What is the best game similar to Sovereign Syndicate?

The closest game to Sovereign Syndicate is Shadowhand: RPG Card Game, scoring 85/100 on our similarity scale. They share 11 gameplay attributes, including deep RPG systems, card game strategy and visual novel storytelling. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Sovereign Syndicate?

The three closest games to Sovereign Syndicate are: 1. Shadowhand: RPG Card Game (85/100, 11 shared attributes) 2. Shadows Over Loathing (78/100, 10 shared attributes) 3. Tactical Breach Wizards (78/100, 10 shared attributes). All share Sovereign Syndicate's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 44 candidates across 16 dimensions.

Is Shadows Over Loathing similar to Sovereign Syndicate?

Yes, very much so — Shadows Over Loathing scores 78/100 similarity to Sovereign Syndicate. They share 10 attributes, including deep RPG systems and adventure storytelling. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What RPG games are similar to Sovereign Syndicate?

The best RPG games similar to Sovereign Syndicate are Shadowhand: RPG Card Game, Shadows Over Loathing, Tactical Breach Wizards and Caves of Qud. All share the RPG genre alongside other key Sovereign Syndicate attributes like deep RPG systems, card game strategy and visual novel storytelling.

How is similarity to Sovereign Syndicate calculated?

We compare Sovereign Syndicate against every game in our catalog using 16 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 Sovereign Syndicate 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 Sovereign Syndicate left you wanting more, this list of 44 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and open world exploration — and is ranked by a similarity score computed across 16 attributes. Shadowhand: RPG Card Game comes closest (85/100).

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Sovereign Syndicate. Each one has been evaluated across 16 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.

#1Shadowhand: RPG Card GameClosest overall match

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasySkill Tree

Steam👍 82%· 825IGDB65· 2

Dev Grey Alien Games · Positech GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, card game strategy and visual novel storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings vibe casual, vibe relaxing and historical setting, while skipping dark, oppressive atmosphere

RIDE WITH SHADOWHANDShadowhand is a strategic RPG card game. Duel powerful enemies with unique solitaire-style turn-based combat. Build mini-decks and equip your character strategically to sneak, slice and blast through foes!

Where it drifts furthest from Sovereign Syndicate: visuals and setting.

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#2Shadows Over LoathingClosest on world

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeOpen WorldSkill TreeExploration

Steam👍 96%· 3.3KOC81· 10

Year 2022Dev AsymmetricPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and puzzle design

≠ Its own twist: visual 2d, while skipping card game strategy

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

Where it drifts furthest from Sovereign Syndicate: visuals.

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#3Tactical Breach WizardsClosest on visuals

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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 puzzle design

≠ Stands apart with historical setting, while skipping card game strategy

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!

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#4Caves of QudClosest on setting

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeOpen WorldSci-FiFantasyExplorationSkill TreeIsometric

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 adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, roguelike runs and survival mechanics, while skipping puzzle design

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 Sovereign Syndicate by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

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#5Persona 3 PortableClosest on tone

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalDarkNarrativeRanged

IGDB88· 8OC81· 63

Year 2009Dev Atlus · Ghostlight Ltd.

✓ Fits the turn-based CRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, puzzle design and visual novel storytelling

≠ Its own twist: ranged combat, horror setting and setting cyberpunk, while skipping card game strategy

Where it drifts furthest from Sovereign Syndicate: setting and visuals.

It predates Sovereign Syndicate by 15 years, with what that implies technically.

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#6Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

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SoloTacticalNarrativeOpen WorldFantasySkill TreeExplorationIsometric

Steam👍 88%· 20KIGDB85· 14OC89· 88

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

✓ Nearly identical: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy.

≠ Missing: puzzle design.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100World100Progression100Visuals100

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationSkill Tree

Steam👍 98%· 10KRAWG👍 89%· 120MC88IGDB82· 4OC85· 36

Year 2017Dev AsymmetricPlaytime ~4hOn PC · iOS · Android

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: ranged combat, historical setting and visual 2d, while skipping card game strategy

Say howdy to West of Loathing -- a single-player slapstick comedy adventure role-playing game set in the wild west of the Kingdom of Loathing universe. Traverse snake-infested gulches, punch skeletons wearing cowboy hats, grapple with demon cows, and investigate a wide variety of disgusting spittoons.

Where it drifts furthest from Sovereign Syndicate: setting and visuals.

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#8Paper Mario: The Origami King

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalOpen WorldFantasyExploration

IGDB81· 11OC78· 137

Year 2020Dev Intelligent Systems · NintendoOn Switch

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings visual third person, while skipping card game strategy

Where it drifts furthest from Sovereign Syndicate: visuals.

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#9Pathfinder: Kingmaker

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeOpen WorldFantasySkill TreeExplorationIsometric

Steam👍 78%· 35KIGDB66· 3OC72· 36

Year 2018Dev Owlcat Games · Deep SilverOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Fits the turn-based CRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings setting medieval, while skipping puzzle design

Where it drifts furthest from Sovereign Syndicate: setting.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Sovereign Syndicate.

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#10Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeDarkFantasyIsometric

Steam👍 95%· 3.5KRAWG👍 82%· 34

Year 2012Dev Level Up LabsOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with tower defense planning, setting medieval and horror setting, while skipping puzzle design

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 Sovereign Syndicate: setting.

It predates Sovereign Syndicate by 12 years, with what that implies technically.

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#11Gorky 17

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalDarkSci-FiIsometric

Steam👍 81%· 2.2KRAWG👍 61%· 188IGDB80· 1

Year 1999Dev Hyperion Entertainment · Topware Interactive ACEPlaytime ~4hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Both are turn-based CRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings horror setting and visual third person, while skipping card game strategy

Gorky 17 is a role-playing game set in a fictional polish town of Gorky 17. The town was attacked by mutants and destroyed. Several years after these events a NATO group disappeared near Gorky 17. You take control of the second team sent to find missing allies.

It predates Sovereign Syndicate by 25 years, with what that implies technically.

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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, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Stands apart with setting cyberpunk and visual third person, while skipping puzzle design

It predates Sovereign Syndicate by 27 years, with what that implies technically.

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#13Keep Driving

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeOpen WorldExplorationSkill Tree

Steam👍 94%· 6.0KIGDB90· 1OC89· 22

Year 2025Dev YCJY GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, roguelike runs and vibe casual, while skipping puzzle design

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 Sovereign Syndicate: visuals.

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Steam

#14Torment: Tides of Numenera

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasySci-FiIsometric

Steam👍 70%· 4.4KIGDB82· 22OC80· 110

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

✓ Nearly identical: deep RPG systems, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy.

≠ Missing: puzzle design.

On reception: its Steam reviews are mostly positive, against very positive for Sovereign Syndicate.

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Steam GOG Xbox

#15Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG

SoloTacticalFantasySkill TreeIsometric

IGDB83· 19OC85· 124

Year 2017Dev Ubisoft Milan · Ubisoft EntertainmentOn Switch

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, puzzle design and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings co op, while skipping card game strategy

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RPG · Adventure

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RPG · Tower Defense

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RPG · Tower Defense

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RPG · Adventure

Etherlords II

RPG · Deck Builder

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RPG · Adventure

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RPG · Turn-Based Strat

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RPG · Turn-Based Strat

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RPG · Turn-Based Strat

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RPG · Adventure

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RPG · Adventure

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RPG · Turn-Based Strat

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RPG · Turn-Based Strat

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RPG · Turn-Based Strat

Blackguards

RPG · Adventure

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RPG · Simulation

Fate/Grand Order

RPG · Visual Novel

The Banner Saga 3

RPG · Turn-Based Strat

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RPG · Turn-Based Strat

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RPG · Adventure

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RPG · Turn-Based Strat

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RPG · Turn-Based Strat

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RPG · Turn-Based Strat

Etherlords

RPG · Turn-Based Strat

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RPG · Turn-Based Strat

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RPG · Simulation

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Sovereign Syndicate?: The closest game to Sovereign Syndicate is Shadowhand: RPG Card Game, scoring 85/100 on our similarity scale. They share 11 gameplay attributes, including deep RPG systems, card game strategy and visual novel storytelling. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Sovereign Syndicate?: The three closest games to Sovereign Syndicate are: 1. Shadowhand: RPG Card Game (85/100, 11 shared attributes) 2. Shadows Over Loathing (78/100, 10 shared attributes) 3. Tactical Breach Wizards (78/100, 10 shared attributes). All share Sovereign Syndicate's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 44 candidates across 16 dimensions.
Is Shadows Over Loathing similar to Sovereign Syndicate?: Yes, very much so — Shadows Over Loathing scores 78/100 similarity to Sovereign Syndicate. They share 10 attributes, including deep RPG systems and adventure storytelling. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What RPG games are similar to Sovereign Syndicate?: The best RPG games similar to Sovereign Syndicate are Shadowhand: RPG Card Game, Shadows Over Loathing, Tactical Breach Wizards and Caves of Qud. All share the RPG genre alongside other key Sovereign Syndicate attributes like deep RPG systems, card game strategy and visual novel storytelling.
How is similarity to Sovereign Syndicate calculated?: We compare Sovereign Syndicate against every game in our catalog using 16 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 Sovereign Syndicate experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.