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

We filtered the 38 games similar to Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht down to the 10 that fit the “Sci-Fi” category. Final Fantasy VII, Xenogears and Torment: Tides of Numenera top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht.

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GenreRPGSubgenreCRPGSub-subgenreTurn-Based CRPG
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NarrativeSolo
Year 2002Dev Monolith Soft

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Within the “Sci-Fi” category, the closest game to Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht is Final Fantasy VII — scoring 95/100 on our similarity scale. Xenogears and Torment: Tides of Numenera follow close behind.

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The best games with a sci-fi setting like Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht

10 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht. Each one has been evaluated across 12 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.

#1Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy VII
RPGCRPGTurn-Based CRPG
SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasySci-FiCyberpunkIsometricThird Person
IGDB85· 4OC81· 25
Year 1997Dev Square Product Development Division 1 · Square EnixOn PlayStation 3

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

≠ Missing: post-apocalyptic world.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Tone100Visuals100Setting86
Xenogears
RPGCRPGTurn-Based CRPG
SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasySci-FiPost-ApocalypticIsometricThird Person
IGDB90· 1
Year 1998Dev Square Product Development Division 3 · Square Electronic ArtsOn PlayStation 3

✓ Nearly identical: deep RPG systems, turn-based strategy and strong narrative focus.

≠ Missing: adventure storytelling.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Tone100Visuals100Setting83
Torment: Tides of Numenera
RPGCRPGTurn-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: post-apocalyptic world.

Released 15 years after Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Tone100Visuals72Setting65
Tactical Breach Wizards
RPGCRPGTurn-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 adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with puzzle design and historical setting, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

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 mode100Tone100Visuals72Setting52
Caves of Qud
RPGCRPGTurn-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 adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: deep simulation, roguelike runs and survival mechanics, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

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?

Released 13 years after Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Setting65Visuals52Tone50
Wasteland 2
RPGCRPGTurn-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, adventure storytelling and turn-based strategy

≠ Its own twist: survival mechanics, open world exploration and stealth mechanics, while skipping fantasy world

Released 12 years after Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht.

Genre100Game mode100Tone100Setting73Visuals72Combat52
Derelict Star
RPGCRPGTurn-Based CRPG
SoloTacticalNarrativeSci-FiFantasy
Steam👍 74%· 2.9KRAWG👍 44%· 62
Year 2018Dev Snowhound Games · 1C CompanyPlaytime ~3hOn PC · Apple Macintosh · Linux

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

≠ Where it differs: brings card game strategy, roguelike runs and dark, oppressive atmosphere, while skipping post-apocalyptic world

In a grim dystopian future, where mankind has scattered across the galaxy and the human society has split into two distinct classes, you are a poor stateless outcast forced to live off scraps from derelict alien stations and ships in the outer space, yet you dream of becoming a privileged citizen…

Where it drifts furthest from Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht: visuals and setting.

Released 16 years after Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Tone70Setting48Visuals0
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne
RPGCRPGTurn-Based CRPG
SoloTacticalNarrativeFantasySci-FiThird Person
Year 2004Dev AtlusOn PlayStation 3

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

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

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals62Setting53Tone51
Into the Breach
RPGCRPGTurn-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 adventure storytelling

Where it drifts furthest from Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht: setting.

Released 16 years after Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals50Setting41
RimWorld
RPGCRPGTurn-Based CRPG
SoloTacticalSci-FiIsometricSandbox 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, turn-based strategy and combat tactical

≠ Stands apart with deep simulation, survival mechanics and real-time strategy, while skipping adventure storytelling

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 Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht: setting.

Released 14 years after Xenosaga Episode I: Der Wille zur Macht.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals62Setting30

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