The most popular 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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Grand Slam Bridge
DOS1986 Cybron corporation
Crazy Nick's Parlor Games with Laura Bow
DOS1992 Sierra On-Line
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...
MicroLeague Wrestling
DOS1989 MicroLeague Multimedia
MicroLeague Wrestling is an abandoned wrestling action game based on the WWF league, developed by MicroLeague Multimedia and released in 1989 for DOS. MicroLeague Wrestling was also published for Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64.
Accordion
DOS1990 Softdisk Publishing
It’s 1990, and you’re sitting at your DOS PC playing Accordion, a game that somehow turns solitaire into something slower and more passive-aggressive. It’s not flashy — unless you count blinking cards as fl...
Don't Go Alone
DOS1989 Sterling Silver Software
Caesars Palace
DOS1989 Virgin Interactive
More smoke-filled backrooms than a noir film and enough slot machines to trigger déjà vu—Caesars Palace is your low-res Vegas getaway. You're given a pile of chips and left to your vices: blackjack, poker, roul...
Classic Hangman
DOS1983 Norland Software
Conflict: Europe
DOS1989 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.
Dark Designs 2: Closing the Gate
DOS1990 Softdisk Publishing
Pacific General
Windows XP/98/951997protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Wizardry 3: Legacy of Llylgamyn
DOS1983 Sir-tech Software
Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn is a classic role-playing video game developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1983. It is the third installment in the Wizardry series. Originally released for the Apple II, it was later ported ...
Reaping The Dungeon
DOS1993 Frontline Software
Mission: Mainframe
DOS1987
Sword of Aragon
DOS1989protected 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 ...
Epidemic!
DOS1983protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
3D-Maze
Windows 3.x1991
Ah, 3D-Maze. If you used Windows 3.x, you probably saw this lurking in the corner of your screen savers like a digital minotaur. Released in 1991, it’s not quite a game, but everyone played it anyway. You walk endlessly thro...
UMS 2: Nations at War
DOSMac OS1990 Intergalactic Development
Bridge 7.0
DOS1992 Artworx Software
Finally, a game for people who think solitaire is just too wild. Bridge 7.0 is the digital equivalent of sipping tea with your grandparents while arguing about trumps and bidding strategies. Released in 1992, it simulates the clas...
Mind Mirror
DOS1986
Doom: The Roguelike
DOS2005freeware
Reach for the Stars
DOS1988 SSG Strategic Studies Group
Jeopardy! Junior Edition
DOS1989 Sharedata
Red sky at morning
DOS1993 Simulations Canada
Computer Diplomacy
DOS1984 Avalon Hill
Grand Prix Wizard
DOS1996 Wizard Games
Austerlitz 1805
DOS1989 Cornerstone Software
Battle Chess 4000
DOS1992protected Interplay Productions
Set in the far-off future of 1992, Battle Chess 4000 brings space-age flair to intergalactic checkmate. Now your queen is a laser-wielding dominatrix and your pawns might be robots with trust issues. It’s chess... with ray g...
Jimmy White Whirlwind Snooker
DOS1991