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

King's Bounty 2 - a game in the Turn-based genre

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...

Wartales

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...

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: 8.1/10

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...

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...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

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

Early Access: PC → 20 March 2020; Game released: PC → 29 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...

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...

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...

DUSK 82: ULTIMATE EDITION

Arcade, Puzzle, Isometric, Sandbox, Shooter, Tactics, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 23 October 2021

DUSK 82: ULTIMATE EDITION is an arcade puzzle game with an isometric view and turn-based tactics. Enemies and their projectiles only move when you move, and the...

Final Fantasy

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

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Players: 9.5/10

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...

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: 7.1/10

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Echo Generation

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

Game released: PC → 21 October 2021

Metacritic: 75/100

Echo Generation is an action-adventure RPG with turn-based combat and a third-person view. Summer 1993. You and your friends set out to investigate the source of a...

This is the President

Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 6 December 2021

Metacritic: 68/100

This is the President is a turn-based tactical strategy with management elements. This is a management game with a fascinating plot. It's 2020 and you've been...

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...

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...

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...

Vagrus - The Riven Realms

Role-playing game, Adventure, Turn-based, Open world, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 5 October 2021; Early Access: PC → 22 July 2020

A role-playing game focused on storytelling, exploring an open world, and strategic management. At the center of the story is the vagrus — the leader of a caravan...

Re:ZERO - The Prophecy of the Throne

Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Visual novel, Tactics

Game released: PC → 5 February 2021

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Re:ZERO — The Prophecy of the Throne is a tactical adventure with visual novel elements and turn-based combat, based on the anime of the same name. A month...

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...

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...

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...

Dust to the End

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

Game released: PC → 11 August 2021

Players: 7/10

Dust to the End is an adventure role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a side view in a post-apocalyptic setting. Nuclear war destroyed almost all of...

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: 7.1/10

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...

Guild of Ascension

Tactics, Role-playing game, Isometric, Indie, Turn-based, Action, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 21 September 2021

Guild of Ascension is a tactical turn-based RPG with an isometric view and roguelike elements. You'll craft weapons, learn skills, befriend beasts, encounter...

UFO2: Extraterrestrials

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

Game released: PC → 15 June 2021

UFO2: Extraterrestrials is a prequel to UFO: Extraterrestrials, which was released in 2007 and serves as an unofficial sequel to X-COM: UFO Defense. You will...

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...

Final Fantasy II Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Metacritic: 77/100

A pixel remaster of the original Final Fantasy II with new graphics and sound. The epic adventure begins with four young people who have lost their home during the...

Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game

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

Early Access: PC → 6 April 2021; Game released: PC → 9 November 2023

Players: 9.3/10

Metacritic: 70/100

A sci-fi RPG from the creators of The Age of Decadence. The action takes place on a colony ship sent to Proxima Centauri to expand the influence of a religious...

Spelldrifter

Role-playing game, Tactics, Collectible card game (CCG), Turn-based, Isometric, Fantasy

Early Access: PC → 15 October 2019; Game released: PC → 19 April 2021

Players: 10/10

A hybrid of a card game and a tactical role-playing game, in which the player organizes heroes into a squad and builds his own deck of cards. The heroes set off on...

Demeo

Virtual Reality (VR), Card game, Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Indie, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op), First-person view

Game released: PC → 15 December 2022

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Demeo is a card role-playing game with turn-based combat from a first-person view in a fantasy setting for virtual reality devices HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Valve...

Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne HD Remaster

Role-playing game, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Adventure

Game released: PC → 25 May 2021

Metacritic: 77/100

Shin Megami Tensei 3 Nocturne HD Remaster is an improved edition of the adventure role-playing game with a third-person view and turn-based...

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground

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

Game released: PC → 27 May 2021

Metacritic: 64/100

Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Storm Ground is a strategy game with turn-based combat and role-playing elements in the Warhammer fantasy universe. You can expect intense...

Final Fantasy III Pixel Remaster

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

Game released: PC → 28 July 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 79/100

A pixelated remaster of the original Final Fantasy III with new graphics and sound. The four main characters have been completely redesigned, and new scenarios...

Turn-based

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