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Turn-based tactical games sorted by title, from Z to A

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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Panzer General 2

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Panzer General

DOS1994protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.
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Panzer Battles

DOS19903.1/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Pacific General

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Operation Market Garden

DOS1985protected3.7/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Nectaris

DOS19954/5 Hudson soft
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Midway Campaign

DOS19834/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Metal Marines

Windows 3.x19933.9/5 Namco
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Merchant Colony

DOS19914.2/5 Impressions Games
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Mech War

DOS19924.1/5
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Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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MacArthur's War

DOS19903.9/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Laser Squad

DOS19923.9/5 Target Games Limited
Laser Squad is an abandoned turn-based strategy/tactical game designed by Julian Gollop (the mind behind the X-COM series). Laser Squad was developed by Target Games Limited and released by MicroLeague Multimedia in 1992 for DOS and other 8-bit systems. Laser Squad is considered as a precursor of X-COM: Ufo Defense.
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La Grande Armee

DOS19913.9/5 SDJ Enterprises
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L'Empereur

DOS19914.2/5 KOEI
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Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group
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King's Bounty

DOSMac19903.9/5 New World Computing
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Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected3.6/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Joan of Arc

DOS19894/5 Chip
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Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games

DOS1996protected4.2/5 Sir-tech Software
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Jagged Alliance 2

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac1999protected4.3/5 Sir-tech Software
Jagged Alliance 2 is a turn-based tactical role-playing strategy game developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1999 for Windows. It is the sequel to the original Jagged Alliance and has earned a reputation as one of the best games in the turn-based strategy genre.Set in the fictional country of Arulco, Jagged Alliance 2 presents players with the task ...
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Jagged Alliance

DOS1994protected4.2/5 Sir-tech Software
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High Command: Europe 1939-45

DOS19924.1/5 Colorado Computer Creations
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Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.2/5 New World Computing
homm2-10

Heroes of Might and Magic II

DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.2/5 New World Computing
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Heroes of Might and Magic

DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected4.2/5 New World Computing
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Gulf Strike

DOS19864.2/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Great Napoleonic Battles

DOS19913.8/5 Impressions Games
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Gemfire

DOS19924/5 KOEI
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Gary Grigsby's War in Russia

DOS1993protected3.7/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.