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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Classic Concentration
DOS1988 Softie
UMS 2: Nations at War
DOSMac OS1990 Intergalactic Development
Action in the North Atlantic
DOS1989 General Quarters Software
If you’ve ever dreamed of commanding a WWII convoy while cold, stressed, and staring at a pixelated radar screen, Action in the North Atlantic (1989, DOS) has you covered. It’s part strategy, part simulation, and all t...
Mind Mirror
DOS1986
Nobunaga's Ambition 6
DOS1994 KOEI
Win, Lose or Draw
DOS1988 Softie
Floor 13
DOS1992 PSI Software Designers
Grand Prix Wizard
DOS1996 Wizard Games
Austerlitz 1805
DOS1989 Cornerstone Software
Executive Suite
DOS1982 Armonk Corporation
Demon's Winter
DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Settlers of Catan
DOS1998
Pacific General
Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Clue Master Detective
DOS1989 Dalali Software
Clue Master Detective is an abandoned strategy game developed by Dalali Software and released by Leisure Genius in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Clue Master Detective is based on the well known board game Clue (als...
Kaiser
DOS1992
UFO 2000
Windows 10/11Linux2004freeware
Empire II: The Art of War
DOSWindows XP/98/951995 White Wolf Productions
Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation
DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
Arnhem is the kind of wargame where you spend more time reading hex maps than shooting anything. It’s all about recreating Operation Market Garden — you know, that WWII battle where everything went spectacularly sidewa...
Clash of Steel
DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Block O Mania
DOS1989 Crystal Shard
Block O Mania is what happens when a Rubik’s Cube and a sliding puzzle fall in love during a rave. Released in 1989 for DOS, this game will twist your brain into shapes it wasn’t designed for. The goal? Push blocks. Lo...
Galaxy
DOS1981 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Curse of the Azure Bonds
DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Crazy Nick's Leisure Suit Larry Casino
DOS1992 Sierra On-Line
A Line in the Sand
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
A Line in the Sand (1992) is what happens when a board game about modern Middle Eastern warfare gets turned into a DOS strategy title with all the subtlety of a cold war memo. You command military forces in a region that is perpet...
La Grande Armee
DOS1991 SDJ Enterprises
Star Fleet 1: The War Begins
DOSMac OS1985 Interstel Corporation
Combat Chess
Windows XP/98/951997protected Minds Eye Productions
Exile II: Crystal Souls
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1996freeware Spiderweb Software
Operation Combat II: By Land, Sea & Air
DOS1993 Merit Software
Archer Maclean's Pool
DOS1992 Virgin Interactive
For those who think snooker is too posh and billiards too French, there's Archer Maclean's Pool, the most ‘90s way to simulate the timeless art of arguing over whether that shot was really legal. It’s pool in DOS &mdas...