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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.

Most popular turn based games

Magic: The Gathering
strategyWindows XP/98/95
Civilization
strategyDOS, Windows 3.x
Civilization 2
strategyWindows XP/98/95

Turn based games

  • kings-table-01
    DOS1993protected4.4/5 Imagitec Design
  • betrayal-02
    DOS1990protected4.4/5
  • civ2-test-of-time-02
    Windows XP/98/951999remake4.4/5 Atari

    Civilization II: Test of Time is an abandoned turn-based strategy game developed by Atari and released by MicroProse Software in 1999 for Windows. Civilization II: Test of Time is a remake of the cult classic Civilization 2, without the involvement of Sid Meier (the creator of the Civilization franchise). Test of Time includes fantasy and science f...

  • bang-bang-04
    Windows 3.x19904.4/5
  • ufo2000-03
    WindowsLinux2004freeware4.4/5
  • tank-wars-01
    DOS19904.3/5
  • conflict-europe-07
    DOS19894.3/5 Personal Software Services
  • cave-wars-01
    DOS19964.3/5
  • moo2-administratoroffer
    DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.3/5 SimTex

    Master of Orion II is a 4X turn-based sci-fi strategy game set in space. Master of Orion 2 gives the player an empire to run by controlling food and production, managing economy and researching new technology. The player can wage war against other races or use spies and diplomacy to achieve victory.

  • ufo-5
    DOS1994protected4.3/5 MicroProse Software

    UFO: Enemy Unknown (or X-COM: Ufo Defense) is a sci-fi tactical strategy game created by Julian Gollop set in a not-to-distant future where aliens are invading the Earth. The gameplay switches between tactical combat, where you fight aliens in a turn-based fashion, and strategic micromanagement, where you manage your X-COM base and personnel.

  • mahjongg-nels-01
    DOS19874.3/5 Arcanum Computing
  • moo3-07
    Windows XP/98/95Mac2003protected4.3/5 Quicksilver Software
  • renegade-legion-interceptor-01
    DOS1990protected4.3/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • colonization-6
    DOSWindows 3.xLinuxMac1994protected4.3/5 MicroProse Software

    Colonization is a turn-based strategy 4x game developed and published by MicroProse in 1994 for DOS, Windows 3.1, Linux and Mac. The setting is the European Colonization of the New World. Colonization gameplay and interface are similar to Civilization, another Sid Meier game. However, there are some differences between Civilization and Colonization...

  • football-fanatic-05
    DOS1998freeware4.3/5
  • tenshindo-02
    Windows XP/98/951995NSFW4.3/5
  • warlords-3-07
    Windows XP/98/9519974.3/5 SSG Strategic Studies Group

    Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes is an abandoned turn-based fantasy strategy game designed by Steve Fawkner, developed by SSG Strategic Studies Group and released by Red Orb Entertainment in 1997 for Windows. Warlords 3: Reign of Heroes is part of the Warlords game series and features quite a few multiplayer modes: from LAN to PBEM.

  • jagged-alliance-2-04
    Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac1999protected4.3/5 Sir-tech Software

    I'm a fan of the original X-COM. I think it's one of the best turn-based tactics games ever released for DOS. Unfortunately, games like X-COM are not many. Jagged Alliance 2 has a similar tactical component: you give turn-based orders to a team of mercenaries, mission after mission. There's no management component (at least not as extensive as in t...

  • football-manager-3-06
    DOS19934.3/5 Bedrock Software
  • civilization2-4
    Windows XP/98/9519964.3/5 MicroProse Software

    Civilization 2, later renamed Sid Meier's Civilization II, is a turn based 4X strategy game developed and published by MicroProse in 1996. The gameplay is similar to the first Civilization, many aspects were improved and new features were introduced: a new isometric perspective, hit points for units, new civilizations, new wonders of the world and ...

  • xmen2-fall-of-the-mutants-03
    DOS19914.3/5 Paragon Software
  • micks-str-poker-02
    Windows XP/98/95Windows 3.x1999NSFW4.3/5
  • hi-command-03
    DOS19924.3/5 Colorado Computer Creations
  • peoples-general-06
    Windows XP/98/951998protected4.3/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • virtual-pool-02
    DOS19954.3/5 Celeris
  • conflict-korea-05
    DOS1992protected4.3/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
  • 5th-fleet-07
    DOS19944.3/5
  • dogs-of-war-01
    Windows XP/98/9519964.3/5 Software Engineering
  • axis-allies-iron-blitz-07
    Windows XP/98/9519994.3/5 Wargaming West
  • homm2-10
    DOSWindows XP/98/951996protected4.3/5 New World Computing