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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

888 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Sword of the Stars: The Pit
Turn-based sci-fi roguelike with crafting and deadly alien floors
83% positive 1,555 reviews
梦江湖
梦江湖
Open-world martial arts RPG with turn-based battles and choices
51% positive 1,548 reviews
Bombix
Bombix
Turn-based arena combat where jumping and shooting shape each move
71% positive Free
Out Of Hands
Out Of Hands
Surreal horror deckbuilder where your body is made of hands
94% positive 1,531 reviews
The Shrouded Isle
The Shrouded Isle
Turn-based cult management with hidden sins and seasonal sacrifices
70% positive 1,528 reviews
GearCity
GearCity
Historical car company management sim spanning vehicle design and finance
90% positive 1,515 reviews
Time Walker: Dark World
Time Walker: Dark World
Fantasy roguelite auto-battler with four heroes and mergeable skills
86% positive 1,510 reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach (Classic)
Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach (Classic)
Turn-based sci-fi tactics with units that advance between battles
85% positive 1,492 reviews
Tangledeep
Tangledeep
Turn-based dungeon crawler with customizable jobs and monster pets
82% positive 1,483 reviews
FurryFury: Smash & Roll
FurryFury: Smash & Roll
Top-down turn-based arena battles where furry beasts roll and collide
81% positive 1,476 reviews
Moonbreaker
Moonbreaker
Top-down turn-based tactics with paintable sci-fi miniature squads
84% positive 1,460 reviews
Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension
Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension
Turn-based fantasy strategy where rival gods vie for ascension
91% positive 1,449 reviews
Disciples II: Rise of the Elves
Disciples II: Rise of the Elves
Turn-based fantasy strategy with five factions and an Elven campaign
88% positive 1,442 reviews
Deck of Haunts
Deck of Haunts
Turn-based haunted-house deckbuilder where you build rooms and scare intruders
86% positive 1,439 reviews
King's Bounty: Armored Princess
King's Bounty: Armored Princess
Fantasy strategy RPG with real-time exploration and turn-based army battles
91% positive 1,435 reviews
Resist the succubus—The end of the female Knight
Resist the succubus—The end of the female Knight
Adult fantasy auto-battler about defending a city from demons
75% positive 1,425 reviews
NO-SKIN
NO-SKIN
Surreal horror roguelite with turn-based battles and layered mysteries
95% positive 1,412 reviews
Brigandine The Legend of Runersia
Brigandine The Legend of Runersia
Turn-based strategy RPG with monster armies and continental conquest
85% positive 1,408 reviews
Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
Grid-based tactical RPG with branching runs and lasting upgrades
82% positive 1,401 reviews
中华三国志 the Three Kingdoms of China
Free turn-based strategy with fog of war and historical terrain
86% positive Free
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
Visual novel and turn-based tactics RPG about an amnesiac village leader
94% positive 1,384 reviews
Imperial Glory
Imperial Glory
Turn-based empire strategy with real-time land and naval battles
78% positive 1,357 reviews
Shardbound: Forge Your Path, Master Your Strategy
Shardbound: Forge Your Path, Master Your Strategy
Turn-based card battles built around positioning units on terrain
71% positive Free
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms
Real-time Three Kingdoms strategy with city management and army battles
92% positive 1,328 reviews