Turn-based games sorted by release date
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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Crazy Nick's Parlor Games with Laura Bow
DOS1992 Sierra On-Line
Crazy Nick's Software Picks: King Graham's Board Game Challenge
DOS1992 Sierra On-Line
Dark Queen of Krynn
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Facts in Action
DOS1992 Park Place Productions
Floor 13
DOS1992 PSI Software Designers
Gary Grigsby's Pacific War
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Gemfire
DOS1992 KOEI
Gengis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf
DOS1992 KOEI
Global Conquest
DOS1992 Ozark Softscape
Grandmaster Chess
DOS1992protected Capstone
Heirs to the Throne
DOS1992 German Design Group
High Command: Europe 1939-45
DOS1992 Colorado Computer Creations
Jack Nicklaus Golf & Course Design: Signature Edition
DOS1992 Sculptured Software
Kaiser
DOS1992
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.
Mech War
DOS1992
Minesweeper
Windows 3.x1992 Microsoft
Microsoft Minesweeper is an iconic puzzle game that has been included with Microsoft Windows operating systems since Windows 3.1. The game's objective is to clear a rectangular board containing hidden mines without detonating any of them. The player clicks on a square to reveal what's underneath, and numbers are displayed to indicate how many mines...
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, and Macintosh.
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-Nil Soccer Manager, players take on the role of a soccer team manager, making strategic decisions to guide their team to s...
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 manager in the English football league system.In Premier Manager, players were responsible for managing all aspects of th...
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 number of platforms, including Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Game Boy, Genesis, Lynx, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES. Rampart is a ...
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