Fit check
Is Those Who Rule worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Players who enjoy tactical turn-based battles and planning unit positions
- RPG fans interested in growing a party through levels, classes, and equipment
- Players drawn to morally complex stories where decisions affect outcomes
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for real-time combat rather than turn-by-turn encounters
- Those seeking a light story without morally complex choices or shifting loyalties
- Players who prefer action focused on a single character rather than managing a party
Our take on Those Who Rule
Its emphasis on planned turns and party development trades immediate, real-time action for time to consider positioning and character growth. That focus suits deliberate tactical play, but leaves less room for combat driven by reflexes.
What is Those Who Rule?
Those Who Rule is a tactical, turn-based RPG about three new recruits in a low-fantasy world facing war and political betrayal.
Players assemble and train a party, recruit allies with distinct skills and backgrounds, and develop characters by leveling them up and changing their classes. Battles use a team-based turn system in which unit positioning can reduce the effect of random outcomes. Equipment can be customized, and recruits can learn abilities as they grow. The story follows a conflict threatening the land, with decisions that can alter relationships, events, and outcomes. Party composition and tactical planning shape how players approach increasingly difficult enemies, while the recruits’ choices unfold amid shifting loyalties.
How Those Who Rule plays
- 01Position-based combat
- Unit placement can lessen the impact of random outcomes during team turns.
- 02Recruit development
- Allies can gain levels, change classes, and build on their individual skills.
- 03Story-shaping choices
- Decisions can affect both gameplay and the outcomes for characters in the conflict.
Those Who Rule compared to similar games
Shogun Showdown also uses turn-based combat and careful positioning, but builds its encounters around attack tiles, combos, and deck construction. Those Who Rule instead centers on party recruitment, class changes, equipment, and decisions in a story-driven RPG.
Those Who Rule: platforms & release
Is Those Who Rule worth it?
It is worth it if: players who enjoy tactical turn-based battles and planning unit positions. Skip it if: players looking for real-time combat rather than turn-by-turn encounters.
Where can I download Those Who Rule?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Those Who Rule's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Those Who Rule on?
Windows only.
