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2019PEGI 7PC

A tower-defense strategy game where you recruit and train operators with distinct roles, then deploy them with careful placement and timing in tricky missions. It pairs a bleak dystopian story with a striking art style.

  • A party of several characters
  • Lots of grind
  • Tactical depth
  • Companions and relationships

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In short: Games like Arknights

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Arknights special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Girls' Frontline

90 %Match

2016PC, Steam Deck playable86 % positivefree

Brings what grabs you about Arknights: lots of grind, a party of several characters and tactical depth.

As a commander you lead echelons of android "T-Dolls", each embodying a real-world firearm. You plan moves on a turn-based map while fights play out automatically in real time, and you grow your roster through gacha recruitment.

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Limbus Company

Lots of grind

A dark, stylish turn-based gacha RPG from Project Moon where you lead twelve Sinners inspired by classic literature through a dystopian city. Its coin-flip skill clash combat and dense, unsettling story set it apart.

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

Lavish presentation

An exceptional sci-fi story where you control 13 teenagers across intertwined timelines and slowly piece together a mystery of giant mechs and kaiju. The plot unfolds in gorgeous hand-painted 2D scenes, broken up by real-time strategy battles.

Blue Archive

Lots of grind

An anime-style gacha collection RPG where you act as a teacher leading students of an academy city. Semi-automated real-time squad battles with skills and positioning mix with a charming, funny story that also has emotional moments.

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

Lore and world history

Turn-based tactics in the Warhammer 40,000 universe: as a Magos you lead Adeptus Mechanicus tech-priests across a Necron tomb world. A dark, atmospheric game with resource management, squad upgrades and tight, punchy battles.

Reverse: 1999

Lavish presentation

A stylish gacha RPG in which a mysterious storm throws the world into a 1999 full of time anomalies. You assemble Arcanists for turn-based, card-like combat and follow a story wrapped in a striking retro aesthetic.

Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium

Lots of grind

A turn-based 3D tactics RPG set in a post-apocalyptic world where you lead and collect a squad of gun-wielding android girls using cover-based combat. A polished anime-style look and a story-driven campaign define it.

Honkai: Star Rail

Lots of grind

A turn-based sci-fi gacha RPG where you travel from world to world aboard the Astral Express, building a team of many characters around elemental weaknesses and ultimates. Polished presentation, dialogue-heavy storytelling and a large roster of collectible characters define it.

SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays

Tactical depth

A turn-based tactical RPG that brings together mobile suits and characters from several Gundam series, including Wing, Seed, 00 and Iron-Blooded Orphans. You build fleets, develop and combine units, and replay familiar storylines in chibi-style 3D.

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