The Best Turn-based Games for PC Windows - Page 4

Update : Nexus 5X added at rank #41.
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Darkest DungeonA (2016)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux Playstation 4 vita IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

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  • dungeon
  • turn-based
  • rogue-like
  • dungeon-crawler
  • rpg
  • gothic
  • battle
  • fight
  • psychological
  • narration

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Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden (2018)

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Xbox One PC Windows

A tactical game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with story, exploration, stealth, and strategy. Take control of a team of Mutants navigating a post-human Earth. Created by a team including former HITMAN leads and the designer of PAYDAY.


  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • stealth
  • post-apocalyptic
  • combat
  • strategy
  • rpg
  • real-time
  • exploration
  • cover
  • squad
  • xcom
  • battle

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The Battle of Polytopia (2016)

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IOS iPhone PC Windows Linux Mac OS Android Nintendo Switch

The Battle of Polytopia is a simplified 4X game that allows players to experience the Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate aspects of the genre in under an hour. Available for mobile devices, it's the pocket-sized 4X that anyone can play anywhere.

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What we like:
  • Distillation of the 4X genre in a great turn-based action game
  • Mechanism for competitive play
  • Addresses limitations of chess
What could be improved:
  • Limited multiplayer and co-op options
  • Not ideal for players who want a longer game

  • turn-based
  • 4x
  • strategy
  • civilization
  • diplomacy
  • empire
  • multiplayer
  • building
  • economy
  • tactical
  • real-time

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Sea Horizon (2022)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

《Sea Horizon》 is a Roguelike turn-based RPG. You can explore the world by choosing different characters. Every journey can be unique and legendary. But don’t forget the darkness is lurking. Choose your path wisely because every single step is essential.


  • turn-based
  • rogue-like
  • loot
  • hex
  • rpg
  • tabletop
  • card
  • combat
  • stylized
  • dice

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Nitro Nation Drag & Drift (2024)

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Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Explore in 3D stages as you discover a mysterious world with abandoned structures from a past civilization. Copy enemies’ abilities like the new Drill and Ranger and use them to attack and explore your surroundings. Save the kidnapped Waddle Dees from the ferocious Beast Pack alongside the mysterious Elfilin.


  • turn-based
  • card
  • diplomacy
  • strategy
  • racing
  • grand-strategy
  • rpg
  • japanese
  • wargame
  • cooperative
  • immersive
  • real-time
  • 4x
  • military

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Lost Eidolons (2022)

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Xbox One Playstation 5 Xbox Series X PC Windows

Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.


  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • rpg
  • strategy
  • medieval
  • combat
  • grid
  • battle
  • fantasy

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Classified: France '44 (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Command an elite team of allied special operators in Nazi-occupied France wreaking havoc in the run up to D-Day in this ambitious turn-based tactics game. Take on the might of Germany's war machine and launch daring raids in occupied territory. Can you do enough to ensure Allied victory?

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  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • squad
  • stealth
  • strategy
  • war-ravaged
  • cover
  • combat
  • grand-strategy

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Legend of Keepers (2023)

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Android PC Windows Mac OS Linux

You have been hired as a dungeon master by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: Protect their dungeons! Legend of Keepers: Prologue is a playable alpha that will help you get familiar with the game mechanics.


  • rogue-like
  • dungeon
  • turn-based
  • management
  • protagonist
  • dark
  • dungeon-crawler
  • lovecraftian
  • villain
  • pixel
  • fantasy
  • 2d

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Worldless (2023)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch m Xbox Series X PC Windows Playstation 5

Worldless is set in a newborn universe based on entities trapped in an eternal conflict by the polarising nature of their attractions. Players will explore intricate and interconnected areas full of secrets and mysteries to uncover with a plethora of abilities. Using turn-based rules, fights combine traditional combat with active time actions for a thrilling and strategic combat.


  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • platform
  • strategy
  • 2d
  • metroidvania
  • combat
  • stylized
  • action-adventure
  • atmospheric
  • sci-fi

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ISLAND (2023)

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early access Mac OS PC Windows Android

Cartoon 3D RPG Board Game, gathering, fighting monsters, exploring and solving puzzles, this world gathers characters from different eras to explore together and defeat the final Boss.


  • turn-based
  • battler
  • visual-novel
  • card
  • strategy
  • 3d
  • tabletop
  • anime
  • travel
  • sci-fi
  • vision
  • adventure
  • romance
  • board-game
  • local

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