
Those Who Rule
Lead three recruits through a grim tactical war, where positioning wins fights and decisions shape the story.
Still thinking about MASSIVE CHALICE and its replayable and emotional tone? These games could fill that gap nicely.
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.
Replayable, Emotional, Dark
Lead the Daughters, an army of white-haired warriors, against nightmarish creatures in a turn-based tactics game where every action shifts the timeline. Heal one sister by sacrificing another, lose everything, and rise again. Black, white and red, brutal and beautiful.
Replayable, Emotional, Dark
Lead a debt-ridden family of Inquisitors hunting the chromatic monsters infesting Neo-Talis. Roll dice to command your knights in turn-based combat, marry for skills, raise heirs who inherit both powers and looks, and charm eccentric nobles into lending you their influence. Occasionally deliver ice cream. A colorful tactical RPG where every roll is a decision.
Replayable
Tyberia has been turned into a paradise by the Tyrant, free from war, suffering, and death - because nearly everyone has been turned into the undead. Take charge of the last living warriors in tactical, turn-based battles and drive the Dead Army into the sea!
Replayable, Dark, Tense
The original roguelike/4X strategy game where every turn is one year of your life. Explore, find a mate, build a home, and raise a child before you die to keep your legacy going. Praised as "the offspring of Sid Meier's Civilization, Passage, and The Legend of Zelda." IndieCade Finalist.
Replayable, Emotional
Tahnra is a land savaged by war, and you are its newest officer: a fresh academy graduate sent to crush a rebellion, who ends up leading a grand army. Build squads from 50+ classes, grab the high ground, break enemy morale, and watch battles unfold in a story-rich 30-40 hour campaign with serious replay value.
Replayable, Emotional, Dark
A fantasy turn-based tactical RPG built on depth and mechanical complexity, featuring classless character building, strategic management, and small unit tactics on a world scale.
Replayable, Dark
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.
Replayable, Dark, Tense
A dark, pixel-art tactics game set in a fantasy Rome. Turn-based arena battles, a city to build, and permadeath that makes every loss sting.
Replayable, Dark, Tense
Ascension to the Throne is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements. In a vast fantasy world the hero will have to pass many tests on his way to victory. Enemies seek to stop players from regaining power and taking revenge. Gain new friends to aid you in reclaiming the throne.
Lead a warband through a grim Hundred Years War in this turn-based tactics game. Fight careful squad battles, run your castle, and face an enemy that mixes medieval cruelty with something darker. A story-driven campaign for anyone who likes XCOM-style tactics with longbows.
Dark
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.
Emotional, Dark

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

The original roguelike/4X strategy game where every turn is one year of your life.

A fantasy turn-based tactical RPG built on depth and mechanical complexity, featuring classless character building, strategic management, and small…

An innovative Roguelike / 4X Strategy game where every turn is one year of your life.

Ascension to the Throne is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements.

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

Experience a Fast-Paced Roguelite Turn-Based Strategy game with a New Turn-Based System which will need you to plan early on and create strategies…

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

Lead an elite strike team through the wars of a reborn civilisation, and decide the fate of humanity through your achievements and choices.

You are the ruler of Ardania, and your heroes refuse to obey you.

Classic tabletop games meet roguelite elements and card-based combat.

50 Years is a fast-paced alternative to the bigger, longer turn-based strategy games. You can win or lose a game in a single evening.

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

Build a family of Inquisitors, fight chromatic monsters with dice, and climb from ruin to prominence in Neo-Talis.

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

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

Recruit and train a team of gladiators, run a coastal city, and fight your way up the tournaments to the Emperor himself.

Guide Queen Lorelai's people across a hand-painted fantasy world, raising armies that fight on their own while your heroes turn the tide.

Breed mutant cats, build a whiskered squad, and send it into turn-based tactical fights for food, money, and treasure.

Defend your city, then turn the tide: fuse weapons, summon troops and push back through shifting timelines, alone or with friends.

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

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

A turn-based strategy adventure in glowing pixel art: lead Wielders, raise armies from four factions, and take the world of Aerbor one town at a time.

A dark tactical RPG where a few heroes hold a doomed city against nightly hordes.

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

Raise towns, recruit mythical armies, and outthink rivals in turn-based battles in this official Heroes prequel.

Defend your city, then turn the tide: fuse weapons, summon troops and push back through shifting timelines, alone or with friends.

Recruit and train a team of gladiators, run a coastal city, and fight your way up the tournaments to the Emperor himself.

Breed mutant cats, build a whiskered squad, and send it into turn-based tactical fights for food, money, and treasure.

Become the Final Boss! Play any way you want, combine followers from different factions, and win spectacular turn-based battles.

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

Build a family of Inquisitors, fight chromatic monsters with dice, and climb from ruin to prominence in Neo-Talis.

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

Uncover the mystery of a land beset by a Falling Star's curse in this Roguelike Strategy RPG inspired by the classics.

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

Guide Queen Lorelai's people across a hand-painted fantasy world, raising armies that fight on their own while your heroes turn the tide.