Turn-based 2016 for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Turn-based genre

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 September 2016

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 87/100

XCOM 2 is a tactical turn-based strategy set in a futuristic setting and in the XCOM universe. The game continues the storyline of the first part, and the action...

Darkest Dungeon

Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Dungeons

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 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...

Banner Saga

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 January 2016

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...

Worms W.M.D

Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view, Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 August 2016

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Worms W.M.D is a turn-based tactical action strategy game with a side view. A continuation of the popular game series, where two squads of worms will clash again in...

Banner Saga 2

Role-playing game, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Adventure, Strategy, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 July 2016

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Banner Saga 2 is a turn-based role-playing game with tactical elements and an isometric view. You must lead your Viking clans through a hostile country on the verge...

Lara Croft GO

Strategy, Isometric, Puzzle, Turn-based, Logic, Tactics, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 December 2016

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Lara Croft GO is a turn-based tactical puzzle game with an isometric camera view about everyone's favorite tomb raider. The game continues the traditions of Hitman...

Valkyria Chronicles

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 May 2016

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Valkyria Chronicles is a turn-based tactical strategy with role-playing elements. The game takes place in Europe in 1935, presenting an alternative version of World...

Hitman GO

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 February 2016

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A turn-based strategy puzzle set in the Hitman universe, where Agent 47 tackles missions across levels presented as miniature dioramas. The player moves along fixed...

Mordheim: City of the Damned

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 18 October 2016

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mordheim: City of the Damned is a tactical role-playing game in a fantasy setting. The game takes place in the fictional universe of Warhammer Fantasy. You will...

SteamWorld Heist

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Combat robots, Tactics, Steampunk

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 June 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 86/100

SteamWorld Heist is a stylish and fun strategic shooter in the steampunk genre about pirates and robots. The main character is pirate Piper Faraday, who gathers a...

Wild Arms 3

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Puzzle, Turn-based

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 May 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 78/100

This role-playing game with turn-based combat and puzzles is set in the wasteland world of Filgaia, where fortune hunters known as Drifters roam the barren lands...

Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 February 2016

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A futuristic anime-style role-playing game in which a cyber detective investigates digital mysteries across the boundary between the real and digital worlds...

Invisible, Inc.

Action, Strategy, Stealth, Turn-based, Indie, Steampunk, Cyberpunk, Isometric

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 19 April 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Invisible, Inc. — a tactical strategy with turn-based battles in a sci-fi setting. The game will tell about a secret organization of special agents who...

Valkyria Chronicles Remaster

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 May 2016

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Valkyria Chronicles Remaster — an improved version of the Japanese-style turn-based strategy game for PlayStation 4. The game is set in Europe in 1935, and...

XCOM 2: Anarchy's Children

Strategy, DLC, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 September 2016

Steam: 34/100

XCOM 2: Anarchy's Children is an expansion to the futuristic tactical strategy game featuring turn-based combat set in the XCOM universe. This update introduces a...

Ironcast

Role-playing game, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Logic, Indie, Steampunk, Side view, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 March 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Ironcast is an engaging role-playing strategy game with elements of a match-three puzzle set in a Victorian steampunk environment. To protect Great Britain, the...

Battle Worlds: Kronos

Action, Strategy, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Combat robots, Isometric, Warships / Submarines, Science fiction

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 April 2016

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Battle Worlds: Kronos is a turn-based action strategy with fantasy elements and combat robots. Experience two sides of the battle using multiple fighting styles...

Ronin

Stealth, Platformer, Turn-based, Side view, Indie, Action

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 1 November 2016

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Ronin is a side-scrolling turn-based stealth platformer. You have to play as a girl who takes revenge on corporations. During this dangerous adventure you need to...

Risk: Urban Assault

Strategy, Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 August 2016

Risk: Urban Assault is a tabletop tactical strategy game with turn-based battles. The game features five sides to the military conflict, each of which has its own...

XCOM 2: Alien Hunters

Strategy, DLC, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 September 2016

Steam: 39/100

XCOM 2: Alien Hunters is an addition to the futuristic tactical strategy with turn-based combat in the XCOM universe. This update will delight you with a new story...

XCOM 2: Shen's Last Gift

Strategy, DLC, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 October 2016

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 79/100

XCOM 2: Shen's Last Gift is an expansion for the futuristic tactical strategy game with turn-based battles in the XCOM universe. This update will delight you with a...

Tharsis

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Board / Group Game, Turn-based, Card game, Space

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 12 January 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 61/100

Tharsis is a turn-based strategy game with board game elements in a sci-fi setting. The game takes us on an expedition to Mars, where strange signals are received...

Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 June 2016

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 75/100

A fantasy role-playing game about Sophie, a budding alchemist from Kirchen Bell, who meets Plachta, a mysterious book. Their encounter sets Sophie on a journey tied...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Grand strategy, Historical

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 July 2016

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13 is a Japanese-style global strategy game set in the Dynasty Warriors universe. As a military leader, you will control the actions...

Space Hulk: Ascension

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 October 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This turn-based tactical strategy game, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, follows a squad of Space Marine Terminators exploring ancient vessels lost in the...

Saturday Morning RPG

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Side view, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 January 2016

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Saturday Morning RPG is a fantastic side-scrolling RPG with turn-based combat. The developers took inspiration from cartoons and the culture of the eighties. The...

Touhou Double Focus

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Action, Metroidvania, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 February 2016

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 73/100

This action-adventure metroidvania based on Touhou Project follows Aya Shameimaru, a tengu journalist, and Momiji Inubashiri, a tengu patrol member, as they become...

Rainbow Moon

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 February 2016

Metacritic: 70/100

Rainbow Moon — Japanese-style tactical RPG with turn-based combat. Cursed by his nemesis, Baldren finds himself in the unknown world of Rainbow Moon. And to...

Okage: Shadow King

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

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 March 2016

Metacritic: 70/100

Okage: Shadow King is a third-person role-playing game from developers Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated and Zener Works Inc.. The game is published by Sony...

Grand Kingdom

Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 June 2016

Metacritic: 77/100

Grand Kingdom is a role-playing game with elements of an anime/manga game and a tactical game from the developers of Spike Chunsoft. The game is published by Spike...

Planar Conquest

Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Role-playing game, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 September 2016

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Planar Conquest is a tactical turn-based strategy in a fantasy setting with an isometric camera view. You will be able to lead one of eight powerful races, with a...

Huntsman: Winter's Curse

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Card game, Free game, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 August 2016

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 45/100

Huntsman: Winter's Curse is a free-to-play role-playing adventure with card game elements and turn-based combat. The events of the game take place in a dark...

Pox Nora

Online, Strategy, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Free game, Collectible card game (CCG), Card game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 December 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Pox Nora is a cooperative turn-based online tactical game in the fantasy genre. Players command armies of fantastical creatures, create spells of destructive power...

Turn-based

Best Games in the Turn-based genre of 2016 for PlayStation 4