Games like Thorny Times
If Thorny Times is your kind of game, the closest matches are Evolutio Tactics, Valor of Man and The Iron Oath — picked from the ranked list below. 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 →About Thorny Times: Lead a mercenary company through story-driven fantasy scenarios. Capture castles, manage scarce resources, evolve your fighters, and solve puzzle-like turn-based battles where positioning matters more than brute force.
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Evolutio Tactics
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Top pick for Thorny Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thorny Times.
A tactical RPG in stunning HD-2D style. Evolve through five races, master turn-based strategy, and uncover Waglin’s masked secrets in a city shaped by transformation.
Valor of Man
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Second-strongest match for Thorny Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thorny Times.
Forge your party. Master your fate. In this turn-based roguelite RPG, lead four heroes through a fractured realm of danger and destiny. Build synergies, unlock powerful abilities, and face ever-shifting challenges in an epic battle for survival. No journey is ever the same.
The Iron Oath
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Third-strongest match for Thorny Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thorny Times.
Command, endure, and prosper in The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. Customize your roster, build your renown, and discover the secrets that await in the medieval fantasy realm of Caelum.
Winter Falling: Battle Tactics
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Ranked #4 for Thorny Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thorny Times.
Lead troops in tense tactical battles, just you and your brain against the dying world. Can you save it? Manage a mercenary company, scavenge supplies, build an army. Go on a quest! Burn down a village or two... Explore the rich medieval fantasy world in a mix of LOTR, Warhammer, FTL and Total War.
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles
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Ranked #5 for Thorny Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Thorny Times.
Featuring fully voiced dialogue, beautifully enhanced graphics, and countless gameplay improvements, the genre-defining tactical RPG makes its long-awaited return.
Inkbound
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Ranked #6 for Thorny Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thorny Times.
A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
The Last Spell
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Ranked #7 for Thorny Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thorny Times.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Forged of Blood
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Ranked #8 for Thorny Times fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thorny Times.
A fantasy turn-based tactical RPG built on depth and mechanical complexity, featuring classless character building, strategic management, and small unit tactics on a world scale.
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Grimm's Hollow
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Thorny Times.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Thorny Times.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Thorny Times.
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Saihate Station
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Thorny Times.
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Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Thorny Times.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
one night, hot springs
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Thorny Times.
Haru is invited by her old friend Manami to spend a night at the hot springs. All Haru wants to do is enjoy the hot springs like everyone else, but she doesn't want to cause any trouble...
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- What games are most similar to Thorny Times?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Thorny Times are Evolutio Tactics, Valor of Man, The Iron Oath.
- Who developed Thorny Times?
- Thorny Times was developed by Aterdux Entertainment™.
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