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
2,228 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Rome: Total War™ - Collection
Turn-based Roman conquest campaigns with real-time battles and barbarian invasions
94% positive
14K reviews
Demo Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Post-apocalyptic turn-based tactics with real-time stealth and mutant companions
90% positive
14K reviews
Demo ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS XIV
Turn-based grand strategy where supply lines shape China’s conquest
62% positive
14K reviews
Total War: ROME REMASTERED
Historical grand strategy combining turn-based empire management with real-time battles
76% positive
13K reviews
Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
Tactical fantasy RPG with customizable squads and automatic battles
94% positive
13K reviews
Demo MENACE
Turn-based tactical RPG with squads, vehicles, and branching military operations
90% positive
13K reviews
A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
Historical grand strategy across Viking-age Britain with real-time battles
70% positive
13K reviews
Songs of Conquest
Turn-based fantasy strategy with tactical battles and kingdom building
85% positive
13K reviews
Demo Child of Light
Watercolor fairy-tale RPG with turn-based battles and a stolen sun
91% positive
13K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus
Turn-based squad tactics against awakening Necrons in their tombs
89% positive
12K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters
Turn-based tactical RPG about stopping a galaxy-spanning plague
75% positive
12K reviews
WAKFU
Free-to-play tactical MMORPG with grid-based combat, crafting, and politics
75% positive
Free
Demo Tactical Breach Wizards
Turn-based wizard tactics with spell combos and window shoves
98% positive
12K reviews
Summoners War
Turn-based strategy RPG about collecting monsters and building specialized teams
68% positive
Free
Demo Jagged Alliance 3
Turn-based tactical RPG about mercenaries fighting for a divided nation
87% positive
12K reviews
Gems of War - Puzzle RPG
Fantasy match-three RPG with collectible troops and turn-based battles
78% positive
Free
Armello
Turn-based fantasy board game with cards and a throne to claim
82% positive
12K reviews
Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: Complete Edition
Creature-collecting JRPG with turn-based battles and digital mysteries
89% positive
11K reviews
Valkyria Chronicles™
Tactical RPG blending turn-based planning with direct battlefield control
90% positive
11K reviews
Worms W.M.D
Turn-based 2D artillery battles with destructible terrain and oddball weapons
85% positive
11K reviews
Across the Obelisk
Cooperative roguelike deckbuilder with four-hero parties and branching runs
81% positive
11K reviews
West of Loathing
Open-world comedy RPG with stick figures and turn-based combat
98% positive
10K reviews
Wingspan
Turn-based card strategy about building bird-filled wildlife preserves
94% positive
10K reviews
Shadowrun Returns
Isometric tactical RPG tracing a murder through cyberpunk Seattle
88% positive
9,794 reviews