What is the best game similar to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin?

The closest game to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin is Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition), scoring 82/100 on our similarity scale. They share 9 gameplay attributes, including deep RPG systems, tower defense planning and turn-based strategy. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin?

The three closest games to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin are: 1. Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) (82/100, 9 shared attributes) 2. Xenogears (79/100, 9 shared attributes) 3. Tactical Breach Wizards (74/100, 8 shared attributes). All share Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 39 candidates across 11 dimensions.

Is Xenogears similar to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin?

Yes, very much so — Xenogears scores 79/100 similarity to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin. They share 9 attributes, including deep RPG systems and turn-based strategy. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What RPG games are similar to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin?

The best RPG games similar to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin are Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition), Xenogears, Tactical Breach Wizards and Final Fantasy VII. All share the RPG genre alongside other key Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin attributes like deep RPG systems, tower defense planning and turn-based strategy.

How is similarity to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin calculated?

We compare Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin against every game in our catalog using 11 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.

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Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentUpdated May 19, 2026How this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

If Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin left you wanting more, this list of 39 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and combat tactical — and is ranked by a similarity score computed across 11 attributes. Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) comes closest (82/100).

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Top games similar to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin. Each one has been evaluated across 11 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)Closest overall match

iRank90

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyIsometric2D

Steam👍 95%· 3.5KRAWG👍 82%· 34

Year 2012Dev Level Up LabsOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, tower defense planning and turn-based strategy

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and setting medieval, while skipping setting scifi

Defender's Quest is a Tower-Defense/RPG Hybrid that focuses on tactical depth, customization, and story. That means no random encounters, no spikey-haired emo kids, no forced time sinks, and no tedious, repetitive battles.

Where it drifts furthest from Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin: setting.

Same studio: Level Up Labs.

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#2XenogearsClosest on tone

iRank90

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasySci-FiPost-ApocalypticIsometric

IGDB90· 1

Year 1998Dev Square Product Development Division 3 · Square Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3

✓ Fits the turn-based CRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with visual third person, while skipping tower defense planning

It predates Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin by 27 years, with what that implies technically.

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#3Tactical Breach Wizards

iRank92

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasySci-FiIsometric

Steam👍 98%· 12KIGDB84· 3OC87· 21

Dev Suspicious DevelopmentsPlaytime ~6hOn PC

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, adventure storytelling and historical setting, while skipping tower defense planning

Tactical Breach Wizards is a small-scale, turn-based tactics game where you play a team of wizards in modern-day tactical gear, breaching and clearing rooms full of terrorists, drug dealers, corrupt cops, and worse. It's still in early development, so everything about it might change!

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Tone100Visuals71Setting59

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasySci-FiIsometric

IGDB85· 4OC81· 25

Year 1997Dev Square Product Development Division 1 · Square EnixOn PlayStation 3

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, setting cyberpunk and visual third person, while skipping tower defense planning

It predates Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin by 28 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Caves of Qud

iRank91

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeSci-FiFantasyIsometric

Steam👍 95%· 12KRAWG👍 83%· 46IGDB94· 1OC90· 11

Year 2015Dev Freehold Games · Kitfox GamesPlaytime ~2hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, deep simulation and roguelike runs, while skipping tower defense planning

Caves of Qud is a science fantasy roguelike epic steeped in retrofuturism, deep simulation, and swathes of sentient plants. Come inhabit an exotic world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Decide: is it a dying earth, or is it on the verge of rebirth?Who are you?

It predates Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6Torment: Tides of Numenera

iRank76

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasySci-FiIsometric

Steam👍 70%· 4.4KIGDB82· 22OC80· 110

Year 2017Dev inXile Entertainment · TechlandOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, while skipping tower defense planning

It predates Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Tone100Setting78Visuals71

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasy2DIsometric

Steam👍 93%· 36KIGDB85· 7OC84· 85

Year 2021Dev Four Quarters · Devolver DigitalOn Xbox · Linux · Android

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus

≠ Where it differs: brings roguelike runs, card game strategy and adventure storytelling, while skipping tower defense planning

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals71Tone59Setting53

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativePost-ApocalypticSci-FiIsometric

Steam👍 83%· 8.1KIGDB78· 10OC81· 42

Year 2014Dev inXile Entertainment · Deep SilverOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, survival mechanics and open world exploration, while skipping tower defense planning

It predates Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin by 11 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#9Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

iRank88

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyIsometric

Steam👍 88%· 20KIGDB85· 14OC89· 88

Year 2018Dev Obsidian Entertainment · Versus EvilOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, open world exploration and skill tree progression, while skipping tower defense planning

Where it drifts furthest from Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin: setting.

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#10Shadows Over Loathing

iRank91

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrative2DOpen World

Steam👍 96%· 3.3KOC81· 10

Year 2022Dev AsymmetricPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and open world exploration, while skipping tower defense planning

Shadows over Loathing — a slapstick-figure comedy adventure-RPG full of mobsters, monsters, and mysteries.

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Steam

#11RimWorldClosest on visuals

iRank88

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalSci-FiIsometric2D

Steam👍 98%· 239KRAWG👍 87%· 620MC87IGDB75· 2OC86· 11

Year 2016Dev Ludeon StudiosPlaytime ~19hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Fits the turn-based CRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, survival mechanics and real-time strategy, while skipping tower defense planning

RimWorld is a sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Inspired by Dwarf Fortress, Firefly, and Dune. You begin with three survivors of a shipwreck on a distant world. Manage colonists' moods, needs, wounds, and illnesses.

Where it drifts furthest from Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin: setting.

It predates Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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Steam GOG

#12Persona 5

iRank94

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyCrafting

IGDB94· 21OC94· 138

Year 2016Dev AtlusOn PlayStation 3 · PS4

✓ Fits the turn-based CRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, crafting mechanics and visual third person, while skipping tower defense planning

Where it drifts furthest from Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin: visuals and setting.

It predates Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Tone100Setting48Visuals0

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#13The Banner Saga 3

iRank82

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyIsometric

Steam👍 79%· 3.0KIGDB87· 9OC84· 70

Year 2018Dev Stoic · Versus EvilOn PS4 · Android · PC

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, historical setting and setting medieval, while skipping tower defense planning

Where it drifts furthest from Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin: setting.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Tone100Visuals70Setting31

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrative2DCasual

Steam👍 94%· 6.0KIGDB90· 1OC89· 22

Year 2025Dev YCJY GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, deep simulation and roguelike runs, while skipping tower defense planning

It’s the early 2000’s, and you’ve just bought your first car. A long, slow summer lies ahead. Hearing about a festival on the other side of the country, you fire up your engine, plot a course on your map, and hit the road. How, if you get there at all, is up to you.

Where it drifts furthest from Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin: visuals.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Tone57Visuals40

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalSci-FiIsometricProcedural

Steam👍 94%· 22KIGDB90· 10OC88· 73

Year 2018Dev Subset GamesOn Linux · Android · PC

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, deep simulation and roguelike runs, while skipping tower defense planning

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting50Visuals50

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Steam GOG Epic

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin?: The closest game to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin is Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition), scoring 82/100 on our similarity scale. They share 9 gameplay attributes, including deep RPG systems, tower defense planning and turn-based strategy. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin?: The three closest games to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin are: 1. Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) (82/100, 9 shared attributes) 2. Xenogears (79/100, 9 shared attributes) 3. Tactical Breach Wizards (74/100, 8 shared attributes). All share Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 39 candidates across 11 dimensions.
Is Xenogears similar to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin?: Yes, very much so — Xenogears scores 79/100 similarity to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin. They share 9 attributes, including deep RPG systems and turn-based strategy. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What RPG games are similar to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin?: The best RPG games similar to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin are Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition), Xenogears, Tactical Breach Wizards and Final Fantasy VII. All share the RPG genre alongside other key Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin attributes like deep RPG systems, tower defense planning and turn-based strategy.
How is similarity to Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin calculated?: We compare Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin against every game in our catalog using 11 gameplay attributes: genre, atmosphere, world structure, play modes, combat style, and more. Each category is weighted differently — genre matters more than visual style, for instance. The result is a 0-100 score reflecting how closely a game replicates the Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.