- #1 Into the Breach
97% 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 24.4%, Turn-Based 21.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.7%, Tactical 9%, Isometric 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Offers the same bite-sized, deterministic tactical puzzle combat where positioning enemies into hazards and predicting their moves is paramount.
- #2 Knights in Tight Spaces
96% matchMixed69% of 945 reviews2025
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Control your environment, gather your party, and build your best deck to overcome outlaws and supernatural forces, across a rich fantasy world. Watch as your tactical choices and deckbuilding prowess play out through stylish fight sequences.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 13.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Tactical RPG 12.1%, Tactical 10.2%, Isometric 10%
Why You'll Like It: Continues the clever deckbuilding and grid-based tactical movement formula of its predecessor, emphasizing stylish choreography.
- #3 Fights in Tight Spaces
96% matchVery Positive90% of 3,951 reviews2021
Dev: Ground ShatterPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.
Why similar: Turn-Based 29.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 26.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Tactical 11%, Isometric 9%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the same stylish, cinematic action-puzzle feel where you must carefully maneuver characters and manage spaces to overcome overwhelming odds.
- #4 SteamWorld Heist II
95% matchVery Positive93% of 2,499 reviews2024
Dev: Thunderful DevelopmentPub: Thunderful Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Skill-based gunplay meets turn-based tactics in SteamWorld Heist 2! Aim carefully, bounce bullets, and pull off trick shots in high-stakes heists. Choose your crew and utilize 150+ items to navigate real-time naval battles and daring missions in this 30+ hour adventure to stop a deadly water crisis.
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.8%, Tactical RPG 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Funny 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines charming character-driven storytelling with clever turn-based tactical combat focused on ricocheting shots and positioning.
- #5 Phantom Brigade
94% matchVery Positive81% of 4,602 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Phantom Brigade 2.0 is a cinematic, tactical mech strategy game with a revolutionary timeline-based command system. See the future, predict enemy actions, and plot your counterattack on the timeline! Recruit and level up your squad of rebels to retake war-torn Fyrland from the Kaskad occupation.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 28%, Military 22.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Tactical 20.6%, Strategy 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: Features a similar time-prediction and manipulation mechanic that lets you carefully plan out turns for maximum tactical devastation.
- #6 Cobalt Core
94% 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: Tactical RPG 22.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.7%, Tactical 12.7%, Funny 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers a similarly witty, character-driven experience focused on positioning, defense, and clever card combos.
- #7 Demonschool
92% matchVery Positive92% of 1,080 reviews2025
Dev: Necrosoft GamesPub: Ysbryd Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Demonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action. Defeat big weirdos in between the human and demon worlds as Faye and her misfit companions, while navigating university life on a mysterious island.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 18.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15%, Tactical 14%, Isometric 14%, Comedy 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Pairs tactical grid-based movement and positioning with a stylish, story-rich supernatural academy setting.
- #8 The Lamplighters League
93% matchMixed69% of 1,256 reviews2023
Dev: Harebrained SchemesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Recruit a team of misfits with unique abilities and unforgettable personalities, and chase the Banished Court to the ends of the earth in a mix of real-time infiltration, turn-based tactical combat, and a character-driven story of adventure and intrigue.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 21.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.2%, Strategy RPG 17.6%, Tactical 15%, Story Rich 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: Blends pulp adventure storytelling with turn-based tactical squad combat and unique character abilities.
- #9 Wildermyth
91% matchVery Positive95% of 18,287 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 23.9%, Turn-Based 20.5%, Tactical RPG 20%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Story Rich 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: Captures the fun character-driven storytelling and party-based tactical combat of a group of quirky heroes on an adventure.
- #10 XCOM®: Chimera Squad
91% matchMostly Positive71% of 23,483 reviews2020
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
XCOM: Chimera Squad delivers an all-new story and turn-based tactical combat experience in the XCOM universe.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 36.9%, Turn-Based 27.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Strategy 6.6%, Tactical 6%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on rapid, breach-and-clear tactical operations with a colorful cast of specialized agents working together.
- #11 Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
90% matchVery Positive94% of 3,234 reviews2025
Dev: Trese Brothers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.1%, Tactical RPG 13%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Strategy RPG 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends squad-level tactical strategy with a rich, story-driven cyberpunk heist campaign.
- #12 Wintermoor Tactics Club
89% matchVery Positive88% of 653 reviews2020
Dev: EVC GamesPub: Versus Evil
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wintermoor Tactics Club is a story about surviving high school, with gameplay inspired by tactics RPGs and visual novels.
Why similar: Turn-Based 16%, Tactical RPG 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Isometric 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines a charming, quirky story about high school clubs with accessible and clever tactical RPG battles.
- #13 The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
88% matchVery Positive87% of 8,099 reviews2020
Dev: Artefacts StudioPub: Dear Villagers
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Step into the wacky heroic fantasy universe of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Lead a team of unlikely and clumsy heroes in an epic and challenging tactical RPG. Live an adventure filled with humor, surprises and silly encounters.
Why similar: Turn-Based 27.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 22.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, RPG 7.6%, Tactical 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Presents a comedic, fantasy-parody adventure with traditional turn-based tactical positioning battles.
- #14 Gem Wizards Tactics
89% matchVery Positive82% of 71 reviews2021
Dev: Keith Burgun Games
Windows
Choose your faction and test your skill in this one-player tactical masterpiece, where positioning is everything! Clear forests, pave roads, knock enemies into pits, yank them out from behind their defenders, before the Business Demons burn it all down!
Why similar: Tactical 28.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 24.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Funny 12.4%, Fantasy 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: Offers whimsical, colorful visuals paired with highly positioning-dependent elemental tactical gameplay.
- #15 Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
87% matchVery Positive88% of 6,367 reviews2019
Dev: 6 Eyes StudioPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 21%, Tactical RPG 14%, Turn-Based 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Strategy RPG 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: Provides deep, classic grid-based tactical RPG gameplay with extensive character customization and class management.
- #16 Rogue Waters
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,315 reviews2024
Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Tripwire Presents
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.5%, Tactical RPG 18.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Isometric 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: Features pirate-themed tactical combat where environmental kills, pushes, and pulls dictate victory.
- #17 STAR WARS Zero Company™
84% matchVery Positive83% of 22,156 reviews2026
Dev: Bit ReactorPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 16.0 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Command an elite squad through a gritty and authentic story in STAR WARS Zero Company™, a single-player turn-based tactics game set in the twilight of the Clone Wars™.
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Tactical 11.8%, Strategy RPG 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: Features squad-based turn-based tactics set in a beloved sci-fi universe with tactical positioning challenges.
- #18 Esoteric Ebb
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 9,761 reviews2026
Dev: Christoffer BodegårdPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Esoteric Ebb is a single-player CRPG inspired by the freedom of tabletop adventures. Unravel a political conspiracy with your goblin sidekick. Roll dice in tense encounters. Become a cleric of legends or completely ruin the campaign.
Why similar: Turn-Based 29.1%, Isometric 24.6%, Story Rich 17%, Funny 12.1%, RPG 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a witty, deeply story-rich CRPG experience full of personality and clever dialogue choices.
- #19 Dungeons of Aether
85% matchVery Positive83% of 657 reviews2023
Dev: Aether Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Delve into Dungeons of Aether, a turn-based dungeon crawler set in the Rivals of Aether universe. Control four new heroes as they uncover the mysteries of the Julesvale Caverns in Story Mode or test your mettle in the grueling Challenge Dungeons.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 34.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.2%, Puzzle 11.4%, Funny 11.2%, Strategy 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Uses a clever, puzzle-like approach to grid-based combat mixed with roguelite progression.
- #20 Together in Battle
84% matchVery Positive90% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Sinister Design
Windows
Manage a team of fantasy gladiators in this Fire Emblem-style strategy RPG with vibrant characters, funny random events, and emergent relationship-building. Uncover a sinister conspiracy; fight deep turn-based tactical battles; watch your characters grow together!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 26.1%, Strategy RPG 25.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 24%, Story Rich 8.9%, Fantasy 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical team synergies, relationship building, and grid-based fantasy combat.
- #21 Ledgerbound
82% matchVery Positive93% of 643 reviews2026
Dev: OmniMegaSuperCorp
Windows · Mac
Deny an insurance claim, save the world. Ledgerbound is a hilarious, narrative-driven tactical RPG/dating sim filled with all your favorite epic fantasy activities: battling evil enemies, filling out paperwork, rescuing your company from financial ruin, pursuing HR-approved relationships, and more!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Satire 11.2% ★, Strategy RPG 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: Blends strategic planning with quirky comedy and a heavy emphasis on narrative delivery.
- #22 Reverie Knights Tactics
86% matchMixed61% of 111 reviews2022
Dev: 40 Giants EntertainmentPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Reverie Knights Tactics is a turn-based tactical RPG with strategic battles in isometric grids where every decision can alter the story. Travel through a hand-drawn fantasy world and lead your heroes in a story-rich adventure, visual novel style!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 21.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.8%, Strategy RPG 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Tactical 13.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features hand-drawn aesthetics and strategic grid-based combat with plenty of environmental interactions.
- #23 Titanium Court
81% matchVery Positive94% of 1,180 reviews2026
Dev: AP ThomsonPub: Fellow Traveller
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A critically-acclaimed surreal masterpiece. This is how AP Thomson would describe Titanium Court if not for the curse he bears as punishment for his hubris. Instead he can only use the crudest of terms and so he describes Titanium Court as "a clever ploy to trick gamers into reading my book." Yuck!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 22.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.5%, Funny 14.1%, Tactical 12.6%, Puzzle 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers surreal humor and strategic puzzle mechanics in an engaging narrative package.
- #24 MENACE
80% matchVery Positive91% of 13,728 reviews2026
Dev: Overhype StudiosPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 26.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based 19.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 14%, Tactical RPG 13.1%, Strategy RPG 13%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: Delivers gritty, deep sci-fi turn-based tactical combat where squad positioning and preparation mean everything.
- #25 Arco
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,319 reviews2024
Dev: FranekPub: Panic
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: Turn-Based Strategy 37.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%, Story Rich 16.9%, RPG 11.3%, Strategy 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: Offers innovative simultaneous turn-based movement and tactical combat wrapped in a poignant story.
- #26 Blue Prince
79% matchVery Positive86% of 20,245 reviews2025
Dev: DogubombPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 14.5 hrsMean: 30.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Welcome to Mt. Holly, where every dawn unveils a new mystery. Navigate through shifting corridors and ever-changing chambers in this genre-defying strategy puzzle adventure. But will your unpredictable path lead you to the rumored Room 46?
Why similar: Puzzle 35.4%, Mystery 24.5%, Story Rich 19.7%, Adventure 5.7%, Singleplayer 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: Shares the same brain-teasing, puzzle-box architectural design philosophy that rewards careful planning.
- #27 Pathway
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,264 reviews2019
Dev: RobotalityPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!
Why similar: Turn-Based 21%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.8%, Strategy RPG 16.6%, Tactical RPG 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines pulp-adventure storytelling with tight, grid-based turn-based tactical combat encounters.
- #28 Terrain of Magical Expertise
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 165 reviews2021
Dev: NEO-C Productions L.L.CPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Terrain of Magical Expertise is a game about a game! Take on the role of a White-Hat Hacker in this non-linear, story-driven, RPG adventure, featuring an original turn-based combat system, hundreds of unique enemies, and a full cast of voice actors. Do all it takes to win the Campaign of Champions!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 36%, Tactical 12.4%, RPG 11.9%, Funny 11.7%, Comedy 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Presents a game-within-a-game fantasy RPG adventure with turn-based tactical battles and quirky dialogue.
- #29 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown
77% matchVery Positive89% of 201 reviews2025
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
Splinter and Shredder are dead. Help the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tackle deadly new threats and the approach of adulthood in this fast-paced turn-based beat-em-up!
Why similar: Turn-Based 15.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Tactical RPG 10.5%, Strategy RPG 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%
- #30 King of the Bridge
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,778 reviews2024
Dev: Finn Schuuring
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Face off against the bridge troll in his bizarre game of chess! Decrypt, Twist and Enforce the rules as your devious opponent attempts to break them in King of the Bridge!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 27.2%, Puzzle 20.1%, Comedy 17%, Mystery 9.7%, Strategy 7.2%
- #31 Sumerian Six
76% matchVery Positive95% of 1,280 reviews2024
Dev: ArtificerPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Lead an unlikely team of commando scientists behind enemy lines to fight Nazis, uncover arcane mysteries, and wield experimental technology to turn the tide of WWII in this real-time tactical stealth adventure.
Why similar: Tactical 24.2%, Isometric 22.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.3%, Strategy 8.9%
- #32 Shadows Over Loathing
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 3,334 reviews2022
Dev: Asymmetric
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Shadows over Loathing — a slapstick-figure comedy adventure-RPG full of mobsters, monsters, and mysteries.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 31.2%, Funny 16.2%, Puzzle 15.6%, Comedy 14.2%, RPG 11.5%
- #33 Gobs and Gods
75% matchVery Positive96% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Space Peons
Windows · Linux
Hire a band of almost-heroic goblins to fight and die for you in tactical turn-based battles, accomplish silly quests for the weird inhabitants of this fantastic world, and truly become a god - at least by goblin standards.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.9%, Strategy RPG 18.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.8%, Funny 7.2%
- #34 Groove Coaster
78% matchMixed67% of 1,606 reviews2018
Dev: TAITO CORP.Pub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Riding the rhythmic rails of success from smart phone, into the arcades, now GROOVE COASTER arrives on Steam! Are you ready to ride a roller coaster of sound and light through a universe of music?
Why similar: Singleplayer 100%
Why You'll Like It: Shares a vibrant, energetic visual style and rhythm-like precision in puzzle execution.
- #35 Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes
78% matchMixed62% of 469 reviews2010
Dev: Silent Dreams
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 45%
Grotesque Tactics is a highly addictive tactical RPG combining elements of popular Western and Asian console RPGs.
Why similar: Turn-Based 30.8%, Tactical 13.3%, Strategy RPG 10.3%, RPG 10.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: Combines sarcastic humor, parody writing, and classic tactical RPG combat.
- #36 Showgunners
73% matchVery Positive93% of 1,978 reviews2023
Dev: ArtificerPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
As a contestant on a high stakes reality game show of the future, you must survive a dangerous urban environment packed with traps, confounding puzzles, and heavily armed psychopaths. Turn-based combat in hand crafted levels, built for entertainment.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 22%, Tactical 19%, Isometric 16.2%, Tactical RPG 10.8%
- #37 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
74% matchVery Positive90% of 20,576 reviews2018
Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: Funcom
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
Why similar: Turn-Based 27.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 23.7%, Tactical 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%, RPG 8.5%
- #38 Warbanners
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 615 reviews2017
Dev: Crasleen Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Warbanners: the turn-based, tactical strategy game with role-playing elements that lets you manage a squad of mercenaries, and survive 42 campaign missions. Your goal? To earn a place among ancient legends!
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.5%, Tactical RPG 15.3%, Strategy RPG 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%
- #39 I Am Your Beast
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 5,647 reviews2024
Dev: Strange Scaffold
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Hunt the military-industrial complex across stylish comic book micro-sandboxes in this fast-paced covert revenge thriller FPS from the developers of El Paso, Elsewhere.
Why similar: Military 82.9%, Singleplayer 9.8%, Indie 7.3%
- #40 Winter Falling: Battle Tactics
72% matchVery Positive90% of 486 reviews2022
Dev: Rarykos
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 24.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.8%, Strategy RPG 13.2%, Tactical RPG 12.4%
- #41 Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 581 reviews2017
Dev: Pixelated Milk
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Regalia: Of Men And Monarchs is a tactical RPG set in a cheerful fantasy world full of weirdness and wonder. Assemble your party, go adventuring, manage your kingdom, make new friends, and defeat your opponents in challenging turn-based combat.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 14.6%, Tactical RPG 14.2%, Tactical 12.1%, Isometric 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.8%
- #42 Voidspire Tactics
73% 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: Turn-Based 24.1%, Tactical RPG 19.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.5%, Strategy RPG 11.2%, RPG 9.6%
- #43 West of Loathing
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 10,324 reviews2017
Dev: Asymmetric
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
West of Loathing — a slapstick comedy stick-figure wild west adventure role-playing game.
Why similar: Turn-Based 24.5%, Funny 14.7%, Comedy 13.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.3%, RPG 9.7%
- #44 Spellmasons
71% matchVery Positive92% of 1,249 reviews2023
Dev: Octavia Blue
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Spellmasons is a magical, tactical roguelike where you customize your spells. Play solo or team up with your friends in online multiplayer, and explore a deep magic system where clever combinations yield powerfully satisfying results!
Why similar: Turn-Based 42.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 23%, Tactical 22.8%, Fantasy 4.7%, Strategy 4.6%
- #45 Dice Gambit
69% matchVery Positive88% of 1,162 reviews2025
Dev: Chromatic InkPub: Spelkollektivet
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Shape and lead your own fully customisable (and debt-ridden) family of Inquisitors in charge of hunting the chromatic monsters infesting the city. Unlock unique abilities, hang out with eccentric nobles, learn the secrets the city holds while occasionally delivering ice cream!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 18.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%, Tactical RPG 17.5%, Tactical 13.8%, Isometric 12.1%
- #46 The Last Spell
68% matchVery Positive91% of 13,760 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.8%, Tactical RPG 15%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.6%, Strategy RPG 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%
- #47 SteamWorld Heist
70% matchVery Positive94% of 6,250 reviews2016
Dev: Image & Form Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts in SteamWorld Heist. This is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!
Why similar: Turn-Based 51.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.8%, RPG 8.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.2%, Strategy 6.8%
- #48 Chaos Reborn
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,146 reviews2015
Dev: Snapshot Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Turn-based wizard combat with the tactical positioning of chess and the bluff of poker. Features wizard customization, 100s of gear items, single player realm adventures, online leagues and co-op play.
Why similar: Turn-Based 39.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.7%, Tactical 11.2%, RPG 7.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 7.3%
- #49 Blackguards
73% matchMixed62% of 3,921 reviews2014
Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.
Why similar: Turn-Based 39%, Tactical 13.9%, RPG 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%, Tactical RPG 7.2%
- #50 Heat Signature
69% matchVery Positive94% of 7,429 reviews2017
Dev: Suspicious Developments
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Heat Signature is a game from the developers of Gunpoint where you break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them. You take a mission, fly to the target ship, sneak inside, and make clever use of your gadgets to distract, ambush and take out the crew.
Why similar: Tactical 47%, Strategy 19.7%, Indie 14.4%, Adventure 9.7%, Singleplayer 9.2%
- #51 WizardChess
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 94 reviews2024
Dev: TwoPM StudiosPub: 2 Left Thumbs
Windows · Mac
What if chess was invented by silly cosmic wizards? WizardChess is a turnbased roguelite where all the pieces have insane abilities that came to us in a shamanic vision. Fight chaotic-yet-tactical encounters with magic powers out of a fever dream! Defeat the FaeQueen and Claim Your Wish!
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 26.6%, Tactical RPG 26.6%, Tactical 18%, Puzzle 9.6%, RPG 7.2%
- #52 Warhounds
66% matchMostly Positive71% of 904 reviews2026
Dev: Everplay DMCCPub: Brightika, Inc.
Windows
Warhounds is a turn-based tactical game about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action movie vibe, inspired by XCOM and Jagged Alliance. Recruit unique fighters, upgrade your base, and fight for Africa’s future. Less fake RNG, more true ballistics and lethal tactics.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Strategy RPG 12.3%, Tactical 11.8%
- #53 Wizard Warfare
69% matchVery Positive97% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: Psyanotek Limited
Windows
Wizard Warfare is a fantasy-themed, 4X-style, turn-based strategy game with a strategic empire management layer supported by a detailed tactical battle simulation layer.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 31.5%, Tactical 25.1%, Turn-Based 24.6%, Fantasy 8.1%, Strategy 6.9%
- #54 Rogue Wizards
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 250 reviews2016
Dev: Spellbind Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Battle creatures, collect loot, master magic, and build your very own Wizard Tower sanctuary in this rogue-like, dungeon-crawling RPG.
Why similar: Turn-Based 39.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.5%, Isometric 17.4%, Tactical RPG 13.7%, RPG 8.5%
- #55 The Rise of the Golden Idol
64% matchVery Positive93% of 4,156 reviews2024
Dev: Color Gray GamesPub: Playstack
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 16.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Award-winning detective saga returns in this standalone sequel to The Case of the Golden Idol. Uncover the truth behind 20 strange cases of crime, death and depravity in the 1970s. The world has changed dramatically - the sins of humanity have not.
Why similar: Mystery 39.3%, Puzzle 38.1%, Adventure 12%, Story Rich 7%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #56 Those Who Rule
64% matchVery Positive90% of 1,138 reviews2025
Dev: Eldin Turulja
Windows
Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?
Why similar: Tactical RPG 18.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 16.7%, Strategy RPG 16.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.8%, Tactical 10.5%
- #57 Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
64% matchVery Positive91% of 6,595 reviews2023
Dev: Mimimi GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Assemble your crew and set sail on an infamous ghost ship to sneak, stab, and spellcast your way through the Inquisition in this non-linear stealth strategy game. Chart a course, develop uncanny abilities, and use unconventional tactics to find a powerful pirate artifact!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, Strategy RPG 21.3%, Story Rich 10.6%, RPG 7.4%
- #58 Rift Wizard 3
62% matchVery Positive89% of 343 reviews2026
Dev: Dylan White
Windows
Rift Wizard is a hardcore combat strategy roguelike and wizard simulator featuring an extremely deep build system. Customize your Wizard with more than 500 spells and magical artifacts. Blast, summon, or enchant your way through 20 levels of pure turn based chaos.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 57%, RPG 19.9%, Strategy 12.2%, Fantasy 5.9%, Indie 3%
- #59 Dungeon Wizards
66% matchVery Positive92% of 61 reviews2022
Dev: Tubby Turtle Studios
Windows
Dungeon Wizards combines classic Rogue-Lite and colorful Match3 with adventurous Roleplay elements. Venture on your very own journey, collect and combine rare relics with powerful spells and face loads of challenging enemies!
Why similar: Turn-Based 37%, Puzzle 19.4%, Tactical 16.9%, RPG 11.9%, Strategy 7.1%