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24 alternatives to Banner Saga 2

Part 2 of the tactical RPG, inspired by viking myths.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Banner Saga 2 launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Expeditions: Viking▲69
Historical turn-based tactical RPG
2017 · its alternatives →
2
Jotun▲82
Hand-drawn action-exploration game set in Norse mythology
2015 · its alternatives →
3
Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten▲66
Unique, story driven take on Tower Defense and RPGs
2016 · its alternatives →
4
Moon Hunters▲81
A 1-4 player RPG about building your hero's mythology.
2015 · its alternatives →
5
Templar Battleforce RPG▲66
An addictive mix of strategic combat and squad building.
2016 · its alternatives →
6
Hello Tech Pros: Cultural Inspirations For Your D&D Homebrew▲64
Part 5 in our RPG series
2016 · its alternatives →
7
Mushroom Wars 2▲70
The highly anticipated sequel to the RTS hit
2016 · its alternatives →
8
Beat Battle▲75
A new kind of game.
2018 · its alternatives →
9
RPG Maker MV▲63
Create your own role-playing games
2016 · its alternatives →
10
Two Moons Saga▲55
Just a nice raging game
2016 · its alternatives →
11AO
An online 2D MMO game, written in Rust and JavaScript▲171
I made a game (https://polyfight.io/) which revolves around a player (a tank) leveling up and upgrading by killing shapes and other tanks (partially inspired by https://diep.io). It has a bunch of features, a vast number of tanks, an inbuilt chatting system, clans to make teams with your friends, a colour scheme maker, controllable sandboxes which can be public or private, a last man standing gamemode, and an inbuilt 1v1 system with its own ELO rankings and a global leaderboard. The game has a few players right now, and I'd hope to spread the joy players have with…
2024 · polyfight.io · its alternatives →
12
Out There Chronicles▲72
An interactive graphic novel in the Out There's universe
2016 · its alternatives →
13
Summoners War▲68
An action-packed fantasy RPG with over 50 million Summoners
2016 · its alternatives →
14
Mino Monsters 2: Evolution▲92
Hero up and defend the land from impending darkness
2015 · its alternatives →
15
Intergalactic Road Warriors▲71
A side scrolling combat racing game set in outer space
2016 · its alternatives →
16
Battle Cry - World War▲60
Build the greatest military force, and rule the the world!
2016 · its alternatives →
17
Hello Tech Pros: Developing an Epic D&D Campaign Story▲61
Like writing a series of adventure books
2016 · its alternatives →
18MA
Meatshields – An in-browser turn-based strategy game▲113
A few months ago (82 days to be exact!) I posted a link on HN to my game, Meatshields. A bunch of you commented and played my game and gave me some wonderful feedback. Over the last few months I've been playing with many of you and implementing the best of everybody's suggestions. So, thank you, HN for all your help! I feel this is an extreme overhaul I couldn't have done without your input. Since then, I have: Dramatically improved our hosting platform (So it HOPEFULLY won't go down this time (oops.)), Added two new units, Rebalanced all existing units, Added many more maps, Improved the…
2017 · its alternatives →
19
Element▲78
A space RTS for people who don't have time for a normal RTS
2016 · its alternatives →
20
We Are Heroes▲55
The next-gen MOBA+ RPG for mobile devices
2016 · its alternatives →
21
Battleplans▲71
Save the island kingdom from the evil Skull invaders
2016 · its alternatives →
22
Battlestation: Harbinger▲67
A hard sci-fi space exploration game
2016 · its alternatives →
23
StormBorn: War of Legends RPG▲66
Powerful Fighters, cunning Rogues, mighty Beastmasters!
2016 · its alternatives →
24
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III▲72
DEATH COMES FOR ALL. DESTINY CHOOSES A FEW.
2017 · its alternatives →

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