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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The Chessmaster 2000
DOS1986 The Software Toolworks
Heroes of Might and Magic II
DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected New World Computing
Sharkey's 3D Pool
DOS1990 Aardvark Software
Panzer General
DOS1994protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Panger General is a turn based strategy wargame developed by SSI set in World War 2. The player can choose Axis or Allies and fight against the AI or another human player in more than 30 scenarios on a classic hex based map.
Conquest of Japan
DOS1992 Impressions Games
Fooblitzsky
DOS1986 Infocom
Othello
DOS1986
Penthouse Hot Numbers
DOS1993NSFW reLINE Software
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe
DOS1993 MicroProse Software
Sorcerer Lord
DOS1987 Personal Software Services
Stone Age
DOS1992
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...
Conflict in Vietnam
DOS1986 MicroProse Software
Fallout 2
Windows XP/98/951998protected Black Isle Studios
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 ...
UFO 2000
Windows 10/11Linux2004freeware
Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
DOSLinuxMac OS1990protected Sir-tech Software
Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge is a role-playing game (RPG) developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1990. It's the sixth installment in the long-running "Wizardry" series. The game begins with the player's party investigating a castle where the Cosmic Forge, a powerful magical pen capable of rewriting reality, was once used by a mad king ...
Tank Wars
DOS1990
WinRisk
Windows 3.x1992
Heroes of Might and Magic
DOSWindows XP/98/951995protected New World Computing
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...
Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos - Yugi the Destiny
Windows XP/98/952003 Konami
Big Sea: The Better One Will Win
DOS1994 Cyberdyne Systems
Phantasie 3: The Wrath of Nikademus
DOS1987 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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
Mech Brigade
DOS1987protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
Machiavelli the Prince
DOS1995protected Holistic Design
Epidemic!
DOS1983protected SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.