The Best Turn-based Games

Update : Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3 added at rank #1.
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Fuga: Melodies of Steel 3 (2025)

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

The dramatic RPG Fuga: Melodies of Steel series is now complete!

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  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • japanese
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • jrpg
  • tanks
  • emotional

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tactical Takedown (2025)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch

Splinter and Shredder are dead. Help the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles tackle deadly new threats and the approach of adulthood in this fast-paced turn-based beat-em-up!


  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • beat-em-up
  • rpg
  • comic
  • isometric

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Relapse (2025)

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PC Windows

Relapse is a card-based game where you go on a crusade to lift mankind's curse. You get to draw ability cards and use them as long as your action points allow you to. In addition, you get allies to help you in your battles, but beware of environmental hazards that might change your course. There are over 170 unlockables and 240+ cards to choose from. Will you claim victory? Join the quest and find out! Made by a solo developer, who's always open to suggestions and feedback.

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What we like:
  • Affordable price
  • Fun and casual gameplay
  • Responsive developer who fixes bugs quickly
  • Unique classes and synergies
  • Good meta progression system
What could be improved:
  • Some graphics and design elements need more polish
  • Starting deck can be boring
  • Limited options for starting a fresh run
  • Mixed reviews on difficulty

  • turn-based
  • rogue-like
  • deckbuilder
  • card
  • battler
  • character
  • strategy
  • combat
  • customization
  • tactical

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Sunderfolk (2025)

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IOS iPhone Android Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

Sunderfolk is a shared turn-based tactical RPG adventure where your phone becomes the controller. Inspired by gathering around a table with friends, it is built with a couch co-op experience in mind. Up to four players adventure across the magical and dangerous Sunderlands.


  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • cooperative
  • rpg
  • tabletop
  • class
  • party
  • couch
  • pve
  • strategy
  • combat
  • isometric
  • choices
  • team
  • family-friendly

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Out Of Hands (2025)

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PC Windows

Out of Hands is a bizarre card-based adventure game that blends video-collage graphics with gripping psychological horror. Will you seek the truth lurking in this wicked, warped world—and can you bear its weight? Misty memories threaten to tear you apart, contorting you into a being... Out of Hands.

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  • card
  • turn-based
  • battler
  • deckbuilder
  • psychedelic
  • psychological
  • strategy
  • surreal
  • multiple-endings
  • horror
  • thriller
  • stylized
  • hand-drawn
  • rpg
  • atmospheric

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Crush the Industry (2025)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Work your way to the top of a cutthroat game studio in this retro roguelike deckbuilder! Crush the Industry features strategic combat with a unique twist and deep replayability.

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  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • turn-based
  • rogue-like
  • battler
  • deckbuilder
  • psychedelic
  • card
  • retro
  • rpg
  • strategy
  • humor
  • pixel
  • replay-value

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Warside (2025)

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PC Windows Linux

Welcome to Warside, the fast-paced turn-based tactics game. With a single-player story campaign, multiplayer support, and a built-in map editor, the fight for victory never ends. Choose your Commander, assemble your forces, and battle your way to victory.

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  • turn-based
  • wargame
  • movement
  • editor
  • level
  • strategy
  • pvp
  • tactical
  • grid
  • tanks
  • military
  • pixel
  • cooperative
  • retro
  • 2d

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Novice Dungeon Master (2024)

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early access PC Windows

[Novice Dungeon Master] is a dungeon management simulation set in a fantasy world of dungeons and adventures. Turn your beginner dungeon into the ultimate dungeon of your dreams. Greet adventurers who come to visit your dungeon, grow herbs, summon monsters, and more!

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  • simulation
  • management
  • strategy
  • turn-based
  • pixel
  • multiple-endings
  • tactical
  • 2d
  • top-down
  • single-player
  • pve
  • medieval
  • dungeon
  • fantasy
  • achievements

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Songs of Silence (2024)

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80
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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 j

Songs of Silence is a next-generation turn-based strategy game. It features a unique mix of kingdom and army management, hero development and real-time combat.


  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • lore
  • cinematic
  • 4x
  • fantasy
  • pvp
  • atmospheric
  • card
  • auto-battler
  • rpg
  • real-time
  • multiplayer
  • kingdom

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Metaphor ReFantazio (2024)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

The throne sits empty after the king’s assassination. With no heirs, the will of the late king decrees that the next monarch will be elected by the people, & thus begins your fight for the throne..


  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • japanese
  • dungeon
  • fantasy
  • combat
  • jrpg
  • battle
  • political
  • anime
  • orchestral

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