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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Holy Clash Cards
Free-to-play card strategy with divine powers and competitive online battles
26% positive
Free
SPINNERS
A free incremental clicker about collecting spinners and increasing speed
72% positive
Free
iBomber Defense Pacific
Tower defense with surprise attacks from jungle and sea
86% positive
158 reviews
UFO2: Extraterrestrials
Alien invasion strategy with real-time air battles and turn-based squads
58% positive
158 reviews
Combat Mission Battle for Normandy
World War II tactical wargame with real-time or turn-based battles
78% positive
158 reviews
Etherlords
Turn-based fantasy strategy where heroes fight with decks of spells
42% positive
157 reviews
Victory and Glory: Napoleon
Turn-based Napoleonic strategy built around shifting European alliances
78% positive
156 reviews
Demo Spire of Sorcery
Turn-based party RPG where spells and potions share a token system
43% positive
156 reviews
三國立志傳3
Turn-based party RPG with comic Three Kingdoms battles
83% positive
156 reviews
Illegal Mahjong
Japanese mahjong with unlockable skills that let you cheat
80% positive
156 reviews
Franchise Hockey Manager 11
Hockey management simulation with modern, historical, and custom leagues
67% positive
156 reviews
Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics
Turn-based squad tactics against Nazi forces and Lovecraftian monsters
69% positive
155 reviews
Forgetful Dictator
A geography quiz where correct answers help conquer the world
92% positive
Free
Demo Osteoblasts
Turn-based dungeon RPG with class-specific quests and randomized world elements
86% positive
155 reviews
Demo Cloudscrapers
A minimalist strategy puzzler about building towers into the clouds
98% positive
155 reviews
Demo Magecraft: Spellbuilding
Turn-based dungeon deckbuilder where you craft your own spell cards
97% positive
Free
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War Footing
Turn-based military strategy focused on preparing a nation for invasion
85% positive
155 reviews
Cubiscape 2
Turn-based grid puzzles where traps can work against your enemies
90% positive
Free
Clonizer
A roguelike deckbuilder about managing clones on hex-grid planets
83% positive
154 reviews
VLAK
A 2D puzzle game about steering an ever-growing train
98% positive
Free
Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy
Space fleet tactics where both sides execute orders simultaneously
73% positive
153 reviews
Smash Up
Turn-based card strategy built around combining two faction decks
59% positive
153 reviews
Destiny's Divide
Free-to-play competitive card battles with cards both players can use
63% positive
Free
Citizens: Far Lands - Prologue
Turn-based city building with resource puzzles across island settlements
90% positive
Free