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!
DOS1983protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Operation Combat II: By Land, Sea & Air
DOS1993 Merit Software
Railroad Tycoon
DOSMac OS1990freeware MicroProse Software
King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok
DOS1993protected Imagitec Design
Lords of the Realm 2
DOSWindows XP/98/95Windows 10/11Mac OS1996protected Impressions Games
Lords of the Realm II is a medieval-themed real-time strategy (RTS) and turn-based strategy game developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra On-Line. Released in 1996, it is the second game in the "Lords of the Realm" series. Players manage their kingdom by balancing resources such as food, weapons, and gold, engaging in diplomacy w...
Star General
Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected Catware, Inc.
Star General is a turn-based strategy game developed by Catware and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.). It was released in 1996 for MS-DOS and later for Windows. The game is set in a science fiction universe where players take command of one of five different factions, each vying for control of the galaxy.In Star General, players comman...
Warheads
Windows XP/98/951997
Champions of Krynn
DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Crime and Punishment
DOS1984 Mindscape
Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures
DOSMac OS1993protected 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 ...
Mech War
DOS1992
Pool of Radiance
DOSMac OS1988protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Scorched Earth
DOS1991protected
Hexxagon 2
DOS1993 Argo Games
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan
DOS1990 New World Computing
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan is a computer RPG released in 1990 for MS-DOS and PC-98 platforms. It is based on the tabletop role-playing game Tunnels & Trolls created by Ken St. Andre, which was a lighter and more accessible alternative to Dungeons & Dragons. The main storyline, "Crusaders of Khazan," sends the party on an...
Battle Isle 2200
DOS1994protected Blue Byte Software
Late Night Sexy TV Show
DOS1994NSFW Dynabyte
Panzer General 2
Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Circuit's Edge
DOS1990 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 MS-DOS. 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, corruption, and advanced technology. Players take on t...
The Great War: 1914 - 1918
DOS1993protected Blue Byte Software
Treasures of the Savage Frontier
DOS1992protected Stormfront Studios
DND
DOS1984
Grand Prix Wizard
DOS1996 Wizard Games
Master of Orion
DOS1993protected SimTex
Alternate Reality: The City
DOSMac OS1988 Paradise Programming
Alternate Reality: The City is a role-playing video game developed by Paradise Programming for various platforms including Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It was released in 1985. In Alternate Reality: The City, players find themselves in a mysterious and surreal city known as simply "The City". The game takes place in a fantasy setti...
Strip Poker Professional
DOS1994NSFW Artworx Software
Gateway to the Savage Frontier
DOS1991protected Stormfront Studios
Siege
DOS1992 Mindcraft Software
Nuclear War
DOS1989 New World Computing
Nuclear War is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by Eric Hyman and Jon Van Caneghem. Nuclear War was developed and released by New World Computing in 1989 for Amiga and, later, for DOS, and it's loosely based on a card game of the same name. Nuclear War took a satirical approach to the grim possibility of a global nuclear war and succe...
Merchant Prince
DOS1993 Holistic Design