Games like Frozen Synapse
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Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.
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Frozen Synapse Prime
Nov 14 · Double Eleven
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · Tactical
Take on the role of Tactics, leading a rebel faction to overthrow a powerful corporation controlling the virtual city of Markov Geist. Control an elite strike team of futuristic soldiers; plot paths and issue orders to your units, test your plans and predict your opponent in each turn.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedTacticalSci-fiTop-DownAsynchronous MultiplayerCyberpunkGreat Soundtrack
$24.99Frozen Cortex
Feb 19 · Mode 7
Both: Tactical · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
A hard-hitting simultaneous-turn-based tactical game from the creators of Frozen Synapse. Defeat your opponent’s plans on a randomly-generated playfield in this brutal futuresport.
SportsStrategyTacticalIndieTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerRobots👍 166
$19.99Battle Worlds: Kronos
Nov 4 · KING Art
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · Sci-fi
Battle Worlds: Kronos is a classic turn-based strategy game in the tradition of Battle Isle, Advance Wars and Panzer General. Have you ever wondered what games like that would look like today? Well, we did. As a result, we decided to develope Battle Worlds: Kronos.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedSci-fiMultiplayerIndieSingleplayerHex GridAsynchronous MultiplayerTactical👍 252
Hero Academy
· Robot Entertainment
Both: Turn-Based · Asynchronous Multiplayer · Turn-Based Strategy
Test your skills in this light-hearted battle between friends! Heroic teams have gathered to engage in friendly contests on the Academy playfields. Will your team emerge triumphant?
StrategyIndieTurn-BasedMultiplayerAsynchronous MultiplayerCasualTurn-Based Strategy👍 457
FreeClatter
Dec 10 · Facepunch Studios
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical
Create and command your own customizable squads of fighting robots in this turn-based, arena tactics game.
StrategyIndieTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based TacticsTacticalMultiplayerCuteCharacter Customization👍 369
FreeWARMACHINE: Tactics
Nov 20 · WhiteMoon Dreams
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical
Turn-based tactical combat set in the award-winning world of the Iron Kingdoms. Command your custom squad of steam-powered robots and elite warriors in raging battles dominated by magic and mechanika. Battle in online multiplayer and play the epic 21-mission single player campaign!
StrategyTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategySteampunkTacticalIndieFantasyMultiplayerAdventureTabletop👍 462
$39.99BATTLETECH
Apr 24 · Harebrained Schemes
Both: Turn-Based · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
MechsStrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedSci-fiTurn-Based StrategyTacticalRobotsActionCharacter Customization👍 23,025
Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf
Sep 21 · HeroCraft PC
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical
A unique combination of turn-based strategy, RPG and collectible card game. Win tough battles using a vast arsenal of weapons, abilities and the cunning of the sky warriors! Success on the battlefield depends on choosing the right mix of cards and planning your decisions meticulously.
Turn-BasedStrategyWarRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyCard GameBoard GameTacticalDifficult👍 943
$4.99Future Wars
Jul 15 · Radon Labs
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
Battle it out on the proving grounds and get ready for Future Wars. Similar to classic titles such as Advance Wars and Battle Isle, the game takes strategy gaming away from the micro-management overkill that it has become and using simple, proven rock-paper-scissors principles, reopens the genre to everyone.
StrategyTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyIndieSingleplayerMultiplayer👍 230
$9.99Fallen: A2P Protocol
Aug 14 · Red Katana
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical
A post-apocalyptic, turn based, tactical combat and strategy game where you lead your caravan on a quest for revenge.
RPGStrategyTurn-BasedIndiePost-apocalypticTurn-Based StrategyTacticalTurn-Based TacticsSingleplayerIsometric👍 177
$9.99Breach & Clear
Mar 21 · Mighty Rabbit Studios, Gun Interactive
Both: Tactical · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
Breach & Clear brings deep tactical strategy simulation to PC, Mac and Linux! Build your Special Operations team, plan and execute advanced missions, and own every angle.Choose your real-world squad -- US Army Rangers, Germany's KSK, Canada’s JTF2, UK SAS, and more -- and take on a variety of foes with different skill-sets and...
StrategyTacticalTurn-Based StrategySimulationActionTurn-BasedSingleplayerMilitaryRPGShooter👍 2,019
$24.99Chains of Freedom
Apr 15 · Nordcurrent
Both: Tactical · Sci-fi · Turn-Based Strategy
Embark on a thrilling journey in a high-stakes, turn-based tactics game. Lead an elite squad in a fictional, dystopian Eastern European country as you unravel a conspiracy threatening the state. Navigate intense strategic battles and adapt to ever-evolving challenges to prevail.
StrategyTurn-Based CombatTacticalTurn-Based TacticsSci-fiCombatTurn-Based StrategyCinematicRealisticThird Person👍 520
-75%$2.49Heroes of Might & Magic V
May 13 · Nival
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · Tactical
Witness the amazing evolution of the genre-defining strategy game as it becomes a next-generation phenomenon, melding classic deep fantasy with next-generation visuals and gameplay. In the renowned Might & Magic universe, demon swarms spread chaos over the land in a relentless assault.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyFantasyTurn-BasedRPGTacticalMultiplayerClassicSingleplayerLocal Multiplayer👍 3,987
$5.99Antisquad
May 22 · InsGames
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical
Widely known in small circles as AntiSquad, they are a military tactical response unit. These hardened military professionals, tired of bureaucracy, politics and serving the armed forces, have established a private paramilitary formation located in south United States.
StrategyTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyActionAdventureTacticalSingleplayerIndieTurn-Based Tactics👍 132
Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch - Enhanced Edition
Oct 16 · Rodeo Games
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical
Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch is a turn-based strategy game, set on the edge of Imperial space, where your Space Marines will take on the Tyranids in a series of tactical engagements.
StrategyTurn-BasedRPGAdventureActionTurn-Based StrategyTacticalSingleplayer👍 725
$39.99Phantom Doctrine
Aug 14 · CreativeForge Games
Both: Tactical · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in tactical Phantom Doctrine.
Turn-Based TacticsStrategyCold WarStealthRPGTacticalSingleplayerTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedCharacter Customization👍 3,821
-75%$2.49Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East
Oct 10 · Nival
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · Tactical
For the first time, play as the Orc faction and recruit heroes, build armies and manage cities as you explore and conquer legendary lands. Use tactics, skills and magic to outsmart fantasy armies while developing your heroes and unveiling the dark plot that threatens to tear the world of Ashan apart.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyFantasyMultiplayerTurn-BasedSingleplayerRPGLocal MultiplayerAdventureTactical👍 3,047
$14.99Into the Breach
Feb 27 · Subset Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyIndiePixel GraphicsTurn-Based TacticsMechsRoguelikePuzzleTurn-BasedRoguelite👍 19,019
$14.99Mechabellum
Sep 26 · Game River
Both: Tactical · Turn-Based Strategy
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
StrategyAuto BattlerMechsRobotsWargameTacticalPvPMultiplayerRTSTurn-Based Strategy👍 17,866
-75%$3.74Sid Meier's Starships
Mar 12 · Firaxis Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Sci-fi · Tactical
Build and command a fleet of starships and travel between planets as you explore, build, negotiate, and fight to preserve your vision for humanity.
StrategySpaceTurn-Based StrategySci-fiSingleplayerTacticalCasual4XTurn-Based👍 1,964
$29.99Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Sep 21 · Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Turn-Based StrategyStrategyTurn-BasedMultiplayerHistorical4XAddictiveSingleplayerHex GridGrand Strategy👍 128,211
FreeAffected Zone Tactics
Nov 17 · Light Vision Interactive
Both: Turn-Based · Tactical · Turn-Based Strategy
Welcome to Affected Zone Tactics, a tactical online game with cooperative turn-based PvP combats. Travel through the Tesla portal to a dangerous parallel world, lead the squad of reckless mercenaries, and outrage mighty corporations and cliques.
Free to PlayStrategyTurn-BasedMassively MultiplayerTacticalTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsIsometricPost-apocalypticSci-fi
$9.99Silent Storm Gold Edition
Oct 2 · Nival
Both: Turn-Based · Tactical · Turn-Based Strategy
Silent Storm from leading Russian developer Nival is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII. As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you’ll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new...
Turn-Based TacticsStrategyRPGTurn-BasedWorld War IITacticalTactical RPGTurn-Based StrategyAlternate HistoryClassic👍 963
$9.99Gorky 17
Sep 27 · Metropolis Software
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical
November 2008. NATO intelligence services report that, for reasons unknown, the Russian military has destroyed GORKY 17, one of the old Soviet "Secret Cities". A year later NATO takes over a former Russian secret base built on Polish soil. Diggers discover a laboratory complex in the completely demolished town.
RPGStrategyTurn-BasedClassicHorrorPost-apocalypticSingleplayerTurn-Based StrategyIsometricTactical👍 922
$9.99Jagged Alliance 1: Gold Edition
Apr 23 · Sir-Tech, Madlab Software
Both: Turn-Based · Tactical · Turn-Based Strategy
Experience a true classic! This Gold edition includes the original Jagged Alliance plus the add-on Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games. Take a trip into retro land and learn why this is considered to be one the best turn-based games of all times.
StrategyRPGClassicActionTurn-BasedTacticalTurn-Based StrategySingleplayerTurn-Based TacticsTactical RPG👍 167
$19.99Steam Marines
Sep 24 · Worthless Bums
Both: Turn-Based · Tactical · Sci-fi
Steam Marines is a squad based Roguelike set on a steampunk spaceship. It features tactical play focused on positioning and careful use of resources. Built to keep you on your toes as you progress through the decks of your besieged ship while clearing enemies and trying to reach each level's elevator.
RoguelikeStrategyIndieRPGTurn-BasedTacticalSci-fiSpaceProcedural GenerationTurn-Based Strategy👍 219
$19.99Warbanners
Oct 18 · Crasleen Games
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical
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!
Turn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatTactical RPGTurn-BasedTurn-Based Strategy2DStrategyStrategy RPGTacticalFantasy👍 567
$3.99WARED
Jun 19 · Rostislavs Lihacs
Both: Turn-Based · Tactical · Turn-Based Strategy
There is a belief that wars are won by soldiers. But sometimes, wars are won long before even beginning. Have mode 1v1 to play with friend at evening.
StrategyIndieCasualPuzzleTurn-BasedTacticalRPGRogueliteTurn-Based StrategyStory Rich
Interplanetary
May 12 · Team Jolly Roger
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · Sci-fi
In this turn-based strategy game, players wage interplanetary wars by developing their home planets and firing massive artilleries through the unpredictable gravity fields of the planetary system.
StrategyIndieSpaceTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedMultiplayerSingleplayerSci-fiPhysicsLocal Multiplayer👍 541
-34%$19.79Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
Jun 2 · Trese Brothers
Both: Tactical · Cyberpunk · Turn-Based Strategy
Cyberpunk mercenaries RPG! Turn-based squad tactics with unique heist-planning strategy. Build your crew wisely; their stories will become interwoven with your own. Pull off heists with powerful cyberware, faction connections, multiclassing, weapon modding, stealth, hacking, and more!
Turn-Based CombatTacticalIsometricCyberpunkPerma DeathTurn-Based TacticsPost-apocalypticTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGStealth👍 2,938
FreeDogs of War Online
Feb 4 · Cyanide Studio
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · Tactical
Dogs Of War Online is a multiplayer tactical game, based on the classic board game "Confrontation". Build your own company of mercenaries from the wide range of units available and challenge thousands of players in intense battles.
Free to PlayStrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedMultiplayerRPGTacticalFantasyHex GridMassively Multiplayer
The Banner Saga: Factions
Feb 25 · Stoic
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · Tactical
The Banner Saga: Factions is the premiere multiplayer role-playing strategy game on PC and Mac. It brings the feeling of beloved tactical games to a high-definition era with gorgeous hand-animated artwork and a degree of depth unprecedented in the realm of free games. Fight, learn, and lead your clan of vikings to glory!
Free to PlayStrategyIndieRPGTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedTacticalFantasyMultiplayerVikings
-55%$8.99Scythe: Digital Edition
Sep 5 · The Knights of Unity
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
Scythe transports you to an alternate reality in 1920s Europa, one ravaged by the First World War. Take up the role of leader by assuming command of one of 5 factions, and set out to conquer the coveted "Factory". Lead your mechs to war and your people to victory!
Board GameStrategyTurn-BasedMultiplayer4XTabletopAlternate HistoryMechsHex GridTurn-Based Strategy👍 3,165
$15.99Circle Empires Tactics
Apr 7 · Luminous
Both: Tactical · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
It’s Circle Empires like never before! Take to the field in simultaneous turn-based tactical battles. Combine powerful magical tokens to infuse your army with unstoppable power, and take on evil demigods in single player. Or peer into the minds of your friends and predict their plans in multiplayer.
TacticalMultiplayerOnline Co-OpStrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedTurn-Based TacticsSingleplayerFantasy2D
$14.99Insurgency
Jan 22 · New World Interactive
Both: Tactical
Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience.
FPSRealisticTacticalMultiplayerShooterActionMilitaryTeam-BasedCo-opFirst-Person👍 86,310
$14.99Battle Academy
Apr 16 · Slitherine Ltd.
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
A turn-based strategy game like no other has landed on Steam. Approachable, absorbing and visually impressive yet detailed, Battle Academy aims to revolutionise the strategy games market with a blend of intuitive design and compelling gameplay.
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyWorld War IITurn-BasedWargameSingleplayerMultiplayerReplay ValueHistorical👍 253
$7.99Third Front: WWII
May 11 · Hamsters Gaming
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Turn-Based
Are you ready to rewrite history and take on the role of ruler of the nation? Show your knowledge of tactics and strategy, become the commander-in-chief of a huge army! Lead the troops of one of the three nations - the USSR, Germany and the Allies - and pave your way for each of them!
StrategyIndieWorld War IICard GameWarMilitaryTurn-Based StrategyTacticalTurn-BasedSingleplayer👍 314
Tactical Genius Online
Jan 20 · Pixeltales.ru
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical
"Tactical Genius Online" is a turn-based strategy game with the focus on multiplayer, in which the gameplay is broken up into two phases: concurrent planning and execution. Players give orders to their units, and only when everyone has finished their moves, the turns are put into action.
Free to PlayStrategyIndieTurn-BasedTurn-Based TacticsHex GridTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerTurn-Based CombatTactical
-35%$12.99Anomaly Collapse
Apr 11 · RocketPunch Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
Command a squad of adorably fierce warriors in Anomaly Collapse, a turn-based Roguelite strategy game that offers a fresh twist to an old formula! Face off against otherworldly beings and uncover the dark secrets of supernatural calamities. Immerse yourself in a story where every move counts!
Turn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedTurn-Based CombatParty-Based RPGRogueliteStrategyRoguelikeSingleplayer2D👍 567
$3.99Pharmakon - Tactical Puzzle
Jul 20 · Visumeca Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · Sci-fi
Use your drone to lead tactical combat against elemental beasts infesting your faction. Assess the risks, coordinate attacks, optimize your equipment and become the agent who will put an end to the infestation!
StrategyTurn-Based StrategyIndieTurn-Based TacticsRogueliteTurn-BasedPuzzleSci-fiSingleplayerTactical
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$0.99Puzzle Tactics
Dec 1 · Robert Alvarez
Both: Tactical · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
Puzzle Tactics is a turn-based and grid-based tactics game played in various small levels. You play as the blue team with the goal of defeating the red team's units before losing your own. Later levels are more difficult and introduce more unit types in battle.
Turn-Based TacticsMinimalistTacticalPuzzleTurn-Based StrategyStrategy2DGrid-Based MovementTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based
-75%$2.49Marauder
Apr 4 · Apeiron
Both: Tactical · Turn-Based
Marauder, is a squad based and tactical 3D game with RPG elements. It was released in late 2009, in Russia. You may know these names as the former made Brigade 7,62 and the later also published Pathologic.
RPGStrategyTacticalSurvivalPost-apocalypticTurn-BasedIsometricReal-Time with PauseAtmosphericSingleplayer👍 698
$5.99Militia
Dec 2 · BrainGoodGames
Both: Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy
Militia is a tight turn-based strategy game that brings the thrill of victory to single-player. It's simple to pick up, and from the moment you start, you'll be learning and improving -- building your skills, learning new strategies, and ranking up on the single player ladder.
Turn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedBoard GameTurn-Based StrategyTabletopStrategy2DProcedural GenerationPuzzleAbstract
Ukraine Defense Force Tactics
Jun 29 · Spacewalkers
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical
Turn-based strategy in which you lead a heroic defense of Ukraine under siege by the despicable Russian Z force. Outmaneuver an endless deluge of enemies using combined infantry-and-armor tactics to survive against all odds.
StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based StrategyWargameTacticalMilitaryIsometricTop-DownDark HumorVehicular Combat👍 209
-85%$2.24SteamWorld Heist
Jun 7 · Image & Form Games
Both: Turn-Based
Command a steam-driven pirate crew in a series of epic tactical shootouts in SteamWorld Heist. This is turn-based strategy with a twist: You manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action!
StrategyTurn-BasedSteampunkRPGIndieActionAdventure2DTurn-Based TacticsFemale Protagonist👍 4,360
$4.99Guards
Aug 19 · Battlecruiser Games
Both: Turn-Based · Tactical
Four heroes are facing a horde of evil! Ultimate abilities, magic artifacts, hero upgrades and clever tactics... All these will help to defeat the Boss.
StrategyIndieAdventureTurn-BasedFantasyTacticalPuzzleTower DefenseMagicTurn-Based Tactics👍 271
$19.99The Last Federation
Apr 18 · Arcen Games
Both: Turn-Based · Sci-fi · Tactical
From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.
StrategySpaceSimulationIndieTurn-Based4XSci-fiGrand StrategyReal-Time with PauseTactical👍 380
$9.99Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
Oct 17 · 2x2 Games
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based
Unity of Command is an innovative and refreshing operational-level wargame that covers the entire 1942/43 Stalingrad Campaign on the Eastern Front.
StrategyWorld War IITurn-Based StrategyIndieWargameTurn-BasedHistoricalDifficultWarGrand Strategy👍 808
$19.99Spaceland: Sci-Fi Indie Tactics
Sep 30 · Tortuga Team
Both: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical · Sci-fi
Incredibly dynamic turn-based strategy, reviving the traditions of the old school tactics. Lead a team of the most desperate fighters, destroy alien monsters and uncover the secrets of the lost planet.
Turn-Based TacticsTactical RPGTurn-Based StrategyStrategy RPGTacticalStrategySci-fiSingleplayerSpaceIsometric👍 358




