Best Turn-Based Strategy games on PC
Turn-based strategy games divide play into discrete turns, giving players time to plan each action before play advances. They can focus on empire management, battlefield tactics, party combat, or card-based decisions.
- Discrete turns and deliberate pacing
- Tactical or long-term planning
- Choices made without real-time pressure
Related: Strategy, Turn-Based Combat, Grand Strategy, Tactical RPG
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HUMANKIND™
Historical 4X strategy built around changing cultures across eras
68% positive
23K reviews
Demo Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Eighteenth-century grand strategy with turn-based campaigns and real-time battles
89% positive
23K reviews
XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Turn-based tactics with squad breaches in a human-alien city
71% positive
21K reviews
Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition
Classic turn-based fantasy strategy with tactical battles and town building
80% positive
21K reviews
Monster Train
Roguelike deckbuilder with three-floor defense and mixed-clan synergies
96% positive
21K reviews
Demo Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Turn-based fantasy strategy with city building and creature armies
86% positive
20K reviews
Solasta: Crown of the Magister
Party-based fantasy RPG with tactical, three-dimensional turn-based combat
86% positive
20K reviews
Into the Breach
Turn-based mech tactics built around compact, predictable combat puzzles
94% positive
20K reviews
Demo Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
Historical strategy combining turn-based campaigns with real-time Napoleonic battles
91% positive
19K reviews
Mechabellum
Tactical mech auto-battler built around positioning and unit counters
82% positive
19K reviews
Toribash
Turn-based 3D fighting where you control every ragdoll joint
88% positive
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Age of Wonders 4
Fantasy 4X strategy with custom empires and tactical turn-based battles
79% positive
18K reviews
ENDLESS Space™ 2
Turn-based space 4X with distinct factions and political management
83% positive
18K reviews
Marvel's Midnight Suns
Superhero tactical RPG with card-based battles and hero friendships
80% positive
18K reviews
ISLANDERS
Minimalist city-building puzzle with score-based placement on changing islands
94% positive
17K reviews
Wildermyth
Procedural tactical RPG where choices shape generations of heroes
94% positive
17K reviews
WARNO
Cold War real-time tactics with customizable NATO and Warsaw Pact forces
79% positive
15K reviews
ENDLESS Legend™
Fantasy 4X strategy with asymmetric factions and dynamic winters
83% positive
15K reviews
Demo Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Turn-based sci-fi 4X strategy about colonizing an alien world
61% positive
14K reviews
Gloomhaven
Difficult card-driven tactical RPG adapted from a cooperative board game
81% positive
14K reviews
For The King II
Cooperative tabletop RPG across procedurally generated fantasy campaigns
69% positive
14K reviews
The Banner Saga
Turn-based tactical RPG with consequential choices on a frozen journey
89% positive
14K reviews
Turmoil
Oil-rush management game about drilling, trading, and outbidding rivals
92% positive
14K reviews
The Last Spell
Turn-based tactical RPG about defending a city from nightly hordes
91% positive
14K reviews