Turn-based games sorted by year, newest first
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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Monopoly Deluxe
DOSWindows 3.x1992 Parker Brothers
Monopoly Deluxe is an abandoned turn-based top-down Monopoly adaptation of the classic board game, developed by Parker Brothers and released by Virgin Interactive in 1992. Monopoly Deluxe was published for DOS, Windows 3.1, ...
Oil Barons
DOS1992 Starsoft Development
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...
Premier Manager
DOS1992 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Premier Manager was released in 1992 by Gremlin Interactive for the Commodore Amiga and MS-DOS platforms. It was one of the earliest football management simulation games and allowed players to take on the role of a football club m...
Rampart
DOS1992 Atari
Rampart is an abandoned mix of strategy and shooter game designed by Dave Ralston and John Salwitz, developed by Atari and released by Electronic Arts in 1992 for DOS. Rampart was converted from the original arcade version to a nu...
Scrabble
DOS1992 U.S. Gold
Sexy Droids
DOS1992NSFW Eleven Software
Siege
DOS1992 Mindcraft Software
Space Crusade
DOS1992 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
Spaceward Ho!
Windows 3.xDOS1992 Delta Tao Software
Stone Age
DOS1992
Sword Quest 1: The Search
DOS1992
The Four Crystals of Trazere
DOS1992 Mindscape
Theatre of War
DOS1992protected Artech Studios
Treasures of the Savage Frontier
DOS1992protected Stormfront Studios
Trivial Pursuit Deluxe
DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises
UnReal World v. 3.20
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1992freeware
V for victory: Velikiye Luki
DOS1992protected Atomic Games
WinRisk
Windows 3.x1992
3D-Maze
Windows 3.x1991
Ah, 3D-Maze. If you used Windows 3.x, you probably saw this lurking in the corner of your screen savers like a digital minotaur. Released in 1991, it’s not quite a game, but everyone played it anyway. You walk endlessly thro...
Ancients 1: Deathwatch
DOS1991 Farr-Ware Software
In Ancients 1: Deathwatch, you gather your pixelated party and set off to cleanse a city of evil, or at least try not to get mugged by slimes. It's a dungeon crawler in classic DOS fashion — grid movement, turn-based battles...
Armada 2525
DOS1991
Armada 2525 is what happens when a spreadsheet decides it wants to conquer the galaxy. This is classic 4X strategy with all the bells, whistles, and menus your early '90s heart could desire. You’ll build colonies, research t...
Battle Isle
DOS1991protected Blue Byte Software
Turns out war is a lot tidier when it’s turn-based. Battle Isle (1991) gives you neat little hexagons to move your units on, like a very angry board game. It’s got strategy, sci-fi flair, and just enough AI ruthlessnes...
Bundesliga Manager Professional
DOS1991 Kron Simulation Software
Before Football Manager made spreadsheets cool, there was Bundesliga Manager Professional, a game where managing a German football team involved more math than actual football. You buy players, tweak tactics, balance budgets, and ...
Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter
DOS1991 Pc globe
If Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego had a caffeinated younger cousin, it would be Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter. You race around the globe chasing clues, dodging rivals, and learning just enough geography to impress your ...
Chessmaster 3000
DOS1991 The Software Toolworks
Civilization
DOSWindows 3.xMac OS1991 MicroProse Software
Civilization is the critically acclaimed strategy game designed by Sid Meier and Bruce Campbell Shelley that became a staple in 4X turn-based strategy. Civilization was developed by MicroProse Software and released in 1991 for DOS...
Cover Girl Strip Poker
DOS1991NSFW Emotional Pictures
Death Knights of Krynn
DOS1991protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Dragonflight
DOS1991 Thalion