Highlights

• Divinity: Original Sin 2 is an impressive and massive game with rich lore and challenging gameplay.
• There are other isometric RPGs like Solasta, Undying, and Wildermyth that offer similar experiences and gameplay mechanics.
• Whether you prefer turn-based combat or more freeform gameplay, there are plenty of options in the isometric RPG genre to keep you entertained.

Over 90 hours long, with more than 70 quests, Divinity: Original Sin 2 was made to feel like a never-ending journey. Whether you have completed it and are prepared for another excursion or you still haven't gotten around to it but want another fresh storyline, there are options for all.

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This list showcases other games in the genre that excel in lore, combat, art style, and more. These isometric RPGs lean towards roguelike action or tactical Dungeons & Dragons combat. Games like Divinity: Original Sin 2 are hard to come by, but there are some worthy competitors out there. There will never be a boring day in the life with this many cRPGs to play.

Updated on August 15, 2023, by William Quick: It's been a lot of time since Divinity: Original Sin 2 came out, but it's still an impressive game when placed alongside more recent titles. It's massive, detailed, rich with lore, and challenging to top it all off. Not only do you have way more characters and classes to work with, but you also have a much larger world to explore alone or with other people. The isometric perspective is perfect for conveying everything you need to see and everything that you want to see, especially when it comes to battle. Whether you're looking for another turn-based experience or something more freeform, there are plenty of titles that make good use of the isometric angle. Here's a list of titles that have a lot to do and a lot to see as you play.

23 Solasta: Crown Of The Magister

Solasta is an open-world cRPG based on Dungeons & Dragons. It's one of the more recent turn-based RPGs with decent graphics, making it hard to not want to try. You control four different characters and have access to a full character creator screen to make them as pretty or as ugly as you want.

Because the game uses the Dungeons & Dragons SRD 5.1 Ruleset, your actions, and choices are based on dice rolls. Gameplay mechanics are tactical and complex so every move you make matters and affects what happens.

22 Undying

Zombies are a popular theme across all media and while the trend may have tapered off, there are still new and interesting stories about the undead coming to light. One that's worth a closer look if you're interested in characters, emotion, and survival, is Undying, which is still in Early Access.

You play as a mother named Annling taking care of her young son in the midst of a zombie outbreak. On top of being cut off from the rest of the world, Annling is also struggling with the zombie infection which threatens to consume her. To fight this, you need to balance exploring during the day and night to keep the infection in check. On top of scavenging food, water, and materials, you need to perform in front of her son so that he can learn survival skills and become more capable.

21 Wildermyth

Wildermyth has a storybook aesthetic, where the graphics look like you're flipping through pages out of a pop-up book. Instead of traversing through an open world via third-person view, you're clicking through maps and pages to advance your heroes' stories.

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The game has roguelite elements, where you're constantly going through ruins and dungeons to take down monsters. It's got procedural generation and heavy storytelling. When your heroes die, you get to reroll with the same hero, or you can let them die with honor.

20 Gloomhaven

One of the more popular and recent party-based RPGs on the market, Gloomhaven limits your immersion to hex grids and board game mechanics when traversing through the game. Despite this, the game is 3D and full of life.

Gloomhaven is an ambitious cRPG based on an actual board game. You can choose from up to 17 different characters, all of whom have over 1,000 abilities to unlock and master as you play through the game.

19 Wartales

Wartales throws you into a vast, open-world experience with a bird's eye view from your team. Instead of rolling a die and ending up somewhere on the map, you traverse with your party on foot. Find taverns to trade wares at and bump into new recruits.

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There's more freedom in Wartales because you can walk around and make a name for yourself. You don't follow a D&D rule book, and every action you make isn't tactical and complex. It's an open-world RPG with a turn-based strategy.

18 Pathway

Divinity: Original Sin 2 is chock-full of great qualities. Some people favored turn-based combat in particular. Every encounter could go in many different ways and involve strategy as well as luck. In Pathway, that's exactly what's expected of you.

It's a turn-based strategy game set in the 1930s with a tabletop feel to it. You get to travel through a map to their destination, read the lore, and get into battles. There's a catch though: if you die, they have to start all over again. Luckily the heroes played with keeping their experience no matter what!

17 Torment: Tides Of Numenera

Torment: Tides Of Numenera is another open-world RPG featuring a party and turn-based combat. It's the second game following Planescape: Torment which was positively received. You may have mixed feelings about Torment because it focuses more on the adventure and story rather than lots of action and challenges.

For anyone who enjoyed Divinity's lore and wanted more mature stories to dive into, Torment is the game to play. Its content is very philosophical, where "Your words, choices, and actions are your primary weapons."

16 Shadowrun: Hong Kong

The Shadowrun franchise stays true to the combat and party system but offers a different approach when it comes to esthetics and settings. Shadowrun gives you '80s cyberpunk, with advanced technology and neon lights galore.

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In Shadowrun: Hong Kong, you control a character who used to make money on the streets of Hong Kong, but who left that all behind until their father-like figure sends a worrisome message to you and their brother figure. With a newfound party, you travel through an unregulated Hong Kong set in the future.

In the wake of Cyberpunk 2077's colossally botched release, the Shadowrun franchise and a few other games may scratch that cyberpunk itch instead.

15 Path Of Exile

This game is more similar to the mechanics of an RPG like Divinity due to the HUD interface filled with potions, powers, and health. It's a dark fantasy adventure where you control an exile (shocking!) who seeks revenge.

A big difference between this game and the others is that Path Of Exile is free-to-play and its developers vow to never make it a pay-to-win journey.

14 Dragon Age: Origins

Dragon Age is a classic fantasy tale that has three major games now. The first one, Dragon Age: Origins, takes the cake by looking and feeling more like a regular RPG than the other games in the franchise.

It's a franchise and game filled to the brim with original lore and a fully developed world for you to explore. You can customize their character from physical looks to the powers and weapons they yield as they tread through a Dark Spawn apocalypse and nationwide war. This is more of an adventurous experience where you can romance companions and change political tides.

13 Pathfinder: Kingmaker

Pathfinder is originally a tabletop role-playing game, but developers were able to make it an isometric PC game with the help of Kickstarter. The visuals of the game highlight effervescent bright lights that create a magical atmosphere and include the action and story gamers really want.

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You control a party and explore vast lands in the hopes of creating a kingdom for yourself and recruiting anyone possible. The developers have listened to fans' suggestions and criticisms plenty and have put out an enhanced edition in accordance.

12 Baldur's Gate 2

Taking it back to the OG gaming roots, Baldur's Gate is reminiscent of games like Fallout 1 and 2 with its graphics and simple HUD. Baldur's Gate 2 is a continuation of the adventure started in the first game.

You tread through a medieval catastrophe with the challenging question of whether to be good or to give in to evil. The game brings you simplicity so that you can focus on your own adventure, choices, and lore of the world.

11 Pillars Of Eternity

Pillars Of Eternity was created by the same developers who did Fallout: New Vegas and other successful RPG games like The Outer Worlds. This is an open-world fantasy where your choices matter and exploration has never been so extensive.

In this game, you can choose to be human, elf, dwarf, or things more unknown like Aumaua, Orlan, and Godlike races. It is definitely worth checking out if you need to scratch that Divinity itch.

10 Masquerada: Songs And Shadows

Masquerada: Songs and Shadows choose to use a more cartoon art style that uses bright, attractive colors and friendly faces. The journey that awaits gamers is entirely voice-acted and full of bright sounds and music.

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The game does not contain turn-based combat, but a pause system can be enabled that allows you to change positioning and control the way the fight is going. This is an action-packed adventure full of magic and music.

9 Disco Elysium

This is a game that isn't quite like the others. Instead of a fantasy role-playing game where you encounter dangerous monsters and caverns full of dangerous men, Disco Elysium puts you in the shoes of a drunken detective who doesn't know what he's doing or where he is.

This is an isometric tale that has wonderful artwork and a soundtrack that will temporarily transport you to another realm. Decide what kind of detective to be and what political parties to side with, or don't decide anything and wreak havoc on the city.

Think of this as one of Fane's previous lives where the different parts of his brain all manifest with unique voices and some of them are The Doctor.

8 Death's Door

The concept of death has been reimagined in multiple ways and there are countless games involving death, the afterlife, and the Grim Reaper. The gothic but colorful hit Death’s Door turns it into a somewhat bureaucratic process with you playing as a Reaper who has to do a lot of the legwork.

Unfortunately, you fail your assignment and get trapped in a world where things don't die normally but where your immortality is at risk. You'll need to explore the overworld and visit different regions to collect rogue souls to power up so that you can reap the souls of creatures who have grown monstrous due to long life. It's fast-paced where you get a selection of weapons and magic spells that you can empower and unleash as you practice the art of rolling and dodging enemies, bosses, and hazards.

7 Hard West 2

The Old West is rarely depicted as a happy-go-lucky place since conditions were harsh, and it wasn't easy to make a living. Fantasy got its hands on this environment to create the Weird West, combining brutal nature with supernatural elements which can be felt in the Hard West series, and most recently in Hard West 2.

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This time around, you're leading a small posse of four gunslingers, fighters, warriors, and mystics to what may or may not be the underworld. You and your partner were tricked by a demon on a demon train into losing your souls, and now you got to get them back. Battles take place in towns, forts, campsites, and other settings with each shot landed hurting like hell. You only have the grace of luck to protect you which is why every shot, every ability, and every item needs to be put to good use.

6 Baldur's Gate 3

Recommending a game from the same studio that made D: OS2 just makes sense. Moreover, the game comes from a storied franchise that draws upon D&D. Larian brings their more streamlined approach to combat and lovely storytelling to the Baldur's Gate franchise in the Baldur's Gate 3.

Since the game's early access launch in September 2020, there have been a few patches. Changes included typical performance-related issues. But Larian is taking in as much criticism and feedback as they can to produce a game all the fans love, enjoy, and feel a part of.

5 Hades

Hades comes from Supergiant games, known previously for Bastion and Transistor. The top-down roguelike features RPG elements and some romance options. While the combat is much more like a hack and slash, the story is engrossing and uses Greek mythology to draw you in and anchor them in a world.

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But the world feels real and alive despite all the deaths you're likely to experience. The game is designed to let you learn through failure, something Divinity fans may be all too familiar with if playing in Tactician mode.

4 XCOM 2

This game might have a sci-fi, alien-fighting setting, but it sets the gold standard for turn-based combat. Though XCOM Enemy Unknown is a great game, XCOM 2 is the epitome of what this franchise represents in terms of a compelling story and stellar gameplay.

If you enjoyed Divinity's tactical fight planning will fall in love with XCOM 2. Opt for the War of the Chosen DLC for an even more challenging playthrough and cameos from members of the Star Trek: The Next Generation cast.