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.
仙绣剑缘录
Turn-based martial arts RPG with sects and open exploration
86% positive
829 reviews
Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol
Turn-based World War I dogfights with pilot upgrades
69% positive
828 reviews
军团战棋Legion War
Fantasy 4X strategy with hex-grid battles and customizable heroes
89% positive
828 reviews
Nemesis: Lockdown
Turn-based sci-fi horror board game about survival and betrayal
68% positive
821 reviews
Incremental Adventures
Text-based idle RPG built around automated hero battles and resets
78% positive
Free
Sunrider: Liberation Day - Captain's Edition
Turn-based space tactics with mecha squads and anime-style storytelling
83% positive
819 reviews
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 3
Three Kingdoms strategy RPG with custom generals and terrain-based battles
85% positive
805 reviews
Chess Evolved Online
Chess-inspired turn-based tactics with custom armies and online matches
91% positive
Free
Wild Bastards
Sci-fi Western FPS roguelite with outlaw squads and tactical shootouts
74% positive
798 reviews
Indies' Lies
Turn-based roguelike deckbuilder with recruitable heroes and card upgrades
76% positive
792 reviews
Zet Zillions
Space roguelike deckbuilder with card fusion and planet overpopulation
88% positive
791 reviews
Pirates Outlaws
Pirate roguelike deckbuilder with multiple heroes, maps, and bosses
82% positive
789 reviews
Preserve
Nature-building puzzle game about arranging plants and animals in layered habitats
93% positive
786 reviews
Eiyu*Senki – The World Conquest
Turn-based strategy with historical heroes and a world conquest story
89% positive
783 reviews
FRONT MISSION 1st: Remake
Turn-based tactical RPG with customizable mechs and two campaigns
78% positive
782 reviews
Rift Wizard 2
Turn-based wizard roguelike where found gear reshapes spell builds
92% positive
777 reviews
Rise Of The White Sun - 白日升
Turn-based grand strategy commanding unreliable armies in 1920s China
86% positive
770 reviews
Master of Magic Classic
Turn-based fantasy 4X strategy built around wizard-led conquest
97% positive
766 reviews
Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
Fantasy roguelike with tactical grid battles and deckbuilding
94% positive
765 reviews
Terracards
Farm-building deckbuilder about growing an island farm to clear debt
85% positive
761 reviews
Pyrene
Turn-based deckbuilding dungeon crawler rooted in Basque mythology
92% positive
759 reviews
Gods of Sand
Manage a gladiator school through turn-based arena fights
87% positive
757 reviews
Marble Age
Turn-based historical strategy about growing a Greek village into a city-state
83% positive
745 reviews
Approaching Infinity
Turn-based space roguelike with procedural exploration and faction quests
95% positive
741 reviews