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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.

Born of Bread
2.5D adventure RPG with a bread golem and timed attacks
79% positive 559 reviews
Demise of Nations
Turn-based 4X strategy across ancient and modern conflicts
81% positive Free
Sandwalkers
Turn-based caravan RPG with harsh weather and successive expeditions
75% positive 558 reviews
Lords of Magic: Special Edition
Fantasy strategy RPG with empire building and real-time battles
92% positive 556 reviews
Wizardry: The Five Ordeals
First-person party dungeon crawler with lethal turn-based combat
85% positive 554 reviews
Civilization IV®: Warlords
Turn-based historical strategy about conquest, vassals, and military expansion
90% positive 553 reviews
Nitro Kid
Isometric roguelike deckbuilder with martial arts and grid-based combat
88% positive 552 reviews
Disciples III - Renaissance Steam Special Edition
Turn-based fantasy strategy RPG with customizable heroes and rival factions
51% positive 544 reviews
The Quest
Open-world fantasy RPG with grid movement and turn-based combat
86% positive 540 reviews
Romancing SaGa 3™
Nonlinear turn-based JRPG with eight protagonists and choice-driven paths
80% positive 539 reviews
UFO: Afterlight
Sci-fi strategy on Mars with tactical battles against aliens
66% positive 537 reviews
Dimensionals
Turn-based RPG with three-hero parties and roguelike raids
80% positive 531 reviews
Zoeti
Turn-based roguelite card battler built around poker hands
64% positive 525 reviews
Jagged Alliance 1: Gold Edition
Turn-based tactics with mercenaries and an island to reclaim
78% positive 512 reviews
Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg
Turn-based World War II wargame centered on Germany's land battles
85% positive 512 reviews
Jagged Alliance: Rage!
Turn-based jungle tactics with outnumbered mercenaries facing dehydration
51% positive 506 reviews
Star Dynasties
Turn-based space strategy built around feudal politics across generations
73% positive 505 reviews
Aeon's End
Cooperative deck-building card game with no shuffling and randomized turns
82% positive 501 reviews
Etherlords II
Fantasy RPG with tactical card battles across five campaigns
83% positive 500 reviews
Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey DX
Fantasy RPG about crafting and exploring before an alchemy exam
74% positive 493 reviews
Winter Falling: Battle Tactics
Real-time medieval army tactics with pausable battles and campaign decisions
90% positive 485 reviews
Space Empires V
Turn-based space strategy with customizable empires and detailed ship design
73% positive 480 reviews
Darkwind
Post-apocalyptic turn-based car combat with gang management and permadeath
52% positive Free
Braveland Heroes
Turn-based fantasy tactics with squad building and online duels
54% positive Free