Here are all the latest releases in RPGs, strategy titles, and everything in between, strictly turn-based.
This week didn’t seem all that busy at first, but there’s actually a lot of new stuff to check out. Many are demos, sure, but hey, plenty of games to sink your teeth into is never a bad thing.
Of course, the week was dominated by Gamescom 2025. Even if it’s lost a bit of its exclusivity thanks to so many events being spread out across the year, it’s still the industry’s flagship showcase. I’ve put together a recap that should be useful if you want a quick look at the biggest reveals relevant to our corner of gaming.
As for the release list below, roguelites are stealing the spotlight in just about every flavor imaginable. Still, there are also several solid strategy titles, the demo of a remaster of one of the greatest JRPGs ever, and much more.
So, enjoy the read, and hopefully you’ll find something new worth trying out.
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Demo
- Developer: Nihon Falcom
- Release date: 21 August 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
New players and long-time fans can now dive into the Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter remake through a free prologue demo. It lets you step into the world of Liberl, guiding Estelle, Joshua, and Scherazard through the region of Rolent, with the option to carry your demo progress over to the full release.
This demo spans a substantial chunk of the opening, three to seven hours of gameplay, handily covering the first four dungeons, seven main events, and eight optional subquests.
Early impressions have been glowing, with many calling the demo a certified banger, particularly praising its visual polish, localization, and smooth performance.
Knightica
- Developer: Mad Mango Games
- Release date: 21 August 2025
- Platforms: PC, Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch
- Steam Page
An auto-battler roguelite with a strategic twist, Knightica puts you in command of a warband, where each run tests your ability to recruit and position units, manage enchants, and unlock powerful synergies.
The game embraces procedurally generated challenges and permadeath, so each playthrough feels distinct. It also features variants like undead or magician guild units, and rewards experimentation.
A free Prologue build has been available since July 31, 2025, giving players a taste of its tactical systems and charm.
Panzer Corps 2: Frontlines – Westwall
- Developer: Flashback Games
- Release date: 19 August 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
This latest DLC plunges you into the brutal Allied push through Germany’s Siegfried Line between September and December 1944, from Aachen to the Saar region.
It includes a fresh campaign, new units like field-armored Shermans, fortified obstacles like dragon’s teeth and pillboxes, and upgraded US air support. The scenario list spans historically tough battles, Huertgen Forest, Metz, and more, requiring careful planning and patience as battlefield resistance toughens over time.
Crescent Tower
- Developer: Curry Croquette
- Release date: 20 August 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
An authentic 8‑bit dungeon‑crawling RPG that blends old-school visual style with modern mechanics. Set in the capital of Mayirdoam, a mysterious tower appears once every 50 years, rumored to contain a jewel that grants wishes and a potion of immortality.
You create adventurers from a choice of three races and nine classes, then guide them through turn‑based battles in pixel‑art side-view combat, while exploring a 10‑level dungeon from a top‑down perspective. Lighting torches gradually reveals the map, and traps along with secrets keep exploration tense and rewarding.
Character progression is flexible, allowing you to switch jobs and carry over learned skills. Average playthroughs last 10–20 hours. The Steam release came with a 10% launch discount and quickly garnered positive user reviews.
Spirit Valley
- Developer: Otterside Games
- Release date: 22 August 2025 (full release; Early Access launched 30 October 2024)
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
A quirky, NSFW creature-collector with a bold sense of humor, Spirit Valley casts you as a Spirit Warden venturing into a magical realm to catch, and enthusiastically bond with, spirit girls.
Blending traditional JRPG-style turn-based battles with monster-taming mechanics, the game features an open world filled with spirits, side quests, hidden NPCs, and branching secrets.
The journey began in Early Access on 30 October 2024, but the full version finally dropped on 22 August 2025, arriving with more polished systems and narrative content. Fans of unusual, provocative titles will find plenty to explore in its cheeky, mature-themed world.
Master of Piece: Prologue
- Developer: I M GAME
- Release date: 21 August 2025 (Prologue demo)
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
The Master of Piece: Prologue delivers a free, rich slice of the upcoming deck‑building roguelike from I M GAME.
Launched on 21 August 2025, it expands on the original March demo, introducing a new region, The Blazing Sands, alongside enhanced features like a revamped lobby, trait upgrade system, commander level progression, and customizable mercenary presets.
Players recruit a squad of mercenaries, combining traits, relics, and commander abilities to forge powerful synergies in turn‑based encounters against outlaws, cultists, and more. This expanded Prologue reflects feedback from over 10,000 demo players and serves as a preview of the full game, which is planned to enter Early Access in November 2025.
King’s Subsidy (Demo)
- Developer: Marcin Henzel
- Release date: 21 August 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
A turn‑based economic strategy game with rogue‑lite mechanics, King’s Subsidy Demo tasks you with playing as a powerful merchant shaping a medieval city’s destiny. Released on 21 August 2025, this free demo delivers a glimpse into a wider game, centered around crafting, trading, and strategic planning.
It features one playable character, a variety of missions, and randomized elements like discovering up to 16 different mines and managing a complex crafting tree with over 60 recipes.
You’ll need to manage resources, build, trade, and decide whether to help the king or pursue more profitable paths on your own. Although the demo ends once the main objective is complete, it effectively showcases the game’s turn‑based economy and rogue‑lite systems.
Kill the Brickman
- Developer: Doonutsaur
- Publisher: poncle (the team behind Vampire Survivors)
- Release date: 21 August 2025
- Platforms: PC, Xbox
- Steam Page
Prepare for some gloriously absurd roguelite action. Kill the Brickman is a turn-based brick-breaker and bullet-builder with a twisted sense of humor. The premise? You face off against sentient, space-invading bricks, with your revolver loaded with living bullets that can clone themselves, corrode foes, or explode in wild ways.
Combine clips, relics, and your choice of gun to create overpowered builds in frantic, deck-building–style runs. As you blast through chapters and bosses, you’ll gather upgrades and cash to fuel deeper dives into the madness.
The game launched unannounced at Gamescom 2025, arriving on Steam and Xbox simultaneously.
Bossfight Tactics
- Developer: Iterative Interactive
- Release date: 20 August 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
A quirky roguelite that distills turn-based tactics down to its most playful core. In Bossfight Tactics, there are no character classes or stats; everything hinges on how you use items.
With over 100 creatively bizarre items to discover, each can grant movement, attacks, or passive perks, enabling endless emergent combinations.
Enemies telegraph their intents, giving you the tools to counterplay as you battle through procedurally structured encounters.
The full 1.0 version went live on 21 August 2025, unlocking all five Acts, every item, and a secret ending, released just within launch week. With its vibrant pixel art, chiptune charm, and a lighthearted yet deep design, Bossfight Tactics makes strategic experimentation feel fun and endlessly replayable.
Wisps of the Elements (Demo)
- Developer: Benoit Ko
- Release date: 20 August 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
A turn-based, grid-based roguelite where you embody elemental spirits, Air, Fire, Stone, and Water, navigating a medieval-fantasy world that’s as mysterious as it is strategic.
The free demo dropped on 20 August 2025, offering a glimpse into tactical gameplay that emphasizes the clever use of a single spell per element, sharp AI opponents, and flavorful pixel‑art visuals.
Once a Pawn a King (Early Access)
- Developer: Clover Bite
- Release date: 18 August 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
A roguelike, turn-based strategy where chess becomes chaotic and unpredictable. In Once a Pawn a King, you dive into the constantly shifting lair of the tyrannical White King, determined to rescue the dear Black King who’s gone missing, while assembling a ragtag party of chess-piece warriors along the way.
Each attempt reshuffles the board: rooms, encounters, and power-ups change, keeping every run fresh and requiring quick strategic adaptation.
The Early Access version now available includes two floors, a couple of minibosses and bosses, around 30 blessings and curses, 16 potions, and 13 meta-upgrades, showcasing the game’s potential while developers actively refine the experience with community feedback over the next six months.
Fallen Down (Early Access)
- Developer: Mercernary Mage Games
- Release date: 17 August 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
Fallen Down is a narrative-driven, turn-based tactical strategy RPG blending in-depth storytelling with card-based combat and roguelike elements. Launched into Early Access on 17 August 2025, the game offers two modes: the fully playable Arcade Mode and an ongoing Story Mode that already spans five of the planned seven books, boasting over 300,000 words of content.
The story unfolds around a group of exiles journeying through cosmic realms to confront deities and right ancient wrongs. Battles deploy strategic depth with handcrafted turn‑based encounters, item and passive management, and synergistic character builds.
The Early Access phase is expected to last around 12 months, during which the developer will refine the story, add art, expand Arcade Mode with alternate nodes, and balance gameplay based on community feedback.
SpaceCorp: 2025-2300AD
- Developer: Logix Interactive
- Release date: 21 August 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
A digital adaptation of John H. Butterfield’s GMT board game, SpaceCorp condenses humanity’s expansion into space into a fast, turn-based strategy format.
Players lead corporations across three eras, exploring Mars, mining asteroids, and even sending starships to Alpha Centauri. Each run takes under an hour, making it a quick but strategic sci-fi experience.
Stratagem Lost (Updated Demo)
- Developer: Hybrid Fiction Games
- Release date: 22 August 2025
- Platforms: PC
- Steam Page
The free Stratagem Lost demo has just received a major overhaul as of 22 August 2025. Now including the first five story chapters (roughly 2–5 hours of gameplay), the update features revamped HD map visuals, new music, enhanced presentation, and additional content, including overhauled characters and dialogue, offering players a sharper and more immersive tactical RPG experience.
Meanwhile, backers have access to a 10-chapter closed beta showcasing full story arcs and expanded mechanics.
Here’s everything, or just about everything, new worth trying out. That wraps up my recap. As always, I’ll catch you on social, and now also on the brand-new Reddit channel, which is growing step by step thanks to your support. Ciao
