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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Chessmaster 3000
DOS1991 The Software Toolworks
221B Baker Street
DOS1986 Datasoft
You are Sherlock Holmes, and someone has committed a crime, possibly because they couldn’t handle the game’s UI. 221B Baker Street is a detective board game where your mind is your only weapon. And also a notepad, beca...
Fantasy General
DOS1996protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Fantasy General is a hex-based turn-based strategy fantasy wargame. The player can duel either against a computer or a human opponent or even take part in a longer campaign. There are two sides to chose from, one good and one evil...
V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach
DOS1991protected Atomic Games
TV Sports: Boxing
DOS1991freeware ACME Interactive
Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess
DOS1990protected Interplay Productions
In Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess (1990), the classic formula gets an eastern makeover—complete with new rules, a new board, and a fresh batch of animated fatalities. If you thought regular chess was confusing, welcome to xia...
Lords of Conquest
DOS1987 Eon Software
Fuzzy's World of Miniature Space Golf
DOS1995 Pixel Painters Corporation
Chess
DOS1981 International PC Owners
UnReal World v. 3.20
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1992freeware
Allan Border's Cricket
DOS1993 Audiogenic
In Allan Border’s Cricket (1993), you get to live the thrill of... waiting. A lot. But when the action kicks in, it’s surprisingly engaging. Named after the Australian cricket legend, the game offers realistic mechanic...
Death Knights of Krynn
DOS1991protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Virtual Pool
DOS1995 Celeris
Emperor of the Fading Suns
Windows XP/98/951996 Holistic Design
Gary Grigsby's Pacific War
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Liero
DOS1999freeware
Dogs of War
Windows XP/98/951996demo Software Engineering
Football Manager 3
DOS1993 Bedrock Software
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...
Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes
Windows XP/98/951997 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes is an abandoned turn-based fantasy strategy game designed by Steve Fawkner, developed by SSG Strategic Studies Group and released by Red Orb Entertainment in 1997 for Windows. Warlords 3: Reign of Heroe...
Joan of Arc
DOS1989 Chip
Incursion
Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2007freeware
Star Wars Chess
DOSWindows 3.x1993 The Software Toolworks
The Civil War
DOS1987 Avalon Hill
Color Buster
DOS1992
Wizardry 2: The knight of diamonds
DOS1982 Sir-tech Software
Shadow of Yserbius
DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
Phantasie 1
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
One-Nil Soccer Manager
DOS1992 New Era Software
One-Nil Soccer Manager is a text-based soccer management simulation game that was popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was developed for various home computer systems, including DOS, Commodore 64 and Amiga. In One-Ni...
Free Enterprise
Windows XP/98/951996 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...