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Urtuk: The Desolation

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2021

Should you play it?

Urtuk is an open world, tactical turn-based RPG in a low-fantasy setting. Guide your band of adventurers through the ruins of an ancient world. Recruit new followers, loot the corpses of your fallen foes, and do your best to survive in this harsh and unforgiving realm.

What works

  • Deep tactical combat with minimal rng
  • Extensive character customization and mutators
  • High replayability and procedural maps
  • Fair and skill-based gameplay
  • Active and responsive developer

Things to keep in mind

  • Minimal narrative and world-building
  • Some ui and inventory management issues
  • Repetitive map and encounter design
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Limited visual customization

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Here Comes The Swarm

  • They Are Billions

  • Knightica

  • Mortal Glory 2

  • Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch

  • Tyrant's Blessing

More story-driven

Games that feels like Urtuk: The Desolation but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery

  • Tactics Ogre: Reborn

  • Sword of Convallaria

  • The Iron Oath

  • Those Who Rule

  • Heroes of Science and Fiction

More expressive

Games that feels like Urtuk: The Desolation but with more self-expression and customization

  • Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark

  • Monsters' Den: Godfall

  • Epic Battle Fantasy 5

  • The Last Spell

  • Trials of Fire

  • The Last Flame: Prologue

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Urtuk: The Desolation: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026