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.

Most popular turn based games

Magic: The Gathering

strategyWindows XP/98/95

Civilization 2

strategyWindows XP/98/95

Civilization

strategyDOS, Windows 3.x

Turn based games

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D-Day: The Beginning of the End

DOS19943.6/5 Impressions Games
Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff

DOS19903.8/5 Softdisk Publishing
Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate

DOS19904/5 Softdisk Publishing
Dark Legions

DOS1994protected4/5 Silicon Knights
Dark Queen of Krynn

DOS1992protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest

Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996protected4.2/5 Accolade
Death by Backgammon

DOS19903.3/5
Death Knights of Krynn

DOS1991protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Decision at Gettysburg

DOS19903.7/5 TigLon Software
Decision in the Desert

DOS19853.8/5 MicroProse Software
Demon's Winter

DOS1989protected3.7/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Desert Rats

DOS19863.9/5 Cases Computer Simulations
Disciples of Steel

DOS19944.1/5
DND

DOS19844.1/5
Dogs of War

Windows XP/98/9519964.3/5 Software Engineering
Don't Go Alone

DOS19894/5 Sterling Silver Software
Doomdark's Revenge

DOS19853.9/5 Beyond Software
Dope Wars

Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Beermat Software
Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex

DOS19863.7/5 Avalon Hill
Dracula in London

DOS19883.5/5 SDJ Enterprises
Dragon Wars

DOS1990protected3.8/5 Interplay Productions
Dragonflight

DOS19913.6/5 Thalion
Dragons of Flame

DOS1989protected3.9/5 U.S. Gold
Drug wars: a game based on the New York drug market

DOS19843.3/5
Dungeon Crawl

Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1997freeware4/5

Dungeon Crawl (also known as Linley's Dungeon Crawl from the name of the original programmer: Linley Henzell) is a classic roguelike: an RPG with permadeath, procedural generation and high replayability. Dungeon Crawl was released on 1997 but it's not maintained anymore. The spiritual successr of Crawl is DCCS (Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup).
Eishockey Manager

DOS19934.2/5 Kron Simulation Software
Emperor of the Fading Suns

Windows XP/98/9519964/5 Holistic Design
Empire Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x19934/5 White Wolf Productions
Empire II: The Art of War

DOSWindows XP/98/9519953.9/5 White Wolf Productions
Empire: Wargame of the Century

DOS19874/5 Northwest Software