Turn-based games sorted by release date
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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Centurion: Defender of Rome
DOS19904.2/5 Bits of magic
Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game set in ancient Rome times. As a centurion of the Roman Empire, you will fight against the enemies of Rome in real time battles in every corner of Italy and Europe, you'll be a gladiator, race chariots, fight naval battles and more.
Champions of Krynn
DOS1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Circuit's Edge
DOS19904.1/5 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...
Conflict
DOS19904.1/5 Mastertronic
Dark Designs 1: Grelminar's Staff
DOS19903.9/5 Softdisk Publishing
Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate
DOS19904/5 Softdisk Publishing
Death by Backgammon
DOS19903.3/5
Decision at Gettysburg
DOS19903.8/5 TigLon Software
Dragon Wars
DOS1990protected3.7/5 Interplay Productions
Escape from Hell
DOS19904/5 Electronic Arts
Frontline
DOS19903.5/5 Cases Computer Simulations
Full Metal Planete
DOSMac OS19903.9/5 Hitech Productions
Hard Nova
DOS19903.7/5 Malibu Interactive
Hard Nova is a sci-fi role-playing game (RPG) developed by Malibu Interactive and published by Electronic Arts. Released in 1990, it is available on platforms such as the DOS, Amiga, Atari ST. Hard Nova is set in a distant future where players navigate through various star systems. The player takes on the role of a mercenary leader in charge of a s...
Hockey League Simulator
DOS19903.4/5 Bethesda Softworks
Imperium
DOS19903.8/5 Electronic Arts
Ishido: The Way of the Stones
DOSMac OS19903.8/5 Publishing International
Khalaan
DOS19903.6/5 Chip
King's Bounty
DOSMac OS19903.9/5 New World Computing
King’s Bounty is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements, originally released in 1990 by New World Computing. It was created by Jon Van Caneghem, also known for the Might and Magic series. This game is often regarded as the precursor to the Heroes of Might and Magic series, which shares many of its core mechanics and concepts. In Ki...
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...
Links: The Challenge of Golf
DOS19903.9/5 Access Software
MacArthur's War
DOS19904/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
North and South
DOS19904.2/5 Infogrames
Operation Combat: Computer Battle Game
DOS19904.2/5 Merit Software
Panzer Battles
DOS19903.1/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Railroad Tycoon
DOSMac OS1990freeware4.1/5 MicroProse Software
Renegade Legion Interceptor
DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2
DOS19903.9/5 KOEI
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by Koei. It was released in 1989 for various platforms, including the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), MS-DOS.In Romance of the Three Kingdoms II, players take on the role of a ruler during this period, and their objective is to unify China under their rule. ...
Secret of the Silver Blades
DOSMac OS1990protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Secret of the Silver Blades is a fantasy RPG set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1990 for DOS, Macintosh, Amiga and Commodore 64 systems. Secret of the Silver Blades is part of the Pool of Radiance series and uses the same "GoldBox" engine with isometric turn-based combat ...
Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye
Windows 3.xMac OS19903/5 Activision
Sharkey's 3D Pool
DOS19904.1/5 Aardvark Software