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Tyranny

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2016

Should you play it?

Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.

What works

  • Unique villain-centric story
  • Meaningful player choices
  • Deep spellcrafting system
  • Rich worldbuilding and lore
  • High replayability

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat can be repetitive or unbalanced
  • Game feels short and somewhat unfinished
  • Some ui and inventory management issues
  • Limited voice acting
  • Bugs and quest glitches reported

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Kenshi

  • Age of Wonders 4

  • Age of Wonders III

  • SpellForce - Platinum Edition

  • SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition

  • FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles

Less dominating

Games that feels like Tyranny but with less domination over others

  • Pillars of Eternity

  • Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

  • Tower of Time

  • Hades II

  • Stories: The Path of Destinies

  • Masters of Anima

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Pillars of Eternity

  • Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire

  • The Outer Worlds 2

  • STAR WARS™ Knights of the Old Republic™ II - The Sith Lords™

  • Avowed

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Tyranny: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Competition, Fellowship.

Last update: 03/08/2026