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.
Ash of Gods: The Way
Turn-based tactical card battles with changing rules and story choices
80% positive
506 reviews
Capes
Turn-based superhero tactics built around coordinated powers and positioning
70% positive
506 reviews
Star Dynasties
Turn-based space strategy built around feudal politics across generations
73% positive
505 reviews
Etherlords II
Fantasy RPG with tactical card battles across five campaigns
83% positive
500 reviews
Close Combat - Gateway to Caen
World War II tactical wargame spanning battles and campaigns near Caen
70% positive
495 reviews
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XII with Power Up Kit
Historical strategy about rival warlords and real-time army battles
74% positive
493 reviews
Strategic Command: World War I
Turn-based World War I strategy with diplomacy and research
92% positive
489 reviews
Winter Falling: Battle Tactics
Real-time medieval army tactics with pausable battles and campaign decisions
90% positive
485 reviews
Space Empires V
Turn-based space strategy with customizable empires and detailed ship design
73% positive
480 reviews
Darkwind
Post-apocalyptic turn-based car combat with gang management and permadeath
52% positive
Free
Braveland Heroes
Turn-based fantasy tactics with squad building and online duels
54% positive
Free
Horizon
Turn-based space strategy with alien diplomacy and tactical ship combat
59% positive
475 reviews
Braveland Pirate
Turn-based pirate tactics across islands in search of treasure
85% positive
474 reviews
Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
Turn-based World War II wargame with detailed Eastern Front campaigns
91% positive
472 reviews
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - Definitive Edition
Turn-based match-three strategy with troop combos and hero upgrades
81% positive
472 reviews
Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes
Turn-based fantasy tactics with antiheroes and RPG parody
62% positive
469 reviews
Control Craft 2
Real-time strategy with rapid troop commands and base captures
76% positive
469 reviews
Mystic Vale
Turn-based deckbuilding game where you upgrade cards rather than add them
89% positive
469 reviews
For The Warp
Space roguelike deckbuilder with turn-based combat and procedural systems
73% positive
468 reviews
Eador: Genesis
Turn-based fantasy strategy with province management and tactical battles
84% positive
461 reviews
Rogue Agent
Fast, short turn-based strategy about agents reshaping global power
84% positive
Free
Evolings
Turn-based creature collector where each run reshuffles the map
77% positive
459 reviews
Master of Orion 1
Turn-based space 4X about colonizing planets and conquering rivals
89% positive
456 reviews
Making History: The Great War
Turn-based World War I grand strategy with economic management
76% positive
454 reviews