Computed from player tags · Not ranked by quality
24 games like Wartales (2026)
Every game below overlaps with Wartales 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: Wasteland 3, which both open world, story-rich and strategy.
- Wartales is tagged RPG, Open World, Turn-Based Strategy, Party-Based RPG, Medieval, Co-op, Adventure, Turn-Based Combat 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.
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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Wasteland 3
Why it matched: both open world, story-rich and strategy; shares 9 player tags including Story Rich, Violent 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 Story RichViolentRPGTactical RPGParty-Based RPGTurn-BasedStrategyTurn-Based Combat
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Curious Expedition 2
Why it matched: both survival, story-rich and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Exploration, Survival and Turn-Based; released around the same time (2021).
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
Curious Expedition 2 at a glance Released 2021 Studio Maschinen-Mensch Player sentiment 89% positive of 4,143 Price $4.99 ExplorationSurvivalTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyRPGStrategyStory RichTurn-Based Combat
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Stoneshard
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Strategy and Survival; released around the same time (2020).
Stoneshard is a hardcore turn-based RPG about the harsh life of a medieval mercenary: travel with your own caravan, descend into procedurally generated dungeons, learn new skills, survive hunger and injuries - and remember, every mistake can mean death and loss of progress.
Stoneshard at a glance Released 2020 Studio Ink Stains Games Player sentiment 75% positive of 35,515 Price $24.99 RPGStrategySurvivalTurn-BasedTurn-Based CombatIndieMedievalSandbox
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Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
Why it matched: both open world, story-rich and strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Party-Based RPG.
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-BasedParty-Based RPGStrategyTurn-Based CombatStory RichIndieTurn-Based Strategy
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Wildermyth
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Party-Based RPG, Story Rich and Tactical RPG; released around the same time (2021).
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
Wildermyth at a glance Released 2021 Studio Worldwalker Games LLC Player sentiment 95% positive of 18,232 Price $24.99 Party-Based RPGStory RichTactical RPGTurn-Based StrategyRPGTurn-BasedIndieStrategy
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Expeditions: Rome
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 8 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 StrategyParty-Based RPGTactical RPGStory RichTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based
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The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners
Why it matched: both open world, survival, story-rich and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Violent, Survival and RPG; released around the same time (2020).
Saints & Sinners is a game unlike any other in The Walking Dead universe. Every challenge you face and decision you make is driven by YOU. Fight the undead, scavenge through the flooded ruins of New Orleans, and face gut-wrenching choices for you and the other survivors. Live The Walking Dead.
The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners at a glance Released 2020 Studio Skydance Interactive Player sentiment 86% positive of 10,074 Price $9.99 ViolentSurvivalRPGIndieStrategy
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Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)
Why it matched: both open world, story-rich and strategy; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy.
Gather your party and get ready for a new, back-to-the-roots RPG adventure! Discuss your decisions with companions; fight foes in turn-based combat; explore an open world and interact with everything and everyone you see. Join up with a friend to play online in co-op and make your own adventures with the powerful RPG toolkit.
Divinity: Original Sin (Classic) at a glance Released 2014 Studio Larian Studios Player sentiment 92% positive of 11,898 Price Not listed RPGTurn-BasedStrategyStory RichIndieTurn-Based StrategyOnline Co-Op
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Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy.
From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut at a glance Released 2014 Studio inXile Entertainment Player sentiment 83% positive of 8,104 Price $29.99 RPGTurn-BasedStrategyIndieTurn-Based StrategySurvivalExploration
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Persona 4 Golden
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Story Rich, Turn-Based Combat and RPG; released around the same time (2020).
A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.
Persona 4 Golden at a glance Released 2020 Studio ATLUS Player sentiment 97% positive of 87,112 Price $19.99 Story RichTurn-Based CombatRPGParty-Based RPGTurn-Based StrategyStrategyViolentTurn-Based
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Foundation
Why it matched: both open world, survival, story-rich and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Medieval, Strategy and Sandbox; released around the same time (2025).
Foundation is a grid-less, laidback medieval city-building game with a focus on organic development, monument construction and resource management.
Foundation at a glance Released 2025 Studio Polymorph Games Player sentiment 87% positive of 24,163 Price $23.44 MedievalStrategySandboxIndieSurvival
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Dawn of Man
Why it matched: both open world, survival, story-rich and strategy; shares 5 player tags including Survival, Strategy and Sandbox; released around the same time (2019).
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival. Hunt, gather, craft tools, fight, research new techs and face the challenges the environment will throw at you.
Dawn of Man at a glance Released 2019 Studio Madruga Works Player sentiment 87% positive of 17,830 Price $12.49 SurvivalStrategySandboxIndieStory Rich
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Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
Why it matched: both open world, story-rich and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Turn-Based Combat, RPG and Party-Based RPG; released around the same time (2021).
Embark on a journey to a realm overrun by demons in a new epic RPG from the creators of the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Explore the nature of good and evil, learn the true cost of power, and rise as a Mythic Hero capable of deeds beyond mortal expectations.
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition at a glance Released 2021 Studio Owlcat Games Player sentiment 83% positive of 44,046 Price $19.99 Turn-Based CombatRPGParty-Based RPGStrategyTurn-Based StrategyStory Rich
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For The King
Why it matched: both open world and strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Online Co-Op and Strategy.
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
For The King at a glance Released 2018 Studio IronOak Games Player sentiment 88% positive of 43,739 Price $19.99 RPGOnline Co-OpStrategyTurn-BasedTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based StrategyParty-Based RPGIndie
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Battle Brothers
Why it matched: both open world and strategy; shares 8 player tags including Strategy, RPG and Medieval.
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
Battle Brothers at a glance Released 2017 Studio Overhype Studios Player sentiment 88% positive of 28,671 Price $8.99 StrategyRPGMedievalTurn-Based StrategySandboxTactical RPGTurn-Based CombatTurn-Based
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Octopath Traveler
Why it matched: both open world, story-rich and strategy; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Story Rich.
Eight travelers. Eight adventures. Eight roles to play. Embark on an epic journey across the vast and wondrous world of Orsterra and discover the captivating stories of each of the eight travelers.
Octopath Traveler at a glance Released 2018 Studio Square Enix Player sentiment 86% positive of 17,150 Price $59.99 RPGTurn-BasedStory RichTurn-Based CombatStrategySandboxParty-Based RPG
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Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition
Why it matched: both open world, story-rich and strategy; shares 7 player tags including RPG, Party-Based RPG and Story Rich.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition is the first isometric party-based cRPG set in the Pathfinder fantasy universe. Enjoy a classic RPG experience inspired by games like Baldur's Gate, Fallout 1 and 2 and Arcanum. Explore and conquer the Stolen Lands and make them your kingdom!
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition at a glance Released 2018 Studio Owlcat Games Player sentiment 78% positive of 35,118 Price $19.99 RPGParty-Based RPGStory RichStrategyTurn-BasedMedievalTurn-Based Strategy
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Blackguards
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 8 player tags including RPG, Turn-Based and Strategy.
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-BasedStrategyIndieTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGStory RichTurn-Based Combat
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Library Of Ruina
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Story Rich, Strategy and Turn-Based Combat; 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 RichStrategyTurn-Based CombatIndieTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyRPG
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Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Story Rich, Turn-Based Strategy and Strategy; released around the same time (2023).
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 Story RichTurn-Based StrategyStrategyRPGTurn-BasedTurn-Based CombatOnline Co-Op
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Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom
Why it matched: both open world, survival, story-rich and strategy; shares 5 player tags including RPG, Story Rich and Strategy.
Join the young king Evan as he sets out on an epic quest to found a new kingdom and, with the help of some new friends, unite his world, saving its people from a terrible evil.
Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom at a glance Released 2018 Studio LEVEL5 Inc. Player sentiment 84% positive of 11,158 Price $59.99 RPGStory RichStrategyExplorationSurvival
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Conan Exiles Enhanced
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Survival, Sandbox and RPG.
Conan Exiles Enhanced is an open world survival game set in the mythical lands of Hyboria, now fully upgraded to Unreal Engine 5 with stunning visuals and improved performance. SURVIVE, BUILD, and DOMINATE alone or with friends in a world brimming with adventure!
Conan Exiles Enhanced at a glance Released 2018 Studio Funcom Player sentiment 79% positive of 117,272 Price $39.99 SurvivalSandboxRPGOnline Co-OpExplorationViolent
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ARK: Survival Of The Fittest
Why it matched: both open world, survival and strategy; shares 6 player tags including Survival, RPG and Strategy.
ARK: The Survival of the Fittest is a prototype spin-off of ARK: Survival Evolved, pitting up to 60 combatants against each other in a fast-paced, action-packed struggle for survival, where players are ultimately pushed into an epic final showdown leading their Dinosaur Armies into battle.
ARK: Survival Of The Fittest at a glance Released 2017 Studio Studio Wildcard Player sentiment 66% positive of 11,804 Price Not listed SurvivalRPGStrategyExplorationSandboxIndie
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Why it matched: both story-rich and strategy; shares 7 player tags including Tactical RPG, RPG and Turn-Based Strategy.
The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition at a glance Released 2017 Studio Larian Studios Player sentiment 96% positive of 205,637 Price $44.99 Tactical RPGRPGTurn-Based StrategyStory RichExplorationParty-Based RPGStrategy
Common questions
What game is most like Wartales?
Wasteland 3, on the evidence we have. It both open world, story-rich and strategy. 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 Wartales" 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 Wartales. 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.
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.