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Games Like The Lamplighters League

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Singleplayer, RPG, Turn-Based Combat.

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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.

Reviews: Mixed — 69% — of 1,134 reviews
Released: 2023-10-03
Developer: Harebrained Schemes
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Genres: Adventure, RPG, Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 48 min
Mean playtime: 19.9 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 47%

Overview

The Lamplighters League stands out for its unique blend of pulp-adventure storytelling, real-time infiltration, and character-driven tactical combat. These recommendations focus on games that capture that same spirit of managing a diverse squad of misfits, engaging in high-stakes turn-based strategy, and navigating narrative-heavy worlds.

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    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 16.1%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Strategy RPG 12.5%, Choices Matter 9.7%

    Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the pulp-adventure aesthetic and the blend of stealth-based infiltration with tactical combat.

  2. #2 Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
    96% matchVery Positive90% of 20,374 reviews2018
    Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: Funcom
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    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 Combat 29.4%, Tactical 18.8%, Strategy 15.9%, RPG 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%

    Why You'll Like It: It features the same core loop of real-time stealth exploration transitioning into turn-based tactical combat.

  3. #3 Hard West 2
    96% matchVery Positive82% of 3,037 reviews2022
    Dev: Ice Code GamesPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.

    Why similar: Tactical RPG 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, Tactical 11.6%, Supernatural 9.6%

    Why You'll Like It: This title captures the supernatural pulp atmosphere and features aggressive, character-focused turn-based tactical combat.

  4. #4 Jagged Alliance 3
    95% matchVery Positive89% of 14,231 reviews2023
    Dev: Haemimont GamesPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows
    Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    The country of Grand Chien is thrown into chaos when the elected president goes missing and the paramilitary force known as “the Legion” seizes control. Hire mercs, meet interesting characters, and fight in tactically deep turn-based combat in this true successor to a beloved franchise.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 18.3%, Tactical RPG 18%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.5%, Tactical 17.2%, Strategy 10.9%

    Why You'll Like It: You manage a squad of distinct mercenaries with unique personalities and abilities in a deep, tactical turn-based environment.

  5. #5 The Banner Saga
    94% matchVery Positive89% of 15,850 reviews2014
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    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 18.5%, Tactical 15.9%, Tactical RPG 14.5%, RPG 13.9%, Strategy 10.6%

    Why You'll Like It: This game provides a masterclass in narrative-driven tactical combat where every choice significantly impacts your journey.

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    Why similar: Tactical RPG 20%, Turn-Based Combat 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.6%, Strategy RPG 14.5%, Tactical 11.1%

    Why You'll Like It: It excels at combining deep tactical combat with a heavy focus on character relationships and team management.

  7. #7 Desperados III
    93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,197 reviews2020
    Dev: Mimimi GamesPub: THQ Nordic
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol.

    Why similar: Tactical 46.9%, Strategy 34.7%, Top-Down 7.1%, Atmospheric 4.6%, Singleplayer 3.9%

    Why You'll Like It: While primarily real-time, it offers the same high-stakes infiltration and pulp-western adventure feel as the seed game.

  8. #8 Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
    92% matchVery Positive88% of 6,240 reviews2019
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    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: Tactical RPG 19.9%, Turn-Based Combat 16.9%, RPG 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.4%, Strategy RPG 13.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers robust tactical combat with a strong emphasis on character customization and team synergy.

  9. #9 The Iron Oath
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    Windows · Mac
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    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: Tactical RPG 21.2%, Turn-Based Combat 16.5%, Strategy RPG 14.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Tactical 11.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A party-based tactical RPG that focuses on managing a mercenary company through a dynamic, story-rich world.

  10. #10 The Thaumaturge
    91% matchVery Positive83% of 5,424 reviews2024
    Dev: Fool's TheoryPub: 11 bit studios
    Windows
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    The Thaumaturge is a character-driven RPG with a rich story, morally ambiguous choices, and turn-based combat. In a city on the brink of change, use your mystical powers to read emotions, uncover motives, and command folklore-inspired demons — while resisting the temptation of your own pride.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 22%, Dark Fantasy 14.7%, Choices Matter 14.6%, Story Rich 13.2%, Multiple Endings 11.5%

    Why You'll Like It: While less focused on squad tactics, it captures the narrative depth and atmospheric world-building of the seed game.

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    Windows
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    Why similar: Tactical RPG 20.3%, Strategy RPG 15.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.2%, Turn-Based Combat 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy tactical RPG that highlights unique character abilities and strategic positioning.

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    Why similar: Tactical RPG 31.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.1%, Strategy RPG 14.6%, Story Rich 10.5%, RPG 9.1%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides deep tactical squad management and a sprawling narrative that rewards strategic planning.

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    87% matchVery Positive91% of 5,719 reviews2015
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.

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    Windows
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  45. #45 Vendir: Plague of Lies
    71% matchMostly Positive75% of 248 reviews2024
    Dev: Early Morning Studio
    Windows

    Vendir: Plague of Lies is a classic party-based RPG with a deep storyline and turn-based combat. Experience an intricately crafted world, steeped in history and brought to life through a carefully crafted atmosphere and the trials and tribulations of stories of the people that inhabit it.

    Why similar: Tactical RPG 21.7%, Turn-Based Combat 17.9%, Strategy RPG 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Story Rich 9.4%

  46. #46 Grimshade
    73% matchMostly Positive72% of 141 reviews2019
    Dev: TALEROCKPub: Asterion Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Grimshade is a party-based role-playing game inspired by JRPG of the 90s, featuring a tactical turn-based combat system and a grim story of war and personal choices.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 18.4%, Tactical RPG 16.8%, Strategy RPG 12.7%, Tactical 11.5%, RPG 11.1%

  47. #47 Blightstone
    67% matchVery Positive81% of 471 reviews2026
    Dev: Unfinished Pixel
    Windows

    A challenging, turn-based strategy with a roguelike edge. Lead a team of adventurers to destroy the Blightstone and free the world from corruption. Use free movement, dynamic environments and collectable skills to save the crystal, and save the world.

    Why similar: Tactical RPG 23.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Tactical 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, Choices Matter 10.9%

  48. #48 Echoes of Vision
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 70 reviews2026
    Dev: Azure Flame Studio
    Windows

    This is a turn-based strategy game. You'll assume the role of the Special Investigations Division Chief at the Bureau of Crisis Response (BCR), leading agents deep into Bleak Mountains City, a metropolis steeped in retro 1980s charm, to investigate and contain various supernatural “Visions”.

    Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.1%, Turn-Based Combat 16.6%, Strategy RPG 16%, Alternate History 11.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%

  49. #49 Chains of Freedom
    68% matchVery Positive81% of 494 reviews2025
    Dev: NordcurrentPub: Nordcurrent Labs
    Windows

    Embark on a thrilling journey in a high-stakes, turn-based tactics game. Lead an elite squad in a fictional, dystopian Eastern European country as you unravel a conspiracy threatening the state. Navigate intense strategic battles and adapt to ever-evolving challenges to prevail.

    Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 26.4%, Tactical 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, Cinematic 19.6%, Strategy 10.9%

  50. #50 The Banner Saga 2
    70% matchVery Positive90% of 3,748 reviews2016
    Dev: StoicPub: Stoic Studio
    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 22.5%, RPG 14.6%, Story Rich 14.6%, Choices Matter 12.3%, Strategy 10.3%

  51. #51 Circus Electrique
    70% matchMostly Positive74% of 272 reviews2022
    Dev: Zen Studios
    Windows

    Circus Electrique is part story-driven RPG, part tactics, part circus management, and completely enthralling– all with a steampunk twist. When everyday Londoners mysteriously turn into vicious killers, only the show’s talented performers possess the skills necessary to save the city.

    Why similar: Tactical RPG 32.1%, Strategy RPG 24.6%, RPG 10.1%, Tactical 9.3%, Strategy 9.2%

  52. #52 The Necromancer's Tale
    66% matchVery Positive93% of 769 reviews2025
    Dev: Psychic Software
    Windows · Mac

    A story-rich gothic RPG. Master the rituals of an ancient spellbook. Raise an undead army to march against your enemies. Commune with the realm of the dead & struggle with your descent into madness. Progress through secrecy, diplomacy, blackmail, coercion & seduction until ready to reveal yourself.

    Why similar: Alternate History 23.7%, Turn-Based Combat 17%, Choices Matter 11.3%, Story Rich 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.7%

  53. #53 Valor of Man
    66% matchVery Positive94% of 93 reviews2026
    Dev: Legacy ForgePub: Numskull Games
    Windows

    Forge your party. Master your fate. In this turn-based roguelite RPG, lead four heroes through a fractured realm of danger and destiny. Build synergies, unlock powerful abilities, and face ever-shifting challenges in an epic battle for survival. No journey is ever the same.

    Why similar: Tactical RPG 26.8%, Turn-Based Combat 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Tactical 10.6%

  54. #54 Overfall
    73% matchMixed47% of 874 reviews2016
    Dev: Pera Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Set sail in Overfall, a whimsical roguelike turn-based RPG of diplomacy and danger. Recruit unlikely heroes, forge alliances or crush your foes across ever-shifting seas to find a lost king. Every run is fresh with procedural worlds, permanent death, branching story encounters, and hand-drawn art.

    Why similar: Strategy RPG 26.2%, Turn-Based Combat 23.9%, Story Rich 11.5%, Choices Matter 10.3%, Multiple Endings 8.7%

  55. #55 Those Who Rule
    66% matchVery Positive90% of 946 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 20.2%, Strategy RPG 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Turn-Based Combat 12.8%, Tactical 9.9%

  56. #56 Iron Danger
    70% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,000 reviews2020
    Dev: Action Squad StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 36 minMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%

    Iron Danger is a tactical combat puzzler with a unique time manipulation mechanic. A never before seen combination that blends the tactical depth of turn-based games with the exciting action of real-time games.

    Why similar: Tactical RPG 24.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Turn-Based Combat 16.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.3%, Top-Down 8.9%

  57. #57 Lost Eidolons
    68% matchMixed69% of 2,301 reviews2022
    Dev: Ocean Drive Studio, Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.

    Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.6%, Turn-Based Combat 15.7%, Strategy RPG 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Tactical 12.4%

  58. #58 Miasma Chronicles
    67% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,803 reviews2023
    Dev: The Bearded LadiesPub: 505 Games Official
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    From the creators of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden comes a beautifully crafted tactical adventure you won’t forget. Embark on a quest across a post-apocalyptic wasteland torn apart by a savage force known only as the ‘Miasma’.

    Why similar: Tactical RPG 29.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.9%, Tactical 16.5%, Cinematic 16.2%, Strategy 7.4%

  59. #59 Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
    64% matchVery Positive94% of 2,628 reviews2025
    Dev: Trese Brothers
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 19.2 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: Tactical RPG 21.9%, Turn-Based Combat 18%, Strategy RPG 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Tactical 14.1%

  60. #60 Deck of Ashes
    69% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,061 reviews2020
    Dev: AYGamesPub: ESDigital Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    Deck of Ashes is an adventure game with tactical card combat. One character at a time, lead the cast of antiheroes on a quest for redemption. Explore the cursed fantasy world and hunt down powerful cards. Forge a unique Battle Deck, and crush your foes! Can you rid the world of the Ash Curse?

    Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 28.2%, RPG 21.7%, Strategy 18.6%, Dark Fantasy 18%, Adventure 10.7%

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