Games Like Tyranny

Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.

Why similar: RPG 21.3%, CRPG 19.8%, Isometric 14.8%, Real-Time with Pause 11.6% ★, Choices Matter 7%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same studio, this game offers a similar isometric experience with deep faction-based choices and a reactive world.

Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.

Why similar: RPG 22.4%, CRPG 19.6%, Isometric 17.2%, Real-Time with Pause 14.4% ★, Story Rich 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: This title shares the same engine and design philosophy as Tyranny, providing a rich, lore-heavy isometric RPG experience.

Embark on a journey to a realm overrun by demons in a new epic RPG from the creators of the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Explore the nature of good and evil, learn the true cost of power, and rise as a Mythic Hero capable of deeds beyond mortal expectations.

Why similar: CRPG 22%, Isometric 16.4%, RPG 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A complex and expansive CRPG that allows for significant moral alignment choices that drastically change your character's path.

Baldur’s Gate 3 is a story-rich, party-based RPG set in the universe of Dungeons & Dragons, where your choices shape a tale of fellowship and betrayal, survival and sacrifice, and the lure of absolute power.

Why similar: CRPG 25.7%, RPG 22.7%, Choices Matter 17.1%, Story Rich 9.9%, Character Customization 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: It sets the modern standard for choice-driven narrative RPGs where your decisions have massive, far-reaching consequences on the story.

The Age of Decadence is a turn-based, hardcore role-playing game set in a low magic, post-apocalyptic fantasy world. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple skill-based ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and extensive dialogue trees.

Why similar: CRPG 29.4%, Isometric 17.2%, Choices Matter 15.3%, RPG 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Tyranny, this game is brutally unforgiving and features a world where your choices are the primary driver of survival and narrative progression.

Uncover secrets of past lives in this story-rich, tactical roleplaying game set in Sigil, a dark fantasy city at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse. Explore the planes, survive combat alongside a party of bizarre companions, and solve puzzles unlike any ever seen in the genre.

Why similar: CRPG 21.2%, Real-Time with Pause 16.1% ★, Isometric 14.8%, RPG 13.5%, Choices Matter 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic CRPG that prioritizes deep philosophical writing and narrative choices over traditional combat-heavy gameplay.

Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.

Why similar: CRPG 28.7%, Choices Matter 14.3%, RPG 14.2%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Story Rich 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: This CRPG captures the feeling of navigating complex political and moral landscapes while serving a powerful, often ruthless, authority.

Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition is the first isometric party-based cRPG set in the Pathfinder fantasy universe. Enjoy a classic RPG experience inspired by games like Baldur's Gate, Fallout 1 and 2 and Arcanum. Explore and conquer the Stolen Lands and make them your kingdom!

Why similar: CRPG 19.9%, RPG 18.7%, Isometric 14.4%, Real-Time with Pause 14.3% ★, Choices Matter 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a deep, rules-heavy CRPG experience with kingdom management mechanics that mirror the bureaucratic power-fantasy of Tyranny.

Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.

Why similar: RPG 21.3%, CRPG 19.7%, Choices Matter 18.9%, Isometric 18.5%, Story Rich 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: While mechanically different, it offers the most profound and consequence-heavy dialogue system in the genre, matching Tyranny's focus on narrative agency.

Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.

Why similar: RPG 25.8%, CRPG 22.6%, Isometric 21.1%, Choices Matter 8.5%, Story Rich 8%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on story and character-driven choices within a unique and strange fantasy setting, much like Tyranny's distinct world-building.

Explore a stunning world, make complex moral choices, and engage in bone-crushing combat against massive and terrifying creatures. The Ultimate Edition includes Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening and all nine content packs.

Why similar: RPG 24.6%, Real-Time with Pause 20.2% ★, Choices Matter 14.8%, Story Rich 10.4%, Party-Based RPG 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic dark fantasy RPG that excels at presenting complex moral dilemmas and factional politics.

Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

Why similar: CRPG 28.2%, Isometric 16.9%, Choices Matter 13.4%, RPG 12.7%, Story Rich 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: A party-based RPG that forces you to make difficult, morally gray decisions in a post-apocalyptic setting where there are no perfect outcomes.

Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!

Why similar: RPG 30.6%, Isometric 22.6%, CRPG 21.6%, Story Rich 8.7%, Turn-Based 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric, story-rich RPG that features a tight, well-written narrative and meaningful choices in a gritty cyberpunk setting.

Rediscover the beloved RPG classic— now enhanced for modern adventurers! Gather your party of heroes and continue the legendary adventure in this story-rich fantasy epic where every choice matters.

Why similar: CRPG 20.3%, Real-Time with Pause 18.5% ★, RPG 13.7%, Isometric 12.6%, Choices Matter 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive classic CRPG experience that established many of the narrative and party-based conventions found in Tyranny.

The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.

Why similar: CRPG 30.8%, RPG 16.4%, Isometric 11.5%, Story Rich 9.5%, Party-Based RPG 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A premier isometric RPG that offers incredible freedom in how you approach quests and interact with the world.

Imagine a place of wonder, where magick and technology coexist in an uneasy balance, and an adventurer might just as easily wield a flintlock pistol as a flaming sword. Welcome to the land of Arcanum.

Why similar: CRPG 23.1%, RPG 21.4%, Isometric 18.7%, Story Rich 7.9%, Real-Time with Pause 7.2% ★

Why You'll Like It: A classic CRPG that features a unique setting and deep reactivity to your character's background and choices.

Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?

Why similar: CRPG 38.7%, RPG 24.1%, Party-Based RPG 12.2%, Choices Matter 11.6%, Story Rich 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tactical combat with a focus on historical political intrigue and the consequences of your leadership decisions.

Engage in a core roleplaying experience, and forge the destiny of a new world seeping with magic, and filled with riches, lost secrets, and fantastic creatures. With diplomacy, deception and force, become part of a living, evolving world - influence its course and shape your story.

Why similar: RPG 36.9%, Choices Matter 21.4%, Character Customization 11.9%, Story Rich 11.3%, Open World 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on faction politics and diplomacy, where your choices determine the fate of a colonial island.

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: CRPG 26.5%, Isometric 19.8%, RPG 14.3%, Choices Matter 12%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-heavy isometric RPG that emphasizes the consequences of your actions and dialogue in a dark, historical setting.

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: RPG 41.2%, Turn-Based 13.5%, Story Rich 13.4%, Choices Matter 12.9%, Fantasy 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG where the narrative is driven by difficult, consequential choices that often lead to permanent losses.

The classic adventure returns! Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition includes the original Baldur’s Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion, and all-new content including three new party members.

Why similar: CRPG 26.6%, Isometric 19.5%, Real-Time with Pause 14.2% ★, RPG 12.9%, Story Rich 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: An essential foundation for the isometric CRPG genre, offering a classic adventure with meaningful character development.

Vampire®: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern-day L.A. as a creature of the night.

Why similar: RPG 67.7%, Story Rich 14.7%, Great Soundtrack 6.1%, Atmospheric 3.9%, Singleplayer 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A dark, atmospheric RPG that emphasizes player choice and political maneuvering within a hidden, dangerous society.

Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!

Why similar: RPG 34.4%, CRPG 19%, Isometric 10%, Party-Based RPG 7%, Turn-Based 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A highly interactive CRPG that rewards creative problem-solving and exploration.

Discover a brand new RPG from the creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Facing an imminent invasion, Meve — war-veteran and Queen of Lyria and Rivia — is forced to once again enter the warpath and set out on a dark journey of destruction and revenge.

Why similar: RPG 30.1%, Story Rich 13.7%, Choices Matter 13.5%, Isometric 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A story-rich RPG that focuses on the heavy burden of leadership and the moral cost of war.

Black Geyser is an isometric, party-based fantasy RPG inspired by genre classics. Recruit characters with unique personalities and explore a land ravaged by civil war and a mysterious curse of greed. Your choices, good or evil, will decide the fate of the Kingdom of Isilmerald.

Why similar: CRPG 21.1%, Real-Time with Pause 20.9% ★, Isometric 15.1%, RPG 10.7%, Choices Matter 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A traditional isometric CRPG that emphasizes party management and world-building in a fantasy setting.

Roll for initiative, take attacks of opportunity, manage player location and the verticality of the battle field in this Turn-Based Tactical RPG based on the SRD 5.1 Ruleset. In Solasta, you make the choices, dice decide your destiny.

Why similar: CRPG 31.3%, RPG 17.5%, Choices Matter 15.7%, Story Rich 8.9%, Character Customization 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: While combat-focused, it provides a faithful tabletop-style RPG experience that fans of the genre will appreciate.

Ash of Gods: Redemption is a turn-based RPG that combines tactical combat, CCG elements, and a constantly evolving story in which no one is safe from death, including the main characters.

Why similar: CRPG 19.9%, Isometric 19.2%, RPG 13.3%, Dark Fantasy 11.7%, Choices Matter 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: A narrative-driven tactical RPG where your choices can lead to the death of key characters and significant story branches.

Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!

Why similar: RPG 30%, Isometric 22.6%, CRPG 20%, Story Rich 9.2%, Turn-Based 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a focused, story-driven isometric experience with strong character writing and tactical combat.

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: RPG 48.3%, Isometric 18.1%, Character Customization 7.3%, Fantasy 5.9%, Turn-Based 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A deep tactical RPG with a focus on character customization and a story involving a complex legal and moral system.

Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit.

Why similar: RPG 40.5%, CRPG 18%, Isometric 13.8%, Turn-Based 8.2%, Fantasy 6%

Shadows: Awakening is a unique, isometric single-player RPG with real-time tactical combat. You embark on an epic adventure with challenging gameplay, a gripping storyline and enchanting graphics.

Why similar: RPG 33.3%, Isometric 25%, CRPG 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Story Rich 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric action-RPG that features a unique dual-world mechanic and dark fantasy themes.

Divine Divinity is an epic role-playing game with hack-and-slash action, offering a huge world to explore and thousands of items to investigate, trade and use.

Why similar: RPG 34.1%, Isometric 24%, Real-Time with Pause 14.2% ★, CRPG 12.1%, Fantasy 6.2%

Swordhaven is a party‑based low‑magic fantasy cRPG with a deep character creation system, rich storytelling, and seamless turn‑based/RTwP combat. Explore Nova Drakonia, uncover ancient secrets, meet hundreds of NPCs with unique quests, and shape the fate of the world through your choices.

Why similar: CRPG 28.9%, Isometric 20.7%, Choices Matter 14%, RPG 12%, Party-Based RPG 7.7%

Pyre is a party-based RPG from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. Lead your band of exiles to freedom through a series of mystical competitions in the Campaign, or challenge a friend to a fast-paced ritual showdown in the head-to-head Versus Mode.

Why similar: RPG 37.3%, Story Rich 18.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.9%, Choices Matter 11.9%, Party-Based RPG 6.2%

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: RPG 37.5%, Choices Matter 20%, Story Rich 16.8%, Turn-Based 6.1%, Fantasy 5.3%

A new kind of RPG awaits you. A story-rich dungeon crawler with innovative real-time combat that lets you pause or slow time. Tactical thinking is essential to succeed. Now with RPGlite and Permadeath for fast-paced game.

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 26.8% ★, Isometric 18.4%, RPG 12.6%, CRPG 10.6%, Party-Based RPG 8.4%

Return to the GreedFall universe in a thrilling new adventure, where every choice has consequences. Ripped away from your island, you will travel across the war-torn, disease-ravaged Old Continent, forging alliances, and fighting to regain your freedom!

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 19.7% ★, RPG 18.5%, Choices Matter 13.7%, CRPG 11.3%, Story Rich 10.2%

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: CRPG 26.9%, Isometric 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, RPG 12.2%, Choices Matter 9.1%

Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition revives the classic RPG with fresh updates for modern players. Build a party of Dungeons & Dragons heroes and explore the frozen tundra in this retro fantasy adventure.

Why similar: CRPG 25.4%, Real-Time with Pause 17.2% ★, RPG 16.6%, Isometric 13.6%, Party-Based RPG 7.1%

Avadon: The Black Fortress is an epic, Indie fantasy role-playing saga. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is law. Use your power to crush a growing rebellion! (Or join it.)

Why similar: RPG 31%, Isometric 25%, CRPG 20.6%, Party-Based RPG 6.3%, Fantasy 5.7%

You are a mercenary possessed by a flame demon in a desperate world ravaged by seven Ice Lords. In this RPG where every choice counts, you will have to choose between unleashing the powers of the beast within and rejecting its demonic influence.

Why similar: RPG 52.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%, Fantasy 8.2%, Story Rich 6%, Choices Matter 5.1%

SKALD:Against the Black Priory is a retro-style party-based RPG set in a grim-dark fantasy world of tragic heroes, violent deaths and Lovecraftian horror. Take a chance and roll the dice as you embark on a compelling story filled with deadly creatures, branching story and tactical, turn-based combat

Why similar: CRPG 25.1%, Choices Matter 13.1%, RPG 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 12.1%, Story Rich 10.3%

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: Choices Matter 26.2%, Party-Based RPG 17.2%, RPG 15.2%, Story Rich 15.1%, Character Customization 12.2%

Battle Chasers: Nightwar is an RPG inspired by the classic console greats, featuring deep dungeon diving, turn-based combat presented in a classic JRPG format, and a rich story driven by exploration of the world.

Why similar: RPG 59.7%, Isometric 8.9%, Fantasy 8.1%, Turn-Based 6.3%, Story Rich 5.7%

Step into a dark reimagination of Arthurian legends in this first person, open world RPG. Explore a world stuck in everlasting autumn, witness falling legends and make meaningful choices woven into a complex, branching storyline.

Why similar: RPG 25.3%, Dark Fantasy 24.3%, Choices Matter 16.8%, Story Rich 9.8%, Character Customization 9.8%

Winner of over 130 Game of the Year awards, discover the definitive Dragon Age: Inquisition experience. The Game of the Year Edition includes the critically acclaimed game, all three official add-ons - Jaws of Hakkon, The Descent, and Trespasser - and more.

Why similar: RPG 28.5%, Choices Matter 22.1%, Story Rich 12.1%, Character Customization 11.8%, Fantasy 7.4%

Huge, old-school, indie fantasy role-playing adventure. Features an epic story and tactical, turn-based combat. Explore cunning dungeons, hunt for 100s of magical artifacts, and use dozens of magical abilities. Many different endings. Will you save your people or betray them? It's up to you.

Why similar: RPG 26.7%, CRPG 24.6%, Isometric 24%, Story Rich 6.9%, Party-Based RPG 4.9%

Circa 790 AD. A small band of Norse warriors lands on the shores of England. History may have forgotten their names, but their actions live on. As the chieftain of your clan, let ambition guide your choices in the party-based RPG Expeditions: Viking. How will history remember you?

Why similar: RPG 32%, CRPG 20%, Choices Matter 15.3%, Story Rich 9.4%, Turn-Based 8.9%

A true role-playing adventure. Set in the icy Staglands, this party-based CRPG has you take the role of a trapped god on a perilous journey across a beautiful, deadly peninsula.

Why similar: CRPG 23.7%, Real-Time with Pause 18.3% ★, RPG 17.8%, Isometric 16.1%, Dark Fantasy 9%

Discover the world of Transistor, a sci-fi-themed action RPG from the creators of Bastion.

Why similar: Isometric 29.4%, RPG 21%, Great Soundtrack 17.3%, Story Rich 16.4%, Female Protagonist 3.6%

A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

Why similar: Choices Matter 39.7%, RPG 26.3%, Story Rich 16.4%, Dark Fantasy 11%, Adventure 2.6%

You are Hawke, a refugee seeking to escape the darkspawn-plagued land of Ferelden and become Champion of Kirkwall. Rise to power and fight epic battles while making decisions that determine the course of civilization.

Why similar: RPG 38.1%, Choices Matter 14.9%, Fantasy 9%, Dark Fantasy 8.7%, Story Rich 8.1%

You are the Dragon Commander. Your mission it is to reunite a broken empire and become the new emperor. Success depends entirely on your ability to efficiently rule your empire, build invincible armies and lead them to victory.

Why similar: RPG 42.4%, Real-Time with Pause 17.3% ★, Choices Matter 10.8%, Fantasy 10.8%, Turn-Based 5.7%

A Victorian steampunk RPG with tarot cards instead of dice. Investigate the disappearance of society’s most vulnerable to uncover a mysterious cult. Play as three characters, each with their own skills and motivations. Customize your characters with narrative choices to unlock new tarot cards.

Why similar: CRPG 28.5%, Isometric 20.4%, RPG 15%, Choices Matter 12.7%, Story Rich 7.9%

Return to the Forgotten Realms in this bestselling Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Combines all the content of Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition with all-new enhanced features. Includes 100+ hours of award-winning adventures and the tools to create your own!

Why similar: CRPG 29.4%, Real-Time with Pause 25.7% ★, RPG 18.9%, Story Rich 7.3%, Character Customization 6.9%

Lead a party of relic hunters in an epic cRPG adventure set in a war-torn Guns N’ Sorcery world. Experiment with a tactical slo-mo and a modern combat system!

Why similar: Real-Time with Pause 20.5% ★, CRPG 19.9%, Isometric 15.1%, RPG 10.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.9%

Step into the role of an aspiring martial-arts master and follow the path of the open palm or the closed fist.

Why similar: RPG 37.5%, Story Rich 13.2%, Choices Matter 11.1%, CRPG 8.5%, Fantasy 8%

Blackguards 2 is a turn-based strategy-RPG and will deliver challenging hexfield battles and a gritty story filled with violence and crime. - Includes bonus content: Soundtrack, digital Art Book and Strategy Guide Book!

Why similar: RPG 28.4%, Villain Protagonist 14.2% ★, CRPG 13.5%, Isometric 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 8.3%

Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

Why similar: RPG 42.8%, Choices Matter 16.5%, Story Rich 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%, Adventure 6.3%