Games like Fight Life: Vanguard
If Fight Life: Vanguard is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Last Spell, FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles and Mordheim: City of the Damned — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric soundtrack enhances immersion, atmospheric and challenging. 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 Fight Life: Vanguard: Engage in tactical turn-based combat, manage and upgrade each character, and strive to reclaim harmony in a world on the brink of oblivion. Take on the mantle of leadership as you guide a mercenary squad through perilous landscapes, selecting your comrades from a diverse pool of skilled recruits.
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The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a challenging mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Top pick for Fight Life: Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
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.
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning and an atmospheric mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Second-strongest match for Fight Life: Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Featuring fully voiced dialogue, beautifully enhanced graphics, and countless gameplay improvements, the genre-defining tactical RPG makes its long-awaited return.
Mordheim: City of the Damned
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Third-strongest match for Fight Life: Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes.
King Arthur: Knight's Tale
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a challenging mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Ranked #4 for Fight Life: Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
A unique hybrid between turn-based tactical games and traditional, character-centric RPGs. Knight's Tale is a modern retelling of a classic Arthurian mythology story filtered through the dark fantasy tropes, a twist on the traditional tales of chivalry.
Arcadian Atlas
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Ranked #5 for Fight Life: Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Arcadian Atlas is a Tactical RPG about the choices people make for love and power, and how those decisions tear a kingdom apart.
Dark Deity
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Ranked #6 for Fight Life: Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Ranked #7 for Fight Life: Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
Fuga: Melodies of Steel
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Ranked #8 for Fight Life: Vanguard fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel is an RPG where you place children, each with their own unique characteristics and skills, at different gun turrets in a tank to fight against the enemy.
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Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Reviewers of Fight Life: Vanguard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Shieldwall Chronicles: Swords of the North is a gripping, tactical RPG that lets you build a powerful band of adventurers and partake in a grand adventure.
Wartales
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Reviewers of Fight Life: Vanguard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
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!
Those Who Rule
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Reviewers of Fight Life: Vanguard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?
Battle Brothers
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning and a tense mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Reviewers of Fight Life: Vanguard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
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.
Symphony of Stars
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Fight Life: Vanguard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Fight Life: Vanguard.
This is space combat with a twist. Choose a faction to fight for, colonize and defend planets for it, while also leading the attack against your rivals.
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Reviewers of Fight Life: Vanguard cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Enter Tahnra, a land savaged by war. You, a fresh academy graduate with humble beginnings, will grow to lead a grand army against a corrupt adversary. Gather heroes, form bonds, and lead your force in turn-based battles. Make use of tactics, terrain, morale and more to bring peace to the land!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Fight Life: Vanguard at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
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Priced ~58% under Fight Life: Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~48% under Fight Life: Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Fight Life: Vanguard.
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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Fight Life: Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Fight Life: Vanguard.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Fight Life: Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Fight Life: Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Fight Life: Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Fight Life: Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Halls of Torment
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Fight Life: Vanguard on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Slay hordes of terrifying monsters in this horde survival roguelite. Descend into the Halls of Torment where the Lords of the underworld await you. Treasures, magical trinkets, and a growing cast of heroes will grant you the power to vanquish these horrors from beyond. How long can you survive?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
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
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
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.
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
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The Last Spell
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and a challenging mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
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.
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles
WHY THIS
Shares tactical positioning and an atmospheric mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Featuring fully voiced dialogue, beautifully enhanced graphics, and countless gameplay improvements, the genre-defining tactical RPG makes its long-awaited return.
Mordheim: City of the Damned
WHY THIS
Shares a dark mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes.
Dark Deity
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
WHY THIS
Shares an intense mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
Fuga: Melodies of Steel
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and RPG with Fight Life: Vanguard.
Fuga: Melodies of Steel is an RPG where you place children, each with their own unique characteristics and skills, at different gun turrets in a tank to fight against the enemy.
Frequently asked about Fight Life: Vanguard
- Does Fight Life: Vanguard run on Steam Deck?
- Fight Life: Vanguard is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Fight Life: Vanguard cost?
- Fight Life: Vanguard is listed on Steam at 11.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Fight Life: Vanguard?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fight Life: Vanguard are The Last Spell, FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles, Mordheim: City of the Damned.
- Who developed Fight Life: Vanguard?
- Fight Life: Vanguard was developed by StartImpulse, Two Cakes Studio and published by Two Cakes Studio.
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