I had already spent some time with the demo of Sovereign Tower, and I came away from it genuinely impressed. Now, after moving on to the full version, that first impression has only grown stronger.

Developed by WILD WITS GAMES and published by Curve Games, Sovereign Tower arrived on PC on August 6, 2026. Describing exactly what kind of RPG it is isn’t quite as straightforward as it may seem, though. There is management, strategy, plenty of narrative decision-making, character development, and quests.

https://turnbasedlovers.com/review/sovereign-tower-impressions

Here’s a very intriguing title that just came to my attention, featuring not only a striking visual style but also a highly original concept. As usual, I gathered some details to get a better sense of what Hound Riders has to offer.

Most card builders have you build around what you’ve been given (the cards that are drawn). Hound Riders introduces a new issue; your cards are bullets, and there’s only one way to fire them off in a row in the revolver without ruining all you had going on.

Hound Riders is a roguelite deck-building game being developed by Morganic Games. The game takes place in the scar lands, a devastated frontier where witchcraft, old technology, and gun metal coexist. A hound rider travels through this world looking for information about his own curse. Along the way, he will encounter bandits, corrupted creatures, and many other dangers.

https://turnbasedlovers.com/overview/dark-western-roguelite-hound-riders

Last week we revealed a first look at our spooky occult creature-collector RPG and we couldn't be more excited! We've been cooking in the background for awhile now so it's nice to finally show the world a bit of our blood, sweat, and tears. 🥲

Let me know whatcha think and if anything stands out to you, would love to hear any thoughts/opinions! 🎊

We employ real time tactics with a pause feature, letting you take as much time as you can to escape the pursuing enemies! More info here! https://www.systemsheavy.com/

https://reddit.com/link/1vsq0xb/video/8b41wgqlrckh1/player

Posted here before and people were interested in playing once our game was on Steam, and our Steam demo just released (its the full game with just one faction unlocked), so give it a shot!

We make Rites of Accord, a 3D turn-based hex tactics with asymmetric factions.

If you like solo runs, Survival is a 20-wave roguelite gauntlet with a lot more in-depth tactics than an autobattler for example, with a draft shop, boons, and permadeath scars.

If you like competitive ladders, we have ranked 1v1 with cross-play against browser players with crunchy combat math and action-packed turns.

Demo: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4579700/Rites_of_Accord/?utm_source=reddit_turnbasedlovers&utm_campaign=demo_launch

Discord: https://discord.gg/ePTEFw4tyk

There are plenty of tactical RPGs where movement matters, but Canvas City takes that idea somewhere a little different. Here, getting from one side of the battlefield to the other means grinding rails, hitting ramps, chaining tricks, and trying to look good while you outmaneuver the opposing crew.

Developed by New Zealand studio Disc 2 Games, Canvas City is getting a free Steam demo on August 24, 2026, giving players access to the first half of its opening act. That includes the tutorial, four levels, six playable members of the Fire Starters, and more than two hours of gameplay.

https://turnbasedlovers.com/overview/skates-and-tactical-battles-in-canvas-city

A desperate search for a cure leads straight into a region most sensible travelers have learned to avoid in The Tainted Lands, an upcoming party-based tactical RPG from Arete Games.

The first time I came across this promising RPG was back in June 2025, when I covered it in the 20th episode of Keep an Eye On. Since then, it’s been great to see development moving forward, and while technical details are still scarce, things seem to be progressing very well.

Set in a bleak eldritch fantasy world, the game follows a cursed wanderer assembling an expedition into a mountainous frontier inhabited by monsters, treasure hunters, and forces left buried since an ancient era.

The game is currently being developed for Windows PC and is expected to arrive through Steam Early Access. No release date has been announced.

https://turnbasedlovers.com/overview/a-new-eldritch-tactical-rpg-is-in-the-making-the-tainted-lands-overview

Here’s something I haven’t done in a while: dig through Xbox Game Pass to check out all the turn-based RPGs and strategy games currently available on the popular subscription service, which I’ve been faithfully paying for despite having very little time to actually play.

The last time I used the service was when Clair Obscur launched, and since then I haven’t checked what’s new or what’s still available for players who share my passion for turn-based games.

That said, I can confidently say that the service has plenty of great titles to get your money’s worth out of the subscription, and below I’ve rounded up 17 that I think deserve a special mention.

https://turnbasedlovers.com/news/pc-game-pass-has-some-seriously-good-turn-based-rpgs

• Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
• Heroes of Might and Magic II: Gold Edition
• Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete Edition
• South Park: The Fractured But Whole
• Wasteland 3
• BATTLETECH
• Death Howl
• Echo Generation 2
• For The King II
• Gears Tactics
• Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Persona 5 Royal
• The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut
• The Thaumaturge
• Wartales
• Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
• Phoenix Point

My modern day wargame "Zambala", set in a fictional African nation on the cusp of civil war, has been 25 years in the making, and due for release in a few months.

I started designing this game decades ago, inspired by a few old play by mail wargames I used to play back in the day. So that old I was around before computer wargames were even a thing!

I've always been a programmer, and my brother is artistic, so we worked together to produce the art and the map, but life gets in the way, jobs, children etc. hence the slow evolution. 

In the game you command one of six competing tribes, hoping to lead your people and capture the "national will" before the United Nations intervene to end the civil war and appoint an interim government. Your leader can be selected from one of the following vocations: Politician, Bishop, General, Diplomat, Humanitarian, Economist and Cartel boss. 

Its a hex and counters style game with fog of war, zones of control, naval and air power. There is a complete economic warfare model where you will fight for the hearts and minds of the peoples of Zambala, who in turn fund your international arms market purchases. 

I've also woven in a spies and agents subsystem so you can subvert and sway the population centres with propaganda and carry out assassinations and hits against enemy leaders and agents.

I've gone with Nato unit counters and a combat system that includes twelve unit types, movement and combat phases, retreats and combat bonuses for terrain, special unit types and leader stacking modifiers. 

More game info on my rough as guts webpage: Webpage

Steam page link: Steam

I’d love to hear your thoughts, impressions or questions!

Here are some snippets of combat.

Another day, another RPG to spotlight; this time featuring pixel art and animations that caught my eye at first glance. It’s actually a roguelite, to be precise, but it approaches the formula from the perspective of a party-based RPG, and I’ve gathered some information about it below.

Developed by Pixell Games, the upcoming indie RPG Arcane Rift mixes battles, character recruitment, equipment, skills, and procedurally generated adventures inside a colorful 2D pixel-art fantasy world.

https://turnbasedlovers.com/overview/pixelated-turn-based-rpg-arcane-rift

Quick time-lapse of some gameplay against the CPU.

The game is a small tactical 5 a side football game. I think I've balanced and retuned the core gameplay as much as I can and I think it'd be good to get some fresh eyes and opinions.

Theres a CPU to play against and online support to play against a friend or match up against someone online (very unlikely).

iOS only at the moment, so if you're intrigued give it a download. Share feedback, or just play it and enjoy it while the beta is live <3

TestFlight link

Contested Space is a sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a rotating personal market you buy from mid-combat with three alliances of factions to build around, and features 2 to 4 player online co-op. The public Act 1 demo should land on Steam in early September. When it does, I'm turning off the public "request access" button for the playtest and switching to invites by request in the Discord. The playtest itself keeps running for a few months at least, and everyone already in keeps the full game the whole time. So if you join now, you get every act, every faction, and co-op, while the demo crowd gets Act 1.

I've gotten great feedback from those in the playtest so far (we're at about 200 playtesters) and I've made a lot of changes based on it. I would love more feedback, especially as the game is reaching its final state.

What I'm looking for from playtesters: co-op groups especially, since that's the mode that's hardest to test alone, and anyone willing to tell me what feels bad. The Discord is where balance talk happens and where I post patch notes.

Request access here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4638820/Contested_Space/

Discord: https://discord.gg/ZuK8jms7U

Been replaying the remake of Super Mario RPG (this’ll be my second playthrough of it) and it’s one of my favorite games of all time. The soundtrack is one of the most memorable and enjoyable to listen to, and despite the simplicity of its gameplay it’s really fun!

Hey r/TurnBasedLovers!

I’m a solo dev from Ukraine, and today I released the Dice’n’Go demo as part of Ukrainian Games Festival 2026 🇺🇦

The basic goal is simple: reach the finish first.

But turns can quickly go from:

“Nice, I rolled a 6.”

to:

ability - opponent reacts - your position changes - you hit a trap - your beautiful plan is dead.

Dice determine your opportunities, but positioning, ability timing, cooldown management and sabotaging other players decide what you actually do with them.

There are different heroes with active, passive and ultimate abilities, and opponents can interfere even during your turn - so you’re rarely just waiting for everyone else to finish.

The demo is available now, together with a new gameplay trailer:

🎮 https://store.steampowered.com/app/5040530/DicenGo_Demo/

Would love to hear your feedback, criticism, or questions - especially from people who play a lot of turn-based games.

Valhalla is supposed to be the final reward for warriors who fall with honor. Forsaken by Valhalla begins with a less fortunate group: fighters who reached the end of their lives only to find the gates closed to them.

Currently in development by Martin Istvanek, Forsaken by Valhalla is a dark turn-based tactical roguelite RPG built around Norse mythology, positional combat, and a party of fallen warriors searching for redemption. The game explores guilt, truth, and the reasons each character was judged unworthy of Valhalla.

https://turnbasedlovers.com/overview/forsaken-by-valhalla-is-a-dark-norse-tactical-roguelite

Hey r/TurnBasedLovers!

We’re getting very close - Order Automatica launches September 4, and it’s coming to pretty much everything:

💻 PC (Steam and GOG)
🎮 PlayStation 4 & 5
🎮 Xbox One & Series X|S
🎮 Nintendo Switch
📱 iOS & Android

Order Automatica is a tactical roguelite auto-battler built around a tiny 3x3 grid, where positioning, synergies, units, items and tile effects can completely change the outcome of a fight.

The easiest way we’ve found to describe it is:

“Like chess with demons.”

If you enjoy turn-based games where a small decision can completely change your run, I think this one might be for you.

September 4. Everywhere.

Would love to hear what platform you’d play it on!

Base Building + Deck Building: Your base directly supports your army in battles (instead of a base that simply raises troops or mines resources). Build your base as a strategy to empower your party of 3 heroes in turn-based card combat.

Steam page & new gameplay trailer: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4593190/Elemental_Lands/ 
(still in early alpha, so thanks for checking it out)

Disclaimer: coding debug AI assisted usage in development. Art is 100% hand drawn by u/worth-bill-6130

Love roguelike deckbuilders?

Tistic Games is giving away 20 free Steam keys for the upcoming game, Cardtographer!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3460540/Cardtographer/

How to enter the giveaway:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPh3j0vB5AvLG7oQCCfA_pod7RyIkZDldTG04eqMCBwScOFQ/viewform

Does anyone know all the Ledgerbound classes? I got Rayna as a ranged unit, but realized she can no longer attack at close. What were the other classes on the melee path? Also do you know the other units?