
Monads
This is a turn-based tactics game with No Grinding, No item. Test your ability and break through 21 prepared stages.
If Monads II left you wanting something retro and dark, you have options. These games offer a similar pull for your backlog.
Monstro takes the traditional tRPG gameplay and reconstructs it into a completely deterministic, logical experience with a twist of tactics. All of this is spiced up with ridiculous, tongue-in-cheek lore and approachable difficulty.
Retro, Replayable
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.
Retro, Dark, Story-driven
Could you face yourself and the threats around you to save the ones you love? Shin Mikado Academy is engulfed in a madness-inducing Mist, and only you can save everyone inside. Develop your Ego to break the pacts set by the Pactbearers and remove the corrupting Mist.
Dark, Story-driven, Replayable
Shipwrecked on a cursed island, you trade your memory for a second life and become a witch's champion. A tactical roguelite RPG: lead a squad of five through grid-based turn-based battles, pick your skills as you level, and adapt every run. Death makes you stronger, and the island keeps its secrets.
Dark, Story-driven, Replayable
A dungeon crawl where YOU are the dungeon! Lead your minions in tactical turn-based combat against the pesky heroes, and unlock a variety of evil Powers. With a dynamic campaign system and a branching storyline, "Reverse Crawl" lets you experience an RPG from a whole new angle!
Retro, Story-driven, Replayable
Manage a team of fantasy gladiators in this Fire Emblem-style strategy RPG with vibrant characters, funny random events, and emergent relationship-building. Uncover a sinister conspiracy; fight deep turn-based tactical battles; watch your characters grow together!
Retro, Story-driven, Replayable
Monster taming meets roguelite. Bond with the fallen beasts of Terastae, lead a party of three through the shifting Fractured Ruins, and plan every turn in tough, tactical battles. Death is not the end: rebirth your monsters, and they come back changed and stronger.
Retro, Dark, 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!
Retro, Dark, Story-driven
The Use of Life is a multi-ending adventure book style JRPG. The main character’s various attachments change in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the use of life” you choose through your journey.
Retro, Dark, Story-driven
A full-fledged SRPG set in modern-day Japan! Use your allies' skills and special abilities to fight through simultaneous turn-based, strategic battles! A story of fierce battles between boys and girls told in three parts!
Retro, Story-driven, Replayable
Lead a squad of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles, combo their spells in absurd ways, and rewind time to punch a Traffic Warlock out a fourth story window. A funny, story-driven tactics game where every wild plan is one rewind away from working.
Story-driven, Replayable, Mysterious
Demonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action. Defeat big weirdos in between the human and demon worlds as Faye and her misfit companions, while navigating university life on a mysterious island.
Story-driven, Mysterious

This is a turn-based tactics game with No Grinding, No item. Test your ability and break through 21 prepared stages.

A dungeon crawl where YOU are the dungeon! Lead your minions in tactical turn-based combat against the pesky heroes, and unlock a variety of evil…

A full-fledged SRPG set in modern-day Japan! Use your allies' skills and special abilities to fight through simultaneous turn-based, strategic…

Turn-based tactics where a squad of kevlar-clad wizards plans absurd spell combos, then rewinds until the plan works.

A tactical RPG combining fast-paced turn-based battles, strategic territory conquest, and character growth.

Assemble a squad of four fearless heroes and embark on a deadly journey through the circles of Hell, inspired by dark myths from around the world.

Manage a team of traveling gladiators in this turn-based fantasy roguelike.

Hero Lodge is a fantasy tactical turn based RPG with a focus on player strategy and knowledge. Now featuring a fully fleshed out Roguelite mode.

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

Lies, delusions, become the light that shines on the truth too.

Navigate the war-torn lands of an alternate history Heian Japan battling yokai hordes in challenging turn-based combat.

Experience an addictive puzzle and a massive auto-battler in one game. The world's first puzzle auto-battler game! Only your brain can save the world.

Assemble a party of three heroes and create powerful combinations by chaining hundreds of abilities and items in a tactical, turn-based setting.

A story-driven roguelite RPG about carrying one broken hero out of a cursed dungeon.

Gather your party, roll your dice and battle across the islands to put an end to a powerful curse once and for all in this roguelike turn-based…

Demonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action.

The Use of Life is a multi-ending adventure book style JRPG.

Monster taming meets roguelite. Bond with the fallen beasts of Terastae, lead a party of three through the shifting Fractured Ruins, and plan every…

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

Lead twenty unlikely heroes through a continent sliding into war.

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…

Unite the scattered Monster Queens and reclaim your power. Level up to enhance each Queen’s stats and skills, and hold your enemies accountable for…

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

A story-driven roguelite RPG about carrying one broken hero out of a cursed dungeon.

Assemble a party of three heroes and create powerful combinations by chaining hundreds of abilities and items in a tactical, turn-based setting.

A fantasy roguelite where heroes reincarnate to stop the mystic dragon Umbra.

A full-fledged SRPG set in modern-day Japan! Use your allies' skills and special abilities to fight through simultaneous turn-based, strategic…

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.

A tactical RPG combining fast-paced turn-based battles, strategic territory conquest, and character growth.

A turn-based tactical RPG set in a medieval city overrun by horrific creatures, where only your wits and strategies can keep you alive.

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

Gather your party, roll your dice and battle across the islands to put an end to a powerful curse once and for all in this roguelike turn-based…

Recruit mercenaries, combine their traits, and forge endless synergies.

The Use of Life is a multi-ending adventure book style JRPG.

Demonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action.