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15 of the Best Turn-Based Strategy Games and Compare

September 2020
 

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What are the Top 15 Best Turn-Based Strategy Games 2020?


 

1.Total War: THREE KINGDOMS

 

Join an epic conflict across ancient China and experience the gripping turn-based campaign the series is famous for in this latest real-time battle title. Battle across lush subtropics, arid deserts, and snow-capped mountains. Explore ancient China like never before and forge a new empire as one of twelve legendary Warlords. See those Warlords come to life with their unique personalities, motivations, likes, and dislikes and watch them form deep relationships. Form powerful allies or enemies, recruit heroic characters, defeat your enemies with your military, politics, technology, and economy. Commit treachery, betrayals, and experience glorious conquest as you write your legend.

 

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS System Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel 7-8550U 1.80GHz
  • RAM: 6 GB
  • HDD: 60 GB
  • GPU: Intel UHD Graphics 620
  • DirectX: 11
  • OS: Windows 10 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel i5-6600, AMD Ryzen 5 2600X
  • RAM: 8 GB
  • HDD: 60 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GTX 970, AMD R9 Fury X
  • DirectX: 11
 
 

2. For The King

 

Avenge the King and fight for your realm in this fast-paced turn-based roguelike where one decision can mean victory or death. Explore procedurally generated maps, complete unique events, and quests, set up camp and survive the horrors that come at night, and fight off the creatures that roam the lands using unique attacks and special abilities. Rise to your Queen’s call alone or with friends and choose to stay together or split up as you set about seeking revenge on those responsible for the murder of the King.

 

For The King System Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Core2 Duo E4300, AMD Athlon Dual Core 4450e
  • RAM: 4096 MB
  • HDD: 3 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX, AMD Radeon HD 3850, Intel HD 4600
  • DirectX: 9
  • OS: Windows 7 / 8 / 8.1 / 10 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-4570T, AMD FX-6100
  • RAM: 4096 MB
  • HDD: 3 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti, AMD Radeon HD 7850
  • DirectX: 9
 
 

3. BATTLETECH

 

Control a squad of BattleMechs and MechWarriors and take part in an interstellar civil war in squad-based turn-based combat. Use terrain, weapons, and special abilities to gain an advantage in battle. Take on missions across space, manage your reputation with factions, and fight against the bloody attempts by a deposed ruler to retake her throne. Customize and upgrade your units, use dozens of BattleMechs, recruit MechWarriors and drop into single-player or multiplayer game modes.

 

BATTLETECH System Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Pentium Core i3 3210 3.20 GHz, AMD FX 4300 3.8 GHz
  • RAM: 8 GB
  • HDD: 25 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce 660 GTX, AMD Radeon HD 7850
  • DirectX: 11
  • OS: Windows 7 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Pentium Core i5 3450 3.10 GHz, AMD FX 6300 3.5 GHz
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • HDD: 60 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 950, AMD Radeon HD 7900
  • DirectX: 11
 
 

4.Into the Breach

Switch

As one of the last remnants of humanity, you will need to learn to survive randomly generated challenges and fight back against alien creatures that are thriving underground. Counter your enemy at every turn, build powerful mechs to fight back, recruit fearless pilots, and, when defeated, send help back through time to another timeline so that humanity gets one more chance at survival.

 
 

Into the Breach System Requirements

  • OS: Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 (64 bits)
  • RAM: 1 GB
  • HDD: 200 MB
  • GPU: Intel HD 3000
 
 

5. Warriors of the Nile

 

Take on the role of the legendary Lara Croft as she races to save the world from a Maya apocalypse. The game features the largest hub in the franchise, the Hidden City of Paititi, in the continent of Central America. There is a new barter system in the game, allowing Lara to trade and sell various resources. Hunt wild animals, craft materials, solve puzzles and rappel down cliffs using Lara’s climbing axe and rope.

 

Warriors of Nile Edition System Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7
  • Processor: Intel Core i5
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 / ATI Radeon HD 5750
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 2 GB available space
 
 

6. Wargroove

PS4/ Xbox One/ Switch

 

Select your Commander and wage war as one of the four unique factions in 4-player turn-based battles for control over the kingdom. Earn victory in a dynamic campaign using a dozen characters, each with unique personalities, overcome challenges using your special move, Groove, and wage war in online multiplayer. Take on the challenges in puzzle and arcade game modes, craft your own cutscenes, campaigns, and maps, and share them online for endless replayability.

 

Wargroove System Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7
  • CPU: Intel Core i3
  • RAM: 2GB
  • HDD: 1GB
  • DirectX: 11
  • OS: Windows 10 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5
  • RAM: 4GB
  • HDD: 1GB
  • DirectX: 11
 
 

7. Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Gathering Storm

 

Gathering storm brings Civilization VI to life like never before, with new environmental effects, such as volcanoes, storms, climate change, floods, and droughts. Influence the world ecosystem, develop new advanced technologies and engineering projects, and negotiate with the global community on critical issues. Manage your resources, discover nine new leaders, experience plenty of new content and improved gameplay, new scenarios, such as The Black Death and have your voice heard at the World Congress. Every decision you make will impact the future of the planet.

 

Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI: Gathering Storm System Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Core i3 2.5 Ghz , AMD Phenom II 2.6 Ghz
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • HDD: 12 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia 450, AMD 5570
  • DirectX: 11
  • OS: Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5 2.5 Ghz , AMD FX8350 4.0 Ghz
  • RAM: 8 GB
  • HDD: 16 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia 770, AMD 7970
  • DirectX: 11
 
 

8. Age of Wonders: Planetfall

PS4 / Xbox One

Build an empire from the six unique factions, and conquer the planets in this vibrant, turn-based strategy game. Explore wastelands, megacities, and deserts and develop your colony through technology and social improvements in a story-driven single-player campaign featuring random map generation. Play several single-player and multiplayer game modes and discover a variety of ways to win, including conquest, diplomacy, or doomsday technologies.

 

Age of Wonders: Planetfall System Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5, AMD FX Series
  • RAM: 6 GB
  • HDD: 20 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GTX 650Ti, AMD Radeon HD 7770
  • DirectX: 11
  • OS: Windows 10 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5, AMD Ryzen 5
  • RAM: 8 GB
  • HDD: 20 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 570
  • DirectX: 11
 
 

9.SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS

 

PS4 / Switch

 

Jump into the incredible Gundam universe and take part in epic battles with high-definition 3D models, animations, and character cut-ins. The game features all the favorite units from the popular series, including Gundam Wing, Iron-Blooded Orphans, and SEED.

 

SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS System Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-650, AMD Phenom II X4 965
  • RAM: 2 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT 730, AMD Radeon HD 7570
  • OS: Windows 7 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-650, AMD Phenom II X4 965
  • RAM: 2 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GT 730, AMD Radeon HD 7570
 
 

10.Panzer Corps 2

 

Fight for victory in this highly detailed turn-based strategy game, with more than 1000 unique units, each modeled and animated. Take control of all the European theatre’s major powers and battle in dozens of scenarios across multiple offline and online game modes. Once done with the campaign, take advantage of the in-game editor to create your own scenarios or download others for unlimited replayability.

 

Panzer Corps 2 System Requirements

  • OS: Windows 8 / 10 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Dual Core
  • RAM: 8 GB
  • HDD: 9 GB
  • DirectX: 11
 
 

11.Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War

 

Wage war on Gladius Prime, a planet shrouded in mystery, and survive your enemies, and the ancient horror now awakened. Choose from four iconic Warhammer factions, including Space Marines and Orks, and use their unique abilities to shift the battle in your favor. Build your cities and expand your empire, raise a powerful army, gather resources, research new technologies, and destroy your enemies in offline and online game modes.

 
 

Warhammer 40,000: Gladius – Relics of War System Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7(64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Core i3
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • HDD: 2 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTS 450, AMD Radeon HD 5750
  • OS: Windows 7 / 10 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5
  • RAM: 8 GB
  • HDD: 4 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660, AMD Radeon R9 270X
 
 

12.XCOM: Chimera Squad

 

 

Set five years after XCOM 2, humans and the remaining aliens have learned to live in harmony, and now a unique squad of alien and human agents must work together to stop those that now threaten that peace. Utilize strategy, teamwork, and new gameplay mechanics to complete mission objectives in an innovative turn-based experience. Manage your HQ, decide on investigations, assignments, and tasks, and use your agents and their abilities to defeat the new threat.

 

XCOM®: Chimera Squad System Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7 (64 bits)
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • HDD: 18 GB
  • GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7770, NVIDIA GeForce 650
  • DirectX: 11
  • OS: Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 (64 bits)
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • HDD: 18 GB
  • GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, AMD Radeon HD R9 290
  • DirectX: 11
 
 

13.Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark

 

PS4/ Xbox One/ Switch

 

Navigate yourself through a story-driven turn-based strategy, and lead your Arbiters through dozens of challenges and classic tactical combat. Customize your arbiters using classes and hundreds of abilities, customize outfits, colors, and portraits, and equip them with hundreds of equipment pieces through looting and crafting.

 

Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark System Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7 SP1+
  • CPU: Intel Pentium 4 1.2 Ghz
  • RAM: 3 GB
  • HDD: 2 GB
  • DirectX: 9.0c
  • OS: Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10
  • RAM: 4 GB
  • HDD: 2 GB
  • DirectX: 9.0c
 
 

14.Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

PS4/ Xbox One/ Switch

Take control of the Adeptus Mechanicus, a mighty army of the Imperium, and uncover the hidden secrets of a rediscovered planet with your team. Battle it out in more than 50 hand-crafted missions, customize your team, manage resources, and wield powerful tech to develop your unique playstyle. Be brave as you advance through tactical combat, make decisions that will change the planet forever, and earn achievements and abilities that can only be used once per mission.

 
 

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus System Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Quad Core 3 GHz
  • RAM: 8 MB
  • GPU: ATI Radeon HD 7970, Nvidia GeForce GTX 770

 

15.Phantom Doctrine

PS4/ Xbox One/ Swicth

Set during the Cold War, relive historical events and uncover sinister plots in a narrative-driven single-player campaign where trust can be bought at a price. When in battle, call in reinforcements, including air support, infiltrate mission locations using undercover operatives, and set traps for your enemy. The counter-intelligence agency is yours to use. Recruit your agents from secret service organizations across the world and use the resources at your disposal to take down your fearless and relentless enemies.

 

Phantom Doctrine System Requirements

  • OS: Windows 7 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Core i3-2100, AMD Phenom II X4
  • RAM: 6 GB
  • HDD: 35 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti, Intel HD 620, ATI Radeon HD 5770
  • DirectX: 11
  • OS: Windows 10 (64 bits)
  • CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K, AMD  FX-8320
  • RAM: 16 GB
  • GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 960, ATI Radeon R9 290X
 

What is a Turn-based Strategy Game?

Turn-based strategy games are ones in which players will take it in turns when playing.

Strategy games themselves require players to plan an action or series of actions and execute those plans to defeat the enemy and achieve victory. Turn-based strategy games work the same way, but will often require the player to think several turns ahead.

Turn-based strategy games often force the player to manage resources, armies, and construction. Emphasis is placed upon defeating the enemy forces through direct or indirect interactions.

Many turn-based strategy games have more complex situations than real-time strategies, mainly because the computer can process more complex calculations with the slower-paced gameplay.

Due to their slower-paced action and a heavy focus on planning and strategy, turn-based games often focus on single-player campaigns rather than online multiplayer.

There is no true setting that a turn-based strategy game will be set, with some being set in fantasy, sci-fi, and even World War 2.

Successful games in the genre include Gears Tactics, XCOM, BattleTech, Panzer Corps 2, and Phantom Doctrine.

What stands turn-based strategy games out from the rest is their ability to lure us in with deep storylines, unique units, incredible locations, simple mechanics, grand-scale vision, and their ability to get us to play one more turn.

 

Why Are We Doing a Top 15 Turn-Based Strategy Games List?

In the world of Turn-Based Strategy Games, fantastic games can be found at incredible prices but you can also be at a greater risk of being left disappointed.

Not all games reach their potential and get a release, unfortunately many games are left abandoned by their developers or are even released in a poor state and are yet still available to purchase on Steam.

Steam is in the business of selling games and sometimes that can mean a drop in quality in order to get more titles onto the Steam Store and available for purchase.

At Allkeyshop, we believe in quality over quantity and because of that we use every bit of data that Steam offers and we use that to provide the most detailed analysis of a game’s ranking.

How Do We Get Our Rankings?

Our rankings will take all available pieces of data into account, in particular we focus on the real ratings, real opinions and recommendations of those that play the game.

As a part of our ranking, we ensure that only those that own the game, have it currently available in their library and are logged into their account can vote for their favourite games. This, along with our other data, ensures we have the most accurate ranking system possible.

We only show the top 15 games so that you are not overwhelmed with hundreds of games and swamped in too much data. We plan on refreshing our top 15 each week, but we may change this plan if we find it has a real demand from you, our users.

Allkeyshop is a price comparator site with the intention of giving players the best price possible for the best games available. We remain fully impartial on prices and sellers, displaying both online sites and platforms such Steam, Origin and Epic, and we remain completely impartial on the rating of those games that we highlight in our rankings.

Our rankings are based on our users with no influence from us and we will remain impartial on the ratings and the rankings of all games.


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