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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.

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
Turn-based fantasy tactics RPG built around mixing character classes
88% positive 6,368 reviews
Empire of Sin
Prohibition-era crime strategy with gang management and turn-based turf wars
48% positive 6,289 reviews
Worms Ultimate Mayhem
Turn-based 3D strategy with worm teams and destructible terrain
89% positive 6,265 reviews
SteamWorld Heist
Turn-based tactics with manually aimed shots and ricocheting bullets
94% positive 6,241 reviews
Gordian Quest
Party-based deckbuilding RPG with tactical turn-based battles and persistent progression
89% positive 6,038 reviews
The Battle of Polytopia
Fast, minimalist 4X strategy built around competing tribes
94% positive 6,010 reviews
Battle for Wesnoth
Free fantasy turn-based strategy across campaigns and multiplayer battles
94% positive Free
The Legend of Bum-Bo
Turn-based puzzle roguelike with tile matches and item combos
81% positive 5,936 reviews
Xenonauts 2
Turn-based alien defense with global bases and tactical squads
81% positive 5,841 reviews
Invisible, Inc.
Turn-based stealth tactics across randomly generated corporate missions
91% positive 5,790 reviews
Hero's Hour
Fantasy strategy RPG with turn-based planning and real-time army battles
79% positive 5,748 reviews
Persona 3 Portable
Story-rich school-year JRPG with turn-based combat and two protagonist routes
81% positive 5,748 reviews
Blood Bowl 3
Turn-based fantasy football where fouls and fatalities shape matches
49% positive 5,677 reviews
Dead Age
Turn-based zombie survival RPG with camp management and permadeath
82% positive 5,609 reviews
Root
Asymmetric woodland board game adaptation with turn-based faction warfare
90% positive 5,575 reviews
King's Bounty II
Fantasy strategy RPG with army building and turn-based battles
62% positive 5,538 reviews
Total War: PHARAOH
Bronze Age strategy with turn-based empires and real-time battles
63% positive 5,420 reviews
NEO Scavenger
Turn-based survival RPG with permadeath in post-apocalyptic Michigan
90% positive 5,419 reviews
Crown Trick
Turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler where enemies move when you do
85% positive 5,395 reviews
Card Hunter
Free-to-play tactical card RPG where equipment builds your deck
85% positive Free
Othercide
Dark fantasy turn-based tactics built around sacrifice and repeated runs
82% positive 5,307 reviews
Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster
Dark turn-based JRPG about recruiting demons in post-apocalyptic Tokyo
87% positive 5,286 reviews
Wargroove
Turn-based fantasy tactics with commander powers and custom battlefields
82% positive 5,276 reviews
Niche - a genetics survival game
Turn-based survival strategy about breeding a species to avoid extinction
86% positive 5,237 reviews