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.

Most popular turn based games

Magic: The Gathering

strategyWindows XP/98/95

Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos - Yugi the Destiny

strategyWindows XP/98/95

Civilization

strategyDOS, Windows 3.x, Mac

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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

DOS19813.9/5 Sir-tech Software

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a role-playing video game that was first released in 1981. It's one of the pioneering titles in the dungeon-crawling genre and one of the first computer role-playing games (CRPGs).Developed by Andrew C. Greenberg and Robert Woodhead, and published by Sir-Tech, Wizardry was initially released for the ...

Executive Suite

DOS19823.9/5 Armonk Corporation

The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group

Wizardry 2: The knight of diamonds

DOS19823.8/5 Sir-tech Software

Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group

Beneath Apple Manor

DOS1983freeware4.1/5

Classic Hangman

DOS19833.6/5 Norland Software

Epidemic!

DOS1983protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.

Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group

Midway Campaign

DOS19834/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.

Oubliette

DOS19833.3/5

Wizardry 3: Legacy of Llylgamyn

DOS19833.8/5 Sir-tech Software

Archon: the Light and the Dark

DOS19844.2/5 Free Fall Associates

Archon: The Light and the Dark is an abandoned DOS fantasy blend of strategy and action game, developed by Free Fall Associates and published for DOS by Electronic Arts in 1984. Archon and its sequels are a unique mix of chess-like turn-based strategy and arcade action games. Take chess and add the fact that every time two pieces land on the same s...