Turn-based
The type of games in which all actions, or actions during battles, occur turn by turn are called turn-based. In turn-based strategies, the entire gameplay is usually divided into turns, while in role-playing games, only the combat component is turn-based. A turn may not be time-restricted or may be set within strict time limits. In both cases, players have time to calmly compare all possible options and make the best move. The outcome in turn-based games depends even more on the correct actions than on the parameters of the army or character.
Years
Platforms
PlayStationGame BoyNintendo 64WonderSwan ColorGame Boy ColorOdyssey 2WonderSwanPalm OSNeo Geo Pocket Color
Statuses
Best Games in the Turn-based genre of 2000 (Game released)
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PC, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One → 22 February 2000
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
85/100
This fantasy role-playing game follows Zidane and the Tantalus Theater Troupe, who kidnap Princess Garnet, heir to Alexandria. Garnet wants to escape the castle...
Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Exploration
Game released: NES, WonderSwan Color, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, PSP, Wii, PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, iOS, Android, PC → 12 July 1990
Players:
9.5/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Final Fantasy is a Japanese-style top-down fantasy RPG with turn-based combat. The game's story focuses on four heroes whose parents were killed during the invasion...
Game released: Dreamcast, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64, PlayStation, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 1999
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
93/100
A turn-based strategy game about teams of worms fighting across a battlefield, with victory going to the side that leaves the last worm standing. Players use more...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PSP → 15 August 2000
Players:
8.4/10
Metacritic:
94/100
This role-playing game combines a fantasy setting with futuristic elements, following several scenarios along a single storyline. Chrono Cross has multiple endings...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, PC → 23 February 2001
Players:
9/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
77/100
This fantasy Japanese role-playing game with turn-based combat follows a mercenary searching for a weapon once wielded by a deity. Along the way, he meets new...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based
Game released: Dreamcast, WonderSwan → 3 November 1999
Langrisser Millennium is a third-person role-playing game with strategy, anime/manga and fantasy elements from developers Masaya. The main publisher of the game is...
Role-playing game, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation, PC, PlayStation 3, PSP, iOS, Android → 7 September 1999
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
90/100
Final Fantasy VIII is a continuation of the legendary series of role-playing games with turn-based combat in the Japanese style. The game takes place in a...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation → 29 June 2000
Players:
9.9/10
Metacritic:
83/100
This turn-based role-playing game unfolds in a world where nightmares become reality and reality turns into a nightmare. Using the Contact System, the player...
Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation, SEGA Saturn → 15 December 2000
Metacritic:
86/100
Lunar 2: Eternal Blue Complete is a third-person role-playing game with anime and manga elements from Game Arts Co., Ltd.. The game's main publisher is Kadokawa...