- #1 Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind
97% matchVery Positive82% of 478 reviews2019
Dev: A SharpPub: Kitfox Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 26.9%, Story Rich 13.1%, Hand-drawn 12.8%, Strategy 10.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.4%
- #2 Curious Expedition 2
96% matchVery Positive89% of 4,103 reviews2021
Dev: Maschinen-Mensch
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 18.5 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 17.5% ★, Procedural Generation 15%, Turn-Based Combat 10.6%, Survival 10.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%
- #3 BOOK OF HOURS
96% matchVery Positive89% of 4,246 reviews2023
Dev: Weather Factory
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.0 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 34.8%, Choices Matter 19.5%, Story Rich 10.4%, RPG 9.7%, Strategy 9.6%
- #4 Broken Roads
95% matchMixed53% of 448 reviews2024
Dev: Drop Bear BytesPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 6.5 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 25.1%, Choices Matter 19.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14.9%, RPG 11.8%, Story Rich 11.5%
- #5 Mortal Glory 2
94% matchVery Positive88% of 300 reviews2024
Dev: Redbeak Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 26.2%, Old School 16.9%, Procedural Generation 16.4%, Turn-Based Combat 16%, Roguelite 9.7%
- #6 I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
92% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,636 reviews2022
Dev: Northway GamesPub: Finji
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 31.7%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.6%, Story Rich 17.2%, RPG 11.9%, Simulation 10.7%
- #7 King of Dragon Pass
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 555 reviews2015
Dev: A SharpPub: HeroCraft PC
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.8 hrsMean: 9.9 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: Choices Matter 23.6%, Choose Your Own Adventure 23.4%, Story Rich 18.7%, Strategy 18.2%, RPG 15.1%
- #8 The Banner Saga 2
93% matchVery Positive90% of 3,765 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 20.9%, Choices Matter 20.1%, Story Rich 17.1%, RPG 15.5%, Strategy 12.8%
- #9 Vagrus - The Riven Realms
91% matchVery Positive85% of 1,734 reviews2021
Dev: Lost Pilgrims StudioPub: Lost Pilgrims Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 20%, CRPG 16%, Choices Matter 13.4%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%
- #10 Star Dynasties
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 496 reviews2021
Dev: Pawley GamesPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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% ★, Procedural Generation 17.5%, Choices Matter 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Story Rich 7.8%
- #11 Thea 2: The Shattering
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,147 reviews2019
Dev: MuHa Games
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 29.5 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: Strategy 21.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.8%, Survival 21.6%, RPG 18.1%, Story Rich 9.9%
- #12 Dino Nest
89% 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 40.1% ★, Survival 23.1%, Strategy 13%, Simulation 12.6%, Choices Matter 10.6%
- #13 Heads Will Roll: Reforged
88% matchVery Positive84% of 1,651 reviews2023
Dev: 1917 StudiosPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 16.1 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 31.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 22.4%, Story Rich 17.1%, Roguelite 15.1%, RPG 12%
- #14 Survive the Blackout
89% matchMixed64% of 87 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 23.2%, Choices Matter 20%, Choose Your Own Adventure 19.4%, Strategy 13.8%, Simulation 11.9%
- #15 Fates of Ort
86% matchVery Positive89% of 168 reviews2020
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 33.1%, CRPG 28.4%, RPG 14.6%, Story Rich 14%, Exploration 8.9%
- #16 Last Days of Old Earth
87% 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%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #17 The Succession of Changing Kings
82% matchVery Positive88% of 509 reviews2026
Dev: KwaKwaGames
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.8 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 26.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Story Rich 9.9%, Simulation 8.5%
- #18 The Pale Beyond
83% matchVery Positive89% of 2,165 reviews2023
Dev: Saltstone StudiosPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 13.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
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 22.1%, Survival 19.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 12.8%, Story Rich 12.7%, Strategy 9.2%
- #19 Depth of Extinction
85% matchMostly Positive75% of 209 reviews2018
Dev: HOF Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.6 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 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%
- #20 7 Grand Steps: What Ancients Begat
86% matchMixed54% of 768 reviews2013
Dev: Mousechief
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 43.5%, Story Rich 34.5%, Simulation 19%, Singleplayer 3%
- #21 Dead In Vinland
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,800 reviews2018
Dev: Ishtar Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 12.5 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 30.7%, Turn-Based Combat 19.4%, RPG 16.8%, Strategy 16%, Simulation 13.3%
- #22 Zafehouse Diaries 2
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 134 reviews2017
Dev: Screwfly Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.0 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 17.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.3%, Choices Matter 14.7%, Survival 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%
- #23 Aztecs: The Last Sun
80% matchMostly Positive77% of 112 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 38.8%, Choices Matter 25.1%, Strategy 19.2%, Simulation 16.9%
- #24 Ash of Gods: Redemption
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 3,448 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: Lore-Rich 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 14%, Choices Matter 13.7%, CRPG 12.7%
- #25 Curious Expedition
81% matchVery Positive91% of 4,474 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 22.4% ★, Procedural Generation 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Choices Matter 13.1%, Story Rich 8.6%
- #26 The Age of Decadence
81% matchVery Positive82% of 3,976 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 19.5%, CRPG 17%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%
- #27 Wildermyth
78% matchVery Positive95% of 18,135 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 18%, Story Rich 10.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #28 SKALD: Against the Black Priory
77% matchVery Positive94% of 3,517 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 17.2%, CRPG 16.1%, Choices Matter 15.6%, Old School 13.2%, Story Rich 12.4%
- #29 Winter Falling: Battle Tactics
78% matchVery Positive91% of 476 reviews2022
Dev: Rarykos
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.8 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 30%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.9%, Turn-Based Combat 17.9%, Strategy 11.2%, Roguelite 11.2%
- #30 Dead Age
79% matchVery Positive82% of 5,591 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 20.5%, RPG 14.3%, Strategy 11.5%, Procedural Generation 9.4%
- #31 Endzone 2
77% matchMixed69% of 1,027 reviews2025
Dev: Gentlymad StudiosPub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 8.5 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 43.2%, Procedural Generation 23.1%, Simulation 18.3%, Strategy 14.5%, Singleplayer 1%
- #32 Arco
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,157 reviews2024
Dev: FranekPub: Panic
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 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 18.3%, Turn-Based Combat 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.4%, Story Rich 11.1%
- #33 Vagrus - The Riven Realms: Demo (Prologue)
79% matchMostly Positive72% of 199 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 22.2%, CRPG 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Choose Your Own Adventure 10.8%
- #34 Rogue Hex
73% matchVery Positive89% of 260 reviews2025
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
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 48.9% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Roguelite 10.1%, Simulation 6.4%
- #35 Dead in Antares
73% matchMostly Positive80% of 181 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 24.9%, Survival 22.5%, Choose Your Own Adventure 14.8%, Simulation 11%, Strategy 10.6%
- #36 The Tribe Must Survive
75% 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 30.2%, Survival 25.8%, Roguelite 16.5%, Strategy 13.6%, Simulation 12.2%
- #37 NEO Scavenger
76% matchVery Positive90% of 5,372 reviews2014
Dev: Blue Bottle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.3 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 41.5%, Procedural Generation 29.3%, RPG 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Strategy 8.2%
- #38 Project Of Cooling The Earth
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 123 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 26.1%, Survival 24.5%, Roguelite 18%, Story Rich 12.6%, Strategy 9.7%
- #39 Lost Scavenger
76% matchMixed54% of 243 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 30.6%, Turn-Based Combat 28.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21.1%, RPG 10.6%, Exploration 8.9%
- #40 Soulash 2
72% matchVery Positive86% of 2,362 reviews2023
Dev: Artur Smiarowski
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 28.5 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 34.1%, Survival 18.7%, Turn-Based Combat 17.4%, RPG 11.5%, Simulation 9.7%
- #41 End of Lines
73% matchVery Positive93% of 70 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 29.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 20.5%, Story Rich 17.7%, Hand-drawn 16.4%, Survival 13.9%
- #42 Evolution of Ages: Settlements
74% matchVery Positive86% of 292 reviews2018
Dev: TREON Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.4 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 37.1%, Simulation 32.5%, RPG 30.3%
- #43 The Iron Oath
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 900 reviews2023
Dev: Curious Panda GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, CRPG 15.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Choices Matter 11.2%
- #44 汉尘:腐草为萤
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 405 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%, RPG 18.1%, Strategy 16.3%, Simulation 12.9%, Exploration 9.5%
- #45 Stranded: Alien Dawn
69% matchVery Positive84% of 11,043 reviews2023
Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 7.0 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 44.8%, Choices Matter 19.2%, Strategy 18.3%, Simulation 16.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #46 The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
70% matchVery Positive90% of 9,604 reviews2021
Dev: SeverPub: 101XP
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 41.9%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Story Rich 17.5%, RPG 11.4%, Strategy 5%
- #47 Temporian
71% matchVery Positive83% of 88 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 35.2%, Choices Matter 31.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 31.2%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #48 The Banner Saga
71% matchVery Positive89% of 15,879 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 25.8%, Choices Matter 20.3%, RPG 12.8%, Story Rich 12.1%, Hand-drawn 11.7%
- #49 Against the Storm
66% matchVery Positive95% of 35,994 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 46.9% ★, Survival 18.7%, Roguelite 12.8%, Strategy 10.8%, Simulation 9.6%
- #50 Darkest Dungeon® II
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,853 reviews2023
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 34.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26.4%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, CRPG 12.2%, Roguelite 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%
- #51 Fabled Lands
70% matchVery Positive80% of 535 reviews2022
Dev: Prime Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 21.8%, Choose Your Own Adventure 15.8%, Old School 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Story Rich 10.8%
- #52 Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 501 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 31.9%, Story Rich 19.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 18.7%, Strategy 10.2%, RPG 9.6%
- #53 Landnama
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 470 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 36.4%, Roguelite 25.5%, Strategy 18.1%, Hand-drawn 11%, Exploration 7.8%
- #54 Sheltered 2
71% matchMixed46% of 2,191 reviews2021
Dev: UnicubePub: Team17
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 13.9 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 44.2%, Strategy 22.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, RPG 9.7%, Simulation 9.6%
- #55 Sultan's Game
63% matchVery Positive94% of 33,952 reviews2025
Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
Why similar: Lore-Rich 24.5%, Choices Matter 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, Choose Your Own Adventure 13.1%, Story Rich 10.1%
- #56 Age of Reforging: The Freelands
66% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,276 reviews2025
Dev: PersonaeGame StudioPub: Kunpan Games
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Age of Reforging: The Freelands is a medieval high-freedom sandbox adventure CRPG. You'll be a reforger in the freelands chosen by the Goddess to embark on a medieval adventure tour at your own pace, gathering teammates, fighting for survival, and craft your unique legend!
Why similar: CRPG 26.1%, Choices Matter 21.8%, Strategy 19.8%, RPG 17.8%, Exploration 14.6%
- #57 Gord
69% matchMixed54% of 994 reviews2023
Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 27.3%, Procedural Generation 22.9%, Survival 20.3%, Choices Matter 18%, Strategy 10.5%
- #58 City 20
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 185 reviews2024
Dev: Untold Games
Windows
Survive in a living post-apocalyptic city. Build trust or spark conflict with NPCs and factions, uncover mysteries, and watch the world change with your every choice.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 30.3%, Survival 27.1%, Choose Your Own Adventure 21%, Simulation 12.2%, Exploration 7.8%
- #59 Ancient Cities
68% matchMixed63% of 2,122 reviews2023
Dev: Uncasual Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Ancient Cities is a realistic, survival city builder in an immersive procedural environment. Lead the fate of your tribe through ancient times!
Why similar: Procedural Generation 38.1%, Survival 28.2%, Strategy 15.5%, Simulation 12.9%, Exploration 5.2%
- #60 In Stars And Time
63% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 8,335 reviews2023
Dev: insertdisc5Pub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Live with the ever-present burden of being trapped in a time loop only you can know about in this turn-based RPG. Create a better future for you and your friends. Find hope where there is none left. Pray to the stars and free yourself from time.
Why similar: Lore-Rich 29.3%, Story Rich 18.5%, Turn-Based Combat 18.3%, Choices Matter 12.2%, RPG 11.8%