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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Imperium
DOS1990 Electronic Arts
Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio
DOS1988 Starsoft Development
221B Baker Street
DOS1986 Datasoft
221B Baker Street is a turn-based strategy strategy game developed by Datasoft. 221B Baker Street is base on the tabletop game of the same name "221B Baker Street" and it plays in a very similar way, with dices, etc.
Premier Manager 3
DOS1994 Realms of Fantasy
Exile: Escape from the Pit
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1995freeware Spiderweb Software
Exile: Escape from the Pit is a turn-based role-playing game (RPG) developed by Spiderweb Software. It is part of the Exile series, originally released in the mid-1990s. This game was later remade and re-released as Avernum: Escape from the Pit. The game is set in a massive underground world called Exile, where the Empire banishes criminals, p...
Virtual Pool
DOS1995 Celeris
Nuclear War
DOS1989 New World Computing
Nuclear War is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by Eric Hyman and Jon Van Caneghem. Nuclear War was developed and released by New World Computing in 1989 for Amiga and, later, for DOS, and it's loosely based on a card game of the same name. Nuclear War took a satirical approach to the grim possibility of a global nuclear war and succe...
The Four Crystals of Trazere
DOS1992 Mindscape
5th Fleet
DOS1994
Ancients 2: Approaching Evil
DOS1994 Farr-Ware Software
Moraff's World
DOS1991 Moraffware
Floor 13
DOS1992 PSI Software Designers
Playhouse Strip Poker
DOS1988NSFW Eurosoft
Battlestar
Windows 3.x1996freeware
Sword of Aragon
DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Motor City
DOS1994 Max Design
UMS 2: Nations at War
DOSMac OS1990 Intergalactic Development
NetHack - Falcon's Eye
Windows XP/98/952001freeware
Conflict: Korea
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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...
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-Nil Soccer Manager, players take on the role of a soccer team manager, making strategic decisions to guide their team to s...
Mind Mirror
DOS1986
John Madden Football
DOS1989 Electronic Arts
John Madden Football was the first of a series of american football sports games sponsored by the coach of the same name. The first John Madden Football is an abandoned game developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1988 for Apple II and Commodore 64 and later released for DOS (in 1989). The Madden series became extremely popular and the sequels...
The Aethra Chronicles
DOS1994
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...
Penthouse Hot Numbers
DOS1993NSFW reLINE Software
Exile III: Ruined World
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1997freeware Spiderweb Software
Wizard's Crown
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Allan Border's Cricket
DOS1993 Audiogenic
Gateway to the Savage Frontier
DOS1991protected Stormfront Studios