Depending on your sensibilities, The Bearded Ladies’ Mutant Year Zero might not qualify for this list. It’s a turn-based tactics game in the vein of XCOM, but introduces real-time exploration elements ...

The first time I played developer Overhype Studio's first game, the ruthless Battle Brothers, my plucky crew of medieval soldiers got immediately beaten to death by bandits while trying to complete ...

In my seemingly never-ending quest to find that one perfect turn-based tactics or RPG game that will satisfy that strategy itch, I am constantly looking for upcoming games that have promise. It’s ...

The beauty of turn-based strategy lies in how it forces players to stop, think and adjust. Every action carries consequence. Every turn is a test of foresight and restraint. While some games focus on ...

He has been covering games professionally since 2021, with experience writing features, lists, reviews, and news across gaming, tech, culture, and entertainment. Strategy games are one of gaming's ...

On the Nintendo Switch, there are so many great new turn-based strategy games out there right now! Enough to inspire me to write a whole list of them. I’ve put together the top five turn-based ...

Turn-based strategy is entering a new golden age as GCML highlights the genre’s top ten icons sourced from across the internet and gaming communities. From the tactical grit of XCOM to the historical ...

Playing Day of the Shell, I'm struck with a desire to see more games like it. The new roguelike from indie developer Duper Games has all the grid-based, turn-based tactics of XCOM, but trades out the ...

The Red Cathedral is a digital version from the awarded board game with a heavy dose of strategy and turn-based mechanics. Tsar Ivan the Terrible has ordered the construction of a cathedral in honor ...

In Crownlings, you take control of your faction of choice, red or blue. From there you pick your forces from a deck of cards ...

Othercide is one of those games that's been on my backlog for too long. The turn-based tactics game is wonderfully stylish and seems to serve up the exact type of head-scratching combat I crave. Now, ...

Some strategy games, like Quasimorph, offer immediately challenging gameplay with little room for easy victories. Games like XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Darkest Dungeon ...