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.

Most popular turn based games

Magic: The Gathering

strategyWindows XP/98/95

Civilization 2

strategyWindows XP/98/95

Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos - Yugi the Destiny

strategyWindows XP/98/95

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Bloodstone: an Epic Dwarven Tale

DOS19934/5 Mindcraft Software
Castle of the Winds

Windows 3.x1993freeware4.2/5 SaadaSoft

Castle of the Winds (1993, by Saadasoft) is a perfect example of an atypical roguelike (no ASCII, runs in Windows) turned into a liberated game. Surprisingly Castle of the Winds is still very playable to this day, if you can make it run under a recent version of Windows.
Clash of Steel

DOS1993protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Eishockey Manager

DOS19934.2/5 Kron Simulation Software
Empire Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x19934/5 White Wolf Productions
Fantasy Empires

DOS1993protected4/5 Silicon Knights
Football Manager 3

DOS19934.3/5 Bedrock Software
Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures

DOSMac1993protected4.1/5 MicroMagic

After publishing a plethora of Gold Box titles, SSI decided to release a fantasy RPG based on the Forgotten Realms scenarios of Dungeons & Dragons where the player could create its own adventures. Forgotten Realms Unlimited Adventures (FRUA) is the ultimate Gold Box RPG and received praise from everyone who played it. If you loved Dark Knights ...
Gary Grigsby's War in Russia

DOS1993protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Global Domination

DOS19933.5/5 Impressions Games
Hexxagon

DOS19934.1/5 Argo Games
Hexxagon 2

DOS19934.1/5 Argo Games
Hoyle Classic Card Games

DOS19933.9/5 Sierra On-Line
Kasparov's Gambit

DOS19933.9/5 Heuristic software
King's Table: The Legend of Ragnarok

DOS1993protected4.4/5 Imagitec Design
Master of Orion

DOS1993protected4.1/5 SimTex
Merchant Prince

DOS19934.1/5 Holistic Design
Metal Marines

Windows 3.x19933.9/5 Namco
Might and Magic 5: Darkside of Xeen

DOS1993protected4/5 New World Computing
Operation Combat II: By Land, Sea & Air

DOS19934/5 Merit Software
Penthouse Hot Numbers

DOS1993NSFW4.1/5 reLINE Software
Premier Manager 2

DOS19934/5 Realms of Fantasy
Princess Maker 2

DOS19934.2/5 Gainax

Princess Maker 2 is a life simulation anime-style game developed by Gainax in 1993. In Princess Maker 2, the player is the father of a young princess and must tutor and raise her to the age of 18 by scheduling jobs, school classes and programming other activities. The princess is defined by attributes (strength, cooking, etc.) that will change depe...
Ragnarok

DOS1993freeware4.1/5 Gray Design Associates
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe

DOS19934.1/5 MicroProse Software
Reaping The Dungeon

DOS19934.2/5 Frontline Software
Red sky at morning

DOS19933.9/5 Simulations Canada
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 3: Dragon of Destiny

DOS19934/5 KOEI
Shadow of Yserbius

DOS19933.9/5 Sierra On-Line
Socrates

DOS19934/5