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Games like Fire Emblem

2003 Classic

The series' introduction to Western players: turn-based grid battles where every unit matters and fallen allies can be lost permanently. A tutorial prologue eases newcomers into the tactics before a classic fantasy war story unfolds.

What defines Fire Emblem:

  • A party of several characters
  • Turn-based combat
  • Tactical depth
  • Fantasy setting

The closest matches for Fire Emblem are Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga, Vandal Hearts and Jeanne d'Arc. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Fire Emblem special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga

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2022 PC 18.49 € 👍 95 % Overwhelmingly positive, 12,952 reviews on Steam

  • A party of several characters
  • Turn-based combat
  • Tactical depth

A turn-based tactical RPG in the Fire Emblem vein where you command whole squads rather than single units, using terrain, morale and formations. As a fresh academy graduate you lead a growing army through a war-torn land.

Vandal Hearts

Turn-based combat

A classic PlayStation tactical RPG where Ash Lambert and his companions fight an oppressive regime in turn-based battles. Battlefields with varied elevation and a grim story about an ancient threat define the experience.

Jeanne d'Arc

Turn-based combat

A turn-based tactical RPG for the PSP that blends Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years' War with dark fantasy and magical armlets. Grid-based battles, character growth and a lavishly presented story take center stage.

Warsong

A party of several characters

An early-90s tactical RPG forerunner to Langrisser: as Prince Garett you lead commanders and their hired troops through turn-based battles to free your kingdom from the Dalsis Empire.

Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits

A party of several characters

A tactical turn-based JRPG in which two heroes, one human and one Deimos, try to unite their estranged races amid a war over the Spirit Stones. Grid-based battles with a varied party drive the gameplay.

Warhammer Quest

Fantasy setting

A turn-based dungeon crawler adapted from the Games Workshop board game: you lead a small band of heroes through randomly assembled dungeons in the Warhammer world, fighting on a grid and upgrading them with loot and level-ups.

Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena

Turn-based combat

A turn-based strategy RPG where you lead a kingdom as one of five Knights of Rune, assembling monster and knight forces to conquer or defend territory on a war map. The blend of war simulation and character leveling makes it a genre classic.

Arc the Lad

Fantasy setting

An early tactical RPG for the PlayStation in which young Arc gathers a growing party and fights grid-based, turn-based battles against a looming threat. A genre classic with a straightforward, linear story.

Battle for Wesnoth

Turn-based combat

Turn-based tactics in a high fantasy world: you lead an army of varied unit types through campaigns and turn raw recruits into veterans who carry over into later scenarios. Terrain, unit choice and positioning decide each battle.

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