Best Isometric Games on Steam
Games using angled overhead views for readable spaces, tactics, or exploration.
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1Project Zomboid - Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
Nov 8, 2013
In this game, you can…
- look down from a skyscraper roof at thousands of zombies swarming below, then get trapped inside and survive by rationing food.
- trade Sonic fan fiction for gasoline in multiplayer, then crash the car and die four minutes later.
- kill your bitten friend after he turns into a zombie, using a frying pan on the side of a highway.
- load a car with supplies, drive out for a VHS-store run, and find a pristine video store packed with tapes after clearing the street.
- press one wrong key, accidentally shout, and pull the whole neighborhood into your base like a siren.
- turn a lumber mill into a fortified co-op settlement with roof crops and water projects, then lose it to a kitchen fire and a converging horde.
- loot a gun store, get chased deeper into the city by a helicopter, fight from a rooftop until the door breaks, then jump off and keep going on a shattered leg.
- level skills by doing physical work like dismantling furniture and electronics, stripping car parts, and even practicing first aid by bandaging your own injuries.
2Hades - Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
Sep 17, 2020
In this game, you can…
- choose a power-up and trigger a new bit of gossip between gods mid-run.
- die, walk out of a blood pool at home, then talk to everyone for new dialogue and upgrades before trying again.
- give gifts to characters and get powerful keepsakes back, so your friendships directly change your combat build.
- swap between six weapons that play wildly differently, including aspects that can completely change how the weapon works.
- stack your own difficulty modifiers for better rewards, choosing exactly which new handicaps you want to deal with.
- finish a room, pick between two next paths, and watch your build evolve choice by choice until it collides with a boss fight.
- have the story react to exactly how your last run ended, with characters teasing or comforting you about specific deaths and wins.
3Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition - 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.
Sep 14, 2017
In this game, you can…
- teleport 30 corpses into a boss room, then detonate them all at once to erase the boss.
- eat body parts as an elf to gain the dead person's memories and quest-changing visions.
- rip someone's face off, then wear it to use their identity.
- throw death fog barrels at living enemies to kill them instantly, while undead allies can stand in it safely.
- turn water into an electrified stun pool, or freeze wet ground so enemies slip and get knocked down.
- teleport enemies into hazards, drag archers into melee, or fling someone far away to break an encounter.
- talk to animals and get full conversations, like a chicken insisting he's a mighty wizard.
- set up ambushes by keeping some party members out of combat while others start the fight, then spring the trap.
4Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - 42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
Nov 14, 2019
In this game, you can…
- watch a monk convert your knights mid-fight, and they instantly switch sides.
- tell AI teammates what units to train, where to build, and what target to attack.
- play voice-acted historical campaigns like Saladin or Joan of Arc, and even run some of those missions in co-op.
- auto-explore the map with your scout.
- collapse buildings into rubble when they're destroyed, instead of just disappearing.
- queue unit production and technologies at the same time, so upgrades don't pause your momentum.
- skip the early setup and jump straight into fighting with a mode that starts after the opening minutes.
- race a campaign mission timer by destroying every castle in a city in under 30 minutes.
5Disco Elysium - The Final Cut - 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.
Oct 15, 2019
In this game, you can…
- wake up with no memory and have your necktie talk to you
- set up a nightclub and drug lab in an abandoned church during a homicide investigation
- hunt a creature unknown to science and eventually meet the Insulindian Phasmid
- listen to 24 inner voices argue and vote on what you do next
- fail key checks and get new scenes and dialogue instead of a reload screen
- solve a murder while also tracking down your own name, badge, shoes, and lost past
- talk to the city like it's a living thing that whispers history through you
- shape your politics through play and still get called a liberal by the biggest communist you meet
6Hades II - Battle beyond the Underworld using dark sorcery to take on the Titan of Time in this bewitching sequel to the award-winning rogue-like dungeon crawler.
Sep 25, 2025
In this game, you can…
- mute the music mid-boss and get a unique reaction for doing it.
- fight a boss whose music is so catchy you might stop attacking just to listen.
- run two separate campaigns with different routes, locations, and bosses: one in the Underworld, one on the surface.
- drop a binding circle on the floor and build your whole run around it.
- charge attacks, specials, and your cast into omega moves that spend magick and slow time while you aim.
- craft upgrades between runs with a cauldron, using reagents you gathered during your last escape attempt.
- swap keepsakes between regions mid-run to change what powers you're leaning on for the next stretch.
- get new dialogue and character reactions popping up even after dozens of runs.
7Grim Dawn - Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
Feb 25, 2016
In this game, you can…
- pick a second class at level 10 and fuse them into weird hybrids, like a shielded shaman or a gun-slinging mage.
- find gear that adds its own active skills, then end up rotating a whole extra set of attacks and buffs from equipment.
- get hunted by unique nemesis enemies you spawned by making a faction hate you, then take that build into 170-wave arenas and roguelike dungeons.
- start as a prisoner headed for the gallows, get possessed, survive your execution, then get drafted into rebuilding a survivor stronghold.
- cleanse hidden shrines to unlock a second progression board that grants new trigger powers, not just stats.
- wander off the road, crack open hidden paths and secret rooms, and stumble into optional bosses you weren't ready for yet.
- make choices that decide whether an entire village lives or dies, and push factions to treat you as ally or enemy.
- respec skills and devotion points cheaply, then completely pivot your character when a single build-defining item drops.
8Age of Empires II (Retired) - Age of Empires II has been re-imagined in high definition. With the release of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, this product will not be updated further.
Apr 9, 2013
In this game, you can…
- convert enemy soldiers so they instantly switch sides mid-battle.
- raise the population cap to 500 and flood the map with armies big enough to change your entire battle plan.
- win without conquering everyone by guarding a king, collecting relics, or building and defending a wonder.
- mass monks behind walls, upgrade them into tanky converters, then march out stealing whole armies while they chant.
- watch monks on both sides convert the same troops back and forth until someone breaks the stalemate with a surprise demolition squad.
- set up two markets far apart and generate more gold from trade just because the route is longer.
- fire a mangonel shot into a clump of archers and flatten them all at once.
- play campaigns as famous historical leaders like Genghis Khan, Attila the Hun, or Joan of Arc.
9Torchlight II - The adventure continues in Torchlight II! An Action RPG filled with epic battles, bountiful treasure, and a fully randomized world. Bring your friends along for the journey with online and LAN multiplayer.
Sep 20, 2012
In this game, you can…
- send your pet back to town to sell your loot and buy potions while you keep dungeon crawling.
- restart the whole campaign with the same character and gear on a much harder run, again and again.
- equip almost any weapon on any class, like a berserker with a wand or a mage with a sword and shield.
- fill your screen with a huge swarm of monsters and still keep fighting.
- load up mods that add new classes, pets, maps, and even raid dungeons, turning the game into something much bigger.
- explore randomized maps that hide side routes, secret rooms, surprise bosses, and big loot off the main path.
- respec your build, swap skill paths, and pivot into a totally different playstyle without starting from scratch.
10Game Dev Tycoon - In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
Aug 29, 2013
In this game, you can…
- build your own game console and release games on your own platform.
- have piracy become an in-game disaster that can wreck your sales on a cracked version.
- spend millions on a custom engine for a risky genre mashup, watch it flop, then save the studio by rushing out a safe sequel.
- start in a garage, make tiny games, and grow into a full studio with a real team.
- turn one hit into a long-running franchise by cranking out sequels until it carries your whole company.
- release a game too early, ship it full of bugs, and watch your fans turn on you immediately.
- research new tech, invent new game types, and keep expanding what your studio can build over decades of industry history.
- run multiple teams so one maintains an online game while another builds a brand-new project.
