War Turn Based Strategy Games

LGeneral is a turn-based strategy engine heavily inspired by Panzer General. With LGeneral you play single scenarios or whole campaigns turn by turn against a human player or the AI. Entrenchment, rugged defense, defensive fire, surprise contacts, surrender, unit supply, weather influence,...

The end-goal is a deep, complex tactical turn-based RPG. The main inspirations are the Final Fantasy Tactics series and Tactics Ogre, with plenty of room for innovation.

Atlarius is a design framework and ticking engine for browser based massively multiplayer online turn based strategy games.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

FreeCol is a turn-based strategy game based on the old game Colonization, and similar to Civilization. The objective of the game is to create an independent nation. You start with only a few colonists defying the stormy seas in their search for new land. Will you guide them on the Colonization...


Platforms: *nix

Battle Pool is a 3D turn-based strategy game. It's very similar to a pool game set-up, but has a unique storyline attached. If you're a big pool fan (and I know there are lots of you out there) but want something a bit more interesting than plain vanilla pool, look no further than this! Battle...


Platforms: Windows

Turn based strategy game. Main features of the game: - 7 types of Heroes beside each sides (each Hero have the unique weapon and main, battle, resourcive and productive bonuses); - 7 types of main bonus for each side; - 7 types of battle bonus for each side; - 7 types of adjutants...


Platforms: Windows, Windows CE

A free turn based strategy game and board game. Has single player vs ai/hot-seat, multiplayer through Play By Email, network play, and a hosted online lobby. Comes with multiple games, and over 100 more games and maps that can be downloaded from the user community. It is open source, needing only...


Platforms: Mac

A unique spin on the turn-based strategy genre, offering fast, simultaneous turn-based strategy gameplay instead of multiple-hour long games of research and building. Play the role of a futuristic commander. Divide your armies and conquer the world. Position satellites to reveal your opponents....


Platforms: Mac

Historia-Rome is a turn based strategy game, simple and fast like Risiko. The main game objective is to play inside a real historical environment, reproducing past military battles, campaigns and entire wars. The game engine is like an historical simulator capable to process past events...


Platforms: *nix

The Battle for Wesnoth is an Open Source, turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host against whom none can stand. Choose units from a large pool...


Platforms: Windows, *nix

A turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Build up a great army, gradually turning raw recruits into hardened veterans. In later games, recall your toughest warriors and form a deadly host against whom none can stand! Choose units from a large pool of specialists, and hand-pick a force...


Platforms: Mac

1483 Online is a free massively multi player online, turn based strategy game set in the medieval period of 1483 AD. Players assume control of one of 28 player nations and seek to expand their empires through diplomacy and conquests. 1483 Online is both free to download and free to play. 1483...


Platforms: Windows

A unique blend of turn based strategy and real-time roleplaying, Empires & Dungeons 2 is a highly addictive game from the makers of the Smugglers series. You have to build a mighty castle, hire an army and conquer the towns and defences of your enemies. As well as gathering resources, you’ll be...


Platforms: Windows

Project Steam Weasel is the 'code name' for a MacOSX only turn based strategy game in development. The game is intended to be multiplayer by email. By design it is modular, most of the games features are provided by modules.One default module is an Open


Platforms: Mac, BSD, Linux

TripleA is a turn based strategy game and board game engine. TripleA comes with multiple games and over 100 more games can be downloaded from the user community. Supports single player vs AI, hot-seat, Play by Email and Forum, and a hosted Online lobby for live play online.


Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux

World of Heroes is a 2D TBS (turn-based strategy) game writte in Python and PyGame, where the player commands an army in the exploration and conquest of unknown realms, gathering resources and fighting enemies.


Platforms: *nix

Projekt "W" is a turn-based strategy game. This means you have a lot of time to plan your move (except for the hot-seat-mode where your time is limited in respect to other players) which gives the game a lot of strategic depth. The game can be played alone and with multiple human players. If you...


Platforms: Windows

A medieval Risk-like turn-based strategy game where you take the reins of a budding empire and struggle against fellow empires for control of the world. In one game, up to hundred players vie for supremacy, but only one can be victorious. Every game you win pushes up your score, until you don't...


Platforms: Mac

A turn based strategy game that can best be described as chinese checkers on steroids! The rules are simple! Big guys eat smaller guys and grow bigger. But watch out! Once greed takes over and you grow too large, you will explode into 1000 pieces scattering the neighbours with green goo. Find...


Platforms: Mac

This is a game of turn based strategy. It intermingles the game of 'Go' with checkers. The goal is to conquer the play-field by covering it in the blobs of your color and assimilating any other colors... There are several play modes available to spice up the default conquest mode. Find them in...


Platforms: Mac