Turn-based games sorted by release date
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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Adventure Construction Set
DOS1987 Electronic Arts
Long before Minecraft let us build worlds, Adventure Construction Set handed you a digital Lego box and said, “Go nuts.” Want to make a dungeon full of orcs and ham sandwiches? Sure. A sci-fi epic with talking robots a...
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021
DOS1987freeware Thinking Machine Associates
Welcome to the future, where space empires are managed entirely via text and colored dots. Anacreon puts you in charge of an interstellar civilization and lets you conquer galaxies with the graphical intensity of an Excel spreadsh...
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 ...
Empire: Wargame of the Century
DOS1987 Northwest Software
Family Feud
DOS1987 Softie
Jeopardy!
DOS1987 Sharedata
Kampfgruppe
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Lords of Conquest
DOS1987 Eon Software
Mah Jongg Solitaire
DOS1987 Arcanum Computing
Mech Brigade
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Mission: Mainframe
DOS1987
Oligopoly
DOS1987 Pc design associates
Oligopoly is an abandoned turn-based strategy game designed by James Kerwin, developed by PC Design Associates and released by XOR Corporation in 1987 for DOS.
Patton vs. Rommel
DOS1987 Electronic Arts
Phantasie 1
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
DOS1987 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
President Elect: 1988 Edition
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
President Elect: 1988 Edition is a political simulation game developed by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and released in the mid-1980s. The game simulates U.S. presidential elections and allows players to take on the role of ca...
Roadwar 2000
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Roadwar Europa
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Robot Rascals
DOS1987 Ozark Softscape
Shard of Spring
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Sorcerer Lord
DOS1987 Personal Software Services
Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary
DOS1987 Masterplay Publishing Corporation
The Civil War
DOS1987 Avalon Hill
Uninvited
DOSMac OS1987 ICOM Simulations
Vegas Gambler
DOS1987 Logical Design Works
Video Casino
DOS1987 Mastertronic
Wheel of Fortune
DOS1987 Softie
Wizard's Crown
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
World Darts
DOS1987 Melbourne House
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...