Best Turn-Based Combat games on PC
These games resolve combat in discrete turns, with each side acting before play passes to the next. Battles may use party abilities, tactical movement, or cards, but the shared focus is choosing actions one turn at a time.
- Discrete turns between combatants
- Time to plan each action
- Party, tactical, or card battles
Related: Turn-Based Strategy, Tactical, RPG, Strategy
693 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Pawnbarian
Turn-based puzzle roguelike where chess moves guide dungeon battles
89% positive
902 reviews
万象群侠传
Lightweight wuxia RPG about companions, martial arts, and branching adventures
86% positive
901 reviews
The Dungeon Beneath
Tactical roguelite autobattler where party placement shapes dungeon runs
89% positive
898 reviews
Disgaea 4 Complete+
Turn-based strategy RPG about a vampire leading a revolt in Hades
88% positive
895 reviews
The Three Kingdoms: The Tales of Jian An
Turn-based tactical RPG with fog, weather, and late Han history
91% positive
888 reviews
Bastard Bonds
Turn-based tactical RPG about recruiting outcasts on a prison island
89% positive
887 reviews
Wolfstride
Turn-based mecha RPG mixing arena battles with city errands
89% positive
886 reviews
Field of Glory: Empires
Classical-era grand strategy where expanding empires face decadence
82% positive
869 reviews
Swordhaven: Iron Conspiracy
Isometric party RPG with consequential dialogue and switchable combat
76% positive
869 reviews
Combat Mission Shock Force 2
Modern tactical wargame with real-time or simultaneous-turn combat in Syria
81% positive
868 reviews
Interstellar Space: Genesis
Turn-based space strategy with remote exploration and custom warships
84% positive
850 reviews
King Arthur: Legion IX
Turn-based tactical RPG leading undead Romans through dark fantasy Avalon
73% positive
842 reviews
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION)
Turn-based space strategy with starbase rebuilding and fleet combat
79% positive
841 reviews
Death Roads: Tournament
Turn-based car combat deckbuilder where vehicle parts change your cards
82% positive
839 reviews
Stars in Shadow
Turn-based space strategy with streamlined empires and tactical fleet battles
78% positive
837 reviews
The Troop
Turn-based Normandy battles with tanks and persistent campaign forces
84% positive
833 reviews
Nemesis: Lockdown
Turn-based sci-fi horror board game about survival and betrayal
68% positive
821 reviews
Incremental Adventures
Text-based idle RPG built around automated hero battles and resets
78% positive
Free
Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp
Board-game RPG with crossover characters at a tropical summer camp
62% positive
815 reviews
Balrum
Open-world isometric RPG with turn-based combat, crafting, and farming
79% positive
807 reviews
Chess Evolved Online
Chess-inspired turn-based tactics with custom armies and online matches
91% positive
Free
New Arc Line
Steampunk tactical RPG with turn-based battles and story choices
70% positive
798 reviews
Mainframe Defenders
Turn-based robot squad tactics with procedural missions and item builds
88% positive
795 reviews
Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten
Party-based fantasy JRPG about searching for a supposedly dead father
81% positive
793 reviews