- #1 No Offence, But
97% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Maybe Later Games
Windows · Mac
"No Offence, But" is a hilarious turn-based strategy game where you must build a reputation for yourself by tearing down your enemies with insults, burns and put-downs in a series of slanging matches.
Why similar: Strategy 42.2%, Indie 17.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%
- #2 BattleMaster
96% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: KGS
Windows
BattleMaster is a traditional turn-based flag game that allows you to prepare for tough battles by equipage, reinforcement, skills, or recruiting new players
Why similar: Strategy 32.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, Turn-Based Combat 14.8%, Indie 5.2%
- #3 Crossfire: Dungeons
95% matchMixed48% of 92 reviews2015
Dev: Random Thoughts EntertainmentPub: Random Thoughts Enterainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Battle against rival fantasy armies in this fast paced turn based strategy game. Fight powerful bosses while you hunt for treasure in dungeon mode, play through over one hundred single player missions in campaign mode, or match wits against your friends in multiplayer.
Why similar: Strategy 37.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 27.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.8%, Indie 9.5%
- #4 Battle Bolts
94% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: Shot SecondPub: Croteam Incubator
Windows
Battle Bolts is a strategy multiplayer game where up to 4 players battle in a deadly arena by programming their moves in advance!
Why similar: Strategy 43.4%, Indie 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%
- #5 Wendtale
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Yuzhu Productions
Windows
A brilliant breakthrough in turn-based strategy! Attack to charge Echo, then spend Echo during the enemy's turn to unleash Countermeasures—Preemptive Strike, Defense, or Counterattack. Anticipate enemy targeting, manage your resources, and take them out by surprise between turns!
Why similar: Strategy 41.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.1%, Indie 14.7%
- #6 Band of Drones
95% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2015
Dev: Kiritsu Games
Windows
Band of Drones keeps the basic mechanics of traditional turn based squad tactics gameplay and goes beyond it with character and weapons development.
Why similar: Strategy 52.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 26.1%, Indie 21.4%
- #7 Hex Empire 3
93% matchMostly Positive73% of 109 reviews2018
Dev: Meta Sauce
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hex Empire 3 is turn-based strategy game where you can fulfill all of your deepest dreams of becoming a bloodthirsty dictator. All without even taking your fluffy slippers off your feet!
Why similar: Strategy 51.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.9%, Indie 19.4%
- #8 Clatter
93% matchVery Positive83% of 1,269 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Create and command your own customizable squads of fighting robots in this turn-based, arena tactics game.
Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, Indie 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.5%
- #9 Hopebringers
92% matchPositive88% of 49 reviews2020
Dev: Critical Miss Games
Windows
Hopebringers is an easy to play Tactical RPG with no randomness, where your units are miniatures who fight through different dioramas and try to save the world.
Why similar: Strategy 56.2%, Indie 23%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.4%
- #10 Wuxing Summoner
89% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: simmirror
Windows
"Wuxing Summoner" is a game that combines match-three with turn-based strategy! Here, you match elements to gather resources, summon soldiers, and battle on a turn-based battlefield.
Why similar: Strategy 50%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.9%
- #11 Nuclear Arms Race
91% matchMixed60% of 25 reviews2020
Dev: OfficialCH
Windows
Nuclear Arms Race is a revolutionary turn-based game that allows you to produce resources, spy on and sabotage your opponent in order to acquire the nuclear weapon before they can eradicate you.
Why similar: Strategy 62.2%, Indie 25.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%
- #12 This mountain? Got it from my gramps.
86% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: favabean_works
Windows
Explore the mountain with zero funds.
Why similar: Strategy 43.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 22%, Indie 11.2%
- #13 Blades of the Righteous
90% matchMixed63% of 27 reviews2016
Dev: Vladimir Slav
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Defend your kingdom against the dark forces! Micromanage your army, train soldiers and defeat the enemy in turn-based battles.
Why similar: Strategy 47.7%, Indie 19.5%, Turn-Based Combat 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%
- #14 Run For Cover
87% matchPositive94% of 18 reviews2021
Dev: Michail Ostrowski
Windows
Run For Cover is a turn-based strategy game where you control a team of soldiers traveling through hostile territory. Maps are procedurally generated and look different every time you start a new game. Your soldiers can drive tanks, find gear, and unlock powerful abilities.
Why similar: Strategy 47.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.4%, Turn-Based Combat 17.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.4%
- #15 Fountain
84% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Tiger Games
Windows · Mac
Lead a squad of up to 7 members entering a constantly changing barrier. In this mysterious adventure, meet interesting companions, fight against various enemies, collect rare treasures, and reveal the secrets concealed within the barrier.
Why similar: Strategy 39.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.4%, Indie 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 13%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%
- #16 Immortal Empire
88% matchMostly Positive72% of 309 reviews2015
Dev: Tactic Studios Inc.
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Immortal Empire is a multiplayer tactics role playing game. Control a party of up to 5 immortals as you travel through a unique fantasy world, using spells and strategy to defeat your enemies. Play co-op, versus, or solo through a compelling campaign storyline with fully voiced characters.
Why similar: Strategy 40.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%, Indie 12.6%
- #17 Agent Awesome
88% matchMixed63% of 949 reviews2015
Dev: Chaos IndustriesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Agent Awesome is a humorous strategy game in which you will have to help Agent A plan the perfect strategy to take down E.V.I.L., all of this in order to win a drunk dare. Awesome, right?
Why similar: Strategy 45.9%, Turn-Based Combat 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Indie 8.8%
- #18 50 years
86% matchVery Positive89% of 694 reviews2017
Dev: Aleksandr Golovkin
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 50.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
50 Years is a fast-paced alternative to the bigger, longer turn-based strategy games. You can win or lose a game in a single evening. Either way you'll want to play it again.
Why similar: Strategy 54.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.8%, Indie 18.4%
- #19 Robot Builder War
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2020
Dev: Shitman497
Windows
Lead your robot team to liberate the world from the evil CCP. Customize your robots by different parts and traits.
Why similar: Strategy 64.6%, Indie 26.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%
- #20 Lost Frontier
83% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2018
Dev: Mika Mobile, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Turn-Based Tactics in the Weird West.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #21 Twinfold
82% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Kenny Sun
Windows · Mac
A roguelike about merging golden babies and squashing angry faces.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #22 Strazeal
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: Tradosoft
Windows · Linux
A digital strategy board game for 2 - 4 players. Capture your opponent's bases while protecting all of your own using land, water and special weapons.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #23 Kingdom Elemental
84% matchMixed55% of 33 reviews2014
Dev: Scott ThuneliusPub: Chronic Logic
Windows
Kingdom Elemental takes core game play elements from real-time strategy, tactics, and role-playing games and combines them into a game that is easy to pick up and play. It is designed to be lighthearted and humorous with fun, re-playable game play. Try out the Destiny Mode and challenge levels for more variety.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #24 Card Battle Spirit Link
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: Speedrobo Games
Windows
Get ready for a new kind of digital multiplayer card game. No shuffled decks, no random card packs. In Card Battle Spirit Link, strategy is the key!
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #25 StoneDefence
81% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2019
Dev: RenZhai(人宅)Pub: RenZhai
Windows
There is a mysterious continent full of songs and laughter, a huge God stone stands in the center of the continent, guarding the local residents from generation to generation, the good scenery is not long, the God stone is missing, the mainland without the God stone Guardian lost the vitality of the past, a large number of evil forces hit
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #26 Wequer
80% matchVery Positive90% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Ben Allen
Windows
Chess has evolved! Hatch units from eggs, make ranged attacks, cast dastardly spells, and take control of the board to win in Wequer.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #27 Rezist: Tower Defense
78% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: SparkGames
Windows
Protect your server from the malicious software intrusion. Improve your utility programs in time, rollout patches — and you will stand fearless even against the algorithms of your most devious enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #28 Rampart Tactics
79% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Aaron Saluk
Windows
Indie Turnbased Strategy, solo or online.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #29 The Wizard's Tower
78% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Paul Kearley
Windows · Mac
The Wizard's Tower is a Tower Defence game that gives you direct control over the Towers. Using three different elements to maximum effect to stop your foes from destroying your main Tower.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #30 ManGuin – Penguin Apocalypse
79% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Gary & EddyPub: EGCL
Windows
A real-time strategy (RTS) game which comes from our love of 50s Sci-fi films. Set in Antarctica you control a team of top scientists researching penguins. Disaster strikes when a satellite carrying an unknown space virus crashes near a penguin colony.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #31 炎黄战纪之三国烽烟
77% matchMixed66% of 291 reviews2018
Dev: 上海班图网络科技有限公司
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
《炎黄战纪》是一款开放式的水墨历史风集换式卡牌游戏。 我们设计这款游戏的初衷对华夏五千年来那一个个青史留痕的人物的向往和致敬,希望能记录和纪念这些炎黄之魂以及他们的故事,同时也希望能提供一个平台将同好者们聚在一起来共同开发和完善这个游戏,青梅煮酒,共论天下英雄,评说功过是非。
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #32 Project GR-5LYR: Galactic Relocation
77% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Team GRPub: Incandescent Workshop LLC
Windows
You are a part of Project GR-5LYR: Galactic Relocation. Your mission is to land on an Earth-like planet, codenamed 5LYR, and prepare it for human habitation. Start a colony and use your resources wisely on the world map, and "take care" of any hostile local lifeforms in tactical turn-based combat.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #33 Grimante
75% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: aftermonk
Windows · Mac
50+ levels of tactical combat boiled down to its addicting, puzzle-like core. Solve the battlefield.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #34 Dark Rising
76% matchMostly Negative31% of 16 reviews2017
Dev: Clear Light Games
Windows
Upgrade your castle, build towers, expand your village and train loyal pledges who will fight, and die at your command. Dark Rising is a tower defense game for anyone who's looking for a more in-depth approach to the popular genre.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #35 Minda
73% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Sunho Kim
Windows · Mac
Online Abalone board game.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #36 Mercs
74% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: Munchkin's Lair
Windows
Assemble a team of mercenaries and challenge the computer or another player in a quick turn-based battle. Unlock new mercs, find the best skill combos, and watch your adorable tiny soldiers blow themselves up in a variety of hex-mapped, low-poly environments.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #37 Epic Little War Game
74% matchVery Positive86% of 65 reviews2017
Dev: Rubicon Development
Windows
The lighter side of turn-based war gaming. Take your time to plan good strategies, deploy your troops in the right places, try not to laugh whilst killing your enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #38 In The Dead Of Night - Urszula's Revenge
75% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2015
Dev: Axed Game Studio
Windows
In The Dead of Night is a story driven top down game that merges the best elements of RTS with Tower Defence. Take control of the town to gather resources and build your defences before Urszula’s zombies charge upon you at nightfall.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #39 Simple RTS
73% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2017
Dev: Gal Hajaj
Windows
A Simple Real-Time-Strategy Game Like in the good old days, with 20 types of units. The goal is simply to conquer all territories on the map, which is also your AI opponent's goal...
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #40 Rubico
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Game Runners
Windows
You were in the middle of a dying city, in the center of which a giant monster nestled - the Plague. People infected with it lose their sanity and die over time. In the midst of all this chaos, you have only one friend you can rely on - a mechanical kettle.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #41 Battleships at Dawn!
73% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2016
Dev: Mintaka SoftworksPub: Plug In Digital
Windows
Capture and hold resources, secure and defend strategic locations, explore large maps and try to outsmart a cunning AI in this new turn-based naval strategy game.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #42 BlindOak Prow
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PositionMatters
Windows · Mac · Linux
BlindOak Prow is a competitive strategy card game with unique, subtle tactics that mirror the political maneuvers of the setting. Form a party of four characters mixing and matching the six different classes however you'd like, then outwit your foes for control of the city and for your survival on a new land.
Why similar: Strategy 70.3%, Indie 29.7%
- #43 Prototype TD
71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Elijah Goering
Windows
Prototype TD is a tower defense game which includes rogue-like elements to make each game different. Different towers will be available each game and the starting map is randomly generated as well so it's not possible to win the same way every time.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #44 Stratus: Battle For The Sky
72% matchMixed53% of 39 reviews2016
Dev: Storm Isle Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stratus: Battle for the sky is a fast paced RTS game set in a fantasy world of warring priests seeking to gain favor of the fickle Gods.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #45 Alteil: Horizons
71% matchMixed49% of 116 reviews2016
Dev: Apocoplay LLC
Windows
Alteil Horizons combines Tactical RPGs (like Final Fantasy Tactics) with the deck-building and collecting elements of card dueling games.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #46 Hellfire Fortress
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gold & Lumber Games UG
Windows · Mac
In the Hellfire Fortress classic 1 vs 1 mode you’ll face sheer endless waves of demons and thus the goal is straight forward: Your Fortress needs to survive longer than your opponent’s! It’s your task to set up an army and strategically invest in economy while constantly leveling up your Fortress.
Why similar: Strategy 70%, Indie 30%
- #47 Navalia
70% matchMixed46% of 41 reviews2017
Dev: Luotsi EntertainmentPub: Digital Tribe
Windows
Design, build and command your fleet of spaceships! Navalia allows you to freely design ships for your fleet, lead them in battle against formidable foes and gradually conquer the galaxy. Unleash your creativity with the innovative Navalia ship editor and bring your creations into battle!
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #48 Module TD. Sci-Fi Tower Defense
69% matchMixed67% of 55 reviews2018
Dev: Gyro-Games Inc.
Windows
This is Sci-fi Tower Defense created by gamers for gamers.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #49 Secret Santa
68% matchVery Positive91% of 111 reviews2016
Dev: Daniel Jonathan BourkePub: Project Tranquil
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Sneak around children, pets, and the elderly as you deliver Christmas joy. Complete the list of deliveries, and have some cookies.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #50 Tavern Table Tactics
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Double Digit Games
Windows
Tavern Table Tactics is a tactical computer board game that combines a traditional two-player board game setting with tactical RPG combat.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #51 Devouring Stars
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 40 reviews2015
Dev: NerialPub: BulkyPix
Windows · Mac · Linux
What if you could unhook the stars and fight your battles with black holes? With its mix of adaptative unit combination, space resource harvesting as well as visual and audio refinement, Devouring Stars aspires to bring a different scope to the RTS genre.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #52 Goblin Storm
69% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2017
Dev: Nemeton Singularity Simulations
Windows
Command the armies of Men, Goblins and the Dead as they battle for supremacy on battlefields across the lands of Arcwellion. Will you build a mighty kingdom and lead the armies of men to stand against the storm? Or will you command the invading hordes on the path to conquest?
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #53 Artillerists
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 132 reviews2017
Dev: SolarLance
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Artillerists is a turn-based isometric strategy. You should destroy the enemy’s armed forces, capture territories, earn money and upgrade your army. In addition to the main types of units and weapons, player can use radar reconnaissance, volley fire, air strikes, artillery strikes and many others...
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #54 Radar Defense
67% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2017
Dev: Adage Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Radar Defense is the first Strategy Tower Defense Game with a “seek and destroy” game mechanic. Use your Radar to find and identify the threat, or use your intuition to guess the position and the types of the enemy units. Destroy them with the right weapon.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #55 stepbystep
66% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: Evgeny PetrovPub: Not a Prototype games
Windows · Linux
stepbystep is a minimalistic programming puzzle platformer with experimental turn-based mechanics where you must write a command sequence to complete the levels that will be run automatically.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #56 Wars Across The World: Russian Battles
70% matchNo user reviews2018
Dev: StrategiaePub: Plug In Digital
Windows
The Russian Battles DLC pack from Wars Across the World focuses on 5 key campaigns of the Russian army in our collection, including an exclusive and unique one not available as regular DLC. Ownership of WAW is required to play this package.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%
- #57 Juniper Theory
68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2016
Dev: Juniper TheoryPub: Black Box
Windows
You are a newly appointed defense network engineer in charge of keeping the company of your choosing from harmful outside DDoS attacks. Rival companies want to take your servers offline and its your job to make sure they don't. Expand your network, build defenses, and attack different territory to dominate your opponents.
Why similar: Strategy 71%, Indie 29%