Games like Battle for Wesnoth on PC
Closest overall match: Etherlords II (★ 3.9). Quickest to finish: Etherlords II at about 1 hours.
These 12 games score highest on our similarity model for Battle for Wesnoth — weighted by shared tags, genre overlap, rating proximity and release era. The strongest common threads are Turn-Based, Singleplayer and Fantasy.
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57%
1. Etherlords II
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Fantasy and Singleplayer; same release year.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 78
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, Indie
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57%
2. Shadowrun Returns
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Includes level editor, Turn-Based, Fantasy and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.5
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, Indie
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56%
3. NEO Scavenger
Shares Hex Grid, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 77
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 33%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, Indie
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56%
4. Avernum: Escape From the Pit
Shares Turn-Based, Fantasy, 2D, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 0.7 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, Indie
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55%
5. Sproggiwood
Shares Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Fantasy and 2D and 2 more tags; rated 0.9 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, Indie
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55%
6. Crowntakers
Shares Hex Grid, Turn-Based, Fantasy, Steam Cloud and Singleplayer; rated 1.2 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.5
- Metacritic
- 70
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, Indie
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54%
7. Geneforge 1
Shares Turn-Based, Fantasy and Singleplayer; rated 1.1 lower; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2001
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, Indie
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54%
8. Geneforge 2
Shares Turn-Based and Singleplayer; rated 1.3 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2003
- Rating
- ★ 2.4
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, Indie
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54%
9. Blackguards
Shares Hex Grid, Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based and Fantasy and 2 more tags; rated 0.8 lower.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.8
- Metacritic
- 68
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 45%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, Indie
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54%
10. Avernum 6
Shares Turn-Based, Fantasy and Singleplayer; rated 1.3 lower.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 2.4
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, Indie
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53%
11. Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne
Shares Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Fantasy and Singleplayer; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2002
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 1h
- Finish rate
- 50%
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10
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52%
12. Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Shares Turn-Based and Singleplayer; rated 1.3 lower.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 2.4
- Playtime
- 1h
- Shared genres
- RPG, 10, Indie
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What is the best game like Battle for Wesnoth on PC?
On our similarity model, Etherlords II is the closest match to Battle for Wesnoth on PC — shares Turn-Based Tactics, Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based, Fantasy and Singleplayer; same release year.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Battle for Wesnoth on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.