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
2,038 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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三國立志傳3
Turn-based party RPG with comic Three Kingdoms battles
83% positive
156 reviews
Illegal Mahjong
Japanese mahjong with unlockable skills that let you cheat
80% positive
156 reviews
Franchise Hockey Manager 11
Hockey management simulation with modern, historical, and custom leagues
67% positive
156 reviews
Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics
Turn-based squad tactics against Nazi forces and Lovecraftian monsters
69% positive
155 reviews
Forgetful Dictator
A geography quiz where correct answers help conquer the world
92% positive
Free
Demo Osteoblasts
Turn-based dungeon RPG with class-specific quests and randomized world elements
86% positive
155 reviews
Demo Cloudscrapers
A minimalist strategy puzzler about building towers into the clouds
98% positive
155 reviews
Demo Magecraft: Spellbuilding
Turn-based dungeon deckbuilder where you craft your own spell cards
97% positive
Free
Cubiscape 2
Turn-based grid puzzles where traps can work against your enemies
90% positive
Free
Clonizer
A roguelike deckbuilder about managing clones on hex-grid planets
83% positive
154 reviews
VLAK
A 2D puzzle game about steering an ever-growing train
98% positive
Free
Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy
Space fleet tactics where both sides execute orders simultaneously
73% positive
153 reviews
Smash Up
Turn-based card strategy built around combining two faction decks
59% positive
153 reviews
Destiny's Divide
Free-to-play competitive card battles with cards both players can use
63% positive
Free
Citizens: Far Lands - Prologue
Turn-based city building with resource puzzles across island settlements
90% positive
Free
Athena Crisis
Turn-based sci-fi tactics with campaigns and player-made battle maps
80% positive
153 reviews
Emerge: Cities of the Apocalypse
Turn-based city strategy paired with real-time defense against zombie hordes
65% positive
152 reviews
Call to Power II
Turn-based empire building from early history to a science-fiction future
64% positive
152 reviews
Galactic Civilizations® I: Ultimate Edition
Turn-based space strategy in a race for habitable worlds
50% positive
151 reviews
Colorful Colore
A labyrinth puzzle game about matching colors to reach exits
97% positive
151 reviews
Sword and Fairy 5 prequel
Linear fantasy RPG with turn-based battles and an ensemble story
86% positive
151 reviews
Demo Monster Stalker: Prologue
Turn-based card battles against alien monsters in a free prologue
89% positive
Free
全球戒备
Turn-based military tactics about recovering alien technology from crash sites
71% positive
Free
Demo Special Tactics
Squad-based tactical shooter where both sides resolve their turns simultaneously
83% positive
Free