We’ve all felt it, the urge to buy a new game. It’s not that the games in your library are bad or boring; you just want something new! We get it. That’s an expensive itch to scratch, though, but luckily Steam has some stellar deals on remarkable RPGs and strategy games going on right now.
Some of these discounts are truly remarkable, especially considering they’re attached to must-play games that tower over the turn-based world. At these prices, you can probably find an excuse to splurge a little. We won’t tell.
SpellForce: Conquest of Eo
- Developer: Owned By Gravity
- Release Date: 3 February, 2023
- Platform: Windows, PlayStation, Xbox
- Steam Page
Part 4X, part RPG, SpellForce: Conquest of Eo is a creative, refreshing blend of gameplay types that evokes classics like Master of Magic and Age of Wonders.
Studying a magical discipline of your choice, you’ll train apprentices, raise armies of followers, and exert your growing influence to take your place among the elite Circle of Mages… by force if necessary.
Conquest of Eo typically runs $29.99, but until 17 May you can get it on Steam for just $7.49, a savings of 75%. All of the DLC is variously discounted as well, letting you add new challenges, classes, and more to the base game for just a few dollars apiece. I personally recommend Weaver’s Realms, which includes a map randomizer!
The Lamplighters League
- Developer: Harebrained Schemes
- Release Date: 3 October, 2023
- Platform: Windows, Xbox
- Steam Page
Inspired by 1930s pulp adventure, The Lamplighters League is one of the best tactical strategy games of the 2020s so far. It mixes clever stealth and guns-blazing action, with a roguish cast of heroes to recruit and command as you fight the insidious global conspiracy of the Banished Court.
This is a game that’s certainly worth it’s $49.99 price tag, but that’s still a hefty chunk of change. If you’ve had your eyes on The Lamplighters League, consider taking advantage of the Paradox Publisher Sale (running through 7 May), which has the game 50% off to just $24.99. You can also get the Deluxe Edition for 47% off, snagging the base game plus all the DLC for just $34.34 in total.
The Dragoness: Command of the Flame
- Developer: Crazy Goat Games
- Release Date: 1 September, 2022
- Platform: Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
- Steam Page
The Dragoness puts a roguelite spin on the classic Heroes of Might and Magic formula, challenging you to take what you learn from each run and put it to use on the next, randomized map.
As the commander of an army of draconic beasts, you’ll need to learn your enemy’s strengths and weaknesses in grid-based battles while exploring the continent and rebuilding your ruined capital.
The Dragoness has a free demo on Steam, but considering it’s discounted 85% to just $2.99 from its usual price of $19.99, curious players might consider just buying it outright. The sale lasts until 16 May, though, so you’ve got plenty of time if you’d prefer to go the demo route.
Marvel’s Midnight Suns
- Developer: Firaxis Games
- Release Date: 2 December, 2022
- Platform: Windows, PlayStation, Xbox
- Steam Page
It’s no surprise that the developers behind XCOM would make a fantastic tactical game, and the addition of Marvel’s superheroic roster makes Midnight Suns a top pick. Even if you aren’t a fan of the comics or movies, there’s plenty to love in this stunning RPG.
Steam has Marvel’s Midnight Suns at a very generous 85% off until 14 May, taking its price down from $59.99 to a much more palatable $8.99. You can also get the Digital+ Edition, which includes some extra skins, for $15.99, or the Legendary Edition, which has all the DLC, for $19.99; in either case, you’re saving 80% off the total.
Neon Blood
- Developer: ChaoticBrain Studios
- Release Date: 26 November, 2024
- Platform: Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
- Steam Page
If you’re looking for an RPG with both story and style, look no further than the cyberpunk-noir Neon Blood. As detective Axel McCoin, you’ll explore a beautifully grimy dystopia rendered in 2.5D pixel art, uncovering mysteries and fighting your way out of turn-based battles.
Neon Blood is just $3.99 on Steam until 15 May, down 80% from its usual price of $19.99. The discount applies to the Special Edition as well, letting you add the digital artbook and soundtrack for just 94 cents more!
Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes
- Developer: Rabbit & Bear Studios
- Release Date: 23 April, 2024
- Platform: Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
- Steam Page
Speaking of 2.5D RPGs, there’s an opportunity to get one of the most exciting releases of the past few years at a big discount right now. Eiyuden Chronicles: Hundred Heroes is a huge game with a cast of playable characters to rival Suikoden. Inspired by the classics, it’s a labor of love built by and for longtime JRPG fans.
Hundred Heroes is just $14.99 on Steam until 11 May, saving you 70% off its $49.99 price tag if you buy it before then. The prequel, Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising, is 75% off, taking it down to just $3.74 – and yes, you can get them as a bundle, too.
LOST SPHEAR
- Developer: Tokyo RPG Factory
- Release Date: 23 January, 2018
- Platform: Windows, PlayStation, Switch
- Steam Page
Lost Sphear‘s world map, combat, and overall style offer nostalgia for games like Chrono Trigger, with a bit of worldcrafting reminiscent of Legend of Mana. If you’re looking for a game to bring back the feeling of the good old days, Lost Sphear could be just the adventure you need.
Steam has the game discounted 75%, from $49.99 down to $12.49. There’s also a free demo available if you want to give it a try before opening your wallet, but act fast; the sale only lasts until 7 May.
Inscryption
- Developer: Daniel Mullins Games
- Release Date: 19 October, 2021
- Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
- Steam Page
If you watched Twitch around Halloween of 2021, you probably saw lots of streamers playing Inscryption. This horror escape room with a deckbuilder baked in is much more than a flash-in-the-pan viral hit, though; it’s a cleverly crafted, genuinely creepy experience that’s well deserving of the praise and recognition it received.
Inscryption is reasonably priced in general at $19.99, but until 11 May you can save 60% if you get it on Steam, where it’s listed at just $7.99. You can also get the game as part of several bundles, including one with Daniel Mullins’ other wonderfully strange titles, Pony Island and The Hex.
Empire of Sin
- Developer: Romero Games
- Release Date: 1 December, 2020
- Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
- Steam Page
Empire of Sin mixes management with grid-based skirmishes as you fight to dominate the criminal underworld of 1920s Chicago.
Developing your businesses and keeping the money moving is one thing, but you’ll also need to send your chosen gangsters to make examples of anyone who stands in your way. This is a game with some old-timey flair and plenty of criminal fun to be had.
Empire of Sin is part of the Paradox Publisher Sale on Steam, running until 7 May. The Standard Edition is just $9.99, letting you save 75% off its standard price of $39.99. That’s an offer you can’t refuse (sorry, I couldn’t resist).
OCTOPATH TRAVELER
- Developer: Square Enix, ACQUIRE Corp.
- Release Date: 7 June, 2019
- Platform: Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
- Steam Page
Octopath Traveler has all but cemented its place as a modern classic among JRPG enthusiasts, with three games and counting in less than a decade, all of them excellent.
Blending Square Enix’s signature HD-2D style with deep gameplay and engrossing stories, the series is quickly becoming a fixture of the genre for the 2020s and beyond.
All three games are discounted on Steam until 7 May for the Golden Week Sale, but the largest discount goes to the original, which has an impressive 70% off. That means you can get the game that started it all for $17.99 instead of $59.99. Octopath Traveler 2, meanwhile, is $23.99, a 60% savings, while the recent Octopath Traveler 0 is 30% off for a total of $34.99.
Demeo
- Developer: Resolution Games
- Release Date: 6 May, 2021
- Platform: Windows, Mac, PlayStation, Android, iPad
- Steam Page
Demeo takes the work out of setting up for game night, providing a classic tabletop experience in the form of a co-op tactical RPG.
Its adventures are inspired by classic D&D, while the gameplay is distinctly its own. Best of all, Demeo is cross-platform, making it much easier to get a game going regardless of what hardware you and your friends have!
Demeo usually goes for $39.99, but Steam has it discounted 55% until 7 May, taking the price down to $17.99. You can also get it bundled with the rest of the Demeo series for more fantasy battle challenges, getting three games for just $51.97 during the sale period.
Shadowrun: Hong Kong – Extended Edition
- Developer: Harebrained Schemes
- Release Date: 20 August, 2015
- Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox
- Steam Page
The Shadowrun trilogy is one of the best RPGs of the 2010s, and that’s before factoring in their resurrection of a beloved franchise. If you love games like Baldur’s Gate 3 and Rogue Trader, then you’ll definitely want to go back and give these inspired cyberpunk-fantasy romps a whirl.
Shadowrun: Hong Kong capped off the trilogy in explosive fashion, with the famed city as its backdrop for all sorts of magical, technological, and criminal pursuits.
You can get it on Steam for 75% off until 7 May as part of the Paradox Publisher Sale; that’s $4.99 down from $19.99 for the Extended Edition, and $7.49 down from $29.99 for the Extended Edition Deluxe. As a matter of fact, the Trilogy Bundle is also 75% off, scoring you all three base games for just $9.97.
Age of Wonders 4
- Developer: Triumph Studios
- Release Date: 2 May, 2023
- Platform: Windows, PlayStation, Xbox
- Steam Page
Age of Wonders 4 is about as good as it gets when it comes to fantasy 4X gameplay in 2026. Its faction and world customization is unmatched, almost to the point of being overwhelming, ensuring that there’s always something new to try on the game’s gorgeous strategic maps and tense tactical battles.
Fresh off its third anniversary, Age of Wonders 4 is 50% off on Steam until 14 May, letting you get the base game for $24.99 rather than $49.99.
This is a Paradox game, so there’s a lot of DLC, but the base game has plenty to sink your teeth into for starters. If you want some extras, though, the Premium Edition, which includes the first year of DLC, is also half off at $44.99, essentially getting you the first Season Pass thrown in for less than the regular price of the base game.
Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi
- Developer: EXPERIENCE, Poppy Works
- Release Date: 4 November, 2021
- Platform: Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
- Steam Page
Undernauts offers a JRPG twist on classic first-person dungeon-crawlers, tasking you with guiding a party of six adventurers safely through a dangerous labyrinth. Lots of famous JRPGs were inspired by Wizardry, but this is the first one we’ve seen in a while that cleaves so closely back to those fabled roots.
Whether you’re an old-school player looking for some anime flair or a JRPG die-hard trying to get in touch with the classics, you can get Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi for $29.99 on Steam until 11 May. That’s a 50% discount off its usual price tag of $59.99, making it a pretty good deal!
Heroes of Science and Fiction
- Developer: Oxymoron Games
- Release Date: 17 March, 2026
- Platform: Windows, Linux
- Steam Page
Formerly titled Silence of the Siren, Heroes of Science and Fiction is a lovely spacefaring take on the beloved HOMM gameplay. It will be instantly familiar to anyone who’s played the Heroes of Might and Magic games (or any of their spiritual successors, including the just-released Olden Era).
Its armies of mecha, aliens, and more make exploring the galaxy and hunting for precursor artifacts loads of strategic fun.
Heroes of Science and Fiction left Early Access in March, so a sale this soon is a welcome surprise. You can get the game for 50% off its standard price of $29.99 until 14 May, paying just $14.99 for this fun, faithful adaptation.
Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains
- Developer: Domo Studio, Softstar Entertainment
- Release Date: 25 July, 2023
- Platform: Windows, Switch
- Steam Page
Xuan-Yuan Sword is probably Taiwan’s most popular RPG franchise, spanning Chinese history in an alternate universe full of magic and monsters.
Mists Beyond The Mountains is a remaster of 1999’s Xuan-Yuan Sword 3, which sees a party of heroes travel across Europe and Asia in a quest to return to Chang’An during the Tang Dynasty. Whether you’re in it for the lore and history or the classic RPG gameplay, this is an adventure well worth taking.
Mists Beyond The Mountains is listed at $6.99 on Steam until 11 May, letting you save 50% off its already-great price of $13.99. You can also get the Deluxe Edition, which includes the soundtrack, for $8.38, a savings of 45%. There are also several franchise bundles available, if you’re curious about the greater Xuan-Yuan Sword series as well!
Card-en-Ciel
- Developer: Inti Creates
- Release Date: 23 October, 2024
- Platform: Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
- Steam Page
Big, bright, colorful, and flashy, Card-en-Ciel is a candy-coated anime card game with hints of Mega Man Battle Network. With a soundtrack to match its poppy visuals and tons of play modes beyond the main story, this is a game that will keep calling you back for more, even if it’s just for a daily dungeon.
Card-en-Ciel has a free demo available on Steam, and the full game is 45% off on the platform until 11 May, letting you dive in for $13.74 rather than $24.99. It’s also part of several bundles, offering even more value while the sale lasts.
Fretless – The Wrath of Riffson
- Developer: Ritual Studios
- Release Date: 17 July, 2025
- Platform: Windows
- Steam Page
Fretless is everything you’d want from a rock-inspired RPG; turn-based rhythm combat, builds centered on musical combos, and of course an evil record company to topple! You can modify your guitar to suit your playstyle as you battle corporate goons and monsters alike in this head-banging tribute to musicians of all stripes.
Fretless is very affordable at just $14.99 on Steam, but if you’re looking to save some cash, you can get it bundled with Crypt of the NecroDancer for more musical mayhem. Thanks to the latter’s sale, which lasts until 7 May, the whole bundle is down to just $14.38, essentially making it a buy-one-get-one deal!
LISA: The Painful
- Developer: Dingaling Productions
- Release Date: 15 December, 2014
- Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Android
- Steam Page
RPGs are generally a joyful sort of game. Even the tragic ones still have a running undercurrent of hope under all the sadness.
Lisa, in contrast, revels in the misery of its characters… and the player. It’s a game that forces painful choices on you at every turn, gleefully demanding that your party members suffer for your decisions. The Definitive Edition offers even more living nightmares inLisa’s charmingly bleak post-apocalyptic world.
If you don’t mind a bit of twisted humor, Lisa: The Painful is discounted 40% on Steam until 10 May, letting you wallow in misery for just $11.99 instead of the usual $19.99. The Complete Edition, which includes the soundtrack, artbook, and ominously-named The Joyful DLC, is also 40% off, coming in at a total of $20.99, down from $34.99.
XCOM 2
- Developer: Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive
- Release Date: 5 February, 2016
- Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux, PlayStation, Switch, Android, iOS
- Steam Page
XCOM 2 hardly needs any introduction, especially if you’re a regular here at Turn Based Lovers. It’s one of the greats, a fantastic sequel to the already-amazing XCOM.
Command your elite resistance squad in tactical missions to undermine and overthrow the alien occupation of Earth, but remember, this is XCOM, and every mistake, no matter how small, can be fatal.
If you’re still waiting to add this legendary game to your collection, now is the time. Steam has XCOM 2 listed at 85% off until 14 May, bringing the price from $19.99 all the way down to $2.99. That’s the lowest price we’re ever likely to see; in fact, you could get the complete collection with all the DLC for just $10.02, or get all of XCOM and XCOM 2 for just $15.42. The aliens aren’t going to stop themselves!
