The Best Turn-based Games - Page 5

Update : Songs of Silence added at rank #47.
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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.


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

42

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

43

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

44

Nexus 5X (2024)

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PC Windows

eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced 60-minute competitive sessions. Play Solo or Multiplayer for 2-8 players.

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  • turn-based
  • 4x
  • board-game
  • diplomacy
  • science
  • tabletop
  • strategy
  • pvp
  • team
  • space
  • multiplayer
  • cooperative
  • sci-fi
  • management

45

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

46

Inkbound (2024)

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PC Windows

A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.

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  • turn-based
  • rogue-like
  • rpg
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • lore
  • pve
  • cooperative
  • character
  • multiplayer
  • customization

47

Songs of Silence (2024)

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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

48

Worldless (2023)

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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

49

Hard West 2 (2022)

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PC Windows

Hard West 2 is a journey to the heart of darkness in the American West. Take control of a supernatural posse and catch the mysterious Ghost Train. Outsmart, outcheat and outgun your enemies in this turn-based tactics game set in a Wild West world where nothing is as it seems.


  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • western
  • card
  • strategy
  • supernatural
  • cover
  • combat
  • rpg

50

Peace, Death! 2 (2021)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch IOS iPhone Android

Peace, Death! 2 is a midcore turn-based logic game where you send clients to Hell, Heaven, or Purgatory and help members of the Reapers Union as they work towards their great cause!


  • comedy
  • memes
  • turn-based
  • point-and-click
  • casual
  • scroller
  • 2d
  • pixel
  • humor
  • funny
  • simulation
  • arcade
  • tactical
  • puzzle
  • dark

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