Overviews

Perhaps this page is the heart of the entire Turn Based Lovers project. Here you’ll find what I’ve always enjoyed doing: showcasing video games, whether they’re Triple-A titles or small indie gems, with brief overviews where I include descriptions to give you an immediate idea of the game I’m presenting, complete with links, images and videos.

Shop Crush Overview

Shop Crush Hides a Psychological Horror Story Behind Limited-Turn Bargaining

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Lately, I’ve really been enjoying RPGs that blend visual novel elements with management mechanics, and today I’m covering another very ...

Tactical Squad PC Game Overview

Tactical Squad Puts Six-Unit Teams Into Turn-Based PvP on Destructible Maps

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A smoke grenade in Tactical Squad can do more than conceal an advance. In a developer-described match, a criminal unit ...

Fabulous Fool Card Game

Fabulous Fool Turns Defensive Card Play Into Demon-Fueled Combos

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Defending against an enemy’s hand is also how you set up your damage in Fabulous Fool. This fantasy roguelite deckbuilder ...

Vermilion Sea SRPG Overview

Vermilion Sea Is a Tactical RPG Where You Can’t Complete Every Mission

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Many tactical RPGs ask you to optimize what happens once a battle begins. Vermilion Sea adds another problem: deciding which ...

Edge of the Blade Overview

Roguelite Strategy Edge of the Blade Gives You One Season to Win a War

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Weekly objectives, supply-based army deployment, faction-specific campaigns, and real-time autobattles define NINEHECTARE’s upcoming strategy roguelite. Edge of the Blade centers ...

Southern Lights: Broken Frequency Overview

Southern Lights: Broken Frequency Brings Turn-Based Survival Strategy to an Antarctic Research Station

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An Antarctic research station cannot repair every damaged system, protect every exhausted crew member, and investigate an unknown phenomenon at ...

Hexlands Roguelite Deckbuilding

Roguelite Deckbuilder HexLands Turns Cards Into Farms, Mills, and Harbors Across Procedural Islands

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Aquila Interactive has signed Portgate Studios’ combat-free, turn-based settlement builder for a PC release in 2027. Most roguelite deckbuilders ask ...

Tile Crawl Roguelite

Tile Crawl Is a Turn-Based Roguelite Where Every Weapon Eventually Breaks

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Most RPGs want me to become emotionally attached to my equipment. I find a sword, improve it over several hours, ...

Champion of Lore Tactical RPG

Tactical Deckbuilder Champion of Lore Launches a Free Steam Demo on September 1

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Deckbuilders usually define a turn through a fixed resource such as energy or action points. Champion of Lore removes that ...

Cloudsphere Roguelite Deckbuilding

Cloudsphere, Oaken Developers’ New Game Is a Stylish Roguelite Deckbuilder Where Your Airship Is Your Deck

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Laki Studios, the developer behind the turn-based tactical roguelite Oaken, has revealed Cloudsphere, a new roguelite deckbuilder centered on modular ...