Games like Heads Will Roll

Looking for that same dark and replayable spark as Heads Will Roll? These games could fill that gap nicely.

Battle Brothers
Lead a mercenary company through a grim medieval world where every hire is a gamble and every battle can cost a brother his life. Turn-based tactics, contracts, coin and consequences in a procedurally generated campaign that never plays out the same way twice.
Dark, Replayable, Tense
87% of 26,444 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,124$29.99
Stoneshard
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about life as a medieval mercenary in war-torn Aldor. Take contracts, crawl procedurally generated dungeons, manage hunger, wounds and morale, and build any fighter you like from 200+ abilities. Death costs progress, so every trip needs planning.
Dark, Replayable, Tense
74% of 34,569 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 961$24.99
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, Replayable, Story-driven
89% of 1,146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 9$17.99
A Legionary's Life
A text-based RPG about being one ordinary Roman soldier in the Second Punic War. Fight in turn-based battles where morale, reach and high ground matter, make hard choices, and try to make it home in one piece. When your legionary dies, and he often will, you start again, a little wiser.
Dark, Replayable, Story-driven
87% of 2,477 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 7$7.99
Legends of Eisenwald
Lead a small feudal army through a medieval Germany where superstitions have teeth. Turn-based battles where every move is an attack, fighters you equip one by one, and a story that bends to your choices. No elves, no dragons: just people, their sins, and the occasional walking dead.
Dark, Replayable, Story-driven
76% of 1,400 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 12$19.99
Wartales
Wartales puts you in charge of a shabby mercenary company in a plague-ruined medieval land, chasing coin instead of glory. Recruit fighters, feed them, gear them up, and pick your contracts, from guard duty to bounties, with turn-based battles and a campfire waiting after.
Dark, Story-driven
85% of 32,586 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,834$34.99
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
This story-driven action RPG puts you in young Henry's place for a journey through 15th-century Europe. It offers a rich open world, a well-written story, and choices that shape events. Realistic and slow-paced, it suits players who want history that feels lived in.
Dark, Story-driven, Tense
93% of 148,219 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 11,764$59.99
Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2
Explore your kingdom and rule wisely in the card game - Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2
Dark, Replayable, Hand-drawn
94% of 946 Steam reviews are positive$6.99
The Iron Oath
Lead a mercenary company for hire in the harsh fantasy realm of Caelum. You hire and shape warriors, rogues and spellcasters, take contracts from vying factions, fight turn-based battles on hex grids, and live with your choices as cities fall and decades pass. Worth playing for careful squad tactics tied to long-term company management.
Dark, Replayable, Story-driven
75% of 774 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 5$24.99
Wildermyth
A party-based tactical RPG that tells stories like a good tabletop night. Turn-based combat, choices with consequences, and a hand-painted papercraft world where every run writes a different myth.
Replayable, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
94% of 16,401 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 161$24.99
Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game
A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia. Strategize one dice roll at a time as emotions affect your performance. Use willpower to outsmart opponents, gain allies, wage war, or strive for peace. How will your story end?
Dark, Replayable, Story-driven
94% of 475 Steam reviews are positive$18.99
Who Needs a Hero?
A text-based fantasy RPG where a stick and a dream are your starting gear. Answer yes or no, watch your fame, gold and followers rise or crumble, roll dice against monsters and gods, and decide whether the Kingdom remembers you as a legend or a menace. Short, silly and easy to unwind with.
Replayable, Hand-drawn, Story-driven
91% of 1,388 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1$19.99

Cheaper than Heads Will Roll

Crown Wars: The Black Prince

Command a squad of knights through turn-based battles and build your castle into a stronghold against the forces of evil.

$0.99

For The King

Roll dice across a bright, chaotic fantasy board where every run deals new hazards, and bring friends along for the ride.

$1.99

Dead Monarchy

Dead Monarchy is an open-world, turn-based tactical RPG set in a low fantasy world.

$9.99

Trench Face

Trench Face is a horror turn based war RPG featuring exploration-based dungeons, with hanging monsters lurking around each corner.

$2.24

The Rangers In The South

Purge the lands in this 2.5D HD Pixelart RogueLike ARPG! Create hundreds of characters with unique strategies and abilities, face hordes of enemies…

$3.99

Helen's Mysterious Castle

A young girl with a hidden past sets off on an epic and mysterious journey in hope of learning more about her own origins in this beautifully…

$1.99

Yes, Your Grace

King Eryk's throne is a hard seat: petitioners queue up with monsters, back pain and broken hearts, your daughters need you, the gold is nearly gone…

$3.99

Expect The Unexpected

Expect The Unexpected is a roguelike, fast-paced, turn-based game with RPG elements.

Forever Home

Retro RPG that takes inspiration from SNES and PS1 classics.

$1.99

Tinyfolks

Tinyfolks is a minimalist strategy RPG with crisp pixel art: train a tiny squad of folks, upgrade a tiny town and march them out against 70+…

$3.99

QuestRun

Challenging and fast-paced with a modern twist on old school RPG battle systems, QuestRun is unlike anything you have played before.

$2.99

Sea Horizon

《Sea Horizon》 is a Roguelike turn-based RPG. You can explore the world by choosing different characters. Every journey can be unique and legendary.

$2.99

Hidden gems like Heads Will Roll

Sovereign Tower

Hear your subjects' troubles, send oddball knights on the quests that fit them, and turn back time when a decision goes badly wrong.

$19.99

Legends of the Round Table

Lead the Knights of the Round Table through King Arthur's legend in a unique RPG, full of honor, magic and romance.

$29.99

Veterum

March a doomed order through a grim open world and win turn-based battles by bending morale, weather and light to your will.

$19.99

Those Who Rule

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

$17.99

The RPG

Raid a fantasy dungeon that doubles as a tourist attraction, while a glitching dragon unravels the game around you.

$14.99

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

Lootbound

A tactical roguelite where the real dungeon is your backpack.

$8.99

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

Medieval Blacksmith

Run your own smithy in a grim medieval town, hammer out custom weapons and sell them to customers whose stories bend around what you make.

$19.99

Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2

Explore your kingdom and rule wisely in the card game - Choice of Life: Middle Ages 2

$6.99

Heads Will Roll: Reforged

A grim text RPG where a footman fights turn-based battles and makes hard choices, and every death starts a new life in a reshuffled Hundred Years'…

$24.99

Sacred Fire: A Role Playing Game

A text-based RPG full of choice and action. Fight for survival in the midst of the Roman invasion of ancient Caledonia.

$18.99

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