Chronology of turn-based tactics video games

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This is a comprehensive index of turn-based tactics video games, sorted chronologically. Information regarding date of release, developer, platform, setting and notability is provided when available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings.

See also: Chronology of tactical role-playing video games

See also: Chronology of real-time tactics video games

See also: Chronology of turn-based strategy video games

Legend

Video game platforms

AMI Commodore Amiga AMI32 Commodore Amiga CD32 APPII Apple II ATR Atari 8-bit family BROW Browser game C64 Commodore 64 CPC Amstrad CPC CROSS Cross-platform DOS DOS / MS-DOS DS Nintendo DS FLASH Adobe Flash GB Game Boy GBA Game Boy Advance GBC Game Boy Color GCN Nintendo GameCube JAVASE Java Platform, Standard Edition LIN Linux MAC Macintosh / Mac OS MOBI Mobile phone MSX MSX NES Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom PCD TurboGrafx-CD / PC Engine CD PCE TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine PET Commodore PET PPC Pocket PC PS1 PlayStation / PSone PS2 PlayStation 2 PSP PlayStation Portable SNES Super NES / Super Famicom ST Atari ST TRS80 TRS-80 VC Virtual Console (Wii) WIN Microsoft Windows WIN3X Windows 3.x WIN9X Windows 9x XBOX Xbox ZX ZX Spectrum

List of released games

Year	Title	Developer	Setting	Platform	Notes
1978	Tanktics: Computer Game of Armored Combat on the Eastern Front	Chris Crawford	Historical	APPII, ATR, PET, TRS80
1981	Eastern Front (video game)	Chris Crawford	Historical	ATR	First computer game with a scrolling map
1982	Galactic Gladiators		Sci-fi	APPII
1983	Godzilla	Code Works	Sci-fi	C64
1983	Nobunaga's Ambition	Koei	Historical	GB, GEN, MSX, NES, SNES	First title in the series.
1984	Rebelstar Raiders	Julian Gollop	Sci-fi	ZX
1985	Avalon Hill's UNDER FIRE!	Avalon Hill	Historical	AMI, C64, DOS
1985	Kampfgruppe	SSI	Historical	AMI, APPII, ATR, C64, DOS
1985	Mech Brigade	SSI	Alternate history	APPII, ATR, C64, DOS
1985	Wizard's Crown	SSI	Fantasy	APPII, ATR, C64, DOS, ST	Role-playing game.
1986	Gettysburg: The Turning Point	SSI	Historical	AMI, APPII, ATR, C64, DOS
1986	Rebelstar	Julian Gollop	Sci-fi	ZX, CPC
1987	Breach	Omnitrend Software	Sci-fi	AMI, ST, DOS
1987	Eternal Dagger, The	SSI	Fantasy	APPII, ATR, C64	Role-playing game. Sequel to Wizard's Crown.
1987	Panzer Strike	SSI	Historical	APPII, C64
1988	Famicom Wars	Intelligent	Sci-fi	NES	First title in the Nintendo Wars series.
1988	Grand Fleet	Simulations Canada	Historical	AMI, DOS, ST
1988	Laser Squad	Target	Sci-fi	AMI, C64, CPC, DOS, ST, ZX	By the makers of X-COM: UFO Defense.
1988	Rebelstar II	Julian Gollop	Sci-fi	ZX
1988	Typhoon of Steel		Historical	AMI, APPII, C64, DOS
1989	Desert Commander	Kemco	Historical	NES
1989	Fire Brigade	Panther	Historical	AMI, DOS, MAC, ST
1989	Nectaris (a.k.a. Military Madness)	Hudson	Sci-fi	DOS, GB, MOBI, PCD, PCE, VC, WIN9X
1990	Breach 2	Omnitrend Software	Sci-fi	AMI, ST, DOS	Sequel to Breach.
1990	Lords of Chaos	Julian Gollop	Fantasy	AMI, C64, CPC, ST, ZX
1991	Battle Isle	Blue Byte	Sci-fi	AMI, DOS, ST	First title in the series.
1991	Game Boy Wars	Intelligent	Sci-fi	GB	First title in this sub-series of Nintendo Wars.
1991	Perfect General, The	Mark Baldwin	Historical	AMI, DOS	First title in the series.
1991	RoboSport	Maxis	Sci-fi	AMI, DOS, MAC, WIN	4-player squad-level combat with simultaneous turn resolution.
1992	Battle Isle: Data Disk I	Blue Byte	Sci-fi	AMI, DOS	Expansion to Battle Isle.
1992	History Line: 1914-1918 (a.k.a. Great War: 1914-1918)	Blue Byte	Historical	AMI, DOS
1992	Sabre Team	Krisalis	Contemporary	AMI, AMI32, DOS, ST
1992	Tegel's Mercenaries	Mindcraft	Sci-fi	DOS	First title in the series.
1993	Battle Isle: Data Disk II (a.k.a. Battle Isle '93: The Moon of Chromos)	Blue Byte	Sci-fi	AMI, DOS	Expansion to Battle Isle.
1993	Grandest Fleet, The	Fogstone	Historical	DOS
1993	Metal Marines	Namco	Contemporary	WIN3X, SNES
1993	Patriot	Artech	Historical	DOS
1993	SEAL Team		Contemporary	DOS
1993	Strike Squad	Mindcraft	Sci-fi	DOS	Spiritual sequel to Tegel's Mercenaries.
1993	X-COM: UFO Defense	Mythos	Sci-fi, Horror	AMI, AMI32, DOS, PS1, WIN	First title in the series.
1994	Panzer General	SSI	Historical	DOS	First title in the series.
1994	Battle Isle 2 Scenery CD: Titan's Legacy	Blue Byte	Sci-fi	DOS	Expansion to Battle Isle 2200.
1994	Battle Isle 2200 (a.k.a. Battle Isle II)	Blue Byte	Sci-fi	DOS	Sequel to Battle Isle.
1994	Jagged Alliance	Madlab	Contemporary	DOS	First title in the series.
1994	Perfect General II, The	Mark Baldwin	Historical	AMI, DOS	Sequel to The Perfect General.
1995	Battle Isle 2220: Shadow of the Emperor (a.k.a. Battle Isle III)	Blue Byte	Sci-fi	WIN3X, WIN9X	Sequel to Battle Isle 2200.
1995	Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games	Madlab	Contemporary	DOS	Expansion to Jagged Alliance.
1995	Steel Panthers	SSI	Historical	DOS
1995	X-COM: Terror from the Deep	MicroProse	Sci-fi, Horror	DOS, PS1, WIN	Sequel to X-COM: UFO Defense.
1996	MissionForce: Cyberstorm	Dynamix	Sci-fi	WIN
1996	Steel Panthers II: Modern Battles	SSI	Historical	DOS
1996	Wages of War: The Business of Battle	Random	Contemporary	WIN
1997	Demonworld	Ikarion	Fantasy	WIN	First title in the series.
1997	Fallen Haven	Micomeq	Fantasy	WIN	First title in the series.
1997	Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000	Holistic	Sci-fi, Fantasy	WIN
1997	Game Boy Wars Turbo	Hudson	Sci-fi	GB	Sequel to Game Boy Wars. Part of the Nintendo Wars series.
1997	Incubation: The Wilderness Missions	Blue Byte	Sci-fi	WIN	Expansion to Incubation: Time Is Running Out.
1997	Incubation: Time Is Running Out (a.k.a. Battle Isle IV)	Blue Byte	Sci-fi	WIN	Spin-off of Battle Isle.
1997	Steel Panthers III: Brigade Command 1939-1999	SSI	Historical	DOS, WIN
1997	X-COM: Apocalypse	Mythos	Sci-fi, Horror	DOS, WIN	Sequel to X-COM: Terror from the Deep. Option to switch to real-time instead.
1998	101: The Airborne Invasion of Normandy	Interactive Simulations, Shrapnel	Historical	WIN
1998	Fall Weiss: 1939	Marksoft	Historical	DOS
1998	Cyberstorm 2: Corporate Wars	Dynamix	Sci-fi	WIN	Sequel to MissionForce: Cyberstorm.
1998	Dunkle Manöver	TriNodE	Cyberpunk	WIN
1998	Game Boy Wars 2	Hudson	Sci-fi	GBC	Sequel to Game Boy Wars Turbo. Part of the Nintendo Wars series.
1998	Incubation: Hidden Worlds	Blue Byte	Sci-fi	WIN	Expansion to Incubation: Time Is Running Out.
1998	Liberation Day	Micomeq	Fantasy	WIN	Sequel to Fallen Haven.
1998	Mobile Warfare	Applaud	Contemporary	AMI
1998	Soldiers at War	Random	Historical	WIN
1998	Super Famicom Wars	Intelligent	Sci-fi	SNES	Sequel to Famicom Wars. Part of the Nintendo Wars series.
1998	Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate	Random	Sci-fi, Fantasy	WIN
1999	Jagged Alliance 2	Sir-Tech	Contemporary	AMIOS, LIN, WIN	Sequel to Jagged Alliance.
1999	Titans of Steel	Vicious Byte	Sci-fi	WIN	Freeware Battletech-style game.
2000	Armies of Armageddon: WDK 2K	Buku	Post-apocalyptic	WIN	Based on the board game Advanced Squad Leader.
2000	Avalon Hill's Squad Leader	Random	Historical	WIN
2000	Battle Isle: The Andosia War (a.k.a. Battle Isle V)	Blue Byte	Sci-fi	WIN	Sequel to Battle Isle 2220: Shadow of the Emperor
2000	Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord	Battlefront.com	Historical	MAC, WIN	First title in the series.
2000	Jagged Alliance 2: Unfinished Business	Sir-Tech	Contemporary	WIN	Expansion to Jagged Alliance 2.
2000	Shadow Watch	Red Storm	Sci-fi	WIN
2000	Steel Panthers: World at War!	Matrix	Historical	WIN
2001	Advance Wars	Intelligent	Sci-fi	GBA	First title in this sub-series of Nintendo Wars.
2001	Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel	Micro Forté	Post-apocalyptic	WIN	Spin-off of Fallout. Option to switch to real-time instead.
2001	Game Boy Wars 3	Hudson	Sci-fi	GBC	Sequel to Game Boy Wars 2. Part of the Nintendo Wars series.
2002	Combat Mission II: Barbarossa to Berlin	Battlefront.com	Historical	WIN	Sequel to Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord.
2002	Demonworld: Dark Armies	Ikarion	Fantasy	WIN	Sequel to Demonworld.
2002	Dynasty Tactics	Koei	Historical	PS2	First title in the series.
2002	Laser Squad Nemesis	Codo	Sci-fi	WIN	By the makers of X-COM: UFO Defense.
2002	Pyrrhic Tales: Prelude to Darkness	Zero Sum	Fantasy	WIN	Role-playing game.
2003	Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising	Intelligent	Sci-fi	GBA	Sequel to Advance Wars. Part of the Nintendo Wars series.
2003	Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps	Battlefront.com	Historical	WIN	Sequel to Combat Mission II: Barbarossa to Berlin.
2003	Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics	SystemSoft	Historical	Xbox
2003	Dynasty Tactics 2	Koei	Historical	PS2	Sequel to Dynasty Tactics.
2003	Massive Assault	Wargaming.net	Sci-fi	WIN
2003	Silent Storm	Nival	Alternate history, Sci-fi	WIN	First title in the series.
2003	Temple of Elemental Evil, The	Troika	Fantasy	WIN	Role-playing game.
2003	Titans of Steel: Warring Suns	Vicious Byte	Sci-fi	WIN	Remake of Titans of Steel.
2004	Ancient Empires	Macrospace	Fantasy	MOBI	First title in the series.
2004	Cops 2170: The Power of Law	MiST Land	Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk	WIN
2004	Future Tactics: The Uprising	Zed Two	Sci-fi	GCN, PS2, WIN, Xbox
2003	Game Boy Wars Advance 1+2	Intelligent	Sci-fi	GBA	Compilation of Game Boy Wars Advance and Game Boy Wars Advance 2 . Part of the Nintendo Wars series.
2004	Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire	I-Deal	Contemporary	WIN	Expansion to Jagged Alliance 2.
2004	Shadow Vault	Mayhem	Post-apocalyptic, Cyberpunk	WIN
2004	Silent Storm: Sentinels	Nival	Alternate history, Sci-fi	WIN	Expansion to Silent Storm.
2004	Yu Yu Hakusho: Tournament tactics	Sensory Sweep	Fantasy	GBA	Based on the anime series YuYu Hakusho.
2005	Famicom Wars DS/Advance Wars: Dual Strike	Intelligent	Sci-fi	DS	Sequel to Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising. Part of the Nintendo Wars series.
2005	Ancient Empires II	Macrospace	Fantasy	MOBI	Sequel to Ancient Empires.
2005	Battles of Prince of Persia	Ubisoft	Fantasy	DS
2005	Dofus	Ankama	Fantasy	BROW (FLASH)	Fantasy MMORPG.
2005	Domination	Wargaming.net	Sci-fi	WIN	First title in the series.
2005	Flashpoint Germany	Simulations Canada	Historical	WIN
2005	Hammer & Sickle	Novik&Co, Nival	Alternate history	WIN
2005	Land of Legends	Tiny Hero	Fantasy	WIN
2005	Night Watch	Nival	Contemporary, Fantasy	WIN	Based on the novel of the same name.
2005	Rebelstar: Tactical Command	Codo	Sci-fi	GBA
2005	Shattered Union	PopTop	Alternate history	WIN, Xbox
2005	Steel Panthers: World War 2	Cameo	Historical	WIN
2005	Battle for Wesnoth, The	Various	Fantasy	CROSS
2006	Field Commander	SOE	Sci-fi	PSP
2006	Mecha Taisen on Planet Oldskool	Damage X	Sci-fi	MSX
2006	Pocket UFO	SMK Software	Sci-fi	PPC	Clone of X-COM: UFO Defense.
2006	Steel Panthers: Main Battle Tank	Cameo	Historical	WIN
2007	Combat Mission: Shock Force	Battlefront.com	Alternate history	WIN	Sequel to Combat Mission 3: Afrika Korps.
2007	Dungeons & Dragons Tactics	Atari	Fantasy	PSP	Roleplaying based on D&D 3.5 ruleset.
2007	Panzer Tactics DS	Sproing Interactive	Historical	DS
2007	UFO: Extraterrestrials	Chaos Concept	Sci-fi	WIN	Spiritual successor to X-COM: UFO Defense.
2008	Famicom Wars DS Ushinawareta Hikari/Advance Wars: Days of Ruin	Intelligent	Sci-fi	DS	Sequel to Advance Wars: Dual Strike. Part of the Nintendo Wars series.
2008	Combat Mission: Shock Force – British Forces	Battlefront.com	Alternate history	WIN	Expansion to Combat Mission: Shock Force.
2008	Combat Mission: Shock Force – Marines	Battlefront.com	Alternate history	WIN	Expansion to Combat Mission: Shock Force.
2009	Dofus Arena	Ankama	Fantasy	BROW (FLASH)	Fantasy MMORPG. Sequel to Dofus.
2009	Star Wars Tactics	Jordan Williams	Sci-fi	BROW (JAVASE)
2009	StellarForces	Various	Sci-fi	CROSS	Originally an Open source clone of Laser Squad, but now more advanced. Not to be confused with the unauthorized Starcraft expansion pack.
2009	Blood Bowl	Cyanide	Fantasy	WIN	Based on the board game Blood Bowl.

List of To Be Announced games

Year	Title	Developer	Setting	Platform	Notes
TBA	Crimson Fields	Various	Sci-fi	CROSS	Open source clone of Battle Isle. A development version is available.
TBA	MegaMek	Various	Sci-fi	CROSS	Open source game based on the Classic BattleTech wargame. A development version is available.
TBA	UFO: Alien Invasion	Various	Sci-fi	CROSS	Open source clone of X-COM: UFO Defense. A development version is available.

List of cancelled games

Year	Title	Developer	Setting	Platform	Notes
Cancelled	Tactica Online	Imaginary Numbers	Fantasy	WIN	Planned[1] MMORPG that never made it.
Cancelled	Tegel's Mercenaries 2	Mindcraft	Sci-fi	DOS	Planned sequel to Tegel's Mercenaries.
Cancelled	Project Xenocide	Various	Sci-fi	WIN	Open source clone of X-COM: UFO Defense. A development version is available.

References

1. ^ Lafferty, Michael (March 22, 2005). "Imaginary Numbers' CEO Luke Carruthers opens up the world of Tactica Online". GameZone. http://www.gamezone.com/news/03_22_05_09_39AM.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-21.