UFO: Afterlight
UFO: Afterlight is a Turn-based Strategy Real-Time Tactics and video game. The game is set on Planet Mars and takes you on an amazing journey to save the remaining humanity. The humans were left with no choice but to leave after the deadly invasion and worldwide destruction by the Wargots and Starghosts. Your task is to simply to assist the Laputans who are fighting on earth in order to eliminate the enemies. In order to liberate the Humanity from the fears of alien races, you must act as the main command, use your collaborative strategic and tactical approach to eliminate the enemies and eventually bring back the humanity to their original home. With amazing Turn-based Strategic, Tactical and RPG aesthetics, UFO: Afterlight is a wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#1 Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Director’s Cut
Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Director’s Cut is an amazing Cyberpunk RPG, Indie and Strategy video game by Harebrained Schemes. The game is loaded with redesigned interface, enhanced graphical world and upgraded combat system with cRPG experience. You can explore the game world by commanding your team of NPCs to assist you in different combats to complete the quests. You are allowed to enjoy turn based tactical combats to fight wisely with more than 200 spells and weapons to get rid of your enemies. You will experience melee combat along with long range fights using different spells and weapons. You will love 5 all-new missions included in redesigned interface to give more fun of the game play. Shadowrun: Dragonfall – Director’s Cut is a superb game to enjoy with upgraded combats.
#2 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.
#3 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.
#4 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.
#5 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.
#6 Avernum: Escape from the Pit
Avernum: Escape from the Pit is another cool Action-Adventure, Strategy and RPG video game that offers a gameplay inspired by Divinity: original Sin. The game is set in Avernum, the land of subterranean races consisting of Misfits, Rogues, Brigands etc. who are all struggling hard to get rid of the strange Darkness that is filled with otherworldly monsters. You are thrown into the Pit of a volcano and the surface is under the brutal reign of king Hawthorne who sends everyone down the pit, who misbehaves, or speaks out or is not the one who should live on surface of Avernum. You must rise and form an allegiance with all the mighty ones rotting in the pit and suffering from the wrath of the Monsters. You must also gather up the people like you who have unique skills and magic spells as their weapons. Together you have to try and relieve the king off of his duties by killing him and along with him all the Dark forces, you must also kill all the dangerous monsters in the pit and destroy it forever. Avernum: Escape from the Pit is a superbly engaging Fantasy and Adventure based game that definitely will take you to an out of this world gaming experience.
#7 Shadowgun
Shadowgun developed by Madfinger Games is a super Thriller Sci-Fi Stealth and Third-person Shooting video game for iOS and Android devices. If you are a true Third-person Shooting game enthusiast and you are a proud iPhone or an Android owner, you must be familiar with this brilliant game. John Slade’s marvelous Bounty hunting Skills, a rival like Dr. Edgar Simon and his Mutant Army, all of these characters combined and a brilliant hardcore action filled game-play is what leaves you quite spellbound.The game takes you to the future and lands you in the year 2350 where it sets you up as the protagonist John Slade, a trained and well skilled Shadowgun. A mega corporation known as Toltech hires you to find Dr. Edgar Simon, a renowned Bio Engineer and a former employee of Toltech. Dr. Edgar has stolen some of the most secret Genetic Samples and your task is to find Dr. Edgar and recover the stolen Genetic Samples. As Dr. Edgar has fled to another planet known as Eve, you must head to the planet Eve, fight off all of the aliens and other enemies, find the Doctor and recover the Sample. Toltech needs Edgar Dead or alive so you’ll have a free hand. With all the stealth and shooting skills, you must complete the game objectives in order to complete the missions. Shadowgun offers easy touch screen controls along with beautifully created 3D graphics, a great storyline and an immersive gameplay to enjoy.
#8 Braveland
Braveland is a wonderful Turn-based Strategy video game with amazing Indie aesthetics. This brilliant Old School takes you to an amazing Hexagonal grid-based setting and allows you to Explore, Craft, engage yourself into addictive and quite epic Turn-based Combats and be part of the legions of finest warriors of the time. Complete the ultimate goal of the game, that is to defeat the invading enemies and eventually save your world and people and become a skilled Commander of your army. The game allows you explore a massive game map, travel to any location easily, encounter your enemies randomly, collect a number of rare and quite valuable artifacts, use a number of fantastic combat skills and tricks, use upgrade to enhance your character’s talents and enjoy immersing yourself into an epic gameplay experience ever. With a fantastic game-play, great story and brilliant visuals, Braveland is a fun game to play and enjoy.
#9 Jade Empire: Special Edition
Jade Empire: Special Edition is a brilliant game with Role-playing, Action and Martial-Arts elements. The game takes place in the fantasy land and supports Single-player mode only. The plot revolves around an orphan who grew up under the care of tough master named Master Li, who runs a martial art school. A strange event occurs in the school and the Master Li become disappear. The game cast you in the role of the protagonist and assigned you a task to explore the world, find complex quests and struggle to save your Master. There are different fighting styles such as Magic, Transformation, Weapon and Martial Arts. Play as either male or female and customize your character using different abilities. Use different items, and combos to take down your foes. Earn experience points by completing tasks and progress through the game to unlock further features in it.Jade Empire: Special Edition offers core features such as Engaging Story, NPCs, and Mysterious Lands to Explore, New Foes and Monsters, different Fighting Styles, Customization and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#10 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.
#11 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.
#12 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.
#13 XCOM: Enemy Within
XCOM: Enemy Within is a Downloadable Content Pack for the XCOM: Enemy Unknown released for multiple platforms developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games. The DLC pack introduces new gameplay elements, as well as features new themes of transhumanism. The gameplay and plot remain the same like the original title with some extra features. In the game, the player needs to manage the headquarters of XCOM in real-time, but most of the gameplay comprises turn-based combats against rogue human faction and invading aliens. The game includes the Meld (the new resource), the player must lead his army to fight enemies while securing Meld. Single-player campaign consists of forty-seven maps and introduces thirteen maps in multiplayer mode. XCOM: Enemy Within offers core features such as New Soldier Abilities, New Equipment, and Weapons, Strategic Resources, Multiplayer (Maps, Units, and Abilities), etc. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#14 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.
#15 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.
#16 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.
#17 Frozen Synapse Prime
Frozen Synapse Prime is a Sci-fi-themed, Turn-based Strategy, Cyberpunk, Tactical, Single-player and Multiplayer Top-down Shooter video game developed and published by Double Eleven for multiple platforms. The game puts the player in the role of the protagonist known as Tactics and struggle to command a rebel faction to take down a powerful corporation leading the Markov Geist’s city. During the gameplay, the player controls the strike team of soldiers, from snipers, shotgunners to machine-gunners and grenadiers. In the game, the player needs to make his strategy, lead his team, issue orders to his units, and test his strategy and effort to predict his opponent in each turn. The combat takes place on procedural, customizable, and destructible environments. The player can play online with his friends and other players all around the world to become the ultimate tactician. The game enables the players to battle against each other in multiple games simultaneously. Frozen Synapse Prime includes prominent features such as 40 Challenging Missions, Multiplayer Suite, Classic Death Match, Rescuing hostages, Global Leaderboards, and more. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and stunning graphics, Frozen Synapse Prime is the best game to play and enjoy.
#18 Arma Tactics
Arma Tactics (Stylized as ARMA TACTICS) is a Turn-based Strategy, and Single-player Simulation developed and published by Bohemia Interactive. Unlike the previous titles, the game focuses on turn-based tactical elements where the player commands the team of several operatives. There are four members each with unique abilities in the team of the player. The game has two different modes such as regular campaign and user created missions. Lots of levels available in the game with increasing difficulty. The player needs to command his team and battle against rival enemies in a turn-based system with a task to eliminate the operatives of opposing team to score the points. During the gameplay, the player can use a variety of weapons and can purchase new using his earned points. The game offers complex gameplay, as the player advances through it. Arma Tactics includes core features such as Two Modes, Four-operator Team, Strategy Gameplay, Purchase Upgrades and Gadgets, and more. Try it out, if you love playing Strategy Games.
#19 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.
#20 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.
#21 Exiled Kingdoms RPG
Exiled Kingdoms RPG is an Adventure, Role-playing, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by 4 Dimensions Games for multiple platforms. During the gameplay, the player takes on the role of an adventurer whose mission is to roam freely through a unique world full of surprises.
While inspecting the world, the player views the character from an isometric angle. The player can interact with almost 300 NPCs in the adventure with a set of pre-defined dialogues offered by the game. It comes up with a wide range of characters where the player can unlock all the characters one after another.
The player will come to explore over 130 areas, and each one offers a unique experience to the player. The player can customize the character with almost seventy items and hundreds of different items. Jump into the adventure, overcome all kinds of monsters and antagonists, choose the weapons or powers carefully, and explore more and more.