Best Turn-Based Strategy Games
371 Turn-Based Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut
Released: Sep 18, 2014
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director’s Cut is a standalone release of Harebrained Schemes' critically-acclaimed Dragonfall campaign, which first premiered as a major expansion for Shadowrun Returns.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force
Released: Sep 14, 2006
Critic rating: 82.2 / 100 • 26 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
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Pokémon Pearl Version
Released: Sep 28, 2006
Critic rating: 82.1 / 100 • 225 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pokémon Pearl Version and Diamond Version are role-playing games (RPGs) developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS.
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance
Released: Apr 20, 2005
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance is a tactical role-playing video game developed by Intelligent Systems and Nintendo SPD, and published by Nintendo for the GameCube home console in 2005.
Valkyria Chronicles 4
Released: Mar 21, 2018
Critic rating: 84.1 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A Continent Engulfed in the Bitter Flames of War!
Pokémon Omega Ruby
Released: Nov 21, 2014
Critic rating: 81.3 / 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.
Metal Gear Acid 2
Released: Dec 8, 2005
Critic rating: 84.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
An All New Acid Trip!
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
Released: Sep 26, 2013
Critic rating: 81.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel is the sixth installment in the main Trails series, serving as the beginning to the Erebonia arc.
Breath of Fire IV
Released: Apr 27, 2000
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Breath of Fire IV is a single-player game that continues the story with these "dragon people," who gave their lives to eradicate the evil goddess and restore peace in their world.
Pokémon Ruby Version
Released: Nov 21, 2002
Critic rating: 81.4 / 100 • 362 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Sequel to Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions (1999), Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions offer 135 new Pokémon, more complex battling and training systems, new crime organizations, a longer and more story-focused campaign and upgraded graphics to create a new and technically improved Pokémon experience.
Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition
Released: Sep 12, 1998
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Game Boy Color, Nintendo 3DS, Game Boy
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pokémon Yellow is an enhanced version of Pokémon Red and Blue that allows you to start the game with your very own Pikachu following you around on-foot and collect the 3 other starters from strangers you meet around the region.
BattleTech
Released: Apr 24, 2018
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
BattleTech is a turn-based tactical 'Mech combat set in the classic 3025 era of the BattleTech Universe.
Pokémon Diamond Version
Released: Sep 28, 2006
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pokémon Diamond Version and Pearl Version are role-playing games (RPGs) developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS.
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Released: May 23, 2019
Critic rating: 82.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Total War: Three Kingdoms is the first in the series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China.
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Released: Jan 28, 2022
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Mpopovich16's rating: 8.1
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The Pokémon Legends: Arceus game honors past Pokémon games’ core gameplay while infusing new action and RPG elements.
West of Loathing
Released: Aug 10, 2017
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Say howdy to West of Loathing - a single-player slapstick, stick-figure comedy adventure role-playing game set in the wild west of the Kingdom of Loathing universe.
Frozen Synapse
Released: May 26, 2011
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Frozen Synapse is a thrilling PC, Mac, Linux and tablet (iOS/Android) strategy game.
Invisible, Inc.
Released: May 12, 2015
Critic rating: 85.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations.
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Released: Dec 4, 2018
Critic rating: 81.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
From a team including former designers of HITMAN and PAYDAY comes Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, a tactical adventure game that combines the turn-based combat of XCOM with a real-time stealth and exploration of a post-human world reclaimed by nature… and Mutants.
Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation
Released: Jul 9, 2015
Critic rating: 85.0 / 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.
Pokémon White Version 2
Released: Jun 23, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pokémon White Version 2 and Pokémon Black Version 2 are the second and final paired versions of Generation V and are the sequels of Pokémon Black and White, respectively.
Yu-Gi-Oh! The Duelists of the Roses
Released: Sep 6, 2001
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100 • 28 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
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Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms
Released: Aug 28, 2007
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms is the official expansion to last year's award-winning Medieval II: Total War, presenting players with all-new territories to explore, troops to command, and enemies to conquer.
Pokémon White Version
Released: Sep 18, 2010
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pokémon White Version and Pokémon Black Version are the primary paired versions of Generation V.
Shadow Hearts: Covenant
Released: Feb 19, 2004
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
Shadow Hearts: Covenant is a direct continuation of Shadow Hearts; Its story starts a year and a half after the first one in the midst of World War I.