- #1 Tactics Weaver
97% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Sigh Like A Fish
Windows
A unified turn-based and real-time battle system in a world with unstable gravity. Weave between combat types by exploiting weaknesses in gravity. Attacking measures nearby gravity.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 27.9%, Strategy 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Dark 9.3%
- #2 Unforsaken
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tinyhag Games
Windows
A deep fantasy roguelike RTS where you must reclaim the realm from an ancient evil. Recruit immortal heroes, construct bases, command armies and be the last hope for this world. Control over ten powerful heroes and three unique factions in a new take on classical RTS.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 29%, Strategy 14.9%, Vampire 14.7% ★, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Fantasy 9.6%
- #3 Belladonna
96% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: Gambit Studios
Windows
Darkness twists the minds of those who reside in the Ricci Estate. Once a paragon of class and wealth, the land now lies desecrated with darkness-imbued vampiric terrors. Belladonna, mother of the Ricci family, now returns to her old home to face the threat and put an end to the madness.
Why similar: Vampire 42.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 14.9%, PvE 9.6%, Magic 8.9%, Emotional 6.3%
- #4 Warmongers
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: X0D1
Windows
Choose one of the heroes with their unique armies and go to war against the rest! Make the most of limited resources, explore foreign lands and show your skills in turn-based battles.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 20.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Dark 11.9%, Strategy 11%, Magic 10.4%
- #5 Dark Times
94% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2025
Dev: Gromov Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dark Times is a turn-based tactical RPG in the dark fantasy genre. Build a team of heroes, battle an army of skeletons and bosses, upgrade your characters, and plan fights to defeat the Lord of Darkness. Explore locations and an epic story.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Strategy 10.1%, Magic 9.5%, Tactical 9.5%
- #6 DARK PRAY
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: UnicornFPub: 糕薯科技
Windows
The game features an ATB (Active Time Battle) combat system with a variety of skill combinations. You can adjust the difficulty to your preference at any time during the game. The game includes multiple NPCs. You can also choose to kill everyone and venture through the world completely alone.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 32.2%, Dark 14.9%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Narration 11.6%, Magic 11.6%
- #7 Spellsword
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Josef MaceraPub: Spellsword Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Spellsword is an interactive web-based game designed to improve our command of the English language.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 42%, Strategy 24.3%, Dark Fantasy 20.1%, Fantasy 8.6%, Casual 5.1%
- #8 Playroom Invasion TD
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team V Games
Windows
Playroom Invasion TD invites you to an exciting tower defense adventure set in a nursery filled with toy characters and towers. Take part in fun and tactical battles against evil toys and monsters trying to take over your room which is full of towers with different features.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 33.4%, Magic 11%, Dark 10%, Strategy 9%, PvE 8.7%
- #9 Demigoddess!
91% matchVery Positive98% of 103 reviews2025
Dev: SNP Engineering
Windows
Demigoddess! is a unique game that focuses on the essentials of turn-based strategy games. It is designed so that each gameplay can be won or lost in 1 hour. The random map generation system makes different situation each time. You can control over 450 types of soldiers and monsters of 20 factions.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 24%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.1%, Strategy 16.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Fantasy 10.4%
- #10 Bestiary of the Mountains and Seas
91% matchMostly Negative30% of 23 reviews2025
Dev: ShenYou Game
Windows
you will be able to experience the charm of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" firsthand, as a game named "Shan Hai Jing Demons' Compendium" has been born. It represents the various elements from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" through synthesis and evolution
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 21%, Magic 19%, Dark 15.6%, Fantasy 13.6%, Stylized 12.7%
- #11 Necromancer
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 龙学派猎魔人
Windows
This is a single-player strategy management simulation game where players assume the role of a powerful necromancer. Through special events or battles, players acquire various resources to build a massive undead army that overwhelms enemies.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 37.5%, Vampire 24.8% ★, Strategy 18.6%, Magic 9.1%, Casual 7%
- #12 Knights of Grayfang
89% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Exe Create Inc.Pub: KEMCO
Windows
Unleash Bloodthirst skills in an epic vampire RPG! Will nightfall or twilight triumph in a vampire war? Seize victory by claiming all nine temples and unravel the mysteries and battle the monsters within to conquer them!
Why similar: Vampire 46% ★, Dark Fantasy 22.1%, Magic 9.4%, Fantasy 8.3%, Strategy 5.2%
- #13 Kings' Cross
89% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: AzorianPub: Elina Faritovna Balakina
Windows
KINGS' CROSS a unique mix of STRATEGY, RPG and TOWER DEFENSE. It delivers quick-fire, tactical combat balanced with customization of your hero, army and planning your way to win.
Why similar: Strategy 19.8%, Dark Fantasy 14.8%, Magic 10%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Indie 7.4%
- #14 シーモンタウンTDふたつの魔法の杖と危険すぎた追跡
88% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: SiemonTown
Windows
Defend against the oncoming ice army! Summon spirits with Shugu's magical wand to repel enemies before they reach your defense line. Use only the left mouse button to control. Feel free to share your gameplay on any social media or video platform.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 43.2%, Strategy 23.5%, Magic 16.9%, PvE 11.2%, 3D 3.3%
- #15 SexStone
87% matchMixed46% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Entropy Digital Entertainment
Windows · Mac
SexStone is a competitive AI and Online PVP based strategy card game pitting you against other players in an epic duel of wits and tactics.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 27.4%, Dark Fantasy 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Magic 9.9%, Strategy 9.1%
- #16 Bets on Pets
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Phoeniverse Studio
Windows
Your brother has incurred an immense amount of debt in the casino, leaving a letter that dumps this mess onto your shoulders! Engage in battles within the casino, earn money to pay off your brother's debts, and perhaps gradually uncover the hidden secrets lurking behind the casino's facade...
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 48.3%, Strategy 13.4%, Magic 13.2%, Fantasy 9.3%, Casual 7.9%
- #17 WESTSLINGERS
86% matchPositive85% of 41 reviews2017
Dev: Tailwind Games
Windows
Set out to form your own gang in this western real-time tactics adventure. No banks are safe, no lawmen will rest, no rivals can contend.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 50.8%, Strategy 23.7%, Tactical 16.5%, Indie 8.9%
- #18 The Cure
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Once Upon a Time Studio
Windows
An open world strategy game set in a dark medieval fantasy environment. You can buy and place buildings and you must manage your resources to upgrade them. Every night, you are attacked by creatures.
Why similar: Vampire 29.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 25.7%, Dark Fantasy 20.5%, Strategy 8.7%, Atmospheric 7.1%
- #19 Selfloss
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 267 reviews2024
Dev: Goodwin GamesPub: Silver Lining Interactive
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Selfloss is an emotional exploration game filled with rich lore, set in a whale-worshipping, Slavic-inspired world. Embark on the journey of the healer, Kazimir, and his magical staff as he fights a mysterious Miasma in search of a ritual to cure his wounded soul.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 26.3%, Emotional 17.7%, Dark 16.3%, Magic 10.9%, Fantasy 8.2%
- #20 The Rubro Rose's Castle
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Paulo Sacilotti JuniorPub: Half Moon Game Development
Windows
For centuries, an ancient family has ruled the lands of the morbid and decadent province of Rubro Rose, but with the sudden illness of the lord of Vorkrom Castle, everything falls upon the young princess of pale skin...
Why similar: Vampire 32.4% ★, Dark Fantasy 19.9%, Emotional 14.7%, Dark 12.2%, Atmospheric 6.1%
- #21 VED: Purification
83% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2024
Dev: KaraclanPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
VED is a story-driven RPG with a unique turn-based combat system and rogue-lite elements. The free version "Purification" lets you explore the very beginning of VED's narrative and see if its world, art style and music draw you in - and continue where you left off in the full game!
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 20.8%, Magic 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.7%, Narration 12%, Tactical 10.2%
- #22 The Last Warmage
82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Bullet Ant Games
Windows
Action-packed, dynamic tower defense where mana management, strategic spellcasting and quick decisions are crucial. Uncover your enemies' weaknesses and unleash devastating spell combos to conquer 60 levels of epic challenges and thrilling side quests.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 39.6%, Magic 17.3%, Dark Fantasy 12.4%, Fantasy 11.8%, Strategy 7.6%
- #23 Sanguinaria
81% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Alea Games StudioPub: Voxel School
Windows
Embark on a dark odyssey in 18th century colonial America. Control Aura, a vampire, and rescue her sister Lyra from a religious cult. Use blood-consuming skills and choose your attacks carefully in this 3D third-person top-down action game.
Why similar: Vampire 36.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 20.3%, Dark 14.3%, PvE 9.4%, Fantasy 8.7%
- #24 Spy Tactics
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: Evgenii Gubanov
Windows · Mac
Spy Tactics is a mix of puzzle and turn-based strategy about fascinating adventures of a spy.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 41.5%, Strategy 25.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.7%, Indie 9.3%, Casual 8.6%
- #25 Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
79% matchVery Positive85% of 8,486 reviews2024
Dev: DON'T NODPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Hunt ghosts as two memorable characters in a story-driven Action-RPG where your decisions carry dramatic consequences. Torn between honoring your oath to the living and saving your departed partner, how far will you go for love?
Why similar: Vampire 27.4% ★, Emotional 19%, Dark Fantasy 17.6%, Narration 15.4%, Atmospheric 7.8%
- #26 Tower Forge: Dark Defense
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cassagi
Windows
Tower Forge: Dark Defense, is an epic medieval dark fantasy RTS PC game, that blends base building, resource management, exploration, crafting, and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 26.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.4%, Dark 12.9%, Strategy 9%, Tactical 8.9%
- #27 BRIGANDINE ABYSS
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AdglobePub: NIS America, Inc.
Windows
Play as one of six factions to confront the Abyssloa Empire. Command your troops, develop your bases, and take control of the continent of Meltitea in this tactical strategy RPG!
Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 17.3%, Emotional 12.9%, Strategy 12.3%, Fantasy 11.8%, Magic 11.2%
- #28 The Umbral Seal
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dominictus Games
Windows
WoW raid mechanics meet FTL's pause-and-plan combat. Command 5-20 heroes through 30+ tactical boss encounters. No grinding. No filler. Pure single-player boss-rush strategy.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 35%, Strategy 16.6%, Dark Fantasy 16.4%, Tactical 12.1%, PvE 5.5%
- #29 Hold The Line
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Joshua James LawtonPub: Stack Interactive
Windows
Manage your units, give them formations and prepare for an assault of ever growing waves of enemies. Hold the line and keep your tower standing for as long as possible.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 36%, Strategy 19.1%, Magic 11.5%, Fantasy 8.7%, Casual 7.2%
- #30 Real Vampires
76% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
Dev: Those Eyes
Windows · Mac
Real Vampires is a dark and funny folklore adventure where you play as both vampire and folk, exploring real Eastern European legends. Mini-games use inverse mechanics—failure is not the end, but the beginning of a greater understanding. Dig, bite, bake, and uncover the Real Vampires.
Why similar: Vampire 55.9% ★, Narration 16%, Dark 8.5%, Stylized 6%, Story Rich 4.8%
- #31 Hell
79% matchMixed48% of 56 reviews2014
Dev: Hunted Cow StudiosPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Hell is a turn-based tactical skirmish strategy game developed by award winning developer Hunted Cow in partnership with Slitherine.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 21.8%, Strategy 19.6%, Dark 12.8%, Fantasy 11%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%
- #32 Immortal Darkness: Curse of The Pale King
77% matchVery Positive86% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: Giant Space Monster
Windows
A dark fantasy RPG dungeon crawler, with challenging real-time tactical combat, a wide variety of spells, and a dark and brooding dungeon full of lethal enemies, sadistic traps, and mind-bending puzzles.
Why similar: Vampire 42.9% ★, Dark Fantasy 26.5%, Fantasy 8.4%, Atmospheric 7.4%, Strategy 5.3%
- #33 Fantasy Mercenary Wars
76% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Duality LLC
Windows
Fantasy Mercenary Wars is a tile and lane based strategy game where units move across a lane on their own and capture tiles as they move. The player can choose to move units to different lanes to better suit their unit's attack, to intercept the enemy, or capture additional resources in tiles.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 48.7%, Strategy 16.4%, PvE 12.2%, Tactical 6.6%, Fantasy 5.7%
- #34 Infinity war
77% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2021
Dev: Qiwi games
Windows
Inifinity War is a multiplayer turn-based strategy game where you will have to defend your capital, explore modules, create tanks and of course fight. To win the game, you need to capture all the enemy capitals.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 39%, Strategy 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Tactical 6.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 5.6%
- #35 Gravewatcher: Nightfall
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GoedWare Games
Windows
As the Gravewatcher, protect the living from the restless dead in this eerie blend of management and tower defense. By day, build and fortify your graveyard; by night, face waves of spirits, ghosts, and demons trying to escape. Can you keep the darkness at bay?
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 28.5%, Dark Fantasy 15%, Dark 10.8%, Strategy 9.6%, Magic 8.8%
- #36 Blade Prince Academy
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2024
Dev: Angel CorpPub: Firesquid
Windows
Blade Prince Academy is a new take on tactical RPGs, where you lead your squad of Blade Princes to defend the city of Abjectalia in real-time with pause combat. Use your team's power to devastate any threat, but be vigilant, there is always a price to pay when you make a pact with darkness.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 31.4%, Vampire 25.5% ★, Dark Fantasy 12.1%, Strategy 10%, Stylized 6.1%
- #37 The Light Charmer
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Light CharmersPub: Liquid Meow
Windows
This is a rogue-like tower defense game where players control Light Wisps. Players use Light Wisps to build defense towers and obtain Light Shards, which can be combined to create various Light Wisp attack patterns! Use these to defeat enemies and escort Princess Liana to save the world.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 24%, Dark Fantasy 23.9%, Dark 16%, Strategy 11.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%
- #38 Blood Omen 2: Legacy of Kain
75% matchMixed67% of 1,202 reviews2013
Pub: Crystal Dynamics
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Cast down from power by a mysterious warlord centuries ago, Kain reawakens in a world he barely recognises. His armies slain, his vampire brethren nearly extinct, Kain is one of the last of his kind. With an agenda of vengeance, Kain shall unleash a wicked wrath to uncover the plot that threatens the land he seeks to conquer.
Why similar: Vampire 60.4% ★, Dark Fantasy 24.7%, Fantasy 6%, Atmospheric 4.2%, Story Rich 3%
- #39 GONE: Game of Necromancy Education
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Lior (DiSLreport) Hanina
Windows
A strategic game where you must kill all Goblins before you get overrun. Utilize everything at your disposal and harness the power of the undead to cleanse this world from the Goblins.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 41.6%, Strategy 11.7%, Magic 11.4%, PvE 11.2%, Fantasy 8.4%
- #40 Kingslayer Tactics
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pyramid TacticsPub: Pyramid Lab
Windows
Kingslayer Tactics is a unique low fantasy game. You play as the Kingslayer called "The Raven". In this interesting and mysterious renaissance world you will learn the tactics, strategy and adventure of a person dedicated to his goal.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 30.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Fantasy 12.5%, Strategy 12.3%, Dark 9.5%
- #41 Champions
73% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Jonathan LynchPub: Self
Windows
Dark Fantasy RTS with a tech tree determined by choices in the campaign. Learn the counter play and manage army compositions to challenge the campaign.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 41.4%, Strategy 20.8%, Dark Fantasy 17.9%, Tactical 7.7%, Atmospheric 7.4%
- #42 Vault of the Vanquished
70% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Broken Flame Games
Windows
Vault of the Vanquished is a rogue-like adventure where you have been sent to the afterlife, after you were killed by the kings orders. You have now been resurrected and now you can collect and unlock hundreds of cards, to vanquish as many enemies as possible and bring peace to your Kingdom.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 23%, Dark 14.5%, PvE 13.6%, Strategy 12.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.3%
- #43 Devoid of Shadows
74% matchMixed60% of 205 reviews2017
Dev: N-Game StudiosPub: VM Games
Windows
Galidon is a vampire kingdom. You’re a lawful heir. The power struggle and an intriguing plot are in place. 21 levels contain quests and crafting. The gameplay is rapid, bloodthirsty and intransigent and doesn't forgive a single mistake. Devoid of Shadows is a heat in the chill dungeons of the Labyrinth!
Why similar: Vampire 54.2% ★, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, Dark 11.5%, Atmospheric 5.5%, Indie 5.4%
- #44 The Mushroom Of Shadow
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: TheMushroomOfShadow
Windows
You will play as a mushroom that has gained the power of Shadow, absorbs damage, then bounces attacks back to enemies, uses their life energy to spread spores, and finally conquers the world
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 60.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.6%, Casual 6.9%, 3D 5.7%, Indie 3.2%
- #45 Fantasya
72% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: Ndev
Windows
The planet of Fantasya is in crisis from Planet Eater. Let's save the planet Fantasya by dispatching a commando from the planet Ndev, a planetary protection agency. Character defense using cute SD characters, choose the skills the characters have to your liking and unfold various tactics.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 45.3%, Strategy 23.3%, Fantasy 9.5%, Casual 9.1%, PvE 7.9%
- #46 Zero Conflict TD
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: CubeSymmetry
Windows
Prepare for an out-of-this-world gaming experience in "Zero Conflict TD," the ultimate tower defense game that pits you against a relentless alien invasion! The fate of Earth hangs in the balance, and it's up to you to lead the charge and protect our planet from these extraterrestrial aggressors.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 50.2%, Stylized 11.1%, Fantasy 10.2%, Casual 9.5%, PvE 8.5%
- #47 Cubefence
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ayaz
Windows
The cubes have lost their minds and become a force of chaos. Can you restore their consciousness? Build your towers, strategize, and defend the light of free thought!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 51.7%, Strategy 18.8%, Magic 10.2%, Stylized 6.3%, Casual 5%
- #48 Classic Tower Defense 2
68% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Blacksmith Forge
Windows
Classic tower defense rules meet modern systems. Build medieval towers, face adaptive waves, and experiment with upgrades, modifiers, and roguelike progression.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 34.9%, Strategy 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 17.3%, Magic 9.5%, Fantasy 6.7%
- #49 Last Shot: Drunkman’s Roulette
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Nitox Games
Windows
A strategic 2-player drinking game of deduction and risk. Take turns choosing mystery glasses from a grid — water is safe, ethanol gets you drunk, and methanol ends you. Use deduction, bluffs, and dirty tricks — because someone's drinking the last shot, and it better not be you.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 25.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 18%, Strategy 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.6%, Tactical 8.7%
- #50 The Beast and the Princess
68% matchVery Positive98% of 56 reviews2025
Dev: Libragames
Windows
A tower defense game where you combo ultimate moves to take down enemies! Have fun unleashing those moves while learning more about the twin princesses' story. Why did the twins get trapped in a game? What's the goal of the game master? And do you have what it takes to see it all to the end?
Why similar: Emotional 26.5%, Real Time Tactics 25.9%, Magic 15.1%, Strategy 14.5%, Fantasy 11.9%
- #51 The Midnight Walk
67% matchVery Positive93% of 2,524 reviews2025
Dev: MoonHoodPub: Fast Travel Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Follow The Midnight Walk in a dark adventure from the minds behind Lost in Random. Befriend a lost lantern creature and light your way through a world of wonder and terror. Outsmart monsters and marvel at details in a landscape handcrafted with real clay and animated in a stop motion style.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 27.4%, Dark 17.5%, Emotional 15.2%, Narration 14.9%, Atmospheric 10.2%
- #52 SLAUGHTEREON
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ilya Efimov
Windows · Linux
Lead troops to the most macabre battle of their lives. Slay bloodthirsty monsters, deal with gruesome magic, construct safe corners, collect treasures. Leave no man to bleed out in SLAUGHTEREON!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 36.1%, Dark Fantasy 23.6%, Strategy 11.4%, Magic 8.2%, Dark 6.1%
- #53 Mercenary Warriors
69% match9 user reviews91% of 11 reviews2023
Dev: Recreated Games
Windows
Mercenary Warriors is a Turn Based PVP Strategy Game set in a fantasy world. Create your own team selecting 9 of the multiple warriors available to you and rise to the top.
Why similar: Strategy 22.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 19.8%, Magic 14.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.1%, Fantasy 10.3%
- #54 Intersectio
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cat in HatPub: Enigma
Windows
Intersectio is a turn-based tactics game about the fragile balance between body, mind, and soul. It tells the story of a person caught between two abysses — to survive, they must maintain equilibrium.
Why similar: Strategy 17.1%, Dark 16.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Emotional 12.1%, Tactical 10.8%
- #55 Six Aspects
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Charles ZammitPub: Lancer Entertainment LLC
Windows
Six Aspects may be the first Same Time Strategy (STS) game melding the tactical nature of turn based systems with the challenging demand of real time strategy.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 34.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Strategy 13.4%, Magic 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.1%
- #56 Hopeguard
66% matchVery Positive80% of 61 reviews2025
Dev: Hopesquad StudioPub: UQAT - Création et nouveaux médias
Windows
Hopeguard is a third-person dark fantasy game about loss and acceptance. You have been chosen to eliminate the Dragon Queen, but the confrontation will not go as expected. Journey through caves, ruins, and forests to solve environmental puzzles and fulfill your quest -but with a new perspective.
Why similar: Dark Fantasy 26.3%, Emotional 21.4%, Narration 15%, Magic 11.6%, Atmospheric 8.2%
- #57 Few Nights More
66% matchVery Positive83% of 393 reviews2025
Dev: Aeterna LudiPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Few Nights More is a roguelike turn-based RPG based in a world where Vampire Lords seek to conquer lost territories and their place in the world. Design and defend your stronghold, slay your enemies with traps, fulfill your Lord’s true potential, slowly conquering what is rightfully yours.
Why similar: Vampire 43.6% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.4%, Dark 9%, Turn-Based Tactics 8%
- #58 Withering Age
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cogfire Studios
Windows
Withering Age is a real-time strategy roguelike set in a dark fantasy, medieval world brimming with magic, danger, and decay. Build and expand your kingdom, train loyal troops and mighty champions, and defend your lands against relentless hordes.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 33.9%, Dark Fantasy 18.6%, Strategy 12.5%, Magic 10.1%, Stylized 7.9%
- #59 Spirit of the Dome
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Deformed Studios
Windows
Defend against waves of enemies and dark forces across a decaying world.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 27.5%, Dark Fantasy 17%, Strategy 12.4%, Dark 11.8%, Magic 10.2%
- #60 Legacy of Kain: Defiance (2003)
69% matchVery Positive85% of 1,258 reviews2012
Dev: Crystal Dynamics
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 19.5 hrs≥1hr: 36%
Take control of two powerful and highly evolved vampires: Kain, an all-powerful demigod, and Raziel, a demonic angel of death. Each equipped with a legendary sword, Kain & Raziel must battle through a world loaded with conflict and intrigue as they attempt to unravel their destinies and defeat the dark forces that seek to condemn...
Why similar: Vampire 50.1% ★, Dark Fantasy 28.1%, Fantasy 7.7%, Story Rich 6.1%, Atmospheric 5.8%