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The best turn-based tactics games

Turn-based tactical video games are a genre of strategy games where gameplay is divided into turns, during which players take sequential actions with their units or characters. In turn-based tactical games, players typically control a group of units, such as soldiers, heroes, or specialized characters, and navigate them across a grid-based map or environment. Each turn, players can move their units, attack enemies, use special abilities, or perform other actions within the game's mechanics and rules.

The turn-based nature of these games allows players to carefully consider their options and plan their moves strategically, taking into account factors like terrain, unit strengths and weaknesses, and the overall objectives of the game. Typically, the outcome of battles or encounters is determined by a combination of factors such as unit statistics, positioning, and sometimes random chance. Some well-known examples of turn-based tactical games include the XCOM series, Heroes of Might and Magic series, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Jagged Alliance. 

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Sorcerer Lord

DOS1987 Personal Software Services
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Conflict in Vietnam

DOS1986 MicroProse Software
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UFO 2000

Windows 10/11Linux2004freeware
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Heroes of Might and Magic

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected New World Computing
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UMS: The Universal Military Simulator

DOSMac OS1988 Intergalactic Development
UMS, short for Universal Military Simulator, is a computer-based wargame simulation developed by Rainbird Software in 1988. It was designed with the intention of providing players with a comprehensive and realistic military simulation experience.The game allows players to engage in strategic and tactical warfare across various scenarios and battlef...
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Age of Wonders 2: The Wizard's Throne

Windows XP/98/952002protecteddemo Triumph Studios
Age of Wonders II: The Wizard's Throne is a turn-based strategy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Gathering of Developers. It was released in 2002 as a sequel to the original Age of Wonders. The game is set in a fantasy world where players take on the role of a leader, either as a wizard or a warlord, and compete for control of the...
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Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Star General

Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected Catware, Inc.
Star General is a turn-based strategy game developed by Catware and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.). It was released in 1996 for MS-DOS and later for Windows. The game is set in a science fiction universe where players take command of one of five different factions, each vying for control of the galaxy.In Star General, players comman...
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Mech War

DOS1992
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Battle Isle 2200

DOS1994protected Blue Byte Software
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Panzer General 2

Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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The Great War: 1914 - 1918

DOS1993protected Blue Byte Software
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Siege

DOS1992 Mindcraft Software
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Steel Panthers 3: Brigade Command - 1939-1999

DOS1997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Gary Grigsby's Pacific War

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Patton vs. Rommel

DOS1987 Electronic Arts
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 1

DOS1988 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2

DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Empire Deluxe

DOSWindows 3.x1993 White Wolf Productions
Empire Deluxe is a classic turn-based strategy game that was originally released in the early 1990s. Developed by Mark Baldwin and Bob Rakowsky of White Wolf Productions and published by New World Computing, it is a successor to the game Empire, which was created by Walter Bright in the late 1970s. The game is set on a world map, where pl...
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Front Lines

DOS1994 Impressions Games
gemfire-03

Gemfire

DOS1992 KOEI
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MacArthur's War

DOS1990 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Nectaris

DOS1995 Hudson soft
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5th Fleet

DOS1994
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Austerlitz 1805

DOS1989 Cornerstone Software
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Star Command

DOS1988protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Midway Campaign

DOS1983 Microcomputer Games Inc.
roadwar2000-3

Roadwar 2000

DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Clash of Steel

DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.