Top upcoming tactical turn-based RPGs of 2019

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updated to 21 June 2019

2019 will be a year full of interesting turn-based games, both indie and not so I prepared a list with some of the games I’m following. In this list, you will find the most promising (for me) turn-based strategy / tactical / RPGs with a release date scheduled for 2019.

As in my other lists, I will try to keep them updated adding new games that I will discover and that will be suggested by the community. In the list, you will find strategic games, tactical games, and classic RPGs as long as they have turn-based mechanics.

For each game, there will be a video, links to their official website, steam page, my overviews, and their release date. Regarding the release date, it may vary over the course of time, so sometimes it may not coincide. Let’s start with my list of the top upcoming tactical turn-based strategy RPGs of 2019.

We are the Plague

A hand-drawn tactical turn-based game where we are guided by the Plague as he seeks revenge around a dark-fantasy world. More info

Steam page | Release date: Q4 2019

Broken Lines

Original tactical turn-based game set in Eastern Europe during World War II, full of style, roguelike elements and a compelling story inspired by titles like Frozen Synapse, X-Com and Banner Saga. Here’s an overview of the game.

Key Features:

• Tactical RPG with diverse characters. Experience the story through the eyes of each soldier as they fight for survival during WW2.
• Turn-based planning with simultaneous execution (WeGo turn-based gameplay)
• Authentic tactical choices: suppression, destructible cover, realistic ballistics, and camouflage are at your disposal.
• Rogue-like campaign structured with different narrative paths, resources, and permadeath.
• A challenge for even the most experienced gamer. A far-reaching morale system means that the soldiers may desert at any moment if you prove to be incompetent.
• An emotional story, tense atmosphere, and multiple endings based on the decisions that you make.

Official Website | Release date: Q4 2019

Phoenix Point

The ‘spiritual successor’ of the original X-COM directed by Julian Gollop. With Phoenix Point we will talk about non-linear progression, dynamically destructible environments, soldiers customizations, procedurally generated world and enemies, different factions and much more. Learn more with my overview

Key Features:

• A mutating alien threat.
• Turn-based, squad-based battles.
• The Geoscape is reborn.
• Intricate and challenging boss battles.
• Deep and extensive soldier development and customization.
• A vast array of weapons and equipment.
• Procedural, destructible environments.
• Diverse and dynamic missions.

Official website | Release date: Mid 2019

Arcadian Atlas

A promising title inspired by tactical turn-based game classics from the 90s. In the management of skills and job class that Arcadian Atlas finds its deepest factor. The system adopted for the management of classes and skills is inspired by classics like Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Ogre. Learn more with my overview

Key Features:

• Hand-painted character art & a pixel-perfect world designed by artist Becca Bair (Vidar, Dreamblazers). A labor of love!
• Turn-based battle system provides limitless strategy & challenges.
• Epic storyline and 3-dimensional characters fleshed out by writer Taylor Bair (Business of Indie, Planet Destiny) will leave you intrigued & attached.
• Grid-based tactics play style hits all the right nostalgia chords
• Retro-style sound effects & modern chilled out jazz tunes by Moritz P.G. Katz (Fort Meow, German Wahnsinn) bridge the gap between yesterday & today.
• Never-before-seen job classes with zero filler skills will keep you chasing that AP.
• Marries tried & tested classic tactical RPG gameplay with new job class customizations & unique crafting mechanics that help evolve the genre.

Official website | Steam Page | Release date: sometimes in 2019

Eidolons: Nethergate

Is a turn-based roguelike RPG currently developed by EiDemiurge. Eidolons will feature a fully explored world map with dungeons and places of interest. Learn more here

Key Features:

• Innovative ATB (turn-based) combat with unique mechanics and gritty realistic rules
• Crazy-Deep and Flexible Hero Customization
• Great replayability value in Fugue mode on the global Adventure Map
• Unique companions that follow your Orders (or don’t) in their own ways, just like real ones would
• Advanced Visibility system that makes you take lighting seriously, as it can be your ally or foe in the predatory game of stealth and survival.
• Choose from among 20 Backgrounds, lowly or noble-born, human or dwarf, half-elf or Returned.
• High Fantasy meets Eldritch Horror!
• Open-world with just the essentials – main hero, his progression, his party, their rise, and survival; no item-hoarding, romance or cat-saving quests. Eidolons offer a high-level play – the game only gives you big decisions to make, and the consequences are equally noteworthy.

Official website | Release date: 2019

Encased

Encased is a role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic sci-fi world. The story begins in an alternate 1970’s and revolves around the exploration of the Dome, a massive structure of unknown origin, discovered in a remote desert. Learn more here

Key Features:

• Encased is a modern single player sci-fi post-apocalyptic isometric role-playing game. It’s all about exploration, adventures, and survival inside a sealed territory.
• Heavily inspired by the famous isometric RPGs of the late 90’s and early 2000’s.
• The player is a participant in a project researching the technology and artifacts of a long-gone civilization. Wondrous discoveries, mysterious artifacts, and dangerous anomalies are constant companions.
• The story campaign will last twenty-five to thirty hours with significant replay potential. Play any character you want and watch the world change in response to your actions.
• The game will feature turn-based combat. All mechanics are designed to give players a large number of tactical choices, freedom of action and an ability to approach every combat situation in a unique and creative way.

Official website | Steam Page | Release date: Early access Q1 2019

Heralds of the Order

A turn-based strategy game inspired by The Banner Saga. under development at the Bulgarian indie Archean Games studio. There will be about 20 story missions. In the combat phase, the strategic positioning of our units and the combined exploitation of skills will be crucial. Learn more with my overview

Key Features:

• Turn-based tactical combat boiled down to its core principles. Where positioning and countering the enemies defenses are the key to victory.
• Hand drew line art and animations with 6 unique environments.
• Over 20 handcrafted missions with optional pickups containing powerful God Powers which provide you an edge for the rest of your journey.
• Adapt your strategy! Customize your parties stats and chose from the numerous God Powers to overcome the challenges ahead of you.
• Unique boss fights with devastating attacks requiring perfect positioning to avoid.
• 8 party members each with there unique motivations and abilities.

Official website | Release date: Q1/Q2 2019

RAM Pressure

A new Sci-Fi tactical turn-based game inspired by XCOM is under development by the Russian developer GDT. The game is a free to play online game where we can tackle both multiplayer and single-player missions. Learn more with my overview

Key Features:

• Experience intense tactical online multiplayer action.
• Explore a deep plot and unique storyline built on both single-player and multiplayer missions.
• Upgrade your weapons and armor from a massive selection of 100 guns and 10 weapon classes – including high-tech and alien weapons.
• Customize your characters with 12 classes and 160 skills.
• Lay waste to the environment for tactical purposes!
• Enjoy procedurally-generated maps, day and night missions, and changing weather conditions.
• Join clans and take part in a complex alliance system.

Official website | Steam Page | Release date: Q1 2019

ColonyShip-4: Survivors

An open-world campaign, researches, and upgrades for weapons and armor and battles in Xcom style. We will have the phase dedicated to the management of our headquarters, to the exploration of the planet and the combat phase. Learn more with my overview

Key Features:

• Turn-Based Tactical Action
• Open-world campaign
• RPG-style character progression
• Weapon and Equipment Research and Customization
• Multiple Endings
• Challenging Enemy AI (Uses Cover – Flanks- Runs Away)
• Multiple Controllable Races
• Varied Cast of Opponents
• Multiple Unique Factions
• Morale Management
• Gene Modifications
• Moral and Ethical Impact on Decisions

Official Website | Steam Page | Release date: January 2019

Guile & Glory: Firstborn

An interesting mix between Into the Breach and Golden Axe for this promising indie turn-based tactical game by Elston Studios. We will have to guide our characters on grid maps and defeat our enemies by exploiting the abilities of each of our hero and above all by master deadly traps and savage hazards. Learn more

Official website | Release date: early 2019

Monster Sanctuary (actually in early access)

Monster Sanctuary mixes platform elements with those of the classic turn-based RPG and does it with style. Learn more here.

Key features:

• Strategical turn-based combat
• Every monster has a unique skill tree. This lets you individualize your monster to pursue different strategies
• Feeding and equipping your monsters to improve their stats further emphasizes this aspect
• A combo system that gives additional depth to the combat
• Combat ratings that emphasize efficient combat completion
• Using monster abilities to unlock new areas

Official website | Steam Page | Release date: A beta version is set for early 2019 but the full release will be out on 2020.

Ultimate Adom

More than a simple restyling of the classic ADOM. More than a simple restyling of the classic ADOM. In Ultimate Adom we will find better graphics, new mechanics, a deep spells system and much more.

Key Features:

• A modern reimagining of traditional rogue-like dungeon-crawling
• Endless procedurally generated dungeons and countless monsters and items allow for unlimited replayability
• Your class, gender, race and allegiance will change the way you play the game
• A deep magic system with unique effects and never-seen-before freedom of use
• Grafting! Turn yourself into an abomination and graft your enemies’ body parts on yourself. They won’t need them any more.
• Choose or toggle between graphic mode and traditional ASCII at any time.
• “Play the way you want” – countless options of how to tackle the dungeons awaiting you. Find your own style!

Official Website | Release date: 2019

Wildermyth: Stories of the Yondering Lands

Wildermyth: Stories of the Yondering Lands is a tactical turn-based RPG currently under development by the indie Texan Worldwalker Games studio. Inside we will find many interesting elements such as dynamic stories, Characters that grow old, Unique paper style, Free explorable world map, tactical turn-based combat and territory management. More details in our overview

Key Features:

• Turn-based battles on a tile board put intuitive tactics and startling power in your hands.
• Your characters learn abilities flavored by the breadth of their interactions.
• Tactile art evokes a papercraft world, inviting your fingers and feelings to take part in the game.
• Meet new and thoughtful characters who don’t know they’re heroes, and grow them into your own legends.
• Ramble over a world that’s always different, full of really weird things with odd names and twisty desires.
• See through the eyes of each character as you explore strange tales that change to suit your protagonists.
• Tell Your Own Memorable Stories
• Fight and win, sacrifice and survive, charge and flee. Sometimes die. A good story needs everything.
• Dynamically generated characters come with their own stories and are fully customizable.
• Keep memorable characters in a pantheon of legends, and call on them again to keep writing their myths.

Official website | Steam Page | Release date: Early 2019

If you’ve found some interesting game on this list, I ask you to share it and suggest me other cool turn-based games that I will add to this list. Also, check out my list with some of the upcoming turn-based games of 2020

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