- #1 Into the Breach
97% matchVery Positive94% of 21,742 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 31.7 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 20.1%, Turn-Based 16.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 15.4%, Turn-Based Combat 8.3%, Strategy 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the essence of tactical positioning and defending against overwhelming enemy waves in a turn-based format.
- #2 Battle Brothers
96% 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: RPG 33.5%, Strategy 32.6%, Fantasy 24.1%, Singleplayer 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: This gritty tactical RPG offers deep squad management and brutal combat that will feel familiar to fans of the high-difficulty tactical battles in The Last Spell.
- #3 Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
96% matchVery Positive85% of 13,956 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.6%, Roguelike 17.4%, Perma Death 16.9%, Strategy 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: It combines base defense, squad management, and roguelite elements in a way that mirrors the core loop of protecting a central point.
- #4 Othercide
95% matchVery Positive82% of 5,143 reviews2020
Dev: Lightbulb CrewPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.
Why similar: Turn-Based 16.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Turn-Based Combat 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%, Tactical 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Its dark, stylized art and focus on turn-based tactical combat with roguelite meta-progression align closely with the feel of The Last Spell.
- #5 King Arthur: Knight's Tale
94% matchVery Positive84% of 7,361 reviews2022
Dev: NeocoreGames
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A unique hybrid between turn-based tactical games and traditional, character-centric RPGs. Knight's Tale is a modern retelling of a classic Arthurian mythology story filtered through the dark fantasy tropes, a twist on the traditional tales of chivalry.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 18.1%, Turn-Based 12.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy tactical RPG that emphasizes squad management and turn-based combat in a gritty, high-stakes environment.
- #6 Against the Storm
93% matchVery Positive95% of 35,504 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Base Building 41.2%, Roguelite 31.8%, Strategy 21%, Singleplayer 6%
Why You'll Like It: While more focused on city-building, its roguelite structure and constant pressure to manage resources under threat make it a compelling strategic experience.
- #7 Darkest Dungeon®
94% matchVery Positive92% of 158,223 reviews2016
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 44.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 24.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.7%, Turn-Based 16.9%, Perma Death 11.1%, Roguelike 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: The dark fantasy aesthetic and emphasis on managing a squad of heroes through punishing, turn-based encounters make this a thematic and mechanical match.
- #8 Loop Hero
92% matchVery Positive93% of 36,055 reviews2021
Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 17.7%, Tactical 16.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.3%, Roguelite 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: The roguelite progression and strategic planning required to survive increasingly difficult cycles provide a similar addictive gameplay loop.
- #9 Iratus: Lord of the Dead
91% matchVery Positive86% of 8,142 reviews2020
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 20.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.8%, Turn-Based 12.9%, RPG 11.7%, Strategy 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy turn-based RPG where you manage a squad of undead minions, capturing the same grim atmosphere and tactical depth.
- #10 Defend the Rook
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 241 reviews2021
Dev: One Up PlusPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!
Why similar: Turn-Based 12.2%, Tactical RPG 11.7%, Strategy RPG 10.1%, Perma Death 9.5%, Tower Defense 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines tactical combat with tower defense mechanics, directly echoing the defensive building and unit placement of the seed game.
- #11 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,403 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.7%, Tactical 19.9%, Dark Fantasy 19.3%, Base Building 18.6%, Strategy 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on large-scale base defense against massive hordes, capturing the frantic survival aspect of the seed game.
- #12 Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
90% matchMostly Positive79% of 4,651 reviews2021
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Legend of Keepers is the perfect mix between Dungeon Defender and Roguelite. You have been hired as a dungeon manager by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: protect their dungeons!
Why similar: Turn-Based 20.3%, Turn-Based Combat 16.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.9%, Dark Fantasy 9.5%, Roguelite 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It reverses the role to dungeon defense, requiring you to set up traps and manage monsters to stop heroes, mirroring the defensive planning of The Last Spell.
- #13 Trials of Fire
89% matchVery Positive86% of 3,239 reviews2021
Dev: Whatboy Games
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 17.6%, Turn-Based 17.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%, Perma Death 12.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a blend of tactical combat and deckbuilding on a hex grid, requiring careful positioning and resource management.
- #14 Phantom Brigade
88% matchVery Positive80% of 4,177 reviews2023
Dev: Brace Yourself Games
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 17.4 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 25.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.9%, Tactical 21.8%, Turn-Based Combat 18.6%, Strategy 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game features a unique turn-based system where you defend against enemy forces using tactical foresight and mech customization.
- #15 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
87% matchVery Positive84% of 3,305 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!
Why similar: Tactical 19.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.6%, Roguelike 11.8%, Roguelite 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on managing a large squad of units in tactical, automated combat with heavy roguelite elements.
- #16 Tainted Grail: Conquest
86% matchVery Positive90% of 8,124 reviews2021
Dev: QuestlinePub: Awaken Realms
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.
Why similar: Turn-Based 27.1%, Dark Fantasy 19.1%, Base Building 12.2%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%, Roguelike 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy roguelite that emphasizes tactical combat and character progression, fitting well for fans of the seed game's atmosphere.
- #17 Ratropolis
86% matchVery Positive88% of 5,484 reviews2020
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.1%, Roguelite 23.1%, Roguelike 15.2%, Strategy 13.7%, 2D 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of base defense and card-based strategy that requires quick thinking to protect your city from waves of enemies.
- #18 Hero's Hour
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 5,658 reviews2022
Dev: Benjamin "ThingOnItsOwn" HauerPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A fast turn-based strategy RPG with real-time combat. Develop your cities and armies, level up your heroes to gain new, powerful spells and skills, and explore the wonders and dangers of the procedurally generated maps as you aim to conquer your enemies before they do the same to you.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21%, Strategy RPG 16.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 13%, Tactical 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: This turn-based strategy game features fast-paced tactical combat and base development that feels like a streamlined take on classic strategy titles.
- #19 Hadean Tactics
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,857 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 21.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Turn-Based Combat 15.1%, Dark Fantasy 12.2%, Roguelite 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite deckbuilder that incorporates auto-battler mechanics, focusing on tactical positioning and unit synergy.
- #20 Wartales
82% matchVery Positive87% of 34,222 reviews2023
Dev: Shiro Games
Windows
Median: 21.5 hrsMean: 51.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 27%, Tactical RPG 19.8%, Turn-Based Combat 17.5%, Turn-Based 16.3%, RPG 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: This open-world tactical RPG features deep squad management and challenging turn-based combat in a gritty medieval setting.
- #21 Dark Deity
84% matchMostly Positive72% of 2,983 reviews2021
Dev: Sword & Axe LLCPub: indie.io
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
Why similar: Strategy RPG 14.1%, Tactical RPG 13.2%, Tactical 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG that emphasizes character growth and turn-based combat, perfect for those who enjoy the squad-building aspect of The Last Spell.
- #22 Songs of Conquest
82% 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 16.1%, Tactical RPG 15.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends turn-based strategy with tactical combat, offering a deep experience in managing armies and defending territories.
- #23 Stoneshard
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 33,430 reviews2020
Dev: Ink Stains GamesPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Why similar: Turn-Based 26.8%, RPG 14.7%, Turn-Based Combat 14%, Roguelike 11.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: A brutal roguelike that emphasizes tactical combat and survival, appealing to players who enjoy the punishing difficulty of The Last Spell.
- #24 Wildermyth
81% 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 23%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.2%, Turn-Based 18.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Roguelite 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Its procedural storytelling and tactical combat system offer a highly engaging squad-focused experience with significant character development.
- #25 Gordian Quest
81% matchVery Positive89% of 5,923 reviews2022
Dev: Mixed Realms Pte Ltd
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.1%, Tactical 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%
Why You'll Like It: It combines deckbuilding with tactical RPG combat, providing a satisfying progression system and challenging turn-based encounters.
- #26 Monster Train
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,754 reviews2020
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.4%, Roguelite 15.6%, Turn-Based Combat 15%, Roguelike 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A tower-defense-inspired roguelite deckbuilder that requires strategic unit placement to protect your train from waves of enemies.
- #27 Diplomacy is Not an Option
78% matchVery Positive85% of 11,517 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Base Building 39%, Tower Defense 27%, Tactical 23.8%, Strategy 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A base-building game focused on defending against massive waves of enemies, capturing the scale and intensity of the final nights in The Last Spell.
- #28 Fights in Tight Spaces
79% matchVery Positive90% of 3,799 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 21.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.7%, Turn-Based Combat 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.4%, Strategy 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses heavily on tactical positioning and movement within small, confined areas, rewarding careful planning and foresight.
- #29 The Last Flame
77% matchVery Positive85% of 2,804 reviews2025
Dev: Hotloop
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Recruit a party of unique heroes, fight deadly encounters, loot and craft powerful gear, discover and create thousands of synergetic builds! The Last Flame is an endless roguelike auto-battler in which you guide a righteous party of heroes through many challenges.
Why similar: Turn-Based 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.5%, Tactical 14.4%, Strategy RPG 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.9%
- #30 Super Fantasy Kingdom
75% matchVery Positive88% of 5,123 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Why similar: Turn-Based 22.7%, Tower Defense 17.6%, Turn-Based Combat 17.4%, Roguelite 12.2%, Roguelike 10%
- #31 Nordhold
76% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
Why similar: Tower Defense 18.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Base Building 11.8%, Roguelite 11.4%
- #32 Invisible, Inc.
79% matchVery Positive91% of 5,719 reviews2015
Dev: Klei Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 17.6%, Turn-Based 14.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Perma Death 11.3%, Tactical 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical game with heavy roguelite elements where every move counts and resource management is critical to survival.
- #33 XCOM® 2
78% matchVery Positive85% of 107,051 reviews2016
Dev: Firaxis GamesPub: 2K
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.6 hrsMean: 61.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.
Why similar: Turn-Based 17.4%, Perma Death 13.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Turn-Based Combat 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive turn-based tactical game, offering deep squad management and base defense against an overwhelming alien threat.
- #34 The King is Watching
74% matchVery Positive88% of 9,222 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: Tower Defense 18.3%, Dark Fantasy 15%, Base Building 14.4%, Tactical 14.1%, Roguelite 10.1%
- #35 SpellRogue
74% matchVery Positive87% of 1,585 reviews2025
Dev: Guidelight GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
Why similar: Turn-Based 21.1%, Perma Death 16%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Turn-Based Combat 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.4%
- #36 Urtuk: The Desolation
76% matchVery Positive88% of 2,484 reviews2021
Dev: David Kaleta
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 14.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Turn-Based 10.5%, Perma Death 8.8%, Turn-Based Combat 8.6%
- #37 Darkest Dungeon® II
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 25,172 reviews2023
Dev: Red Hook Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 34.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 16.5%, Turn-Based 15.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, Perma Death 12.7%, Roguelite 9.7%
- #38 As We Descend
73% matchVery Positive87% of 1,106 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 21.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.3%, Roguelite 13.8%, Roguelike 12%, Turn-Based Combat 11.9%
- #39 Tower Dominion
73% matchVery Positive86% of 4,827 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Why similar: Tower Defense 28%, Tactical 18.5%, Base Building 17.7%, Roguelite 12.9%, Roguelike 11.7%
- #40 Monster Train 2
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,245 reviews2025
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Big Fan Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.8 hrsMean: 40.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 33%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.9%, Roguelike 17.7%, Strategy 12.6%, Fantasy 7.7%
- #41 Blightstone
72% 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: Turn-Based 14.9%, Tactical RPG 14.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 10.2%, Tactical 10.1%
- #42 Tower Tactics: Liberation
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,229 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 17.2 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: Tower Defense 33%, Roguelike 14.2%, Roguelite 14.2%, Tactical 14%, Strategy 9.3%
- #43 Inkbound
72% matchVery Positive87% of 3,952 reviews2024
Dev: Shiny Shoe
Windows
Median: 11.1 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 18.3%, Strategy RPG 15.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Turn-Based Combat 11.5%
- #44 Shogun Showdown
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 6,574 reviews2024
Dev: RoboatinoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
Why similar: Turn-Based 16.9%, Strategy RPG 15.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%
- #45 Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road
70% matchVery Positive80% of 2,247 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.7%, Base Building 26.1%, Roguelite 22.1%, Strategy 12.1%, Singleplayer 4%
- #46 Gladiator Guild Manager
70% matchVery Positive81% of 3,874 reviews2024
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.
Why similar: Turn-Based 14.4%, Tactical RPG 14.3%, Strategy RPG 13.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Tactical 10%
- #47 The Iron Oath
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 889 reviews2023
Dev: Curious Panda GamesPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 15%, Turn-Based 13.3%, Strategy RPG 11.7%, Turn-Based Combat 10.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.8%
- #48 Cataclismo
69% matchVery Positive89% of 4,077 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.1%, Tactical 21.6%, Base Building 20.5%, Post-apocalyptic 18.9%, Strategy 10%
- #49 Tinyfolks
71% matchVery Positive93% of 1,077 reviews2022
Dev: Pierre VandermaesenPub: VANDERMAESEN GAMES
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Train your folks, defeat monsters and upgrade your town!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 20.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.3%, Tactical 13.2%, Strategy RPG 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.1%
- #50 Thronefall
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,563 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.8%, Base Building 20%, Strategy 18.4%, Fantasy 6.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #51 Knock on the Coffin Lid
68% matchVery Positive84% of 2,838 reviews2024
Dev: RedBoon
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.
Why similar: Turn-Based 28.2%, Dark Fantasy 20.2%, Roguelite 11.9%, Roguelike 10.1%, Fantasy 8.8%
- #52 Castle Of Alchemists
68% matchVery Positive83% of 731 reviews2025
Dev: Team Machiavelli
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Defend your castle in this fast-paced tower defense/action hybrid game with stunning pixel art graphics! Play as alchemically enhanced warrior Bellator, set traps, build towers, craft powerful weapons, and defend your home! The fate of the castle lies in your hands!
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.3%, Tactical 19.7%, Roguelike 11.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #53 Bloodgrounds
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 472 reviews2026
Dev: Exordium GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Bloodgrounds merges tactical turn-based combat with strategic management, RPG and roguelite elements. Forged in the pits of the arena, you fought your way out and now as a wealthy patron you recruit, train, and command your team of hardened Gladiators to glory - or death.
Why similar: Perma Death 11.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%, Turn-Based Combat 10.3%, Tactical RPG 9.8%, Turn-Based 9.5%
- #54 Trash of the Titans
68% matchVery Positive91% of 308 reviews2024
Dev: Thayer and Back Again
Windows
It's turn-based fantasy tactics with trash animals. Defend your trash from invading rats, and eat your trash to upgrade your team. Think your way out of ruin by using the shape of each level to your advantage. Be creative, and try to not die.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 14.3%, Turn-Based 13.3%, Strategy RPG 10.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.1%, Tower Defense 9.9%
- #55 Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot
66% matchVery Positive82% of 2,479 reviews2026
Dev: Hamma StudiosPub: Sidekick Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build and command your own party of Dwarves in this mix of RPGs, roguelike and auto battlers. Prepare formations, assign equipment, and decide the fate of up to 10 Beardlings, as you lead the raid through reckless runs filled with Glory, Death, and Loot!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 21.4%, Perma Death 17.5%, Strategy RPG 13.1%, Roguelike 9.2%, Roguelite 9.1%
- #56 They Are Billions
69% matchVery Positive85% of 50,609 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Base Building 39.1%, Tower Defense 27.8%, Strategy 13.9%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%, Tactical 7.4%
- #57 He is Coming
66% matchVery Positive85% of 3,693 reviews2025
Dev: ChronoclePub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.
Why similar: Turn-Based Combat 29.4%, Roguelite 20.6%, Roguelike 17%, Strategy 12.8%, Fantasy 9.5%
- #58 Star Renegades
69% matchVery Positive83% of 2,997 reviews2020
Dev: Massive Damage, Inc.Pub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
Why similar: Turn-Based 19%, Tactical RPG 16.8%, Strategy RPG 14.4%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%, Tactical 8.7%
- #59 9 Kings
64% matchVery Positive93% of 20,576 reviews2025
Dev: Sad SocketPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.
Why similar: Turn-Based 28.2%, Turn-Based Combat 21.7%, Roguelite 14.1%, Roguelike 12.1%, Strategy 9.1%