Games Like ZEPHON

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.

Why similar: 4X 30.7% ★, Turn-Based 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%, Grand Strategy 8.7% ★, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Developed by the same team, this game shares the exact tactical combat engine and 4X design philosophy found in ZEPHON.

Age of Wonders: Planetfall is the new strategy game from Triumph Studios, creators of the critically acclaimed Age of Wonders series, bringing all the exciting tactical turn-based combat and in-depth empire building of its predecessors to space in an all-new, sci-fi setting.

Why similar: 4X 32.8% ★, Turn-Based 18.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.4%, Tactical 9.8%, Strategy 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This sci-fi 4X title features deep tactical combat and extensive unit customization that mirrors the complexity of ZEPHON.

Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and turn-based tactical combat. Control a faction that grows and changes as you expand your empire with each turn!

Why similar: 4X 31.3% ★, Grand Strategy 16.6% ★, Tactical 10.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Turn-Based Combat 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a premier 4X experience with highly detailed tactical battles and deep faction customization that appeals to strategy fans.

Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.

Why similar: 4X 25.8% ★, Turn-Based 16.7%, Grand Strategy 14.6% ★, Tactical 8.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, gritty post-apocalyptic 4X game that captures the harsh survival and logistical challenges of a ruined world.

The acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM. Fight tactical battles on procedural maps against a foe that adapts to your tactics. Manage diplomacy and economy on a global scale. Research, explore, overcome. Now includes Steam Workshop support for mods!

Why similar: Grand Strategy 24.1% ★, Tactical 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Procedural Generation 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: Offers intense tactical combat against eldritch, mutating horrors that align perfectly with the themes of ZEPHON.

Set in a post-apoc version of Earth, Revival is a 4x strategy game where the world and its rules can change at key moments, creating a deep and highly replayable experience.

Why similar: 4X 30.8% ★, Turn-Based 19%, Grand Strategy 18.1% ★, Tactical 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic 4X game that focuses on rebuilding civilization through tactical combat and environmental manipulation.

ENDLESS™ Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS™ Space and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!

Why similar: 4X 37.3% ★, Turn-Based 23.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Strategy 11%, Grand Strategy 4.6% ★

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique blend of fantasy and sci-fi with distinct faction mechanics and tactical combat that feels thematically similar to ZEPHON.

A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.

Why similar: 4X 30.4% ★, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Tactical 11.2%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Co-op 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A 4X strategy game that emphasizes tactical management and resource control in a hostile, desert-bound environment.

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 20.3%, Post-apocalyptic 15.2%, Turn-Based Combat 14.1%, Tactical 13.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical combat game set in a post-apocalyptic world filled with mutants and environmental hazards.

Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.

Why similar: Tactical 14.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 13.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a challenging tactical experience centered on defending humanity against an overwhelming alien threat.

An alien invasion has fractured humanity into seven ideological factions each with a unique vision for the future. Lead your chosen faction to take control of Earth’s nations, expand across the Solar System, and battle enemy fleets in tactical combat.

Why similar: 4X 30.2% ★, Grand Strategy 18.3% ★, Turn-Based 16.1%, Tactical 11.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A complex, hard sci-fi strategy game focused on the geopolitical and tactical response to an alien invasion.

Thea: The Awakening is a turn-based strategic survival game inspired by the Slavic mythology and set in a procedural dark fantasy world infused with non-linear story and unique combat system.

Why similar: Turn-Based 36.3%, 4X 28.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Strategy 11.9%, RPG 7%

Why You'll Like It: Combines 4X strategy with survival and dark, eldritch mythology in a procedurally generated world.

Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War. Outnumbered and fighting for survival, recruit and command your squad to hunt down an evil mastermind who makes monsters.

Why similar: Turn-Based 31.6%, Strategy 22.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 19%, Tactical 14.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Delivers high-quality, fast-paced tactical combat within a gritty, war-torn sci-fi setting.

Create your own nation in Millennia, a historical turn-based 4X game that challenges your strategic prowess across 10,000 years of history, from the dawn of humanity to our possible futures.

Why similar: 4X 30.9% ★, Turn-Based 17.9%, Grand Strategy 17.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 10.2%, Tactical 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: A modern 4X game that offers deep strategic evolution and tactical combat across various historical and speculative eras.

Take care of a group of travelers on a post-apocalyptic road-trip across the United States in this turn-based survival game.

Why similar: Turn-Based 35.9%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Strategy 13%, Procedural Generation 10.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 6%

Why You'll Like It: A procedural, turn-based survival game that captures the tension of navigating a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.

Why similar: 4X 27% ★, Turn-Based 15.4%, Grand Strategy 15.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8.7%, Sandbox 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A massive sci-fi 4X game that allows for deep customization and empire-building on a galactic scale.

Create and command custom Mechs to outmaneuver The Swarm in this post-apocalyptic tactical turn-based rogue-lite. Leverage the terrain, learn each Mech's unique skills and use strategy and resources to survive an ever-changing series of battles to give humanity hope.

Why similar: Turn-Based 19.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 10%

Why You'll Like It: Features tactical combat with highly customizable units in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Old school TBS, post-apoc survival and RPG. Recruit deranged locals in your militia, ally local factions and fight those you hate. Haul loot back and rebuild your shelter, doctor your wounds, and fix your guns. People need feeding, booze needs brewing and there is an end of the world to enjoy.

Why similar: Turn-Based 25.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Turn-Based Combat 11.6%, Tactical 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based survival strategy game that focuses on managing a settlement in a post-apocalyptic world.

Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 42.8%, Strategy 25.8%, Base Building 20.7%, Tactical 8.5%, Multiplayer 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that emphasizes survival and resource management in a harsh, post-apocalyptic future.

A tactical, turn-based strategy game in a post-apocalyptic world of eternal winter. As the titular False Prophet, recruit and lead a group of survivors to a promised land. Loot, craft, and make the best of what you find.

Why similar: Turn-Based 23.2%, Tactical 13.4%, Post-apocalyptic 11.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world with a focus on turn-based combat.

Lead a strike force against an alien threat in this turn-based tactical RPG from the developers of Battle Brothers. Answer distress calls across different worlds, train and equip infantry, deploy tanks and mechs, and plan and execute missions in detailed turn-based battles.

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.6%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Tactical 13.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%

Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand the reach of your empire. Each new adventure holds almost limitless possibilities.

Why similar: 4X 37.9% ★, Grand Strategy 24.5% ★, Sandbox 11.5%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A grand-scale sci-fi 4X game that features eldritch anomalies and deep exploration mechanics.

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: 4X 36.4% ★, Tactical 14.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.8%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game with deep tactical combat and a strong emphasis on world-building.

Last Days of Old Earth is a rich strategy game set in our far, far future where the sun is dying. Can you command the last noble tribes of humanity as they attempt to survive among the machines and marauding clans?

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.3%, 4X 21.8% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Strategy 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A 4X strategy game set in a dying world that utilizes card-based mechanics and hex-grid combat.

Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?

Why similar: 4X 22.3% ★, Turn-Based 17.1%, Grand Strategy 16% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16%, Strategy 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential 4X experience that provides the foundational strategic depth found in ZEPHON.

Welcome to Dreadlands! A perilous landscape brimming with potential in the form of Glow. Command one of 3 unique factions in this turn-based tactical RPG and play through their campaigns, be it solo or Co-Op, or battle it out in PvP. So far no one has tamed the Dreadlands. Will you be the first?

Why similar: Turn-Based 21.1%, Tactical 12.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.3%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG set in a vibrant, post-apocalyptic wasteland with a focus on squad-based combat.

A post-apocalyptic, turn based, tactical combat and strategy game where you lead your caravan on a quest for revenge.

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.2%, Tactical 12%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic tactical game that emphasizes turn-based combat and exploration.

A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.

Why similar: 4X 31.6% ★, Cyberpunk 10.4%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 9.3%

Warlock 2 is a turn-based strategy game of fantasy warfare. Rival against Great Mages, lead mighty armies into fierce battles, wield ancient magic and faith as your weapons.

Why similar: 4X 35.8% ★, Turn-Based 31.8%, Strategy 15.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Multiplayer 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A fantasy 4X game with a strong focus on tactical combat and magical world-building.

The ascendant spacefaring 4X strategy game returns! A new chapter in the epic Master of Orion saga is poised to once again capture the imaginations of millions of gamers.

Why similar: 4X 50.9% ★, Turn-Based 19.3%, Strategy 13.3%, Grand Strategy 5.4% ★, Sci-fi 5.1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic sci-fi 4X game that helped define the genre's focus on expansion and diplomacy.

A sci-fi turn-based 4X strategy game where you lead the fate of one of several factions divided between three races. Explore new worlds and new star systems filled with exciting secrets as well as dangers. Build cities, expand your influence and fight great battles on land and in space.

Why similar: 4X 29.7% ★, Turn-Based 16.9%, Grand Strategy 16.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 9.6%, Turn-Based Combat 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi 4X game that focuses on exploration and empire expansion across multiple planets.

The war is lost, the Capitol lies in ruins, and you’re on the run! Shardpunk mixes turn-based tactical strategy with RPG, survival, and resource management as you gather your team, scavenge for resources, fight enemy hordes, and seek shelter to live another day.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 27.3%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Turn-Based Combat 21.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 20.6%, Strategy 9.9%

Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is not just a game; it's an adrenaline-fueled journey where your strategic prowess decides the fate of mankind against the machines. After the machines took over, the greatest threats may not come from the machines but rather from other human survivors.

Why similar: Strategy 58.5%, Horror 41.5%

Hexarchy is an innovative, fast-paced, historical 4x strategy game where you use cards and deckbuilding to make your decisions. Single-player and online multiplayer.

Why similar: 4X 24.8% ★, Turn-Based 15.6%, Grand Strategy 14% ★, Tactical 9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8%

Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game. Play as the CERC hunting Patient 0, maintain Quarantine camps, fight dangerous mutations & Rogue Civilian Combatants . There’s nobody else coming, it’s up to you now.

Why similar: Sandbox 31.3%, Post-apocalyptic 30.6%, Strategy 14.7%, Tactical 14.2%, Base Building 9.2%

Earth has fallen. Science and the Occult have united forces to brace for the arrival of the Eldritch. But will the efforts against this strange, alien race be enough? Play as one of many Proximae used to help defend humanity in this turn-based, roguelike, intergalactic deck builder.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 30%, Turn-Based 17.8%, Strategy 14%, Turn-Based Combat 10.5%, Tactical 10.2%

Z Dawn is a survival RPG that takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which you get to manage a group of survivors to fight for their life, level up their skills, help fight off different breeds of zombies, build and upgrade camp, face hundreds of thrilling events and much more!

Why similar: Turn-Based 28.2%, 4X 23.7% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%

Zafehouse Diaries 2 is a game of survival, exploration and relationships. Every hour, designate tasks for your handful of characters - each with their own skills, motivations and prejudices - and try to outlast the zombie apocalypse.

Why similar: Turn-Based 25.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.9%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Post-apocalyptic 10%, Base Building 9.6%

Take on a role of a hardened PMC fighter in a dark turn-based extraction RPG. Engage in unforgiving combat, manage your ship and pile up the bodies of your clones to unravel the dark mystery behind threat to all life.

Why similar: Turn-Based 24.4%, Tactical 13.4%, Turn-Based Combat 11.2%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%

Our civilization has fallen. From the ashes, four new powers emerge. Immerse yourself in a combat-heavy twist on a classic turn-based 4X strategy where steam, steel, atom and diesel-punk corporations clash to spread their technology and the way of life.

Why similar: 4X 38.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Turn-Based Combat 8.9%

Lead your people to victory on an ever-evolving world in this strategy game featuring asymmetric factions led by powerful heroes. Build your empire, wield political influence, and raise grand armies to wage war in a race to uncover dark secrets buried within the planet.

Why similar: 4X 26.1% ★, Grand Strategy 15.7% ★, Turn-Based 15.5%, Tactical 9.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.5%

Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat. Operate from a remote command center, issuing indirect orders via multi-screen interfaces. Plan routes, set priorities, and adapt as missions escalate and feel the true weight of being in command.

Why similar: Tactical 32%, Procedural Generation 29.9%, Strategy 22.1%, Horror 16%

Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?

Why similar: 4X 26.3% ★, Turn-Based 15.9%, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Tactical 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%

Terminus: Zombie Survivors is a 2D turn-based survival roguelike set during a zombie apocalypse. Each journey is unique, and every decision can mean the difference between life and death. Can you brave hunger, cold, and the undead in order to reach the Terminus and find salvation?

Why similar: Turn-Based 21.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.2%, Sandbox 16%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Turn-Based Combat 10.1%

In Dominions 6 you take control of a powerful being that rules a nation and aspires to godhood. The type of Pretender Gods can vary from magically powerful arch mages to old dragons or an enormous tree. Dominions is a deep 4x turn based strategy game with a very large variety of spells and units.

Why similar: 4X 42.7% ★, Grand Strategy 18.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 13.6%, Strategy 9.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 4.9%

Interstellar Space: Genesis is a turn-based space 4X strategy game in which you attempt to build a thriving galactic empire. Discover mysteries among the stars, colonize worlds, and engage enemies in tactical turn-based combat on your journey to becoming the ruler of the galaxy!

Why similar: 4X 28.1% ★, Turn-Based 16.9%, Grand Strategy 12.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 8%, Turn-Based Tactics 6.6%

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 25.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 22.1%, Turn-Based Tactics 19.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.9%, Strategy 10.9%

Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements

Why similar: Turn-Based 26.4%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Turn-Based Combat 9.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Post-apocalyptic 8.1%

You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.

Why similar: 4X 39.1% ★, Grand Strategy 26.8% ★, Sandbox 13.6%, Base Building 12.1%, Strategy 8.4%

Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.

Why similar: 4X 24.9% ★, Grand Strategy 15.9% ★, Turn-Based 13.9%, Sandbox 7.2%, Tactical 6.9%

Predestination is a turn-based sci-fi 4X game set in the distant past of our own galaxy. Ships from countless races are flung back in time by a powerful hostile race known as the Revenants, and must now work to rebuild their empires and somehow stop the Revenants in the past.

Why similar: 4X 44.8% ★, Turn-Based 26%, Strategy 14.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.4%, Sci-fi 6.5%

Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.

Why similar: Grand Strategy 19.3% ★, Turn-Based 15.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Turn-Based Combat 11.3%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.1%

Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!

Why similar: Turn-Based 19.9%, Tactical 12.3%, Cyberpunk 11.6%, Post-apocalyptic 10.9%, Turn-Based Combat 10.2%

Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.

Why similar: Lovecraftian 36.6%, Turn-Based 14.3%, Tactical 9.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Turn-Based Combat 7.6%

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: Turn-Based 18.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Tactical 13%

Deep Fringe is a deep tactical RPG set in a biopunk post-apocalyptic wasteland. Lead powerful factions in turn-based brutal battles, leveraging the strategic use of an interactive environment. Modify or destroy terrain to achieve tactical supremacy. Craft legendary chapters with the level editor.

Why similar: Turn-Based 25%, Tactical 13.7%, Turn-Based Combat 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 12.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%

IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?

Why similar: Base Building 42.9%, Strategy 39.2%, Post-apocalyptic 17.9%

Ruin Raiders is a turn-based tactical roguelike where you command customizable squads on a one-way journey into the ruins of an ancient civilization. Master turn-based combat, craft new technologies, and dive into ever-changing ruins to unveil the past!

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.6%, Tactical 10.4%, Procedural Generation 10.3%

Forge your Kingdom amidst the Ruins of Rome in this turn-based 4X strategy game! As the world crumbles, rebuild civilization and shape your people’s destiny. Unleash your strategic prowess, conquer provinces, and crush all who stand in your way.

Why similar: 4X 22.4% ★, Turn-Based 14.1%, Grand Strategy 11.4% ★, Turn-Based Combat 8.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%