The Best Turn-based isometric Games

Update : Day of the Shell added at rank #1.
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Day of the Shell (2025)

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Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows j Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox One

Day of the Shell is a “one-click, one-turn” tactical rogue-lite. In a shattered and flooded world, travel from island to island with only hope and a revolver, challenging and appeasing the gods.

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  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • rogue-like
  • strategy
  • isometric
  • nature
  • grid
  • tactical-lite
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • movement
  • 3d

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Sunderfolk (2025)

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IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox Series X/s

Sunderfolk is a shared turn-based tactical RPG adventure where your phone becomes the controller. Inspired by gathering around a table with friends, it is built with a couch co-op experience in mind. Up to four players adventure across the magical and dangerous Sunderlands.


  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • tabletop
  • rpg
  • cooperative
  • party
  • class
  • strategy
  • fantasy
  • pve
  • combat
  • couch
  • isometric
  • choices
  • card

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Great Powers (2025)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

A 4x global turn-based strategy game with a well-developed economic and military model.

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  • turn-based
  • grand-strategy
  • 4x
  • hex
  • wargame
  • economy
  • strategy
  • historical
  • military
  • isometric
  • grid
  • medieval
  • pve
  • tactical
  • 2d

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River Towns (2025)

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PC Windows

Solve puzzles by placing buildings and creating vibrant cities in River Towns. Each district has its own style and shapes, making every level a new challenge. Help to restore and rebuild our River Towns.

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  • cozy
  • city-building
  • logic
  • isometric
  • building
  • board-game
  • family-friendly
  • sandbox
  • relaxing
  • post-apocalyptic
  • turn-based
  • stylized
  • colourful
  • controller-support
  • 3d

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Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy (2024)

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early access PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Swordhaven is a classic party-based RPG. Explore the land of Nova Drakonia, embark on quests unique to your character, discover mysterious artefacts of the ancients, and unravel a hidden conspiracy that threatens the very existence of the world.


  • rpg
  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • old-school
  • party
  • lore
  • isometric
  • strategy
  • classic
  • fantasy
  • medieval
  • character
  • customization
  • top-down
  • 3d

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The Thaumaturge (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

The Thaumaturge is a story-driven RPG with morally ambiguous choices, taking place in the culturally diverse world of early 20th century Warsaw. In this world, salutors exist: esoteric beings that only thaumaturges can truly perceive and use for their needs.


  • rpg
  • turn-based
  • historical
  • combat
  • detective
  • supernatural
  • isometric
  • demons
  • political
  • narrative
  • story
  • fantasy
  • mystery
  • choices
  • fight

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Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game (2023)

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PC Windows

Colony Ship is a turn-based, party-based role-playing game set aboard a generation ship launched to Proxima Centauri. The game features a detailed skill-based character system, multiple ways to handle quests, choices & consequences, and branching dialogue trees.


  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • party
  • tactical
  • isometric
  • lore
  • nonlinear
  • conversation
  • dystopian
  • choices
  • cyberpunk
  • multiple-endings
  • old-school

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The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales (2023)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

The Bookwalker is a narrative adventure in which you play as Etienne Quist, a writer-turned-thief with the ability to dive into books. Use your powers to journey between reality and book worlds, and steal legendary items like Thor's Hammer and Excalibur to restore your ability to write.


  • turn-based
  • isometric
  • surreal
  • noir
  • lore
  • dystopian
  • partner-in-crime
  • fiction
  • story
  • book
  • exploration
  • adventure
  • thriller
  • puzzle
  • dark

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HELLCARD: Prologue (2023)

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PC Windows

HELLCARD: Prologue lets you try both Singleplayer and Multiplayer modes of the main game. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other gamers in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!

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  • rogue-like
  • battler
  • card
  • turn-based
  • deckbuilder
  • dungeon-crawler
  • isometric
  • cooperative

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Nitro Kid (2022)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Synthwave roguelike deckbuilder set in the neon 80's. Pick your agent. Build your deck. Hit card combos and fight through the floors of INFINITY tower. Featuring 30+ fresh Synthwave tracks by LudoWic, Tonebox and Jules Reves.

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  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • card
  • turn-based
  • deckbuilder
  • arts
  • rogue-like
  • martial
  • battler
  • 1980s
  • isometric
  • mouse
  • soundtrack
  • tactical
  • sci-fi
  • synthesizer-driven

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