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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.

Classified: France '44
Classified: France '44
Turn-based World War II tactics with stealth and squad morale
72% positive 1,037 reviews
Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
Turn-based Stalingrad wargame built around maneuver and supply lines
78% positive 1,020 reviews
无休仙途
无休仙途
Idle cultivation RPG with sect management and turn-based battles
72% positive 1,017 reviews
.Forty-Five
.Forty-Five
Western roguelike deckbuilder with card effects tied to revolver rotation
95% positive Free
Earthling's Undertaking
Earthling's Undertaking
Cultivation strategy RPG about leading a sect through tactical battles
65% positive 1,005 reviews
Blackthorn Arena: Reforged
Blackthorn Arena: Reforged
Fantasy arena management with gladiator training and real-time battles
66% positive 1,005 reviews
Fort Triumph
Fort Triumph
Fantasy turn-based tactics with terrain-based attacks and permanent death
79% positive 1,003 reviews
Templar Battleforce
Templar Battleforce
Turn-based sci-fi tactics with customizable squads in battle suits
93% positive 984 reviews
Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
Three Kingdoms strategy with real-time army battles and diplomacy
59% positive 981 reviews
Rising Lords
Rising Lords
Medieval turn-based strategy with province management and card-driven battles
71% positive 974 reviews
Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless
Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless
Turn-based tactical RPG with customizable demon teams and stage-based battles
75% positive 970 reviews
Legendary Creatures 2
Legendary Creatures 2
Roguelike auto-battler with creature builds on randomly generated maps
72% positive 970 reviews
X-COM: Apocalypse
X-COM: Apocalypse
Sci-fi strategy mixing real-time city defense and tactical missions
89% positive 960 reviews
Langrisser I & II
Langrisser I & II
Turn-based fantasy strategy RPGs with branching stories and troop battles
73% positive 960 reviews
Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
Space 4X strategy with custom ships and real-time battles
44% positive 959 reviews
Dokimon Quest
Dokimon Quest
Turn-based monster-taming RPG tracking a missing friend across an open world
75% positive 958 reviews
Agent Awesome
Agent Awesome
Tactical strategy through twelve floors with stealth or combat
63% positive 948 reviews
Help Will Come Tomorrow
Help Will Come Tomorrow
Survival strategy in Siberia with scarce supplies and class tensions
80% positive 944 reviews
Knights in Tight Spaces
Knights in Tight Spaces
Turn-based fantasy deckbuilding with grid combat and party tactics
69% positive 944 reviews
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
Turn-based squad tactics against aliens beneath Earth's oceans
91% positive 943 reviews
Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition
Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition
Turn-based artillery strategy with planet-to-planet shots shaped by gravity
85% positive 938 reviews
Cards & Tankards
Cards & Tankards
Free-to-play card battler with social tavern matches on PC and VR
87% positive Free
神树残响(Echoes of the Divine Tree)
神树残响(Echoes of the Divine Tree)
Card-based RPG about a sacred tree and divided loyalties
95% positive 937 reviews
Gomoku Let's Go
Gomoku Let's Go
Turn-based board strategy built around making five-stone lines
88% positive 935 reviews