Tag: Tactical RPG

Wartales: The Mercenaries Edition delivers a wonderfully gritty mercenary saga, where tactical battles, hard choices and a wealth of additional adventures make every hard-earned victory feel deserved.

Banchou Tactics trades fantasy armies for Japanese school gang rivalries, delivering stylish tactical battles centred on knockback, combos and clever positioning. Its story plays things relatively safe, but its distinctive setting and satisfying combat give this delinquent showdown plenty of personality.

A wonderfully scrappy tactical RPG in which Japanese school rivalries, pixel-art brawling and perfectly timed punches combine to deliver one of the genre's most entertainingly unconventional fights.

Beneath Rance's outrageous antics and mature humour lies a remarkably deep strategy RPG, where every conquest, commander and choice can reshape Nippon and make the next campaign feel like a completely new adventure.

A stylish supernatural JRPG hybrid in which a collapsing Tokyo, two unlikely investigators and an ingenious timeline-based combat system create a wonderfully strange adventure that occasionally struggles under its own ambitions.

A wonderfully nostalgic tactical RPG in which clever unit combinations, interactive terrain and desperate last-minute victories turn every battlefield into a satisfying puzzle of strategy and improvisation.

A sprawling, beautifully crafted Fire Emblem adventure where four unforgettable heroes, deep tactical battles and a time-twisting story turn the Heroic Games into a journey in which every choice can change the fate of an entire world.

Mewgenics turns cat breeding into gloriously chaotic tactical warfare, blending deep genetics, turn-based strategy and roguelike progression with the unmistakable dark humour of Edmund McMillen. Beneath its bizarre mutations and mischievous presentation lies a surprisingly rich strategy game that rewards experimentation, careful planning and a willingness to become emotionally attached to some very strange cats.

There are few games as comfortable with misery as Darkest Dungeon. It does not merely throw misery at you and hope you notice. It wraps...

Console Archives Rhapsody II: Ballad of the Little Princess is a wonderfully colourful trip back to the 32-bit era, blending tactical battles, magical puppets, musical storytelling and a genuinely lovable heroine into a JRPG that wears its heart on its sleeve.