7 Tactical games like Mount & Blade: Warband that you should try

Of everything here, this is the nearest thing to Mount & Blade: Warband — the two agree on genre, combat and game mode. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. What it adds of its own: skill tree progression and an early-access release.

Same family as Mount & Blade: Warband: melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is a sci-fi setting and 3D presentation.

It shares the essentials of what Mount & Blade: Warband does: open world exploration, melee combat and historical setting. Both also lean on exploration and discovery, and single-player focus. The distance is in setting and visuals — its own ground is post-apocalyptic world.

It shares the essentials of what Mount & Blade: Warband does: open world exploration, melee combat and fantasy world. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and a third-person camera. They part company on combat and world: this one brings stealth mechanics.

Genre puts it alongside Mount & Blade: Warband, and so does open world exploration, melee combat and historical setting. To that it adds exploration and discovery, and multiplayer gameplay. They part company on world and visuals: this one brings linear, story-driven structure.

Genre puts it alongside Mount & Blade: Warband, and so does tactical combat, fantasy world and single-player focus. The common ground extends to a third-person camera. Where the two diverge is setting and visuals: PvP competition.

On paper it is what Mount & Blade: Warband is — tactical combat, fantasy world and single-player focus — though the resemblance is mostly at that level. Both also lean on a third-person camera. The distance is in game mode and visuals — its own ground is strong narrative focus.