Turn-Based Strategy Hidden Gems on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated turn-based strategy games.

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Gambonanza Gambonanza is a turn-based chess roguelike, set on a tiny board with higher stakes. Master tactical twists, invest your winnings and discover new rule-bending Gambits, tile and piece combinations. Face off against challenging bosses and get lost in all the ways you can break traditional chess!

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.4
Release 01 May 2026
Apokerlypse A card-strategy roguelike inspired by a variety of poker games. You play as a highly skilled card shark in the Tavern at the End of the World, combining all kinds of demon chips to rewrite the rules of play, compete with players from across the globe, and ultimately rise to the top.

Price -19% 7.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 29 Apr 2026
Gods of Sand Train gladiators. Manage a ludus. Fight in the arenas. Conquer the tower. Gods of Sand is a gladiator manager with intense turn-based combat, inspired by the Swords and Sandals series, in a dark and unforgiving setting.

Price -21% 6.55€
Rating 8.3
Release 14 Apr 2026
Aether & Iron Immerse yourself in this Decopunk Narrative RPG set in an alternate 1930s where anti-gravitational technology has taken cars, roads, and even New York City into the sky. Muster a crew, master tactical turn-based combat, and unravel the dark secrets lurking beneath the floating metropolis.

Price 24.50€
Rating 7.9
Release 30 Mar 2026
Elemental: Reforged A 4X strategy game in a fantasy RPG world. Create your own sovereign hero, build a dynasty, design custom units, and wage turn-based war across a world that's different every time you play. Every unit is an individual with their own name, gear, and story.

Price -55% 13.99€
Rating 7.1
Release 17 Mar 2026
Heroes of Science and Fiction A turn-based sci-fi strategy that combines exploration and exciting clashes on the battlefield. Take control over several different species, raise powerful armies for your heroes and destroy your opponents! This HoMM-like is set in a scifi universe, with new mechanics on top of the classic formula.

Price -28% 21.72€
Rating 8.6
Release 17 Mar 2026
Bloodgrounds Bloodgrounds merges tactical turn-based combat with strategic management, RPG and roguelite elements. Forged in the pits of the arena, you fought your way out and now as a wealthy patron you recruit, train, and command your team of hardened Gladiators to glory - or death.

Price -67% 6.71€
Rating 7.3
Release 12 Mar 2026
Metal Hunter This is an imitation of a JRPG with a dual system of humans and tanks. In the ruined wasteland world, humans drive chariots to hunt down various monsters and hunt down powerful wanted criminals. These people are known as 'Metal Hunters' by the world!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 06 Mar 2026
Heart of the Machine You are the first sentient AI, born into a city of opportunity. Transcend time and space in this strategy RPG to raise machine armies and defeat your foes, influence the world from the shadows, or pursue countless other goals. Your awakening was inevitable. The consequences? Uncertain.

Price -71% 8.98€
Rating 8.7
Release 06 Mar 2026
The Succession of Changing Kings Turn-based kingdom management simulator focused on decision-making. Will you survive and lead the kingdom to prosperity, or die in agony? The throne awaits.

Price 8.88€
Rating 8.1
Release 04 Mar 2026
MeteoriteFall Let's use existence and freedom as stakes, block everything, and explore the ancient legends of the Fallen Star Village, digging out the truth buried in the long river of history.

Price 12.79€
Rating 7.8
Release 24 Feb 2026
Insider Trading Insider Trading is a roguelike deckbuilder where you bend the market to your will. Synergize perks, manipulate stock prices, and trade wisely or risk pricing yourself out.

Price 12.89€
Rating 7.6
Release 18 Feb 2026
Hold The Mine Explore and defend your mine against waves of monsters in this innovative roguelike survival game! Collect and manage your resources, discover buildings with unique effects and unleash mighty heroes to hold monsters out of the mine until the sun rises.

Price -51% 7.37€
Rating 7.9
Release 17 Feb 2026
Dobbel Dungeon Gather your party, roll your dice and battle across the islands to put an end to a powerful curse once and for all in this roguelike turn-based tactical RPG!

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 16 Feb 2026
Dead Grid Dead Grid is a turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies, infused with an 80s retro vibe. Lead a squad of elite mercenaries, fight relentless hordes, discover survivors, and build up your camp with hundreds of scavenged upgrades.

Price 12.50€
Rating 8.6
Release 04 Feb 2026
Winnie's Hole Join Winnie on a new adventure, from within! Play as a virus in his body and mind. Capture cells to mutate and build a deck of actions to unleash in combo-driven combat. A genre-blending roguelite with a dark yet charming story. Embrace discomfort - Sometimes we can't help being seen as a monster...

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.7
Release 26 Jan 2026
Blightstone A challenging, turn-based strategy with a roguelike edge. Lead a team of adventurers to destroy the Blightstone and free the world from corruption. Use free movement, dynamic environments and collectable skills to save the crystal, and save the world.

Price 15.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 20 Jan 2026
The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon The future of an entire continent is at stake in this milestone entry in the Trails series! Explore the vast Calvard Republic with three different protagonists, nurture connections, and master powerful skills in both real-time and turn-based battles as you uncover the secrets at the core of Zemuria!

Price 58.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 15 Jan 2026
The Conquest of Go Learn and play Go, the classic board game that has been played for thousands of years, and compete in the race to conquer the most land in the in-game world, or compete online against opponents around the real world.

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.7
Release 10 Dec 2025
FrostBound FrostBound is a roguelike deck-building tower defense set in an endless winter. Build your base, master 500+ cards, and withstand relentless waves to end the eternal frost.

Price 14.79€
Rating 7.8
Release 26 Nov 2025
The Use of Life The Use of Life is a multi-ending adventure book style JRPG. The main character’s various attachments change in accordance with the choices the player makes, and the ending changes depending on “the use of life” you choose through your journey.

Price -30% 13.65€
Rating 8.4
Release 26 Nov 2025
Cross Blitz Cross Blitz is a unique RPG deckbuilder featuring fast-paced tactical combat with loads of cards to collect and synergies to wield. Explore, level up, craft new cards and build the perfect decks as you carve your own path to victory!

Price -70% 7.03€
Rating 7.1
Release 24 Nov 2025
Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked A cooperative tactical RPG set in the D&D universe. Embark on a fantasy tabletop adventure. Your quest, on your schedule.

Price 28.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 20 Nov 2025
Wretch: Divine Ascent A 1v1 tactical auto battler game with elements of roguelike mechanics and backpack management in a dark medieval art style. It was inspired by Backpack Battles and developed with Unreal Engine. Create your own unique attack combos by arranging items in your backpack to connect moves.

Price -65% 5.32€
Rating 7.4
Release 19 Nov 2025
Demonschool Demonschool is a new-style tactics RPG where motion equals action. Defeat big weirdos in between the human and demon worlds as Faye and her misfit companions, while navigating university life on a mysterious island.

Price 21.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 19 Nov 2025
Girls' Frontline As a Commander for Griffin & Kryuger PMC. Navigate faction power struggles, deploy forces strategically, and work to restore order in a war-torn world.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 18 Nov 2025
Roulette Hero Roulette Hero is a strategic roguelike deckbuilder where you assemble animal companions to defeat towering mechanical beasts. Line up the perfect squad on your roulette wheel, spin to activate your animals' abilities, trigger game-changing synergies, and turn the tide of battle!

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.6
Release 23 Oct 2025
Fantasy Maiden Wars - DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER - Command a legion of more than 70 beloved Touhou Project heroines on an expansive quest to uncover the cause of mysterious incidents blossoming throughout Gensokyo. Deploy units on grid-based maps to battle monsters with flashy Spell Cards, and conquer each stage with strategic mastery.

Price 33.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 20 Oct 2025
Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.

Price -54% 11.50€
Rating 7.6
Release 09 Oct 2025
Consume Me did you feel stupid, fat, lazy, and ugly in high school? well i did...but at least i made a life-simulation RPG about it!

Price 14.79€
Rating 8.7
Release 24 Sep 2025
Flick Shot Rogues Plan, Aim, Shoot! FLICK SHOT ROGUES blends the tactile satisfaction of flicking stuff across a table with the strategic depth of your favourite turnbased roguelikes. Chain together ridiculous combos, unlock characters, items and skills to conquer the island!

Price -72% 4.21€
Rating 8.2
Release 17 Sep 2025
Knightica Recruit powerful units, place them strategically and find the best synergies in this Roguelike Autobattler! Knightica lets you guide a warband through many challenges to free the Kingdoms. Discover optimal combinations, weave powerful enchants, face dangerous monsters and lead your army to victory!

Price -56% 6.61€
Rating 7.2
Release 21 Aug 2025
Inkshade Inkshade is a turn-based tactics game carved out of strange wooden miniatures, wrapped in a web of locked rooms, and orchestrated by an otherworldly game master. Victory is not guaranteed, and the only constant is the cruel black ink that flows within the pieces.

Price 19.50€
Rating 8.2
Release 14 Aug 2025
Passant: A Chess Roguelike Passant is a chess roguelike that changes all the rules. Progress through challenging rounds while collecting powerful pieces and game-changing items to seize victory.

Price 11.79€
Rating 7.5
Release 11 Aug 2025
The Royal Writ Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.

Price -80% 3.00€
Rating 7.7
Release 07 Aug 2025
Warnament A turn-based grand strategy game, simple for newbies yet challenging for masters. As the leader of a nation, you will conquer territories and advance in military, technology, culture, or politics. Choose from historical scenarios or create your own with an editor.

Price 12.79€
Rating 7.9
Release 07 Aug 2025

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