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.
FPS Chess
Competitive chess matches where captures become first-person shooter duels
84% positive
Free
For The King
Turn-based roguelite RPG with dice-driven combat and cooperative runs
88% positive
44K reviews
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Fantasy JRPG blending turn-based battles, real-time action, and time management
90% positive
43K reviews
RISK: Global Domination
Turn-based digital board game of armies, alliances, and conquest
79% positive
Free
Company of Heroes 3
World War II RTS combining tactical battles with campaign command
57% positive
40K reviews
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Eighteenth-century grand strategy with turn-based campaigns and real-time battles
91% positive
38K reviews
Total War: ATTILA
Historical grand strategy of Roman survival and real-time warfare
82% positive
38K reviews
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
Medieval grand strategy with turn-based rule and real-time battles
96% positive
36K reviews
Wartales
Open-world tactical RPG about managing a medieval mercenary band
86% positive
36K reviews
ShellShock Live
Turn-based tank artillery battles with destructible terrain and huge arsenals
93% positive
36K reviews
Sultan's Game
Dark fantasy card RPG about surviving a sultan's deadly demands
94% positive
35K reviews
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition
Party-based fantasy RPG about conquering land and ruling a kingdom
78% positive
35K reviews
BATTLETECH
Turn-based mech tactics with mercenary contracts and unit customization
84% positive
33K reviews
Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
Party-based fantasy RPG with turn-based combat and elemental interactions
89% positive
33K reviews
Dorfromantik
Relaxing tile-placement puzzle about building villages and chasing high scores
96% positive
30K reviews
Battle Brothers
Turn-based tactical RPG about running a medieval mercenary company
88% positive
29K reviews
HUMANKIND™
Historical 4X strategy built around changing cultures across eras
69% positive
29K reviews
Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
Historical strategy combining turn-based campaigns with real-time Napoleonic battles
92% positive
28K reviews
Darkest Dungeon® II
Dark fantasy roguelite with party tactics and punishing stagecoach journeys
75% positive
27K reviews
Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition
Classic turn-based fantasy strategy with tactical battles and town building
79% positive
25K reviews
Artifact
Competitive card battler fought across three simultaneous combat lanes
47% positive
Free
Marvel's Midnight Suns
Superhero tactical RPG with card-based battles and hero friendships
82% positive
24K reviews
Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion
Open-world wuxia RPG with turn-based battles and branching paths
84% positive
24K reviews
XCOM®: Chimera Squad
Turn-based tactics with squad breaches in a human-alien city
71% positive
23K reviews