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.
Agarest: Generations of War Zero
Turn-based strategy RPG where marriage choices shape future generations
74% positive
390 reviews
Telltale Texas Hold ‘Em
Single-player Texas Hold'em tournament against four talkative opponents
69% positive
387 reviews
Lux Delux
Turn-based territory conquest across hundreds of maps, with a map editor
82% positive
384 reviews
勇者与亡灵之都
Pixel-art RPG with turn-based battles against a rising undead threat
94% positive
376 reviews
Battle Academy
Turn-based World War II tactics with ambushes and flanking
85% positive
371 reviews
Roots of Yggdrasil
Norse city builder where building cards shape each timed run
86% positive
366 reviews
Gaia Project
Turn-based space board game about terraforming planets and building federations
80% positive
363 reviews
Draft of Darkness
Post-apocalyptic survival horror deckbuilder with scarce ammo and escalating darkness
93% positive
363 reviews
Choice of Life: Wild Islands
Card-based visual novel where island survival depends on choices
93% positive
361 reviews
Civil War II
Turn-based Civil War strategy with simultaneous orders and logistics
79% positive
354 reviews
Monster Girls and the Mysterious Adventure 2
Turn-based dungeon RPG with recruitable monsters and customizable gear
90% positive
347 reviews
PC Tycoon 2
Business management sim about designing computer hardware and competing for sales
80% positive
347 reviews
Field of Glory: Kingdoms
Turn-based medieval grand strategy with succession and restless vassals
83% positive
346 reviews
Romance of the Three Kingdoms Maker
Turn-based Three Kingdoms strategy with scenarios you can customize
65% positive
Free
Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds
Isometric party RPG with turn-based battles and recruitable companions
86% positive
345 reviews
Romancing SaGa 2™
Turn-based fantasy RPG spanning generations of an evolving empire
68% positive
344 reviews
The Emperor and State
Historical strategy simulation about ruling ancient China across generations
57% positive
343 reviews
Starless Abyss
Turn-based space deckbuilder mixing card combos and spaceship positioning
85% positive
343 reviews
Dragon Spirits
Creature-collecting RPG with real-time battles and a fantasy school story
86% positive
342 reviews
Deity Empires
Turn-based fantasy 4X with deity magic and tactical battles
86% positive
339 reviews
Throne of Bone
Turn-based roguelike autobattler built around undead armies and spells
85% positive
337 reviews
Carrier Battles 4 Guadalcanal - Pacific War Naval Warfare
Turn-based Pacific naval wargame built around carrier searches and strikes
88% positive
333 reviews
Chaos Galaxy 2
Turn-based galactic strategy with rival factions and tactical mech battles
83% positive
333 reviews
Forgotten Mines
Turn-based tactical roguelite with customizable dwarves reclaiming monster-filled mines
80% positive
333 reviews