- #1 The Scroll Of Taiwu
97% matchMostly Positive70% of 62,126 reviews2018
Dev: ConchShip Games
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 56.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.
Why similar: Sandbox 33.5%, RPG 20.7%, Strategy 12.9%, Strategy RPG 10.2%, Roguelike 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers an unparalleled level of sandbox freedom and complex martial arts systems that mirror the depth found in Song's Fantasy.
- #2 The Matchless Kungfu
96% matchVery Positive82% of 7,698 reviews2024
Dev: HuanMos GamePub: bilibili
Windows
Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The Matchless Kungfu is an open world sandbox RPG game based on a WuXia background. You can play any martial arts role you imagine in this wild world. Travel through the great wilderness, or be the leader of the group. The most important thing is, build your own story and live the experience!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 27.4%, Sandbox 23.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.1%, RPG 11.2%, Strategy 10%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world sandbox allows players to shape their own martial arts legacy with deep survival and interaction mechanics.
- #3 Sands of Salzaar
96% matchVery Positive82% of 22,882 reviews2021
Dev: 汉家松鼠Han-Squirrel StudioPub: XD
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Bringing you to an exotic desert where you’ll recruit, train, and guide your troops into battle against rival cities and factions. Embark on an adventure that’s uniquely yours; Customizable characters, professions, and factions. The land is filled with a variety of hidden secrets.
Why similar: Sandbox 31%, RPG 25%, Strategy 23%, Top-Down 11%, Adventure 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines open-world exploration with large-scale strategic troop management and RPG character growth.
- #4 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal
95% matchMixed54% of 226,468 reviews2023
Dev: 鬼谷工作室
Windows
Median: 30.8 hrsMean: 72.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Tale of Immortal is an open-world sandbox based on Chinese mythology and cultivation. You will grow to become immortal, conquer the beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Season, make your choices carefully and grasp your own destiny.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 25.8%, Strategy RPG 25.1%, Sandbox 18.3%, Hand-drawn 9.8%, RPG 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A quintessential cultivation RPG that captures the essence of progression and world-building within a traditional Chinese fantasy setting.
- #5 大衍江湖 - Evolution Of JiangHu
94% matchMixed62% of 734 reviews2023
Dev: SourceIn Games
Windows
《大衍江湖》是一款武侠题材,结合经营养成,角色扮演的游戏。玩家将操控一个江湖门派;与江湖上的其他各色各样的门派打交道,或建立贸易或直接攻陷;与其他门派弟子交流,或结交或抢夺;江湖世界上各种随机事件,能获得具体好处同时也伴随着各种风险;门派传承,终有一日,将主宰江湖。
Why similar: Sandbox 20.8%, RPG 19.1%, Strategy 16.8%, CRPG 16.2%, Exploration 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: This simulation-heavy title focuses on managing a sect and interacting with the complex dynamics of the Jianghu world.
- #6 Wandering Sword
93% matchVery Positive95% of 40,579 reviews2023
Dev: The Swordman StudioPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 22.6 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Wandering Sword is a Chinese martial-arts RPG where you play a young swordsman caught up in a feud and nearly dies. Escaping the event puts you on the path of pursuing the highest form of martial arts and exploring the pugilistic world to become the great hero you are always destined to be.
Why similar: 2.5D 31.5%, RPG 30.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.9%, Strategy 13.9%, Adventure 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This tactical martial arts RPG features a beautiful art style and a combat system that rewards careful positioning and skill selection.
- #7 Floating Life2
94% matchMixed52% of 697 reviews2023
Dev: 心流工作室(Heart Stream Studio)
Windows
Floating Life2 is a sandbox fairy quest where you interact with NPCS in real time and experience the ups and downs of fairy quest together. Join xiuxian Zong Gate, experience the rich adventure map and real-time combat, gradually discover the truth of the earth and earth changes, change your fate.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 36.8%, Sandbox 26.2%, RPG 15.5%, Exploration 12.7%, Adventure 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A life-simulation RPG that captures the day-to-day journey of a martial artist navigating a branching narrative.
- #8 Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion
92% matchVery Positive85% of 24,122 reviews2023
Dev: 半瓶醋工作室(Half Amateur Studio)Pub: XD
Windows
Median: 14.0 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hero's Adventure:Road to Passion is a wuxia open-world RPG. You will commence your journey as an underdog in the tumultuous Martial World and will be met with a wide array of choices as you navigate your own heroic saga.
Why similar: RPG 54.6%, Strategy 29.6%, Adventure 15.8%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox RPG provides a highly reactive world where your choices in martial arts and faction interactions define your journey.
- #9 Amazing Cultivation Simulator
91% matchVery Positive86% of 23,413 reviews2020
Dev: GSQ Games
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 58.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.
Why similar: Colony Sim 44.8% ★, Sandbox 28.8%, RPG 14.4%, Strategy 12%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly blends colony-management with the mystical themes of cultivation and martial arts progression.
- #10 大宋英雄传(SongHeros)
91% matchVery Positive81% of 177 reviews2025
Dev: LazyManGameStudio
Windows
以宋朝为架空背景的策略武侠游戏,作为一个普通人进入江湖,体验生与死、善与恶,游历、结交、战斗、蜕变,获取资源,不断成长,针对敌人搭配技能,克敌制胜。每一次开始都是新的,做出不同选择,体验一段段史诗故事!
Why similar: Sandbox 27.3%, Strategy 23.8%, RPG 21.7%, Roguelike 21.3%, Adventure 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused RPG that leans heavily into the martial arts and sandbox exploration themes.
- #11 Songs of Conquest
90% matchVery Positive86% of 13,137 reviews2024
Dev: LavapotionPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Raise mighty armies, wield ancient magic and forge an empire. This turn-based strategy adventure game fuses strategic decision making, tactical combat and kingdom management.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 27.9%, Tactical RPG 23.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.6%, 2.5D 17%, Strategy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers the strategic depth and tactical combat that fans of the troop-arrangement mechanics in Song's Fantasy will appreciate.
- #12 Of Blades & Tails
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 388 reviews2023
Dev: Felix LaukelPub: Pineapple Works
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Tactical RPG 33.9%, Sandbox 18.7%, Roguelike 15.6%, Top-Down 9.1%, RPG 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that emphasizes quick, turn-based combat and exploration in a sandbox environment.
- #13 Yaoling: Mythical Journey
87% matchVery Positive90% of 3,444 reviews2025
Dev: RAYKA STUDIO
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 22.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Yaoling: Mythical Journey is a creature collecting Eastern fantasy RPG featuring an world filled with rich stories and unique Yaolings. Tasked to uncover a mysterious evil, you embark on a journey with your Yaolings, forming new friendships, engage in intense battles, and face countless challenges!
Why similar: Sandbox 31.3%, Strategy 18%, RPG 17.2%, Exploration 12.6%, Cute 11.3%
Why You'll Like It: This strategy-focused creature collector offers a charming take on adventure and tactical combat.
- #14 Kenshi
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 110,425 reviews2018
Dev: Lo-Fi Games
Windows
Median: 9.9 hrsMean: 70.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Why similar: Sandbox 54.9%, RPG 24.7%, Strategy 15.1%, Adventure 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: While not martial arts-themed, its brutal sandbox survival and colony-building elements provide the ultimate freedom found in the seed game.
- #15 WhatRogue:Exile Land
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: 肉鸽独立团Pub: OKJOY
Windows
"WhatRogue:Exile Land" blends roguelike, card construction, and tactical turn-based gameplay. The tactical element requires spatial strategies, enhancing strategic depth. Choose different heroes and companions to defeat various monsters and bosses.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 27.9%, Card Battler 27.6%, Strategy 24.9%, Adventure 11.4%, Cartoony 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It utilizes deckbuilding and card-based mechanics to drive its strategic adventure gameplay.
- #16 Pathless Woods
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,093 reviews2024
Dev: AniYa Games Studio
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Embark on a cozy open-world survival journey inspired by ancient China's heritage. Gather resources, cultivate crops, build your dream home, and defend it from marauders. Team up with friends to explore and uncover a world where adventure meets serenity.
Why similar: Sandbox 39.8%, RPG 13%, Exploration 12.5%, Cute 10.4%, Colorful 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox survival game features crafting and building mechanics set in a world inspired by ancient Chinese aesthetics.
- #17 Desktop Tourney World
86% matchMixed68% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: One leaf Games
Windows
Desktop Tourney World is a simulation construction, immortal cultivation survival game, you need to collect food, construct buildings, build equipment, and fight with all kinds of monsters.
Why similar: Card Battler 28%, Strategy RPG 21.2%, Tactical RPG 19.6%, Strategy 15.6%, RPG 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused card-battler that emphasizes tactical planning and competition.
- #18 Songs of Syx
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,777 reviews2020
Dev: Gamatron AB
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 14.9 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Songs of Syx is a fantasy city-builder with vast battles simulating thousands of citizens and soldiers. Start off as a small village and build, scheme, and fight your way towards a mighty empire. The mechanics are deep and true to life, where tiny events can spiral into the collapse of kingdoms.
Why similar: Colony Sim 54.4% ★, Sandbox 23.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Top-Down 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A massive-scale colony-sim that provides the strategic management depth required to build and maintain a thriving settlement.
- #19 Battle Brothers
84% matchVery Positive88% of 27,117 reviews2017
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 93.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Why similar: Sandbox 44.2%, RPG 22%, Strategy 21.9%, Adventure 12%
Why You'll Like It: Its focus on managing a mercenary company through tactical, turn-based combat provides a similar strategic satisfaction to the seed game.
- #20 Dream Tactics
83% matchVery Positive93% of 631 reviews2024
Dev: Spectra Entertainment Inc.Pub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Dream Tactics is a GBA-styled strategy RPG with cunning card combos and deep character customization. Pick your party, manage cards to create unique playstyles, and outsmart hordes of pillows in turn-based combat to save the Dream World from its inevitable collapse.
Why similar: Card Battler 23.5%, Tactical RPG 20.1%, Strategy RPG 19.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, Strategy 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This tactical RPG uses card-battling mechanics to create a unique and replayable combat experience.
- #21 Wildermyth
82% matchVery Positive95% of 18,060 reviews2021
Dev: Worldwalker Games LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 18.3 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: Tactical RPG 33.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 30.6%, 2.5D 10.6%, Hand-drawn 10.4%, RPG 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: The procedural storytelling and tactical RPG combat create a sense of personal narrative growth similar to the seed game.
- #22 Crown and Adventure
82% matchMixed62% of 1,611 reviews2025
Dev: C3D GamesPub: Luckycalf
Windows
An open-world adventure RPG. Choose your favorite character, train your elite legion step by step, and crush all enemies on the battlefield. Strengthen yourself, establish a powerful family, create a great dynasty, and become the dominator of this fantasy world.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 31.9%, Strategy RPG 28.6%, Sandbox 20.8%, RPG 8.5%, Strategy 8%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-rpg that focuses on party-based tactics and sandbox world exploration.
- #23 Dwarrows
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 134 reviews2020
Dev: Lithic Entertainment Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
A peaceful 3rd person adventure and town-building game. Gather, build, puzzle, explore, and quest in a beautifully handcrafted world.
Why similar: Colony Sim 69.7% ★, Strategy 11.9%, Cartoony 8.3%, Exploration 5.7%, Colorful 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that blends exploration and action-oriented strategy in a fantasy setting.
- #24 Border Town
81% matchVery Positive81% of 299 reviews2025
Dev: GoHoGamesPub: 2P Games
Windows
Restore the former glory of Border Town in an open-world sandbox RPG set in a fantastical realm. Explore the world, craft tools and weapons, cultivate fields, and socialise with your neighbours while dealing with dark forces that threaten to destroy everything you have built.
Why similar: CRPG 30.3%, Sandbox 26.1%, RPG 12%, Top-Down 9.3%, Cartoony 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A sandbox farming and adventure sim that allows for a relaxed approach to building a life in a fantasy town.
- #25 Aurora Dusk: Steam Age
81% matchVery Positive83% of 309 reviews2019
Dev: Sylvain Harlaut
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An amazing mix of RPG, strategy, simulation, sandbox and survival game. Aurora Dusk looks like many other games, but instead of being alone, you live in a community. You can play one or more villagers and evolve from the Wood Age to the Steam Age.
Why similar: Strategy 33.5%, RPG 32.3%, Sandbox 23.7%, Top-Down 6.1%, Adventure 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: This sandbox strategy game offers deep management and RPG elements in a unique setting.
- #26 觅长生
77% matchVery Positive93% of 30,994 reviews2023
Dev: Chalcedony Network
Windows
Median: 15.7 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
《觅长生》是一款想要还原真实修仙世界的开放世界角色扮演游戏。 在这里,你可以体验到从零开始一步步积攒修为突破境界的逆天修仙之旅,也可以体验到那些充满修仙味的故事和剧情。当然也少不了寻求奇遇、探索秘境,更可以和游戏中的角色互动,与人为善或是杀人夺宝全都由你自己抉择。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 31.5%, RPG 30.1%, Strategy 15.4%, Exploration 7%, Card Battler 6.8%
- #27 Fantasy Village Simulator
80% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: CYCLOPS
Windows · Mac
Experience building your own village with different races in a fantasy world! Produce more villagers for various production tasks and train more guards to resist waves of demonic attacks. Plan the production of supplies to create more powerful equipment for the guards to wear.
Why similar: Colony Sim 24.6% ★, CRPG 22.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.7%, Roguelike 14.4%, Strategy 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines base-building and simulation with roguelite elements for a strategic gameplay loop.
- #28 Endless RPG - Untold Tales
78% matchVery Positive99% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: Kezarus
Windows
Craft a party of diverse characters, each with customizable skills and looks. Explore a living world with dynamic day-night cycles, changing seasons, and diverse biomes. Embark on an epic journey where you shape your destiny as the director of your unique story.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 31.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.4%, Sandbox 21.2%, RPG 9.3%, Strategy 9.2%
- #29 Edge Islands
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 47.1% ★, Sandbox 17.6%, Strategy 11.6%, Tactical RPG 9.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.6%
- #30 Songs of Wuxia
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 857 reviews2020
Dev: DreamStepPub: 方块游戏(CubeGame)
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
"Songs of wuxia" is a role-playing game with Chinese and anime style. You will control the heroine, confirm her confidence, find the path of wuxia, then change the world.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 41.8%, CRPG 22.9%, Cartoony 15.3%, RPG 11%, Cute 9%
- #31 仙绣剑缘录
78% matchVery Positive86% of 824 reviews2021
Dev: 熊窝dodox
Windows · Mac
高自由度仙侠开放世界
Why similar: Strategy RPG 30.9%, 2D Platformer 15.3%, Strategy 11.4%, RPG 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%
- #32 Sky Realm Idle
75% matchVery Positive81% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: 323GamePub: Star Seeker Ltd
Windows
Sky Realm Idle is a Xianxia RPG combining Spirit Array strategy with estate management. Forge artifacts, cultivate pills, and recruit companions. Ascend from mortal to immortal through deep customization and idle growth.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 40.8%, Life Sim 35.1%, RPG 11%, Cute 6.7%, Adventure 6.4%
- #33 本草归元录
76% matchVery Positive81% of 151 reviews2025
Dev: Orange Paper StudioPub: CC_Games
Windows
"Herbals tycoon" is a game that combines ancient style with deep management strategy, bringing players into a mysterious and fantastic world of traditional Chinese medicine. Here, you are not only a healer but also an explorer, manager, and inheritor, writing your own herbal legend every moment.
Why similar: Life Sim 27.8%, Sandbox 23.1%, CRPG 22.4%, RPG 12.9%, Exploration 8.6%
- #34 英雄群侠传
77% matchVery Positive91% of 565 reviews2019
Dev: 熊窝dodox
Windows · Mac
高自由度单机像素武侠
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 22.9%, 2D Platformer 16.8%, RPG 16.5%, Strategy 14.2%, Cartoony 10.5%
- #35 Flower Fight
76% matchMixed63% of 153 reviews2024
Dev: ViatorPub: Dong-bung Company
Windows
Combine numerous characters and cards to create your own party. Explore dungeons to collect cards and defeat enemies. Within dungeons, various foes await. Utilize cards efficiently to achieve victory. Enhance characters with rewards and develop your own strategy.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 24.7%, Card Battler 22.1%, Roguelike 15.6%, Strategy 15%, RPG 11.7%
- #36 Journey to the West Survivor
75% matchVery Positive80% of 424 reviews2024
Dev: Buding GamesPub: Leyo Games
Windows
"Journey to the West Survivors" is a survivor-like game. You can choose from 12 interesting characters and combine various playstyles among over 200 skills. Additionally, you can get married, cultivate crops, build structures, recruit partners, and work together to fight against enemies.
Why similar: Roguelike 39.7%, Cartoony 23.2%, Strategy 18.6%, RPG 18.5%
- #37 灵界异闻录
74% matchVery Positive89% of 62 reviews2024
Dev: 灵界工作室
Windows
"Ghost Story" is a Japanese-style story background, combined with a fresh and beautiful art style, and supplemented by a variety of special systems, showing players a wonderful Japanese magical two-dimensional world.
Why similar: Card Battler 20.4%, Strategy RPG 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, 2.5D 11.7%, 2D Platformer 8.3%
- #38 Indies' Lies 2: Fire Seed
73% matchVery Positive80% of 147 reviews2025
Dev: Fun Square GamesPub: Erabit
Windows
Indies' Lies 2: Fire Seed is a top-down 2D roguelite tactics game. Command three heroes in chess-like battles, forging legends through terrain strategy, skill combos, and ever-evolving rogue builds on a dynamic battlefield.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 21%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Tactical RPG 17.8%, Roguelike 13.8%, 2D Platformer 9.5%
- #39 Fantasy of Caocao 2
74% matchVery Positive84% of 380 reviews2023
Dev: 桑尼游戏(Sunny Game)
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The most enjoyable Chinese-style Roguelike card game! Play as Cao Cao and conquer the Central, Japanese, and Western waifu with your allies, save the world!
Why similar: Card Battler 26.7%, Tactical RPG 20.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Roguelike 14.2%, RPG 8.2%
- #40 Demon Castle Story
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 142 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation
Why similar: Colony Sim 37.3% ★, RPG 15.6%, 2.5D 13.3%, Strategy 12.8%, 2D Platformer 9.5%
- #41 Untamed Tactics
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 132 reviews2023
Dev: Grumpy Owl GamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac
Untamed Tactics is a Tactical RPG set in world of colorful animals. Relive the legend of Greycoat’s escape into the untamed Wilds in a tale of lost honor and finding a new home as you fight, talk, and think your way through this beautifully illustrated adventure!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 28.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.5%, Strategy RPG 12.9%, 2.5D 8.8%, RPG 7.8%
- #42 Magicbook AutoBattler: Contract
71% matchVery Positive80% of 261 reviews2025
Dev: JXGS
Windows
This is a brand - new strategic auto - chess game that integrates RPG and roguelike elements. In the world of the Grimoire, players can freely create combinations and indulge in endless battles.
Why similar: Strategy 18.2%, Hand-drawn 17.6%, RPG 17%, Roguelike 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%
- #43 Portal Fantasy
72% matchMixed67% of 254 reviews2025
Dev: Portal Fantasy
Windows · Mac · Linux
Journey through an epic storyline, collecting creatures to aid you in turn-based battles, avoiding traps and solving puzzles, completing thrilling quests, and uncovering the darker history of Pyli Kingdom in this RPG with a unique modern take on a classic beloved genre.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 51.2%, RPG 15.3%, Strategy 13.7%, Exploration 11.4%, Adventure 8.4%
- #44 Cross Blitz
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,591 reviews2025
Dev: Tako Boy Studios LLCPub: The Arcade Crew
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Cross Blitz is a unique RPG deckbuilder featuring fast-paced tactical combat with loads of cards to collect and synergies to wield. Explore, level up, craft new cards and build the perfect decks as you carve your own path to victory!
Why similar: Card Battler 37.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.1%, Roguelike 12.8%, RPG 12.2%, Strategy 11.3%
- #45 Songs of Silence
69% matchVery Positive81% of 2,580 reviews2024
Dev: Chimera Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Lead armies, rebuild fallen kingdoms, and rise to greatness! Embark on an epic journey of strategy in a visually stunning world. Fight intense battles and uncover a captivating story.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 31.3%, RPG 26.7%, Strategy 26.6%, Adventure 15.4%
- #46 Wander Hero
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: Dimension Travler
Windows
This is the fantasy of a two-dimensional traverser in a different world. You can take a leisurely and strategically deep adventure. You can also collect beautiful girls without hurting your wallet, and form your own harem... ahem, mercenary group.
Why similar: Strategy 37.6%, Cartoony 25.8%, RPG 24.6%, Exploration 12%
- #47 Path of Kung Fu
68% matchMostly Positive72% of 5,310 reviews2025
Dev: 游鲤化龙工作室
Windows
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Path of Kung Fu is a Wuxia RPG that blends classic martial arts storytelling with open-world freedom. Master kung fu, navigate the Jianghu's bloody conflicts, and rise from a novice to a legendary hero. Subscribe to top-rated Workshop MODs to elevate your experience to the next level!
Why similar: Sandbox 45.8%, RPG 24.3%, Exploration 18%, Adventure 11.9%
- #48 CARD QUEST
70% matchMostly Positive77% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: MEOW STORE GAME
Windows · Mac
《CARD QUEST》 is a game themed around the image of cats, featuring a rich combination of elemental schools, random equipment upgrades and breakthroughs, unique core gameplay for each chapter, and various random events.
Why similar: Card Battler 42.2%, Roguelike 12.8%, Hand-drawn 11.8%, Strategy 11.3%, Exploration 9.7%
- #49 Blacksmith of the Sand Kingdom
72% matchMostly Positive73% of 162 reviews2021
Dev: Rideon,Inc.Pub: KEMCO
Windows
Become the court blacksmith adventuring in the Sand Kingdom in a fantasy RPG!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 37%, RPG 23.1%, Exploration 14.9%, Adventure 12.6%, Top-Down 12.4%
- #50 Ratopia
67% matchVery Positive88% of 4,645 reviews2025
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.9 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Ratopia is a new game that has combined elements of both strategic survival and city building. With plenty of content available, and more planned, enjoy a vast world to adventure and populate with citizens! Build your own economical system to sustain your ideal city of Ratopia.
Why similar: Colony Sim 48.8% ★, Sandbox 16.1%, Strategy 9.7%, Cartoony 8.8%, Cute 6.5%
- #51 下一站江湖Ⅰ
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 598 reviews2021
Dev: 白玉京工作室Pub: 成都搜发互娱网络科技有限公司
Windows
"AdventureAwaitsⅠ" is a game that combines the jianghu, martial arts, collection, cultivation and war chess. You can experience the adventures and anecdotes in the Jianghu.
Why similar: Sandbox 23.5%, Tactical RPG 23.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.5%, RPG 13.9%, Strategy 13.8%
- #52 Grow: Song of the Evertree
68% matchVery Positive81% of 2,538 reviews2021
Dev: Prideful SlothPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Grow your own worlds and nurture a deep natural connection with everything they hold. See your actions change the world for better! Bring the Evertree back to life in this breathtaking world-crafting sandbox, with life management and adventure elements.
Why similar: Life Sim 32.3%, Sandbox 28.9%, Exploration 12.2%, Cute 9.3%, Adventure 9.1%
- #53 旅者 Travelers
69% matchVery Positive87% of 135 reviews2021
Dev: 阅尘Atlas
Windows · Mac
A travel-sim with strategic gameplay and rogue-lite elements. Play as travelers in ancient China. Experience great views on various locations. Write travel literature that long lives in history.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 50.7%, Strategy 20.5%, Adventure 15.4%, Exploration 13.5%
- #54 小小侠客模拟器
64% matchVery Positive89% of 1,112 reviews2025
Dev: 小小游戏
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
《小小侠客模拟器》是一款以古代武侠世界为背景的 Roguelike 回合制策略游戏。玩家将通过上百种武学招式和计略构筑独特流派,应对上百个随机事件和多种敌人的挑战。游戏注重策略性和多样性,每次冒险都将为您带来不同的体验。
Why similar: Roguelike 38.6%, 2D Platformer 28.3%, Strategy 20.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.4%
- #55 Next Run
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: Clarus Victoria
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fantasy strategy RPG with roguelike elements. A game about choice: every mechanic is an alternative to another. Fight or bribe, craft or trade, build or cast. Find your own path and reach victory.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 25.8%, Tactical RPG 23.8%, Roguelike 17.2%, RPG 9.4%, Sandbox 9.2%
- #56 Forged of Blood
70% matchMixed67% of 118 reviews2019
Dev: Critical Forge
Windows
A fantasy turn-based tactical RPG built on depth and mechanical complexity, featuring classless character building, strategic management, and small unit tactics on a world scale.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 18.7%, Tactical RPG 17.3%, Strategy 14.7%, CRPG 14.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%
- #57 Empire Game:Pixel Hero
67% matchMixed57% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Empire Game Team
Windows
A troop-clash strategy game. Choose your hero, command minions, crush enemy formations! Inspired by Heroes of Might & Magic and Hero's Hour. Multiple races with national styles like Huaxia and France. Random maps = unique fun every game! Endless development & combat!
Why similar: Sandbox 49.8%, Exploration 18.4%, Adventure 17.2%, RPG 14.6%
- #58 Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
64% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,633 reviews2025
Dev: Rockbee TeamPub: Polden Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Lessaria is an RTS inspired by Majesty 👑 where you guide heroes with indirect control. Play through the campaign or relax in sandbox mode as you build your magical kingdom.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38% ★, Strategy RPG 20.6%, Sandbox 14.5%, Strategy 9.1%, RPG 8.2%
- #59 三国英雄列传 (Legendary Heros in the Three Kingdoms)
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 63 reviews2018
Dev: Flying Star Games
Windows
Legendary Heros in the Three Kingdoms is a strategy sandbox game of Sanguo hero's fantasy story. Player can play the role of any one of more than three hundred officers in Sanguo's history.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 38.4%, Sandbox 17.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 17%, 2D Platformer 8.5%, RPG 7.2%
- #60 Paragon Pioneers 2
66% matchVery Positive93% of 57 reviews2024
Dev: Tobias Arlt
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into the captivating world of Paragon Pioneers 2, an engaging city-building idle game filled with extensive content promising months of immersive gameplay. Even with limited playtime, you can delve deep into this simulation, experimenting with various strategies to enhance your realm.
Why similar: Colony Sim 59.9% ★, Strategy 14.7%, Top-Down 10.7%, Cute 7.6%, Colorful 7.1%