Most Popular Turn-Based Strategy Games on Steam

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Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Will your civilization stand the test of time?

Price -95% 3.19€
Rating 8.6
Release 20 Oct 2016
Sid Meier's Civilization® V Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

Price -93% 2.10€
Rating 9.5
Release 23 Sep 2010
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader Made in a close partnership with Games Workshop, Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader is a story-rich classical RPG from Owlcat Games, developers of the critically acclaimed game, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.

Price -91% 4.99€
Rating 8.4
Release 07 Dec 2023
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
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 -89% 6.75€
Rating 9.1
Release 28 Sep 2017
XCOM® 2 XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

Price -96% 0.80€
Rating 8.4
Release 04 Feb 2016
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.

Price -86% 8.76€
Rating 7.2
Release 23 May 2019
Braveland Braveland is a turn-based game inspired by old-school strategies with hexagonal battlefield. You will start as a humble warrior's son whose village was cruelly raided and will end as talented commander of your army.

Price 9.75€
Rating 7.9
Release 17 Mar 2014
Balatro The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

Price -51% 6.99€
Rating 9.7
Release 20 Feb 2024
Persona 5 Royal Don the mask and join the Phantom Thieves of Hearts as they stage grand heists, infiltrate the minds of the corrupt, and make them change their ways!

Price -84% 9.91€
Rating 9.5
Release 20 Oct 2022
Total War: WARHAMMER III The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: WARHAMMER trilogy is here. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will you conquer your Daemons… or command them?

Price -89% 7.09€
Rating 7.2
Release 16 Feb 2022
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battleEmperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.

Price -89% 7.09€
Rating 8.2
Release 02 Sep 2013
South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ From the perilous battlefields of the fourth-grade playground, a young hero will rise, destined to be South Park’s savior. From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes an epic quest to become… cool. Introducing South Park™: The Stick of Truth™.For a thousand years, the battle has been waged.

Price 29.99€
Rating 9.6
Release 05 Mar 2014
XCOM: Enemy Unknown The XCOM: Enemy Unknown - Slingshot Pack is Now Available!

Price -94% 1.00€
Rating 9.2
Release 11 Oct 2012
For The King For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.

Price -98% 0.52€
Rating 8.7
Release 19 Apr 2018
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition Embark on a journey to a realm overrun by demons in a new epic RPG from the creators of the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Explore the nature of good and evil, learn the true cost of power, and rise as a Mythic Hero capable of deeds beyond mortal expectations.

Price 19.99€
Rating 8.3
Release 02 Sep 2021
Total War: ATTILA Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome… The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics,...

Price -93% 3.15€
Rating 8.1
Release 17 Feb 2015
KARDS - The WW2 Card Game KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 15 Apr 2020
Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition is the first isometric party-based cRPG set in the Pathfinder fantasy universe. Enjoy a classic RPG experience inspired by games like Baldur's Gate, Fallout 1 and 2 and Arcanum. Explore and conquer the Stolen Lands and make them your kingdom!

Price -84% 3.19€
Rating 7.7
Release 25 Sep 2018
Total War: SHOGUN 2 Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.

Price -91% 2.87€
Rating 8.9
Release 14 Mar 2011
Marvel's Midnight Suns FIGHT AND STRATEGIZE LIKE A SUPER HERO IN THE DARKER CORNERS OF THE MARVEL UNIVERSE. Play as The Hunter, a legendary demon slayer who must lead a team of Super Heroes and supernatural warriors facing apocalyptic threats.

Price -92% 5.08€
Rating 8.0
Release 01 Dec 2022
ENDLESS™ Legend ENDLESS™ Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of ENDLESS™ Space and Dungeon of the ENDLESS™. Control every aspect of your civilization as you struggle to save your homeworld Auriga. Create your own Legend!

Price 24.99€
Rating 8.2
Release 18 Sep 2014
Toribash Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.6
Release 16 May 2014
Shadowrun Returns The unique cyberpunk-meets-fantasy world of Shadowrun has gained a huge cult following since its creation nearly 25 years ago. Now, creator Jordan Weisman returns to the world of Shadowrun, modernizing this classic game setting as a single player, turn-based tactical RPG.

Price -96% 0.62€
Rating 8.6
Release 25 Jul 2013
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters Lead humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters.

Price -90% 4.64€
Rating 7.6
Release 05 May 2022
Persona 4 Golden A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.

Price -76% 4.93€
Rating 9.5
Release 13 Jun 2020
Age of History II Age of History II is a grand strategy wargame that is simple to learn yet hard to master.Your objective is to use military tactics and cunning diplomacy to either unify the world, or conquer it.Will the world bleed out or bow before you? The choice is yours..

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 21 Nov 2018
Total War: WARHAMMER Addictive turn-based empire-building with colossal, real-time battles, all set in a world of legendary heroes, giant monsters, flying creatures and storms of magical power.

Price -92% 4.90€
Rating 7.7
Release 24 May 2016
Persona 3 Reload Dive into the Dark Hour and awaken the depths of your heart. Persona 3 Reload is a captivating reimagining of the genre-defining RPG, reborn for the modern era with cutting-edge graphics and gameplay.

Price -71% 17.68€
Rating 9.3
Release 01 Feb 2024
ShellShock Live Demolish your friends with hundreds of upgradable weapons shot from your customizable tank in this action-packed online multiplayer tanks game. Earn XP to level up and unlock new tanks, weapons, and gear. Fight against or alongside your friends for strategic team or free-for-all matches.

Price 9.75€
Rating 9.1
Release 22 May 2020
Library Of Ruina "May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.

Price 24.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 10 Aug 2021
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.

Price -84% 4.03€
Rating 8.9
Release 04 Mar 2009
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.

Price 24.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 15 Nov 2006
Metaphor: ReFantazio After his assassination, the will of the late king decrees the next monarch to be elected by the people. Forge bonds and win over a kingdom divided in this award-winning fantasy RPG with turn-based and action combat, party customization with powerful Archetypes, and hours of exploration.

Price -78% 15.98€
Rating 8.9
Release 10 Oct 2024
FPS Chess Battle a friend in this fast paced 1v1 class-based first-person shooter. Chess takes a back-seat to FPS as you win duel after duel and capture the opponent's pieces until you've beaten their king and won the game.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.3
Release 16 Jul 2022
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 02 Feb 2023

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