Best Turn-Based Strategy Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated turn-based strategy games.

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Eiyu*Senki – The World Conquest A mysterious hero from the heavens and the young ruler of Zipang, Himiko, set their sights on ending the eternal war burning around them, but to bring peace to the world they must first conquer it.

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 10 Nov 2017
Golden Krone Hotel Golden Krone Hotel is a gothic horror roguelike. Fight vampires with sunlight or become a vampire yourself and sneak in the shadows. Combines classic turn-based combat with dynamic lighting, an innovative potion system, and fast paced gameplay.

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 26 Oct 2017
Warbanners Warbanners: the turn-based, tactical strategy game with role-playing elements that lets you manage a squad of mercenaries, and survive 42 campaign missions. Your goal? To earn a place among ancient legends!

Price -67% 6.75€
Rating 6.8
Release 18 Oct 2017
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX with Power Up Kit "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅸ with Power Up Kit" is an expanded version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms Ⅸ," which was released in 2003 as the 9th game in the series. RTK Ⅸ is a strategy based simulation game based in China's chaotic Three Kingdoms period.

Price 27.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 17 Oct 2017
Field of Glory II Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.

Price -99% 0.43€
Rating 7.9
Release 12 Oct 2017
Total War: WARHAMMER II Strategy gaming perfected. A breath-taking campaign of exploration, expansion and conquest across a fantasy world. Turn-based civilisation management and real-time epic strategy battles with thousands of troops and monsters at your command.

Price -91% 5.54€
Rating 9.1
Release 28 Sep 2017
Bronze Age - HD Edition What was it like to be a chief of a tribe in 6000 year B.C.? Oh, you know, the usual - feed your people, build them shelters, defend them from raids of neighbors. And if you are lucky, sooner or later you will build a kingdom and become their king!

Price -73% 0.80€
Rating 7.2
Release 25 Sep 2017
Niche - a genetics survival game Niche - a genetics survival game is a turn-based strategy game combined with simulation and roguelike elements. Shape your own species of animals based on real genetics. Keep your species alive against all odds, such as predators, climate change and spreading sickness.

Price -94% 1.11€
Rating 8.4
Release 21 Sep 2017
Warbands: Bushido Warbands:Bushido is a miniatures board game arena with cards, miniatures, dice and beautiful terrains to fight on, with both multiplayer battles boardgamers are used to, and challenging single-player scenarios.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.7
Release 15 Sep 2017
Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.

Price 44.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 14 Sep 2017
Oriental Empires Turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.

Price -98% 0.70€
Rating 7.8
Release 14 Sep 2017
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock In Battlestar Galactica Deadlock™ you’ll take command of the Colonial Fleet in defense of the Twelve Colonies during the First Cylon War. Lead many different types of ships in this 3D tactical game. Every decision counts, your strategy will be vital – can you ensure mankind’s survival?

Price -83% 5.75€
Rating 8.1
Release 31 Aug 2017
West of Loathing West of Loathing — a slapstick comedy stick-figure wild west adventure role-playing game.

Price 10.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 10 Aug 2017
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander (LIGHTSPEED EDITION) A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.

Price 14.99€
Rating 7.5
Release 09 Aug 2017
Demise of Nations Demise of Nations is a 4X turn-based grand strategy wargame covering the rise of Rome till the fall of modern civilization.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.6
Release 08 Aug 2017
The Shrouded Isle Your Excellency, in this short systems-management survival game, we prepare for the awakening of our Lord. He hungers for human sacrifice. Sinners try to hide their dark secrets, but all must be purged...

Price -95% 0.65€
Rating 6.8
Release 04 Aug 2017
Interplanetary: Enhanced Edition In this turn-based strategic artillery game, players wage interplanetary wars by developing their home planets and firing massive barrages through the unpredictable gravity fields of the solar system.

Price 14.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 02 Aug 2017
Children of Zodiarcs A story-driven, tactical RPG set in the fantasy realm of Lumus; a world divided by affluence and poverty. Take control of Nahmi and her fellow outcasts, utilising a brand new deck and dice based combat system to strike a blow to the noble Lords’ and Ladies’ unquenchable thirst for profit.

Price -94% 1.20€
Rating 6.8
Release 18 Jul 2017
Ultimate General: Civil War Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real time strategy war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.

Price 28.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 14 Jul 2017
Antihero Run a Thieves Guild in a gas-lit Victorian city! Antihero is a fast-paced digital board game with an (Oliver) Twist. Recruit street urchins, hire thugs, start a gang, upgrade your guild, steal everything... and bribe, blackmail, and assassinate your way to victory.

Price -87% 1.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 10 Jul 2017
Swords and Sandals 2 Redux The world's favourite gladiator game has returned, bigger and more action packed than ever. Swords and Sandals 2: Emperor's Reign, remastered with all new graphics, music and powerful new skills and awesome Arena Champions Pharoah King, John the Butcher and Ultra Flavlus

Price 8.79€
Rating 7.4
Release 29 Jun 2017
Home Wars Do you hate bugs and arachnids? Seeing them creeps you out? Would you like them to disappear off the face of the Earth? GOOD! This is the right game for you! In HW you’ll play as a General of a toy soldiers army, with the sole purpose of saving the owner’s house from the invasion of those damn Bugs.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 13 Jun 2017
Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe Strategic Command WWII: War in Europe is a deeply immersive turn based strategy game covering the greatest conflict in modern history!

Price -93% 3.02€
Rating 8.4
Release 06 Jun 2017
50 years 50 Years is a fast-paced alternative to the bigger, longer turn-based strategy games. You can win or lose a game in a single evening. Either way you'll want to play it again.

Price -90% 0.52€
Rating 8.4
Release 26 May 2017
Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs Regalia: Of Men And Monarchs is a tactical RPG set in a cheerful fantasy world full of weirdness and wonder. Assemble your party, go adventuring, manage your kingdom, make new friends, and defeat your opponents in challenging turn-based combat.

Price -89% 2.26€
Rating 7.5
Release 18 May 2017
ENDLESS™ Space 2 ENDLESS™ Space 2 is a Strategic Space Opera, featuring the compelling “just one more turn” gameplay, set in the mysterious ENDLESS™ Universe. As the leader of your civilization, will you impose your vision and build the greatest stellar empire?

Price -80% 8.35€
Rating 8.2
Release 18 May 2017
KROSMAGA Krosmaga is a game of skill where the Twelve Gods of the Krosmoz universe settle their differences by pitting creatures, mortals, and demi-gods against each other in a battle of truly epic proportions!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 12 Apr 2017
Shardbound: Forge Your Path, Master Your Strategy Shardbound brings fast, fun, and tactical card strategy to the table! Build your deck, take control of the board, and face off in exciting battles that are as unpredictable as they are action-packed.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.0
Release 06 Apr 2017
Battle Brothers Battle Brothers is a turn based tactical RPG which has you leading a mercenary company in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go, whom to hire or to fight, what contracts to take and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

Price -86% 4.41€
Rating 8.6
Release 24 Mar 2017
Afghanistan '11 Afghanistan '11 is the sequel to the highly praised and innovative Vietnam '65. It enhances and builds on it: Afghanistan '11 changes the paradigm of wargaming and manages to bring Counter-Insurgency and guerrilla warfare to your screen, properly represented thanks to a revolutionary gameplay formula!

Price -75% 7.49€
Rating 7.0
Release 23 Mar 2017
Monster Slayers Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.

Price -94% 0.37€
Rating 7.6
Release 23 Mar 2017
Crisis in the Kremlin Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 20 Mar 2017
Pastelia Stories "Pastelia Stories" is a turn-based JRPG. You will be summoned into Pastelia world, and here begins your wonderful journey. Explore big world just like you want, pick any out of 30 companions, chose one of the story lines and factions to find your way back home.

Price 9.99€
Rating 6.2
Release 16 Mar 2017
Codex of Victory In this sci-fi turn-based strategy with real-time base-building elements, you’ll be defending human territories against the transhuman Augments. Expand your HQ, and manufacture and upgrade an army of advanced drones to wage interplanetary war for Humanity!

Price -98% 0.41€
Rating 6.6
Release 16 Mar 2017
Monster Monpiece Collect and train over 100 "monster girls" that come to life in strategic, card-based battles! Strengthen your cards with the First Crush ❤ Rub mode, taking on a hands-on role to warm them up and gain more artwork!

Price -70% 2.96€
Rating 6.8
Release 14 Mar 2017
Faeria With its unique living board, Faeria is also the only card game where you can gain all 300 cards in less than 50 hours.

Price -90% 1.98€
Rating 8.1
Release 08 Mar 2017

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