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
Checkers for Windows
Windows 3.x19974.1/5
One-Nil Soccer Manager
DOS19923.9/5 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-Nil Soccer Manager, players take on the role of a soccer team manager, making strategic decisions to guide their team to s...
Battle Isle 93: The Moon of Chromos
DOS19934/5 Blue Byte Software
Gemfire
DOS19924/5 KOEI
Shadow of Yserbius
DOS19933.8/5 Sierra On-Line
Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna
DOS19883.6/5 Sir-tech Software
Theatre of War
DOS1992protected3.3/5 Artech Studios
Minesweeper
Windows 3.x19924.1/5 Microsoft
Microsoft Minesweeper is an iconic puzzle game that has been included with Microsoft Windows operating systems since Windows 3.1. The game's objective is to clear a rectangular board containing hidden mines without detonating any of them. The player clicks on a square to reveal what's underneath, and numbers are displayed to indicate how many mines...
Lexi-Cross
DOS19914/5 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.
Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes
DOS19903.5/5 Command Simulations
Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace
DOS19893.9/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
V for victory: Market-Garden
DOS1993protected4.2/5 Atomic Games
Redhook's Revenge
DOS19933.3/5 ImagiSoft
Dark Queen of Krynn
DOS1992protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Dark Legions
DOS1994protected4/5 Silicon Knights
Archon: the Light and the Dark
DOS19844.2/5 Free Fall Associates
Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...
WinRisk
Windows 3.x19924.1/5
Wizardry 3: Legacy of Llylgamyn
DOS19833.8/5 Sir-tech Software
Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn is a classic role-playing video game developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1983. It is the third installment in the Wizardry series. Originally released for the Apple II, it was later ported to other platforms, including the Commodore 64, IBM PC, and various Japanese computers. The game is set in the fant...
Kasparov's Gambit
DOS19933.9/5 Heuristic software
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
DOS19874.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Knights of Legend
DOS19894.2/5 Origin Systems
The Dark Heart of Uukrul
DOS19893.9/5 Digital Studios Limited
Jeopardy!
DOS19873.8/5 Sharedata
Gulf Strike
DOS19864.2/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Mychess
DOS19843.8/5 The Software Toolworks
Genocide
DOS1996freeware3.9/5
Dragon Wars
DOS1990protected3.7/5 Interplay Productions
Tunnels & Trolls: Crusaders of Khazan
DOS19904.1/5 New World Computing
House of Cards
DOS19893.3/5