Encased
Encased is a modern single player sci-fi post-apocalyptic isometric role-playing game. It’s all about exploration, adventures, and survival inside a locked up territory. It is heavily inspired by famous isometric RPGs of the late 90s and early 2000s but aims not only to repeat those essential aspects that made them golden classic but also to improve those and evolve even further. The player is a participant in a project researching the technology and artifacts of a long-gone civilization. Wonderful discoveries, mysterious artifacts, and dangerous anomalies are constant companions of this activity.
What it feels like
Exploration-focused design with artifact research suggests reflective puzzle-solving tone.
What it's about
Set in an alternative 1970s with a mysterious alien artifact (the Dome) and anomalies as core setting elements. Wasteland survival in a ruined world following catastrophic discovery is the core context. Alternative 1970s setting with divergent tech and civilization forms the speculative backdrop.
How it plays
Turn-based grid-based tactical combat is a primary system, as emphasized in genre tags and Steam descriptions. Turn-based combat explicitly featured, core to the isometric RPG experience. Leveling and character development central to RPG progression system.
How it looks and sounds
Isometric perspective is definitional, explicitly stated as core aesthetic matching classic late 90s/2000s RPGs. Homage to classic isometric RPGs suggests deliberate retro 3D aesthetic sensibility.
How it's structured
Explicitly single-player experience with no multiplayer component. Bounded story arc with defined beginning and multiple possible endings structure the experience. Player chooses exploration paths and faction allegiances, with open-ended progression through the Dome.
Kindred games
Shares Isometric, Post-Apocalyptic, Turn-Based Combat, Science Fiction.
Both lean into Single-Player, Post-Apocalyptic, Isometric, Turn-Based Combat.
Shares Isometric, Turn-Based Combat, Post-Apocalyptic, Grid Tactics Combat.
Both lean into Isometric, Single-Player, Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat.
Shares Post-Apocalyptic, Grid Tactics Combat, Isometric, Turn-Based Combat.
Both lean into Single-Player, Post-Apocalyptic, Grid Tactics Combat, Campaign.
Closest hidden gems
A lesser-known kindred — Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat, Mystery, Alternate History. 93% positive across 4,703 Steam reviews.
Both lean into Single-Player, Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat, Campaign.
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Both lean into Single-Player, Campaign, Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat.
A lesser-known kindred — Science Fiction, Grid Tactics Combat, Isometric, Nonlinear Progression. 87% positive across 4,686 Steam reviews.
Both lean into Single-Player, Science Fiction, Grid Tactics Combat, Campaign.