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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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...
IBM 9-Hole Miniature Golf
DOS1983 SoftSide Magazine
Subbuteo
DOS1990 Goliath Games
Quest for the Unicorn
DOSWindows XP/98/95Linux1990freeware
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2005protected Digital Eel
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a science fiction roguelike game developed by Digital Eel. Originally released in 2005, it is the sequel to Strange Adventures in Infinite Space. The game puts you in command of a sta...
Hexxagon
DOS1993 Argo Games
Backgammon
DOS1984 IBM
Acquire
DOS1989 IBM
Acquire (1989, DOS) brings boardroom drama to your DOS screen, turning you into a hotel tycoon in a game where the real enemy is... math. It's a faithful adaptation of the classic board game, complete with mergers, hostile takeove...
World Darts
DOS1987 Melbourne House
Vegas Gambler
DOS1987 Logical Design Works
The Ball Game
DOS1991 Esprit Software Programs
Mean 18
DOS1986 Microsmiths
Crazy Nick's Parlor Games with Laura Bow
DOS1992 Sierra On-Line
Conflict: Korea
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Worms
DOS1995protecteddemo Team 17
Balance of the Planet
DOSMac OS1990 Incredible technologies
Environmental doom simulator? Check. Grim statistics? Double check. Balance of the Planet lets you tinker with carbon emissions, wildlife extinction, and deforestation until you either save the world or make it slightly more inhab...
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...
Journey to the Center of the Earth
DOS1988 Chip
Bobby Fisher teaches chess
DOS1994 Mission Studios
Ever wanted to get chess lessons from a genius who could crush your soul with a bishop and a glare? Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess (1994, DOS) is your chance. Based on the classic book, the game patiently walks you through strategies...
Video Casino
DOS1987 Mastertronic
4 Queens Computer Casino
DOS1992 Applications Plus
This 1992 casino sim for DOS drops you into the neon-soaked carpet jungle of the Four Queens Hotel in Vegas. There’s no plot, no hero’s journey - just you, a digital bankroll, and the cold, soulless eyes of the slot ma...
Deadlock: Planetary Conquest
Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1996protected Accolade
Monopoly (Adam Stevens)
DOS1998
Ancients 1: Deathwatch
DOS1991 Farr-Ware Software
In Ancients 1: Deathwatch, you gather your pixelated party and set off to cleanse a city of evil, or at least try not to get mugged by slimes. It's a dungeon crawler in classic DOS fashion — grid movement, turn-based battles...
La Grande Armee
DOS1991 SDJ Enterprises
Conquest of Japan
DOS1992 Impressions Games
Jack Nicklaus Golf & Course Design: Signature Edition
DOS1992 Sculptured Software
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 ...
Firezone
DOS1988 Arcadia Systems
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...