The Strategy RPG Zone

RPGs where tactical battles, unit builds, and grid decisions drive progression.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

The Bell Echoes - The Bell Echoes is a story-driven tactical roguelite. Fight alongside a cast of distinctive companions as you venture deeper into the Corrupted Lands, defeat powerful foes, collect Echoes and memory fragments, and uncover the truth behind the characters and the world.
Forsworn - Stack game-breaking synergies until your party can slay gods. Command a party of heroes, forge powerful synergies, and level them up across runs in this turn-based tactics roguelite. Battle the gods solo or in co-op, where defeat is just another beginning.
Golden Swirl - Golden Swirl is a dark fantasy, semi-real-time action deckbuilder. Master tactical movement to dodge fierce attacks while managing your hand. Fully voiced with custom heroes, fine-tune your deck, relics, and runes to repel the Swirl. Can you survive the madness?
Bones and Coins - Players say: Build a hero party, clear dungeon rooms by guiding attacks, and spend coins and loot on weapons, skills, and upgrades. Players like: Satisfying Progression · Relaxed Automation · Retro Visual Style ·
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An incremental auto battler dungeon crawler where you build a synergized hero party to slay enemies and loot items. Unlock weapons with unique attack styles. Gear up your hero team and explore new dungeon rooms filled with enemies and legendary drops.

Dark Bone Prison - This is a dungeon-based game full of oppressive atmosphere. You will delve into the maze filled with monsters, collect, combine and upgrade weapons, and fight for a glimmer of hope in the successive waves of attacks.
Veterum - Turn-based tactical strategy with a detailed combat system and interactive environment. Explore the open world, complete quests, search for rare artifacts. Lead the last army of the Order of the Gatekeepers and stop the coming chaos!
Dungeon Settlers - Players say: Build a refuge on barren land, then train a four-person party to scavenge a shifting dungeon in pauseable real-time combat. Players like: Dungeon-Base Loop · Pauseable Tactical Combat · Squad Building ·
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A colony sim based dungeon crawler where you manage your expedition to build a settlement in barren land, provide food and shelter for your people, lead them deep into the merciless dungeon, overcome challenging combat by your strategy.

The Adventurers - The Adventurers is a turn-based tactical RPG where every decision shapes your legacy. Lead your party of heroes in an open world filled with random events that affect your story. Survive a high fantasy landscape where your epic saga is waiting to be written.
Snap the Cat - An incremental game about taking photos of cats. Upgrade your account, unlock new cats, and take photos of them so everyone on the planet will follow you!
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Star Renegades - Players say: Lead a squad against the Imperium in a repeating sci-fi campaign, using timed attacks and team synergies to outmaneuver foes. Players like: Tactical Timeline Combat · Detailed Pixel Art · Distinct Hero Builds ·
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Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!

Classified: France '44 - Players say: Lead Allied commandos and French resistance fighters through turn-based raids, using stealth and suppression to prepare for D-Day. Players like: WWII Resistance Setting · Morale-Based Combat · Stealth Ambushes ·
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Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?

Dark Deity - Players say: Lead four academy recruits through a fantasy war, directing turn-based battles and shaping a growing squad’s classes and gear. Players like: Tactical Combat · Branching Class Choices · Battle Animations ·
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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...

Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition - Players say: Lead Squad E through a desperate war, planning turn-based operations and directing soldiers in real-time third-person combat. Players like: Hybrid Tactical Combat · Watercolor Art Style · Memorable Squadmates ·
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A Continent Engulfed in the Bitter Flames of War! Commander Claude Wallace and his childhood friends set out to fight in a desperate war, but bone-chilling blizzards, waves of imperial soldiers, and the godlike powers of the Valkyria stand between them and victory.

SCARLET NEXUS - Players say: As an OSF psionic, battle brain-hunting mutants with telekinetic attacks and squad powers across two interwoven story routes. Players like: Psychic Combat · Squad Power Combos · Anime Art Direction ·
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Choose between Yuito and Kasane, elite psionics each armed with a talent in psychokinesis and their own reason to fight. Complete both of their stories to unlock all the mysteries of a Brain Punk future caught between technology and psychic abilities.

Marvel's Midnight Suns - Players say: Lead a customizable Hunter and Marvel heroes against a supernatural threat in card-driven tactical battles and a social RPG hub. Players like: Tactical Card Combat · Distinct Hero Playstyles · Character Bonds ·
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FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew - Players say: Lead an undead pirate crew through real-time stealth missions, combining supernatural skills to outmaneuver the Inquisition. Players like: Creative Crew Abilities · Tactical Stealth Planning · Flexible Team Combinations ·
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Assemble your crew and set sail on an infamous ghost ship to sneak, stab, and spellcast your way through the Inquisition in this non-linear stealth strategy game. Chart a course, develop uncanny abilities, and use unconventional tactics to find a powerful pirate artifact!

The Last Spell - Players say: Lead a squad of heroes through turn-based night battles, then rebuild the haven and its defenses before the next monster wave. Players like: Weapon Build Variety · Tactical Horde Combat · Metal Soundtrack ·
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Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

Total War: WARHAMMER - Players say: Lead a fantasy faction across a turn-based Old World campaign, then command its armies in real-time battles with magic and monsters. Players like: Distinct Factions · Fantasy Battles · Warhammer Atmosphere ·
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The Old World is yours to command. Lead Legendary Lords in a combination of turn-based campaign and magically charged, strategic real-time battles, and decide the fate of your chosen race in a fight against Chaos.

Valkyria Chronicles™ - Players say: Lead Gallia’s Squad 7 in a fictional European war, combining turn-based orders with direct movement, aiming, and tank combat. Players like: Hybrid Tactical Combat · Watercolor Art Style · Memorable Squad Characters ·
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The critically acclaimed Valkyria Chronicles is now available on PC in 1080p True HD, including all previously released DLC!

Worldless - Players say: Explore a newborn abstract universe, platform through connected realms, and fight foes in timed combo turns built around parries. Players like: Deep Combo Combat · Geometric Art Style · Atmospheric Music ·
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Worldless is a stylised 2D platformer with a unique combat system and a mind-bending interpretative narrative. Players embark on a journey of self-growth and understanding, pushing the limits of their nature in a newly born and abstract universe.

Super Robot Wars 30 - Players say: Lead a squad of crossover mecha in turn-based battles, then use mission rewards to train pilots and upgrade robots. Players like: Anime Crossover Cast · Signature Attack Animations · Favorite Unit Upgrades ·
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30 years on, the battle for our world's future continues. Super Robot Wars is a tactical RPG that brings characters and robots from a variety of mecha anime together to battle their mutual foes.

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Oct 27, 2021
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Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime - Bonnie Bear Saves Frogtime is a frog-obsessed comedy adventure featuring tactical frog battles, bizarre quests, and the mother of all frogs: the motherfrogger.
Fantasy Maiden Wars - DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER - - Players say: Lead Reimu or Marisa through Gensokyo’s incidents in a grid-based tactics RPG where danmaku shapes each battle. Players like: Interwoven Touhou Story · Tactical Boss Battles · Distinctive Character Builds ·
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Command a legion of more than 70 beloved Touhou Project heroines on an expansive quest to uncover the cause of mysterious incidents blossoming throughout Gensokyo. Deploy units on grid-based maps to battle monsters with flashy Spell Cards, and conquer each stage with strategic mastery.

Bad Bitch Blasters - Players say: Lead Jennyfer and a four-person crew against The Organization in brisk, color-coded turn-based battles, with choices steering the story to different endings. Players like: Absurd Humor · Distinctive Characters · Unexpected Story Depth ·
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In this mind-blowing insane-arcade RPG, Jennyfer takes down "The Organization" and summons The Legendary Devourer of Dead in order to wipe the planet.

MareQuest: An Interactive Tail - A terrible darkness threatens a world of overwhelmingly adorable mares. Can a new cute mare with amnesia save the world or will she lose more than her memories along the way?
Evolve or Die - A co-op voice-controlled action game where yelling is the combat system. Team up, scream into your mics, and unleash absurd sound-powered attacks. Coordinate, panic, or just shout nonsense until the enemies—and your friends—totally melt down.
Geneforge 2 - Infestation - Wildly open-ended adventure in a unique fantasy world. Use battle or diplomacy and trickery to change the world, served by an army of custom-made mutant monsters. Almost 90 zones to explore and 50+ hours of gameplay. Enormous range of abilities, factions, quests, and paths to victory.
Cell Command - TURN-BASED TACTICS meets SNAKE: A new roguelike in the Genome Guardian universe. SPLICE DNA to create new units, enhance their genetics, and take on the Abyss virus once more in a variety of different modes & match types.
TOHOTOPIA - Players say: Lead a Touhou-themed empire in brisk, turn-based 4X matches: explore, develop cities, recruit heroes, and outmaneuver rivals. Players like: Distinct Factions · Unique Hero Abilities · Short, Accessible Matches ·
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A 4X strategy craze sweeps Gensokyo! As the "Esports Tournament" begins, the girls join the fray. Warlords rise: will you be "Pharaoh" Remilia, "Emperor" Kaguya, "Great" Kanako, or "Philosopher King" Miko? Launch the game now, lead your empire, and dominate Gensokyo!

Countryball: Europe 1890 - Players say: Lead a countryball through European conquest campaigns, forging alliances and fighting turn-based battles with stats and cards. Players like: Simple Map Strategy · Empire-Building Conquest · History and Geography ·
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Discover the 19th and 20th centuries with countryballs!

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Slaughter Horse 2 - Use deduction, murder and trust your luck to eliminate the town council and rule over the helpless cartoon horses in a twisted strategy RPG.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 - The sequel to the captivating tale of Fuga: Melodies of Steel has arrived! This turn-based RPG is back with a ramped up battle system for more strategy, as well as a brand new event system that gives you more thrilling choices to affect your experience!
Voidspire Tactics - An indie turn-based Tactics RPG with a heavy emphasis on exploration, character progression, and highly tactical combat. Create your own deeply customizable party of Warriors, Sorcerers, and Shiftcloaks to take on the Spire!

Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Tactical Breach Wizards - Players say: Lead renegade wizards through turn-based breach missions, combining spells and rewinding moves to unravel a modern conspiracy. Players like: Witty Character Writing · Rewind-and-Retry Combat · Creative Spell Combos ·
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In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.

Arrow a Row - Players say: Move an archer left and right through an auto-running enemy gauntlet, choosing upgrades and helpers to take on bosses. Players like: Simple Left-Right Runs · Faithful Ad Gameplay · Build Variety ·
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Arrow a row is a game in which you shoot arrows (of course) in a row! or maybe two rows! (maybe three?) Choose your power-ups and defeat the Boss.

Gumballs & Dungeons - Players say: Lead a team of collectible Gumballs through tile-revealing dungeons, combining their skills to fight, explore, and climb. Players like: No In-Game Purchases · Gumball Team Combos · Distinct Dungeon Themes ·
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Embark on a free, exciting roguelike adventure with Gumballs & Dungeons! Collect and find hundreds of Gumballs, all with their own unique abilities, and create a synergistic team to tackle procedurally generated dungeons, discovering secrets and a trove of easter eggs as you explore!

Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition - Players say: Lead a party of Source-wielders through Rivellon, exploring a reactive fantasy world and winning turn-based battles with elemental tactics. Players like: Elemental Combat · Build Freedom · Companion Stories ·
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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.

Kenshi - Players say: Lead a customizable squad across a hostile wasteland, surviving by training, trading, fighting, and building your own settlement. Players like: Player-Made Stories · Open-Ended Freedom · Hard-Won Progress ·
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A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.

Farmer Against Potatoes Idle - Players say: An amnesiac farmer battles mutated potato waves in an idle RPG, upgrading gear, talents, and classes through repeated runs. Players like: Layered Progression · Steady Feature Unlocks · Long-Term Goals ·
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Pick up your sword and fight off waves of Potatoes by upgrading your stats constantly, use Equipment, choose between different Classes, put your many Talents to good use, and so much more designed to keep you entertained for a long time.

Shogun Showdown - Players say: Plan each turn in a narrow battlefield, chaining weapon and movement tiles to survive enemy waves and reach the Shogun. Players like: Tactical Puzzle Combat · Satisfying Attack Combos · Pixel Art and Music ·
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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!

我打不过漂亮的她们 - Players say: A retired boxer confronts old secrets; choices lead him toward redemption, revenge, or retirement in a branching live-action drama. Players like: Three Distinct Storylines · Meaningful Branching Choices · Large Story Volume ·
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Shi Lei once ruled the underground world and retired at his peak. Years later, unsettling truths emerge, disrupting his peace. Will he resolve old issues or break free from fate to uncover the secrets behind these truths? This time, he won't face it alone; she will help him.

Horizon's Gate - Players say: After Dominio betrays you, sail Eral as a privateer, trader, or explorer, build a crew, and fight turn-based battles on land and sea. Players like: Flexible Class Builds · Tactical Party Combat · Open-World Discovery ·
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Voyage into the wide world of Eral as an explorer, trader, or privateer. Defeat your enemies on land or at sea in deep but straightforward tactical combat. Unravel the secrets behind Dominio's betrayal – or sail off in search of your own adventure.

Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga - Players say: A new academy graduate leads customizable squads across turn-based battle maps, using terrain and troop synergies to resist a rebellion. Players like: Flexible Squad Building · Distinct Unit Classes · Tactical Map Positioning ·
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Enter Tahnra, a land savaged by war. You, a fresh academy graduate with humble beginnings, will grow to lead a grand army against a corrupt adversary. Gather heroes, form bonds, and lead your force in turn-based battles. Make use of tactics, terrain, morale and more to bring peace to the land!

Back to the Dawn - Players say: As a reporter or undercover agent in a high-security prison, investigate a conspiracy, manage each day, and plan your escape. Players like: Distinct Inmate Stories · Branching Escape Routes · Engaging Storylines ·
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Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.

Soda Dungeon 2 - Players say: Run a soda-fueled tavern, recruit adventurers for automated turn-based dungeon raids, and reinvest their loot in stronger teams. Players like: Custom Party Scripts · Idle Background Runs · Team-Building Strategy ·
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Everyone’s favorite laid-back dungeon crawler returns in Soda Dungeon 2. Featuring a new adventure, a whole town to upgrade, crafting, new classes, alternate dimensions, and more! It’s everything you loved about the original plus all the stuff you’ve been asking for.