Broken Lines similar games & best alternatives

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Broken Lines

2020

Should you play it?

Broken Lines is a story-driven tactical RPG set in an alternate-history version of WWII. Lead a squad of soldiers and face the horrors of war. In the included expansion, 'The Dead and the Drunk', guide your troops through fights against both the living and the undead.

What works

  • Innovative 8-second turn-based combat system
  • Engaging and branching story with meaningful choices
  • Tactical depth with squad management and customization
  • Good replayability with multiple endings and mission paths
  • Immersive atmosphere and sound design

Things to keep in mind

  • Short campaign length
  • Some ui and control clunkiness reported
  • Limited weapon variety and character customization
  • Story and dialogue sometimes cheesy or predictable
  • Lack of multiplayer or social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Disciples: Liberation

  • Expeditions: Rome

  • The Necromancer's Tale

  • Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

  • Pillars of Eternity

  • Suikoden I&II HD Remaster Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars

More social

Games that feels like Broken Lines but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Frosthaven

  • Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

  • Expeditions: Viking

  • Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

  • Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)

  • Commandos: Origins

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like Broken Lines but with less of a community feel

  • The Hand of Merlin

  • Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

  • Sumerian Six

  • Blightstone

  • Kriegsfront Tactics - Prologue

  • Last Train Home

Less intimate

Games that feels like Broken Lines but with less focus on close relationships

  • Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes

  • Eador. Imperium

  • Zoria: Prologue (2020)

  • Elemental: Reforged

  • King Arthur: Knight's Tale

  • Disciples III: Reincarnation

More competitive

Games that feels like Broken Lines but with more competition against others

  • Ancestors Legacy Free Peasant Edition

  • Impossible Creatures Steam Edition

  • Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® II Chaos Rising

  • Heroes of Annihilated Empires

  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms XII with Power Up Kit

  • S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster

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Broken Lines: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation.

Last update: 21/08/2026