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The most popular turn-based tactics games

Turn-based tactical video games are a genre of strategy games where gameplay is divided into turns, during which players take sequential actions with their units or characters. In turn-based tactical games, players typically control a group of units, such as soldiers, heroes, or specialized characters, and navigate them across a grid-based map or environment. Each turn, players can move their units, attack enemies, use special abilities, or perform other actions within the game's mechanics and rules.

The turn-based nature of these games allows players to carefully consider their options and plan their moves strategically, taking into account factors like terrain, unit strengths and weaknesses, and the overall objectives of the game. Typically, the outcome of battles or encounters is determined by a combination of factors such as unit statistics, positioning, and sometimes random chance. Some well-known examples of turn-based tactical games include the XCOM series, Heroes of Might and Magic series, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Jagged Alliance. 

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Empire II: The Art of War

DOSWindows XP/98/9519954.1/5 White Wolf Productions
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Desert Rats

DOS19863.9/5 Cases Computer Simulations
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V for Victory: D-day Utah Beach

DOS1991protected3.9/5 Atomic Games
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Austerlitz 1805

DOS19893.9/5 Cornerstone Software
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Renegade Legion Interceptor

DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Great Napoleonic Battles

DOS19913.8/5 Impressions Games
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Decision at Gettysburg

DOS19903.7/5 TigLon Software
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X-COM: Apocalypse

DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Mythos Software
X-COM: Apocalypse is the third installment of the very popular X-COM franchise. After X-COM: Ufo Defence and Terror From the Deep, fans expected another smash hit. Apocalypse is quite different under many aspects, from gameplay to aesthetics. X-COM Apocalypse was designed by Julian Gollop (the same designer that brought the original X-COM to l...
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Midway Campaign

DOS19834/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Sword of Aragon

DOS1989protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Panzer Battles

DOS19903.1/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2

DOS19893.9/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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The Perfect General

DOS19914.1/5 White Wolf Productions
The Perfect General is a turn-based strategy military game developed by White Wolf Productions and released in 1991 by Quantun Quality Production. The Perfect General gameplay is quite simple compared to other wargames, but it's based on a solid set of rules and let the players progress at their own pace through missions and scenarios. The Perfect ...
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La Grande Armee

DOS19913.9/5 SDJ Enterprises
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Mech Brigade

DOS1987protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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UMS 2: Nations at War

DOSMac OS19904.1/5 Intergalactic Development
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Mech War

DOS19924.1/5
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Conflict: Korea

DOS1992protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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UFO 2000

WindowsLinux2004freeware4.2/5
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V for victory: Gold-Juno-Sword

DOS1993protected4.1/5 Atomic Games
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Crusade in Europe

DOS19853.9/5 MicroProse Software
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Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS19882.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations
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Waterloo

DOS1989protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Space Crusade

DOS19924.2/5 Gremlin Graphics / Gremlin Interactive
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Joan of Arc

DOS19894/5 Chip
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Decker

Windows2002freeware3.5/5
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The Civil War

DOS19873.3/5 Avalon Hill
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Capture the Flag

DOS19932.5/5
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Operation Market Garden

DOS1985protected3.7/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.