What is the best game similar to Triangle Strategy?

The closest game to Triangle Strategy is Hylics, scoring 77/100 on our similarity scale. They share 10 gameplay attributes, including deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.

What are the top games like Triangle Strategy?

The three closest games to Triangle Strategy are: 1. Hylics (77/100, 10 shared attributes) 2. Felvidek (77/100, 11 shared attributes) 3. Octopath Traveler (76/100, 10 shared attributes). All share Triangle Strategy's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 41 candidates across 13 dimensions.

Is Felvidek similar to Triangle Strategy?

Yes, very much so — Felvidek scores 77/100 similarity to Triangle Strategy. They share 11 attributes, including deep RPG systems and JRPG narrative and systems. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.

What RPG games are similar to Triangle Strategy?

The best RPG games similar to Triangle Strategy are Hylics, Felvidek, Octopath Traveler and FINAL FANTASY VIII. All share the RPG genre alongside other key Triangle Strategy attributes like deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy.

How is similarity to Triangle Strategy calculated?

We compare Triangle Strategy against every game in our catalog using 13 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 Triangle Strategy 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.

Triangle Strategy is hard to replace: few games combine deep RPG systems, strong narrative focus and combat tactical in quite the same way. We compared Triangle Strategy against over 6,700 titles across 13 gameplay attributes and found 41 genuine alternatives — not generic genre suggestions. Hylics, Felvidek and Octopath Traveler lead the list, with Hylics reaching a 77/100 similarity score. Every game here is ranked by how closely it replicates what makes Triangle Strategy special.

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Top games similar to Triangle Strategy

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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Triangle Strategy. Each one has been evaluated across 13 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.

#1HylicsClosest overall match

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyIsometricPixel Art2D

Steam👍 98%· 8.6KRAWG👍 94%· 34

Year 2015Dev Mason LindrothPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, exploration and discovery and visual first person, while skipping deep simulation

Hylics is a recreational program with light JRPG elements. Features: -Advanced graphics. -RPG battles. -Overuse of random text generation. - ~2+ hours of content.

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyHistorical2DPixel ArtIsometric

Steam👍 98%· 5.6KRAWG👍 92%· 24

Year 2024Dev Jozef PavelkaPlaytime ~2hOn PC

✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, linear, story-driven structure and setting medieval, while skipping deep simulation

Find out what unlikely events take place in this alternate history region of Slovak Highlands. This land is ravaged by Hussite pillagers and Ottoman spies while surreal horrors dwell in the dark.

Where it drifts furthest from Triangle Strategy: tone.

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#3Octopath TravelerClosest on visuals

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyPixel ArtIsometric2D

Steam👍 86%· 17KIGDB85· 9OC84· 122

Year 2018Dev Square Enix Business Division 11 · NintendoOn PS4 · PC · PS5

✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, open world exploration and setting anime, while skipping deep simulation

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloNarrativeFantasyIsometricOpen World

Steam👍 88%· 9.4KRAWG👍 86%· 423MC90

Year 1999Dev Square · Square EnixPlaytime ~3hOn PC · PS

✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, open world exploration and setting scifi, while skipping deep simulation

Final Fantasy VIII is a Japanese role-playing game, the eight main installments in Final Fantasy series. ###Plot and setting Like most other Final Fantasy entries, the game takes place in an entirely new world that is not connected with previous games in the series.

Where it drifts furthest from Triangle Strategy: setting.

It predates Triangle Strategy by 23 years, with what that implies technically.

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyCozy

Steam👍 98%· 48K

Year 2023Dev 养蛋人工作室 Egg Hatcher · Gamera GamesPlaytime ~15hOn PC

✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and deep simulation

≠ Stands apart with visual novel storytelling, cozy, relaxing feel and setting anime, while skipping card game strategy

Welcome to the Volcano Kingdom! The Volcano Goddess has blessed the land of her people. She brought prosperity to a country flourishing in a medieval era. After the death of your late wife, you are left alone to parent your daughter. So the question remains, how will you raise her, and what kind of life will the choices you make lead her to?

Where it drifts furthest from Triangle Strategy: visuals and setting.

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasy2DPixel ArtIsometric

Steam👍 95%· 8.2KIGDB88· 3

Year 2021Dev Tose · Square EnixOn Xbox · PS4 · Android

✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, combat magic and setting anime, while skipping deep simulation

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#7Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyIsometric2D

Steam👍 93%· 12KIGDB92· 4

Year 2019Dev Square Enix Business Division 6 · NintendoOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Same family of turn-based JRPGs: deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, open world exploration and melee combat, while skipping deep simulation

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#8Battle Chasers: Nightwar

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyIsometric2D

Steam👍 87%· 7.3KIGDB78· 11OC80· 105

Year 2017Dev Airship Syndicate · THQ NordicOn PS4 · Linux · Android

✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings exploration and discovery and loot and gear systems, while skipping deep simulation

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativePixel Art2D

Steam👍 99%· 14K

Year 2019Dev ghosthunterPlaytime ~1hOn PC

✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, cozy, relaxing feel and free to play, while skipping deep simulation

When Lavender woke up this morning, she wasn’t expecting to be surrounded by a crowd of over-excited, skull-masked strangers with cake and balloons. After all, it wasn’t her birthday; and this wasn’t her home.

Where it drifts furthest from Triangle Strategy: tone.

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#10Epic Battle Fantasy 5

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasy2DIsometric

Steam👍 99%· 6.0KRAWG👍 85%· 20

Year 2020Dev Matt RoszakPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

✓ Same family of turn-based JRPGs: deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, cozy, relaxing feel and setting anime, while skipping deep simulation

Epic Battle Fantasy 5 is an over-the-top turn-based RPG adventure, full of video game references, juvenile dialogue, and anime fanservice (...and also strategic combat, monster catching, and tons of treasure hunting - if you're into any of those.

Where it drifts furthest from Triangle Strategy: setting and tone.

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#11Hylics 2

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloTactical2DPixel ArtExploration

Steam👍 97%· 3.4K

Year 2020Dev Mason LindrothPlaytime ~7hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, precision platforming and exploration and discovery, while skipping deep simulation

Hylics 2 is a recreational program with a unique graphic style and droll scenario. The tyrant Gibby’s minions seek to reconstitute their long-presumed-annihilated master. It’s up to our crescent headed protagonist Wayne to assemble a crew and put a stop to that sort of thing.

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#12The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyIsometric

Steam👍 98%· 4.3KRAWG👍 90%· 73MC80IGDB80· 1

Year 2015Dev Nihon Falcom · XSEED GamesPlaytime ~15hOn PC · PS

✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, setting scifi and setting anime, while skipping deep simulation

The coup d’état that threatened to shake the foundation of the Liberl Kingdom has now come to a close and Her Majesty the Queen’s birthday celebrations are in full swing throughout the streets of Grancel.

Where it drifts furthest from Triangle Strategy: setting.

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#13Octopath Traveler II

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyIsometricPixel Art

Steam👍 94%· 16KIGDB89· 6OC85· 119

Year 2023Dev ACQUIRE Corp. · Square EnixOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

✓ Both are turn-based JRPGs — sharing deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, cozy, relaxing feel and vibe casual, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Triangle Strategy: tone and setting.

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyAnime

Steam👍 96%· 129KRAWG👍 95%· 530MC94IGDB94· 10OC94· 169

Year 2020Dev Atlus · SEGAPlaytime ~12hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the turn-based JRPGs cluster, with deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, visual novel storytelling and setting anime, while skipping deep simulation

Wear the mask. Reveal your truth. Prepare for an all-new RPG experience in Persona®5 Royal based in the universe of the award-winning series, Persona®! Don the mask of Joker and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.

Where it drifts furthest from Triangle Strategy: visuals and setting.

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#15FINAL FANTASY IXClosest on setting

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GenreRPGSubgenreJRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based JRPG

SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasyOpen World

Steam👍 95%· 14KRAWG👍 87%· 575MC84OC81· 32

Year 2000Dev Square Enix · Electronic ArtsPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of turn-based JRPGs: deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, open world exploration and exploration and discovery, while skipping deep simulation

Final Fantasy IX (ファイナルファンタジーIX, Fainaru Fantajī Nain) is a 2000 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console. It is the ninth title in the main Final Fantasy series and the last to debut on the original PlayStation.

It predates Triangle Strategy by 22 years, with what that implies technically.

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Complete list of Triangle Strategy alternatives

The full catalog of games sharing gameplay DNA with Triangle Strategy, ordered from highest to lowest similarity score. Use the filters above to narrow down by genre, setting or game mode and find the alternative that best fits your playstyle.

Shining Force II

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OMORI

RPG · JRPG

I Am Setsuna

RPG · JRPG

Persona 4 Golden

RPG · JRPG

Valkyria Chronicles

RPG · JRPG

The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky

RPG · JRPG

Evoland

RPG · JRPG

Monster Monpiece

RPG · JRPG

Lisa: The Painful

RPG · JRPG

Sea of Stars

RPG · JRPG

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

RPG · JRPG

The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure

RPG · JRPG

Metaphor: ReFantazio

RPG · JRPG

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel

RPG · JRPG

Final Fantasy XIII

RPG · JRPG

Loren The Amazon Princess

RPG · JRPG

Yakuza: Like a Dragon

RPG · JRPG

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

RPG · JRPG

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

RPG · JRPG

Agarest: Generations of War

RPG · JRPG

Epic Battle Fantasy 4

RPG · JRPG

Agarest: Generations of War Zero

RPG · JRPG

World of Final Fantasy

RPG · JRPG

Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes

RPG · JRPG

Planet Stronghold

RPG · JRPG

Final Fantasy XIII-2

RPG · JRPG

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best game similar to Triangle Strategy?: The closest game to Triangle Strategy is Hylics, scoring 77/100 on our similarity scale. They share 10 gameplay attributes, including deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy. It's the most faithful alternative currently available.
What are the top games like Triangle Strategy?: The three closest games to Triangle Strategy are: 1. Hylics (77/100, 10 shared attributes) 2. Felvidek (77/100, 11 shared attributes) 3. Octopath Traveler (76/100, 10 shared attributes). All share Triangle Strategy's most important gameplay attributes, ranked out of 41 candidates across 13 dimensions.
Is Felvidek similar to Triangle Strategy?: Yes, very much so — Felvidek scores 77/100 similarity to Triangle Strategy. They share 11 attributes, including deep RPG systems and JRPG narrative and systems. It's one of the most direct alternatives available.
What RPG games are similar to Triangle Strategy?: The best RPG games similar to Triangle Strategy are Hylics, Felvidek, Octopath Traveler and FINAL FANTASY VIII. All share the RPG genre alongside other key Triangle Strategy attributes like deep RPG systems, JRPG narrative and systems and turn-based strategy.
How is similarity to Triangle Strategy calculated?: We compare Triangle Strategy against every game in our catalog using 13 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 Triangle Strategy experience, not just whether it shares the same genre label.