The best 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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Settlers of Catan
DOS1998
Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
DOS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
In the 25th century, bureaucracy is still awful—but now you also have laser guns. Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday is a surprisingly solid sci-fi RPG that blends space opera drama with crunchy tactical combat. Think Dungeons & Dragons in space, minus the dragons but with more cyborgs. The plot is melodramatic, the graphics are delightfu...
Dark Queen of Krynn
DOS1992protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Block O Mania
DOS1989 Crystal Shard
Block O Mania is what happens when a Rubik’s Cube and a sliding puzzle fall in love during a rave. Released in 1989 for DOS, this game will twist your brain into shapes it wasn’t designed for. The goal? Push blocks. Lots of them. Into place. It sounds easy until the game decides it hates you and introduces one-way paths, immovable obsta...
The Chessmaster 2000
DOS1986 The Software Toolworks
Fallout 2
Windows XP/98/951998protected Black Isle Studios
Conquest of Japan
DOS1992 Impressions Games
Crime and Punishment
DOS1984 Mindscape
Fooblitzsky
DOS1986 Infocom
Othello
DOS1986
Penthouse Hot Numbers
DOS1993NSFW reLINE Software
Sorcerer Lord
DOS1987 Personal Software Services
Conflict in Vietnam
DOS1986 MicroProse Software
Heroes of Might and Magic II
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected New World Computing
Scorched Earth
DOS1991protected
Stone Age
DOS1992
Gemfire
DOS1992 KOEI
WinRisk
Windows 3.x1992
Secret of the Silver Blades
DOSMac OS1990protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Secret of the Silver Blades is a fantasy RPG set in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons universe, developed and released by SSI Strategic Simulations Inc. in 1990 for DOS, Macintosh, Amiga and Commodore 64 systems. Secret of the Silver Blades is part of the Pool of Radiance series and uses the same "GoldBox" engine with isometric turn-based combat ...
UMS: The Universal Military Simulator
DOSMac OS1988 Intergalactic Development
UMS, short for Universal Military Simulator, is a computer-based wargame simulation developed by Rainbird Software in 1988. It was designed with the intention of providing players with a comprehensive and realistic military simulation experience.The game allows players to engage in strategic and tactical warfare across various scenarios and battlef...
Big Sea: The Better One Will Win
DOS1994 Cyberdyne Systems
With a title that sounds like a deep-sea motivational poster, Big Sea: The Better One Will Win is a maritime strategy game where the stakes are high and the water’s pixelated. Outwit your foes on the high seas while trying to figure out what exactly the game is about. Naval warfare? Diplomacy? Fish-based economics? The answer is “yes.&r...
Grand Prix Wizard
DOS1996 Wizard Games
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
DOS1987 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos - Yugi the Destiny
Windows XP/98/952003 Konami
Princess Maker 2
DOS1993 Gainax
Princess Maker 2 is a life simulation anime-style game developed by Gainax in 1993. In Princess Maker 2, the player is the father of a young princess and must tutor and raise her to the age of 18 by scheduling jobs, school classes and programming other activities. The princess is defined by attributes (strength, cooking, etc.) that will change depe...
Fallout
DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1997protecteddemo Interplay Productions
The first Fallout game was released in 1997 by Interplay Productions and is widely regarded as one of the most influential RPGs of its time. The game begins in the year 2161, over 80 years after the nuclear war, with the player assuming the role of a resident of one of the many underground shelters known as Vaults. The player's mission is to l...
The Four Crystals of Trazere
DOS1992 Mindscape
Ancients 2: Approaching Evil
DOS1994 Farr-Ware Software
A direct sequel to Deathwatch, Ancients 2: Approaching Evil is like returning to your childhood neighborhood, except everyone’s still trying to kill you. Released in 1994, it builds on the first game’s formula by adding more monsters, spells, and slightly improved graphics that still look like a dungeon crawler built in a spreadsheet. E...
Mech Brigade
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Machiavelli the Prince
DOS1995protected Holistic Design