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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.

Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™
Turn-based sci-fi 4X strategy about colonizing an alien world
61% positive 23K reviews
ENDLESS Space™ 2
Turn-based space 4X with distinct factions and political management
83% positive 23K reviews
Age of Wonders 4
Fantasy 4X strategy with custom empires and tactical turn-based battles
81% positive 23K reviews
Monster Train
Roguelike deckbuilder with three-floor defense and mixed-clan synergies
96% positive 23K reviews
Solasta: Crown of the Magister
Party-based fantasy RPG with tactical, three-dimensional turn-based combat
87% positive 23K reviews
Into the Breach
Turn-based mech tactics built around compact, predictable combat puzzles
94% positive 22K reviews
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Post-apocalyptic turn-based tactics with real-time stealth and mutant companions
90% positive 21K reviews
Mechabellum
Tactical mech auto-battler built around positioning and unit counters
84% positive 19K reviews
ENDLESS Legend™
Fantasy 4X strategy with asymmetric factions and dynamic winters
83% positive 19K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Combat-focused turn-based 4X warfare in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
82% positive 19K reviews
Wildermyth
Procedural tactical RPG where choices shape generations of heroes
95% positive 18K reviews
Toribash
Turn-based 3D fighting where you control every ragdoll joint
88% positive Free
ISLANDERS
Minimalist city-building puzzle with score-based placement on changing islands
94% positive 17K reviews
Rome: Total War™ - Collection
Turn-based Roman conquest campaigns with real-time battles and barbarian invasions
95% positive 17K reviews
ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV
Turn-based grand strategy where supply lines shape China’s conquest
63% positive 16K reviews
For The King II
Cooperative tabletop RPG across procedurally generated fantasy campaigns
71% positive 16K reviews
Turmoil
Oil-rush management game about drilling, trading, and outbidding rivals
93% positive 16K reviews
WARNO
Cold War real-time tactics with customizable NATO and Warsaw Pact forces
80% positive 16K reviews
Gloomhaven
Difficult card-driven tactical RPG adapted from a cooperative board game
82% positive 16K reviews
Armello
Turn-based fantasy board game with cards and a throne to claim
82% positive 16K reviews
The Banner Saga
Turn-based tactical RPG with consequential choices on a frozen journey
89% positive 16K reviews
Worms W.M.D
Turn-based 2D artillery battles with destructible terrain and oddball weapons
85% positive 15K reviews
A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
Historical grand strategy across Viking-age Britain with real-time battles
71% positive 15K reviews
Jagged Alliance 3
Turn-based tactical RPG about mercenaries fighting for a divided nation
89% positive 15K reviews