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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Machiavelli the Prince
DOS1995protected Holistic Design
Railroad Tycoon
DOSMac OS1990freeware MicroProse Software
Epidemic!
DOS1983protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Operation Combat II: By Land, Sea & Air
DOS1993 Merit Software
Champions of Krynn
DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Champions of Krynn is a RPG released in 1990 by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and is the first game in the Dragonlance Gold Box series. It is based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons ruleset and set in the world of Krynn, ...
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 R...
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996protected Accolade
Gateway to the Savage Frontier
DOS1991protected Stormfront Studios
Gateway to the Savage Frontier is a Dungeons & Dragons computer role-playing game released in 1991. It was developed by Beyond Software (later known as Stormfront Studios) and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.) as ...
King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok
DOS1993protected Imagitec Design
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 play...
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 Ad...
Mech War
DOS1992
Pool of Radiance
DOSMac OS1988protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Celtic Tales: Balor of the Evil Eye
DOS1995 KOEI
Celtic Tales: Balor of the Evil Eye is a strategy video game developed by KOEI and released in 1995. It is set in a mythical version of ancient Ireland and draws heavily from Celtic mythology, particularly focusing on the legendar...
Gulf Strike
DOS1986 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Hexxagon 2
DOS1993 Argo Games
Merchant Prince
DOS1993 Holistic Design
Battle Isle 2200
DOS1994protected Blue Byte Software
With Battle Isle 2200 (1994), the series goes full 3D cinematic—with cutscenes so dramatic you’d think they were auditioning for a soap opera in space. The gameplay is classic hex strategy, but now with upgraded visual...
DND
DOS1984
Panzer General 2
Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
The Great War: 1914 - 1918
DOS1993protected Blue Byte Software
Treasures of the Savage Frontier
DOS1992protected Stormfront Studios
Strip Poker Professional
DOS1994NSFW Artworx Software
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, play...
Master of Orion
DOS1993protected SimTex
Siege
DOS1992 Mindcraft Software
Jack Nicklaus Golf & Course Design: Signature Edition
DOS1992 Sculptured Software
Spaceward Ho!
Windows 3.xDOS1992 Delta Tao 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 car...
Strip Poker 3
DOS1991NSFW Artworx Software