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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Eishockey Manager
DOS19934.2/5 Kron Simulation Software
Master of Magic
DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected4.2/5 SimTex
Master of Magic is a turn based 4x strategy game developed by SimTex and published by the well know Microprose, very similar to Civilization, with a fantasy twist. You play as a wizard and your objective is to evolve your race from a small settlement to a bursting empire. To do so, you can produce military units to fight other computer controlled p...
Free Enterprise
Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Tsunami Media
Dehumanizing offices? Check. Depressing environment? Check. No windows in the whole place? Check. Good, I'm ready to exploit my workers and become great entrepreneur. All of this thanks to Free Enterprise, a simulation for Windows by Tsunami Media, published in 1996.
X-COM: Apocalypse
DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Mythos Software
X-COM: Apocalypse is the third installment of the very popular X-COM franchise. After X-COM: Ufo Defence and Terror From the Deep, fans expected another smash hit. Apocalypse is quite different under many aspects, from gameplay to aesthetics. X-COM Apocalypse was designed by Julian Gollop (the same designer that brought the original X-COM to l...
People's General
Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
The Temple of Elemental Evil
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected4.1/5 Troika Games
Classic Hangman
DOS19833.6/5 Norland Software
IVAN (Iter Vehemens ad Necem)
DOSWindowsLinuxMac OS2001freeware3.3/5
Beneath Apple Manor
DOS1983freeware4.2/5
Beneath Apple Manor is a pioneering game in the roguelike genre, originally developed and released in 1978 by Don Worth for the Apple II and later re-released for DOS as a "Special Edition". It's one of the earliest known role-playing video games (RPGs) with procedurally generated dungeons.In Beneath Apple Manor, players take on the role of an adve...
Jeopardy!
DOS19873.8/5 Sharedata
X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants
DOS19914.2/5 Paragon Software
Allan Border's Cricket
DOS19934.3/5 Audiogenic
Lords of the Realm 2
DOSWindows XP/98/95WindowsMac OS1996protected4.4/5 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...
Battlestar
Windows 3.x1996freeware3.8/5
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
DOS19874.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
The Chessmaster 2000
DOS19864.2/5 The Software Toolworks
Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna
DOS19883.6/5 Sir-tech Software
Dark Legions
DOS1994protected4/5 Silicon Knights
Legend of Faerghail
DOS19904/5 Electronic Design Hannover
Legend of Faerghail is a role-playing video game developed by Electronic Design Hannover and published by Rainbow Arts. It was released in 1990 for the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS platforms. The game is set in the fantasy world of Faerghail, where the player controls a party of adventurers on a quest to defeat the evil sorcerer Daldras.The game...
Sexy Droids
DOS1992NSFW4/5 Eleven Software
Roadwar 2000
DOS1987protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
John Madden Football
DOS19894/5 Electronic Arts
John Madden Football was the first of a series of american football sports games sponsored by the coach of the same name. The first John Madden Football is an abandoned game developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1988 for Apple II and Commodore 64 and later released for DOS (in 1989). The Madden series became extremely popular and the sequels...
Star Wars Chess
DOSWindows 3.x19934.1/5 The Software Toolworks
Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Strip Poker: A Sizzling Game of Chance
DOS1985NSFW3.9/5 Artworx Software
Chaos Overlords
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected3.2/5 Stick Man Games
Battle Isle
DOS1991protected3.7/5 Blue Byte Software
V for victory: Velikiye Luki
DOS1992protected3.9/5 Atomic Games
Gary Grigsby's War in Russia
DOS1993protected3.7/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed
DOS1992protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is a CRPG developed by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. and released in 1992 for DOS only. Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed is the sequel to Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday and it's based on a campaign setting created by TSR in the late 80s. The game uses the Gold Box engine, common to much of the RPGs developed by SSI.