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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Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace
DOS19893.9/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
Kaiser
DOS19923.9/5
A Line in the Sand
DOS1992protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Adventure Construction Set
DOS19873.9/5 Electronic Arts
Adventure Construction Set is an abandoned application developed by Stuart Smith and published for DOS, Amiga, Apple II and Commodore 64 by Electronic Arts in 1987. As the name suggests, ACS is a game-building system (we're talking about adventure RPGs) that lets you edit maps, items, creatures, etc. Included with ACS is a complete game called...
Laser Squad
DOS19923.9/5 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.
Bang! Bang!
Windows 3.x19903.9/5
Crusade in Europe
DOS19853.9/5 MicroProse Software
Exile II: Crystal Souls
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware3.9/5 Spiderweb Software
Mind Mirror
DOS19863.9/5
World Darts
DOS19873.9/5 Melbourne House
Power Dolls
DOS19943.9/5 Kogado Software Products
Rampart
DOS19923.9/5 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 number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...
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...
Fantasy Empires
DOS1993protected3.9/5 Silicon Knights
Teenage Queen
DOS1988NSFW3.9/5 ERE Informatique
Annals of Rome
DOS19883.9/5 Personal Software Services
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
Warp Rogue
Windows 10/11Linux2004freeware3.9/5
Acquire
DOS19893.9/5 IBM
Over the Reich
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x19963.9/5 Big Time Software
Executive Suite
DOS19823.9/5 Armonk Corporation
Larn
DOS1986freeware3.9/5
Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware3.9/5
Disciples of Steel
DOS19943.9/5
Full Metal Planete
DOSMac OS19903.9/5 Hitech Productions
Mission: Mainframe
DOS19873.9/5
Monopoly (Adam Stevens)
DOS19983.9/5
Playhouse Strip Poker
DOS1988NSFW3.9/5 Eurosoft
Queen of Tenshindo 95
Windows XP/98/951995NSFW3.9/5
Stellar Crusade
DOS1988protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.