9 Similar Games Long List
Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Pawnbarian. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Pawnbarian.
Release Date: 16/11/2015, updated in 2016
Platforms: 3DS and 2DS, PS Vita, PS4, Stadia, Switch and Wii U
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Steam-powered robots fighting for space supremacy sounds like the script for a 1950s B-movie. As in those matinee hits, the point here isn’t realism but interesting characters. Like the related games (SteamWorld Dig and SteamWorld Quest), SteamWorld...
Release Date: 31/10/2018, updated in 2018
Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Bad North is a stylised strategy fighting game. You control an army defending an island and must train and develop your forces efficiently. The simple visuals and knife-edge Viking combat along with the jeopardy of losing precious troops make this a lot...
Release Date: 27/02/2018, updated in 2020
Platforms: Android, Mac, PC, Stadia, Switch and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Into the Breach is a fantasy turn-based battle. It's set in a future where humanity fights an army of giant monsters. You control mechs equipped with a variety of weapons and armour in carefully coordinated actions played out on super-small tile-based...
Release Date: 01/02/2019
Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
This is a fantasy war game, similar to Advanced Wars from the Gameboy era, where players take turns in a variety of battles. Computer-controlled and human opponents compete to achieve objectives and be the last player remaining.
Release Date: 30/04/2015, updated in 2019
Platforms: Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Chroma Squad is a strategy game themed around the The Power Rangers TV show. Rather than the heroes, you play the stunt actors who quit the show to start their own Power Rangers-inspired series. Rather than kill enemies in the turn based encounters,...
Release Date: 11/02/2021
Platforms: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Knight's Retreat is a chess-themed puzzle game. It's not played on a chess board, but the pieces do move as they usually do. Rather than check-mate, your aim is to get your Knights back to their home squares in each level.
Release Date: 30/10/2019
Platforms: Apple TV, Mac, PC, Switch and iOS
Spaceland is a quick turn-based strategy game where you command sci-fi troopers to shoot, kick, blow up and destroy the enemy. It's a little like a game of chess as you equip and plan your missions, before carefully moving and attacking on your turn.
Release Date: 12/01/2016, updated in 2020
Platforms: Mac, PC, PS4 and Switch
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Components: Dice
Tharsis is a tough strategy-simulation game where you must survive a doomed mission to Mars. You roll dice whose outcome can either help repair the ship or make things worse by injuring crew mates or causing further damage. The dice foreground the...
Release Date: 21/06/2020, updated in 2020
Platforms: Mac, PC, PS4 and Switch
Skill Rating: 9+ year-olds
DungeonTop SpellSword Cards is a dungeon-exploring adventure where you play cards to fight your way through the monster-infested levels to collect loot. As you play you collect Spells, Weapons and Unit cards to help your fight. Where it really comes to...