- #1 Urban Strife
97% matchMostly Positive70% of 698 reviews2026
Dev: White Pond GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 16.2%, Post-apocalyptic 14%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%, Strategy RPG 11.1%, Survival 10.9%
- #2 Dead Grid
96% matchVery Positive94% of 534 reviews2026
Dev: Atom Void
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Dead Grid is a turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, infused with an 80s retro vibe. Lead a squad of elite mercenaries, fight relentless hordes, discover survivors, and build up your camp with hundreds of scavenged upgrades.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 26.2%, Party-Based RPG 21.6%, Strategy RPG 19.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.5%, Turn-Based Combat 11.8%
- #3 MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 249 reviews2026
Dev: Black AnchorPub: Webzen
Windows
A turn-based tactical RPG set in a medieval city overrun by horrific creatures, where only your wits and strategies can keep you alive. Plunge into The Dark Shroud to rescue survivors, inherit the memories of the fallen, and restore the shattered "Memolith" to reclaim the lost light.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23%, Party-Based RPG 17.5%, Strategy RPG 17%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%
- #4 Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
94% matchVery Positive94% of 3,234 reviews2025
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: Tactical RPG 18.2%, Party-Based RPG 16.4%, Strategy RPG 13.7%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%
- #5 Regenesis
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 71 reviews2023
Dev: Klopsy
Windows
Guide a group of survivors trying to strive in this alien yet familiar environment. Fight against mutated creatures and use their parts to craft and upgrade your weapons.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 27.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 10.8%
- #6 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 743 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Awaken from an abandoned stasis pod and discover a doomed mining camp on Titan in an uncompromising turn-based survival RPG. Survive the evolving horrors that lurk below and craft equipment, research new gear, fight against overwhelming odds, or even discover your true fate.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 26.2%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Turn-Based Combat 19.3%, Survival 16.7%, Crafting 11.2%
- #7 Urtuk: The Desolation
93% matchVery Positive88% of 2,546 reviews2021
Dev: David Kaleta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 28.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Turn-Based Combat 15.3%, Strategy RPG 12%
- #8 The Last Spell
91% matchVery Positive91% of 13,760 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Tactical RPG 24.1%, Strategy RPG 18.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.4%, Turn-Based Combat 15.9%, Post-apocalyptic 12%
- #9 Depth of Extinction
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2018
Dev: HOF Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
Why similar: Tactical RPG 22.5%, Party-Based RPG 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.9%, Strategy RPG 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%
- #10 Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 413 reviews2019
Dev: Tortuga Team
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 21.3%, Grid-Based Movement 17.9%, Strategy RPG 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 12.7%
- #11 Tinyfolks
89% matchVery Positive93% of 1,104 reviews2022
Dev: Pierre VandermaesenPub: VANDERMAESEN GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Train your folks, defeat monsters and upgrade your town!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 31.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.8%, Strategy RPG 16.5%, Retro 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #12 Interregnum: False Prophet
90% matchMixed59% of 58 reviews2024
Dev: Spacewalkers
Windows
A tactical, turn-based strategy game in a post-apocalyptic world of eternal winter. As the titular False Prophet, recruit and lead a group of survivors to a promised land. Loot, craft, and make the best of what you find.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.2%, Strategy RPG 14.9%, Post-apocalyptic 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%
- #13 Stoneshard
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 35,730 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Why similar: Survival 33.1%, Turn-Based Combat 31.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.2%, Strategy 13.3%, Singleplayer 3%
- #14 Punk Wars
89% matchMixed59% of 124 reviews2021
Dev: Strategy Forge S.A.Pub: Salient Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Our civilization has fallen. From the ashes, four new powers emerge. Immerse yourself in a combat-heavy twist on a classic turn-based 4X strategy where steam, steel, atom and diesel-punk corporations clash to spread their technology and the way of life.
Why similar: Steampunk 35.7% ★, Post-apocalyptic 16.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Survival 12.6%, Isometric 10.8%
- #15 NEO Scavenger
86% matchVery Positive90% of 5,426 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 33.1%, Survival 31.7%, Grid-Based Movement 15.1%, Crafting 14.5%, Strategy 4.7%
- #16 Duskpunk
84% matchVery Positive92% of 189 reviews2025
Dev: Clockwork Bird
Windows · Mac · Linux
A gritty dice-driven RPG, in a steampunk city. You escaped the War, but how to survive? Explore the city. Build up your skills. Decide who to trust. Choose carefully: you might just spark a revolution!
Why similar: Steampunk 100% ★
- #17 Zoria: Age of Shattering
85% matchMostly Positive78% of 640 reviews2024
Dev: Tiny Trinket GamesPub: Anshar Publishing
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A squad-based tactical RPG with fluid turn-based combat, outpost, and followers management, set in the expansive fantasy world of Zoria. Lead a team of four heroes with their unique skills and perks. Every team member contributes to undertaken battles.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 34.3%, Party-Based RPG 31.3%, Turn-Based Combat 23.2%, Strategy 7.8%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #18 Z Dawn
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 292 reviews2019
Dev: GoldenGod Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 21.4%, Turn-Based Combat 20.4%, Survival 18.3%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%, Crafting 14.1%
- #19 Fallen: A2P Protocol
87% matchMostly Negative38% of 226 reviews2015
Dev: Red Katana
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A post-apocalyptic, turn based, tactical combat and strategy game where you lead your caravan on a quest for revenge.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 18.1%, Tactical RPG 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.5%, Isometric 13.2%
- #20 Shards of Order
82% matchVery Positive90% of 644 reviews2026
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
A grim RPG with card-based combat where nothing stays dead. Lead a party of survivors through a world undone by shattered Laws. Restore them and reshape the rules of the game, but be ready to face the consequences.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 46.8%, Turn-Based Combat 31%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Strategy 4.4%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #21 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,818 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Post-apocalyptic 30.9%, Turn-Based Combat 30.2%, Isometric 20.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Survival 8.4%
- #22 Circus Electrique
83% matchMostly Positive74% of 278 reviews2022
Dev: Zen Studios
Windows
Circus Electrique is part story-driven RPG, part tactics, part circus management, and completely enthralling– all with a steampunk twist. When everyday Londoners mysteriously turn into vicious killers, only the show’s talented performers possess the skills necessary to save the city.
Why similar: Steampunk 30.7% ★, Tactical RPG 20%, Strategy RPG 15.1%, Party-Based RPG 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.2%
- #23 Dead State: Reanimated
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,564 reviews2014
Dev: DoubleBear Productions
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dead State is a narrative-driven survival RPG set at the dawn of the undead apocalypse. Drawing inspiration from classic RPGs like Fallout, X-Com, and Suikoden, Dead State combines strategic, turn-based combat with base building mechanics, character creation, and social management.
Why similar: Survival 44.3%, Post-apocalyptic 21.5%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, Strategy 9.9%, Isometric 5.8%
- #24 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
81% matchVery Positive84% of 3,360 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 39.9%, Survival 25.6%, Pixel Graphics 20.2%, Strategy 11.1%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #25 Wantless : Solace at World’s End
80% matchVery Positive90% of 336 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Rate StudioPub: Twin Sails Interactive
Windows
In this dystopic sci-fi Tactical RPG, save your patients from themselves. Craft your skills among millions of combinations, heal the mind and face ever growing nightmares in 10mn runs. Will you overcome the insidious being chasing you across minds?
Why similar: Tactical RPG 22.4%, Strategy RPG 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%, Isometric 12.1%
- #26 Ecopunk
79% matchVery Positive82% of 136 reviews2025
Dev: Zerone Games
Windows
Ecopunk is a survival and colony management simulation game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Balance survival, resource management, and hope as you guide your colony through the ruins of civilization.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 37%, Survival 23.6%, Resource Management 17.9%, Simulation 12.8%, Crafting 7.1%
- #27 Ash of Gods: Redemption
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,476 reviews2018
Dev: AurumDust
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.7%, Party-Based RPG 18.6%, Strategy RPG 16.5%, Turn-Based Combat 15.2%, Isometric 14%
- #28 Mech Armada
78% matchVery Positive81% of 700 reviews2022
Dev: Lioncode Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Turn-Based Tactics 27.1%, Post-apocalyptic 22.9%, Isometric 21.7%, Turn-Based Combat 19.8%, Strategy 6.9%
- #29 Neuroshima Hex
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Baked Games
Windows
Neuroshima Hex is a post-apocalyptic tactical game from the designers of Neuroshima, the board game. It is all about strategy and tactics on one hexagonal battlefield. The game offers many different units, technologies and special abilities that can be used for an effective strategy.
Why similar: Steampunk 26.5% ★, Tactical RPG 20.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%
- #30 Machine Mind
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 601 reviews2026
Dev: Chudo-Yudo GamesPub: Targem Games
Windows · Mac
Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 28.1%, Isometric 18.5%, Survival 16.4%, Resource Management 15.9%, Crafting 14.3%
- #31 Ocean Punk
77% matchVery Positive80% of 170 reviews2024
Dev: Infinite Studio
Windows
Explore a fantasy ocean-punk world, braving the deep with steam-powered marvels. Discover mysterious underwater treasures, but scarcity and ecological crises test survival. Rise, build, confront foes in this pixel-art ocean survival journey!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 35.3%, Survival 19.3%, Resource Management 18.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Simulation 7.8%
- #32 Void War
74% matchVery Positive94% of 4,044 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Resource Management 45%, Strategy 20.6%, Pixel Graphics 17.1%, Simulation 14%, Singleplayer 3.3%
- #33 Dustwind: Resistance
76% matchVery Positive86% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Dustwind StudiosPub: Z-Software GmbH
Windows
Dustwind: Resistance is a single-player tactical game. Lead your squad—including your dog—against a brutal raider army. Pause to plan tactics. Use overwhelming firepower, stealth, traps, turrets, or an armored car to outmaneuver enemies. Protect your home and freedom. No surrender!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.6%, Party-Based RPG 17%, Post-apocalyptic 16.3%, Strategy RPG 13.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%
- #34 Highrisers
79% matchMostly Negative38% of 122 reviews2021
Dev: Solar Powered GamesPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
An Urban Survival RPG! Crafting, Exploring and Defending in a desolate metropolis haunted by the mysterious dreamers. Lead a team of 4 survivors through this urban desert of skyscrapers and high-rises, where the streets are crowded with the mutated victims of a strange disease.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.5%, Survival 19.1%, Resource Management 17.7%, Crafting 17%, Retro 11.3%
- #35 Veterum
72% matchVery Positive86% of 252 reviews2026
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows · Linux
Turn-based tactical strategy with a detailed combat system and interactive environment. Explore the open world, complete quests, search for rare artifacts. Lead the last army of the Order of the Gatekeepers and stop the coming chaos!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23%, Strategy RPG 16.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.6%, Grid-Based Movement 13.1%, Turn-Based Combat 10.3%
- #36 Live by the Sword: Tactics
75% matchMostly Positive72% of 74 reviews2022
Dev: Labrador Studios
Windows · Mac
Live By The Sword: Tactics is a streamlined tactical RPG that blends classic and contemporary gameplay elements. The game is set in a world recovering from the ravages of war, you must navigate the treacherous landscape to prevent further turmoil. Single Player and Multiplayer modes available.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 21.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.4%, Turn-Based Combat 17.7%, Tactical RPG 17.3%, Retro 10.2%
- #37 Dead Age
73% matchVery Positive82% of 5,612 reviews2016
Dev: Silent DreamsPub: Headup
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Survive the zombie apocalypse with a “Final Fantasy” turn-based combat and permanent death! Manage survivors, craft materials, and make difficult decisions. Defend your camp against hordes of the undead to prevail in this non-linear rogue-lite (comparable to FTL). Innovative Indie Survival-RPG!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 23%, Party-Based RPG 18.5%, Survival 18.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.2%, Strategy 7.5%
- #38 Sheltered 2
75% matchMixed45% of 2,222 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
A brutal survival management simulator set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Keep your faction of survivors alive, maintain your shelter and scavenge the ravaged world for resources. Befriend and trade with the factions you meet or conquer them by force.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 29.7%, Survival 22.8%, Resource Management 22%, Strategy RPG 11.1%, Strategy 8.5%
- #39 Deep Fringe
70% matchVery Positive92% of 85 reviews2026
Dev: Bosoneon StudioPub: Thousand Generation
Windows
Deep Fringe is a deep tactical RPG set in a biopunk post-apocalyptic wasteland. Lead powerful factions in turn-based brutal battles, leveraging the strategic use of an interactive environment. Modify or destroy terrain to achieve tactical supremacy. Craft legendary chapters with the level editor.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.3%, Turn-Based Combat 16.3%, Strategy RPG 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Post-apocalyptic 15.6%
- #40 Grimshade
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 141 reviews2019
Dev: TALEROCKPub: Asterion Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Grimshade is a party-based role-playing game inspired by JRPG of the 90s, featuring a tactical turn-based combat system and a grim story of war and personal choices.
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 19.9%, Tactical RPG 18%, Turn-Based Combat 16.1%, Strategy RPG 13.5%, Isometric 12.6%
- #41 Shuffle Tactics
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Club SandwichPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Shuffle Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding tactical RPG. Strategize to survive tough battles, pick the right cards to create powerful synergies, and bond with your sidekicks to get an edge in battle. Adventure awaits! Will you rise as Asteria's new King?
Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.8%, Grid-Based Movement 14.3%, Strategy RPG 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Isometric 11.9%
- #42 Punk Wars: Prologue
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 90 reviews2021
Dev: Strategy Forge S.A.Pub: Salient Games
Windows
Our civilization has fallen. From the ashes, four new powers emerge. Immerse yourself in a combat-heavy twist on a classic turn-based 4X strategy where steam, steel, atom and diesel-punk corporations clash to spread their technology and the way of life.
Why similar: Steampunk 32.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 20.7%, Post-apocalyptic 17.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Survival 7.5%
- #43 Space Prison
71% matchVery Positive84% of 296 reviews2024
Dev: Wooden AlienPub: Firesquid
Windows
Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.
Why similar: Grid-Based Movement 20.4%, Strategy RPG 19.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.4%, Survival 9.7%
- #44 Voidspire Tactics
72% matchVery Positive97% of 291 reviews2015
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
An indie turn-based Tactics RPG with a heavy emphasis on exploration, character progression, and highly tactical combat. Create your own deeply customizable party of Warriors, Sorcerers, and Shiftcloaks to take on the Spire!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 30.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.6%, Party-Based RPG 19%, Strategy RPG 14.2%, Strategy 9.9%
- #45 UnderRail
71% matchVery Positive86% of 7,264 reviews2015
Dev: Stygian Software
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 39.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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: Post-apocalyptic 34.2%, Isometric 28.5%, Turn-Based Combat 22.3%, Crafting 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%
- #46 Showgunners
69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,978 reviews2023
Dev: ArtificerPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 24.7%, Turn-Based Combat 23.5%, Isometric 20.1%, Tactical RPG 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 9%
- #47 Escape The Mad Empire
69% matchVery Positive88% of 433 reviews2025
Dev: XperimentalZ Games
Windows
Escape the Mad Empire is a party-based, rogue-like dungeon crawler with intense and deeply tactical combat. Overcome the challenges as a band of heroes, and preserve their lives and sanity by managing resources and growing your base. Can you Escape the Mad Empire?
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.6%, Party-Based RPG 22.4%, Strategy RPG 18.4%, Isometric 13.6%, Survival 11.5%
- #48 Last Train Home
68% matchVery Positive87% of 5,548 reviews2023
Dev: Ashborne GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The Great War is over - the fight continues. Command a legion of soldiers, desperately trying to make their way home amidst the chaos of civil war. Lead them through the unforgiving wilderness onboard an armored train. Manage your crew and resources and try to survive.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 40.8%, Survival 21.1%, Strategy 17.8%, Isometric 17.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #49 Ultimate Space Commando
73% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Creatio 49Pub: Angry Cat Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
USC is a turn-based, top-down view tactics game in which you control the crew of a stranded recon vessel in a "first contact war" for survival, featuring a detailed combat system with RPG elements, fully interactive randomized maps, unique weapons and gadgets, crafting, and custom multiplayer modes.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 63.9%, Strategy 36.1%
- #50 Bloodgrounds
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 622 reviews2026
Dev: Exordium GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Bloodgrounds merges tactical turn-based combat with strategic management, RPG and roguelite elements. Forged in the pits of the arena, you fought your way out and now as a wealthy patron you recruit, train, and command your team of hardened Gladiators to glory - or death.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.1%, Turn-Based Combat 18.7%, Party-Based RPG 17.9%, Strategy RPG 14.8%
- #51 Entropy
66% matchVery Positive95% of 313 reviews2026
Dev: Lovely HellplacePub: DreadXP
Windows
Entropy is a tactical turn-based RPG inspired by classic JRPGs. Assemble your party of mercenaries and forge your own path towards an expedition into hell to stop the demonic incursion. Choices you make along the way will determine the fate of your world.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 32.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.3%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Turn-Based Combat 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%
- #52 The Dragoness: Command of the Flame
70% matchMixed69% of 173 reviews2022
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The Dragoness mixes HOMM-like exploration, city-building and turn-based strategic combat, with a roguelite twist. Choose your battles, paths and skills as you explore a world ravaged by war. Gather and manage your army of beasts, collect resources and expand your city.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Grid-Based Movement 17.6%, Tactical RPG 17.4%, Strategy RPG 12.7%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%
- #53 Terminus: Zombie Survivors
65% matchVery Positive94% of 4,509 reviews2024
Dev: Longplay Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?
Why similar: Survival 27.7%, Post-apocalyptic 20.3%, Crafting 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%
- #54 Miasma Chronicles
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,061 reviews2023
Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: 505 Games Official
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
From the creators of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden comes a beautifully crafted tactical adventure you won’t forget. Embark on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland torn apart by a savage force known only as the ‘Miasma’.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 45.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 26.3%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Strategy 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #55 Nightmare Frontier
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 270 reviews2026
Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Behold! The first-ever Tactical Extraction Looter where you pit your courage and leadership against fears made manifest: the Dreadweavers. Lead a band of Scavengers into a devastated West Coast City of the alternative 1900s. Get in, face the monsters, grab the loot you can carry and get out. Alive.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 22.2%, Strategy RPG 16.8%, Lovecraftian 15.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13.6%
- #56 Flesh Eaters
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 1,351 reviews2016
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Flesh Eaters is retro style single player RTS zombie survival game with resource gathering and crafting. Zombies are everywhere! You must gather resources to build barricades, upgrade weapons and armour and explore the city under the siege of the dead
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.7%, Survival 20.9%, Real Time Tactics 16.9%, Simulation 15.8%, Retro 15.7%
- #57 Effulgence RPG
66% matchVery Positive86% of 73 reviews2026
Dev: Andrei Fomin
Windows
Effulgence RPG is a party-based RPG where symbols form 3D visuals. Enemies are more than obstacles - they ARE the resource 💀. Destroy them to forge better gear!
Why similar: Party-Based RPG 24.3%, Tactical RPG 23.1%, Turn-Based Combat 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.7%, Retro 10.7%
- #58 Lootbound
65% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,392 reviews2026
Dev: ArtDockPub: Dreland Enterprises
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Lootbound is a tactical roguelite with turn-based combat, loot management and D&D elements set in a dark fantasy world. Fight dangerous enemies, collect epic loot, recruit allies and lead them on a path of adventure.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 36.1%, Strategy RPG 35.2%, Pixel Graphics 14.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #59 Dark Envoy
67% matchMixed70% of 931 reviews2023
Dev: Event Horizon
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Lead a party of relic hunters in an epic cRPG adventure set in a war-torn Guns N’ Sorcery world. Experiment with a tactical slo-mo and a modern combat system!
Why similar: Steampunk 45.2% ★, Party-Based RPG 22.8%, Real Time Tactics 15.8%, Isometric 14.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%