOM.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.8%, Strategy 17.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.3%, Tactical 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi strategy game that focuses on turn-based tactical combat and squad positioning.
- #34 The Last Spell
74% matchVery Positive92% of 12,839 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Turn-Based 16.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%, Strategy 8.2%
- #35 Anomaly Collapse
75% matchVery Positive86% of 634 reviews2024
Dev: RocketPunch Games
Windows
Command a squad of adorably fierce warriors in Anomaly Collapse, a turn-based Roguelite strategy game that offers a fresh twist to an old formula! Face off against otherworldly beings and uncover the dark secrets of supernatural calamities. Immerse yourself in a story where every move counts!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Turn-Based 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Mechs 12.4% ★, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%
- #36 Ground Breakers
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: UnitedIndie
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Battle with robots on dynamic, randomly generated battlegrounds, as you attempt to take on the world in this unique turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20%, Strategy 18.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.6%, Turn-Based 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game that focuses on squad-level combat and strategic movement.
- #37 XCOM: Enemy Unknown
75% matchVery Positive93% of 57,975 reviews2012
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Linux
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 36.7%, Turn-Based 20.7%, Tactical 12.5%, Strategy 12.4%, Sci-fi 8.8%
- #38 Slay the Spire
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 210,878 reviews2019
Dev: Mega Crit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 67.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Why similar: Turn-Based 35.1%, Roguelike 30.4%, Strategy 13.5%, Roguelite 11.5%, Indie 2.8%
- #39 Othercide
73% matchVery Positive82% of 5,143 reviews2020
Dev: Lightbulb CrewPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18.8%, Turn-Based 14.9%, Strategy 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%
- #40 Fights in Tight Spaces
72% matchVery Positive90% of 3,799 reviews2021
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18.9%, Turn-Based 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Strategy 14.1%, Turn-Based Combat 9.7%
- #41 Deep Sky Derelicts
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 2,860 reviews2018
Dev: Snowhound GamesPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.6%, Strategy 18.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.7%, Roguelite 9.9%, Roguelike 9.8%
- #42 Super Robot Wars 30
70% matchVery Positive86% of 6,369 reviews2021
Dev: Bandai Namco Forge Digitals Inc.Pub: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Windows
Median: 10.9 hrsMean: 58.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
30 years on, the battle for our world's future continues. Super Robot Wars is a tactical RPG that brings characters and robots from a variety of mecha anime together to battle their mutual foes.
Why similar: Mechs 31.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Strategy 9.7%, Isometric 5.8%
- #43 FRONT MISSION 1st: Remake
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 649 reviews2023
Dev: Forever Entertainment S. A.
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
FRONT MISSION 1st: Remake is an immersive, tactical turn-based RPG, placing you in command of the awe-inspiring Wanzers – powerful military machines.
Why similar: Mechs 39.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 24.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%, Sci-fi 4.7%
- #44 Monster Train
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,754 reviews2020
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 23.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.7%, Roguelike 14.8%, Roguelite 13.2%, Strategy 9.4%
- #45 Convoy
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,462 reviews2015
Dev: Convoy GamesPub: Indietopia Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Roguelike 23.4%, Strategy 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.5%, Roguelite 12.5%, Sci-fi 8.2%
- #46 X-COM: UFO Defense
71% matchVery Positive95% of 3,930 reviews2008
Dev: MicroProse Software, IncPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 6 minMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 24%
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 29%, Turn-Based 19.1%, Strategy 16.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Tactical 8.4%
- #47 Cogmind
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,943 reviews2017
Dev: Grid Sage Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Cogmind is a sci-fi roguelike epic in which you play a robot building yourself from components found or salvaged from other robots. Explore a living, breathing world through turn-based tactical combat, or sneak, hack, and fly your way to victory.
Why similar: Turn-Based 35%, Roguelike 22.3%, Strategy 15.4%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Procedural Generation 9.8%
- #48 Frozen Synapse 2
71% matchMixed65% of 243 reviews2018
Dev: Mode 7
Windows
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: Strategy 27%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.5%, Turn-Based 21.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%, Indie 7.8%
- #49 Void War
65% matchVery Positive94% of 3,537 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Roguelite 19.8%, Roguelike 19.6%, Strategy 17%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Tactical 10.3%
- #50 Steam Marines
73% matchMixed50% of 333 reviews2014
Dev: Worthless Bums
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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: Roguelike 21.6%, Turn-Based 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Strategy 13.8%, Tactical 8%
- #51 Depth of Extinction
71% 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 18.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Roguelite 10.1%, Strategy 9.9%
- #52 Kaiju Wars
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 269 reviews2022
Dev: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Play out a Kaiju movie as the (hopelessly) outclassed military in this stylish 2D turn-based strategy game. Construct buildings and defend your city with cannon-fodder tanks, jets and more as the devastating kaiju grow in power with every attack.
Why similar: Mechs 24.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Turn-Based 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Tactical 8.5%
- #53 Mainframe Defenders
68% matchVery Positive87% of 767 reviews2020
Dev: Synthetic Domain
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
MAINFRAME DEFENDERS - Turn-based tactics centered around gear and unit customization. It offers simple combat, high replayability, and tons of loot. Items don't just provide stats boost, but also offer distinct mechanics that can be combined into powerful builds.
Why similar: Mechs 34% ★, Roguelike 11.5%, Isometric 10.4%, Roguelite 9.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.2%
- #54 Beat the Humans
67% 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 Strategy 23.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.3%, Turn-Based 16.2%, Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.5%
- #55 Death Ring: Second Impact
66% matchVery Positive85% of 163 reviews2025
Dev: Rouge Mecha
Windows
Death Ring: Second Impact is a turn-based Roguelite strategy game. As the commander of the "Griffin" squadron, you must lead your Mechas and Pilots to resist the threat of mutated monsters and approaching to the secrets hidden behind the Death Ring.
Why similar: Mechs 26.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 20.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 18%, Roguelike 10%, Roguelite 8.9%
- #56 MENACE
63% matchVery Positive91% of 10,002 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 23.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.4%, Turn-Based 16.1%, Turn-Based Combat 11.1%, Strategy 10.6%
- #57 Recon Control
68% 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 Strategy 23.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.6%, Turn-Based 15.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Turn-Based Combat 7.9%
- #58 Crying Suns
67% matchVery Positive86% of 4,448 reviews2019
Dev: Alt Shift
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the role of a space fleet commander as you explore a mysteriously fallen empire. In this story rich experience inspired by Dune and Foundation, each successful run will uncover the truth about the Empire... and yourself as well.
Why similar: Strategy 17.6%, Roguelike 16.8%, Roguelite 15.3%, Tactical 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%
- #59 Rencounter
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 373 reviews2016
Dev: SPVDPub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26.9%, Turn-Based 22.7%, Strategy 16.2%, Roguelike 11.3%, RPG 6.3%
- #60 Heat Signature
66% matchVery Positive94% of 7,334 reviews2017
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.
Why similar: Roguelike 26.6%, Strategy 17.5%, Roguelite 14.9%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Procedural Generation 10.8%