Turn-based 2023 for PC — top best games in the Turn-based genre

Baldur's Gate 3 - a game in the Turn-based genre

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Dungeons, Open world, Fantasy, Replayability

Early Access: PC → 6 October 2020; Game released: PC → 3 August 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 97/100

A classic role-playing game (CRPG) with an isometric camera, featuring interactive, immersive locations and varied gameplay. Go wherever you want, do whatever you...

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...

Honkai: Star Rail

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Science fiction, Exploration

Game released: PC → 26 April 2023

Players: 8.9/10

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...

Age of Wonders 4

Strategy, Online, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 2 May 2023

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

An epic battle for the future of the world is coming! The great wizard kings who have returned to the world wish to rule over mortals like gods. Each ruler tries to...

Jagged Alliance 3

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

Game released: PC → 14 July 2023

Players: 9/10

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...

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...

Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Steampunk, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 7 December 2023

Players: 9.4/10

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...

Company of Heroes 3

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Action, Tactics, Historical, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 23 February 2023

Players: 7.5/10

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...

Quasimorph

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Turn-based

Early Access: PC → 2 October 2023; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8.8/10

Most corners of space are controlled by corporations that offer to carry out various tasks. The main character takes orders and travels to various planets, where he...

Wildfrost

Roguelike, Card game, Tactics, Turn-based, Procedural generation

Game released: PC → 12 April 2023

Metacritic: 80/100

The bitter cold has conquered the world, but Snowdwell and its inhabitants have become humanity's last hope to fight the eternal winter. As players progress, they...

Wandering Sword

Role-playing game, Adventure, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PC → 14 September 2023

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A Chinese martial arts role-playing game in which the main character is a young swordsman who finds himself embroiled in dangerous events. It explores a huge open...

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...

Backpack Hero

Indie, Turn-based, Fantasy, Dungeons, Tactics, Card game, Side view, Roguelike

Early Access: PC → 15 August 2022; Game released: PC → 14 November 2023

Players: 10/10

Pixel roguelike about anthropomorphic animals and inventory management. The player sets out to conquer dungeons, collecting rare items, distributing them in a...

Sea of Stars

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Top-down view, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 29 August 2023

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 88/100

A game with turn-based battles and pixel graphics from the developers of The Messenger. The difficulty of story missions is adjusted to the hero’s level. During the...

Volcano Princess

Simulation, Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 21 April 2023

Players: 8.1/10

The main character's wife dies and now he is forced to raise his daughter alone. She is a cheerful and curious child who strives to learn everything about this...

For The King 2

Isometric, Turn-based, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Fantasy, Medieval era, Roguelike

Game released: PC → 2 November 2023

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 76/100

A group of renegades tries to overthrow the oppressive queen. Players and friends control a squad of brave heroes and travel through the kingdom of Farul. Battles...

Dark Envoy

Role-playing game, Action, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PC → 24 October 2023

Players: 3.7/10

Metacritic: 68/100

The main characters are relic hunters who are trying to learn to survive and use their skills to extract valuable resources. The game will tell a fateful story in a...

Xenonauts 2

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

Early Access: PC → 18 July 2023; Game released: PC → 2 April 2026

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 82/100

The events of the game take place in 2009. The Cold War continues, and the Berlin Wall still separates two parts of one country. At this time, a secret...

Galactic Civilizations 4

Strategy, Online, Isometric, Turn-based, Science fiction, Grand strategy

Early Access: PC → 27 April 2023; Game released: PC → 19 October 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Humanity has discovered the technology of superluminal travel and is now competing with aliens for dominance in the galaxy. The player begins to conquer the...

Hellcard

Roguelike, Fantasy, Collectible card game (CCG), Strategy, Turn-based

Early Access: PC → 16 February 2023; Game released: PC → 1 February 2024

Players: 7.8/10

Colorful card roguelike set in the paper dungeons known from the game Book of Demons. The new game focuses on building your own deck and dynamic turn-based card...

World of Horror

Role-playing game, Horror, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Adventure, Roguelike

Early Access: PC → 20 February 2020; Game released: PC → 19 October 2023

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 79/100

An unusual text role-playing game in a Japanese setting, combining horror from the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. The old gods awaken and once again invade a...

Front Mission 1st: Remake

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Combat robots, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Isometric, Remake

Game released: PC → 30 June 2023

Players: 7.8/10

Metacritic: 69/100

Remake of Front Mission (1995) . Players take on the role of pilots of giant Wanzer robots, battling enemies in a conflict between the Oceania Cooperative Union...

Redemption Reapers

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

Game released: PC → 22 February 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 61/100

Tactical role-playing game with turn-based battles from the creators of Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. The action takes place in a dark fantasy world...

WitchSpring R

Adventure, Japanese role-playing game, Turn-based, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 25 September 2023

Players: 7.7/10

The main character is sweet Peaberry, a gray-haired witch with bunny ears who grew up in a forest full of monsters. To relive her childhood memories, she dreams of...

Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion

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

Early Access: PC → 8 March 2023; Game released: PC → 16 November 2023

Players: 8.4/10

An open world game in the style of wuxia, a Chinese fantasy genre with an emphasis on martial arts. The main character explores the city, meets the locals and...

Total War: Pharaoh

Strategy, Historical, In real time, Grand strategy, Online, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 11 October 2023

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 74/100

The events of the strategy take place in Ancient Egypt during the New Kingdom. The reign of the great Pharaoh Merneptah comes to an end. Now the new leader will try...

SpellForce: Conquest of Eo

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Fantasy

Game released: PC → 3 February 2023

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 77/100

A fantasy strategy game with turn-based combat, set in the world of SpellForce. The player embarks on an exciting journey across the continent of Eo to complete his...

Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key

Japanese role-playing game, Casual game, Turn-based, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 24 March 2023

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Continuation of the Atelier Ryza series of Japanese role-playing games. Near the hometown of the main character Riza, the Karka Islands appear in an unknown way...

The Lamplighters League

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

Game released: PC → 3 October 2023

Metacritic: 71/100

The events of the game take place in the 30s of the last century. The world is about to be enslaved by the tyrannical cult "Disgraced", which has been plotting evil...

Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless

Action, Adventure, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 3 October 2023

Metacritic: 84/100

Fuji and his friends travel through the demonic world of Hinomoto, where bushido is a thing of the past, and the Code of Destruction has come in its place. Hinomoto...

Octopath Traveler 2

Adventure, Turn-based, Tactics, Open world, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 24 February 2023

Metacritic: 85/100

Turn-based Japanese role-playing game in an open world. The story takes place in Solistia, a world where the eastern and western continents are separated by sea. It...

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint

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

Early Access: PC → 17 October 2023; Game released: PC → 2 June 2025

Players: 6.2/10

The game takes place in the harsh world of the future in 2231. Man-made environmental disasters have devastated the Earth's biosphere. Artificial consciousness was...

Shogun Showdown

Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Roguelike, Medieval era, Card game

Early Access: PC → 27 June 2023; Game released: PC → 5 September 2024

Metacritic: 88/100

A tactical turn-based roguelike about a hero who challenges the powerful shogun. To win battles, you need to choose a good position, attack at the right moment and...

Miasma Chronicles

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

Game released: PC → 23 May 2023

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 76/100

The game takes place in a post-apocalyptic America that has been destroyed by a ferocious force known as "Miasma". The main characters, young Elvis and his robot...

Inkulinati

Strategy, Turn-based, Side view

Early Access: PC → 1 February 2023; Game released: PC → 22 February 2024

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 78/100

The player takes on the role of a medieval illuminator who uses Living Ink to draw and command an army of creatures. On his way to power, he battles numerous...

Terraformers

Futurism (Future), Strategy, Simulation, Turn-based, Business / Management, Isometric

Game released: PC → 9 March 2023

Players: 10/10

Terraformers is a turn-based strategy game with management elements and an isometric view. You have to lead the first human settlement on Mars. Earth sends its...

Phantom Brigade

Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Combat robots, Procedural generation, Science fiction, Indie

Game released: PC → 28 February 2023; Early Access: PC → 16 November 2020

Metacritic: 71/100

A dynamic game with a completely destructible environment. The gamer controls several characters, each of whom has their own quests and story. The story follows a...

Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles

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

Game released: PC → 21 September 2023

Players: 10/10

The player explores the fantasy world of Astraea, where he fights against opponents to save the star system. You can choose one of six unique characters, each with...

Cross Tails

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Turn-based, Fantasy, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PC → 20 July 2023

For more than ten years, the dog kingdom of Ranverfurt and the cat republic of Hidik have been at war. This enmity is deeply rooted in the memory of their peoples...

Revival: Recolonization

Strategy, Roguelike, Futurism (Future), Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Turn-based

Early Access: PC → 28 June 2023; Game released: PC → 11 April 2024

Players: 4.7/10

Global strategy in a post-apocalyptic world. The player explores the planet, negotiates with opponents, captures new territories and confronts artificial...

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Best Games in the Turn-based genre of 2023 for PC