Games Like Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut

Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!

Why similar: Cyberpunk 32.7%, Turn-Based 25%, RPG 12.2%, Isometric 9.1%, CRPG 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: This is the direct successor in the series, offering the same core mechanics and cyberpunk world-building.

The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 33.5%, Turn-Based 25.6%, RPG 14%, Isometric 9%, Tactical 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series that established the tactical turn-based combat and isometric cyberpunk aesthetic.

Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

Why similar: Turn-Based 28.6%, CRPG 17.4%, Isometric 14.7%, RPG 11.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A premier modern CRPG that features deep tactical combat and significant narrative consequences similar to Dragonfall.

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

Why similar: RPG 30.2%, Isometric 22.4%, CRPG 21.4%, Story Rich 8.5%, Turn-Based 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on narrative choices and isometric CRPG mechanics where your decisions shape the world.

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: Cyberpunk 31.6%, Turn-Based 22.8%, Isometric 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.7%, Tactical 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the high-stakes cyberpunk stealth and tactical planning found in the Shadowrun series.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.

Why similar: RPG 36.6%, CRPG 29.3%, Story Rich 13.4%, Strategy 6.6%, Fantasy 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for modern isometric CRPGs, offering unparalleled choice, consequence, and tactical depth.

The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.

Why similar: CRPG 26.9%, RPG 20.3%, Isometric 14.1%, Story Rich 9.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features highly polished turn-based tactical combat and an expansive, story-rich 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 29.5%, RPG 19.3%, Isometric 18%, CRPG 14.6%, Cyberpunk 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A hardcore isometric CRPG that emphasizes deep character customization and challenging turn-based combat.

Embark on a journey to a realm overrun by demons in a new epic RPG from the creators of the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Explore the nature of good and evil, learn the true cost of power, and rise as a Mythic Hero capable of deeds beyond mortal expectations.

Why similar: Isometric 23.1%, CRPG 22.3%, RPG 15.7%, Tactical 13.8%, Story Rich 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A massive, complex CRPG that rewards strategic character building and tactical decision-making.

Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!

Why similar: Cyberpunk 26.5%, Turn-Based 24.1%, Isometric 13.3%, RPG 8.5%, Tactical 8%

Why You'll Like It: A modern cyberpunk tactical RPG that mirrors the squad-based, high-tech mercenary feel of Shadowrun.

From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

Why similar: Turn-Based 41%, RPG 19.5%, Isometric 10.4%, CRPG 10%, Tactical 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style tactical CRPG that shares the gritty, post-apocalyptic sensibilities of the Shadowrun setting.

Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.

Why similar: RPG 27.5%, Turn-Based 22.4%, Isometric 19%, CRPG 18%, Story Rich 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A polished isometric CRPG with deep party management and tactical combat systems.

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: RPG 30.1%, Isometric 26.1%, CRPG 19.8%, Story Rich 14.7%, Atmospheric 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers unmatched narrative depth and isometric exploration, focusing on character-driven storytelling.

Uncover secrets of past lives in this story-rich, tactical roleplaying game set in Sigil, a dark fantasy city at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse. Explore the planes, survive combat alongside a party of bizarre companions, and solve puzzles unlike any ever seen in the genre.

Why similar: CRPG 25.6%, Isometric 25.2%, RPG 23.2%, Story Rich 9.6%, Strategy 5%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive story-rich isometric RPG that influenced the narrative depth of modern CRPGs.

Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 53.3%, RPG 18.6%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Story Rich 9.2%, Atmospheric 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Captures the melancholic, gritty cyberpunk atmosphere and personal stakes of the Shadowrun universe.

Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 40.2%, Isometric 12.4%, Turn-Based 11%, RPG 8.9%, Sci-fi 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a stylish cyberpunk aesthetic and a unique blend of real-time and tactical combat.

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: CRPG 22.1%, Turn-Based 20.2%, Isometric 16.2%, RPG 15%, Sci-fi 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric CRPG that blends sci-fi themes with traditional turn-based tactical gameplay.

Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.

Why similar: RPG 26.8%, Isometric 21.7%, CRPG 16.6%, Turn-Based 14.5%, Story Rich 7%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich isometric RPG that prioritizes dialogue, exploration, and narrative consequence.

The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.

Why similar: Turn-Based 18.6%, Tactical 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.9%, RPG 14.5%, Isometric 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides excellent turn-based tactical squad combat with a focus on mercenary management.

Dex is a 2D, side-scrolling, open-world cyberpunk RPG with a focus on exploration and non-linear gameplay.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 66.1%, RPG 15.4%, Sci-fi 6.1%, Story Rich 4.2%, Female Protagonist 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D cyberpunk action-RPG that captures the aesthetic and narrative themes of the genre.

The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.

Why similar: CRPG 23.6%, Isometric 23%, RPG 13.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%, Tactical 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A brutal, choice-heavy tactical RPG that rewards careful planning and character specialization.

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 36.2%, RPG 20.8%, Tactical 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Strategy 11%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical turn-based combat with stealth and exploration in a unique, atmospheric setting.

Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open-world cyberpunk city. You command a group of 4 agents through rain-soaked, neon-lit streets, where the law is the will of mega-corporations.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 59.2%, Isometric 9.9%, Tactical 9.5%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Strategy 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk squad-based strategy game that focuses on infiltration and tactical execution.

Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.

Why similar: Turn-Based 33.1%, Isometric 17.1%, RPG 13.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Tactical 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical turn-based game that features deep squad mechanics and a dark, supernatural atmosphere.

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 47.6%, RPG 16.1%, Tactical 8.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.8%, Strategy 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven tactical game where every choice has lasting consequences for your party.

The classic adventure returns! Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition includes the original Baldur’s Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion, and all-new content including three new party members.

Why similar: Isometric 28%, CRPG 27.2%, RPG 18.7%, Story Rich 9.6%, Fantasy 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic isometric CRPG that provides the foundational experience for the genre.

Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.

Why similar: RPG 33.7%, Isometric 25.7%, CRPG 20.9%, Story Rich 8.3%, Fantasy 4.7%

Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition is the first isometric party-based cRPG set in the Pathfinder fantasy universe. Enjoy a classic RPG experience inspired by games like Baldur's Gate, Fallout 1 and 2 and Arcanum. Explore and conquer the Stolen Lands and make them your kingdom!

Why similar: RPG 25.3%, Isometric 19.4%, CRPG 19.1%, Turn-Based 17.5%, Story Rich 5.5%

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 45.8%, RPG 20.2%, Tactical 9.3%, Isometric 5.7%, Strategy 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical RPG that emphasizes grid-based combat and party management.

Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit.

Why similar: Turn-Based 42.1%, RPG 26.5%, Isometric 8.9%, CRPG 8.3%, Fantasy 3.1%

XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.

Why similar: Turn-Based 42.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.3%, Strategy 12.7%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6.3%

Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!

Why similar: Turn-Based 40.1%, RPG 26.6%, CRPG 10.3%, Isometric 7.6%, Story Rich 3.9%

The Final Cut is the ultimate collector's edition of Dreamfall Chapters, a story-driven 3D adventure about choice and consequence, set in parallel worlds: a cyberpunk vision of the future and a magical fantasy realm.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 58.4%, Story Rich 13.7%, Sci-fi 7.4%, Fantasy 5.3%, Atmospheric 4.3%

Return to the Forgotten Realms in this bestselling Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Combines all the content of Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition with all-new enhanced features. Includes 100+ hours of award-winning adventures and the tools to create your own!

Why similar: CRPG 31.5%, RPG 28.6%, Moddable 10.8% ★, Story Rich 9.3%, Fantasy 6.2%

Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.

Why similar: CRPG 26.8%, RPG 18.8%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Story Rich 9.5%, Strategy 8%

Rediscover the beloved RPG classic— now enhanced for modern adventurers! Gather your party of heroes and continue the legendary adventure in this story-rich fantasy epic where every choice matters.

Why similar: CRPG 26.8%, RPG 25.6%, Isometric 23.3%, Story Rich 9.4%, Fantasy 5%

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 55.8%, RPG 17%, Strategy 9.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.4%, Sci-fi 3.5%

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!

Why similar: RPG 24.9%, Turn-Based 23.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Isometric 9.4%, Strategy 8.4%

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 26.1%, Cyberpunk 21.9%, CRPG 12.5%, Isometric 11.4%, RPG 8.5%

Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.

Why similar: RPG 26.4%, Isometric 22.9%, CRPG 20.3%, Turn-Based 13%, Story Rich 8.2%

ATOM RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.

Why similar: Turn-Based 36.1%, CRPG 18.9%, Isometric 16.5%, RPG 12.1%, Tactical 5.5%

The award-winning adventure continues in Banner Saga 2! This epic, story-based, role-playing game continues its emotional journey across a breaking world. Bold leadership decisions, wise use of resources, and skillful battle tactics are vital to ensure your viking clans make it through alive.

Why similar: Turn-Based 32.8%, RPG 25.5%, Story Rich 9.6%, Strategy 8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.1%

Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!

Why similar: Turn-Based 38%, RPG 19.8%, Strategy 7.4%, CRPG 6.6%, Tactical 6.6%

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: Turn-Based 43.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.7%, Tactical 9.7%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Strategy 8.5%

The critically acclaimed Valkyria Chronicles is now available on PC in 1080p True HD, including all previously released DLC!

Why similar: Turn-Based 52.4%, RPG 14.3%, Tactical 12%, Strategy 8.2%, Story Rich 7.7%

You play Adam Jensen, an ex-SWAT specialist who's been handpicked to oversee the defensive needs of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. Your job is to safeguard company secrets, but when a black ops team breaks in and kills the very scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job...

Why similar: Cyberpunk 65.3%, RPG 17.2%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Story Rich 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%

Roll for initiative, take attacks of opportunity, manage player location and the verticality of the battle field in this Turn-Based Tactical RPG based on the SRD 5.1 Ruleset. In Solasta, you make the choices, dice decide your destiny.

Why similar: CRPG 30.9%, RPG 27.5%, Story Rich 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Fantasy 7.8%

When a tragic turn of events sets one man down a path of supernatural chaos and revenge, he must brutally hunt down all those who wronged him. Fight and survive through 8 unique story-based scenarios, and try your hand at 40 individually designed turn-based combat missions

Why similar: Turn-Based 33.7%, RPG 16.8%, Isometric 13.2%, Tactical 9.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%

Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition revives the classic RPG with fresh updates for modern players. Build a party of Dungeons & Dragons heroes and explore the frozen tundra in this retro fantasy adventure.

Why similar: CRPG 29.9%, RPG 27.8%, Isometric 22.5%, Story Rich 6.4%, Fantasy 5.7%

In a dark Cyberpunk world, you (and up to 3 friends) wage war against the all-powerful Federation in this Source-powered FPS/RPG.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 72.2%, RPG 18.6%, Sci-fi 4.6%, Story Rich 1.3%, Indie 1.1%

A cyberpunk adventure game from the studio that brought you Gemini Rue and Blackwell! The year is 2087. Genetic engineering is the norm, and an omnipresent AI powers the city. Take control of three citizens of this world as they struggle to understand a deadly conspiracy.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 73.5%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Story Rich 6.2%, Adventure 3.8%, Indie 1.9%

Divine Divinity is an epic role-playing game with hack-and-slash action, offering a huge world to explore and thousands of items to investigate, trade and use.

Why similar: RPG 44.1%, Isometric 31.1%, CRPG 11.2%, Fantasy 6.3%, Story Rich 2.6%

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 32.1%, Isometric 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Tactical 12.2%, Sci-fi 8%

Gamedec is a single-player cyberpunk isometric RPG. You are a game detective, who solves crimes inside virtual worlds. Use your wits to gather info from your witnesses and suspects, getting to the bottom of deceptive schemes. The game continually adapts to your decisions and never judges.

Why similar: Cyberpunk 41.9%, Isometric 16%, CRPG 14.7%, RPG 13.8%, Story Rich 7.2%

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 37.3%, Isometric 12.2%, Tactical 10.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, RPG 9.5%

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: Cyberpunk 26.7%, Turn-Based 23.3%, RPG 22.3%, CRPG 15%, Sci-fi 9.2%

Avernum is a land underground, a subterranean nation full of rogues, misfits, and brigands, struggling for survival in the monster-infested darkness. Hunt for glory, treasure, and justice in the underworld. Fight for survival, freedom, and even vengeance in the epic indie cult-classic.

Why similar: Turn-Based 31.6%, RPG 21.6%, Isometric 21.2%, CRPG 12.7%, Strategy 3.7%