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. Aletheia: Prophecy of Perseus (Absent Dragon)
   Release Date: TBA
   Codex Thread
   Steam
   
   
3. 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
   
   
4. Banquet for Fools (Hannah and Joseph Games)
   Release Date: Q3 2025
   Codex Thread
   Steam
   
   
5. Call of Saregnar (Legendworks)
   Release Date: TBA
   A faithfully retro Betrayal at Krondor homage by Rhuantavan.
   Codex Thread
   Patreon
   Steam
   
   
6. 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
   
   
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. Lair Of The Leviathan (Nostalgic Realms)
    Release Data: TBA
    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 (MegaVision Software)
    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. Never Second in Rome (Alessandro Roberti)
    Release Date: Q1 2026
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    
    
15. New Arc Line (Dreamate)
    Release Date: Late 2025
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    GOG
    
    
16. Pathfinder: The Dragon's Demand (Ossian Studios)
    Release Date: TBA
    Codex Thread
    Kickstarter
    
    
17. Peripeteia (Ninth Exodus)
    Release Date: Early 2026
    Codex Thread
    Kickstarter
    Steam
    
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18. 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
    
    
19. Prometheus Wept (Timeslip Softworks)
    Release Date: Q1 2028
    The next RPG from the creator of Vigilantes, set in a near future post-technology Earth.
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    Kickstarter
    
    
20. Revenge of the Firstborn (Sawtooth Games)
    Release Date: 2026
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    
    
21. Solasta II (Tactical Adventures)
    Release Date: TBA
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    
    
22. 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
    
    
23. 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
    
    
24. Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy (ATOM Team)
    Release Date: December 2025
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    Kickstarter
    
    
25. The Conformist (Torpor Games)
    Release Date: TBA
    Codex Thread
    
    
26. 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
    
    
27. The Necromancer's Tale (Psychic Software)
    Release Date: July 17th, 2025
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    
    
28. 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
    
    
29. 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
    
    
30. 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
    
    
31. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 (The Chinese Room)
    Release Date: October 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
    
    
32. Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy (Owlcat Games)
    Release Data: TBA
    Codex Thread
    Steam
    GOG
    
    
33. Zodiac Legion (Studio Draconis)
    Release Date: Q4 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?

 

[NecroLord]

Am I the only copetard with some hope for VTB2?

You mean VTMB 2?
Not Deus Ex with vampires like the original game, so it will be most likely trash.
Looks like trash and plays like it, has that weird color palette which reminds me of Thi4f, another bomb of a game.
Lacks the distinct tone of the original.

 

[Sphere of Many Eyes]

I just want to go on record saying my vote for Bloodlines 2 is a vote of hope not faith. I fully expect it to let me down. BUT I WANT TO BELIEVE, DAMMIT!

Also, don't really understand all the hype for Monomyth, looks pretty bland. I will still give it a chance though.

 

[Fargus]

Code of the Savage
Way of Wrath (probably)
Zodiac Legion
Monomyth
Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

All look interesting to me. But as usual i don't expect much in this day and age.

 

[Fargus]

Add Lair of the Leviathan too.

 

[lukaszek]

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

arent they the reason why term single player mmo came to be?

 

[Roguey]

arent they the reason why term single player mmo came to be?

Predates AC by some years I believe.

 

[lukaszek]

arent they the reason why term single player mmo came to be?

Predates AC by some years I believe.

quick research:
- ffxii 2006
- DAI 2014
- aco 2018

 

[Dark Souls II]

The games I find the most promising are Aletheia: Return of Odysseus, Peripeteia, and Infinitroon: the Thread-Splitting Kike Getting Caramellised In Concrete.

 

[Raghar]

• Aletheia: Return of Odysseus - is this like Age of Decadence? Look like there would be a lot of Greeks and no underwear.
• Archaelund - graphic looks like Skyrim mod, but it has a lot of character classes, it might be decent as long as they would evade blacks and browns. Looks like they have a lot of different species as a possible choices. If you want to have bullman character, or some kind of insect stuff. From screenshots it looks like they are having bit problems with writer department. (And I don't mean grammar, or writing style.)
• Banquet for Fools - artsy game with clunky combat. It's basically doll like characters moving on screen. If combat bit improves... You probably shouldn't play it at night during a storm.
• Call of Saregnar - another low cost small team project with possibly questionable quality. Character portraits could be real photos of developers.
• Code of the Savage - Pixel graphics. Why everything has to be pixel graphic?
• Cyber Knights: Flashpoint - I said this game has too much inspiration from Firaxis XCOM, and I still say this game has too much inspiration from Firaxis XCOM.
• Esoteric Ebb - I'd avoid deciding on this game until reviewers become victims and make some conclusion. Why are there three weird games in the row in this list?
• Fallen Gods - Rogue lite game, that... Well it's a game. Not sure if its poor game, or atrocious game.
• Hibernaculum - Is it like Vaporum just with FAR worse graphics? I don't like developers who say but old games that had to run on 3000 slower graphic card had this graphic thus we have to make low resolution pixelated graphic like when you run these old games on modern LCD monitors. (Yes they looked bad on CRT monitors as well.)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance II - Meh.
• MENACE - made by Battle Brothers developers, it might be fun.
• Monomyth - That's actually 2024 game.
• Mystic Land: The Search for Maphaldo - Might and Magic like game in current year. It has Wizards and Warriors like graphic in current year.
• Pathfinder: The Dragon's Demand - not sure about this game.
• Peripeteia - I'm not sure about graphic of this game. Games in 97 had better. Perhaps it's only early access.
• Project Haven - oh dear. Did you seen black girl on the poster? I don't give it too many chances. In addition they are wasting development time by including multiplayer.
• Prometheus Wept - let's say. Fallout I with worse graphic. Story would make or destroy the game.
• Solasta II - lets wait and see. They switched engine...
• Stellar Tactics - might have potential, but I'm not sure they would finish the game in this year.
• Stoneshard - that's like in development for eternity
• Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy - looks like average game
• The Conformist - Big project of Suzerain's developers who had to make Suzerain's DLC just to pay for its development. Graphics is bad, but you don't play this game for graphic. Looks like it's a something like Disco Elysium, just in 3 districts of big city. It would probably stay, or break on story and execution.
• The Jovian System - It calls itself hard SF game. So it would be likely dark, gritty, and with lack of color. (Also I remember about some free ware game where you are studding anomalies and do stuff. It was for free, and it was fairly interesting. It need some free graphic update and it would compete hard.)
• The Way of Wrath - It calls itself epic strategy RPG. I designed complex grand strategy games, but I have no clue from Steam images about what they are talking about. I see cartoon graphic and some characters.
• Underrail 2: Infusion - Well First game psionic was nerfed like crazy. I'm not sure if second game wouldn't be victim of nerfing too much, and overbalancing.
• Urban Strife - that's like that zombie game where you did these bases and stuff... Just without zombies right? I guess we had 15 games like that in last decade.
• Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 - Which one, the Mitsoda one, or the other one? They are popping out of grass like mushrooms.
• Zodiac Legion - I'm not sure about this one, if it was freeware it would be probably fine. (As long as easy difficulty setting would be in reality normal difficulty, and normal difficulty settings would force player to go through pain to not lose too many units.) Not something I'd want to force on people for money, but as freeware it might compete with Eador Genesis for place between decent strategy games. (As long as story will not suck. And as long as strategy element would be decent.)

 

[Infinitron]

KCD2 had 10 votes (19.2% of all voters)