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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Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021

DOS1987freeware3.9/5 Thinking Machine Associates

Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 is one of the first 4x turn-based strategy games, ASCII based. Anacreon is set in space, as most 4x sci-fi games are, and was published by Thinking Machines Associates and designed by George Moromisato who later re-released the game as freeware.

Black Monday

DOS19873.5/5 Starsoft Development

Empire: Wargame of the Century

DOS19874/5 Northwest Software

Family Feud

DOS19873.3/5 Softie

Jeopardy!

DOS19873.8/5 Sharedata

Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected3.6/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Lords of Conquest

DOS19873.6/5 Eon Software

Mah Jongg Solitaire

DOS19874/5 Arcanum Computing

Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Mission: Mainframe

DOS19873.9/5

Oligopoly

DOS19873.3/5 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

DOS19874/5 Electronic Arts

Phantasie 1

DOS1987protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus

DOS19874.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

President Elect

DOS1987protected3.8/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Roadwar 2000

DOS1987protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Robot Rascals

DOS19873.8/5 Ozark Softscape

Shard of Spring

DOS1987protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Sorcerer Lord

DOS19874/5 Personal Software Services

Star Saga: One - Beyond the Boundary

DOS19873.6/5 Masterplay Publishing Corporation

The Civil War

DOS19873.3/5 Avalon Hill

Uninvited

DOSMac19873.8/5 ICOM Simulations

Vegas Gambler

DOS19873.4/5 Logical Design Works

Video Casino

DOS19873/5 Mastertronic

Wheel of fortune

DOS19874.1/5 Softie

Wizard's Crown

DOS1987protected4/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

World Darts

DOS19873.9/5 Melbourne House

Alternate Reality: The City

DOSMac19884.1/5 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, players find themselves in a mysterious and surreal city known as simply "The City". The game takes place in a fantasy setti...