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Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation
RPG 09 July 2015
Add-on for the twin edition of Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright and Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest, which requires one of those titles. It has been developed by Intelligent Games studio and lets us explore a new story line. The main character doesn’t work with Nohr or sides with Hoshido, instead working on his own to discover the truth behind the conflict of those factions.
Endless Legend: Shifters
Strategy 07 April 2016
Another paid expansion for a fantasy 4X strategy game Endless Legend. The title of the expansion refers to the new, playable race of Alayi, characterized by unique ability to transform during winter, adapting to this harsh season. Alayi are also closely connected with a new resource, called Pearls of Auriga, which can be sacrificed on special altars to modify effects of winter. This allows us to make use of weather to our advantage during battles.
Partia: The Broken Lineage
RPG 20 November 2012
Lot: The Broken Lineage is a tactical turn-based RPG. The game tells the story of a civil war fantasy control over the human kingdom, and the fun comes down mainly to a series of large scale battles.
Dragon Front
Puzzle 20 November 2016
A collectible card game developed by High Voltage Software. The game combines traditional fantasy themes with dieselpunk aesthetics. Dragon Front has no plot and the gameplay focuses mostly on participating in duels. The battles take place on 4x4 boards and the rules were inspired by the Dejarik game known from the fourth episode of Star Wars. The player can select from four unique factions with different attributes, mechanics and battle strategy.
Pokemon Sun
RPG 18 November 2016
Pokemon Sun is another installment of the popular game series, developed for many years on successive generations of portable Nintendo consoles.
Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries
Strategy 18 February 2016
The official expansion to 2015's Galactic Civilization III, the third entry in the turn-based 4X strategy game series from Stardock studio. Mercenaries continues the story of a great galactic war between humans and the merciless Drengin Empire. When, due to the prolonged conflict military, the resources of both factions begin to dwindle, they decide to bolster their ranks by hiring freelancers.
Project Resurgence
RPG canceled
Project Resurgence is an episodic RPG developed by Nectar Game Studios. The game's action takes place in Lumen, a dark fantasy/steampunk world, slowly recovering after a grand cataclysm. Connected by the game's main plot, each episode tells the story of different characters and takes place in a different part of the game's world. The primary source of inspiration for the developers of Project Resurgence were the classic cRPG games from the second half of the 90s.
Battlehand
RPG 06 January 2016
A tactical RPG with turn-based fights, developed for mobile devices by Another Place Production studio, which was established by co-creators of the Fable series. The story of Battlehand takes place in a typical fantasy world, currently standing on the verge of destruction due to the appearance of the cruel queen, Amethyst, and her army of monsters. Faced with this threat, heroes of the past must dust off their long-unused equipment and arise to protect honor and justice.
Euclidean Lands
Puzzle 10 March 2017
An outstanding puzzle game (better known under the name of notSureAboutNameYet), created by independent developer Miro Straka. The title of Euclidean Lands refers to the mathematical term of Euclidean space, and we play as a wanderer traversing surrealistic lands made of cubic blocks. During his journey, the protagonist faces various puzzles, most of which come down to correct environment manipulation. We can freely rotate not only whole levels, but also single blocks – like in the Rubik's cube.
Mary Skelter: Nightmares
RPG 14 July 2017
Co-developed by Compile Heart and Idea Factory, a classic dungeon crawler with a turn-based combat system. The action of Mary Skelter: Nightmares is set in a fantasy world in which most of the humans are imprisoned in a humongous prison guarded by dangerous creatures. When the main hero and his friend are set free by a mysterious organization, they find out that they received supernatural powers.
Battlestar Galactica: Squadrons
Strategy 09 November 2016
A turn-based strategy for mobile devices, developed by Ludia, based on the license of a classic SF series Battlestar Galactica. The story repeats the events seen in the TV series. We follow the fortunes of a star cruiser trying to find a new home for humanity, threatened by the overwhelming forces of the Cylons – an alien robot race which will not rest until all of mankind is extinct.
Hieroglyphika
RPG 03 February 2016
A combination of a role-playing game and roguelike elements by indie developer M. Hanka. Hieroglyphika takes place in Egypt, where the protagonist, Howard Carter, gets trapped in an ancient pyramid, which has sunk deep into the desert sand. His task is to face the dangers awaiting him and to discover the secrets of the building.
Stranger of Sword City Revisited
RPG 28 February 2017
A re-edition of a 2014 first-person dungeon crawler Stranger of Sword City, developed by a Japanese studio, Experience. The game was enriched with new elements, characters and scenarios. The player takes on the role of a sole survivor of a plane crash, who learns that they have been transferred to a fantasy world. The protagonist soon finds a way to Escario - the legendary city of swords. The inhabitants take the newcomer for the Chosen One, who is supposed to save them from certain evil force.
Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade
Strategy 04 May 2017
Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade is an expansion to Galactic Civilizations, a turn-based 4X strategy game developed by Stardock. The expansion offers a new campaign, the titular Crusade. We learn that the human empire is no longer interested in diplomatic actions towards the alien races and decides to use force to mark their presence in the galaxy.
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
RPG 19 May 2017
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia is a remake of the 1992 Fire Emblem Gaiden, the second game in the famous jRPG series and was never before translated into English. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia takes place in a fantasy world divided between two opposing factions. The game focuses on two childhood friends who, as adults, are fighting for the opposing sides. Their stories intertwine, allowing us to see what happens on both sides of the conflict.
Has-Been Heroes
RPG 28 March 2017
A rougelike side-scroller developed by Frozenbyte. The players assume control over a ragtag group of heroes a little over their prime. The team receives a final task – escorting two princesses to a special academy. Unfortunately, the mission won’t be easy, as there will be numerous dangers lurking along the way. We begin the game with choosing three characters from an available pool of twelve different heroes.
Fire Emblem Heroes
RPG 02 February 2017
Fire Emblem Heroes is a fantasy-based, tactical RPG game. This is the first installment of the Nintendo's popular game series that was released on mobile platforms. The game takes place in a land divided between two opposing nations: striving for world domination Emblian Empire, and the Kingdom of Askran, bent on stopping the former. The players take the role of an Askran mage whose mission is to save the kingdom.
Creature Quest
Strategy 24 January 2017
Creature Quest is a mixture of a turn-based strategy and an RPG, developed by VC Mobile Entertainment. The game takes place in a fantasy world where we have to collect various creatures that have their own unique abilities. Even though we begin our adventures with only five creatures, we will be able to catch specimen of over five hundred species as we progress. We use them mostly in battles, where we decide what they should do and use their special abilities if necessary.
EvoCreo
RPG 07 May 2015
A mobile role-playing game by ilmfinity, based on the Pokemon franchise. The production takes place in the land of Zenith, which combines a modern setting with fantasy elements. The protagonist is an Evoker — a person who specializes in catching and training creatures called Creos. When the protagonist's father disappears without a trace, they set out to find him and quickly find out about the Shadow Hive organization, which strives to rule over the world.
MeiQ: Labyrinth of Death
RPG 17 December 2015
A Japanese role-playing game created as a the fruit of labor of two developer - Idea Factory and Compile Heart. The game is a dungeon crawler featuring a turn-based combat system. The player is taken to an alternative world where the Earth gets encompassed by eternal darkness. A prophecy is the planet's only hope - it tells about a key which is capable of restoring life to the planet.
Superdimension Neptune VS Sega Hard Girls
RPG 26 November 2015
A Japanese RPG and a spin-off to the Hyperdimension Neptunia series. The game was developed by Felistella studio and tells the stories of various female characters related to the video game industry. The main protagonist of the game is If, a girl who tries to solve the mystery of a theft of a special book that contains the history of the world written in it.
League of Angels II
RPG 07 April 2016
A sequel to the browser MMORPG game League of Angels. Similarly as the first installment, the sequel is a free-to-play game with microtransactions. League of Angels II invites the players to a fantasy world in which a constant fight against the forces of evil takes place. Combat in the game is turn-based and can be fully automated, allowing the team of a few persons to perform attacks and special attacks on their own.
The Warlock of Firetop Mountain
RPG 01 September 2016
An adaptation of the popular gamebook that was released in the 80's. The game was developed by Tin Man Games. It takes place in a grim fantasy universe and the player assumes the role of an adventurer who seeks to obtain treasures of a powerful sorcerer hiding at the top of the titular mountain. In order to reach the chest with the valuables, one must gain two keys and then defeat the sorcerer.
Overfall
RPG 01 March 2016
A hybrid of turn-based strategy game with the roguelike genre. The title was developed by the independent studio Pera Games. In Overfall the player visits a fantasy universe in which they takes control of a team of heroes whose objective is to find the lost king. The gameplay concentrates on exploring the procedurally-generated world, building diplomatic relations with various factions, completing quests and fighting various enemies.