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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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 f...
Mychess
DOS1984 The Software Toolworks
Sarakon
DOS1991 Starbyte Software
Color Lines
DOS1992 Gamos
Star Fleet 1: The War Begins
DOSMac OS1985 Interstel Corporation
NetHack - Falcon's Eye
Windows XP/98/952001freeware
Armchair Quarterback
DOS1985
Armchair Quarterback lets you live the dream of yelling at your TV — but on your DOS machine, and with even less control. It’s part simulator, part quiz show, and all weird. You make play calls, analyze stats, and pray...
Epic Baseball
DOS1995 MicroLeague Multimedia
Global Domination
DOS1993 Impressions Games
IVAN (Iter Vehemens ad Necem)
DOSWindows 10/11LinuxMac OS2001freeware
Knights of the Desert
DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
Mini Putt
DOS1988 Artech Studios
Sargon V: World Class Chess
DOS1991 Activision
The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow
DOS1982protected Tactical Design Group
Trivial Pursuit Deluxe
DOS1992 Oxford Digital Enterprises
Uninvited
DOSMac OS1987 ICOM Simulations
WitchavenRL
Windows 10/11Linux2013
Demon's Winter
DOS1989protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Robot Rascals
DOS1987 Ozark Softscape
Battle for Normandy
DOS1983protected Tactical Design Group
Released in 1983, Battle for Normandy plays less like a game and more like a history book that came alive, donned a helmet, and asked for a coffee. This is wargaming at its purest: grid maps, unit stats, and more abbreviations tha...
SimHealth
DOS1994 Thinking Tools Inc.
Gary Grigsby's War in Russia
DOS1993protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Battlestar
Windows 3.x1996freeware
No, not that Battlestar. Battlestar (1996) is more obscure than a reboot that never happened. Set in deep space with a top-down view and UI only a Windows 3.x user could love, it mixes tactical combat and sci-fi storytelling like ...
The Global Dilemma: Guns or Butter
DOS1990 Mindscape
Jeopardy!
DOS1987 Sharedata
Exile III: Ruined World
Windows XP/98/95Mac OSWindows 3.x1997freeware Spiderweb Software
Gold of the Americas: The Conquest of the New World
DOS1989 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Ishido: The Way of the Stones
DOSMac OS1990 Publishing International
Mirror Magic
Windows XP/98/95Linux1995freeware
Reach for the Stars
DOS1988 SSG Strategic Studies Group