Examples of Turn Based Tactical Games

Seems like a pretty straightforward Google query to me...

Yeah I tried that, nothing but Scifi/Modern!

Did you try adding "fantasy" to your Google query?

Certainly did. Mordheim is the closest example I found which is not a JRPG.

Ill keep searching of course, hoping someone might have some examples. It often surprises me what google doesn't find

I haven't played Wasteland but aside from the XCOM series and its fantasy clone Massive Chalice, the Disgaea series is my favorite recent turn-based tactical series. The MMO Dofus and it's sister game Wakfu also have turn-based tactical combat, though it's a little different since you are mainly controlling one unit instead of an army. Pox Nora is a hybrid TCG/tactical game where each unit card in your deck corresponds to placing a unit onto the tactical battlefield, it's pretty cool.

Good older tactical games include Azure Dreams and Eternal Eyes for PS1.

Thanks, ill take a look at those.

Shining Force (VBA version has some improvements on the Genesis original), perhaps, or maybe Banner Saga?

Banner Saga! Cant believe I didn't think of that, fantastic game :)

Gladius. Not medieval as such, but certainly not modern or sci-fi.

Gladius has a similar melee focus to what I am looking for, thanks :)

Fire Emblem, Blackguards, Warmachine, etc. You can just go to steam, use the keyword Turn-Based Tactics, and hit a bevy of them.

The answers are going to be a lot more limited when the question asks specifically for suggestions that are similar to one turn based tactical game than another. Like, someone suggested banner saga, which is a great game, but does it fall in the wasteland to xcom spectrum in a way that would make sense to suggest it?

I've never played wasteland. What qualities does wasteland have over xcom that you're looking for in a game?

Thanks all. I realise this was quite an open question, but it resulted in some helpful suggestions.

I am brainstorming at the moment and was after examples to help me focus my ideas.

Using existing games as examples is the easiest way for me to describe it.

Historical setting, very minor fantasy (think folk tales).

Melee oriented, Mordheim like party management and combat, but WEGO grid based (like XCOM) movement with stealth elements.

Strategic layer a bit like XCOM but less global and more personalised party members, like Mordheim, or even Warhammer quest.

Lots of trimming and focusing still to go, but you've all helped, thanks :)

I stumbled over an interesting 2D sci-fi TBT game on steam today, it's called Halfway.

Will take a look :)

Just to be sure, would a game like Final Fantasy Tactics would qualify based off your original parameters? I assume it would, but I don't see it suggested?

Would Hero's of Might and Magic count?

Hi There,

Not really, think XCOM with Swords :)

IIRC that's exactly what combat in it is... but there is more to it than just combat.