Etherlords
Etherlords is a Turn-based Strategy, Tactical, Card Battle, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Nival Interactive and published by Ravensburger Interactive. The game takes place in the fantasy setting and introduces the card-based duelling system, borrowed from Magic: The Gathering. According to the storyline, the world is ruled by force called ether, and it is equipped with the representatives of kinetics, chaos, vitality, and synthesis. There are two campaigns available such as Chaot and Kinect from which the player needs to select one of them to start the game. During the gameplay, the player can use over three-hundred magic spells, including ritual and summoning, battle magic and sorcery. There are more than ten levels, and a storyline connects each level. The game offers over sixty-four heroes divided into multiple races, and each race offers different abilities, parameters, special skills, and more. Etherlords includes prominent features such as 300 Spells, 10 Levels, Unique Lands, Strategy Gameplay, Magical Battle System, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#1 Shadowrun Returns
Shadowrun Returns is a Turn-based Tactical RPG and Sci Fi video game by Harebrained Schemes. The game allows you to choose your character from five different races, such as trolls, orcs, elves, dwarves and humans. You can choose to play as one of the six given classes such as Street Samurai, Decker, Rigger, Mage, Shaman or Physical Adept, or you can play without choosing any class. You can explore the game world by going through the strategic combats while completing different quests. You can customize your character at different stages of the game by getting different upgrades and skills including weapons. You will find different items to use or sell while interacting with the environment. Shadowrun Returns is a superb game to play and enjoy.
#2 Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Shadowrun: Dragonfall is a super engaging Action-Adventure, Cyberpunk-RPG and Hack and Slash video game by Harebrained Schemes. This epic game provides with an amazing strategy based game-play that lets you experience a wonderful mix up of all the above mentioned elements. The game is about the return of the dark magic that unleashed powerful mythical creatures and among them was the one mighty Dragon named as Feuerschwinge who emerged from the mountains of Germany and brought heavy destruction and chaos with it. German Forces kept on fighting off the Feuerschwinge and after four months of heavy fights and destruction they finally shot it down and that was called The Dragonfall. Years later in 2054, Germany becomes the hub of tech and the population is now doubled as the Elves and Trolls have joined the populace, giant corporations have corrupted the Govts. and now Germany is in the control of Flux State after the heavy anarchy and chaos. With a lot of new threats and you as a Shadow Runner, the Flux State hires you to go against the re-surfacing Feuerschwinge, eliminate it and restore the order. Would you accept the challenge? Shadowrun: Dragonfall offers brilliant realistic visauls and sounds, a well-written story and an immersive game-play tho enjoy.
#3 Great Big War Game
Great Big War Game is a wonderful Turn-based Strategy and 2D video game that offers almost 50 Military and hardcore battles focused missions and campaigns. With the cross-platform support and multiplayer options, Great Big War Game is one of the best games to play. The games focuses on an ongoing conflict between the Blue Army and Red Army. As the lieutenant Jenkins of Blue Army, your task is to take order from the high command and lead the Blue Army and engage in hardcore Action and thrill filed battles with the Red Army, capture their outposts, basses and assassinate their generals and hoist the flags of Blue Army over their graves. The turn-based game-play allows you to build defensive structures wherever you go, continuously upgrade them in order to make them impenetrable and train more troops, generate resources and buy more weapons and stuff. With 30 amazing troop units, over 70 maps for skirmishes against the enemies, online Cross Platform multiplayer support, great visuals and an immersive game-play, Great Big War Game is a fun game to play and enjoy.
#4 The Banner Saga
The Banner Saga by Stoic is an amazingly engaging Tactical, Strategy, RPG and Free-to-Play MMO video game. The game allows you to get into the role of Viking who is destined to make strategic choices, make allies and travel to unknown distances in order to eliminate an epic new threat that is about to vandalize a whole civilization. You must find the ones who will accompany you in the harshest of conditions and on unforgiving landscape in a world where everything that’s not you, wants to kill you. This wonderful game provides with a Final Fantasy Tactics and game of Throne type game-play in which you can get attached to anyone emotionally in order to make the game more interesting. The Banner Saga provides with unique aesthetics, a well-written story, an action oriented game-play etc.
#5 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.
#6 Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions is a great Tactical-RPG from Square Enix and provides with a similar game-play experience to its predecessors. The game focuses on an ongoing conflict known as The War of the Lions between the kingdom of Ivalice and Ordalia. The Death of Ivalician Monarch, King Ondoria leaves the Prince Orinus in charge but he is an infant so a poll occurs between the Duke Larg and Duke Goltanna, Duke Goltanna gets elected as the king Regent and an internal conflict starts up between the two sides. Final Fantasy Tactics: The War lets you be on a side of your choice and act accordingly by engaging yourself into the political matters, class warfare, murders, and a number of quests throughout the game. Being a loyalist and a warrior, political advisor, etc. at the same time makes this game a bit more complex but quite engaging and addictive as well. With a wonderful setting, great visuals, a well-written storyline and an immersive game-play, Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions is a great Tactical and RPG game to play and enjoy.
#7 Battle World: Kronos
Battle World: kronos is an MMO and Turn-Based Real time Strategy and a war-based video game that lands you into a militaristic setting. The game allows you to engage yourself into campaigns, skirmishes and wars against your enemies from the Yerla Faction. You get to control your own troop units, train them and use the most sophisticated weaponry against your enemies. Battle World: kronos lets you explore the game world, assault your enemies using transporting vehicles, Air Support and via troops, seize their properties and loot their resources etc. You can play the game online with your friends in multiplayer gaming mode and make alliances to defeat your enemy with the greatest force, tactical advantage and might. Battle World: kronos is a great strategy and war based MMO video game to play and enjoy. try it out if you haven’t yet and enjoy the ultimate fun.
#8 XCOM: Enemy Unknown
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a Military Themed Tactical and Turn-Based RTS (Real Time Strategy) and MMO, Role Playing video game set in an era of Global Alien Invasion. The game is developed by Firaxis Games and allows you to control a technically advanced organization named as XCOM and defend the Earth. You are tasked to lead your troops in the field, fight off and capture the aliens, Build research labs, develop new technologies using alien technology, expand your Organization’s operations, manage XCOM’s assets, monitor alien activities and respond to wherever your assistance is required. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is an outstanding strategy video game with a lot of campaigns, action packed game-play, sleek and state of the art Graphics, great cinematic animations, a lot of fun filled mini games etc. XCOM: Enemy Unknown offers an amazing standalone expansion named XCOM: Enemy Within that adds tons of new stuff (Weapons, new missions, more upgrade options etc.) to the main game. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a great MMO and Strategy video game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.
#9 Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition
Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition is an amazing inclusion to the Dungeons and Dragons series. This remake of Baldur’s Gate II: Shadow of Amn is super fantastic Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game that takes you to an amazing setting of Frogotten Realms and lands you in the continent of Faerun. Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition lets you be any one of the given characters (Neera The Wild Mage, Dorn II-Khan The Blackguard, Rasaad The Monk etc.) and lets you fight against a Wizard named as Irenicus who kidnaps, imprisons and tortures you to strip you off of your unique powers. Your task in the game is to be resistant to all the evil forces, get up and unleash the Hero inside yourself and destroy all the ultimate dark powers to defeat the Evil Wizard. You must go to the limits of destruction if you have to, if the destruction swallows up the realms, let it be. Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition offers a fantastic Story, realistic and enhanced visuals, sounds and mechanics along with a very immersive game-play.
#10 Neon Shadow
Neon Shadow is a wonderful shooting video game with similarities to the popular Shadowgun and it provides with a game-play similar to the popular Doom too. The game tasks you to go to a run-down weapons facility and investigate about it. You must go to the factory premises, kill all the dangerous AIs and save the people stranded in the facility. You must use your great stealth tactics to counter attack the enemy and enjoy competing in a totally Sci-Fi environment. Neon Shadow offers multiplayer gaming mode along with super awesome visuals, an amazingly Action-packed and hardcore combat oriented gameplay and a great storyline to follow. Play it out and you’ll definitely be blown away by the level of details and an amazing old school setting of the game. Neon Shadow is a great source of entertainment for all those who love playing games with Sci-Fi and Shooting elements.
#11 N.O.V.A 3
N.O.V.A 3 or Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance 3 developed and published by Gameloft is another superbly created game like Deus Ex: The Fall. The game covers Action-Adventure, Sci-Fi and First Person Shooter categories and is available to play on Android, iOS, BlackBerry PlayBook, BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8. The game kicks off with a distress call to Commander Kal Wardin from Yelena (AI) on Earth. Commander Kal Wardin crash lands on earth in the area of San Francisco and meets up with Sergeant Becker. Upon reaching to N.O.V.A Squad, he finds out that the N.O.V.A has stolen the Judger’s Artifact the only thing that can transform earth to its oldest habitable form. Commander Kal vows to get back the artifact and returns back to base in space. After the necessary preparations, sets out in search of the Judgers and finds them in a distant quadrant, engages in a hardcore and destructive battle and finally acquires back the Judgers Artifact. N.O.V.A 3 presents a hardcore action game-play along with a superbly written and acted upon storyline. Because of the Sci-Fi nature of the game, you’ll surely enjoy what this game has to offer you.
#12 Front Wars
Front Wars is a Turn-based, Strategy, Single and Multiplayer video game by Homemade Games. The game offers an exciting gameplay where you have to select your nation and fight against other nations. It takes place in WWII and lets you compete against your friends on Facebook. It offers massive maps consists of two armies, and the ultimate task is to create units and buildings and expand it further and further. The game has a set of levels, and each level is challenging as compared to last one. You can defeat your enemies by destroying their units or capturing their headquarters. The game rewards you with experience points that you can use to unlock powerful units, upgrades and more. Front Wars offers core features such as over Twenty-Six Missions, Fifteen different Units (Ships, Planes, Tanks, etc.), Three different Level Types, Multiplayer and more. Try it out.
#13 King’s Bounty: Legions
King’s Bounty: Legions is an Awesome, Action, Turn-based, Massively Multiplayer Online, Role-playing, and Strategy video game developed and published by Nival. The game provides you with the combination of various genres such as Tower-defense, Combat, and Strategy and lets you engage yourself in exploration experience. The game takes place in the fantasy world and allows you assume the role of the King, who must protect his Kingdom against demons, monsters, and other Kingdoms. The game lets you build your base, train and recruit your armies, and use them against vicious enemies and other online players around the world. In the game, you can control the party of more than five unit groups, each group having several hundred units such as Druids, Black Unicorns, Pirates, Dark Griffins, etc. You can join other player guilds or can create your own to play the game together to fight against vicious enemies. You must build and defend your Kingdoms and earn cash by the trading of resources and win epic battles against other players. You can interact with other online players, make new friends, and chat with them. The game includes most prominent features such as 3D Graphics, Several Locations, Choose the Strongest Soldier, PvP arena battle, and much more. With the best mechanics, excellent visual details, addictive gameplay, King’s Bounty: Legions is one of the best game as compared to other MMORPG and Strategy games. Try it out.
#14 Inotia 4: Assassin of Berkel
Inotia 4: Assassin of Berkel is an Action Role-playing and Single-player video game developed by Com2uS USA. The game takes place in the fantasy-based world and revolves around between two factions. You have to select your side, choose your character from different and dive into the world where you have to battle against enemies. There are six different character classes (Warlock, Assassin, Black Knight, Priest, etc.) and ninety unique skills. Through customization, you can change the appearance of your character. Explore the world from an isometric perspective, fight against enemies, monsters, and goblins to complete the quests and progress in the game to enhance your abilities. It introduces Convenient Party system, in which mercenaries will be added to your party and up to twenty unique skills will assist you along your epic journey. The environment contains dry deserts, dark dungeons, mysterious forests and freezing snowfields. With touch controls, excellent mechanics, and brilliant gameplay, Inotia 4: Assassin of Berkel is the best game for all ages to play and enjoy.
#15 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.
#16 Breach and Clear
Breach and Clear is an Action Role-playing, Turn-based Strategy, and Single-player video game created by Mighty Rabbit Studios and published by Gun Media. The game takes place in the beautiful world and lets the player assume the role of the protagonist who is a leader of four Special Forces units. The primary objective of the player to get into the corrupt area and kill all foes within time. It takes place in the real location around the world and allows the player create his unique team contains up to four players, plan out his missions and dominate the battlefield. There are multiple squads available such as US Army Rangers, Canada’s JTF2, US Navy Seals and more. Multiple enemy varieties with various skill sets and abilities. Through customization features, the player can build his arsenal with hundreds of gun combinations, and equip each soldier with a different mixture of perks, armor and more. Breach and Clear offers core features such as different Modes, exciting and Strategic Gameplay, high-quality Graphics, and more. Breach and Clear is the best game as compared to other Turn-based Strategy games.
#17 Fantasy War Tactics
Fantasy War Tactics is a Mobile Strategy, Massively Multiplayer Online and Role-playing video game available free-to-play on Android and iOS. The game takes place in a massive maps contain up to twelve regions and 180 dungeons to manipulate. There are more than fifty characters available to select and each character has its unique abilities, playing style and personality. It brings an isometric perspective grid-based strategic combat system, where the player needs to deploy his units known as Heroes, on the battlefield, taking his turn to take down foes or opponents. Up to four different tactical mechanics may affect the battle’s tides such as Terrain, Advantage, Cooperation, and Direction. The game introduces two modes to promote the interaction between players around the globe via a PvP (also known as Player versus Player) arena. Dimensional Breakthrough and Battle of honor are two modes in PvP Arena. Fantasy War Tactics includes prominent features such as Five Modes (Challenge, vs. Mode, Convenience, Hero Growth and Scenario), Fast-paced Gameplay, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#18 Inotia 4
Inotia 4 is an Action Role-playing, Adventure, and Single-player video game developed by Com2uS USA. The plot takes place in the fantasy-based world invaded by orcs, goblins, etc. and you assume the role of the protagonist, who is responsible for rescue the world. There are six different character classes such as Assassin, Black Knight, Priest, Warlock, and Ranger. Each character has its skills and abilities. Up to fifteen skills available in each class and you can combine all to create the strategy of your party. Using Convenient Party System, you can add mercenaries in your group anywhere and anytime. More than 400 maps are present to explore, and you can battle enemies in turn-based combat and earn points to raise his skills. You navigate the world from an isometric perspective while battling enemies and scoring XP points. Unlock additional content using your points and become the master after completing quests. Inotia 4 includes prominent features such as Convenient Party System, Role-playing Maps, 20 unique Mercenary Skills, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#19 Eternium: Mage and Minions
Eternium: Mage and Minions is an Action Role-playing, and Single-player video game takes place in the fantasy environment developed by Making Fun, Inc. for multiple platforms. The game offers the similar gameplay to Torchlight, and Diablo and features several playable characters. It enables the player to select his character and start his quests, in which the player requires to earn points by killing enemies. Each character in the game has its unique abilities and a set of weapons that can be used during the fight. The player can navigate the world from an isometric perspective and can use his magic to cast spells and eliminate enemies to save the world. During the game, the player interacts with other non-player characters and environment to collect the information about the quests and the enemies. The player creates the army of minions to assist himself during the mission while battling foes. There are a variety of levels, and the player has to complete each one to become the master. With superb gameplay and smooth controls, Eternium: Mage and Minions is the best game to play.
#20 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.
#21 Great Little War Game
Great Little War Game (also known as GLWG) is a Military-based, Turn-based Strategy and 3D video game created by Rubicon Developments and published by Viacom Games. The game takes place in three kinds of environments such as Desert, Regular and Snowy. It has two different modes such as Campaign Mode and Call of Booty Campaign Mode. The Campaign comprises up to twenty levels while Call the Campaign mode has ten levels. In the game, you must command an army and battle against enemies on the land, air and sea but be sure you make the accurate decision as you progress through the game. In battlefield, you must deploy your soldiers to take advantage of terrain, choke points, and defensive walls. There are a series of levels and the game has four difficulty settings. There are lots of units which you can use and control to conquer the land. Great Little War Game includes exciting features such as high Replayability, Simple Controls, Lots of Terrain Types, Units, Lush Visuals, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#22 Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia is a Turn-based Strategy, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by New World Computing and published by The 3DO Company. The game serves as the 3rd title in the series of Heroes of Might and Magic. The story of the game is first referred throughout the title Might and Magic IV: The Mandate of Heaven and acts as the prequel to Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor. In the game, the player can select to play through seven different campaigns, unfolding the storyline, or play in the scenario against human or AI-controlled opponents. It offers the similar gameplay to its predecessors, in which the player commands a party of heroes that command an army of creatures inspired by legend and myth. The entire gameplay is split into two different parts such as Turn-based Combat and Tactical Overland Exploration. In the game, the player recruit an army by spending his collected resources at one of the eight towns. The gameplay mainly revolves around strategic exploration on the huge map and tactical combat. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and stunning visuals, Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia is the wonderful game to play.