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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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The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group
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Merchant Colony

DOS19914.2/5 Impressions Games
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Midway Campaign

DOS19834/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Capture the Flag

DOS19933/5
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Austerlitz 1805

DOS19894/5 Cornerstone Software
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Mech War

DOS19924.1/5
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Conflict: Europe

DOS19894.2/5 Personal Software Services
Conflict Europe is an abandoned turn-based top-down strategy game set in Europe. The game was developed by Personal Software Services and released by Mirrorsoft in 1989 for DOS, Amiga and Atari ST.
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Conflict: Korea

DOS1992protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Star General

Windows XP/98/95DOS1996protected4.1/5 Catware, Inc.
Star General is a turn-based strategy game developed by Catware and published by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.). It was released in 1996 for MS-DOS and later for Windows. The game is set in a science fiction universe where players take command of one of five different factions, each vying for control of the galaxy.In Star General, players comman...
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Roadwar Europa

DOS1987protected3.9/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Full Metal Planete

DOSMac OS19903.9/5 Hitech Productions
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 2

DOS19894/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Kampfgruppe

DOS1987protected3.6/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Arnhem: The Market Garden Operation

DOS19883.1/5 Cases Computer Simulations
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UMS 2: Nations at War

DOSMac OS19904.1/5 Intergalactic Development
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Renegade Legion Interceptor

DOS1990protected4.2/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Decision at Gettysburg

DOS19903.8/5 TigLon Software
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Gemfire

DOS19924/5 KOEI
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Firezone

DOS19883.1/5 Arcadia Systems
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Sabre Team

DOS1994protected3.6/5 Krisalis
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Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group
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MacArthur's War

DOS19903.9/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Panzer Battles

DOS19903.1/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Vulcan: The Tunisian Campaign

DOS19883.8/5 Cases Computer Simulations
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Gulf Strike

DOS19864.2/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Joan of Arc

DOS19894.1/5 Chip
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Decker

Windows2002freeware3.5/5
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Decisive Battles of the American Civil War: Vol. 3

DOS19923.5/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group
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Waterloo

DOS1989protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group