Games like Ward Off Evil

Did Ward Off Evil leave you in a replayable and dark frame of mind? These games are a good place to start.

Veterum
Lead the last army of the Order of the Gatekeepers across a grim open world where chaos is coming and nobody else will stop it. Battles are turn-based and deep: morale, fatigue, weather and light all matter, and you can freeze a river or make it rain to win. Every run is generated fresh, and the difficulty dials bend the game to your taste.
Replayable, Dark, Retro
84% of 252 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$19.99
The Adventurers
A turn-based tactical RPG about running a party of adventurers in a high-fantasy open world. Take contracts, fight on a hex grid, keep morale and stamina up, and watch random events bend your story. Pixel art, tabletop roots, and a run that plays out differently every time.
Replayable, Retro
76% of 167 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 15$12.99
Age of Fear: The Free World
Age of Fear: The Free World is an introduction to a decade-old turn-based strategy series that fuses a tabletop wargame with RPG elements. Choose your faction (Undead Legion, Human Kingdom or Greenskins Horde), build a unique army and embark on exploring the realm!
Replayable, Retro
83% of 411 Steam reviews are positiveFree
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.
Replayable, Dark, Story-driven
89% of 1,146 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 13$17.99
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. Take on the mantle of leadership as you guide a mercenary squad through perilous landscapes, selecting your comrades from a diverse pool of skilled recruits.
Replayable, Dark, Retro
68% of 167 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 2$8.39
Entropy
Entropy is a tactical turn-based RPG inspired by classic JRPGs. Assemble your party of mercenaries and forge your own path towards an expedition into hell to stop the demonic incursion. Choices you make along the way will determine the fate of your world.
Dark, Story-driven, Retro
94% of 337 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$11.99
Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds
A pixel-art tactical RPG about a guild rookie whose first mission ends in a shipwreck. Build a party from knights, sorcerers and the undead, mix skills across ten disciplines, and unravel the mystery of Respite Island one turn-based fight at a time.
Replayable, Story-driven, Retro
85% of 324 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 10$19.99
Godless Tactics
Lead an elite strike team through the wars of a reborn civilisation, and decide the fate of humanity through your achievements and choices. Traverse a dynamic war-map, engage in fast, turn-based battles, and explore the world of 2952.
Replayable, Dark, Story-driven
95% of 108 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.
Replayable, Dark, Story-driven
75% of 774 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 8$24.99
Vagrus - The Riven Realms
Lead a caravan through a wasteland the gods broke a thousand years ago. Vagrus is a dark, story-rich RPG of trade routes, hard choices and turn-based fights, where supplies run out, factions scheme, and every journey across the Riven Realms has to be earned. Brutal, atmospheric and built for careful planners.
Replayable, Dark, Story-driven
84% of 1,803 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 27$29.99
Disciples: Liberation
A dark fantasy strategy RPG set in Nevendaar, a world where gods meddle and every choice leaves a mark. Pick a class, recruit from warring factions, and fight intricate turn-based battles across an 80-hour campaign with five endings. Grim, story-heavy and long: bring patience.
Replayable, Dark, Story-driven
73% of 2,720 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 37$39.99
Warbanners
Warbanners: the turn-based, tactical strategy game with role-playing elements that lets you manage a squad of mercenaries, and survive 42 campaign missions. Your goal? To earn a place among ancient legends!
Replayable, Dark, Retro
70% of 569 Steam reviews are positive$19.99

Cheaper than Ward Off Evil

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

Entropy

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

$11.99

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

Godless Tactics

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

$6.99

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.

$19.99

Sands of Salzaar

Raise an army in a broken desert empire, choose a hero, and shape a sandbox story of war, cities and family.

$5.99

Dustgrave: A Sandbox RPG

Embark on an epic journey, enjoying complete freedom in a dynamic sandbox RPG.

$14.29

Eden's Last Sunrise

A classic tactics RPG where magic and technology clash to determine the fate of the world.

$9.99

Endless RPG - Untold Tales

Craft a party of diverse characters, each with customizable skills and looks.

$6.49

Blackguards

Lead a band of flawed outlaws through a grim, turn-based story where every battle and choice shapes how it ends.

$9.99

Wizards and Warlords

Wizards and Warlords is an indie turn-based strategy game, where you play in a randomly generated fantasy world, contending with rival wizards…

$9.99

Prime of Flames

This is a special strategy game that combines Wargame and Roguelike. As the guider of the former ancestors, you revived and arrived.

$9.99

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Entropy

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

$11.99

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

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

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

Svarog's Dream

A soul drifting from body to body through a mythic open world, where every death reshapes the story and the ending is yours to decide.

$21

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.

$19.99

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

Archaelund

Roam a grim open world in first person with your party, then settle battles on a tactical grid where every step counts.

$24.99

Prime of Flames

This is a special strategy game that combines Wargame and Roguelike. As the guider of the former ancestors, you revived and arrived.

$9.99

Project Afterfall

Rebuild a colony on Thea, lead a party through branching tales and settle fights with a deck of cards.

$19.99

The Iron Oath

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

$24.99

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