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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Master of Orion
DOS1993protected SimTex
Strip Poker: A Sizzling Game of Chance
DOS1985NSFW Artworx Software
Eishockey Manager
DOS1993 Kron Simulation Software
DND
DOS1984
Star Command
DOS1988protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Nobunaga's Ambition
DOS1988 KOEI
Age of Wonders
Windows XP/98/951999protecteddemo Triumph Studios
Mix one part turn-based strategy, one part fantasy novel, add a dash of dragon, and you get Age of Wonders (1999). This is the game where wizards rule, elves sulk in forests, and you get to conquer the world with tactical brillian...
The Aethra Chronicles
DOS1994
The Aethra Chronicles is not a well know fantasy RPG, but it deserves some praise. It was developed by only one person (Micheal Lawrence) and, as the title implies, was intended to be the first volume of a saga. Unfortunately, vol...
Bang! Bang!
Windows 3.x1990
Before Worms made artillery games cute, Bang! Bang! let you and a friend lob cartoonish shells at each other using nothing but angles, wind speed, and pure spite. It's a math lesson disguised as a duel, and surprisingly addictive....
Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures
DOSMac OS1993protected MicroMagic
After publishing a plethora of Gold Box titles, SSI decided to release a fantasy RPG based on the Forgotten Realms scenarios of Dungeons & Dragons where the player could create its own adventures. Forgotten Realms Unlimited Ad...
Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) v1.1
Windows XP/98/95DOSLinux1996freeware
ADOM is what happens when a rogue, a wizard, and a hungry troll walk into a dungeon and never come out. Released in 1996, this roguelike classic is brutal, brilliant, and unapologetically text-heavy. Permadeath is the norm, the st...
Empire: Wargame of the Century
DOS1987 Northwest Software
Pool of Radiance
DOSMac OS1988protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Color Lines
DOS1992 Gamos
Uninvited
DOSMac OS1987 ICOM Simulations
Alternate Reality: The City
DOSMac OS1988 Paradise Programming
Alternate Reality: The City is a role-playing video game developed by Paradise Programming for various platforms including Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, and Commodore 64. It was released in 1985. In Alternate Reality: The City, play...
Chessmaster 3000
DOS1991 The Software Toolworks
Conflict
DOS1990 Mastertronic
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire
DOS1990freeware Origin Systems
After the success of Ultima 6: The False Prophet, Origin decided to "create worlds" not part of the popular Ultima series (strictly speaking) using the same engine of Ultima 6. They came up with two games: The Savage Empire and Ma...
Circuit's Edge
DOS1990 Westwood Studios
Circuit's Edge is a cyberpunk-themed role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released in 1990 for MS-DOS. Set in a dystopian future, Circuit's Edge takes place in the fictional city of R...
Mines of Titan
DOS1989 Westwood Studios
Mines of Titan (also known as Mars Saga for other platforms) is an abandoned single-player RPG with a sci-fi setting (you're going to Mars!). Mines of Titan was developed by Westwood Studios and released by Infocom in 1989 for DOS...
Colonization
DOSWindows 3.xLinuxMac OS1994protected MicroProse Software
Colonization is a turn-based strategy 4x game developed and published by MicroProse in 1994 for DOS, Windows 3.1, Linux and Mac. The setting is the European Colonization of the New World. Colonization gameplay and interface are si...
People's General
Windows XP/98/951998protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Wheel of Fortune New Second Edition
DOS1988 Softie
Risk: the World Conquest Game
DOS1989 Mastertronic
Hoyle Classic Card Games
DOS1993 Sierra On-Line
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
DOS1987 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Desert Rats
DOS1986 Cases Computer Simulations
Strip Poker Deluxe
DOS1994NSFW
Links: The Challenge of Golf
DOS1990 Access Software