Best Turn-Based Strategy Games
384 Turn-Based Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Vandal Hearts
Released: Oct 25, 1996
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player
You assume the role of Ash Lambert, a hero torn between saving his country and restoring honor to the disgraced Lambert dynasty.
Chrono Cross
Released: Nov 18, 1999
Critic rating: 84.8 / 100 • 138 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
CHRONO CROSS, the sequel to the SNES favorite CHRONO TRIGGER, is one of the most ambitious role-playing games ever made.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
Released: Sep 28, 2017
Critic rating: 83.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III is the eighth installment in the main Trails series, serving as a direct sequel to the events of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II.
Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest
Released: Jun 25, 2015
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Fire Emblem Fates is split into three story paths.
Sid Meier's Colonization
Released: May 14, 1994
Critic rating: 84.6 / 100 • 52 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, DOS, Amiga
Game modes: Single player
The New World lies before you with all its peril, promise and infinite possibility.
Pokémon Black Version
Released: Sep 18, 2010
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version are the primary paired versions of Generation V.
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Released: Oct 20, 2022
Critic rating: 88.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Team up with Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Rabbid Peach, Rabbid Luigi, and their friends on a galactic journey to defeat a malevolent entity and save your Spark companions.
Wildermyth
Released: Jun 15, 2021
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Wildermyth is a character-driven, procedurally-generated tactical RPG.
Wasteland 3
Released: Aug 27, 2020
Critic rating: 87.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
As the sole survivor of Team November, a Ranger squad dispatched to the icy Colorado wastes, you find this is a land of buried secrets, lost technology, fearsome lunatics, and deadly factions.
Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
Released: Jul 29, 2017
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Dragon Quest XI continues the gameplay of previous games in the series, in which players explore worlds and fight against various monsters, including the ability to explore high areas.
Darkest Dungeon II
Released: May 8, 2023
Critic rating: 83.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Red Hook's smash hit gothic horror RPG!
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
Released: Nov 21, 2014
Critic rating: 88.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
During your adventure, you will battle Team Magma in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Team Aqua in Pokémon Alpha Sapphire.
Deltarune
Released: Jun 4, 2025
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100 • 93 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Music, Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE!
Transistor
Released: May 20, 2014
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Transistor is an action role-playing game presented from an isometric perspective.
Empire: Total War
Released: Mar 3, 2009
Critic rating: 89.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Empire: Total War introduces a host of revolutionary new features, including true 3D naval combat.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
Released: Feb 13, 2019
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In Gathering Storm, the second expansion to Civilization VI, the world around you is more alive than ever before.
Valkyria Chronicles Remastered
Released: Feb 10, 2016
Critic rating: 85.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Valkyria Chronicles is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Sega for the PlayStation 3 in 2008.
XCOM 2
Released: Feb 4, 2016
Critic rating: 85.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year.
Front Mission 3
Released: Sep 2, 1999
Critic rating: 83.8 / 100 • 32 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Front Mission 3, also known in Japan as Front Mission Third, is a tactical role-playing game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation.
Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings
Released: Jun 19, 2012
Critic rating: 82.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods and Kings is the first expansion pack for Civilization V - the critically acclaimed 2010 PC Game of the Year.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Released: Jul 18, 2007
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword is the second expansion pack for Civilization IV - the 2005 PC Game of the Year that has become a worldwide hit.
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
Released: Sep 19, 2025
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A remake of the first installment in the main Trails series, serving as the beginning to the Liberl arc and the series as a whole.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
Released: Oct 20, 2016
Critic rating: 87.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Civilization VI is a 4X turn-based strategy game in which players guide a civilization from its founding as a small settlement through multiple eras of development.
Age of Wonders
Released: Nov 11, 1999
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Welcome to Age of Wonders, the authentic turn-based fantasy strategy classic that started the hit series.
Old World
Released: Jul 1, 2021
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Old World is an epic, historical turn-based strategy game.