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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Great Napoleonic Battles
DOS1991 Impressions Games
Operation Market Garden
DOS1985protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Warhammer 40000: Chaos Gate
Windows XP/98/951998protected Random Games
Lords of Conquest
DOS1987 Eon Software
Dr. Ruth Computer Game of Good Sex
DOS1986 Avalon Hill
Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary
DOS1987 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
Monopoly
DOS1985
Khalaan
DOS1990 Chip
Sabre Team
DOS1994protected Krisalis
Aspetra
DOS1996
Welcome to Aspetra, a 1996 DOS game that tried to cram an epic sci-fi RPG into your beige box PC — and mostly succeeded! Think “Star Trek meets budget constraints.” You explore strange new worlds, meet weirdly sp...
Computer Diplomacy
DOS1984 Avalon Hill
Dragonflight
DOS1991 Thalion
Strip Poker Professional: REV B
DOS1995NSFW Artworx Software
Fuzzy's World of Miniature Space Golf
DOS1995 Pixel Painters Corporation
Capture the Flag
DOS1993
No guns. No glory. Just two invisible players navigating a weird Tron-like maze to steal each other’s flag. Capture the Flag is what you get when someone says “let’s make Pac-Man multiplayer and add a dash of par...
Magic: The Gathering Interactive Encyclopedia
Windows XP/98/951999 Wizards of the Coast
Magic: The Gathering Interactive Encyclopedia is an abandoned "educational" application and turn-based strategy game based on he Magic: The Gathering collectible card game. MTG: Interactive Encyclopedia was developed by Wizar...
Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign
DOS1988 Cases Computer Simulations
When Two Worlds War
DOS1993 Impressions Games
Color Buster
DOS1992
8088 Othello
DOS1985
There’s something oddly poetic about 8088 Othello, a 1985 take on the classic board game that feels like it was programmed by someone who had a personal vendetta against flashy graphics. The visuals are almost nonexistent, t...
Wizardry 4: The Return of Werdna
DOS1988 Sir-tech Software
Kingdoms of Germany
DOS1994 Realism Entertainment
Black Monday
DOS1987 Starsoft Development
Black Monday (1987) combines economic panic with the thrill of—wait for it—spreadsheet navigation. It's like Wolf of Wall Street without the fun, drugs, or DiCaprio. You’re managing a business during a financial ...
Crazy Nick's Parlor Games with Laura Bow
DOS1992 Sierra On-Line
Boggle
DOS1990 HVB Software
It’s Boggle (1990, DOS), the digital version of everyone’s favorite game where you try to spell long words while your friend keeps shouting “DOG” over and over. The game board is a 4x4 grid of letters, and ...
D-Day: The Beginning of the End
DOS1994 Impressions Games
Dracula in London
DOS1988 SDJ Enterprises
Frontline
DOS1990 Cases Computer Simulations
Journey to the Center of the Earth
DOS1988 Chip
Laserwars
DOS1994