Games like Battle Lads
If Battle Lads is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shadow Empire, Planar Conquest and Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War — 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 Battle Lads: We wanted big war strategy without the time commitment. Plan on a turn-based map, fight the battles in real time, and lead tribes like the Synths and Ronin through fast roguelike campaigns.
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Shadow Empire
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Top pick for Battle Lads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle Lads.
Shadow Empire is a deep turn-based 4X wargame with a unique blend of military focus, procedurally generated content and role-playing features. Players take the seat of the supreme ruler of a small nation, with the goal of reconquering a devastated planet.
Planar Conquest
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Second-strongest match for Battle Lads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle Lads.
Become an all-powerful Sorcerer Lord and lead one of 8 different races to the ultimate victory. Explore multiple planes of existence, raid dungeons, and conquer cities. Expand your armies, cast mighty spells, and summon godly creatures to do your bidding. Fight the enemies in D20 OGL battles.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
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Third-strongest match for Battle Lads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Battle Lads.
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War brings you to a world of terror and violence. Four factions will engage in a brutal war for dominance over the planet’s resources. In the first turn-based 4X strategy game set in Warhammer 40,000 you will lead one of four unique factions.
ENDLESS™ Legend
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Ranked #4 for Battle Lads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle Lads.
ENDLESS™ Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS™ Space and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!
Xenonauts 2
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Ranked #5 for Battle Lads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle Lads.
Wage a global war of resistance against an alien invasion. Command turn-based tactical battles, build a network of covert bases, directly control your fighter wings, and achieve strategic victory in a simulation of asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior foe.
Fantasy General II
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Ranked #6 for Battle Lads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Battle Lads.
The fantasy wargaming classic is back! Lead powerful heroes and mighty armies into battle in this critically acclaimed turn-based strategy milestone. Level up and train your units and guide them through a gripping story campaign to decide the fate of a world on the brink of destruction.
Age of Wonders III
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Ranked #7 for Battle Lads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle Lads.
Age of Wonders III is the long anticipated sequel to the award-winning strategy series. Delivering a unique mix of Empire Building, Role Playing and Warfare, Age of Wonders III offers the ultimate in turn-based fantasy strategy for veterans of the series and new players alike!
Dominions 3: The Awakening
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Ranked #8 for Battle Lads fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Battle Lads.
The Old God has left the world and the pretenders are awakening and coming out from hiding. You start the game by designing one of the pretender gods that will compete for true ascension to godhood. The type of god can range from a magically powerful arch mage to an ancient kraken or a mystic monolith that people pray to.
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Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with Battle Lads.
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Disfigure
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Battle Lads.
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!
Landfall Archives
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Battle Lads.
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!
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and RPG with Battle Lads.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares RPG with Battle Lads.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Battle Lads.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Wheelchair Wizards
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Battle Lads.
Wheelchair Wizards is a 4 player party game where you battle your friends while upgrading your wizard.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Battle Lads.
《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.
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- What games are most similar to Battle Lads?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Battle Lads are Shadow Empire, Planar Conquest, Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War.
- Who developed Battle Lads?
- Battle Lads was developed by Burning Bagel Games LLC.
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