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Turn-based tactical games sorted by year, newest first

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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Clash of Steel

DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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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...
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Fantasy Empires

DOS1993protected Silicon Knights
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Gary Grigsby's War in Russia

DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Metal Marines

Windows 3.x1993 Namco
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The Great War: 1914 - 1918

DOS1993protected Blue Byte Software
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V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected Atomic Games
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V for victory: Market-Garden

DOS1993protected Atomic Games
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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...
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Carrier Strike: South Pacific 1942-44

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
If you ever wanted to command the Pacific fleet without getting wet, Carrier Strike is your game. Set during WWII, it’s a turn-based wargame where numbers, radar, and weather reports matter more than reflexes. You’ll p...
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Conflict: Korea

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 3

DOS1992 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Gary Grigsby's Pacific War

DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Gemfire

DOS1992 KOEI
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High Command: Europe 1939-45

DOS1992 Colorado Computer Creations
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Laser Squad

DOS1992 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 a...
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Mech War

DOS1992
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Siege

DOS1992 Mindcraft Software
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Space Crusade

DOS1992 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
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V for victory: Velikiye Luki

DOS1992protected Atomic Games
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Battle Isle

DOS1991protected Blue Byte Software
Turns out war is a lot tidier when it’s turn-based. Battle Isle (1991) gives you neat little hexagons to move your units on, like a very angry board game. It’s got strategy, sci-fi flair, and just enough AI ruthlessnes...
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Great Napoleonic Battles

DOS1991 Impressions Games
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L'Empereur

DOS1991 KOEI
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La Grande Armee

DOS1991 SDJ Enterprises
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Merchant Colony

DOS1991 Impressions Games
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The Perfect General

DOS1991 White Wolf Productions
The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's b...
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V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

DOS1991protected Atomic Games
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Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes

DOS1990 Command Simulations
In Blitzkrieg: Battle at the Ardennes, you’re not just playing a wargame — you’re being handed a clipboard, a stack of orders, and a freezing cold battlefield in 1944. This 1990 DOS title lets you relive one of W...
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Decision at Gettysburg

DOS1990 TigLon Software
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Frontline

DOS1990 Cases Computer Simulations