The most popular turn based games

In direct contrast with real-time games, turn-based games gameplay is based on the players taking turns to do what needs to be done: move in a dungeon, play cards, attack enemy units.

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Gary Grigsby's War in Russia

DOS1993protected3.7/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Pool of Radiance

DOSMac1988protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire

DOS1990freeware4/5 Origin Systems

After the success of Ultima 6: The False Prophet, Origin decided to "create worlds" not part of the popular Ultima series (strictly speaking) using the same engine of Ultima 6. They came up with two games: The Savage Empire and Martian Dreams. The Savage Empire is set in a stone age-like world and features prehistoric tribes, dinosaurs, insectoid a...

Rampart

DOS19924/5 Atari

Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...

World Class Leader Board

DOS19884.2/5 Access Software

World Class Leader Board is a golf simulation game developed and published by Access Software and released in the late 1980s for various platforms, including the Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, and PC. Players could choose their clubs, adjust their stance, and navigate through the virtual courses. World Class Leader Board was designed by Bruce ...

Battle Chess 4000

DOS1992protected4/5 Interplay Productions

Roadwar 2000

DOS1987protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Premier Manager 3

DOS19943.5/5 Realms of Fantasy

Moraff's World

DOS19913.5/5 Moraffware

Risk: the World Conquest Game

DOS19893.8/5 Mastertronic

Strip Poker Deluxe

DOS1994NSFW4.2/5

Chessmaster 9000

Windows XP/98/95Mac2002protected4.2/5 UBI Soft

Circuit's Edge

DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios

Circuit's Edge is a cyberpunk-themed role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released in 1990 for various platforms including DOS, Amiga, and Commodore 64.Set in a dystopian future, Circuit's Edge takes place in the fictional city of Rhoes Island, a dark and gritty urban landscape filled with crime, corru...

Conflict in Vietnam

DOS19864.2/5 MicroProse Software

Escape from Hell

DOS19904/5 Electronic Arts

The Dark Heart of Uukrul

DOS19893.9/5 Digital Studios Limited

Neverwinter Nights

DOS1991protected4/5 Beyond Software

The all new Family Feud

DOS19893.3/5 Softie

Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

DOS1987freeware3.9/5 Thinking Machine Associates

Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 is one of the first 4x turn-based strategy games, ASCII based. Anacreon is set in space, as most 4x sci-fi games are, and was published by Thinking Machines Associates and designed by George Moromisato who later re-released the game as freeware.

Machiavelli the Prince

DOS1995protected4.2/5 Holistic Design

Galaxy

DOS19814.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.

Tank Wars

DOS19904.1/5

Fidelity Chessmaster 2100

DOS19893.8/5 The Software Toolworks

Conquest of the New World (Deluxe Edition)

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 Quicksilver Software

Conquest of the new world is a turn-based strategy game that lets you control one of 6 different nations in their attempt to colonize the new continent. The gameworld is represented in an isometric point of view. Combat is a mini-game taking place on a battlefield where victory can be achieved by killing enemy troops or capturing the enemy's flag.