Wakfu
Immerse yourself in the WAKFU universe with this free to play MMORPG. Select your class, travel the world, meet adventurers to challenge powerful monsters in epic turn-based battles. Participate in the kingdom’s economy and politics and create your own legend!
What it feels like
A sincere fantasy adventure framing with no irony in the heroic monster-slaying and world-building narrative.
What it's about
A secondary fantasy world with magic, adventure, and classic RPG monster-slaying structures the setting.
How it plays
The core combat loop is turn-based tactical battling, a definitional system that structures every encounter. Battles are grid-based with positioning, range, and tactical positioning central to the combat formula. Players select from distinct classes at the outset, defining their role and abilities throughout play.
How it looks and sounds
The Wakfu universe has a distinctive anime-inspired visual style in character design and art direction. Steam user tags confirm isometric perspective as the viewing angle for the tactical world.
How it's structured
Wakfu is explicitly marketed as a free-to-play MMORPG where hundreds of players inhabit a persistent shared world together. A shared world that continues to exist and evolve across all players, central to the MMO experience. A large world of discrete regions and areas to explore and travel through, though structured around zones rather than seamless.
Kindred games
Shares Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat, High Fantasy, Class System.
Both lean into Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat, High Fantasy, Party Management.
Shares Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat, Class System, High Fantasy.
Both lean into Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat, Class System, High Fantasy.
Shares Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat, High Fantasy, Party Management.
Both lean into Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat, High Fantasy, Party Management.
Closest hidden gems
A lesser-known kindred — Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat, High Fantasy, Party Management. 88% positive across 4,251 Steam reviews.
Both lean into Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat, High Fantasy, Party Management.
A lesser-known kindred — Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat, Party Management, High Fantasy. 98% positive across 4,325 Steam reviews.
Both lean into Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat, Party Management, High Fantasy.
A lesser-known kindred — Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat, Party Management, Class System. 87% positive across 4,324 Steam reviews.
Both lean into Turn-Based Combat, Grid Tactics Combat, Party Management, Class System.