Games like Wartales
If Wartales is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tattered Banners, Battle Brothers and For The King — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Wartales is an open-world tactical RPG developed by Shiro Games in which players lead a band of mercenaries seeking fortune across a sprawling medieval setting. The game combines party-based combat with mercenary management and camp customization, tasking players with resource allocation, recruiting companions, and completing contracts to progress. Reviewers highlight that tactical positioning matters more than raw stats, with deep party synergy and build variety driving combat strategy. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and immersive, with the cozy camp-life loop providing a contemplative counterpoint to the challenging combat encounters. The game supports online co-op, runs verified on Steam Deck, and spans a massive world with adaptive difficulty, currently holding an 85% positive rating from over 13,000 Steam reviews at $34.99.
About Wartales: Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
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Tattered Banners
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Top pick for Wartales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Wartales.
Lead a mercenary company in a turn-based tactics RPG set in a dynamic, simulated world shaped by your actions. Recruit, equip, and evolve your warband to survive a medieval-fantasy realm where cities rise and fall, noble houses pursue personal agendas, and the land bears the scars of your decisions.
Battle Brothers
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Shares an immersive mood with Wartales.
Second-strongest match for Wartales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wartales.
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.
For The King
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Wartales.
Third-strongest match for Wartales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wartales.
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.
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
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Shares an immersive mood with Wartales.
Ranked #4 for Wartales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Wartales.
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.
For The King II
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Shares tactical combat and an immersive mood with Wartales.
Ranked #5 for Wartales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wartales.
Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?
Wasteland 3
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Wartales.
Ranked #6 for Wartales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Wartales.
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.
Stolen Realm
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Wartales.
Ranked #7 for Wartales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Wartales.
Stolen Realm is a simultaneous turn-based tactical dungeon crawling looter with action RPG elements where you control up to 6 heroes, solo or through online co-op, venturing forth in adventures set in a high-fantasy, low-poly world.
Valorborn
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Wartales.
Ranked #8 for Wartales fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wartales.
Dive into a living medieval fantasy sandbox RPG where the world moves with or without you and factions rise and fall. Become a thief, hunter, or sellsword, survive alone or with a party, and shape your story in a fully enterable world where every building, cave, and road hides opportunity or danger.
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XCOM® 2
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Shares resource allocation and an atmospheric mood with Wartales.
Reviewers of Wartales cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Wartales.
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.
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
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Reviewers of Wartales cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The year is 3015. The battlefields are dominated by war machines known as BattleMechs. Level entire cities and decimate the enemy in your BattleMech. Follow a quest for glory and revenge. Manage an expanding mercenary company. Fight alongside your friends with a four-player PvE co-op.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
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Reviewers of Wartales cross-mention this title as a similar play.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
X-COM: UFO Defense
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Wartales.
Reviewers of Wartales cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Wartales.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
Mount & Blade
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Shares tactical combat and an immersive mood with Wartales.
Reviewers of Wartales cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and RPG with Wartales.
Calradia is a land at war, offering great riches and even greater dangers to adventurers and mercenaries that flock to shed their blood on its soil. With courage and a strong sword, an unknown stranger can make a name as a warrior. Free-form sand-box gameplay.
Slay the Spire
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Shares an immersive mood with Wartales.
Reviewers of Wartales cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wartales.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Valheim
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Wartales.
Reviewers of Wartales cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wartales.
A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Wartales at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
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Priced ~86% under Wartales on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wartales.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Stardew Valley
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Priced ~57% under Wartales on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Wartales.
You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?
Phasmophobia
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Priced ~43% under Wartales on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wartales.
Phasmophobia is a 4 player online co-op psychological horror. Paranormal activity is on the rise and it’s up to you and your team to use all the ghost-hunting equipment at your disposal in order to gather as much evidence as you can.
Lethal Company
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Priced ~71% under Wartales on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wartales.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Bloons TD 6
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Priced ~60% under Wartales on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Wartales.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Schedule I
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Priced ~43% under Wartales on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wartales.
From small-time dope pusher to kingpin - manufacture and distribute a range of drugs throughout the grungy city of Hyland Point. Expand your empire with properties, businesses, employees and more.
Hollow Knight
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Priced ~57% under Wartales on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wartales.
Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wartales.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Wartales.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wartales.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wartales.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
ENA: Dream BBQ
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wartales.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wartales.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Wartales.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
NGU IDLE
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wartales.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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More from Shiro Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Shiro Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Northgard: Definitive Edition
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Shares a challenging mood with Wartales.
Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Wartales. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wartales.
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
Dune: Spice Wars
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Shares an immersive mood with Wartales.
Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Wartales. Shares Strategy with Wartales.
A 4X real-time strategy game from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard. Set in Frank Herbert’s groundbreaking Dune universe, you must lead your faction and battle for control and dominance over the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
Evoland
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Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Wartales. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wartales.
Evoland is a journey through the history of action/adventure gaming, allowing you to unlock new technologies, gameplay systems and graphic upgrades as you progress through the game.
Evoland 2
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Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Wartales. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wartales.
Evoland 2 is an unique RPG, with its graphic style and gameplay changing as you progress through a deep storyline based on time travel.
Darksburg
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Wartales.
Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Wartales. Shares Indie with Wartales.
DARKSBURG is a co-op roguelite in which you must escape a procedurally generated medieval city overwhelmed by undead forces. Fight alongside up to 3 friends, overcome the revenants and get out while you can...
Evoland Legendary Edition
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Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Wartales. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wartales.
Evoland Legendary Edition brings you two great and unique RPGs, with their graphic style and gameplay changing as you progress through the game!
SpaceCraft
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Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Wartales. Shares Indie and Adventure with Wartales.
The Universe is yours. SpaceCraft is an online space exploration and building game. Explore a vast galaxy of solar systems and planets, mine and craft resources, design and build ships, automate planetary bases and interplanetary logistics, trade and cooperate.
Farever
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Another title from Shiro Games, the studio behind Wartales. Shares Adventure and RPG with Wartales.
Forge your legend in a forgotten realm! Farever is an online multiplayer action RPG set in a vast fantasy open world. Alone or with friends, embark on an epic journey together! Explore wild lands and dangerous dungeons, craft powerful gear, and carve your path through dynamic combat and platforming.
Frequently asked about Wartales
- Is Wartales verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Wartales is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Wartales cost?
- Wartales is listed on Steam at 34.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Wartales have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Wartales supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Wartales?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wartales are Tattered Banners, Battle Brothers, For The King.
- Who developed Wartales?
- Wartales was developed by Shiro Games.
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