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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Escape from Hell
DOS1990 Electronic Arts
Front Lines
DOS1994 Impressions Games
Genocide
DOS1996freeware
Grandmaster Chess
DOS1992protected Capstone Software
Hollywood Squares
DOS1989 GameTek
Keef the Thief: A Boy and his Lockpick
DOS1989 Naughty Dog
Legend of Faerghail
DOS1990 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...
Lexi-Cross
DOS1991 Platinumware
Lexi-Cross is an abandoned science fiction tv show-styled puzzle game. Lexi-Cross was developed by Platinumware and released for DOS by Interplay Productions in 1991. The gameplay is a turn-based mix between Scrabble and Wheel of fortune with elements of Battleship.
Liero
DOS1999freeware
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...
MacArthur's War
DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Mean 18
DOS1986 Microsmiths
Mind Mirror
DOS1986
Motor City
DOS1994 Max Design
Neverwinter Nights
DOS1991protected Beyond Software
Nobunaga's Ambition 6
DOS1994 KOEI
Playhouse Strip Poker
DOS1988NSFW Eurosoft
Reaping The Dungeon
DOS1993 Frontline Software
Roadwar Europa
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Sexy Droids
DOS1992NSFW Eleven Software
Sid Meier's CivNet
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1995 MicroProse Software
CivNet is a multiplayer adaptation of the original Sid Meier's Civilization game, released in 1995. It was developed and published by MicroProse for MS-DOS and Windows. This version of Civilization brought networked multiplayer gameplay to the series for the first time, alongside updated graphics and improved interface elements. CivNet retaine...
Socrates
DOS1993
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Trivia
DOS1990 Micro F/X Software
Star Wars Chess
DOSWindows 3.x1993 The Software Toolworks
The Dark Heart of Uukrul
DOS1989 Digital Studios Limited
Triple Triad Gold
Windows XP/98/952000freeware
Triple Triad is a card game that originated in the Final Fantasy series, specifically in Final Fantasy VIII. The game is played on a 3x3 grid, and each player has a deck of cards featuring different characters, monsters, or other elements from the Final Fantasy universe. When a card is placed adjacent to an opponent's card, and the rank of the...
UFO 2000
Windows 10/11Linux2004freeware
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2005protected Digital Eel
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a science fiction roguelike game developed by Digital Eel. Originally released in 2005, it is the sequel to Strange Adventures in Infinite Space. The game puts you in command of a starship exploring the randomly generated reaches of the fictional Purple Void. Your mission is to explore, trade, battle, ...
Wheel of Fortune
DOS1987 Softie
Zany Golf
DOS1988 Sandcastle
Zany Golf (also known as Will Harvey's Zany Golf) is an abandoned miniature golf game designed by Will Harvey, developed by Sandcastle and released by Electronic Arts in 1988. Zany Golf runs on DOS but was also published for Amiga, Atari ST, Apple IIgs, Genesis. Zany Golf can be played by two players on hotseat mode.