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Here are our hand-picked short list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Ikenfell. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Ikenfell.
Release Date: 24/04/2020, updated in 2021
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Release Date: 03/02/2021, updated in 2022
Out Now: PC, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
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Release Date: 20/04/1990, updated in 2023
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, Android, DS, GBA, GameCube, Switch, Wii, Wii U and iOS
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Fire Emblem Engage is a series of strategy games where you help an ensemble cast of characters fight off evil. You gather heroes, unlock weapons and special abilities to aid your fight in tactical turn-based combat. It's not just a tactics game though,...
Release Date: 27/02/2018, updated in 2020
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, Stadia, Switch and iOS
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead, Grid, Hand-Made and Pixels
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: 30/04/2015, updated in 2019
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Components: 2D Overhead and Grid
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: 09/12/2010, updated in 2018
Out Now: DS, PC, PS3, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
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Here are our hand-picked long list of similar games; the perfect thing to play next if you enjoyed Ikenfell. We don't use automatic matching, instead, we hand-pick games that are good to play if you have enjoyed Ikenfell.
Release Date: 05/10/2021
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person, Cartoon and Hand-Made
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is a role-play adventure where you save the world from a colourless darkness. Unusually, battles are won through listening and conversation rather than traditional attacks. It combines the excitement and...
Release Date: 20/07/2021
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Side-On and Hand-Made
Cris Tales is a role-playing game where you see how your actions in the present affect the past and future. You play as Crisbell in a cartoon-looking adventure through four Kingdoms in a bid to stop the powerful Time Empress and rewrite the future of...
Release Date: 11/08/2000, updated in 2020
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, DS, GameCube, Switch, Wii and Wii U
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Hand-Made
Paper Mario is a role-play game featuring Mario and other Nintendo characters. Although cute and cartoon-like in appearance, these games are known for the quality of writing and the well balanced and enjoyable turn-based combat.
Release Date: 20/09/1996, updated in 2022
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS, DS, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Skill Rating: 14+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
Persona 5 (also known as Shin Megami Tensei: Persona) is the latest game in a series of role-playing games that focus on a group of students. You explore the world and take on enemies like other role play games. Here though, you manage relationships...
Release Date: 13/06/2019
Out Now: Switch
Components: 2D Overhead and Pixels
Cadence of Hyrule is a Zelda-infused version of a popular rhythm-action indie game called Crypt of the NecroDancer. Like the original, you go on an adventure viewed from above and progress by moving, attacking and dodging in time with the music.
Release Date: 19/04/2018, updated in 2019
Out Now: Mac, PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Components: 2D Overhead and Grid
For The King is a strategy game where you play an adventurer bringing peace to the kingdom of Fahrul. It's like a tabletop board game, with rewards and hits determined by dice rolls, but combines this with more traditional video game fights. You gather...
Release Date: 21/09/2019
Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Hand-Made
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling is a role-play game reminiscent of the Paper Mario games. You play three bugs, Vi, Kabbu, and Leif, as they search for The Everlasting Sapling. Explore, level-up and take on fun battles in this lovable adventure.
Release Date: 31/03/2020
Out Now: PC and Switch
Components: 2D Side-On and Pixels
Treachery in Beatdown City is a fighting game with a retro pixelated art style. It combines the popular beat'em up mechanics from games like Double Dragon, where you take on enemy characters with fists, kicks and weapons, with role play elements....
Release Date: 30/08/2016
Out Now: PC, Switch and iOS
Components: 2D Overhead, Dice and Grid
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain is a game based on the choose-your-own-adventure books from the 90's.
Release Date: 27/08/2021, updated in 2022
Out Now: Apple TV, Mac, PC, PS4, Switch, Xbox One and iOS
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 3D Third-Person and Cartoon
Baldo: The Guardian Owls is an adventure into a magical world. You explore intricately puzzling dungeons, discover new towns, fight ferocious foes and locate hidden temples. It's a game that wants you to discover things for yourself rather than hold...
Release Date: 25/04/2019
Out Now: Mac, PC, Stadia and Switch
Components: 2D Side-On, Cards and Hand-Made
SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech is a turn-based role-play where you use cards to attack and defend yourself. You play as a team of sentient steam-powered robots travelling across a steampunk fantasy world.
Release Date: 16/10/1997, updated in 2020
Coming Soon: PC, PS4 and Switch
Components: 2D Overhead, Day and Night and Pixels
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Release Date: 08/12/2016, updated in 2021
Out Now: 3DS and 2DS and Switch
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead and Cartoon
Miitopia is a role-playing adventure game where you embark on a quest to save your friends and thwart a Dark Lord's evil plans. You do this by recruiting various cartoon-looking characters to join your party in turn-based battles with the Dark Lord's...
Release Date: 21/12/1998, updated in 2017
Out Now: Android, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, Switch, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One and iOS
Components: 3D First-Person and 3D Third-Person
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Release Date: 01/09/2020
Out Now: PC, Switch and Xbox One
Coming Soon: PS4
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Out Now: PC, PS4, Switch and Xbox One
Components: 2D Overhead and Grid
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Release Date: Coming soon
Coming Soon: PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Skill Rating: 6+ year-olds
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Release Date: 26/04/2023, updated in 2023
Out Now: PC, Switch, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S
Skill Rating: 8+ year-olds
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Release Date: 14/07/2015, updated in 2022
Out Now: Android, Mac, PC, Switch and iOS
Skill Rating: 10+ year-olds
Components: 2D Overhead, Cards, Grid and Hand-Made
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