Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus on things players said about it rather than on our opinion of what feels alike. Each entry shows what it matched on, so you can throw out the ones matching on the part you did not care about.
The short version
- Closest match: The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos, which both story-rich, atmospheric, strategy and difficult.
- Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is tagged Warhammer 40K, Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics, Games Workshop, Turn-Based Combat, Sci-fi, Great Soundtrack, Turn-Based by Steam players. Those tags are what the matching runs on.
- 24 games qualify, each with at least fifty player reviews behind its sentiment figure.
- 1 are from the same studio: IXION.
How these were matched
Steam tags carry the most weight, because players apply them and they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Souls-like, Atmospheric and Cozy exist as tags and as nothing else, which is exactly the vocabulary this question needs. Formal genres count for less, themes and a shared studio for more.
Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are thrown out before matching. Nearly everything is tagged Singleplayer, so matching on it is matching on nothing. That cutoff is computed from the catalogue rather than fixed, so it moves as the catalogue grows.
All 24, closest first
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The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 12 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based Tactics and Turn-Based; released around the same time (2020).
Step into the wacky heroic fantasy universe of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Lead a team of unlikely and clumsy heroes in an epic and challenging tactical RPG. Live an adventure filled with humor, surprises and silly encounters.
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos at a glance Released 2020 Studio Artefacts Studio Player sentiment 87% positive of 8,064 Price $5.24 RPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based StrategyCharacter CustomizationDungeon CrawlerIndie
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BATTLETECH
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich, strategy and difficult; shares 12 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics and Turn-Based; released around the same time (2018).
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
BATTLETECH at a glance Released 2018 Studio Harebrained Schemes Player sentiment 84% positive of 33,142 Price $39.99 StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedSci-fiTurn-Based StrategyTacticalRobotsCharacter Customization
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Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 10 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Story Rich; released around the same time (2015).
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition is the capstone title in Harebrained Schemes' Shadowrun series - and now includes the all-new, 6+ hr Shadows of Hong Kong Bonus Campaign. Experience the most impressive Shadowrun RPG yet, hailed as one of the best cRPG / strategy games of 2015!
Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Extended Edition at a glance Released 2015 Studio Harebrained Schemes Player sentiment 87% positive of 4,839 Price $19.99 RPGTurn-BasedStory RichStrategyIndieTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatSci-fi
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Blackguards
Why it matched: both story-rich, strategy and difficult; shares 11 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy; released around the same time (2014).
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor, but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards, a new turn-based strategy RPG, explores this very question. You will discover over 180 unique hex-based battlegrounds within a dark and mature story of crime, drugs, and murder.
Blackguards at a glance Released 2014 Studio Daedalic Entertainment Player sentiment 62% positive of 3,917 Price $0.99 RPGTurn-BasedStrategyTacticalIndieTurn-Based StrategyCharacter CustomizationTurn-Based Tactics
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Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Story Rich; released around the same time (2014).
Harebrained Schemes' biggest Shadowrun game to date, and the definitive Shadowrun RPG experience available on PC. Now a standalone title with tons of new content & improvements!
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut at a glance Released 2014 Studio Harebrained Schemes Player sentiment 89% positive of 6,570 Price $14.99 RPGTurn-BasedStory RichStrategySci-fiTacticalIndieTurn-Based Tactics
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XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Why it matched: both science fiction, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Turn-Based Strategy, Tactical and Strategy.
The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!
XCOM: Enemy Unknown at a glance Released 2012 Studio Firaxis Games Player sentiment 93% positive of 58,594 Price $14.99 Turn-Based StrategyTacticalStrategySci-fiTurn-BasedTurn-Based TacticsCharacter CustomizationDifficult
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Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Warhammer 40K, Turn-Based Strategy and Turn-Based Tactics; released around the same time (2022).
Lead humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters.
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters at a glance Released 2022 Studio Complex Games Player sentiment 77% positive of 14,719 Price $44.99 Warhammer 40KTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTacticalStrategyCharacter CustomizationTurn-Based CombatStory Rich
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Final Fantasy XIII
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Great Soundtrack and Story Rich.
Final Fantasy XIII is a fantasy RPG in which a band of brave humans struggle against fate in the utopian sky city of Cocoon and the primeval world of Pulse. Follow stylish heroine Lightning's fast paced battles and high adventure in a mysterious new world.
Final Fantasy XIII at a glance Released 2009 Studio Square Enix Player sentiment 75% positive of 19,914 Price $15.99 RPGGreat SoundtrackStory RichSci-fiTurn-Based CombatTurn-BasedStrategyDifficult
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Invisible, Inc.
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Difficult, Turn-Based Tactics and Strategy; released around the same time (2015).
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
Invisible, Inc. at a glance Released 2015 Studio Klei Entertainment Player sentiment 91% positive of 5,778 Price $19.99 DifficultTurn-Based TacticsStrategySci-fiTacticalTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based Combat
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Library Of Ruina
Why it matched: both story-rich, strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Story Rich, Strategy and Difficult; released around the same time (2021).
"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.
Library Of Ruina at a glance Released 2021 Studio ProjectMoon Player sentiment 94% positive of 44,826 Price $29.99 Story RichStrategyDifficultTurn-Based CombatGreat SoundtrackIndieTurn-BasedTurn-Based Strategy
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Expeditions: Rome
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Strategy and Turn-Based Strategy; released around the same time (2022).
Determine the destiny of Rome as you conquer foreign lands and navigate political intrigue in this turn-based RPG. Directly fight with your party of Praetorians, guide your legion to victory, and choose your own path in a story where every decision matters. How will you shape the future of Rome?
Expeditions: Rome at a glance Released 2022 Studio Logic Artists Player sentiment 87% positive of 6,755 Price $44.99 RPGStrategyTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTacticalStory RichTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based
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Wasteland 3
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Character Customization, Story Rich and RPG; released around the same time (2020).
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
Wasteland 3 at a glance Released 2020 Studio inXile Entertainment Player sentiment 85% positive of 22,363 Price $39.99 Character CustomizationStory RichRPGTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based CombatSci-fi
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SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Turn-Based Tactics, RPG and Robots; released around the same time (2019).
Beyond creation, four eras come together as one! Discover the latest entry in this iconic Tactical RPG series. Form your own team of SD Gundams and deploy for battle -- with units from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, SEED, 00, and Iron-Blooded Orphans!
SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS at a glance Released 2019 Studio TOM CREATE Player sentiment 82% positive of 8,175 Price $19.99 Turn-Based TacticsRPGRobotsCharacter CustomizationTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategySci-fiStory Rich
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The Last Remnant
Why it matched: both story-rich, strategy and difficult; shares 10 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Great Soundtrack.
Mitra, yama, qsiti, sovani... These four races exist in one world. A world filled with Remnants — mysterious artifacts from an ancient era. Who created the Remnant? How long ago? And for what purpose? With these questions left unanswered, the Remnants became beneficial tools used for the good of civilization. The world was at peace...
The Last Remnant at a glance Released 2009 Studio Square Enix Player sentiment 81% positive of 4,135 Price Not listed RPGTurn-BasedGreat SoundtrackTurn-Based StrategyStory RichStrategyTurn-Based TacticsDifficult
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Into the Breach
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and Indie; released around the same time (2018).
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
Into the Breach at a glance Released 2018 Studio Subset Games Player sentiment 94% positive of 22,246 Price $14.99 StrategyTurn-Based StrategyIndieTurn-Based TacticsTurn-BasedSci-fiTurn-Based CombatTactical
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Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Why it matched: both science fiction and strategy; shares 10 player tags including Strategy, Warhammer 40K and Turn-Based Strategy; released around the same time (2018).
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War at a glance Released 2018 Studio Proxy Studios Player sentiment 82% positive of 18,647 Price $39.99 StrategyWarhammer 40KTurn-Based StrategyTurn-BasedSci-fiTurn-Based TacticsTacticalTurn-Based Combat
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Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Why it matched: both science fiction, story-rich and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Character Customization, Story Rich and Turn-Based Strategy.
Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader at a glance Released 2023 Studio Owlcat Games Player sentiment 88% positive of 47,744 Price $49.99 Character CustomizationStory RichTurn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsStrategyRPGTurn-BasedWarhammer 40K
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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Why it matched: both atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, RPG and Turn-Based Combat; released around the same time (2018).
A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden at a glance Released 2018 Studio The Bearded Ladies Player sentiment 90% positive of 20,534 Price $34.99 StrategyRPGTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based TacticsTacticalTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyDifficult
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The Banner Saga
Why it matched: both story-rich, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy; released around the same time (2014).
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
The Banner Saga at a glance Released 2014 Studio Stoic Player sentiment 89% positive of 15,950 Price $24.99 RPGTurn-BasedStrategyIndieTacticalTurn-Based StrategyStory RichGreat Soundtrack
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Xenonauts
Why it matched: both science fiction, atmospheric and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based Tactics and Turn-Based Combat; released around the same time (2014).
Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.
Xenonauts at a glance Released 2014 Studio Goldhawk Interactive Player sentiment 87% positive of 5,069 Price $24.99 Turn-Based StrategyTurn-Based TacticsTurn-Based CombatStrategyTacticalSci-fiIndieTurn-Based
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X-COM: UFO Defense
Why it matched: both science fiction, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 7 player tags including Strategy, Turn-Based Strategy and Sci-fi.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
X-COM: UFO Defense at a glance Released 2008 Studio MicroProse Software, Inc Player sentiment 95% positive of 3,992 Price $4.99 StrategyTurn-Based StrategySci-fiTurn-BasedTacticalTurn-Based TacticsDifficult
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IXION
Why it matched: made by the same studio, Bulwark Studios; both science fiction, story-rich, atmospheric, strategy and difficult; shares 3 player tags including Strategy, Difficult and Indie; released around the same time (2022).
IXION is an unrelenting, city-building odyssey across the stars. As Administrator of the Tiqqun, DOLOS’ prototype space station, you are tasked with balancing preservation and exploration as you manage infrastructure, resources and crew. Can you keep the flame of humanity alight in the cold dark?
IXION at a glance Released 2022 Studio Bulwark Studios Player sentiment 79% positive of 17,614 Price $10.49 StrategyDifficultIndie
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Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 9 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy; released around the same time (2015).
Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition at a glance Released 2015 Studio Larian Studios Player sentiment 89% positive of 32,922 Price $39.99 RPGTurn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based CombatStory RichCharacter CustomizationIndieTurn-Based Strategy
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Gloomhaven
Why it matched: both strategy and difficult; shares 9 player tags including Turn-Based Combat, Turn-Based Strategy and Strategy; released around the same time (2021).
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
Gloomhaven at a glance Released 2021 Studio Flaming Fowl Studios Player sentiment 82% positive of 16,097 Price $34.99 Turn-Based CombatTurn-Based StrategyStrategyDifficultRPGTacticalTurn-Based TacticsBoard Game
Common questions
What game is most like Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus?
The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos, on the evidence we have. It both story-rich, atmospheric, strategy and difficult. That is a statement about overlap, not a promise you will like it as much: two games can share every tag and still feel different to play.
How is "similar to Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus" decided?
By overlap on the tags Steam players applied to each game, the formal genres, the themes both sit in, and whether the same studio made them. Tags carry the most weight because players write them, so they describe how a game feels rather than how it was filed. Tags carried by more than a third of the catalogue are ignored: matching on "Singleplayer" is matching on nothing. Every entry below shows exactly what it matched on.
Are these ranked by quality?
No. They are ordered by how much they overlap with Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. Where two games overlap equally, the better received one goes first, but that only moves a game a place or two. Each entry shows its own player sentiment so you can weigh that separately.
What else did the makers of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus do?
IXION is also from Bulwark Studios, and appears in the list below for that reason as well as on tag overlap.
Do you get paid for these recommendations?
No. The order is computed from tag and genre overlap and nothing else. No placement here can be bought, and a game appearing high on this page is a statement about resemblance rather than an endorsement.