Hard West
Hard West is a Turn-based Tactics and Single-player video game developed by CreativeForge Games and published by Gamebitioius Digital Entertainment. The game comes with strategic gameplay, and it takes place in the fictional world of the American Old West environment, following the Western genre but offers supernatural elements. It offers the similar gameplay to XCOM: Enemy Unknown and the game is split into two modes such as a Strategic Exploration Map and Turn-based Tactical encounters, where the player can traverse a huge map and visit a variety of locations. The locations the player visits on the map are presented via a text panel completed by static illustrations and enable the player to do actions by selecting entries from the menu. Using this method, the player can interact with NPCs, do a variety of custom actions, and hire new characters into the posse of the player character. Hard West includes prominent features such as West World to Explore, Compelling Turn-based Combat, Gather and Combine Special Abilities, Dynamic Cover, and more. Check it out, and have fun.
#1 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.
#2 Champs: Battlegrounds
Champs: Battlegrounds is a Free-to-Play Fantasy-based Action, Tactical Strategy and RPG video game by Quarks Games, Inc. The game allows you to control a Squad of Six Champs and lets you go against the enemies in a formation, tactically move and strategize your attacks and count your kills. In a multiplayer environment, the Champ Squad that kills 8 enemies first wins and enjoys countless great upgrades as the reward. The Champs in the squad are al capable of four unique abilities each and are free to use their abilities and skills while combating against the enemies. With a wonderful Strategy based game-play, great objective based story, a lot of skills, abilities and characters to choose between along with great visuals and an amazing open world environment, Champs: Battlegrounds is a wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#3 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.
#4 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.
#5 Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires
Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires is a full scale Tactical Strategy, RPG and Action Adventure video game developed by “HyperDevbox Studio”. The core game-play and other mechanics of “Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires” deeply resembles to the one in “Final Fantasy Tactics”. The story of the game tells about the two most prominent races “Humans and Demons” who have been fighting against each other from a very long time. The battles kept writing and removing the fate of “Neverlands” and it kept going into the hands of devils and humans in different eras. The resent possession of the “Neverlands” left the humans in ruins and they started to battle against the demons. This is where you get into the play and stand against the demons with all the might and power combined. “Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires” provides with you a chance to fight against the most brutal and cold enemy ever, build your own guilds, gather up armies of warriors and fight against the demons, monsters etc, loot their resources and free “Neverlands” from the unlawful and dishonest reign of demons. With hundreds of hours of fun filled game-play, a lot of character customization options, countless quests and adventures, easy controls, “Spectral Souls: Resurrection of the Ethereal Empires” is a super exciting game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.
#6 Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a Sci-Fi Roguelike video game developed by Digital Eel. The game is a direct sequel to Strange Adventures in Infinite Space that takes you to the fictional settings of Milky Way and puts you right into the middle of it in Purple Void. You must explore the whole surroundings in your space ship and engage in battles with unknown enemies. Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space provides with new star-maps to follow and explore new planets, black holes, nebulae etc. and encounter enemies kill them by attacking their spaceships and loot their resources. You get to play three types of missions, 30 star ships to choose between, a number of levels, enemy types and a huge variety of weapons etc. Your task is to kill your enemies and save your ships from any damage and return to the base after completing the mission. If you are killed on the mission by any enemy, you’ll die and the game will end immediately. You can buy and install upgrades on your ship by spending your game points too. Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a great rogue-like game to play and enjoy.
#7 Dragon Quest VIII
Dragon Quest VIII is an Action, Role-playing, and Single-player video game developed by Level-5 and published by Square Enix. The game takes place in a fantasy world and lets you jump into the game world by selecting a character. It is the eighth entry in the series of Dragon Quest. According to the story, the antagonist named Dhoulmagus, the King of Trodain, stole an ancient scepter and used it in Castle. The game takes you to an adventurous game world. You are required to defeat your enemies and the antagonist to recover the scepter and rescue the king and princess.
It has a set of levels that you have to complete to earn experience points. These points will unlock further content of the game. Customize your character and interact with lots of NPCs. Control the character using intuitive controls and participates in turn-based combat. Dragon Quest VIII offers core features such as Skill Points, The Tension System, Monster Team, Fantasy World, and more. Try it out, and you’ll surely enjoy it.
#8 Demon’s Rise 2
Demon’s Rise 2 is a Strategy, Turn-Based, Tactical, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Wave Light Games for multiple platforms. It is the sequel to the Demon’s Rise game and offers the same storyline to follow. Throughout the game, the player comes to experience battles in the unforgiving world.
In this strategic adventure, victory requires some tactical skills as well as smart use of terrain and magic. The player has to build a powerful war band, command the allies, and crush enemies. The game has 19 diverse character classes to build the band, where the player has to improve every warrior with different spells for victory.
As the player makes progress, he can become stronger and unlocking new powers and skills. The game has giant monsters and lords that are waiting for the true warrior to come and challenge them. Make a strong guild, do not show mercy, and bury the rivals who come across the player’s destination.
#9 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.
#10 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.
#11 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.
#12 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.