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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Executive Suite
DOS1982 Armonk Corporation
Gary Grigsby's Pacific War
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
House of Cards
DOS1989
Warheads
Windows XP/98/951997
Mario's Game Gallery
DOSMac OS1995 Presage Software
The Civil War
DOS1987 Avalon Hill
The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow
DOS1982protected Tactical Design Group
Ragnarok
DOS1993freeware Gray Design Associates
UFO 2000
Windows 10/11Linux2004freeware
Exile III: Ruined World
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1997freeware Spiderweb Software
Heirs to the Throne
DOS1992 German Design Group
Win, Lose or Draw
DOS1988 Softie
Bush Buck: Global Treasure Hunter
DOS1991 Pc globe
Battle Chess 4000
DOS1992protected Interplay Productions
Shadow of Yserbius
DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
Black Monday
DOS1987 Starsoft Development
Pools of Darkness
DOSMac OS1991protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Pools of Darkness is a computer role-playing game (CRPG) developed and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). It is the fourth entry in the "Gold Box" series of Dungeons & Dragons games, which are based on the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) ruleset. The game was released in 1991 for MS-DOS and later ported to other platform...
Decision in the Desert
DOS1985 MicroProse Software
Backgammon
DOS1986
X-Men 2: The Fall of the Mutants
DOS1991 Paragon Software
Knights of Legend
DOS1989 Origin Systems
Knights of Legend is a tactical role-playing game (RPG) released by Origin Systems in 1989 for MS-DOS, the Apple II, and the Commodore 64. Known for its complex gameplay and strategic depth, the game provides a turn-based combat experience that requires players to manage characters carefully and strategize battles with attention to detail. Set...
Star Fleet 1: The War Begins
DOSMac OS1985 Interstel Corporation
The Price is Right
DOS1990
Operation Combat II: By Land, Sea & Air
DOS1993 Merit Software
Lords of Conquest
DOS1987 Eon Software
Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes
DOS1990 Command Simulations
Sabre Team
DOS1994protected Krisalis
Spaceward Ho!
Windows 3.xDOS1992 Delta Tao Software
D-Day: The Beginning of the End
DOS1994 Impressions Games
Scorched 3D
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2001freeware
Scorched 3D is a free and open-source artillery game that serves as a modern adaptation of the classic MS-DOS game Scorched Earth. Developed by Gavin Camp, it was first released in 2001, and is available on multiple platforms, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and Unix-like systems. In Scorched 3D, players control tanks positioned on a 3D lands...