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.
Dawnmaker
Solo city-building and deckbuilding strategy to clear toxic Smog
91% positive
164 reviews
Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom
World War II hex-based tactics across British and American campaigns
88% positive
161 reviews
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII with Power Up Kit
Turn-based Three Kingdoms strategy through the lives of individual officers
68% positive
159 reviews
Makai Kingdom: Reclaimed and Rebound
Fantasy strategy RPG about summoning armies to reclaim a Netherworld
88% positive
159 reviews
UFO2: Extraterrestrials
Alien invasion strategy with real-time air battles and turn-based squads
58% positive
158 reviews
三國立志傳3
Turn-based party RPG with comic Three Kingdoms battles
83% positive
157 reviews
Victory and Glory: Napoleon
Turn-based Napoleonic strategy built around shifting European alliances
78% positive
156 reviews
Mary Skelter Finale
Party-based dungeon RPG about a living prison and scattered prisoners
74% positive
155 reviews
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Tenkasousei with Power Up Kit
Historical strategy game with castle management and real-time battles
74% positive
154 reviews
Athena Crisis
Turn-based sci-fi tactics with campaigns and player-made battle maps
80% positive
153 reviews
Franchise Hockey Manager 11
Hockey management simulation with modern, historical, and custom leagues
70% positive
152 reviews
Sword and Fairy 5 prequel
Linear fantasy RPG with turn-based battles and an ensemble story
86% positive
151 reviews
Combat Mission: Red Thunder
Eastern Front tactical wargame with real-time and turn-based battles
80% positive
151 reviews
Call to Power II
Turn-based empire building from early history to a science-fiction future
66% positive
150 reviews
三國立志傳2
Lead one of three rulers in a turn-based strategy RPG
81% positive
141 reviews
Trapper: Drug Dealing RPG
Point-and-click crime RPG built around choices and drug-trade management
91% positive
140 reviews
Three Kingdoms Heroes
Turn-based RPG about Zhao Yun's rise through the Three Kingdoms
83% positive
139 reviews
Anno 1503 History Edition
City-building strategy with sandbox games and newly available multiplayer
71% positive
136 reviews
Decisive Campaigns: Ardennes Offensive
Turn-based World War II wargame with battalion-level Ardennes combat
92% positive
135 reviews
Skogdal
Roguelike deckbuilder with recruitable townsfolk and cards you can fuse
99% positive
134 reviews
长路江湖 - 九州群芳
Idle martial arts RPG about running shops and collecting techniques
59% positive
134 reviews
Stellar Monarch 2
Turn-based space strategy centered on a feudal royal court
89% positive
132 reviews
President for a Day - Floodings
Turn-based strategy about governing Pakistan during a flood crisis
67% positive
131 reviews
Fantasy General
Turn-based fantasy strategy with army upgrades and hex-based battles
95% positive
131 reviews