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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Wizardry 3: Legacy of Llylgamyn
DOS1983 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...
Classic Concentration
DOS1988 Softie
Combat Chess
Windows XP/98/951997protected Minds Eye Productions
Archer Maclean's Pool
DOS1992 Virgin Interactive
Lords of Conquest
DOS1987 Eon Software
Battle Chess 4000
DOS1992protected Interplay Productions
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games
DOS1996protected Sir-tech Software
Nobunaga's Ambition
DOS1988 KOEI
UnReal World v. 3.20
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1992freeware
Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
DOSLinuxMac OS1990protected Sir-tech Software
Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1990. It's the sixth installment in the long-running "Wizardry" series. The game begins with the player's party investigating a castle where the Cosmic Forge, a powerful magical pen capable of rewriting reality, was once used by a mad king ...
Spirit of Adventure
DOS1991 Attic Entertainment Software
Classic Hangman
DOS1983 Norland Software
Laser Squad
DOS1992 Target Games Limited
Laser Squad is an abandoned turn-based strategy/tactical game designed by Julian Gollop (the mind behind the X-COM series). Laser Squad was developed by Target Games Limited and released by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1992 for DOS and other 8-bit systems. Laser Squad is considered as a precursor of X-COM: Ufo Defense.
Beneath Apple Manor
DOS1983freeware
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...
Disciples of Steel
DOS1994
Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Oligopoly
DOS1987 Pc design associates
Oligopoly is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by James Kerwin, developed by PC Design Associates and released by XOR Corporation in 1987 for DOS.
Kasparov's Gambit
DOS1993 Heuristic software
Floor 13
DOS1992 PSI Software Designers
The Perfect General
DOS1991 White Wolf Productions
The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's based on a solid set of rules and let the players progress at their own pace through missions and scenarios. The Perfect ...
The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow
DOS1982protected Tactical Design Group
The Ball Game
DOS1991 Esprit Software Programs
Treasures of the Savage Frontier
DOS1992protected Stormfront Studios
Gengis Khan
DOS1989 KOEI
NetHack - Falcon's Eye
Windows XP/98/952001freeware
3D-Maze
Windows 3.x1991
Warheads
Windows XP/98/951997
Mirror Magic
Windows XP/98/95Linux1995freeware
Operation Combat II: By Land, Sea & Air
DOS1993 Merit Software
Conflict
DOS1990 Mastertronic