Best Grid-Based Movement Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated grid-based movement games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Grid-Based Movement games on Steam.

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Lara Croft GO Lara Croft GO is a turn based puzzle-adventure set in a long-forgotten world. Explore the ruins of an ancient civilization, discover well-kept secrets and face deadly challenges as you uncover the myth of the Queen of Venom.

Price -91% 0.95€
Rating 8.9
Release 04 Dec 2016
Heroes of the Monkey Tavern After countless days and nights celebrating within the infamous Monkey Tavern, our team of adventurers have spent every last penny... Their fates, however are about to change...

Price -95% 0.53€
Rating 7.0
Release 22 Sep 2016
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a tabletop adventure come to life! This fantasy solo RPG combines unique, simultaneous turn-based combat with a journey that changes based on each figurine you take into Firetop Mountain! Which hero will you take into Zagor's lair THIS time?

Price -94% 1.24€
Rating 7.1
Release 30 Aug 2016
Zavix Tower Zavix Tower is an old-school, party-based, first-person CRPG with rogue-like elements, an upgrade-able and persistent town, and turn-based combat.

Price 9.99€
Rating 6.9
Release 21 Jul 2016
Stranger of Sword City Your flight crashes after passing through a mysterious portal. As the sole survivor, you awaken to an unfamiliar land lit by stars you’ve never seen. This land is Escario. Quickly marked as the Chosen One, the Stranger of Sword City, you must defend this place, and choose your allegiances carefully...

Price -85% 3.13€
Rating 6.5
Release 06 Jun 2016
Wayward You awake to discover yourself no longer in the company of good men or a fine seafaring vessel. Treasure... you remember something about treasure. Wayward is a challenging turn-based, top-down, wilderness survival roguelike. Explore, build, and most importantly survive in these unforgiving lands.

Price -92% 0.63€
Rating 8.2
Release 22 Apr 2016
The Quest The Quest is a beautifully hand-drawn open world role playing game with old school grid-based movement, turn based combat and intricate quests. Explore a huge world, full of challenging mysteries and dangerous monsters!

Price -50% 4.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 19 Feb 2016
XCOM® 2 XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

Price -95% 2.49€
Rating 8.4
Release 04 Feb 2016
ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) ADOM (Ancient Domains Of Mystery) is one of the most successful roguelike games ever created, boasting a brilliant mix of story, RPG, exploration, and intensely strategic & flexible combat. The Steam version adds various features like achievements, difficulty level customization & play modes.

Price -97% 0.59€
Rating 8.1
Release 16 Nov 2015
The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians - Enhanced Edition In this tactical combat & dungeon crawler mash-up, explore a massive dungeon, full of danger, mystery and secrets. Fight your way through hordes of enemies and powerful creatures, with your tank, healer & damage dealers party.

Price 19.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 06 Nov 2015
Chip's Challenge 1 Before Chip can join the Bit Busters computer club and hang out with the girl of his dreams, Melinda the Mental Marvel, he must solve all 144 challenging puzzles. Your bird's-eye view can help Chip rush through the puzzles and mazes before he's deleted by monsters, traps and the passage of time.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.4
Release 28 May 2015
Avernum 2: Crystal Souls Huge indie fantasy role-playing adventure in a massive, underground land. Packed with over 100 towns and dungeons and an epic story. Fight to complete up to three distinct game-winning quests. Master over 60 spells and abilities. Hunt for hundreds of magical artifacts. Over 50 hours of gameplay.

Price -78% 4.40€
Rating 8.3
Release 14 Jan 2015
NEO Scavenger NEO Scavenger is a game where you must survive in the wasteland long enough to figure out who you are. Each turn, you must decide where to go, how to scavenge for supplies, and how to deal with anything and anyone you encounter.

Price -83% 2.59€
Rating 8.7
Release 15 Dec 2014
About Love, Hate and the other ones About Love, Hate and the other ones is a puzzle game, in which you influence your surroundings by the force of Hate and the power of Love. Find a way through caves and ice, castles and factories, all by the might of your puzzling!

Price -78% 1.76€
Rating 8.5
Release 12 Dec 2014
Dungeonmans Crush monsters and get loots in the classic turn-based style of deep dungeons and high adventure! Grow the Dungeonmans Academy, a bastion of learning that expands as you play. Serious gameplay with a light-hearted atmosphere, combining the feel of history's great RPGs and dice-slinging adventures around the tabletop.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 09 Dec 2014
Sproggiwood Bring civilization to Sproggiwood, a story-driven, turn-based roguelike set in a humorous world inspired by Finnish mythology. Grow your civilization and plunder procedural dungeons with six unique classes. Outsmart mischievous monsters who work together in unexpected ways. No two dungeon dives are alike.

Price -94% 1.02€
Rating 7.6
Release 24 Oct 2014
Pox Nora Delve into classic turn-based strategy gaming with elements of table top miniatures, fantasy RPG and TCG style gameplay all wrapped into one.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 15 Oct 2014
Legend of Grimrock 2 Legend of Grimrock 2 is a dungeon crawling role playing game with a modern execution but an oldschool heart. A group of four prisoners have shipwrecked on the secluded Isle of Nex. The island is filled with ancient crumbled ruins, mysterious shrines and a vast underground network of dungeons.

Price -79% 5.02€
Rating 8.7
Release 15 Oct 2014
Shattered Planet Explore a dangerous planet that's different every time and try to survive! The Galactic Union's job for you is clear: research the alien wildlife -- for science! However, in this case, researching may include lasers, explosions, hungry aliens, space sushi, and other similarly delicious-or-terrifying hazards.

Price -93% 1.18€
Rating 6.6
Release 03 Jul 2014
Talisman: Digital Classic Edition The complete 4th Edition experience of the classic fantasy adventure board game, Talisman. On your travels, you will need strength, courage and some good dice rolls to survive the dangers you face and beat your opponents to the centre of the board!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.7
Release 25 Feb 2014
Might & Magic X - Legacy After a decade, a Might & Magic® RPG is back with both the unique core formula and a new set of improved and fine-tuned features. The best RPG of its class!In the wake of the spectacular events in Might & Magic® Heroes® VI, you will play in a party of four adventurers entangled in intrigue and political machinations unfolding in...

Price 29.99€
Rating 6.5
Release 23 Jan 2014
Wizardry 8 A New Wizardry for a New GenerationThe universe is in the throes of violent upheaval and change. Vast and mysterious forces are preparing for the final confrontation. A small group of heroes from distant lands must plunge into the heart of the maelstrom, to uncover long-forgotten secrets, and bring about a new era.

Price -52% 4.87€
Rating 8.5
Release 10 Sep 2013
Legend of Grimrock Use the Dungeon Editor to build entirely new adventures and challenges for other players to solve.

Price -95% 0.80€
Rating 9.1
Release 11 Apr 2012
Avernum: Escape From the Pit Avernum is a land underground, a subterranean nation full of rogues, misfits, and brigands, struggling for survival in the monster-infested darkness. Hunt for glory, treasure, and justice in the underworld. Fight for survival, freedom, and even vengeance in the epic indie cult-classic.

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.7
Release 11 Apr 2012