Turn-based 2008 for PC — top best games in the Turn-based genre

Fallout - a game in the Turn-based genre

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Open world

Game released: PC → 15 February 2008

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 89/100

An isometric, turn-based role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world, where the protagonist explores the ruins of a golden-age civilization. The...

Heroes of Might and Magic 5

Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PC → 8 November 2011

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This turn-based fantasy strategy game with RPG elements is set in the Might & Magic universe, where demonic forces spread chaos and heroes from different...

Fallout 2

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

Game released: PC → 28 October 2008

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 86/100

This post-apocalyptic role-playing game features turn-based combat and follows a search for the Garden of Eden Creation Kit, a device that could save a primitive...

Heroes of Might and Magic 5: Tribes of the East

Role-playing game, Strategy, DLC, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Sandbox, Online

Game released: PC → 10 October 2008

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 70/100

An expansion for Heroes of Might and Magic 5, this turn-based fantasy strategy game follows the struggle over the world of Ashan. Players explore the land, capture...

TechnoMagic

Role-playing game, Adventure, Online, MMO, Fantasy / Medieval, Mini-game / browser-based, Match-3 (Three in a row), Dungeons, Puzzle, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 2 February 2022

Players: 4.6/10

Steam: 53/100

TechnoMagic is an adventure browser-based role-playing MMO game in the fantasy genre with match-3 elements. This is a game where you fight by moving stones on the...

Fallout Tactics

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 30 October 2008

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 79/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Fallout Tactics is a tactical turn-based strategy game with RPG elements and an isometric camera view set in the Fallout universe. The events of the game will tell...

X-COM: UFO Defense

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

Game released: PC → 4 September 2008

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 97/100

X-COM: UFO Defense — turn-based tactical strategy with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. The game takes place in 1999. Concerned about the...

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Match-3 (Three in a row), Casual game

Game released: PC → 15 October 2008

Players: 7/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 81/100

This fantasy role-playing game combines turn-based battles with match-three puzzles in the Warlords universe, where a hero sets out to save Etheria from Lord Bane...

King's Bounty: The Legend

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 30 January 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 79/100

This fantasy role-playing strategy game follows a royal treasure hunter sent across Endoria to carry out the king’s quests and seek ancient secrets. The journey...

X-COM: Apocalypse

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 4 September 2008

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 89/100

A tactical strategy game about combating an alien invasion in Mega Primus in 2084, where social order is collapsing and extraterrestrials terrorize the population...

On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One

Role-playing game, Horror, Third-person view, Turn-based, Comics, Adventure, Comedy

Game released: PC → 30 April 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 77/100

An episodic RPG adventure set in an alternate version of the 1920s, with a pulp horror atmosphere reminiscent of H. P. Lovecraft’s work. Gabe and Tycho of the...

Heroes of Might and Magic 5: Hammers of Fate

Role-playing game, Strategy, DLC, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 10 October 2008

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 66/100

Heroes of Might and Magic 5: Hammers of Fate — clans of dwarves living north of the Griffin Empire. Dwarves are strong warriors with increased defense. In...

Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou koto Nakare

Strategy, Adventure, First-person view, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 24 December 2008

Sakura Taisen 2: Kimi, Shinitamou koto Nakare is a first-person strategy with a touch of adventure, an anime or manga game and a robot simulator from developers...

Ascension to the Throne: Valkyrie

Role-playing game, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Adventure

Game released: PC → 29 August 2008

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 89/100

An independent addition for Asceence to the Throne, in the center of which is the warrior Aeneas. After the betrayal and exile of the ruler of Ayrat Alexander...

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - The Complete Collection

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based

Game released: PC → 27 November 2008

Players: 10/10

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War — The Complete Collection is a third-person strategy game from developers Iron Lore Entertainment Ltd. and Relic Entertainment...

Jagged Alliance

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Action

Game released: PC → 4 November 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 94/100

Jagged Alliance — The game's plot revolves around the A.I.M. organization, which provides mercenary services in hot spots around the world. Later (during...

Sid Meier's Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword

Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Isometric, Turn-based, Historical

Game released: PC → 18 January 2008

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 86/100

An expansion for Sid Meier's Civilization 4, this turn-based historical strategy game add-on broadens the options for developing a civilization in the era...

Fantasy Wars

Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 7 August 2010

Players: 6.8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 67/100

A turn-based strategy game with hex-grid battles, set in a fantasy world of human kingdoms, Orc clans, Dwarven citadels and Elven forests. The conflict begins when...

War Leaders: Clash of Nations

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

Game released: PC → 28 March 2008

Players: 5.1/10

War Leaders: Clash of Nations — The game takes place during the outbreak of World War II on the fronts of Europe, North Africa and the Pacific region. Seven...

Sid Meier's Civilization 4: Warlords

Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Isometric, Historical, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 26 June 2008

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Sid Meier's Civilization 4: Warlords — it became possible to make other civilizations your vassals; Each civilization now has one unique building; 8 new...

Temple of Elemental Evil: A Classic Greyhawk Adventure

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

Game released: PC → 14 October 2010

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A turn-based role-playing game set in the fantasy world of Greyhawk, where an ancient Temple of Elemental Evil once again draws attention. The player leads a party...

Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Battle March

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 2 September 2008

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 65/100

Warhammer: Mark of Chaos — Battle March is an add-on for a global real-time strategy set in the Warhammer universe. The add-on adds a new campaign that will...

Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 11 November 2008

Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games — Deadly Games made several changes to the gameplay compared to the original. The strategic global map has disappeared, and the...

Jagged Alliance 2

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

Game released: PC → 2 December 2008

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 69/100

Jagged Alliance 2 is a continuation of the tactical role-playing game with turn-based strategy elements. The game takes place in the third world country of Arulco...

Spandex Force

Puzzle, Turn-based, Comics, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: PC → 8 February 2008

Spandex Force is a Japanese style arcade puzzle game in the "three in a row" genre. You will act as powerful heroes — defenders of the Earth. You have to...

Brigade E5: New Jagged Union

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Simulation, Tactics

Game released: PC → 26 February 2008

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 41/100

Brigade E5: New Alliance is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. The game includes three storylines and...

Ascension to the Throne

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

Game released: PC → 26 January 2007

Players: 9.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Ascension to the Throne is a turn-based strategy adventure with role-playing elements. The action takes place in a fairy-tale fantasy setting, in which, according...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI

Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 5 September 2009

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 70/100

This turn-based historical strategy is set in China at the end of the Han Dynasty, during the 2nd and 3rd centuries. The ruler’s goal is to unite the country...

Avernum 5

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

Game released: PC → 17 February 2008

Steam: 89/100

Avernum 5 is a fantasy role-playing game set in a vast underground nation, where rogues, outcasts, and brigands struggle to survive and prosper among monsters. It...

Kudos

Simulation, Business / Management, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 20 May 2008

Players: 7.7/10

Kudos is an unusual turn-based life simulator in which you can create your own character and guide him through the thorns of virtual life. It depends only on you...

King's Bounty: The Legend (Special Edition)

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 31 October 2008

Steam: 86/100

A fantasy role-playing strategy game about a royal treasure hunter exploring the lands of Endoria and carrying out quests for the king. The journey leads through...

Sid Meier's Civilization 4: Colonization

Strategy, DLC, Business / Management, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 27 March 2009

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Sid Meier's Civilization 4: Colonization is an add-on for the turn-based isometric strategy with turn-based battles Sid Meier's Civilization 4. The add-on is a...

Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business

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

Game released: PC → 28 October 2008

Metacritic: 64/100

Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business — the smoke clears, the whistle of bullets cannot be heard. Arulco is free of enemies, but you still have work to do...

Mr. Robot

Strategy, Platformer, Third-person view, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Turn-based, Indie, Action

Game released: PC → 10 January 2007

Steam: 81/100

This science-fiction action-puzzle adventure with role-playing elements follows Asimov, a service robot aboard the interstellar colony ship Eidolon. When the ship’s...

On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One (Collector's Edition)

Role-playing game, Horror, Third-person view, Turn-based, Comics, Adventure, Comedy

Game released: PC → 29 August 2008

Steam: 92/100

This role-playing adventure based on the Penny Arcade web comic takes place in an alternate version of the 1920s, in the city of New Arcadia. A player-created...

Conquest of the New World (Deluxe Edition)

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Turn-based, Historical

Game released: PC → 28 October 2008

Steam: 95/100

Set during the Age of Exploration, this turn-based strategy game centers on exploring a procedurally generated New World and competing for control of it in the...

Elven Legacy: Magic

Strategy, DLC, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 3 December 2009

Steam: 60/100

An expansion for Elven Legacy, this turn-based strategy game follows the spread of a magical corruption that reaches Sylent and drives the Academy’s Masters insane...

King's Bounty: Легенда о рыцаре (Подарочное издание)

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 25 April 2008

Galactic Civilizations 2: Twilight of the Arnor

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

Game released: PC → 27 June 2008

Metacritic: 92/100

Galactic Civilizations 2: Twilight of the Arnor - according to the background of the main campaign of the game, the Drengin and Coat races are at war, and the...

War of the Human Tanks

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

Game released: PC → 10 January 2014

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 91/100

War of the Human Tanks is a unique top-down turn-based strategy game in which you will take part in the Japanese war, where the key units are the “tank people”. The...

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Best Games in the Turn-based genre of 2008 for PC