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.
Fantasy World Souls
Retro-style online RPG with monster training and cooperative battles
86% positive
Free
Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced
Turn-based sci-fi 4X strategy with planetary warfare and political bargaining
95% positive
193 reviews
1953: NATO vs Warsaw Pact
Turn-based hex wargame where Cold War rivals fight across Europe
48% positive
192 reviews
Master of Orion 3
Turn-based space strategy with politics, diplomacy, war, and espionage
53% positive
191 reviews
Dungeon Team
Free-to-play squad tactics with idle dungeons and live PvP
79% positive
Free
Puzzline
Turn-based board game connecting puzzle cards to empty your hand
99% positive
189 reviews
TINY METAL: FULL METAL RUMBLE
Turn-based military tactics built around units and commander abilities
81% positive
188 reviews
Mobiles Tycoon
Business simulation about designing mobile devices and growing a company
83% positive
187 reviews
The Girl's Moving Castle
Fantasy idle RPG with character collecting and castle restoration
88% positive
187 reviews
Making History: The Calm and the Storm Gold Edition
Turn-based World War II strategy with alliances and industrial planning
86% positive
183 reviews
Pennon and Battle
Turn-based fantasy strategy with town building and tactical battles
69% positive
183 reviews
大宋英雄传(SongHeros)
Martial arts RPG with planned combat and branching stories
81% positive
180 reviews
Gary Grigsby's War in the West
Turn-based World War II wargame coordinating Western European ground and air campaigns
85% positive
179 reviews
Kingdom, Dungeon, and Hero
Turn-based fantasy strategy with kingdom management and dungeon-diving heroes
78% positive
179 reviews
Maestro's Cold War 2
Turn-based Cold War strategy built around diplomacy and prestige
93% positive
179 reviews
Advanced Tactics Gold
Turn-based hex wargame with random maps and scenario editing
84% positive
178 reviews
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII with Power Up Kit
Turn-based historical strategy through eight roles vying for China
66% positive
177 reviews
巴哈姆特1-REMAKE(BAHAMUT1-REMAKE)
Fantasy RPG with active-time battles, six classes, and pets
95% positive
174 reviews
High Seas, High Profits!
Medieval trading sim with ship routes and changing prices
87% positive
173 reviews
Revolution Under Siege Gold
Historical turn-based wargame commanding armies in the Russian Civil War
71% positive
171 reviews
Aveyond 4: Shadow of the Mist
Pixel-art, turn-based RPG starring a retired would-be world conqueror
95% positive
171 reviews
Shattered Union
Turn-based tactical battles to reunify a divided United States
54% positive
168 reviews
Front Office Football Nine
Text-based American football sim about running a pro franchise
80% positive
168 reviews
Telepath Tactics Liberated
Turn-based tactical RPG with destructible terrain and knockback attacks
84% positive
164 reviews