20 Games with a historical setting like Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun that you should try

If Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun worked for you because of punishing difficulty, stealth mechanics and historical setting, the same is here. To that it adds an isometric view and single-player focus. Its own ground is strong narrative focus and a third-person camera.

It shares the essentials of what Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun does: punishing difficulty, stealth mechanics and historical setting. Both also lean on single-player focus and an isometric view. The distance is in tone — its own ground is strong narrative focus.

If Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun worked for you because of punishing difficulty, stealth mechanics and historical setting, the same is here. The common ground extends to single-player focus and an isometric view. Where the two diverge is game mode: multiplayer gameplay.

What brings it close to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is punishing difficulty, melee combat and historical setting, and the two track each other on genre, combat and tone. To that it adds single-player focus and an isometric view. They part company on game mode: this one brings multiplayer gameplay.

It shares the essentials of what Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun does: tactical combat, historical setting and single-player focus. The common ground extends to an isometric view. Where the two diverge is game mode: co-op play.

If Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun worked for you because of melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus, the same is here. Where the two diverge is visuals: a third-person camera.

What brings it close to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus, and the two track each other on genre, combat and game mode. Where the two diverge is tone and visuals: strong narrative focus and a third-person camera.

With Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun it shares melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus. To that it adds an isometric view. They part company on setting: this one brings fantasy world.

Shelved next to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun for good reason: melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus. They part company on visuals and setting: this one brings fantasy world and 2D presentation.

Same family as Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun: stealth mechanics, historical setting and single-player focus. The distance is in tone and visuals — its own ground is strong narrative focus and fantasy world.

The genre is the same as Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun’s, and with it stealth mechanics, historical setting and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is visuals and combat: a third-person camera.

Genre puts it alongside Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, and so does melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus. Where the two diverge is tone and visuals: strong narrative focus and a medieval setting.

The genre is the same as Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun’s, and with it stealth mechanics, historical setting and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and combat — its own ground is fantasy world and a third-person camera.

Shelved next to Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun for good reason: stealth mechanics, historical setting and single-player focus. The distance is in visuals and combat — its own ground is fantasy world and a third-person camera.

Same family as Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun: melee combat, historical setting and single-player focus. The distance is in tone and visuals — its own ground is strong narrative focus and a sci-fi setting.