The best 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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Epidemic!
DOS1983protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Mech Brigade
DOS1987protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Operation Combat II: By Land, Sea & Air
DOS19934.1/5 Merit Software
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
DOS19874.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Master of Orion
DOS1993protected4.1/5 SimTex
The Four Crystals of Trazere
DOS19924.1/5 Mindscape
Machiavelli the Prince
DOS1995protected4.1/5 Holistic Design
Tank Wars
DOS19904.1/5
Star Wars Chess
DOSWindows 3.x19934.1/5 The Software Toolworks
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan
DOS19904.1/5 New World Computing
UnReal World v. 3.20
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1992freeware4.1/5
Railroad Tycoon
DOSMac OS1990freeware4.1/5 MicroProse Software
Crime and Punishment
DOS19844.1/5 Mindscape
King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok
DOS1993protected4.1/5 Imagitec Design
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996protected4.1/5 Accolade
Empire Deluxe
DOSWindows 3.x19934.1/5 White Wolf Productions
Empire Deluxe is a classic turn-based strategy game that was originally released in the early 1990s. Developed by Mark Baldwin and Bob Rakowsky of White Wolf Productions and published by New World Computing, it is a successor to the game Empire, which was created by Walter Bright in the late 1970s. The game is set on a world map, where pl...
Mech War
DOS19924.1/5
Hexxagon
DOS19934.1/5 Argo Games
Grandmaster Chess
DOS1992protected4.1/5 Capstone
Battle Isle 2200
DOS1994protected4.1/5 Blue Byte Software
Treasures of the Savage Frontier
DOS1992protected4.1/5 Stormfront Studios
Pool of Radiance
DOSMac OS1988protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
The Great War: 1914 - 1918
DOS1993protected4.1/5 Blue Byte Software
Conflict
DOS19904.1/5 Mastertronic
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected4.1/5 Troika Games
Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures
DOSMac OS1993protected4.1/5 MicroMagic
After publishing a plethora of Gold Box titles, SSI decided to release a fantasy RPG based on the Forgotten Realms scenarios of Dungeons & Dragons where the player could create its own adventures. Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures (FRUA) is the ultimate Gold Box RPG and received praise from everyone who played it. If you loved Dark Knights ...
Grand Prix Wizard
DOS19964.1/5 Wizard Games
Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne
Windows XP/98/952002protecteddemo4.1/5 Triumph Studios
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne is a turn-based strategy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Gathering of Developers. It was released in 2002 as a sequel to the original Age of Wonders. The game is set in a fantasy world where players take on the role of a leader, either as a wizard or a warlord, and compete for control of the...
Gateway to the Savage Frontier
DOS1991protected4.1/5 Stormfront Studios
Panzer General 2
Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.