Turn-based 2021 for PC — top best games in the Turn-based genre

Wartales - a game in the Turn-based genre

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Medieval era

Early Access: PC → 1 December 2021; Game released: PC → 12 April 2023

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A hundred years have passed since the world witnessed the fall of the once great Edoran Empire at the hands of an unprecedented plague that swept through the...

Humankind

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

Game released: PC → 17 August 2021

Players: 6.9/10

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...

Darkest Dungeon 2

Role-playing game, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Fantasy, Medieval era, Dungeons, Gothic, Indie

Early Access: PC → 26 October 2021; Game released: PC → 8 May 2023

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A continuation of a unique party RPG, where the heroes’ skills are tied not to abstract indicators of strength, dexterity, intelligence, but to a very real mental...

King's Bounty 2

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

Game released: PC → 24 August 2021

Players: 8.3/10

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...

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector

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

Game released: PC → 15 July 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector is a sci-fi turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. As you progress, you will...

Gloomhaven

Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Roguelike, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 17 July 2019; Game released: PC → 20 October 2021

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 82/100

A tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat, based on the board game of the same name. Players embark on an exciting journey through terrifying dungeons...

King Arthur: Knight's Tale

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

Early Access: PC → 26 January 2021; Game released: PC → 26 April 2022

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 77/100

King Arthur: Knight's Tale is a turn-based tactical role-playing game in a dark fantasy setting, based on the myths of King Arthur. The plot is a modern retelling...

The Last Spell

Role-playing game, Tactics, Isometric, Turn-based, Fantasy, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 9 March 2023; Early Access: PC → 3 June 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 82/100

The game takes place in a dark fantasy world, in which, due to the Cataclysm caused by magicians, monsters began to appear everywhere, threatening humanity. A group...

Gladiator Guild Manager

Strategy, Indie, Simulation, Turn-based, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Business / Management, Role-playing game

Early Access: PC → 14 October 2021; Game released: PC → 22 June 2024

Players: 8.2/10

A managerial simulator with elements of tactics in which the player needs to develop his own guild of fighters and lead them to glory. Recruiting warriors...

Disciples: Liberation

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

Game released: PC → 18 November 2021

Players: 9.6/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Disciples: Liberation is a continuation of the famous series of tactical RPGs with strategy elements and an isometric camera view in a dark fantasy setting. You...

Super Robot Wars 30

Strategy, Tactics, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Combat robots

Game released: PC → 27 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Super Robot Wars 30 is a Japanese tactical strategy game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting, in which characters and robots from various mecha anime work...

Total War: Rome Remastered

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, In real time, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 29 April 2021

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Total War: Rome Remastered is an enhanced version of the historical strategy game with turn-based movements on the global map and real-time battles Rome: Total...

Insurmountable

Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Roguelike, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PC → 29 April 2021

Metacritic: 74/100

Adventure tactical roguelike with turn-based combat. The main character alone challenges mountain landscapes and tries to withstand the endless hardships of...

Jupiter Hell

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Roguelike

Early Access: PC → 1 August 2019; Game released: PC → 5 August 2021

Metacritic: 78/100

Jupiter Hell is a top-down sci-fi RPG with turn-based combat and a spiritual successor to Doom the Roguelike. The story revolves around a Marine named Shepard, who...

Final Fantasy

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

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

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...

Black Book

Adventure, Indie, Role-playing game, Turn-based, Strategy

Game released: PC → 10 August 2021

Players: 9.5/10

Metacritic: 75/100

Black Book is a mixture of an adventure game and a card RPG in the setting of Russian fairy tales. The game tells the story of a young peasant woman, Vasilisa: the...

ATOM RPG Trudograd

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

Early Access: PC → 11 May 2020; Game released: PC → 13 September 2021

Players: 8/10

ATOM RPG Trudograd — an expansion for the post-apocalyptic role-playing game with turn-based combat and an isometric camera view ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie...

Dead Age 2

Role-playing game, Horror, Side view, Turn-based, Adventure, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 12 March 2021; Early Access: PC → 16 July 2020

Players: 8/10

Dead Age 2 is a continuation of the action role-playing game with turn-based combat and a side view in the setting of a zombie apocalypse. 10 years after the first...

Solasta: Crown of the Magister

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

Early Access: PC → 20 October 2020; Game released: PC → 27 May 2021

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Solasta: Crown of the Magister is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. You will find a choice of race and class of...

Curious Expedition 2

Role-playing game, Simulation, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view

Game released: PC → 28 January 2021; Early Access: PC → 17 June 2020

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 73/100

Curious Expedition 2 is a sequel to the side-scrolling adventure role-playing game with a procedurally generated world, dedicated to expeditions in the 19th...

City of Gangsters

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

Game released: PC → 9 August 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 67/100

City of Gangsters is a management strategy game with an isometric camera view, where you create your own syndicate in the United States during the Prohibition era...

Roguebook

Role-playing game, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 17 June 2021

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Roguebook is a roguelike with procedurally generated locations and card-based turn-based combat. The plot of the game tells the story of a legendary book written...

Across the Obelisk

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Roguelike, Online, Strategy, Side view, Turn-based

Early Access: PC → 8 April 2021; Game released: PC → 16 August 2022

Across the Obelisk is a role-playing roguelike in a fantasy setting with turn-based battles, a side view and the ability to collect a powerful deck of cards. In the...

Wildermyth

Role-playing game, Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Board / Group Game, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 13 November 2019; Game released: PC → 15 June 2021

Metacritic: 86/100

Tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles. The player leads a group of heroes who have left their farming duties to protect their home. Each character has...

Dorfromantik

Strategy, Arcade, Indie, Isometric, Turn-based

Early Access: PC → 25 March 2021; Game released: PC → 28 April 2022

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Dorfromantik is a colorful city-building strategy with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. You start the game with a stack of procedurally generated...

Griftlands

Role-playing game, Adventure, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Card game

Early Access: PC → 15 June 2020; Game released: PC → 1 June 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Griftlands is an adventure role-playing game with turn-based combat from the creators of Don't Starve and Invisible, Inc.. You have to recruit a team of thugs and...

Evertried

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

Game released: PC → 21 October 2021

Evertried is an isometric tactical strategy with turn-based battles and roguelike elements in a fantasy setting. In a world of unshakable order, the Tower is a...

Cris Tales

Role-playing game, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: PC → 20 July 2021

Metacritic: 74/100

Cris Tales is an adventure role -playing play with step -by -step battles in the Japanese style. The main feature of the game was the unique mechanics of “Time...

Bravely Default 2

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

Game released: PC → 2 September 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Bravely Default 2 is a continuation of the turn-based role-playing game in a fantasy setting. In the sequel you will find a new plot of a new world with completely...

Final Fantasy IV

Role-playing game, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy

Game released: PC → 8 September 2021

Players: 6.4/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Final Fantasy IV is a tactical turn-based strategy role-playing game with anime and fantasy RPG elements. Expect fully voiced dramatic cutscenes, deep, emotionally...

Tainted Grail: Conquest

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

Early Access: PC → 19 June 2020; Game released: PC → 27 May 2021

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Tainted Grail: Conquest is a dark role-playing game with turn-based combat and a top-down view in a fantasy setting. Avalon is dying. King Arthur is long gone, and...

Dark Deity

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Collectible card game (CCG)

Game released: PC → 15 June 2021

Metacritic: 77/100

A strategy with minimalist graphics in which you need to fight and upgrade your heroes, form squads of 30 fighters, providing them with equipment and magical...

Astria Ascending

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

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Metacritic: 64/100

Astria Ascending is a side-scrolling adventure JRPG with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. Together with brave heroes, you will explore the vast and beautiful...

Black Legend

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

Game released: PC → 25 March 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Black Legend is a turn-based strategy with role-playing elements in the setting of the dark Middle Ages. In the game you will lead a squad of mercenaries and help...

Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG

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

Early Access: PC → 26 September 2019; Game released: PC → 7 September 2021

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 73/100

The main character is a participant in the C.R.O.N.U.S. project, which studies the technologies and artifacts of a long-gone civilization. On his way, he will make...

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Metacritic: 80/100

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster is a pixel remake of the original Final Fantasy with new graphics and sound. The game's story focuses on four heroes whose parents...

Rogue Lords

Role-playing game, Roguelike, Turn-based, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view

Game released: PC → 30 September 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Rogue Lords is a dark fantasy roguelike in which the player leads a squad of devils. The squad includes various monsters and characters known from films and fairy...

Siege Survival: Gloria Victis

Historical, Role-playing game, Stealth, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 18 May 2021

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Siege Survival: Gloria Victis is a spin-off of the multiplayer role-playing game Gloria Victis: Medieval MMORPG. The game takes place in a castle besieged by...

Lemnis Gate

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based

Game released: PC → 28 September 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Metacritic: 77/100

Lemnis Gate is a competitive turn-based shooter with a first-person view in a sci-fi setting. Expect extraordinary gameplay where, over five consecutive turns that...

Banners of Ruin

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Side view

Game released: PC → 29 July 2021

Banners of Ruin is an adventure role-playing roguelike with turn-based and card-based elements in a fantasy setting. In the game you will go to conquer a fairy-tale...

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Best Games in the Turn-based genre of 2021 for PC