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Games like Death and Tactics

If Death and Tactics is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Last Spell, Burden of Command™ and Vestaria Saga II: The Sacred Sword of Silvanister — 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.

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About Death and Tactics: A post apocalyptic turn-based strategy game. Permanent death is a primary mechanic, with unique events being unlocked based on how you play the game. And there are many ways to play! Such as: selling the organs of party members you don't like, turning your enemies into monsters, and much, much more!

2026StrategyIndieSimulationRPGWindowsby Squidnow/5 Points
Death and Tactics — Steam game cover

Players who liked Death and Tactics also play

Steam players who put hours into Death and Tactics also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Death and Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Death and Tactics.

    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.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Burden of Command™

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Death and Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Death and Tactics.

    Can you lead? Burden of Command is an emotionally authentic tactical leadership RPG. You’re a company Captain in the historical Cottonbalers. Fighting psychology as much as bullets, you must build respect, trust, and battlefield experience to bring your brothers safely home.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Vestaria Saga II: The Sacred Sword of Silvanister

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Death and Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Death and Tactics.

    Vestaria Saga II continues the adventures of Zade, bringing the tales of him and his companions to a thrilling, satisfying end. They will encounter allies both new and old while uncovering more mysteries behind the vile Margulites and their plan to plunge Vestaria into a new age of darkness.

    2022StrategySimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Fuga: Melodies of Steel

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Death and Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Death and Tactics.

    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.

    2021StrategySimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Death and Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Death and Tactics.

    The sequel to the captivating tale of Fuga: Melodies of Steel has arrived! This turn-based RPG is back with a ramped up battle system for more strategy, as well as a brand new event system that gives you more thrilling choices to affect your experience!

    2023StrategySimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Death and Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Death and Tactics.

    A turn-based tactical RPG set in a medieval city overrun by horrific creatures, where only your wits and strategies can keep you alive. Plunge into The Dark Shroud to rescue survivors, inherit the memories of the fallen, and restore the shattered "Memolith" to reclaim the lost light.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Depth of Extinction

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Death and Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Death and Tactics.

    Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements

    2018StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. STRANGER SAGA -Stranger Bach and Iskiyeld's Ambition-

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Death and Tactics fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Death and Tactics.

    "STRANGER SAGA" is a turn-based SRPG where you lead a resistance army against a mighty enemy force. Raise citizens into elite warriors and conquer challenging strategy battles!

    2025StrategySimulationRPG5.34 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Death and Tactics.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Death and Tactics.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Death and Tactics.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Death and Tactics.

    Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.

    2021IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. 93, Kuindzhi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Death and Tactics.

    Kuindzhi, 93 is an atmospheric first-person narrative vignette about an 18-year-old boy from Donbas. The story takes us to March 2022, when the world changed forever — into a space where the past, fears, and doubts find their voice.

    2026IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Death and Tactics.

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Saihate Station

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Death and Tactics.

    An exploration/horror/adventure game about the codependent, love-hate relationship between two men.

    2025IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    If On A Winter's Night, Four Travelers is a narrative-driven point-and-click adventure with horror elements that explores the stories of four characters in a masked ball taking place aboard a train in the late 1920s.

    2021AdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. The Last Spell

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Death and Tactics.

    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.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Fuga: Melodies of Steel

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Death and Tactics.

    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.

    2021StrategySimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Death and Tactics.

    The sequel to the captivating tale of Fuga: Melodies of Steel has arrived! This turn-based RPG is back with a ramped up battle system for more strategy, as well as a brand new event system that gives you more thrilling choices to affect your experience!

    2023StrategySimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. STRANGER SAGA -Stranger Bach and Iskiyeld's Ambition-

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Death and Tactics.

    "STRANGER SAGA" is a turn-based SRPG where you lead a resistance army against a mighty enemy force. Raise citizens into elite warriors and conquer challenging strategy battles!

    2025StrategySimulationRPG5.34 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Death and Tactics

What games are most similar to Death and Tactics?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Death and Tactics are The Last Spell, Burden of Command™, Vestaria Saga II: The Sacred Sword of Silvanister.
Who developed Death and Tactics?
Death and Tactics was developed by Squidnow/5 Points.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Death and Tactics.

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