- #1 Gears Tactics
97% matchMostly Positive75% of 7,500 reviews2020
Dev: Splash DamagePub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 34.6%, Strategy 23%, Tactical 18.1%, Isometric 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: It offers high-production, aggressive turn-based tactical combat that mirrors the intensity of Showgunners.
- #2 Miasma Chronicles
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,803 reviews2023
Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: 505 Games Official
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: Turn-Based Tactics 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.4%, Tactical 17.4%, Tactical RPG 12.7%, Dystopian 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A polished tactical RPG set in a dangerous sci-fi world that emphasizes exploration and strategic positioning.
- #3 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
96% matchVery Positive90% of 20,374 reviews2018
Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 Combat 27.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.6%, Tactical 19.7%, Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines stealth-based exploration with challenging turn-based tactical combat in a post-apocalyptic setting.
- #4 XCOM®: Chimera Squad
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 23,227 reviews2020
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 41.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Strategy 14.1%, Sci-fi 8.1%, Tactical 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game features tight, mission-based tactical combat with a focus on squad synergy and unique character abilities.
- #5 Tactical Breach Wizards
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 11,483 reviews2024
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 25.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Tactical 18.7%, Isometric 15.9%, Tactical RPG 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at puzzle-like tactical combat where environmental awareness and positioning are key to survival.
- #6 Hard West 2
94% matchVery Positive82% of 3,037 reviews2022
Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 Tactics 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Isometric 16.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13.2%, Tactical 12.6%
Why You'll Like It: Features an aggressive turn-based combat system that rewards bold play and tactical momentum.
- #7 Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
92% matchVery Positive94% of 2,628 reviews2025
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 19.2 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: Isometric 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Turn-Based Combat 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Tactical 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: A cyberpunk tactical RPG that emphasizes squad-based combat and perma-death stakes.
- #8 Invisible, Inc.
93% matchVery Positive91% of 5,719 reviews2015
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
Why similar: Isometric 19.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.5%, Tactical 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Tactical RPG 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: It captures the high-stakes, high-pressure feeling of navigating dangerous environments with limited resources.
- #9 Jagged Alliance 3
91% matchVery Positive89% of 14,231 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: THQ Nordic
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 Tactics 23.6%, Tactical 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.9%, Turn-Based Combat 15.8%, Isometric 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers deep, squad-based tactical combat with a focus on mercenary management and complex mission objectives.
- #10 Vigilantes
91% matchVery Positive81% of 301 reviews2018
Dev: Timeslip Softworks
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Vigilantes is a combat focused, turn-based tactical RPG set in the crime riddled city of Reiker. The game offers hardcore squad-level combat in a gritty neo-noir setting, intel gathering through surveillance and interrogation, a detailed character system, base facilities, crafting, and more.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 19%, Turn-Based Combat 16.1%, Isometric 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Tactical 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A gritty, turn-based tactical game that focuses on crime-fighting and character-driven combat.
- #11 Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 14,051 reviews2022
Dev: Complex GamesPub: Frontier Foundry
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 22.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Tactical 17.1%, Turn-Based Combat 15%, Character Customization 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi tactical game that emphasizes intense combat encounters and squad customization.
- #12 Mech Armada
89% matchVery Positive81% of 679 reviews2022
Dev: Lioncode Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Isometric 15.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.6%, Tactical 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: Features highly customizable mechs in a tactical, roguelite setting that rewards strategic planning.
- #13 SteamWorld Heist
89% matchVery Positive94% of 6,137 reviews2016
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts in SteamWorld Heist. This is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.5%, Strategy 22.4%, Turn-Based Combat 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.6%, Sci-fi 9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a unique 2D tactical experience that focuses on manual aiming and environmental ricochets.
- #14 Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
88% matchVery Positive89% of 6,474 reviews2014
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
Why similar: Isometric 29.4%, Tactical 18.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.9%, Sci-fi 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines a rich cyberpunk narrative with deep, turn-based tactical combat encounters.
- #15 Wasteland 3
86% matchVery Positive85% of 21,899 reviews2020
Dev: inXile Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 25.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 Tactics 20.5%, Isometric 20.2%, Turn-Based Combat 17.6%, Tactical RPG 11.6%, Tactical 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that features complex combat scenarios and meaningful choices within a harsh, post-apocalyptic world.
- #16 Knights in Tight Spaces
85% matchMostly Positive71% of 825 reviews2025
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Control your environment, gather your party, and build your best deck to overcome outlaws and supernatural forces, across a rich fantasy world. Watch as your tactical choices and deckbuilding prowess play out through stylish fight sequences.
Why similar: Isometric 22.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, Tactical 17.4%, Tactical RPG 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical positioning and card-based combat in confined, high-pressure environments.
- #17 End State
86% matchMixed63% of 137 reviews2022
Dev: Finger Squad
Windows
End State is a turn-based tactics game where you manage a mercenary company tracking down a terrorists in a war-torn country. Hire, gear up and gain experience for your mercenaries. Take on rebels and criminal gangs, do side contracts and explore Brekovia.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.1%, Turn-Based Combat 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Tactical 14.1%, Isometric 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical game focused on mercenary operations with a strong emphasis on realistic combat mechanics.
- #18 Dreadlands
87% matchMixed59% of 223 reviews2020
Dev: Blackfox StudiosPub: Fatshark
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Welcome to Dreadlands! A perilous landscape brimming with potential in the form of Glow. Command one of 3 unique factions in this turn-based tactical RPG and play through their campaigns, be it solo or Co-Op, or battle it out in PvP. So far no one has tamed the Dreadlands. Will you be the first?
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 17.5%, Isometric 16.6%, Turn-Based Combat 15.9%, Tactical 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic tactical game that emphasizes squad management and intense turn-based skirmishes.
- #19 Templar Battleforce
84% matchVery Positive93% of 973 reviews2015
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 22.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Turn-Based Combat 14.3%, Tactical 12.2%, Tactical RPG 12%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a challenging, squad-based sci-fi tactical experience with deep character progression.
- #20 Into the Breach
83% matchVery Positive94% of 21,742 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 31.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.9%, Isometric 11.7%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%, Tactical 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in puzzle-like tactical combat where predicting enemy moves and managing hazards is essential.
- #21 Phantom Doctrine
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 4,637 reviews2018
Dev: CreativeForge GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 37.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.7%, Tactical 15.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Isometric 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on high-stakes tactical combat and espionage, requiring careful planning and environmental awareness.
- #22 Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 4,721 reviews2021
Dev: Dark Crystal GamesPub: Prime Matter
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.1 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: Turn-Based Combat 32.8%, Isometric 25.1%, Sci-fi 12%, Tactical 11.6%, Strategy 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a classic CRPG experience with deep, turn-based tactical combat in a unique sci-fi setting.
- #23 Wantless : Solace at World’s End
79% matchVery Positive90% of 318 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: Turn-Based Tactics 18.6%, Isometric 17.1%, Turn-Based Combat 16.6%, Tactical 14.9%, Tactical RPG 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that emphasizes difficult, high-stakes combat and complex character builds.
- #24 Ash of Gods: The Way
80% matchVery Positive82% of 483 reviews2023
Dev: AurumDust
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor. Defend your commander, win duels, capture points, experiment with your strategy to defeat a superior enemy, and make decisions that affect your story.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 24.9%, Isometric 22.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.3%, Tactical 18.2%, Tactical RPG 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical card-based combat with narrative-driven choices and high-stakes encounters.
- #25 Kaiju Wars
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 269 reviews2022
Dev: Foolish Mortals Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Play out a Kaiju movie as the (hopelessly) outclassed military in this stylish 2D turn-based strategy game. Construct buildings and defend your city with cannon-fodder tanks, jets and more as the devastating kaiju grow in power with every attack.
Why similar: Tactical 17.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 15%, Isometric 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic, puzzle-like tactical game that focuses on managing large-scale threats with limited resources.
- #26 MENACE
76% matchVery Positive91% of 10,002 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 21.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 19.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Tactical 13.2%, Sci-fi 9.5%
- #27 Chains of Freedom
78% matchVery Positive81% of 494 reviews2025
Dev: NordcurrentPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Embark on a thrilling journey in a high-stakes, turn-based tactics game. Lead an elite squad in a fictional, dystopian Eastern European country as you unravel a conspiracy threatening the state. Navigate intense strategic battles and adapt to ever-evolving challenges to prevail.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 16.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.2%, Tactical 14.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Isometric 11.4%
- #28 Subterrain: Mines of Titan
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 714 reviews2024
Dev: Pixellore IncPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 14.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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: Turn-Based Combat 29.8%, Tactical 18.2%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Top-Down 11.6%, Dark 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi survival RPG that integrates tactical turn-based combat into its exploration loop.
- #29 Fallen: A2P Protocol
82% 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: Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Isometric 15.6%, Tactical 14.8%, Turn-Based Combat 14%
Why You'll Like It: Features post-apocalyptic tactical combat with a focus on character growth and strategic positioning.
- #30 Interregnum: False Prophet
79% 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: Turn-Based Tactics 15.2%, Isometric 14.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Turn-Based Combat 14%, Tactical 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical squad-based game set in a sci-fi world with a focus on turn-based strategy.
- #31 Shift'n Slay
77% matchVery Positive83% of 98 reviews2025
Dev: DREBOT game studio
Windows
Shift’n Slay is an amped-up turn-based tactical roguelike, where you fight your way through a cyberpunk hell step by step, trying to break a time loop engineered by corporate bastards.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 21.3%, Turn-Based Combat 19.5%, Tactical 19.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Strategy 11.5%
- #32 Shock Tactics
81% matchMixed42% of 135 reviews2017
Dev: Point Blank GamesPub: EuroVideo Medien
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shock Tactics is a single player turn-based sci-fi strategy game with tactical combat, exploration, squad management and base building.
Why similar: Strategy 100%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi tactical game that balances squad combat with exploration and base-building elements.
- #33 Day of the Shell
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 375 reviews2025
Dev: Duper GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Day of the Shell is a “one-click, one-turn” tactical rogue-lite. In a shattered and flooded world, travel from island to island with only hope and a revolver, challenging and appeasing the gods.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 27.2%, Isometric 20.4%, Tactical 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%
- #34 Regenesis
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 68 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: Turn-Based Tactics 22.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13%, Tactical RPG 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%
- #35 Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy
76% matchMixed69% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: Curious FatePub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy is a turn-based, tactical RPG featuring strategic battles, intriguing puzzles and exciting quests. Customize your heroes’ unique, class-based attacks and abilities to defeat Father Eldritch's oppressive armies throughout dozens of unique, hand-crafted maps!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 22%, Turn-Based Combat 21.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Tactical RPG 12.3%, Top-Down 9.8%
- #36 Shardpunk
73% matchVery Positive93% of 758 reviews2023
Dev: Clockwork PilePub: Retrovibe
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
The war is lost, the Capitol lies in ruins, and you’re on the run! Shardpunk mixes turn-based tactical strategy with RPG, survival, and resource management as you gather your team, scavenge for resources, fight enemy hordes, and seek shelter to live another day.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 24.7%, Turn-Based Combat 23.3%, Isometric 19.8%, Tactical RPG 14.7%, Real Time Tactics 9.2%
- #37 Twilight Wars
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 251 reviews2025
Dev: Comrade Bear Games
Windows
Twilight Wars is a tactical dungeon crawler set in a neon-drenched cyberpunk future. Corporations rule the world. Rebuild a shattered spy agency, assemble a team of elite operatives, and wage a covert war to reclaim the world from the shadows.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 22.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.2%, Turn-Based Combat 18%, Tactical 14.2%, Tactical RPG 10.4%
- #38 Hard West
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 4,873 reviews2015
Dev: CreativeForge GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 Strategy 24.2%, Turn-Based Combat 21.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Isometric 13.6%, Tactical 12.9%
- #39 Dark Envoy
73% matchMostly Positive71% of 849 reviews2023
Dev: Event Horizon
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Isometric 39%, Real Time Tactics 22%, Character Customization 13.2%, Combat 8.9%, Atmospheric 6.8%
- #40 Rogue Waters
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,075 reviews2024
Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Tripwire Presents
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.4%, Isometric 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%, Tactical RPG 13.4%
- #41 Mechajammer
75% matchMixed52% of 239 reviews2021
Dev: Whalenought StudiosPub: Modern Wolf
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A tactical cyberpunk turn-based RPG set on an off-world grindhouse jungle colony. Skulk through the shadows or charge in guns blazing. Recruit a unique party for large squad-based assaults as your adventure plunges you deep into the city’s secrets.
Why similar: Tactical 22%, Turn-Based Combat 18.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Sci-fi 15.2%, Tactical RPG 8.2%
- #42 Shuffle Tactics
72% matchMixed70% of 102 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: Isometric 19.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 19%, Turn-Based Combat 15%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.9%, Tactical 13.1%
- #43 Dustwind: Resistance
70% matchVery Positive87% of 60 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: Isometric 21.5%, Dystopian 14.6%, Tactical 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.1%, Tactical RPG 12%
- #44 Ground Breakers
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 56 reviews2016
Dev: UnitedIndie
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Battle with robots on dynamic, randomly generated battlegrounds, as you attempt to take on the world in this unique turn-based strategy game.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 17.7%, Turn-Based Combat 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Isometric 13.7%, Strategy 12.3%
- #45 The Lamplighters League
71% matchMixed69% of 1,134 reviews2023
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Recruit a team of misfits with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 24.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, Tactical 18.3%, Tactical RPG 12.5%, Top-Down 10.2%
- #46 Urban Strife
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 371 reviews2024
Dev: White Pond GamesPub: MicroProse Software
Windows
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: Turn-Based Combat 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Isometric 16.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.3%, Tactical 14.3%
- #47 Neural Shock
69% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2024
Dev: Hardwired Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Control your Hero to aid your Turrets and Traps in battle in this grim, dark Tower Defense & Action RPG with a scifi-grindhouse aesthetic. Create deadly weapon barrages and fuse together Bleed, Burn, Shock, Freeze, Stun and many more elements to annihilate your enemies.
Why similar: Dystopian 26.6%, Strategy 20.9%, Sci-fi 19.2%, Dark 13.9%, Top-Down 9.7%
- #48 Warbanners
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 603 reviews2017
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Warbanners: the turn-based, tactical strategy game with role-playing elements that lets you manage a squad of mercenaries, and survive 42 campaign missions. Your goal? To earn a place among ancient legends!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 22.8%, Turn-Based Combat 20.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Tactical 15.6%, Tactical RPG 11.9%
- #49 Godless Tactics
70% matchVery Positive95% of 109 reviews2020
Dev: Ice Arrow Games
Windows
Lead an elite strike team through the wars of a reborn civilisation, and decide the fate of humanity through your achievements and choices. Traverse a dynamic war-map, engage in fast, turn-based battles, and explore the world of 2952.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 39%, Strategy 29.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.2%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #50 Classified: France '44
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 931 reviews2024
Dev: Absolutely GamesPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Isometric 16.3%, Tactical 15.7%
- #51 SPARTA 2035 Prologue & Sea of Pirates DLC
67% matchVery Positive82% of 82 reviews2025
Dev: Lipsar Studio
Windows
Turn-based tactics & strategy about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action-movie vibe. Command Sparta: recruit distinctive fighters, upgrade your base, run missions, and decide Africa’s future—no point-blank misses, with real ballistics.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.5%, Tactical 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.1%, Strategy 9.7%
- #52 Blackguards
71% matchMixed62% of 3,851 reviews2014
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Tactical 28.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Strategy 13.6%, Isometric 12.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%
- #53 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
67% matchVery Positive88% of 428 reviews2023
Dev: Refinery Games
Windows
Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.
Why similar: Isometric 21.6%, Tactical 18.8%, Dystopian 14.3%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Top-Down 11.1%
- #54 Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
68% matchVery Positive88% of 6,240 reviews2019
Dev: 6 Eyes StudioPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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: Turn-Based Tactics 26.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Strategy 9.4%, Isometric 9.4%
- #55 Zero Division
67% matchVery Positive87% of 285 reviews2024
Dev: Robot Cat LimitedPub: Astrolabe Games
Windows
A roguelite deckbuilder crossed with a CCG, set in a dark cyberpunk world. You will lead a three-man squad against competing factions fighting among the ashes of a world-wide war. Each operator comes with a unique deck that can be customized and augmented.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 27.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.1%, Turn-Based Combat 18.4%, Sci-fi 12.6%, Strategy 11.3%
- #56 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
66% matchVery Positive84% of 3,305 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 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 39.8%, Tactical 39.4%, Strategy 11.8%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #57 Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 409 reviews2019
Dev: Tortuga Team
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Turn-Based Tactics 24%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.7%, Tactical 18.1%, Tactical RPG 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.4%
- #58 Sunday Gold
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 773 reviews2022
Dev: BKOM StudiosPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Sunday Gold is a point-and-click, turn-based adventure game set in grim, dystopian future. Play as a ragtag trio of criminals to hunt down and expose the dark secrets of an evil mega-corporation and the malevolent billionaire behind it.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 37.8%, Dystopian 23.7%, Tactical RPG 21.6%, Linear 10%, Action 4.4%
- #59 Ultimate Space Commando
69% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Creatio 49Pub: Angry Cat Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
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 62.4%, Strategy 37.6%
- #60 GUNCHO
65% matchVery Positive94% of 67 reviews2024
Dev: Arnold Rauers
Windows · Mac
In this small scale, turn based tactics game, you spin Guncho's revolver cylinder to keep his bullets aligned to enemies. Fight your way through randomly generated shootouts. Upgrade your bullets and use tactical abilities to defeat your foes. Ride your donkey and become the ultimate Pistolero.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.5%, Isometric 21%, Turn-Based Combat 18.1%, Strategy 10.9%