- #1 One-inch Tactics
97% matchVery Positive94% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: KOGADO STUDIOPub: KOMODO
Windows
Turn the tide of the war with nuanced strategies in One-inch Tactics, introducing players to a unique turn-based strategy experience.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 33.7%, Strategy 20.3%, Turn-Based Combat 18.9%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Puzzle 8.8%
- #2 Playback Loop
96% matchVery Positive94% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: MapPack
Windows
Carefully capture tracks of your actions, then play them back to solve puzzles with the aid of your recorded ghosts. Immerse yourself in a cerebral first-person puzzle platformer, where strategically thinking several steps ahead is the key to success.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 28%, First-Person 20.5%, Puzzle 13.4%, Sci-fi 13.1%, Combat 6.5%
- #3 Stack
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 70 reviews2017
Dev: AeroLab StudiosPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
This is simple but highly addictive strategy game that will test your reaction times and your hand to eye coordination.
Why similar: Strategy 31.3%, First-Person 21.4%, Puzzle 18.2%, 3D 16.3%, Casual 7%
- #4 Shock Tactics
95% matchMixed43% of 136 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%
- #5 Special Tactics
94% matchVery Positive83% of 130 reviews2016
Dev: Beast Mode Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 45%
ST brings the most intense, tactical-action experience to Steam. Select your custom loadout, plan out strategies and accomplish your objectives. Addictive Survival mode and unrivaled multiplayer including Squads (1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, 2 vs 1)
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 40.7%, Turn-Based Combat 32.8%, Strategy 21.7%, Indie 2.5%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #6 Cobalt Core
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,401 reviews2023
Dev: Rocket Rat GamesPub: Brace Yourself Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 37.3%, Strategy 20.7%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%, Combat 9.2%
- #7 Slizer Battle Management System
94% matchVery Positive83% of 75 reviews2018
Dev: slizer88
Windows
Single player, sci-fi, minimalist Real Time Tactics game. Strategy without the stress: complex movement, damage, and detection replaces intense micro and economy management. Units are selected and outfitted before battle. Emphasises tactical choices over mechanical skill.
Why similar: Strategy 67.6%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Indie 8.9%, Singleplayer 3%
- #8 Refactor
92% matchVery Positive84% of 469 reviews2022
Dev: GAGAPub: LightOn Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Refactor is a hard-core tower defense game that combines modular building, route planning, and element composition.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 32.3%, Strategy 23.9%, Sci-fi 20.4%, Combat 12.8%, Casual 4.8%
- #9 Spacetime Shooter
91% matchVery Positive94% of 127 reviews2026
Dev: Team GoodDuckPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
You are a sniper who controls time and space. Eliminate all enemies with a single bullet.
Why similar: Sci-fi 48.7%, Puzzle 41.4%, Singleplayer 7.1%, Indie 2.7%
- #10 Deadlock Station
91% matchVery Positive81% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Luxorix Games
Windows
Turn the battlefield into your ally in this tactical rogue-like with indirect controls. Assemble a unique squad, destroy the alien invaders with precise planning, and uncover the truth about the Event and the mysterious disappearance of humans.
Why similar: Strategy 46.9%, Sci-fi 46.8%, Singleplayer 6.3%
- #11 Tinker Shot
90% matchVery Positive92% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: CodeRedPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
A turn-based skill-crafting dungeon crawler roguelike, where you combine crazy effects and upgrades for your skills and use them on enemies. With a strategic physics-based gameplay, unlock and grow your arsenal of spells and items to overcome the challenging dungeon of Underground Ruins!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 38%, Turn-Based Combat 31%, Strategy 22.7%, Casual 5.6%, Indie 2.7%
- #12 Reloader: test_subject
89% matchVery Positive92% of 304 reviews2022
Dev: Nevertheless StudioPub: PsychoFlux Entertainment
Windows
Reloader: test_subject is an experimental "Bullet Counting Reload Action" game. Experience being a Reloader: having legendary shooting skills and engaging in Close-Quarters Combat(CQC). You just have to remember how to use the gun you’re holding.
Why similar: Strategy 50.8%, Shooter 36.2%, Indie 6.5%, Singleplayer 6.5%
- #13 Salvo Shuffle
89% matchVery Positive96% of 85 reviews2024
Dev: Agent_Jo
Windows
Salvo Shuffle is a bullet-hell roguelike that mixes turn-based and action-based combat.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 31.7%, Strategy 29.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.3%, Combat 10.2%, Indie 4.4%
- #14 SHOOPER NOVA
86% matchVery Positive85% of 664 reviews2025
Dev: JamesikaPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Craft Your Ultimate Circular Fortress! Dive into SHOOPER NOVA, where you choose props and components to build a unique fortress. Unlock combos to shape your strategy and battle style. Become an unstoppable barrage machine and obliterate waves of enemies from all directions!
Why similar: Strategy 54.5%, Sci-fi 24.3%, Casual 13.3%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #15 Clatter
87% matchVery Positive83% of 1,271 reviews2018
Dev: Facepunch Studios
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Create and command your own customizable squads of fighting robots in this turn-based, arena tactics game.
Why similar: Strategy 42.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 30.7%, Turn-Based Combat 21.2%, Indie 6%
- #16 Mech Fortress
84% matchVery Positive87% of 264 reviews2026
Dev: Some Sugar Studio
Windows
Mech Fortress is a sci-fi tower defense game where each turret has unique mechanics. You can freely place them on a 5×5 grid, and your goal is to eliminate all enemies!
Why similar: Strategy 48.6%, Sci-fi 28%, Combat 19.7%, Singleplayer 3.7%
- #17 Cubiscape 2
85% matchVery Positive90% of 130 reviews2020
Dev: Silver Eye Studios
Windows
Solve hundreds of fun and challenging puzzles in this original turn-based puzzle game. Hide from your enemies or lure them into traps, press buttons to open up new paths or skip obstacles using the teleporter!
Why similar: Strategy 43.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.1%, Puzzle Platformer 15.3%, Casual 12%, 3D 4.9%
- #18 Relik
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 182 reviews2017
Dev: Iron 27
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Solve classic puzzles in head-to-head PvP. Sharpen your mind and test your wits against other players.
Why similar: Strategy 38.1%, Puzzle 24.2%, 3D 20.4%, Puzzle Platformer 10.5%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #19 Automaton Kingdom
83% matchVery Positive87% of 52 reviews2022
Dev: Trail Studio
Windows
2D turn-based puzzle game with a medieval setting and two game phases. Allied and enemy characters will behave automatically after setting them up in the edit phase. you can see the outcome of the different iterations of the level in the game phase.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 54.2%, Puzzle 17.2%, Strategy 17.2%, Casual 5%, Indie 3.3%
- #20 [Test Subject Name]
81% matchVery Positive81% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Munch
Windows · Mac · Linux
[Test Subject Name] is an FPS Platformer that sees you descend through layers of test chambers, fighting multitudes of robots along the way, using weapons taken from enemies, and coming in contact with intelligent machines that want you dead.
Why similar: Sci-fi 22.5%, Shooter 22.1%, First-Person 19%, Combat 16.8%, 3D 13.9%
- #21 FPS - Fun Puzzle Shooter
84% matchMostly Negative38% of 74 reviews2017
Dev: Rafael FariasPub: Fiassink Games
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 26%
FPS - Fun Puzzle Shooter is a first person game with a totally different proposal. Here the objective is not to kill other creatures, but to hit the correct targets to finish the levels.
Why similar: Strategy 69.8%, Casual 19.7%, Indie 10.5%
- #22 ReThink | Evolved 2
82% matchVery Positive93% of 56 reviews2018
Dev: Yaeko
Windows
ReThink | Evolved 2 is a Puzzle Game in a futuristic setting. Solve a variety of Puzzles that utilize Lasers and the behavior of light in two and three-dimensional space. Created with the Feedback from its predecessor in mind, ReThink | Evolved 2 features: 40 new Puzzles, enhanced Gameplay...
Why similar: First-Person 21.9%, Sci-fi 18.8%, Puzzle 16.9%, Strategy 16.7%, 3D 12.8%
- #23 ReSpaced
80% matchVery Positive88% of 88 reviews2025
Dev: Elevated Ants Studio
Windows
A fast-paced first-person shooter where you master gun recoil to leap across platforms, battle various enemies, and upgrade your weapon to escape an overrun space station.
Why similar: Shooter 36.8%, First-Person 26.1%, 3D 16.9%, Combat 13.9%, Indie 3.8%
- #24 SolarGun
81% matchVery Positive84% of 209 reviews2017
Dev: Mechanical BossPub: GGtech Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Discover SolarGun, a first-person puzzle game set in a aseptic factory. Use energy orbs, dodge lasers, and activate mechanisms to escape. With over 20 puzzles, hidden minigames, and a speedrun mode, every decision counts on your path to freedom.
Why similar: Puzzle Platformer 34.2%, Sci-fi 32.6%, Casual 16.8%, Indie 16.4%
- #25 Fogpiercer
77% matchVery Positive84% of 650 reviews2026
Dev: Mad Cookies StudioPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Fight through the fog in this sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder where clever positioning, explosive chain-reactions, and the environment itself can make the difference between life and death.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 37.7%, Turn-Based Combat 28.1%, Strategy 22.8%, Casual 5.6%, Singleplayer 3%
- #26 Jacob
82% matchMostly Negative38% of 102 reviews2016
Dev: Duck Duck ZeusPub: Centre For Longitudinal Studies
Windows
Jacob: an evidence-based puzzle
Why similar: Strategy 69.1%, Casual 19.6%, Indie 11.4%
- #27 Templar Battleforce
79% matchVery Positive93% of 984 reviews2015
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.3 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 Strategy 39.1%, Turn-Based Combat 23.1%, Strategy 18.8%, Sci-fi 16.6%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #28 EXE.CUTOR
77% matchVery Positive94% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: A.S.K.S.Pub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
EXE.CUTOR is a game where you place data blocks to complete lines. Acquire various equipment and enhance your data blocks to build stronger lines and defeat virus hosts infesting cyberspace!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 39.7%, Strategy 22.5%, Sci-fi 20.1%, Puzzle 11.4%, Indie 3.3%
- #29 Voidspire Tactics
78% matchVery Positive97% of 291 reviews2015
Dev: Rad Codex
Windows
An indie turn-based Tactics RPG with a heavy emphasis on exploration, character progression, and highly tactical combat. Create your own deeply customizable party of Warriors, Sorcerers, and Shiftcloaks to take on the Spire!
Why similar: Strategy 58.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 31.9%, Indie 9.5%
- #30 Ground Breakers
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 57 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: Strategy 34.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.1%, Turn-Based Combat 21.4%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Indie 3.5%
- #31 Clockwork Cleanup
74% matchVery Positive100% of 444 reviews2025
Dev: David Stears
Windows
Clockwork cleanup is a auto-battler game where your actions are dictated by tiles of various shapes placed in a grid. Defeat waves of enemies to save the factory!
Why similar: Strategy 55%, Puzzle 25.6%, Casual 12.3%, Indie 4.6%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #32 Tower Lab
76% matchMostly Positive73% of 158 reviews2026
Dev: Devon Powell
Windows · Mac
Enemies have no health, push them off instead. Weaponize physics in this physics-sandbox-inspired tower defense game with multiple game modes. Draft a deck, chain towers into living contraptions, grow and shrink every projectile, and launch hordes of robots off the edge.
Why similar: Strategy 29%, Sci-fi 28.9%, Experimental 17.3% ★, 3D 16.1%, Casual 5.4%
- #33 Octameta
75% matchVery Positive95% of 120 reviews2024
Dev: AQin_Gomeisa
Windows · Mac
A 3D-styled puzzle-solving burning brain indie game, using the Pocket Cube to restore objects. A story about AI's journey to recreate the history of human science
Why similar: Sci-fi 28.3%, Strategy 26.6%, Puzzle 17.4%, First-Person 17%, Casual 7.2%
- #34 Zero Orders Tactics
75% matchVery Positive91% of 113 reviews2024
Dev: Pauloondra
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
🌋⚔ Terraforming + Into The Breach! An experimental puzzle strategy where you are not commanding your troops - now, you are shaping the battlefield itself! Nothing is random*, everything is predictable*, and the battlefield is changing. Every turn. By you.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 42.6%, Strategy 24%, Turn-Based Combat 18.7%, Puzzle 10.5%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #35 ReThink
76% matchVery Positive82% of 293 reviews2017
Dev: Yaeko
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 56%
As an inmate of a government-controlled Correctional Facility in the year 2275, you have the right to prove yourself worthy of being part of Society again. Show your skills in logical thinking by solving puzzles of varying size, type and difficulty in this first-Person puzzle game, and redeem your freedom!
Why similar: Sci-fi 21.5%, First-Person 19.9%, Puzzle 14.9%, Strategy 12.5%, 3D 12%
- #36 Command Deck
73% matchVery Positive99% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: k-critical
Windows · Mac
A retro sci-fi deckbuilder where enemies play by the same rules as you. Command your ship, build powerful deck combinations, and watch your decisions unfold in fast-paced, satisfying space combat.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26.9%, Turn-Based Combat 18.6%, Strategy 18.4%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Combat 11.9%
- #37 DAICE
72% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2026
Dev: Aeterna LudiPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
DAICE is a unique merge of turn-based dice-powered combat with inventory management, a roguelite where you control an evergrowing AI Core. Purchase and pilot unique spaceships, load your dice into weapons and systems, and unleash devastating combos and shape your own strategy-driven story.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 37.7%, Turn-Based Combat 25.4%, Strategy 21.9%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #38 Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 413 reviews2019
Dev: Tortuga Team
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 33.1%, Turn-Based Combat 21.9%, Strategy 17%, Sci-fi 16.6%, 3D 8.6%
- #39 Prismata
73% matchVery Positive81% of 1,225 reviews2018
Dev: Lunarch Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
A perfect-information strategy game inspired by RTS, deckbuilders, and board games. Choose from three distinct technology classes and outwit your foes by snowballing your starting resources into a powerful cybernetic army. ABSOLUTELY NO PAY-TO-WIN.
Why similar: Strategy 45.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.5%, Sci-fi 18.7%, Puzzle 7.5%, Indie 5.9%
- #40 Gunlocked
71% matchVery Positive86% of 517 reviews2022
Dev: FromLefcourt
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
Why similar: Shooter 34.8%, Sci-fi 33.3%, Combat 24.2%, Singleplayer 7.7%
- #41 COMBOLITE
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Kristoff Red
Windows · Linux
In this satisfying incremental roguelike, every weapon you buy matters! Strategically order them to trigger powerful combos, send the enemy flying with physics-based hits, and watch your damage reach MILLIONS and above!
Why similar: Experimental 41% ★, Strategy 34.7%, Casual 11%, 3D 9.9%, Indie 2.2%
- #42 Ultimate Space Commando
73% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Creatio 49Pub: Angry Cat Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
USC is a turn-based, top-down view tactics game in which you control the crew of a stranded recon vessel in a "first contact war" for survival, featuring a detailed combat system with RPG elements, fully interactive randomized maps, unique weapons and gadgets, crafting, and custom multiplayer modes.
Why similar: Strategy 86.6%, Indie 13.4%
- #43 Every Day We Fight
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 426 reviews2025
Dev: Signal Space LabPub: Wild Hog Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Turn-based tactics meets real-time choices. Control each moment of combat: react to enemy fire, aim your shots, and interrupt enemies on-the-fly. Transform a trio of ragtag civilians into seasoned soldiers - and escape the alien timeloop.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 35.3%, Turn-Based Combat 24.7%, Strategy 19.3%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #44 Deadzoned
68% matchVery Positive97% of 95 reviews2026
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Deadzoned is a sci-fi turn-based action Roguelike. Blast your way through zones battling the beasts, bandits, and monsters that stalk the blackouts. But you'll need your wits to make best use of the gear you stumble upon to survive and save the fate of the planet!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 38.6%, Sci-fi 30.1%, Strategy 27.9%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #45 Bionic Dues
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 998 reviews2013
Dev: Arcen Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelite with mech customization. Out-think wide-ranging tactical situations featuring robots with bad GPS, terrible aim, insecurity, a lack of focus, a tendency to backstab, and dozens of other maladies to exploit.
Why similar: Strategy 36.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 32%, Sci-fi 15.7%, Turn-Based Combat 10%, Indie 4.3%
- #46 Lucky Shot
67% matchVery Positive98% of 199 reviews2026
Dev: Deliver Games
Windows · Mac
A shooting dopamine machine! Lucky Shot is a roguelike mag-builder FPS where you master different weapons, build wild combos, and break the game to reach massive high scores.
Why similar: Strategy 41.8%, First-Person 27.2%, Shooter 26.8%, Singleplayer 4.2%
- #47 Vactics
69% matchVery Positive98% of 51 reviews2023
Dev: The Lemur Conspiracy
Windows · Mac
Build the mech to fight against robotic Vactics in tactical chess-like combat. The war is already over and the heroes of the city have fallen. Take on a new randomly generated challenge every time you play and join with the citizens to fight for a better future.
Why similar: Strategy 68.4%, Sci-fi 29.5%, Singleplayer 2%
- #48 Tower Tactics: Liberation
68% matchVery Positive88% of 1,259 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
We fused deck-building roguelikes and tower defenses in a way never seen before - deploy your towers, collect valuable trinkets and cast powerful spells to defend yourself against the Salkoth!
Why similar: Strategy 47.6%, Sci-fi 40.6%, Singleplayer 7.3%, Indie 4.4%
- #49 GunBlocks - Prologue
69% matchVery Positive97% of 107 reviews2021
Dev: Steve Welz
Windows
In this prologue you crash-land on a mysterious planet. In order to get your lost cargo back, use tetrominos, solve blocky puzzles, and get to know its not too friendly inhabitants.
Why similar: Experimental 41.7% ★, Puzzle Platformer 27.5%, Puzzle 20.6%, Casual 5.1%, Indie 2.8%
- #50 Towerful Defense: Prologue
67% matchVery Positive88% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A tower defense action roguelike where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.
Why similar: Strategy 73.2%, Casual 19.1%, Singleplayer 7.7%
- #51 Factory Planner: First Sparks
67% matchVery Positive81% of 123 reviews2025
Dev: Lebleby GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Factory Planner: First Sparks is a card-based simulation and strategy game. In this Prologue version, build your own factory using strategic card combinations and enjoy a unique sandbox experience.
Why similar: Strategy 56.6%, Sci-fi 19.1%, Casual 18.2%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 2%
- #52 Shoot. Push. Repeat.
69% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2020
Dev: CrewLab
Windows
A dynamic clicker puzzle simulating real physics.
Why similar: Casual 41.3%, Puzzle 28.9%, Indie 21.3%, Singleplayer 8.4%
- #53 Backpack Dungeon
64% matchVery Positive88% of 727 reviews2026
Dev: 夜喵Pub: Shuffle Play Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A unique pixel-art backpack management roguelike. Your backpack isn't just storage—it's your combat core. Item placement, adjacency, and trigger mechanics determine your survival in the dungeon. A mental challenge of spatial planning and strategy.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 52.9%, Strategy 38.8%, Singleplayer 4.2%, Indie 4.1%
- #54 Into the Breach
64% matchVery Positive94% of 22,436 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 32.0 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 42.1%, Strategy 23.4%, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Puzzle 6.6%
- #55 Cartapli : Fold Quest
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 720 reviews2026
Dev: ManduPodPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Cartapli: fold Quest is a turn-based combat game combining strategy roguelike mechanics with unique origami puzzles. Fold the paper to shift positions and defeat all enemies!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 44.6%, Strategy 26%, Turn-Based Combat 23.5%, Casual 6%