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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5th Fleet
DOS19943.9/5
Ante-Up at The Friday Night Poker Club
DOS19903.9/5
Combat Chess
Windows XP/98/951997protected3.9/5 Minds Eye Productions
Genocide
DOS1996freeware3.9/5
Nobunaga's Ambition 6
DOS19943.9/5 KOEI
V for victory: Velikiye Luki
DOS1992protected3.9/5 Atomic Games
HeroQuest
DOSMac OS19913.9/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
HeroQuest is a classic video game adaptation of the popular board game HeroQuest, released in 1991 by Gremlin Interactive. HeroQuest faithfully recreates the turn-based, dungeon-crawling, and role-playing gameplay of the board game. Players take on the roles of different heroes, including a barbarian, dwarf, elf, and wizard, as they explo...
Floor 13
DOS19923.9/5 PSI Software Designers
Kasparov's Gambit
DOS19933.9/5 Heuristic software
Mean 18
DOS19863.9/5 Microsmiths
Spirit of Adventure
DOS19913.9/5 Attic Entertainment Software
The Dark Heart of Uukrul
DOS19893.9/5 Digital Studios Limited
Ultimate Soccer Manager
DOS19953.9/5 Impressions Games
Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Metal Marines
Windows 3.x19933.9/5 Namco
Wasteland
DOS1988protected3.9/5 Interplay Productions
4Play
Windows 3.x1995NSFW3.9/5
4Play is a multi-player board-like strategy party-game for adults released for Windows 3.1 in 1995. 4Play is a board-game very similar to Monopoly in which players have to perform certain (adult) actions in response to events happening on the board.
The Aethra Chronicles
DOS19943.9/5
The Aethra Chronicles is not a well know fantasy RPG, but it deserves some praise. It was developed by only one person (Micheal Lawrence) and, as the title implies, was intended to be the first volume of a saga. Unfortunately, volume two and three were never made. For a shareware game, Aethra was pretty solid and is still loved by the ones who play...
Subtrade: Return to Irata
DOS19933.9/5 Century Interactive
Subtrade: Return to Irata is an abandoned science fiction business simulation game developed by Century Interactive and published by Boeder Software in 1993 for Amiga and later ported to DOS. Subtrade is an updated multiplayer clone of the classic M.U.L.E., set underwater on an oceanic world.
Strip Poker 2
DOS1988NSFW3.9/5 Artworx Software
Strip Poker: A Sizzling Game of Chance
DOS1985NSFW3.9/5 Artworx Software
Chess
DOS19813.9/5 International PC Owners
Doomdark's Revenge
DOS19853.9/5 Beyond Software
Doomdark's Revenge is a strategy and role-playing video game developed by Mike Singleton and originally released in 1985 for DOS and various home computer systems, including the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Commodore 64. It is the sequel to the earlier game Lords of Midnight and is known for its unique combination of strategy, adventure, and story...
King's Bounty
DOSMac OS19903.9/5 New World Computing
King’s Bounty is a turn-based strategy game with RPG elements, originally released in 1990 by New World Computing. It was created by Jon Van Caneghem, also known for the Might and Magic series. This game is often regarded as the precursor to the Heroes of Might and Magic series, which shares many of its core mechanics and concepts. In Ki...
V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach
DOS1991protected3.9/5 Atomic Games
Centerfold Squares
DOS1988NSFW3.9/5 Artworx Software
Premier Manager 2
DOS19933.9/5 Realms of Fantasy
Archer Maclean's Pool
DOS19923.9/5 Virgin Interactive
Baseball Mogul
Windows XP/98/9519973.9/5 Infinite Monkey Systems
Battle for Atlantis
DOS19903.9/5