Push Square has highlighted Beaten Path, an upcoming Kickstarter-funded tactical RPG, as a PS5-friendly alternative for players interested in Nintendo's newly revealed Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave. The comparison underscores a long-running trend of "spiritual successor" games filling gaps for players on platforms that miss out on popular franchise instalments, giving strategy RPG fans on PlayStation something to anticipate despite lacking a Switch 2.

Beaten Path is due for release in 2027 and draws heavily on genre staples such as Final Fantasy Tactics and Fire Emblem, featuring grid-based combat, positioning and terrain tactics, unit synergy, a full job system and promised full voice acting. While acknowledging it won't match the production values of Intelligent Systems' long-running series, the article praises its character portraits and environmental art. Readers are also reminded that Brigandine Abyss, another tactics title, is due out later in August 2026 for those seeking more strategy RPG content in the meantime.