- #1 Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind
97% matchVery Positive82% of 481 reviews2019
Dev: A SharpPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Life between myths. Lead the Riders clan into legend or obscurity as you explore an ancient world. Plan ahead as you navigate this challenging storybook strategy game, immersing you in the land of old gods and magic also seen in King of Dragon Pass.
Why similar: Choices Matter 26.7%, Story Rich 13.2%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Strategy 10.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.5%
- #2 Star Dynasties
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 502 reviews2021
Dev: Pawley GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Take the reins of a feudal dynasty in a divided galaxy following the destruction of earth. Star Dynasties is a turn based, procedurally generated narrative of human drama and personal politics, mixed with a light empire management layer. Your choices. Your legacy.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 31.1% ★, Procedural Generation 17.5%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #3 Curious Expedition 2
96% matchVery Positive89% of 4,139 reviews2021
Dev: Maschinen-Mensch
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 17.7% ★, Procedural Generation 14.9%, Survival 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
- #4 BOOK OF HOURS
95% matchVery Positive89% of 4,442 reviews2023
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Restore a crumbling occult library by a winter sea. Build the world’s foremost collection of grimoires and arcana. Master the invisible arts. BOOK OF HOURS is a narrative crafting RPG set in a 1930s world of hidden gods and secret histories. What sort of Librarian will you choose to be?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 34.4%, Choices Matter 19.4%, Story Rich 10.6%, RPG 9.9%, Strategy 9.6%
- #5 Mortal Glory 2
94% matchVery Positive88% of 307 reviews2024
Dev: Redbeak Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Manage a team of traveling gladiators in this turn-based fantasy roguelike. Find the best recruits, discover powerful item combinations and come up with clever tactics on the battlefield. The tournament awaits those who desire MORTAL GLORY!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26.1%, Old School 17.2%, Procedural Generation 16.3%, Turn-Based Combat 16%, Roguelite 9.5%
- #6 King of Dragon Pass
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 566 reviews2015
Dev: A SharpPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Create your own epic saga of survival, mythology and diplomacy! Rule your clan, make strategic decisions that affect the game world, win battles and expand your influence in this unique mix of RPG, strategy and story-telling.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 23.6%, Choices Matter 23.3%, Story Rich 18.8%, Strategy 18%, RPG 15.3%
- #7 Broken Roads
93% matchMixed53% of 459 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Bear BytesPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Broken Roads is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in a decaying, post-apocalyptic version of the vast Australian Outback, featuring a genre-redefining morality system. Survive, form bonds, and make tough choices that will shape your dangerous yet mesmerizing 25+ hour journey across the wilds.
Why similar: CRPG 25.3%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, RPG 11.9%, Story Rich 11.5%
- #8 Vagrus - The Riven Realms
92% matchVery Positive85% of 1,858 reviews2021
Dev: Lost Pilgrims StudioPub: Lost Pilgrims Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Lead a traveling company through a harsh, unforgiving world where survival is never guaranteed in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 19.8%, CRPG 16.1%, Choices Matter 13.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%
- #9 Thea 2: The Shattering
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,163 reviews2019
Dev: MuHa Games
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In the dark lands inspired by Slavic myth, life is a struggle for survival against ever increasing odds, be it natural or malevolent. Can you lead your flock to prosperity in this innovative blend of 4X strategy, RPG and card game?
Why similar: Survival 21.8%, Strategy 21.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, RPG 18.3%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #10 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,802 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23%, Story Rich 17.3%, RPG 11.9%, Simulation 10.5%
- #11 The Banner Saga 2
91% matchVery Positive90% of 3,801 reviews2016
Dev: Stoic
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 Strategy 20.6%, Choices Matter 19.7%, Story Rich 17.4%, RPG 15.8%, Strategy 12.7%
- #12 Wildermyth
89% matchVery Positive95% of 18,226 reviews2021
Dev: Worldwalker Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 23.2%, Procedural Generation 18.3%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Story Rich 10.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #13 Rogue Hex
87% matchVery Positive87% of 277 reviews2025
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!
Why similar: Grand Strategy 49.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Roguelite 9.9%, Simulation 6.3%
- #14 Fates of Ort
88% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2020
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Fates of Ort is a retro fantasy RPG focused on strategic action, in a land where time is frozen when you stand still. Cast powerful spells - but beware, they will cost you your life.
Why similar: Choices Matter 32.7%, CRPG 28.6%, RPG 14.8%, Story Rich 14.1%, Exploration 8.9%
- #15 Survive the Blackout
89% matchMixed65% of 88 reviews2020
Dev: Baby Bison Games
Windows
Survive the Blackout is a narrative survival game set in a dark post-apocalyptic world. Choose Your Own Adventure gameplay, squad-level management, exploration, scavenging, and difficult moral choices. A modern-day tribute to The Oregon Trail.
Why similar: Survival 23.4%, Choices Matter 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.5%, Strategy 13.7%, Simulation 11.8%
- #16 Dino Nest
86% matchVery Positive94% of 270 reviews2022
Dev: Raptor Claw Games
Windows
Dinosaur survival management game. Lead your own pack of dinos and feed to grow bigger. Can you survive or will you become extinct?
Why similar: Dinosaurs 40.4% ★, Survival 23.2%, Strategy 12.9%, Simulation 12.4%, Choices Matter 10.5%
- #17 Heads Will Roll: Reforged
84% matchVery Positive84% of 1,689 reviews2023
Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Story Rich 17.3%, Roguelite 14.8%, RPG 12.2%
- #18 Seers Isle
86% matchVery Positive92% of 201 reviews2018
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Seers Isle is a narrative game, set in a fantasy version of medieval northern Europe, where your choices impact the fate of a group of characters.
Why similar: Choices Matter 35.8%, Story Rich 24.6%, Hand-drawn 19.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 17.9%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #19 The Succession of Changing Kings
82% matchVery Positive87% of 547 reviews2026
Dev: KwaKwaGames
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.
Why similar: Choices Matter 26.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Story Rich 10%, Hand-drawn 8.4%
- #20 Last Days of Old Earth
85% matchMixed60% of 57 reviews2016
Dev: Auroch DigitalPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Last Days of Old Earth is a rich strategy game set in our far, far future where the sun is dying. Can you command the last noble tribes of humanity as they attempt to survive among the machines and marauding clans?
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 31.2%, Strategy 27.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.1%, Turn-Based Combat 16.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #21 Dead In Vinland
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,826 reviews2018
Dev: Ishtar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
DEAD IN VINLAND is a survival/management game, mixed with RPG and adventure elements, about a Viking family trying their best to survive on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Survival 31.1%, Turn-Based Combat 19.3%, RPG 17%, Strategy 15.9%, Simulation 13.1%
- #22 SKALD: Against the Black Priory
79% matchVery Positive94% of 3,616 reviews2024
Dev: High North Studios ASPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
SKALD:Against the Black Priory is a retro-style party-based RPG set in a grim-dark fantasy world of tragic heroes, violent deaths and Lovecraftian horror. Take a chance and roll the dice as you embark on a compelling story filled with deadly creatures, branching story and tactical, turn-based combat
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, CRPG 16.3%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Old School 13.3%, Story Rich 12.5%
- #23 Aztecs: The Last Sun
79% matchMixed69% of 134 reviews2026
Dev: Play2Chill S.A.Pub: Toplitz Productions
Windows
Rule Tenochtitlán in this survival city-builder where gods decide your fate. Confront the Moon Goddess and her generals. Delve into the intricate story, survive the nights in the Sandbox mode, or build freely in the Creative mode. The last sun is yours to save, or… lose!
Why similar: Survival 39.2%, Choices Matter 25%, Strategy 19.1%, Simulation 16.7%
- #24 7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat
84% matchMixed54% of 770 reviews2013
Dev: Mousechief
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
What Ancients Begat is a complete (~15 hour) game of family generations surviving the rise of western civilization. Survival is the ultimate goal. The sub-goals, you choose, build their story.Experience an abstract telling of the lives of our earliest recorded ancestors.
Why similar: Choose Your Own Adventure 43.6%, Story Rich 34.6%, Simulation 18.8%, Singleplayer 3%
- #25 Zafehouse Diaries 2
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 135 reviews2017
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 17.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.3%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Survival 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%
- #26 Curious Expedition
81% matchVery Positive91% of 4,496 reviews2016
Dev: Maschinen-Mensch
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 22.7% ★, Procedural Generation 16.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Story Rich 8.7%
- #27 Ash of Gods: Redemption
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,470 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: Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Lore-Rich 14.3%, Turn-Based Combat 14%, Choices Matter 13.6%, CRPG 12.8%
- #28 Dead Age
80% matchVery Positive82% of 5,605 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 21.1%, Survival 20.8%, RPG 14.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #29 Arco
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,280 reviews2024
Dev: FranekPub: Panic
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A Mesoamerican fantasy RPG that blends turn-based and real-time combat. Explore the world through three handcrafted stories forged in bloodshed, laced with magic, and united by revenge.
Why similar: Choices Matter 18.2%, Turn-Based Combat 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.3%, Story Rich 11.2%
- #30 Endzone 2
77% matchMixed67% of 1,067 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Endzone 2 is a post-apocalyptic survival colony builder, where you embark to secure humanity's survival after a cataclysmic disaster. Discover and repopulate the last habitable grounds, while the survival of your people hinges on your wits, foresight, and resilience in a harsh and unforgiving world.
Why similar: Survival 43.6%, Procedural Generation 22.9%, Simulation 18.2%, Strategy 14.4%, Singleplayer 1%
- #31 Winter Falling: Battle Tactics
76% matchVery Positive90% of 482 reviews2022
Dev: Rarykos
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lead troops in tense tactical battles, just you and your brain against the dying world. Can you save it? Manage a mercenary company, scavenge supplies, build an army. Go on a quest! Burn down a village or two... Explore the rich medieval fantasy world in a mix of LOTR, Warhammer, FTL and Total War.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 29.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.8%, Turn-Based Combat 18.1%, Strategy 11.2%, Roguelite 11%
- #32 NEO Scavenger
77% matchVery Positive90% of 5,410 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: Survival 41.9%, Procedural Generation 29.1%, RPG 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Strategy 8.1%
- #33 Depth of Extinction
78% 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: Turn-Based Tactics 25.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Procedural Generation 11.8%, Roguelite 11.3%, CRPG 10.2%
- #34 Vagrus - The Riven Realms: Demo (Prologue)
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 200 reviews2020
Dev: Lost Pilgrims StudioPub: Lost Pilgrims Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Embark on a perilous journey across a realm forsaken by the gods and devastated by an arcane cataclysm. Accompanied by a hardy crew, you must trade, fight, and explore your way to success as the leader of a traveling company in Vagrus, an award-winning turn-based post-apocalyptic fantasy RPG.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 21.9%, CRPG 13.5%, Choices Matter 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.9%
- #35 End of Lines
75% matchVery Positive93% of 72 reviews2023
Dev: Nova-box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Travel across landscapes devastated by a catastrophic climate meltdown, following a small family in search of somewhere habitable. With limited supplies and facing potential death at every turn, your choices will decide their fate. Will they manage to settle down?
Why similar: Choices Matter 29.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.6%, Story Rich 17.8%, Hand-drawn 16.5%, Survival 14%
- #36 The Tribe Must Survive
74% matchMixed68% of 206 reviews2024
Dev: Walking Tree Games GmbH
Windows · Mac
The Tribe Must Survive is a survival base builder strategy game set in a harsh Lovecraftian Stone Age. Build your camp, overcome disasters and uncover new areas. Manage fears and diminish internal conflicts, as your Tribe grows. Every decision matters. Will your Tribe survive?
Why similar: Choices Matter 30.1%, Survival 26.2%, Roguelite 16.3%, Strategy 13.6%, Simulation 12.2%
- #37 The Pale Beyond
73% matchVery Positive89% of 2,234 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
You didn’t ask to lead this expedition, but here you are. Stuck in the ice, Captain missing, miles from civilisation. Someone has to take charge. Manage your meagre resources, balance safety and morale, make the hard calls, and head in the only direction you can - through The Pale Beyond.
Why similar: Choices Matter 21.9%, Survival 20%, Story Rich 12.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Strategy 9.1%
- #38 Project Of Cooling The Earth
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 124 reviews2024
Dev: 人鱼工作室
Windows
Players must survive in the ruins of the human world and face various survival challenges and dangers. Players need to search for resources in abandoned cities and wilderness, including food, water sources, construction materials, etc., to maintain survival and build safe shelters.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 26%, Survival 24.7%, Roguelite 17.6%, Story Rich 12.7%, Strategy 9.6%
- #39 Soulash 2
72% matchVery Positive85% of 2,422 reviews2023
Dev: Artur Smiarowski
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Soulash 2 is a sandbox RPG roguelike with a procedurally generated open world, simulated history, skill-based progression system, customizable abilities, material-based crafting, building, trading, and the possibility of total mayhem. Will you save your world or destroy it?
Why similar: Procedural Generation 34%, Survival 18.8%, Turn-Based Combat 17.5%, RPG 11.5%, Simulation 9.6%
- #40 Of Blades & Tails
73% matchMostly Positive76% of 408 reviews2023
Dev: Felix LaukelPub: Pineapple Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 80%
A turn-based RPG that is action-oriented but rewards a thoughtful approach. Explore a fantastic land populated by different animal tribes. Follow the main story or hunt for treasures in ancient ruins and mysterious dungeons. Develop your character and gain powerful equipment.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 32%, Turn-Based Combat 22.6%, Survival 21.2%, Strategy 11.9%, RPG 11%
- #41 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
72% matchVery Positive88% of 12,656 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
Why similar: Choices Matter 41.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Story Rich 17.7%, RPG 11.6%, Strategy 4.7%
- #42 Lost Scavenger
75% matchMixed53% of 245 reviews2022
Dev: Rockbee
Windows
How long could you survive in a parallel universe where the Mist dictates its rules? Would you be able to find the way to your homeworld, or will you adapt to live under the Mist domain? Fight for resources, get together with other survivors and discover the secrets of this world.
Why similar: Survival 30.7%, Turn-Based Combat 28.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, RPG 10.7%, Exploration 8.9%
- #43 Evolution of Ages: Settlements
74% matchVery Positive86% of 292 reviews2018
Dev: TREON Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Evolution of Ages is a game of managing resources in the ruins of our world. Recruit characters and level their skills and equipment from the stone age until the space age, while trying your best to avoid the very thing that led to our destruction previously.
Why similar: Strategy 36.9%, Simulation 32.3%, RPG 30.8%
- #44 Long Gone Days
70% matchVery Positive88% of 557 reviews2023
Dev: This I DreamtPub: Serenity Forge
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A modern-day JRPG that imagines a world of war. Overcome language barriers, forge unlikely friendships, and find hope amidst conflict.
Why similar: Choices Matter 34.7%, Turn-Based Combat 28.2%, Story Rich 22.5%, RPG 13%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #45 Dead in Antares
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 199 reviews2026
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
Why similar: Choices Matter 24.8%, Survival 22.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.9%, Simulation 10.9%, Strategy 10.5%
- #46 Temporian
70% matchVery Positive82% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: ChallAcc
Windows · Linux
Trapped in the past, your survival hinges on your ability to adapt and innovate. From foraging for food to mastering the art of technology, every decision you make shapes your destiny. Will you return to your own time, or make the past your new future in this mind-bending survival game?
Why similar: Survival 35.6%, Choices Matter 31.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 31.1%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #47 The Banner Saga
71% matchVery Positive89% of 15,944 reviews2014
Dev: StoicPub: Stoic Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 Strategy 25.7%, Choices Matter 20.1%, RPG 13%, Story Rich 12.2%, Hand-drawn 11.8%
- #48 The Age of Decadence
71% matchVery Positive82% of 4,045 reviews2015
Dev: Iron Tower Studio
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Turn-Based Tactics 19.3%, CRPG 17.2%, Choices Matter 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%
- #49 Fabled Lands
70% matchVery Positive80% of 537 reviews2022
Dev: Prime Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Fabled Lands is a challenging old-school narrative RPG set in an open world. Complete quests, fight, trade goods and develop your character. Explore a vast land of adventure: travel across the war-torn kingdom, survive the plains of howling darkness, and escape the Court of Hidden Faces.
Why similar: CRPG 21.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.9%, Old School 12.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #50 House of Legacy
66% matchVery Positive83% of 3,942 reviews2025
Dev: S3 StudioPub: Thermite Games
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 19.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Step into the shoes of a fallen clan leader, starting with nothing but a crumbling estate and a handful of hopes, rising through careful planning, trade, and diplomacy to become one of the most powerful families in the land. Now it’s time to forge a legendary dynasty that leaves its mark on history.
Why similar: RPG 23.6%, Strategy 21.8%, Simulation 21.5%, Survival 18.7%, Exploration 12.6%
- #51 Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
69% matchVery Positive95% of 511 reviews2021
Dev: PoeticPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?
Why similar: Choices Matter 31.6%, Story Rich 19.2%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.9%, Strategy 10.1%, RPG 9.7%
- #52 汉尘:腐草为萤
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 421 reviews2025
Dev: 兰廷科技 Lanting Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
“The last day of Han dynasty”It is a survival simulation business game based on the background of the end of the Han Dynasty in China. From the perspective of ordinary people, you can spend a difficult but warm time, and keep warm together with the characters you know in the troubled times.
Why similar: Survival 41.1%, RPG 18.3%, Strategy 16.1%, Simulation 12.8%, Exploration 9.5%
- #53 Stranded: Alien Dawn
67% matchVery Positive84% of 11,322 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors.
Why similar: Survival 45.2%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Strategy 18.3%, Simulation 16.8%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #54 Landnama
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 473 reviews2023
Dev: Sonderland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Face the judgment of winter’s deadly toll as you lead the first Viking clans to settle Iceland in this non-violent, rogue-lite survival base builder.
Why similar: Survival 36.9%, Roguelite 25%, Strategy 18%, Hand-drawn 11%, Exploration 7.9%
- #55 Against the Storm
65% matchVery Positive94% of 37,259 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Grand Strategy 46.8% ★, Survival 18.8%, Roguelite 13%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 9.5%
- #56 Gord
69% matchMixed54% of 1,008 reviews2023
Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 27.1%, Procedural Generation 22.8%, Survival 20.6%, Choices Matter 17.9%, Strategy 10.6%
- #57 Sheltered 2
71% matchMixed45% of 2,215 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: Survival 44.5%, Strategy 21.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, RPG 9.8%, Simulation 9.5%
- #58 Mirklurk: Every Step Matters
65% matchVery Positive94% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
You've been exiled to The Mirk - an unforgiving swampland where every step could be your last. You must constantly make choices: what paths to take, which tree to shelter under, what beasts to engage or avoid, what items to bring into the darkness of dungeons, and what treasures to leave behind.
Why similar: Survival 21.6%, Turn-Based Combat 21.5%, Procedural Generation 19.1%, Old School 11.7%, RPG 10.6%
- #59 City 20
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 197 reviews2024
Dev: Untold Games
Windows
Survive in a living post-apocalyptic city. Scavenge, craft, and build to stay alive, while earning trust or sparking conflict with the NPCs and factions who shape your fate.
Why similar: Survival 40.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 29.8%, Simulation 14.5%, Exploration 12.5%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #60 CREATION OF THE GODS: Rebellion at Five Passes
64% matchVery Positive89% of 217 reviews2026
Dev: TQGameStudio
Windows
Enter the epic 'Creation of the Gods' saga. Experience this classic pixel JRPG with deep worldbuilding and vibrant art. Command mythical combat mounts, wield legendary artifacts, and master tactical turn-based battles. In a world where divine fate clashes with human will, only one can prevail.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 28.3%, Strategy 20.3%, RPG 20.3%, Story Rich 18.7%, Exploration 11.7%