What Are The Best Games Like Pathfinder: Kingmaker?
Funded through Kickstarter, Pathfinder: Kingmaker is the first isometric party-based RPG based on the universe of the tabletop adventure game Pathfinder. In this single player adventure game, you lead a party of heroes to explore, conquer, and build your own kingdom.
Some of Kingmaker’s key features are well-developed companions, choices that provide game-changing consequences, and a real time party-combat system with a pause option to help you strategize encounters.
If you’ve played and enjoyed Kingmaker but you’ve been left wanting more, keep reading to discover 10 similar games that could be even better
10. Tyranny
Tyranny Gameplay
Tyranny is a story driven single player RPG developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Paradox Interactive. In the game, you belong to the faction of bad guys that just conquered the world, and your choices will determine the fate of the Kingdom.
Like Kingmaker, Tyranny is also an isometric game with a real timeparty-combat system that gives the option to pause the game. It presents you with a well-crafted story that will immerse you in a great fantasy adventure.
The old-school isometric view is a throwback to classic tabletop RPGs.
Tyranny's artstyle is uniquely chilling.
9. The Age of DecadenceThe Age of Decadence Gameplay
Are you into historical fiction? Another classic top down single player RPG is the turn-based low-fantasy title The Age of Decadence, a game inspired by the period after the fall of the Roman Empire. Make meaningful, game-changing choices in this memorable, non-linear story. A must-play for RPG fans.
The game favors the use of dialogue and diplomacy over combat, and combat is really hard. But, you don't really need to fight to finish the game.
The Age of Decadence is an experiment that tries to bring the RPG genre closer to the original PnP (Print and Play) games. Immersion is like playing a really well written historical fiction novel.
Your choices have serious consequences, which makes them more valuable.
Townsfolk go about their own business just as they would in any empire.
8. ExanimaExanima Gameplay
Exanima is an isometric third person RPG set in a low-fantasy world. Immerse yourself in this hardcore and extremely detailed dungeon crawler. Explore every nook and cranny. Fight, and do your best to survive. Its main feature is an innovative and realistic physics-based combat system that doesn’t use simple character animations, but applies force, momentum, and collision mechanics.
A prequel of the open world game Sui Generis, still in development, the incredibly hard Exanima is not recommended for casual players.
Explore dark dungeons and unravel their mysteries.
Exanima has a classic gothic feel that dungeon crawling fans are sure to enjoy.
7. Gloria VictisGloria Victis Gameplay Trailer
Gloria Victis is a low-fantasy MMORPG set in a medieval open world. Unlike more traditional RPGs, the game focuses more on actions rather than on story, choices, or dialogue.
Hone your skills and sharpen your blade to fight against other players in non target hand-to-hand battles. Siege and conquer territories, craft, trade, and achieve glory in this legendary PvP game.
Hack’em and slash’em all!
A look at the UI of Gloria Victis. Mainly a means to stow your weapons for easy access in battle.
6. Dragon Age OriginsDragon Age Origins is the first of a series of third person, single player fantasy RPGs. Become a warrior, a mage, or a rogue and lead your party of heroes as an elf, a human, or a dwarf. As the last Grey Warden, explore a massive world, fight your way through an adventure with difficult moral choices, interact with unforgettable companions, and discover the origins of an epic franchise.
The game has an astounding story and soundtrack. And, it has the classic pausable real-time combat system you find in many RPGs on this list. Origins was followed by the acclaimed Dragon Age II and Dragon Age Inquisition.
You can select the members of your party and you can choose to control their characters as well as your own.
There are all kinds of beasties to fight, some harder than others.
5. Kingdom Come: DeliveranceKingdom Come Deliverance Gameplay
The first title made by Warhorse Studios, Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a crowd funded first person single player RPG set in a realistic medieval open world. The game puts you in the skin of Henry, and you’ll live through his eyes as you grow and learn with him, going from a humble villager to a mighty knight, or scholar, alchemist, or thief. Choose your fate!
This is the most realistic medieval experience I’ve played so far. If you like the medieval period with its castles, shiny armor, and swords, and you enjoy compelling storytelling and interesting characters, this game is an absolute must. And, all this gets even better when you get immersed into its outstanding graphics, beautiful landscapes, and ambience.
If you like shaping stories with meaningful game-changing choices, you should definitely try Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
Like an arrow to the face ever solved anything.
4. Torment: Tides of NumeneraTorment: Tides of Numenera Gameplay
The successor to Planescape: Torment, Torment: Tides of Numenera is an isometric, classic single-player fantasy RPG with a turn-based combat system. Venture into a fantastic and original world branded as ‘weird,’ but in a good way, by many players and reviewers, and fight against strange and unique creatures.
Your choices will have game-changing consequences in a story with different possible outcomes, which grants it great replayability. Well-crafted characters and a powerful and deep narrative (with a lot of text) make Torment: Tides of Numenera what we all need in a game worth being played again and again.
The game is described as ‘weird and fun’ in many reviews.
Your charcater panel in Torment: Tides of Numenera.
3. The Bard's TaleThe Bard’s Tale Gameplay
The Bard’s Tale is a top down, single player action-adventure game. You become a roguish character in a humorous satire of fantasy role playing games, and you have your own narrator. Journey on an anti-hero’s quest, bed lots of wenches, and save the world in one of the funniest RPGs out there. If you enjoyed the sarcasm, satire and humor of the Monkey Island games, you’ll like this one.
The Bard’s Tale was followed by The Mage's Tale and The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep, and the three of them were remastered in 2018.
Humor can really save a game, and it’s probably what sets The Bard’s Tale apart.
With many more sequels in the game series, the original Bard's Tale has become a classic.
2. Pillars of Eternity II: DeadfirePillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Gameplay
The direct sequel to Pillars of Eternity, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire is an isometric, single player RPG. Like other classic top down RPGs, you’ll lead a party of heroes in a story filled with choices. Deadfire adds naval combat and exploration, and more freedom than other games to roam the world with your companions.
Captain your ship and pursue a god while you explore different islands in a legendary and mythical world. It’s one of the genre’s finest titles. Deadfire is an absolute must for fans of isometric RPGs.
Prepare to be boarded!
A look at the combat system in Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire.
1. Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced EditionBaldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition Gameplay
The last and oldest game on this list is Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, the last installment Baldur's Gate, one of the best RPG titles of all time. A natural predecessor to most games featured here, the game presents an isometric point of view, a rich story, choice-based dialogue, and a party of well-developed characters.
Continue the new story with your character from the previous Baldur's Gate, or create a new one. Choose between good and evil, and whether to play alone or with other players as it includes a single player mode as well as multiplayer and coop modes. For even more fun, the Enhanced Edition includes the original Shadows of Amn adventure and the Throne of Bhaal expansion.
Like Pathfinder: Kingmaker, Baldur's Gate also comes from the world of Dungeons & Dragons.
Beware of dragons!
