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Best Turn-Based games on PC

Games divide play into distinct turns, with players choosing actions before play advances to the next turn or round.

  • Actions resolved in discrete turns
  • Time to consider each move
  • Strategy built around turn order

Related: Turn-Based Strategy, Turn-Based Combat, Strategy, Tactical

782 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

Templar Battleforce
Templar Battleforce
Turn-based sci-fi tactics with customizable squads in battle suits
93% positive 984 reviews
Rising Lords
Rising Lords
Medieval turn-based strategy with province management and card-driven battles
71% positive 974 reviews
Ironcast
Ironcast
Turn-based match-three battles with upgradeable Victorian walking war machines
72% positive 967 reviews
X-COM: Apocalypse
X-COM: Apocalypse
Sci-fi strategy mixing real-time city defense and tactical missions
89% positive 960 reviews
Langrisser I & II
Langrisser I & II
Turn-based fantasy strategy RPGs with branching stories and troop battles
73% positive 960 reviews
Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
Sword of the Stars II: Enhanced Edition
Space 4X strategy with custom ships and real-time battles
44% positive 959 reviews
Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate
Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate
Turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler with shifting floors and harsh losses
76% positive 950 reviews
Warriors: Rise to Glory
Warriors: Rise to Glory
Turn-based arena RPG where fallen warriors strengthen your bloodline
79% positive 950 reviews
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
Turn-based squad tactics against aliens beneath Earth's oceans
91% positive 943 reviews
Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition
Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition
Turn-based artillery strategy with planet-to-planet shots shaped by gravity
85% positive 938 reviews
Cards & Tankards
Cards & Tankards
Free-to-play card battler with social tavern matches on PC and VR
87% positive Free
All Quiet in the Trenches
All Quiet in the Trenches
Turn-based World War I strategy balancing soldiers' survival against orders
90% positive 938 reviews
Heroes of Science and Fiction
Heroes of Science and Fiction
Turn-based sci-fi strategy with rival factions and tactical battles
90% positive 934 reviews
Rome: Total War™ - Alexander
Rome: Total War™ - Alexander
Historical strategy expansion following Alexander's conquest of Persia
76% positive 930 reviews
Legend of Mysteria RPG
Legend of Mysteria RPG
Pixel-art mystery RPG about a mage framed for murder
72% positive 930 reviews
The Iron Oath
The Iron Oath
Turn-based tactical RPG about building and leading a mercenary company
77% positive 925 reviews
Pox Nora
Pox Nora
Turn-based card tactics with faction decks and online battles
77% positive Free
Hex of Steel
Hex of Steel
Turn-based WWII wargame spanning major fronts on hex-grid maps
95% positive 906 reviews
Disgaea 4 Complete+
Disgaea 4 Complete+
Turn-based strategy RPG about a vampire leading a revolt in Hades
88% positive 895 reviews
Bastard Bonds
Bastard Bonds
Turn-based tactical RPG about recruiting outcasts on a prison island
89% positive 887 reviews
Field of Glory: Empires
Field of Glory: Empires
Classical-era grand strategy where expanding empires face decadence
82% positive 869 reviews
Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon
Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon
Turn-based roguelike deckbuilder with reactive combat and branching dungeon paths
92% positive 867 reviews
Interstellar Space: Genesis
Interstellar Space: Genesis
Turn-based space strategy with remote exploration and custom warships
84% positive 850 reviews
The Enchanted Cave 2
The Enchanted Cave 2
Dungeon-crawling RPG about gathering loot and knowing when to escape
90% positive 844 reviews