Advance Wars
Advance Wars is a Turn-based Tactical-RPG and Strategy video game from Japanese origins. Developed by Intelligent Systems, the game sets you up into the character of Orange Start Army’s Commanding Officer Andy who leads his army into amazingly hardcore battles in order to defeat the enemy forces. With secondary objectives of seizing the whole cities, rule on their armies and taking possession of the resources, Advance Wars offers amazingly Action-packed game-play a great story to follow and some really nice visuals to enjoy the game. Advance Wars offers some cool sequels to the game such as Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising, Advance Wars: Dual Strike and Advance Wars: Days of Ruin etc. With one main objective of destroying and defeating the enemies, Advance Wars offers 2 main ways to defeat your enemies. One of them is to hunt and defeat everyone on the map and the second is to capture enemy’s headquarters and push them out of it. Advance Wars also offers cool game modes such as Field Training or also known as Tutorial, The Campaign, The War Room, loads of other Multiplayer Modes etc. With an amazing game setting, cool visuals, and a totally immersive and challenging gameplay, Advance Wars is one amazing Strategy and Tactical RPG video game to play and enjoy.
#1 XCOM
XCOM is a Series Multi-genre video games and offers a versatility throughout the series. Strategy, RTS, turn-based tactics, Real-time Tactics, Simulations, Construction and Management, Military and War gaming, Space Flight, FPS, Third-person Shooting, Action, RPG, etc. are all the genres in which XCom offers games. XCom series was originally started back in 1994 by a company known as MicroProse. MicroProse published in total six games with two of them cancelled. The series rocked the markets but soon it lost the business until the series was rebooted in 2005 by 2K Games. The Series once again started with a mega hit XCOM: Enemy Unknown and broke all the previous records. With critically acclaim and commercial success, the company launched an Expansion pack named as XCOM: Enemy Within, back in 2013 and another title XCOM 2 in 2016. From the very beginning to the latest release of the series, XCOM has maintained the standard and the quality of content and is one of the most favorite series of games throughout the world. Players who typically love playing games with Sci-Fi and Action elements, can play the games in the series and enjoy.
#2 Valkyria Chronicles Remastered
Valkyria Chronicles Remastered combines the elements of Tactical Role-playing, Third-person Shooter and Exploration developed and published by Sega for PlayStation 4 platform. It introduces brand new trophies and all previous DLC packs in this entry with HD graphics. The game takes place in the world of Valkyria Chronicles in the year of 1935 E.C. and revolves around the war between two factions in the continent of Europe such as the Autocratic East Europan Imperial Alliance called the Empire and the Atlantic Federation. It casts the player in the role of the protagonist, who equips with deadly weapons. The player can participate in turn-based battles like other Tactical Role-playing games and can take down enemies using a variety of weapons. The player navigates the world from a third-person perspective and can move freely without any limits. The game features dynamic weather system to make the game more challenging. It rewards the player with experience points for per enemy kill. With enhanced mechanics, superb gameplay, and lots of cool features, Valkyria Chronicles Remastered is the best game to play and enjoy.
#3 The Banner Saga 2
The Banner Saga 2 is a Tactical Role-playing and Single-player video game created by Stoic and published by Versus Evil for multiple platforms. The game serves as the sequel to The Banner Saga and introduces enhanced gameplay and new features. It revolves around the turn-based combat and offers new units, new enemies, new talents, new objectives and interactive objects. The game comes with The Horse-born race. The favourite heroes are available in the game from the original title return as playable characters. It embarks the player on an emotional journey around a breathtaking world, where the player must lead his team, use his resources wisely, and participate in skilful battles to experience the turn-based gameplay. It takes place in the beautifully 2D hand-drawn world and offers story-driven gameplay. The Banner Saga 2 includes core features such as Build and Manage Caravan, Travel the Landscapes, Improved Strategic Combat, and more. With impressive gameplay, superb mechanics, and smooth controls, The Banner Saga 2 is the wonderful game to play.
#4 Skulls of the Shogun
Skulls of the Shogun by Microsoft Studios is an amazing Turn-based Strategy and Tactics video game that lets you set up yourself into the character of General Akamoto who gets stabbed to death on the day of becoming a Shogun. In the land of Dead he realizes that he’ll have to wait for centuries in order to go to the afterlife and becomes frustrated. He battles his way to the afterlife only to find out that his killer Lieutenant Karakawa has stolen his identity and is living in the afterlife as General Akamoto. Karakowa teams up with the protectors and a whole new series of battles starts up between the two sides. Your task is to defeat all the demonic forces, reach to the Karakowa and kill him in order to get back your identity and to enter in the afterlife. Skulls of the Shogun provides with a different touch but same mechanics and game-play as all the other games of the similar type and it’ll definitely make you enjoy and entertain yourself to the limits.
#5 Ni No Kuni
Ni No Kuni is a Fantastic Anime Themed series of Action, Role-playing and Strategy games. Developed by a renowned company named as Level-5, Ni No Kuni offers four main games in the series. Because of its versatility, Ni No Kuni offers playability on multiple platforms including Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 and 4, and on Mobile devices. The games in the series include Ni No Kuni: Dominion of the Dark Djinn, Ni No Kuni: Hotroit Stories, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, and Ni No Kuni: Daibouken Monsters. Another game named as Ni No Kuni 2: The Revenant Kingdom is in the development and will be released in near future. Every game in the series follow a similar story but offers different Artwork, Specs and Graphics as well as enhanced mechanics and stuff. Throughout the series, the games follow a Boy named as Oliver, who journeys to another world in search of his mother and to stop the beckoning Dark evil that kidnapped his mother. In the four main stories, Ni No Kuni features the same protagonist but in the upcoming game, Ni No Kuni 2: The Revenant Kingdom, it features a different players character. The story of Ni No Kuni 2: The Revenant Kingdom focuses on the character of young King Evan Pettiwhisker Tildrum who struggles to regain his kingdom with the help of Roland, a man from another world. Summing it up, Ni No Kuni series offers a plethora of great stories, adventures, and characters. Try them out and enjoy a whole new experience of Role-playing and Action elements.
#6 Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is another great Tactical RPG and Strategy video game that offers a gameplay and mechanics similar to Final Fantasy Tactics. According to the story line, the game focuses on the idea of Revenge. The Evil Demon King Void Dark attacks various Netherworlds with the help of his massive army (The Lost) and a great destruction and chaos follows. The worldwide destruction forces the Overlords to rise up and take revenge from the Demon King and destroy his army along with his pride. Your task in the game is to be an Overlord, gather Intel while remaining in shadows and lead your allies against the Demon King Void Dark, Devastate his might and armies and restore the order in the Netherworlds. With great Visuals, a great story and an amazingly addictive, action oriented game-play this game is quite great to play and enjoy.
#7 Space Hulk
Space Hulk combines the Turn-based Strategy, Tactical, Sci-fi, and Board Game elements developed and published by Full Control Studios. The game takes place in the Warhammer 4K Universe and focuses on legendary battles and heroic actions. It lets you manages a small group of a space marine who effort to restore their honor by mounting an assault. You must lead your team, manipulate the environment, make your strategy and struggle to take down your enemies. Participate in turn-based combat and kill the enemy on your turn. There are a series of levels, and each level requires a completion of individual objectives. The game unlocks further content as you progress through the match. You can use your experience points to upgrade your characters. It takes place in the three-dimension world and comprises twelve challenging missions. Space Hulk offers prominent features such as Warhammer 4K Universe, Fearsome Gene Stealers, 3D Environments, Damnation Campaign, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#8 Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom is a sequel to Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch created by Level-5 and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game revolves around Role-playing elements and supports Single-player mode only. The player assumes the protagonist’s role named as Evan Pettiwhisker Tildrum, who is a young and embarks himself on an epic quest to reclaim his Kingdom. The player can control the protagonist throughout the open world of the game and can control other characters during battle. The player uses magical abilities and elemental creatures during the fight to defeat his enemies. The game is played from a third-person perspective, and the task of the player is to complete a series of quests take place in the linear scenarios with a variety of objectives. The world comprises dungeons, villages, towns, and dangerous places. The player receives points for killing monsters and can use them to unlock additional content in the game. Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom is a fantastic game, offering prominent features, exciting gameplay, and detailed environment.
#9 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13 mixes the elements of Grand Strategy, Role-playing, and Strategy Simulation created and published by Koei Tecmo Games Co, Ltd. The game has Single-player mode only and serves as the thirteenth entry in the series of Romance of the Three Kingdoms. It offers the similar gameplay to its previous titles and takes place in the historical settings. The player assumes the role of the ruler with a task to establish his empire, recruit his army and effort to control the weak territories to expand his empire. There are multiple levels and each level has challenging gameplay, in which the player will purchase space for building, create structures, upgrade his units, and conquer the land to become the best general. The game starts with less difficulty, and become tough as the player proceed. Other features and content will be unlocked, as the player gain enough points. With improved graphics, brilliant gameplay, and smooth controls, Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13 is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#10 XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen is a Downloadable Content Pack for the XCOM 2 and focuses on Turn-based Tactics gameplay published by 2K Games and developed by Firaxis Games. The game supports both Single-player and Multiplayer modes and available to play on cross-platform. The DLC pack changes the campaign structure and brings new hero characters, new enemies, modifiers and more. It includes a new set of aliens called the Chosen, a set of three warriors tasked to defeat the XCOM and capture the commander by the Elders such as the Hunter, the Assassin, and the Warlock each with its unique skills and abilities. The Assassin uses the stealth element and is able to abduct the soldiers of the player directly from the playfield, the Warlock uses the psionic powers and can summon enemies during the fight and the Hunter can use long-range rifles to kill his targets. There are a variety of missions, and each mission needs a completion of specific objectives to progress through the game. As the storyline progresses, the Chosen get access to new abilities over time and become able to release an attack on the Avengers. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen includes prominent features such as New Environments, Mission Objectives, Enhanced Strategy Layer, Customization, Challenge Mode, and more. XCOM 2: War of the Chosen is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#11 Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess
Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess mixes the Action Role-playing and Strategy elements developed and published by Tecmo Koei. The game serves as the sequel to Kagero II: Dark Illusion within the series of Deception. It offers a thrilling story, revolving around the protagonist named as Laegrinna, who is the daughter of the devil, created fragment of his soul. After three thousand years ago, the devil was smashed by 12 warriors famous as the Saints, where they trapped the devil using the holy verses. After the imprisonment of the devil, the verses were split into twelve items and given to the warriors. The player takes on the role of the protagonist and his ultimate task by her father is to find the verses from the descendants of the Saints to broken the seal imprisoning her father. There are a variety of quests and each quest comes with a set of objectives that the player needs to complete at any cost. With prominent features, superb mechanics, and smooth controls, Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#12 Invisible, Inc. Console Edition
Invisible, Inc. Console Edition is a Stealth-based, Turn-based Tactics, and Single-player video game with an emphasis on Rogue-like elements, created and published by Klei Entertainment. In the game, the player takes on the role of the protagonist, a remote operator for an agency that has threatened by multinational companies. The agency sets out the agents on a secret missions to collect resources and support to enable the relocation of the computer system of the agency to the secure heaven within the time limit. The game focuses on an epic gameplay inspired by X-Com, incorporating elements of espionage and stealth. In the game, the player controls the character to perform various missions around the world to retrieve valuables, information, personnel, equipment and more. The environment of the game takes place in the futuristic year 2074, after multinational companies have overthrown the national governments of the world and taken control of the globe. Character Selection, Deep Customization, Five different Modes, Animated Cutscenes, etc. are prominent features of the game.
#13 The Banner Saga 3
The Banner Saga 3 is a Turn-based Tactics, Strategy, and Role-playing video game developed by Stoic and published by Versus Evil. The game acts as the final title in the trilogy of games that started by the video game The Banner Saga, released in 2014. It mainly revolves around the Turn-based combat and is heavily inspired by Viking Culture. According to the storyline, the world where the game is set is crumble and the player needs to survive when the dark forces attack. The game introduces the fascinating cast of characters and in the last chapter the player needs to guide over forty characters to survive against the odds. The series is known for innovative combat and this chapter comes with more unique and custom battles that players have never experienced before, from disturbing warped foes to unique heroic titles for allies. During the gameplay, the player will explore the unimaginable world with several ways and experience the fully-animated story moments that previous titles. The Banner Saga 3 includes core features such as an Epic Soundtrack, the Timeless Art Style, Turn-based Combat, a cast of Characters and more. Check it out, and have fun.
#14 Super Robot Wars V
Super Robot Wars V is a Tactical Role-playing and Single-player video game created by B. B. Studio and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for PlayStation platform. The game acts as the 8th standalone title in the series of Super Robot War. Like the previous games, the game mainly focuses on Tactical RPG gameplay with story components and uses the same engine discovered in 3rd Super Robot Wars Z. The game uses the similar structure to its predecessor, where the player receives dialogue when the stage begins between several playable characters, leading to the scenario on the battlefield. The player has to complete the set of objectives to accomplish the scenario. The player spends his lots of time reading the dialogues between the characters. It takes place in the grid-based maps where the player needs to plan his strategy and command mech and battle against a rival in turn-based combat. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and good graphics, Super Robot Wars V is the best game to play.
#15 Valkyria Chronicles 4
Valkyria Chronicles 4 is a Tactical Role-playing and Single-player video game created by Sega CS3 and published by Sega for Multiple Platforms. The game mainly deals with strategy genre in the similar style to the first three video games in the series, and it comes with a new soldier class called the Grenadier, who is capable of firing mortar rounds at foes. If teamed up soldiers are available to offer battlefield information, they can release fire without being discovered by hostile enemies. When the soldier in the army of the player is on the verge of death, there is an opportunity that the new system known as Brave, will be activated. The game introduces the fantastic storyline, revolving around Claude Wallace and his friends named Kai Shulen and Raz, who recently joined the Federation army to battle the Empire in the 2nd European War, both to defend their country of Gallia and struggle to avenge an attack on their hometown. Valkyria Chronicles 4 includes tactical gameplay, smooth controls, and brilliant graphics.
#16 Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition
Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition is a Japanese Role-playing, Action, Anime, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by QLOC and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game celebrates its 10th anniversary and comes back with the Definitive Edition. The massive struggle starts in a civilization dependent on a rare technology called the Blastia, and the Empire that rules over it. The story revolves around the fates of two buddies traversing separate paths intertwine in an adventure that invades the existence of all. The game allows the player to jump into this edition with updated HD graphics, exciting mini-games, brand-new music, bosses, and more. There are two playable characters, and the player can select one of them to start playing the game. Patty Fleur is a young pirate girl who is looking for treasure, adventure, and as well as her forgotten memories. Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition includes prominent features such as Two Protagonists, HD Graphics, Treasure Chests, and more.
#17 Sakura Wars
Sakura Wars is an Action, RPG, and Single-player video game developed by Sega for PlayStation. Throughout the gameplay, the player takes on the role of a protagonist named Seijuro Kamiyama, and the main mission is to fight demons in the Combat Revue World Games. While inspecting the world, the player views the environment from the third-person perspective.
The game features a traditional Live and Interactive Picture System where the player has to select an option from the available ones within the specified limit. A smartphone is there that allows the player to see the map of the game and converse with NPCs. The Combat Revue World Games contains three different rounds where the player can select two characters.
Every character has health points and magic points where they will get decrease as the opponents attack the character. The core features of the game are Third-person Perspective, Battles, NPC Interaction, and Health Points.
#18 John Wick Hex
John Wick Hex is an Action, Tactical, Strategy, and Single-player video game developed by Good Shepherd Entertainment. Throughout the game, the player follows John Wick, the main protagonist, where he finds himself in a unique action. The player must make quick decisions and choose every action before the time runs out.
It is a combination of strategic and shooting genres where the player needs to perform well and progress through the story mode. Progression will ensure the unlocking of new weapons, suits, and locations. Each weapon changes according to the tactics the player will use. Ammo is limited, so the player must reload his gun timely and make sure of the accuracy.
While inspecting the playfield, the player views the environment from an isometric angle. As the player progresses, the rivals become stronger, and the player needs advanced weapons to eliminate them. So, the player must unlock the latest and powerful weapons before approaching the new levels or scenarios. John Wick Hex has core features such as New Weapons, Shooting Scenarios, Simulation, Isometric Angle, and Stronger Enemies.
#19 Fate/EXTELLA
Fate/EXTELLA is an Action-Adventure, Hack-n-Slash, and Single-player video game developed by XSEED Games. It is the third main entry in the Fate/EXTRA series and offers the same gameplay to the previous release. Throughout the gameplay, the player assumes the role of a master and comes to fight against enemies with the help of spirits called servants.
Customization of the character includes name, gender, outfit, and much more. The game has sixteen playable masters who are categorized into two classes. Saber, Archer, Lancer, Caster, Assassin, Rider, and Berserker are the main classes with different abilities and attributes.
The game comes up with a mode called Area Supremacy Battle that allows Servants to attack sectors and restore Regime Matrices. The player can use special attacks such as Extella Maneuver that deals with severe damage to enemies. The player can make the servants powerful through the use of form that changes their appearance and weapons to take the enemies down easily.
#20 Valkyria Chronicles 4: Complete Edition
Valkyria Chronicles 4: Complete Edition is an RPG, Strategy, War, and Single-player video game developed by SEGA for Windows. The main focus of the game revolves around the military-themed combats where the player has to develop strategies to win. Throughout the gameplay, the player gets the role of a commander named Claude Wallace and sets out to fight in a desperate war.
In solo mode, the player plays against AI soldiers, but the multiplayer mode allows the player to challenge the friends. While confronting the rivals, the player views the environment from the third-person perspective. The BLiTZ mode allows the player to take part in Tactical Zone Battles.
The game has a variety of weapons to equip, such as tanks, guns, grenades, and much more. As the player makes progress, the game unlocks the advanced weaponry for the player. The primary features of the game are Different Weapons, Combats, Multiplayer, and BLiTZ Mode.
#21 Fate/EXTELLA LINK
Fate/EXTELLA LINK developed by XSEED Games is a Hack-n-Slash, Action-Adventure, and Single-player video game. It is the third main installment in the Fate/EXTRA series and offers similar gameplay to the previous releases. During the gameplay, the player takes on the role of an unknown protagonist and gets engaged in combats against enemies with the help of spirits called servants.
The game features customization of the character that includes name, gender, clothes, and much more. The player can make the servants powerful through the use of form that changes their appearance and weapons to take the enemies down easily. The game has sixteen playable characters categorized into different classes.
Saber, Archer, Lancer, Caster, Assassin, Rider, and Berserker are the main classes with different abilities and attributes. The player can use special attacks such as Extella Maneuver that deals with severe damage to enemies. The game comes up with a mode called Area Supremacy Battle that allows Servants to attack sectors and restore Regime Matrices.