The List of Incline - 2025 Edition

[Infinitron]

Remember, you can change your votes as new games are added.

Upcoming games included in the poll:
(Let me know if any of the release dates need to be changed.)

1. Aletheia: Return of Odysseus (Absent Dragon)
   Release Date: TBA
   Codex Thread
   Steam
   
   
2. Archaelund (4 Dimension Games)
   Release Date: Q2 2026
   Realms of Arkania-style RPG from DavidBVal set in the world of Exiled Kingdoms.
   Codex Thread
   Steam
   
   
3. Banquet for Fools (Hannah and Joseph Games)
   Release Date: Q3 2025
   Codex Thread
   Steam
   
   
4. Call of Saregnar (Legendworks)
   Release Date: TBA
   A faithfully retro Betrayal at Krondor homage by Rhuantavan.
   Codex Thread
   Patreon
   Steam
   
   
5. Code of the Savage (Geoff Jones)
   Release Date: TBA
   An impressive-looking oldschool RPG inspired by Ultima VI & VII and set in a gritty fantasy world.
   Codex Thread
   Kickstarter
   Steam
   
   
6. Cyber Knights: Flashpoint (Trese Brothers)
   Release Date: Q2 2025
   This cyberpunk tactical RPG is the Trese Brothers' fanciest game yet. They've come a long way from making mobile games.
   Codex Thread
   Kickstarter
   Steam
   
   
7. Esoteric Ebb (Sudden Snail)
   Release Date: TBA
   Codex Thread
   Steam
   
   
8. Fallen Gods (Wormwood Studios)
   Release Date: TBA
   Primordia designer Mark Yohalem's next game, an atmospheric roguelike-ish RPG where you play a Norse god trying to find his way back to Asgard.
   Codex Thread
   Steam
   
   
9. Hibernaculum (Wormdwood Studios)
   Release Date: Q4 2025
   Survival horror dungeon crawler set aboard a derelict generation ship. Featuring grisly artwork by Wormwood Studios lead artist Victor Pflug.
   Codex Thread
   Kickstarter
   Steam
   
   
10. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (Warhorse Studios)
    Release Date: February 4th, 2025
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    
    
11. MENACE (Overhype Studios)
    Release Date: TBA
    Sci-fi turn-based tactical RPG set in a remote star system from the creators of Battle Brothers.
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    
    
12. Monomyth (Rat Tower Software)
    Release Date: 2025
    A first-person action-RPG inspired by Arx Fatalis and Ultima Underworld by RatTower. Will he single-handedly succeed where OtherSide failed?
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    Kickstarter
    
    
13. Mystic Land: The Search for Maphaldo
    Release Date: 2025
    Suddenly, there's another Wizardry 7-inspired blobber 30 years in the making. Don't worry, Cleve Blakemore approves.
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    
    
14. Pathfinder: The Dragon's Demand (Ossian Studios)
    Release Date: TBA
    Codex Thread
    Kickstarter
    
    
15. Peripeteia (Ninth Exodus)
    Release Date: TBA
    Codex Thread
    Kickstarter
    Steam
    
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16. Project Haven (Code Three Fifty One)
    Release Date: 2025
    Mercenary outfit turn-based tactical RPG set in a dystopian near-future city, with Valkyria-style manual aiming.
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    
    
17. Prometheus Wept (Timeslip Softworks)
    Release Date: TBA
    The next RPG from the creator of Vigilantes, set in a near future post-technology Earth.
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    Kickstarter
    
    
18. Solasta II (Tactical Adventures)
    Release Date: TBA
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    
    
19. Stellar Tactics (Maverick Games)
    Release Date: TBA
    Sandbox space RPG by Arcanum producer Don Wilkins where you can travel in space and engage in isometric turn-based battles with your landing party. Stellar Tactics does it all!
    Codex Thread
    Kickstarter
    Steam
    GOG
    
    
20. Stoneshard (Ink Stains Games)
    Release Date: TBA
    A turn-based roguelike set in a gritty medieval fantasy world. Has awesome pixel art, and seems to be pretty awesome in general.
    Codex Thread
    Steam Greenlight
    Kickstarter
    Steam
    GOG
    
    
21. Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy (ATOM Team)
    Release Date: Q4 2025
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    Kickstarter
    
    
22. The Conformist (Torpor Games)
    Release Date: TBA
    Codex Thread
    
    
23. The Jovian System (The Boar Studio)
    Release Date: TBA
    Followup to hard-sci RPG Titan Outpost from Codexer MF, set in the moon colonies of Jupiter. This time there's a turn-based combat system with zero-g mechanics.
    Codex Forum
    Steam
    
    
24. The Way of Wrath (Animmal)
    Release Date: 2025
    Unique RPG by Hellwalker set in a fantasy Neolithic/early Bronze Age. Hold the fort against the enemy tribes who have conquered your land.
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    GOG
    Kickstarter
    
    
25. Underrail 2: Infusion (Stygian Software)
    Release Date: TBA
    Sequel to Codex cult RPG Underrail featuring a new roguelike-esque combat system. Hopefully it comes out in this decade.
    Codex Forum
    
    
26. Urban Strife (White Pond Games)
    Release Date: Late 2025
    A turn-based zombie survival RPG that aims to succeed where Dead State failed. Looks really solid.
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    
    
27. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 (The Chinese Room)
    Release Date: Early 2025
    Paradox's sequel to Bloodlines, originally from Hardsuit Labs with Brian Mitsoda as lead narrative designer, now in development at Dear Esther developer The Chinese Room. Could anything good possibly come out of this?
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    GOG
    
    
28. Zodiac Legion (Studio Draconis)
    Release Date: Q2 2026
    Fantasy XCOM from Codexer Galdred where you lead an order of arcane knights against an undead invasion.
    Codex Thread
    Steam

 

[Drakortha]

No Oblivion 2?

 

[Infinitron]

New games on the list: Solasta II, Pathfinder: The Dragon's Demand, Peripeteia

 

[Abu Antar]

I have Archaelund, Monomyth, Stellar Tactics and, Stoneshard in my library. The rest that I votedt for, I will grab after 1.0 release, and read impressions.

 

[Eisen]

Stoneshart: Eternal Early Access

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Stoneshart: Eternal Early Access

It's newcomer compared to Stellar Tactics.

 

[ADL]

Where's Assassin's Creed Shadows?
Also unlike many entries ITT this is confirmed for a 2025 release.

 

[Tavar]

Why are there games with release date 2026 in the list? Also, a lot of games in the list don't even have a release date. I don't think it makes sense to include them until we know that they'll actually release in this year.

 

[Squidhead]

Can I vote "Nothing"?

 

[Bastardchops]

Where's Assassin's Creed Shadows?
Also unlike many entries ITT this is confirmed for a 2025 release.

Assassin's Creed isn't an RPG. It's platformer with character customization.

 

[Roguey]

Assassin's Creed isn't an RPG. It's platformer with character customization.

They became full-fledged Witcher 3-style RPGs starting with Odyssey but they're also mole-poppin' crap, not incline.

 

[Infinitron]

Why are there games with release date 2026 in the list? Also, a lot of games in the list don't even have a release date. I don't think it makes sense to include them until we know that they'll actually release in this year.

It's not a list of RPGs releasing in 2025. It's just this year's poll of upcoming RPGs.

 

[Falksi]

Genuinely surprised how many of those look potentially good. I voted for 14 of them, so if even half turn out good I'll be happy with that.

But Jesus Wept, the direction Whalenaight have gone with their stuff looks worse every time I see it.

 

[Mortmal]

Stoneshart: Eternal Early Access

It's newcomer compared to Stellar Tactics.

And it’s not worth the wait. Its procedural generation done wrong, the combat is a tedious slog, and the gameplay is extremely repetitive.

 

[SayMyName]

Am I the only copetard with some hope for VTB2?