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.
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Statuses
Best Games in the Turn-based genre (Game released)
Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 → 24 April 2025
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.8/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
91/100
Atmospheric role -playing game with an unusual setting and dynamic step -by -step battles. In the center of the plot is a mysterious artist whose gloomy tradition...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 14 July 2023
Players:
9/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Continuation of the Jagged Alliance series, the plot of which tells about mercenaries. A squad of three mercenaries roams locations and participates in turn-based...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Steampunk, Science fiction, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch 2 → 7 December 2023
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Players will take on the role of a Rogue Trader, descendant of an ancient dynasty of brave privateers, ruling their own trading empire and exploring the outskirts...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Free game, Text quest, Exploration, Old school, Survival
Game released: PC → 30 September 2026
VGTimes:
5.8/10
Steam:
40/100
A post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat, set in a world that has lost all memory of its own past. The protagonist wakes up with no memories and...
Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Science fiction, Exploration
Game released: PC, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5 → 26 April 2023
Players:
8.8/10
Metacritic:
80/100
Adventure role-playing action game from the creators of Genshin Impact. The game tells the story of the passengers of the space train "Astral Express". The player...
Game released: PC, iPad, Nintendo Switch, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, Mac, Linux → 21 October 2016
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Sid Meier's Civilization 6 is a management strategy game with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. Cities in the new game of the famous series expand...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 24 August 2021
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
56/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Nostria was once a magical place where everyone had a chance at a good life. Today, the kingdom is in decline: robbers prowl everywhere, creatures of darkness are...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 22 October 2026
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
86/100
The first game in the series, made in the popular HD-2D style. The developers combined classic pixel art with modern visual technologies, dynamic camera work, and...
Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game, Remake, Role-playing game
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch → 17 September 2026
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
91/100
A remake of the classic role-playing game The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC, as well as a direct continuation of another remake, Trails in the Sky 1st...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, Anime / Manga, Adult game, Turn-based, Free game, Tactics, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 11 December 2025
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
72/100
A step-by-step role-playing game set in a world where the light of the stars is gradually fading. After the victory of the legendary Star Savior, a new Trial...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Exploration, Survival
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4 → 19 December 2018
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
70/100
ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view. The game takes place in the...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2 → 16 October 2026
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Remaster of the cult Japanese role-playing game Tales of Eternia. The events of Tales of Eternia unfold in the world of Eternia, divided into two isolated kingdoms...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, iOS → 11 February 2025
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
51/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Continuation of the legendary series of turn-based strategies. Players rule as one of the many legendary leaders in world history. At the beginning, the player also...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 → 17 January 2020
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Yakuza: Like a Dragon is an action-adventure game with a third-person view in the Yakuza universe, which received a completely new combat system for the series. We...
Game released: PlayStation 4, PS Vita, PC, Mac, iPad, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Linux → 27 September 2016
Players:
8/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Darkest Dungeon is a unique party RPG, where the skills of your heroes are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction, Action
Game released: Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 26 June 2025
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
66/100
Remake of Front Mission 3 with updated graphics, new features, and various improvements. The events of the game take place in the year 2112 in a world where...
Game released: PC, Mac, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 17 August 2021
Players:
6.9/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Humankind is a turn-based management strategy about the history of mankind. The game will allow you to rewrite the human past and create your own, unique...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Xbox One → 23 January 2019
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
97/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Slay the Spire is a card-based role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to climb to the top of a dark tower, passing...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 3 December 2019
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
71/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Phoenix Point is a tactical strategy game with turn-based combat in a futuristic setting, which is the spiritual successor to the games in the X-COM franchise. The...
Action, Strategy, Online, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 23 February 2023
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
62/100
Metacritic:
77/100
The events of the third part take place in the Mediterranean. The game features an exciting story campaign, the largest in the history of the Company of Heroes...
Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch 2 → 2 February 2024
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Remake Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3. Makoto Yuki transfers to a new school and discovers that the city she is in is overrun by terrifying monsters. The hero...
