Turn-based 2005 — top best games in the Turn-based genre / Page 2

Strategy, Top-down view, Turn-based, Sandbox

May 29, 2003

Metacritic: 74/100

This turn-based, top-down military strategy game focuses on modern warfare. Players command an army and deploy vehicles for land, sea, and air attacks, taking...

Riviera: The Promised Land

Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

January 12, 2002

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This fantasy role-playing game with turn-based battles follows a journey to Riviera, an island floating in Asgard. At the command of Hector, one of the Seven Magi...

Baten Kaitos: Eternal Wings and the Lost Ocean

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

December 5, 2003

Metacritic: 80/100

This turn-based role-playing game is set in a fantasy world where lands float in the sky and once-vast oceans have become legend. The player controls a spirit that...

Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based

March 8, 2004

Players: 9.2/10

Steam: 79/100

Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire is the second standalone add-on for the tactical role-playing game with elements of the turn-based strategy of Jagged Alliance...

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Japanese role-playing game

July 15, 2004

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 78/100

A post-apocalyptic turn-based role-playing game about warring tribes in Junkyard, a town where rain never stops. Serph, a member of the Embryon tribe, fights...

Chaos League

Action, Strategy, Fighting, In real time, Third-person view, Sports game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

July 22, 2004

Players: 6.2/10

Metacritic: 72/100

This fantasy sports game combines real-time strategy and role-playing elements: a team of nine players must carry the ball into the opponent’s end zone. There are...

Shaman King: Legacy of the Spirits - Sprinting Wolf

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

August 2, 2005

Metacritic: 60/100

This turn-based role-playing game based on the Shaman King manga and anime follows Yoh Asakura’s quest to become Shaman King. In battle, the player switches between...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms X

Strategy, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Grand strategy

July 2, 2004

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 71/100

This historical strategy game follows more than a century of civil war in China, beginning with a rebellion against a weakened empire. Players can take the role of...

Lunar: Dragon Song

Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Side view, Japanese role-playing game

August 25, 2005

Metacritic: 59/100

Lunar: Dragon Song is a classic Japanese role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. The game takes place a thousand years before...

Die Türme von Hanoi

Strategy, Turn-based

August 2005

Die Türme von Hanoi is a...

Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation 2

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots

February 3, 2005

Metacritic: 82/100

A turn-based strategy RPG about combat robots and a follow-up to Super Robot Taisen: Original Generation. Its difficulty is determined by battle clearances across a...

ChessRogue

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Board / Group Game, Turn-based

May 30, 2005

ChessRogue is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of strategy and...

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Roguelike

November 17, 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 67/100

This turn-based role-playing game follows a human who wakes up in a world inhabited by Pokémon and discovers that they have become a Pokémon. Alongside a Pokémon...

Xenosaga: Episode 2 - Jenseits von Gut und Böse

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots, Japanese role-playing game

June 24, 2004

Metacritic: 73/100

This science-fiction role-playing game follows humanity after the abandonment of Earth, as people wage war against the alien Gnosis in deep space. Shion, KOS-MOS...

Taikō Risshiden

Role-playing game, Simulation, Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

March 13, 1992

Steam: 88/100

A historical strategy game with role-playing and simulation elements, Taikō Risshiden follows Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s rise during Japan’s Sengoku period. The player...

Diplomacy

Strategy, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Turn-based

October 4, 2005

Metacritic: 58/100

This turn-based strategy game adapts the classic Diplomacy board game, depicting the power struggle among seven nations in early 20th-century Europe. Its...

COPS 2170: The Power of Law

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Isometric, Turn-based, Cyberpunk, Adventure, Action

April 16, 2004

Players: 10/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 44/100

This cyberpunk role-playing game with turn-based tactical strategy follows Katrin, a police officer investigating a series of terrorist attacks in a future North...

Vulture for NetHack

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Procedural generation, Dungeons, Sandbox, Turn-based

February 1, 2005

Steam: 72/100

An isometric graphical interface for the roguelike NetHack presents its dungeons in a point-and-click format while retaining the original keyboard commands. The...

Yu-Gi-Oh! Capsule Monster Coliseum

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

July 29, 2004

Metacritic: 62/100

A turn-based strategy game set in the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe, with battles between monsters on game boards. The player moves monsters across the map to defeat the...

Friends: The One with All the Trivia

Educational game (Education), Turn-based

November 12, 2005

Friends: The One with All the Trivia is an educational game from the masters of Artech Studios Ltd.. The game is published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment...

Grandia 3

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

August 4, 2005

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 77/100

This fantasy turn-based role-playing game follows Yuki, a young aspiring pilot who dreams of leaving his island, and Alfina, one of the few people able to speak...

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

August 4, 2005

Metacritic: 64/100

This role-playing game with turn-based battles follows Pokémon trainer Michael as he takes on Cipher, an organization seeking world domination with the help of...

La Pucelle: Tactics

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

January 30, 2002

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Set in an alternate medieval Europe, this tactical role-playing game follows a sixteen-year-old girl who has just passed her exorcism exams and joined La Pucelle, a...

Laser Squad: Nemesis

Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based

February 1, 2002

Metacritic: 73/100

A turn-based tactical strategy game about battles between three opposing forces: the Laser Marines, Machina, and Spawn. Before each battle, a player chooses a...

Tengai Makyō 3: Namida

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

April 14, 2005

Tengai Makyō 3: Namida is a third-person role-playing game with anime/manga and fantasy game elements from Hudson Soft Company, Ltd. and Red Company...

Decisive Battles of World War 2: Battles in Italy

Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based

May 25, 2005

Decisive Battles of World War 2: Battles in Italy is a third-person strategy game with historical game elements from the masters of SSG Strategic Studies Group Pty...

Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

May 27, 2004

Metacritic: 74/100

A fantasy role-playing game about Krein Kiesling, a young alchemist travelling across Regallzine to uncover the secrets of alchemy. The controls let him run, jump...

Avernum 4

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie

December 12, 2005

Steam: 85/100

Avernum 4 is a fantasy role-playing game set in an enormous underground nation, where outcasts, rogues, and fortune-seekers struggle to survive in monster-infested...

Streichholz wegnehmen

Strategy, Turn-based

August 2005

Streichholz wegnehmen is a...

Garden War

Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

February 22, 2005

Garden War is a top-down strategy game with a dash of fantasy from the developers at FunPause. The game is published by Big Fish Games...

War Diary: Burma

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Turn-based

September 2005

Players: 5.5/10

War Diary: Burma is a strategy with a third-person view from developers from the studio Rovio Mobile Ltd.. The game is published by Rovio Mobile Ltd.. War Diary...

Murmeln & Mehr

Strategy, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Turn-based

January 10, 2005

Murmeln & Mehr is a third-person strategy game with puzzle elements from the masters at magnussoft Deutschland GmbH. The game is published by magnussoft...

Strength & Honour

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Turn-based

December 9, 2004

Players: 9/10

Strength & Honor is a third-person strategy game from Magitech Corporation. The main publisher of the game is the company «1C», localizer Strength...

Gary Grigsby's World At War

Strategy, Platformer, Turn-based

March 25, 2005

Metacritic: 77/100

A turn-based strategy game about a world war in which history can take a different course. The player commands nations and alliances, shaping their fate and testing...

Rebelstar: Tactical Command

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based

September 6, 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 78/100

This turn-based tactical strategy game with role-playing elements follows a revolt against the Arelian Empire, which seized control of Earth 70 years earlier. The...

Pastel Chime Continue

Role-playing game, First-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Adult game, Turn-based

June 17, 2005

Pastel Chime Continue is a first-person RPG with an anime/manga/fantasy/adult twist from Alice Soft. The main publisher of the game is Alice...

Shadow Hearts: From the New World

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game

July 28, 2005

Metacritic: 76/100

This third-person, turn-based Japanese role-playing game follows an investigation into supernatural incidents across the United States. Young detective Johnny...

Night Watch

Role-playing game, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

August 18, 2005

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 54/100

A tactical role-playing game set in the fantasy universe of Night Watch, it follows the ongoing war between the forces of Light and Dark. The player takes the role...

Shaman King: Legacy of the Spirits - Soaring Hawk

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

February 8, 2005

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 59/100

This turn-based role-playing game based on the anime and manga follows Yoh Asakura’s quest to become Shaman King. In battles, players switch spirits strategically...

Cuban Missile Crisis: Ice Crusade

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic

June 29, 2005

Steam: 78/100

Cuban Missile Crisis: Ice Crusade is a real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view. The game is a continuation of the Caribbean Crisis strategy, made in...

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Best Games in the Turn-based genre of 2005