Abandonware DOS title

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

Balance of Power: The 1990 Edition
simulationWindows 3.x
Magic: The Gathering
strategyWindows XP/98/95
chess-1

Chess

DOS19813.8/5 International PC Owners
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Galaxy

DOS19814.1/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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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 ...
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Executive Suite

DOS19823.9/5 Armonk Corporation
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The Battle of the Bulge: Tigers in the Snow

DOS1982protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group
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Wizardry 2: The knight of diamonds

DOS19823.8/5 Sir-tech Software
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Battle for Normandy

DOS1983protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group
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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...
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Black Friday

DOS19833/5
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Classic Hangman

DOS19833.6/5 Norland Software
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Epidemic!

DOS1983protected4.1/5 SSI Strategic Simulations Inc.
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IBM 9-Hole Miniature Golf

DOS19833/5 SoftSide Magazine
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Knights of the Desert

DOS1983protected3.8/5 Tactical Design Group
battleformidway-1

Midway Campaign

DOS19834/5 Microcomputer Games Inc.
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Oubliette

DOS19833.3/5
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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-3

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-1

Backgammon

DOS19843.1/5 IBM
chess88-1

Chess88

DOS19844/5
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Computer Diplomacy

DOS19843.6/5 Avalon Hill
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Crime and Punishment

DOS19844.1/5 Mindscape
cutthroats-02

Cutthroats

DOS19843.4/5 Infocom
dnd_text-02

DND

DOS19844.1/5
felony-02

Felony!

DOS19844/5 BrainBank
hack-5

Hack

DOS1984freeware3.8/5
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Lords of Midnight

DOS1984remake3.8/5 Beyond Software
mychess-1

Mychess

DOS19843.8/5 The Software Toolworks
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Nerm of Bemer

DOS19843.3/5 COMPUTE! Publications
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8088 Othello

DOS19853.6/5