Any other fun tactical strategy games out there?

[4u7umn]

Any other fun tactical strategy games out there? I'm hooked on turn-based games lately. Besides HoMM3 , Pennon and Battle , and XCOM , what else is worth trying?

[D-Black Catto]

Divinity os2

[Captain_Narol]

Here's a few :

- Baldur's Gate 3 (most acclaimed game of the recent years)
- Solasta : Crown of the Magister
- Expeditions : Rome/Vikings/Conquistador
- WH40K : Rogue Trader
- Battle for Wesnoth ( a free indie classic)
- Banner's Saga 1-2-3
- Mordheim : City of the Damned
- Divinity : Original Sin 1 -2
- Demon's RIse : Lords of Chaos
- Age of Gladiators II : Rome
- Cyber Knights : Flashpoint
- Pathfinder : Kingmaker / Wrath of the Righteous
- Shadowrun Returns/Dragonfall/Hong Kong
- Battle Brothers
- Legends of Eisenwald
- Marvel's Midnight Suns (great and by the makers of XCOM, but Card-based and totally different)
- Colony Ship
- Age of Decadence
- Heroes of Steel
- Wartales

Research and read reviews before you pick one, opinions and tastes are subjectives. I've probably forgotten many, the Turn-Based genre is going through a revival and there is quite some gems out there to pick or at least try...

[Darkclaw3050]

Battletech, Wildermyth, Gloomhaven

[Nocturio]

Try "Age of Wonders 4"!

[Terrarius]

I got my tierlist of TRPGs ready. Keep in mind that to me combat is king. So even if a game is overall great like divinity original sin 2, it can rank kinda low because the combat itself is not that great. Here we go:

S: king arthur (knights tale and legion IX), reverse collapse
A: druidstone, disgaea 5, battle brothers, xcom2, into the breach, gears tactics, last spell, showgunners
B: xcom enemy within, troubleshooter, divinity original sin 2, tactical breach wizards, mutant year zero, shardpunk, steamworld heist 1
C: divinity original sin, solasta
D: crown wars
No opinion : Banner saga trilogy, capes, crawl tactics, dungeon of naheulbeul, expeditions series, mordheim, our adventurers guild, fae tactics, hard west series. miasma chronicles, steamworld heist 2, banner saga trilogy

Reverse collapse has less replay value than KAKT and slightly worse combat, but is twice as long and actually has a good narrative.

[Sir Kopath]

Jagged Alliance 2 & 3 . Both amazing games.

[Greymantle]

Fantasy General 2

[Thieme]

Second Wildermyth, also want to add Horizon's Gate and Those Who Rule

[マルコ]

Originally posted by 4u7umn:

Any other fun tactical strategy games out there? I'm hooked on turn-based games lately. Besides HoMM3 , Pennon and Battle , and XCOM , what else is worth trying?

Darkest Dungeon
is relatively similar to King Arthur: Knight's Tale in that you upgrade a settlement with the various building, you level up and equip a band of heroes, and you take on dungeons.

Battle Brothers
this as well has that "camaraderie" feeling (as the title suggests) as you lead a band of mercenaries from nothing to hopefully riches and glory


Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
this one is closer to XCom

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
this one I haven't tried but is on my radars

You should also look into CRPG with turn based combat - the strategic side of gameplay is the same, although it gets mixed with a deeper roleplaying element and lot of conversation/reading
I'll mention a few:

Pathfinder: Kingmaker
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous
Pillars of Eternity 2
Baldur's Gate 3
Divinity: Original Sin (beware cringe humor)
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Wasteland 2
Wasteland 3
Shadowrun: Returns
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Shadowrun: Hong Kong
UnderRail

And then you might want to look into Roguelikes - in these you play a single character and not a party, but aside for the obvious diferences, the core turn-based strategy element is still there so it might end up scratching the same itch:

Tales of Maj'Eyal
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
Rogue's Tale
Cogmind
Caves of Qud
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Dungeon Crawl: Stone Soup

But if you simply want to stay closer to something like HoMM3, then:

Age of Wonders 3
Disciples 2
King's Bounty: The Legend
King's Bounty: Armored Princess
(and many more I haven't played or I'm not remembering right now)

For some anime themed strategy:

Valkyria Chronicles
Valkyria Chronicles 4

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention:

Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Desperados 3
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
(although these last 3 are not turn based anymore...)

[Radegast]

Jagged allianse 3 is the best game i played last years.

[Kortak]

Wartales, also has COOP

[Jet]

Some really good suggestions here. Here's a few more:

Phantom Doctrine
XCOM: Chimera Squad
Phoenix Point
WH 40k: Mechanicus
Templar Battleforce

[Jactar]

Darkest Dungeon 1 and 2

Ash of Gods games (they use similar combat mechanic than Banners Saga games)

[Captain_Narol]

Originally posted by Jactar:

Darkest Dungeon 1 and 2

Ash of Gods games (they use similar combat mechanic than Banners Saga games)

I liked a lot the story in the Banner Saga's games but the combat mechanics in them is quite particular and requires an adaptation time...

[Jactar]

Originally posted by Captain_Narol:

I liked a lot the story in the Banner Saga's games but the combat mechanics in them is quite particular and requires an adaptation time...

This is why I originally bought Banner Sagas and Ash of Gods I have played turn based games so long that I wanted something really unique. Another pretty unique turn based combat game is Hard West 1 and 2. It uses same engine than XCOM games but mechanics are completely different.

But I admit that games that uses unique mechanics instead of how turn based games traditionally work might not be for everyone.