Humanity stands on the brink of extinction. Only one village remains—an island of safety in a world devoured by the creeping darkness of the Never. You are their last hope: an undying warrior spirit, ...

Depending on your sensibilities, The Bearded Ladies’ Mutant Year Zero might not qualify for this list. It’s a turn-based tactics game in the vein of XCOM, but introduces real-time exploration elements ...

Aleksandra began her adventure with games with… adventure games. As a child, she played the same titles over and over again, which were available on CDs included with magazines sold at newsstands.

Othercide is one of those games that's been on my backlog for too long. The turn-based tactics game is wonderfully stylish and seems to serve up the exact type of head-scratching combat I crave. Now, ...

Every once in a while, a video game series goes quiet, either through a lack of effort from the developer or because entries in the series forget what made it so special to begin with. Yet the ...

If Baldur's Gate 3 left you hungry for more masterful turn-based RPGs, try these games that are a step away from D&D.

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On the Nintendo Switch, there are so many great new turn-based strategy games out there right now! Enough to inspire me to write a whole list of them. I’ve put together the top five turn-based ...

Battle Nations is a hybrid base builder and turn-based combat game, and after a decade, it's still one of the best strategy experiences on the app store. Tyler is a writer for CNET covering laptops ...

Just Crow Things developer Unbound Creations has announced Table Tactics, a turn-based strategy game where all units are tabletop figurines you need to knock over. It will be available for PlayStation ...

Turn-based strategy games reward patience, foresight, and clever thinking, but mastering them takes more than knowing the basics. Winning consistently comes from combining strong fundamentals with ...

Playing Day of the Shell, I'm struck with a desire to see more games like it. The new roguelike from indie developer Duper Games has all the grid-based, turn-based tactics of XCOM, but trades out the ...