- #1 IS THIS EVEN CHESS?
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WHITE ROOM STUDIOSPub: WHITE ROOM STUDIOS
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prove you're worthy of King's Challenge! Master items, navigation, and combat in over 30 levels of increasing difficulty! Many contenders have failed before. Will you be able to defeat King and claim the ultimate prize?
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 28.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.3%, Board Game 19.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #2 Hex Slayer
96% matchPositive85% of 13 reviews2020
Dev: Shatterproof
Windows
Hex Slayer is a turn-based strategy game where the goal is to conquer the island. Featuring special classes and custom campaigns, expand your kingdom and outwit the enemy by building huts, towers, and powerful units.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.8%, Board Game 19.9%, Strategy 11%, Top-Down 8.5%
- #3 Infection - Board Game
96% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: eSolutionsPub: eSolutions Nordic AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Infection is an abstract strategy board game played on a 7x7 board.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 25%, Turn-Based Strategy 19%, Board Game 17.5%, Top-Down 8.6%, Puzzle 8%
- #4 Dominate - Board Game
95% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: eSolutionsPub: eSolutions Nordic AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dominate is an abstract strategy board game played on a 8x8 board.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 24.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Board Game 17.5%, Top-Down 8.6%, Puzzle 7.9%
- #5 War Tactics
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yawningcat Games
Windows
《War Tactics》is a turn-based tactical game inspired by "Advance Wars". Command military units on square grids in modern warfare scenarios. Features deep tactics, intuitive controls, rich unit variety, complex terrain interactions, and single-player campaigns. Plan and conquer with your intellect.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 29.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.7%, Board Game 14.4%, Military 8%, Strategy 7.4%
- #6 Hexxagon - Board Game
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2022
Dev: eSolutionsPub: eSolutions Nordic AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Hexxagon is an abstract strategy board game played on a hexagonal board.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.6%, Board Game 18.2%, Top-Down 8.6%, Puzzle 8.4%
- #7 Codename: Operation Go
93% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Iteration Unit
Windows
Codename: Operation Go is a turn-based strategy game that blends the rules of Go and the playstyle of strategy games. As in Go, players can deploy units directly to any available position on the battlefield, send them into action immediately, and capture enemy forces outright by surrounding them.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 21.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Board Game 19.4%, Strategy 10.8%, Military 8.1%
- #8 ChessXpanse
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GameJillion
Windows
ChessXpanse™ is a game that captures the intensity of chess and pits one player against another in the midst of battle. In ChessXpanse, a player faces varying front lines as the starting positions of each game board differ.
Why similar: Board Game 23.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 23.3%, Strategy 13.8%, Puzzle 9.2%
- #9 GridLock
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mr. Phil Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Command a 3-soldier squad against AXIOM, a rogue AI spreading across the battlefield. Every turn the Grid grows, buffing enemies and punishing your troops. Destroy every Node before 75% of the map is consumed. Fast, tight, tactical.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 29.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.7%, Strategy 9.8%, Military 9.6%, Dystopian 7.9%
- #10 Checkmate Kingdoms: Ancient Origin
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SAMWOO STUDIO
Windows
Command distinct low-poly armies in a strategy game built on authentic chess. Enjoy quick matches, take on history-inspired scenarios with special objectives, and grow your civilization through tactical turn-based warfare. A free Quick Battle demo is available now.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 29.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.7%, Board Game 18.2%, Puzzle 8.6%, Strategy 7.9%
- #11 ONE STEP WAR
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 林栖者游戏
Windows
One Step War is a modern minimalist tactical board game. Different pieces have different effects, creating meaningful tactical choices. The game includes standard battles, campaign puzzles, and roguelite expeditions.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.8%, Board Game 21.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, Strategy 11.8%, Puzzle 7.6%
- #12 Chess: Three Kingdom
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 超级鸽
Windows
"Chess: Three Kingdoms" is a game built upon chess rules, integrating tactical war-game strategy with a Three Kingdoms setting. Command distinctive troop types, recruit armies with random traits, and enhance your official rank for the chance to enlist rare elite units.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 30.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 25%, Strategy 9.7%, Tactical 7.3%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #13 MirrorBullet
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ark
Windows
An unreflected shot cannot kill anything. Place a handful of mirrors, fire once, and let the enemy's own volley solve the board. 144 hand-built stages across a dozen worlds — rotating flip mirrors, portals, half-silvered panes and relay sentries — every par proven minimal by a solver.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.8%, Top-Down 11.1%, Puzzle 8.7%, Strategy 6.6%
- #14 Regular Strategy Game
89% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: Dusa Softworks
Windows · Mac
Regular Strategy Game is strategy puzzle game built around the idea of combining aspects from a board game and a turn based combat videogame. Will you be able to figure out the right moves to beat each challenge?
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.6%, Puzzle 10.1%, Strategy 9.6%, Tactical 9.3%
- #15 Not Ready for Service
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Apth Games Studio
Windows
Not Ready for Service is a turn-based tactics game on a hex grid, with no initiative order. In 2239, you're an immunician piloting microbots inside a human body. Form a squad from dozens of units, fight pathogens, save lives, advance your career, and understand the difference between self and other.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 31.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.2%, Top-Down 11.2%, Strategy 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 5.7%
- #16 Fabled Kingdoms
86% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Skill Tree
Windows
A turn-based fantasy strategy game where you command powerful factions, build your forces, and outmaneuver enemies across tactical grid-based battles in a rich narrative campaign. Make use of tactics, terrain, and unit abilities win your battles!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 34.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 27.9%, Top-Down 12.2%, Strategy 11.8%, 2D 5.4%
- #17 BattleMaster
86% match9 user reviews60% 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: Turn-Based Tactics 38.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 30.6%, Strategy 13%, Turn-Based Combat 8.4%, 2D 5.7%
- #18 Elementyle
85% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Tagon35
Windows · Linux
Elementyle is a chess-like, turn-based strategy game where players claim tiles with unique pieces and element sets.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 25.7%, Board Game 24%, Turn-Based Tactics 19%, Strategy 13.7%, Top-Down 12.1%
- #19 Medieval Squad Tactics
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Son Tactics
Windows
This game is focused on turn based tactical combats. The complexity of the game comes from having to carefully manage your various formations in order to defeat your enemies. Carefully plan your actions to win the battle.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 29.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 29.7%, Strategy 15%, Top-Down 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 6.1%
- #20 Meow Over Moo
84% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Flipped Cat
Windows · Mac · Linux
Unleash tactical mayhem in a ruthless cat-vs-cow board game! Experience cute, 1v1 pure strategy with symmetric factions, deterministic combat, and zero first-player advantage. From relaxed play to competitive mastery, every move counts in this perfectly balanced, turn-based showdown.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 22.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.2%, Board Game 20.3%, Strategy 10.7%, Top-Down 7.1%
- #21 Hex Clash - The Fractured Combs
83% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Salih Demirkol
Windows · Mac
Command your swarm in Hex Clash: The Fractured Combs! In this turn-based strategic multiplayer game, face 5 Legendary Queens across Planet Hexanor. Farm Nectar, convert it to Pollen, Honey, and Stars to unlock epic cosmetics from Colony Chests. Unleash magical skills and rule the hex grid!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.8%, Board Game 19.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #22 Scorched Dominion
82% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: InfiniService
Windows
A dark fantasy turn-based strategy game about competing for territory and assets. Command unique units, disrupt enemy advances, and expand your power. Features five factions, five AI difficulty levels, and local two-player battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 31.4%, Board Game 21.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Tactical 8.8%, Strategy 7.4%
- #23 XO Evolved
82% matchPositive81% of 21 reviews2024
Dev: Charles HollandPub: XOE Team
Windows
XO evolved is a revolutionary new twist to the game of tic tac toe. XO Evolved is a much more complex and strategic version of tic tac toe, featuring more shapes, exciting mechanics such as lasers, and cards with special effects to turn the tide of the game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 25.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.4%, Board Game 23.9%, Strategy 13.2%, Tactical 6.1%
- #24 Six Orders
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Slashstep
Windows · Mac · Linux
A retro turn-based tactics game where you have to find the one simulation to save the earth from its impending death. Control your army of robots to fight TERRAs on their mission to destroy the last remaining chance of terrestrial life.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.1%, Top-Down 12%, Strategy 8.3%, Turn-Based Combat 7%
- #25 FireChess
81% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: JT
Windows
Unleash a new level of chess tactics with mages that can create fires, freeze opponents, introduce fog of war and more. Capture gold spaces to earn income which can be used to strengthen your army!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 36.4%, Board Game 24.7%, Strategy 12.5%, Top-Down 12.2%, Tactical 6.3%
- #26 V-Hunter Puzzler Dx
80% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2023
Dev: Yatch Studios
Windows · Mac
Hunt a plethora of monsters using unique items in a dynamic turn-based grid puzzler! Complete the bite-sized levels in as few turns as possible and help V-Hunter defeat the evil vampire Alric!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 33%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.9%, Strategy 10.6%, Puzzle 10.2%, Top-Down 10%
- #27 Crown & Conquest
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cannibal Parrot Games
Windows · Linux
Chess pieces are chain-reaction bombs on a growing Reversi board. Place, sandwich, and detonate cascades to seize territory. Build a deck, anchor an unflippable King, charge your Queen, and outwit 8 AI rivals and 4 bosses across an 18-match campaign.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.5%, Board Game 22.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Strategy 12.6%, Top-Down 11.7%
- #28 Ash Run '84
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marcus BorgerPub: Articus Studios LLC
Windows
Every unit matters in this fast-paced turn-based strategy game. Keep your veterans alive as they grow stronger, capture strategic objectives, unlock campaign upgrades, and outmaneuver the enemy across a vibrant synth-wave battlefield.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.2%, Top-Down 11.2%, Strategy 8.2%, Turn-Based Combat 7.2%
- #29 ChessTan
77% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Darren Huai
Windows
Settle a kingdom, roll for resources, and build an army with real chess movesets on a hex battlefield. ChessTan fuses Catan-style economy with chess-style combat for 2-4 players — outbuild your rivals, then checkmate the last Nexus standing. Play locally, online with friends, or through Steam.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 27%, Turn-Based Tactics 27%, Board Game 25.3%, Strategy 14.8%, 2D 5.1%
- #30 Lonelode
78% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: L7
Windows
Lonelode is a turn-based, placement-focused mining battle game. Each turn, you randomly receive a mining tool; rotate it and choose the right position to dig, competing for control of lonelodes—watch out for hidden mines, which can blow up your tool.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 41.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 32.5%, Strategy 14.3%, 2D 6.2%, Casual 4.6%
- #31 Project Labyrinth
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nathaniel StaufferPub: Nix Studio
Windows
Join your friends in a 2D online multiplayer board game experience. Slide tiles around the board to make paths and collect goals and power-ups. Use the board to mess with your opponents, and take you to victory.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 24%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.7%, Board Game 22.5%, Strategy 12.4%, Grid-Based Movement 6.5%
- #32 Europe 2041: Resistance
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ZG Games
Windows
Dark ages loom over Europe, and whole world watches. Your mission is to build a resistance movement and liberate the occupied continent in this casual turn-based strategy game. The fate of Europe is in your hands.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.2%, Military 13.5%, Strategy 12.6%, Tactical 5.9%
- #33 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Tactics
76% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Ubisoft
Windows
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Tactics is a turn-based tactical game set in the R6 universe. Command operator squads in tense battles, execute synchronized breaches, exploit destruction, and unravel a conspiracy.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 31.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 31.3%, Military 17.5%, Strategy 10.2%, Turn-Based Combat 8.4%
- #34 Games For The Table
76% match7 user reviews75% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Independent DeveloperPub: Independent Publisher
Windows
Can't choose what game to play? Well this game is the game for you!Games for the Table are games inside a game. So far, the game contains a handful of games: checkers, chess, a unique fusion of checkers and chess, and a version of the well-know game, Crazy Eights, in development currently.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 23.5%, Board Game 21.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 20%, Strategy 11.5%, Top-Down 9.6%
- #35 Forts & Castles
74% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Thomas Silveri
Windows
A medieval turn-based strategy board game for one or two players. Roll dice to move your soldiers and scouts across the board, capture forts and castles, and win quick dice battles against a scheming AI or a friend in hot-seat play.
Why similar: Board Game 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 19%, Strategy 13.1%, Top-Down 9%
- #36 magical capture
75% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: DIG Games
Windows
✨ A cosy, relaxing escape into a world of wonder—Magical Capture wraps you in warmth and quiet charm.
Why similar: Board Game 24.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.1%, Strategy 13.6%, Puzzle 9.4%
- #37 electric strategy
75% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: MAKO Studio
Windows · Linux
A turn-based tactics game where every action costs energy. Command robots across a grid-based battlefield, transfer power between units, and help machines reclaim their will.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 26%, Grid-Based Movement 10%, Strategy 8.9%, Turn-Based Combat 7.7%
- #38 Assault On Sector 12
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Balteika Games
Windows
A turn-based, squad-focused tactical defense game where your squad holds the line against advancing enemy waves.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 27%, Top-Down 13.6%, Turn-Based Combat 11%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Strategy 9.9%
- #39 Steel Wolverines: Modern Armored Combat
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TboneWargames
Windows
A turn-based tactical wargame inspired by the classics of the 1990s. Build your own battlegroup and fight on a modern battlefield where detecting the enemy, choosing the right weapon, and landing the first accurate shot decide the outcome.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 30.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.3%, Military 14.8%, Top-Down 8.3%, Tactical 7.8%
- #40 King for a Knight
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Chase of Bass, Inc.
Windows
Be the unsung hero of chess board -BE THE KNIGHT! A fun -fast paced chess knight puzzle adventure with over 100 levels to stomp your way through!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.9%, Board Game 19.2%, Top-Down 9.2%, Strategy 7.4%
- #41 Chaos Chess
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Mad Gnome Works
Windows
Want an Engineer who can revive pieces back? Or a Rook that can move 1 square diagonally? Maybe a Pawn that can also go backwards? Well you got all of that in Chaos Chess. Custom puzzles with Workshop. Build an army with a budget in the Lab, take it into a match, and find out if the theory holds.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Board Game 21.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.2%, Strategy 11.4%, Puzzle 8.5%
- #42 Free Strategy Chess Game
71% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Wang ZhongQi
Windows
1.It is The Strategy Chess Game. 2.All operations are performed using the left mouse button. 3.In the world map, left-click to move the character. If the character is not visible, click the second and third buttons below to locate them.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 36.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 34.3%, Strategy 13.8%, Tactical 9.7%, Indie 2.7%
- #43 Drowned in the Light:Gloom
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: 忙人抽象工作室
Windows
Drowned in the Light: Gloom is a high-difficulty, real-time turn-based, story-driven character development game. Players will explore the unknown world.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 37.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 37.7%, Strategy 13.1%, 2D 7.1%, Indie 3.2%
- #44 Wendtale
71% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Yuzhu Productions
Windows
A brilliant breakthrough in turn-based strategy! Just as the enemy attacks, your turn is only beginning—Preemptive Strike, Defense, or Counterattack. Anticipate enemy targeting, manage your resources, and take them out by surprise between turns!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 32%, Turn-Based Tactics 29.6%, Strategy 16%, Top-Down 10.1%, Indie 7%
- #45 25920
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 18 reviews2024
Dev: BmoneyDC
Windows
Three dimensional grid turn-based strategy game. Combat the computer or your friends to prove your brain is less smooth than theirs.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 28.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.6%, Strategy 11%, Military 10.5%, Turn-Based Combat 8.1%
- #46 Crossfire: Dungeons
74% 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: Turn-Based Tactics 42.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 37.4%, Strategy 15.2%, Indie 4.8%
- #47 BloodStar: Raiders
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tom TsiliopoulosPub: Purple Hex Studios
Windows
Command a squad of Raiders in this brutal turn-based tactics game, fighting rivals and monsters for loot and the powerful Relic before racing to escape alive.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.2%, Board Game 14.4%, Military 9.3%, Tactical 7.9%
- #48 Phasebreak
68% match8 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Spacewarp INC.Pub: Breda University of Applied Sciences
Windows
In this turn based strategy game, your tactics are pushed to the limit as you need to consider not one,- but two gameboards. Warp both friend and foe between them, master interdimensional gunfights, and confidently strategize around RNG-free abilities in this FREE student project!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.5%, Top-Down 11.9%, Strategy 10.9%, Turn-Based Combat 6.1%
- #49 改名師 -Kaimeishi-
70% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: gMarks
Windows · Mac
あなたは、珍しい名前への嫉妬心から生まれた妖怪を名前の力で祓う『改名師』です。次々と現れる妖怪たちを珍しい名前に改名して祓い、朝まで生き延びることを目指します。
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 35.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.4%, Strategy 10.6%, Puzzle 10.1%, Roguelite 5.6%
- #50 Round Hero
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mu
Windows
《Round Hero》 is an innovative roguelike turn-based wargame, innovative mechanics combined with meat pigeon elements, players control heroes, fight monsters and upgrade, multiple ways to get skills, buffs, equipment, props, runes
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.6%, Board Game 22.9%, Strategy 7.4%, 2D 5.2%
- #51 Let's Board
70% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: RelativeFriend
Windows
Let's Board is a sharp-thinking abstract strategy board game for 2–4 players. Play a variety of modes with your friends and see who wins!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 26.6%, Board Game 24.9%, Strategy 14.4%, 2D 5.1%
- #52 Khaligrad
69% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2023
Dev: Orbi Universo Team
Windows · Linux
Slip on the boots of a freshly-arrived officer in Khaligrad, a strategy game that plunges you into the heart of a grueling military campaign. Lead your battalion for the Empire or the Union, with intense turn-based battles and unforgiving management phases.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 24.3%, Strategy 11.3%, Military 10.4%, Top-Down 8.3%
- #53 General
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meilocon
Windows
This is a classic strategy tactics game where you will play as a young general of the kingdom, leading the remaining soldiers to break through enemy lines and bring back critical intelligence to your homeland.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 36.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.9%, Strategy 12.3%, Top-Down 7.7%, Turn-Based Combat 6.7%
- #54 Chaos Dice Survival
67% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: RaiP
Windows
8 characters clash on a 5x5 map! A unique simultaneous turn-based survival board game where dice decide your fate upon contact. Survive the chaos and become the ultimate champion!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 25.1%, Board Game 23.6%, Strategy 11.5%, 2D 4.1%
- #55 Wargame Forge
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: JIN CHENMING
Windows
Step onto the tactical sandbox and experience strategic wargame scenarios. Command with ease, outthink your rivals, and master the classic turn-based battlefield. Every move counts—every decision writes your legend in this thrilling virtual war.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.6%, Board Game 18.4%, Strategy 10.5%, Military 8%
- #56 Tight Tactics
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Yellow bearPub: Only Tactics
Windows
Be ready for turn-based combat in this roguelite to kick off with the enemy opening fire on you first, trying to keep you from regrouping, and one bad decision leading to the death of your entire upgraded squad
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 29.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Turn-Based Combat 8.8%, Top-Down 8.2%
- #57 Taiping Heavenly Kingdom
66% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2025
Dev: 班超工作室
Windows
The setting is in mid-19th century China, an era when the great Qing Empire, rotten to the core, was plagued by both domestic troubles and foreign invasions.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%, Board Game 18.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #58 Dragon Lair Depths
67% matchPositive95% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Atomheart Game Studio
Windows
A turn-based strategy game with a light roguelike twist. Bring heroes of different races, break into the dragon's lair full of monsters, improve heroes and use strategies, defeat evil dragons time and time again...
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 32.2%, Board Game 26.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Strategy 10.1%, Roguelite 5.1%
- #59 Chess Royale
67% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Mewton Games
Windows
👑 A non-standard chess game in which kings have magical powers. The player needs to cut down the enemy king, building a victorious tactics by combining the queue of moves and magical abilities.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 22.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.2%, Board Game 20.7%, Puzzle 8.3%, Strategy 8.3%
- #60 Vexbound
64% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Cierzo Works
Windows · Linux
Vexbound is a free tactical puzzle-battler RPG where one slide can chain into a storm. Line up troops, raise walls, summon elites and champions, and break the enemy hero across a story campaign, AI duels, private rooms, and ranked online PvP.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.6%, Board Game 19.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Puzzle 7.7%