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.
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Chess
DOS19813.8/5 International PC Owners
Galaxy
DOS19814.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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
DOS1983freeware4.2/5
Beneath Apple Manor is a pioneering game in the roguelike genre, originally developed and released in 1978 by Don Worth for the Apple II and later re-released for DOS as a "Special Edition". It's one of the earliest known role-playing video games (RPGs) with procedurally generated dungeons.In Beneath Apple Manor, players take on the role of an adve...
Black Friday
DOS19833/5
Classic Hangman
DOS19833.6/5 Norland Software
Epidemic!
DOS1983protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
IBM 9-Hole Miniature Golf
DOS19833/5 SoftSide Magazine
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
Wizardry III: Legacy of Llylgamyn is a classic role-playing video game developed by Sir-Tech and released in 1983. It is the third installment in the Wizardry series. Originally released for the Apple II, it was later ported to other platforms, including the Commodore 64, IBM PC, and various Japanese computers. The game is set in the fant...
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...
Backgammon
DOS19843.1/5 IBM
Chess88
DOS19844/5
Computer Diplomacy
DOS19843.6/5 Avalon Hill
Crime and Punishment
DOS19844.1/5 Mindscape
Cutthroats
DOS19843.4/5 Infocom
DND
DOS19844.1/5
Drug wars: a game based on the New York drug market
DOS19843.3/5
Felony!
DOS19844/5 BrainBank
Hack
DOS1984freeware3.8/5
Lords of Midnight
DOS1984remake3.8/5 Beyond Software
Mychess
DOS19843.8/5 The Software Toolworks
Nerm of Bemer
DOS19843.3/5 COMPUTE! Publications
8088 Othello
DOS19853.6/5