
Best Turn-based strategy (TBS) Games of 2017
20 Turn-based strategy (TBS) games from 2017 ranked by critic score
The highest-rated Turn-based strategy (TBS) games released in 2017, ranked by critics on CriticDB. Scores are aggregated from leading gaming publications worldwide.
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Divinity: Original Sin II
9418 critic reviews·Sep 14, 2017·Larian StudiosPCPS4Xbox OneDivinity: Original Sin II is a single- and multiplayer top-down, party-based role-playing game with pen & paper RPG-like levels of freedom. It features turn-based combat, a strong focus on systematic…
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XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
8911 critic reviews·Aug 29, 2017·2K GamesPCPS4Xbox OneXCOM 2: War of the Chosen adds extensive new content in the fight against Advent when additional resistance factions form in order to eliminate the alien threat on Earth. In response, a new enemy,…
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Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age
8827 critic reviews·Jul 29, 2017·Square EnixPCPS4Dragon Quest XI continues the gameplay of previous games in the series, in which players explore worlds and fight against various monsters, including the ability to explore high areas. Before…
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Faeria
865 critic reviews·Mar 8, 2017·Versus EvilPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchFaeria is a digital collectible card and turn-based strategy game that takes place on a dynamic playing board set in a fantasy universe. Players in Faeria battle one-on-one against other players or…
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III
8522 critic reviews·Sep 28, 2017·NIS AmericaPCPS4SwitchPS5The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III is the eighth installment in the main Trails series, serving as a direct sequel to the events of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II. The game…
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West of Loathing
859 critic reviews·Aug 10, 2017·AsymmetricPCSwitchSay howdy to West of Loathing - a single-player slapstick, stick-figure comedy adventure role-playing game set in the wild west of the Kingdom of Loathing universe. Traverse snake-infested gulches,…
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Disgaea 5 Complete
8420 critic reviews·Mar 3, 2017·Nippon Ichi SoftwarePCSwitchFull story of the original with eight new scenarios, four fan favorite characters, and three character classes from the Disgaea series.
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Final Fantasy IX
846 critic reviews·Sep 19, 2017·Square EnixPS4Xbox OneSwitchThe console versions of Final Fantasy IX mainly brought technical improvements in addition to some other minor changes. The anti-aliasing is slightly better than the PC version, the UI of the battle…
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Hand of Fate 2
8323 critic reviews·Nov 7, 2017·H2 Interactive Co., Ltd.PCPS4Xbox OneSwitchHand of Fate 2 is a dungeon crawler set in a world of dark fantasy. Master a living boardgame where every stage of the adventure is drawn from a deck of legendary encounters chosen by you! Choose…
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Torment: Tides of Numenera
8226 critic reviews·Feb 27, 2017·TechlandPCPS4Xbox OneTorment: Tides of Numenera is a game set in the world of Monte Cook's new tabletop RPG setting, Numenera. Torment continues the thematic legacy of Planescape: Torment, the critically acclaimed…
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Endless Space 2
8111 critic reviews·May 18, 2017·SegaPCIn Endless Space you play the role of the leader of one of the many intelligent beings of a galaxy at the beginning of the space age. Very quickly, you discover the remnants of an older civilization.…
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Antihero
796 critic reviews·Jul 10, 2017·Versus EvilPCRun a thieves’ guild in a gas-lit underworld. Antihero is a fast-paced strategy game with an (Oliver) Twist. Recruit urchins, hire thugs, kit out your master thief, upgrade your guild… and bribe,…
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Megadimension Neptunia VIIR
796 critic reviews·Aug 24, 2017·Idea Factory International, Inc.PCPS4SwitchMegadimension Neptunia VIIR is a remake of Megadimension Neptunia VII that features PlayStation VR support. New Virtual Reality events feature the goddesses making memories and spending everyday life…
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Battle Chasers: Nightwar
7829 critic reviews·Oct 3, 2017·THQ NordicPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchBattle Chasers: Nightwar is an American made JPRG and dungeon-crawler, based on the best-selling Battle Chasers comic series by Joe Maduriera and inspired by JPRG greats such as Final Fantasy,…
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God Wars: Future Past
7610 critic reviews·Jun 16, 2017·NIS AmericaPS4A tactical RPG that fuses Japan's oldest historical record book, Kojiki, and an ancient figure who everyone knows, Shaka, into a single adventure. It illustrates the lives of heroes who left their…
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Battle Brothers
7311 critic reviews·Mar 24, 2017·Ukiyo PublishingPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchBattle Brothers is a turn based strategy RPG mix which has you leading a mercenary company in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go, whom to hire or to fight, what…
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Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs
7310 critic reviews·May 18, 2017·KlabaterPCPS4SwitchRegalia: Of Men And Monarchs is a tactical RPG set in a cheerful fantasy world full of weirdness and wonder. Assemble your party, go adventuring, manage your kingdom, make new friends, and defeat…
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Expeditions: Viking
739 critic reviews·Apr 27, 2017·THQ NordicPCExpeditions: Viking is a Historically-themed RPG set in the Viking Age. As the new leader of a humble clan of farmers and fighters players must adventure into the unknown lands to the west to raid…
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Stars in Shadow
705 critic reviews·Jan 19, 2017·Iceberg InteractivePCStars in Shadow is a turn-based 4X strategy game and a vivid tribute to the genre classics. Compete with alien factions to explore and colonize nearby starsystems, build fleets to defend against…
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Tiny Metal
6914 critic reviews·Dec 21, 2017·UntiesPCPS4SwitchTiny Metal is a military themed turn-based tactics game. It's simple yet has deep gameplay with an engaging story. Play as Artemisian Lieutenant, Nathan Gries, as he commands his units to victory…