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Capes (2024)

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Superheroes clash in this turn based strategy game. Recruit, train, and deploy your team in order to take back the city from the villains that hold it hostage.


  • turn-based
  • superhero
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • dystopian
  • comic
  • movement
  • destruction
  • class
  • book
  • combat

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XCOM: Chimera Squad (2020)

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PC Windows

XCOM: Chimera Squad offers an engaging turn-based tactical combat experience in a post-invasion world where humans and aliens cooperate to build a new civilization. You will lead an elite force to combat underground threats in City 31, where you'll deploy unique agents with complementing abilities for devastating combos. This game features a strategic layer to manage your headquarters, offering a great challenge to test your skills.


What we like:
  • Lightweight game with basic XCOM elements
  • Cool new villains
  • Replayable with different characters
  • Comfortable difficulty
  • Good additions to X-COM formula
What could be improved:
  • Weak troops hinder the game's fun
  • Poor tactical and movement mechanics
  • Cringe story with preset agents
  • Breach mechanic doesn't work well

  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • squad
  • aliens
  • strategy
  • cover
  • combat
  • war
  • battle

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The Banner Saga (2014)

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Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.


  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • rpg
  • strategy
  • battle
  • combat
  • mythology
  • grid
  • narrative
  • fantasy

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Hard West 2 (2022)

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PC Windows

Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.


  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • western
  • card
  • strategy
  • supernatural
  • cover
  • combat
  • rpg

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Fights in Tight Spaces (2021)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4

Get ready to unleash your tactical mind with Fights in Tight Spaces! This deck-building game combines turn-based strategy and brawler elements to create an intense and thrilling experience. With its minimalist art design, varied enemies, and extensive player card options, Fights in Tight Spaces is a must-play for fans of card battlers and roguelike games. Play now and prove your worth!


What we like:
  • Satisfying attack animations
  • Varied movement, ability, and attack cards
  • Lots of enemy types with unique attributes
  • Fast gameplay loop with a decent path mechanic
  • Fun John Wick-style combat with a cool soundtrack
What could be improved:
  • Too much information given at the start
  • Some decks seem to be better than others
  • UI not always clear
  • Lack of unique card pools for each starting deck

  • deckbuilder
  • card
  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • action-movie
  • fight
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • rogue-like
  • strategy
  • deck

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Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach (2017)

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PC Windows

Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach is a fun and cool turn-based 3D wargame that allows you to engage in Space Marine-on-ork violence on an intimate scale. You get to lead your units through two campaigns, leveling them and choosing your tactics wisely to outmaneuver your enemies. Despite its roughness, Sanctus Reach is a great addition to the Warhammer 40K line-up that fans will enjoy.


What we like:
  • Fun and tactical turn-based combat
  • Wide variety of units with customizable armies
  • Levelling system for units
  • Easily accessible for tabletop fans on a budget
  • Good value for money with lengthy campaigns and DLC options.
What could be improved:
  • Poor storytelling and lack of character development
  • Limited factions and missing units from the codex
  • No sync kill and lack of eye and ear candy.

  • strategy
  • warhammer-40k
  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • tabletop
  • cooperative
  • workshop
  • fantasy
  • battle
  • rpg
  • shooter
  • combat
  • war
  • dice
  • real-time

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Templar Battleforce (2015)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Android Mac OS Linux

Step into a Leviathan mech and command the Templar Knights in a thrilling battle against Xenos in Templar Battleforce! With extensive character progression, varied maps, and strategic turn-based combat, you'll be hooked. Recruit specialists, invent strategies, and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in this immersive tactical RPG!


What we like:
  • Addictive turn-based strategy
  • Extensive character progression
  • Inspiring squad customization
  • Rich and varied maps
  • Well-explained combat mechanics
What could be improved:
  • Steep learning curve
  • Repetitive music
  • Lack of game modes

  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • mech
  • rpg
  • strategy
  • corridor-to-corridor
  • capturing
  • perma-death
  • squad

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La Pucelle: Ragnarok (2022)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch ps2

Join Prier and Culotte as they fight off demons and zombies in La Pucelle: Ragnarok - a tactical RPG filled with isometric combat and new DLC characters like Laharl, Etna, Flonne, and Prinny. Use the power of the Goddess to close portals to the Dark World and convert monsters to your side, all while experiencing quality of life changes like skipping cutscenes and quick travel. With fast leveling and over 100 hours of gameplay, La Pucelle: Ragnarok is sure to satisfy your RPG cravings.

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What we like:
  • Outstanding storytelling with a mix of humor and impactful emotional moments
  • Interesting and complex strategy gameplay that involves leveling up and weapon fusion
  • Re-action mechanic adds another dimension of tactics to the gameplay
  • Music ranges from okay to great, and at times downright nostalgic
  • Ability to carry over everything from new game plus to play the original story again
What could be improved:
  • Poorly informing the player about some of the game's mechanics
  • Limited number of save slots shown at a time in the save/load page
  • Multiple endings can be hard to achieve and require redoing a chapter
  • Training monsters is a grind and can be challenging to remember to use the limited commands
  • Equipment leveling is a grind, but not required to complete the game story

  • rpg
  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • japanese
  • strategy
  • movement
  • multiple-endings
  • jrpg
  • grid
  • drama
  • funny

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Monster Sanctuary (2020)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS Linux

Monster Sanctuary is a retro-inspired RPG where you collect over 100 unique monsters to fight alongside you in strategic turn-based combat. The game offers a huge world to explore and highly customizable equipment for each monster. With free DLCs and alternate music tracks, there's always something new to experience. Jump in and start your journey as a Monster Keeper now!


What we like:
  • Intricate teambuilding and turn-based gameplay
  • Huge map with many secret locations and over 100 monsters
  • No required grind, relies mostly on monster synergy and tactics
  • Highly customizable equipment and skill trees for each monster
  • Generous amount of content, including free DLCs and alternate music tracks
What could be improved:
  • Game may be too difficult for players expecting a Pokemon-like experience
  • Story and general progression may not do a great job of directing players towards building monster synergies
  • Sudden difficulty spike relative to the rest of the story may turn some players off
  • Plot is basic and nothing breathtaking

  • turn-based
  • metroidvania
  • rpg
  • battle
  • japanese
  • pixel
  • exploration
  • collector
  • creature
  • jrpg
  • combat
  • platform
  • fight
  • tactical
  • 2d

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Mario Rabbids: Kingdom Battle (2017)

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Nintendo Switch

This is the story of an unexpected encounter between Mario and the irreverent Rabbids. The Mushroom Kingdom has been torn apart by a mysterious vortex, transporting the Rabbids into the once-peaceful area, splintering this beloved land. To bring order back to the Kingdom, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Yoshi team up with Rabbids heroes in a journey through four different worlds.


  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • cover
  • strategy
  • battle
  • cooperative
  • combat
  • puzzle
  • crossover
  • boss
  • squad
  • rpg
  • exploration
  • augmented
  • fight

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