iRankGames
Valkyria Chronicles 4

10 Games with a historical setting like Valkyria Chronicles 4 that you should try

Games like Valkyria Chronicles 4 · Find similar →

More about this game →
Ranking compiled by Lluis Enric Mayans, Founder & Head of ContentHow this is calculatedOrdered by an attribute-similarity model, not editorial opinion.

We filtered the 40 games similar to Valkyria Chronicles 4 down to the 10 that fit the “Historical” category. The Banner Saga 3, King's Bounty: Warriors of the North and Tactical Breach Wizards top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Valkyria Chronicles 4.

iRank82/ 100

Did you find what you were looking for?

GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG
Tags
Solo
Year 2018Dev Media.Vision

Quick answer

Within the “Historical” category, the closest game to Valkyria Chronicles 4 is The Banner Saga 3 — scoring 86/100 on our similarity scale. King's Bounty: Warriors of the North and Tactical Breach Wizards follow close behind.

🗳️

Help us build the best rankings

Community powered

Vote on each result below — good match or not. Every vote directly shapes how we rank similar games for everyone.

The best games with a historical setting like Valkyria Chronicles 4

10 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Valkyria Chronicles 4. Each one has been evaluated across 9 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.

#1The Banner Saga 3
The Banner Saga 3
RPGCRPGTurn-Based CRPG
SoloTacticalFantasyHistoricalIsometric
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 deep simulation

≠ Its own twist: strong narrative focus and setting medieval, while skipping visual third person

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting81Visuals71
King's Bounty: Warriors of the North
RPGCRPGTurn-Based CRPG
SoloTacticalFantasyHistoricalIsometricThird Person
Steam👍 80%· 2.0KRAWG👍 69%· 113MC74
Year 2012Dev 1C-SoftClub · 1C CompanyPlaytime ~5hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, dark, oppressive atmosphere and setting medieval, while skipping deep simulation

King’s Bounty: Warriors of the North is the next chapter in the cult RPG/adventure saga.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals100Setting81
Tactical Breach Wizards
RPGCRPGTurn-Based CRPG
SoloTacticalFantasyHistoricalIsometric
Steam👍 98%· 12KIGDB84· 3OC87· 21
Dev Suspicious DevelopmentsPlaytime ~6hOn PC

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

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 mode100Setting82Visuals72
Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)
RPGCRPGTurn-Based CRPG
SoloTacticalFantasyHistoricalIsometric
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 combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with tower defense planning, adventure storytelling and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

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 Valkyria Chronicles 4: visuals.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting58Visuals41
#5Shadowhand: RPG Card Game
Shadowhand: RPG Card Game
RPGCRPGTurn-Based CRPG
SoloTacticalHistoricalFantasyNarrative
Steam👍 82%· 825IGDB65· 2
Dev Grey Alien Games · Positech GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and combat tactical

≠ Where it differs: brings card game strategy, visual novel storytelling and puzzle design, while skipping deep simulation

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 Valkyria Chronicles 4: visuals.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting100Visuals0
Grotesque Tactics 2 – Dungeons and Donuts
RPGCRPGTurn-Based CRPG
SoloTacticalHistoricalFantasyCasual
Steam👍 53%· 262MC48
Year 2011Dev Headup GamesPlaytime ~1hOn PC

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

≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, vibe casual and setting medieval, while skipping deep simulation

Grotesque Tactics 2: Dungeons & Donuts is the successor to the celebrated RPG-parody Grotesque Tactics. Experience an ironic story-driven RPG with humorous dialogue-puzzles in the style of Monkey Island as well as a strategic combat system, where your party members are controlled simultaneously.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting79
Darkest Dungeon II
RPGCRPGTurn-Based CRPG
SoloTacticalFantasyHistoricalDark
Steam👍 75%· 26KIGDB83· 5OC81· 78
Year 2023Dev Red Hook StudiosOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

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

≠ Where it differs: brings roguelike runs, adventure storytelling and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping deep simulation

Where it drifts furthest from Valkyria Chronicles 4: visuals.

Released 5 years after Valkyria Chronicles 4.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting82Visuals0
Darkest Dungeon®
RPGCRPGTurn-Based CRPG
SoloTacticalFantasyHistoricalDark
Steam👍 92%· 159KRAWG👍 86%· 1.4KMC84IGDB83· 10OC84· 80
Year 2016Dev Red Hook StudiosPlaytime ~8hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of turn-based CRPGs: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and combat tactical

≠ Its own twist: roguelike runs, adventure storytelling and horror tension, while skipping deep simulation

Darkest Dungeon is a roguelike RPG developed by Red Hook Studios. The works of Howard Lovecraft served as the main inspiration for the game which addresses the themes of fear and psychological trauma.

Where it drifts furthest from Valkyria Chronicles 4: visuals.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting68Visuals0
RimWorld
RPGCRPGTurn-Based CRPG
SoloTacticalHistoricalIsometricSandbox World
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, deep simulation and turn-based strategy

≠ Stands apart with survival mechanics, real-time strategy and sandbox freedom, while skipping fantasy world

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 Valkyria Chronicles 4: setting.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals62Setting44
West of Loathing
RPGCRPGTurn-Based CRPG
SoloTacticalHistoricalRangedNarrative
Steam👍 98%· 10KRAWG👍 89%· 120MC88IGDB82· 4OC85· 36
Year 2017Dev AsymmetricPlaytime ~4hOn PC · iOS · Android

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

≠ Its own twist: adventure storytelling, puzzle design and strong narrative focus, while skipping deep simulation

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 Valkyria Chronicles 4: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Setting78Combat75Visuals0

Explore games similar to Valkyria Chronicles 4 by category

Rankings in the same genre