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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Gulf Strike
DOS19864.2/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
Jack Nicklaus Golf & Course Design: Signature Edition
DOS19924.2/5 Sculptured Software
Knights of Legend
DOS19894.2/5 Origin Systems
Lords of the Realm 2
DOSWindows XP/98/95WindowsMac OS1996protected4.2/5 Impressions Games
Lords of the Realm II is a medieval-themed real-time strategy (RTS) and turn-based strategy game developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra On-Line. Released in 1996, it is the second game in the "Lords of the Realm" series. Players manage their kingdom by balancing resources such as food, weapons, and gold, engaging in diplomacy w...
Mick's Strip Poker
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1999NSFW4.2/5
Axis and Allies: Iron Blitz
Windows XP/98/9519994.2/5 Wargaming West
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games
DOS1996protected4.2/5 Sir-tech Software
Castle of the Winds
Windows 3.x1993freeware4.2/5 SaadaSoft
Castle of the Winds is a fantasy roguelike role-playing game developed by SaadaSoft in the early 1990s. It was designed for Windows 3.x and is notable for being one of the earliest graphical RPGs for that platform. The game features a top-down perspective and incorporates elements of dungeon crawling, exploration, and character development.The game...
Worlds of Legend: Son of the Empire
DOS19934.2/5
Conflict: Europe
DOS19894.2/5 Personal Software Services
Conflict Europe is an abandoned turn-based top-down strategy game set in Europe. The game was developed by Personal Software Services and released by Mirrorsoft in 1989 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
Gary Grigsby's Pacific War
DOS1992protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
UFO 2000
WindowsLinux2004freeware4.2/5
Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance
Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Synergistic Software
Fantasy General
DOS1996protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Fantasy General is a hex-based turn-based strategy fantasy wargame. The player can duel either against a computer or a human opponent or even take part in a longer campaign. There are two sides to chose from, one good and one evil, each with unique and colorful units.
L'Empereur
DOS19914.2/5 KOEI
101: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy
Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Empire Interactive
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 New World Computing
Archon: the Light and the Dark
DOS19844.2/5 Free Fall Associates
Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...
North and South
DOS19904.2/5 Infogrames
Free Enterprise
Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Tsunami Media
Dehumanizing offices? Check. Depressing environment? Check. No windows in the whole place? Check. Good, I'm ready to exploit my workers and become great entrepreneur. All of this thanks to Free Enterprise, a simulation for Windows by Tsunami Media, published in 1996.
Magic: The Gathering
Windows XP/98/9519974.2/5 MicroProse Software
Magic: The Gathering (sometimes also referred as Shandalar) is an abandoned strategy game based on the popular collectible card game Magic: The Gathering, developed and released by MicroProse Software for Windows in 1997. MTG is set on the fictional plane of Shandalar. You can play a single-player campaign or simply play duels against computer oppo...
Dope Wars
Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Beermat Software
Dope Wars is a text-based simulation game that originated as a DOS program in the early 1980s, but gained popularity in its Windows version released in 1998. The game puts players in the role of a drug dealer navigating the underground economy of buying, selling, and transporting various illegal substances.In the Windows version of the game, player...
Classic Concentration
DOS19884.2/5 Softie
The Chessmaster 2000
DOS19864.2/5 The Software Toolworks
Worms
DOS1995protecteddemo4.2/5 Team 17
Premier Manager
DOS19924.2/5 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...
Master of Magic
DOSWindows XP/98/951994protected4.2/5 SimTex
Master of Magic is a turn based 4x strategy game developed by SimTex and published by the well know Microprose, very similar to Civilization, with a fantasy twist. You play as a wizard and your objective is to evolve your race from a small settlement to a bursting empire. To do so, you can produce military units to fight other computer controlled p...
Master of Orion 3
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected4.2/5 Quicksilver Software
Eishockey Manager
DOS19934.2/5 Kron Simulation Software
Heroes of Might and Magic
DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 New World Computing