Games like Grimshade

If Grimshade scratched a hand-drawn and dark itch for you, keep reading. These games make natural next picks for you.

Battle Chasers: Nightwar
A turn-based RPG built from a 90s comic, with hand-drawn art, six heroes to mix into a party of three, and dungeons that rearrange themselves every visit. Battles run on a clever overcharge system, loot and crafting feed your build, and there is fishing. It gets grindy in stretches, but the fighting is worth it.
Hand-drawn, Story-driven
86% of 5,606 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 24$29.99
Shores Unknown
A turn-based RPG with deep character-driven combat, and a story written by Final Fantasy veterans. Finding yourself on the wrong side of the Crown, you and your companions must fight or perish. Build a team of mercenaries, forge alliances, and explore distant lands.
Dark, Story-driven, Atmospheric
65% of 94 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Of Blades & Tails
A turn-based RPG that is action-oriented but rewards a thoughtful approach. Explore a fantastic land populated by different animal tribes. Follow the main story or hunt for treasures in ancient ruins and mysterious dungeons. Develop your character and gain powerful equipment.
75% of 361 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
Those Who Rule
Lead three raw recruits through a low-fantasy war full of betrayal, on a hex grid where facing and positioning decide everything. Train a roster of flawed soldiers, forge their gear, and make choices that reshape the story. A tactical RPG with a dark, grounded plot and real weight behind every move.
Dark, Story-driven, Emotional
89% of 1,146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$17.99
Ash of Gods: Redemption
A dark fantasy RPG where three separate stories braid together as an old menace returns, and no one, not even your main characters, is safe. Choices ripple forward, death moves the story instead of ending it, and turn-based battles mix tactics with collectible cards. Grim, hand-drawn and stubbornly unforgiving.
Hand-drawn, Dark, Story-driven
73% of 2,954 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$24.99
Lethal RPG: War
Journey on an epic quest with Lethal and his elite party of warriors through a huge fantasy land. Play as Lethal and his companions in exciting turn based battles against a variety of fantasy creatures.
Story-driven
80% of 235 Steam reviews are positiveFree
Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest
A tactical, turn-based RPG from the makers of Legend of Grimrock. Lead Aava, Leonhard and Oiko through 35 handcrafted missions in the mist-clad Menhir Forest, where every action counts, respawning enemies push you forward, and upgrade gems let you rebuild your heroes between attempts. Hard, clever and full of character.
Story-driven
82% of 1,294 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$24.99
Aarklash: Legacy
In Aarklash: Legacy take command of a mercenary squad in search of truth and guide it through countless battles.Welcome to Aarklash, a land of chaos where incessant battles between the forces of Light, Destiny and Darkness have lasted since the beginning of time.
Dark, Story-driven, Emotional
76% of 598 Steam reviews are positive$15.99
Lost Eidolons
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG set in Benerio, a seaside province rotting under a crumbling empire. You play Eden, a mercenary captain turned rebel commander, leading a growing band of allies through grid-based battles, sieges and monster hunts. Between fights you build a camp, win people over and get to know their stories.
Hand-drawn, Dark, Story-driven
69% of 1,753 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 88$34.99
Rise of the Third Power
On the eve of history's greatest war, eight unlikely heroes rise to challenge an empire and change the fate of a continent. Rise of the Third Power is a story-driven RPG of political intrigue, sacrifice, and revolution.
Story-driven
88% of 495 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$19.99
Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North
Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North is a gripping, tactical RPG that lets you build a powerful band of adventurers and partake in a grand adventure.
Dark
74% of 171 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$14.99
Chained Echoes
A 16-bit style JRPG about ending a generations-old war across the continent of Valandis, where dragons share the sky with piloted mechs. Fast turn-based battles, no random encounters, an airship to call your own, and 30 to 40 hours of story worth following.
Hand-drawn, Story-driven, Emotional
88% of 7,865 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 85$24.99

Cheaper than Grimshade

Of Blades & Tails

A turn-based RPG that is action-oriented but rewards a thoughtful approach. Explore a fantastic land populated by different animal tribes.

$14.99

Those Who Rule

Lead three recruits through a grim tactical war, where positioning wins fights and decisions shape the story.

$17.99

Aarklash: Legacy

In Aarklash: Legacy take command of a mercenary squad in search of truth and guide it through countless battles.Welcome to Aarklash, a land of chaos…

$15.99

Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North

Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North is a gripping, tactical RPG that lets you build a powerful band of adventurers and partake in a grand…

$14.99

Might is Right

Might is Right is an old-school turn-based strategy game, it has simple controls and deep complex mechanics.

$6.59

Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds

A turn-based party RPG where your first guild mission strands you on an island full of pirates, beasts and questions.

$15.99

Zoria: Age of Shattering

A squad-based tactical RPG with fluid turn-based combat, outpost, and followers management, set in the expansive fantasy world of Zoria.

$9.99

Entropy

Entropy is a tactical turn-based RPG inspired by classic JRPGs.

$11.99

Divided Reigns

The full-scale, epic fantasy role-playing experience you've wanted for decades--Divided Reigns retains what made the JRPG classics so fantastic…

$9.99

The Adventurers

Lead a band of adventurers through an open fantasy world, one contract and hex-grid battle at a time, with a fresh story every run.

$12.99

Grim wanderings 2

This game combines a deep role-playing system inspired by classic board games and a full-fledged 4X strategy

$5.99

The Dragons' Twilight

Classic 90's Style Turn-Based RPG. All of the feels with minimal grind!

$4.99

Hidden gems like Grimshade

Entropy

Entropy is a tactical turn-based RPG inspired by classic JRPGs.

$11.99

Those Who Rule

Lead three recruits through a grim tactical war, where positioning wins fights and decisions shape the story.

$17.99

Together in Battle

Manage a team of fantasy gladiators in this Fire Emblem-style strategy RPG with vibrant characters, funny random events, and emergent…

$19.99

Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

Lead a squad of five through turn-based battles on a cursed island, rebuilding your champion with each new run.

$24.99

Prelude Dark Pain

A grim tactical RPG where a retired blacksmith rallies heroes against a cruel crusade, and every choice leaves its mark on a hand-drawn world.

$19.99

Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds

A turn-based party RPG where your first guild mission strands you on an island full of pirates, beasts and questions.

$15.99

The Adventurers

Lead a band of adventurers through an open fantasy world, one contract and hex-grid battle at a time, with a fresh story every run.

$12.99

Terrinoth®: Heroes of Descent

Take a party of heroes into voiced dungeons, plan every turn, and share the campaign with friends in online co-op.

$20.99

Zoria: Age of Shattering

A squad-based tactical RPG with fluid turn-based combat, outpost, and followers management, set in the expansive fantasy world of Zoria.

$9.99

Rise of the Third Power

On the eve of history's greatest war, eight unlikely heroes rise to challenge an empire and change the fate of a continent.

$19.99

The Iron Oath

Lead a mercenary company for hire in the harsh fantasy realm of Caelum.

$24.99

Fight Life: Vanguard

Engage in tactical turn-based combat, manage and upgrade each character, and strive to reclaim harmony in a world on the brink of oblivion.

$8.39

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