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All 10 DOS TBS games, ranked

All 10 DOS TBS games, ranked, as the players of dos.games rate them. Heroes of Might and Magic leads the list, ahead of Spellcross and Panzer General.

Every game on the list plays in your browser, with nothing to install. The order comes from players' ratings and real play time, so it moves as people play.

Updated How the lists are ranked

  • 10DOS TBS games in the archive
  • 10 of 10Play in your browser
  • 3.4Score of #1, out of 5
  1. 2. Spellcross

    1997 · Cauldron Ltd. · Strategy / tactics

    3.3 out of 5Played all the time

    This turn-based C&C/X-Com hybrid puts you in command of an extensive array of modern-day sounding troops, needing to play battle after battle against the merciless hordes of fantastical creatures (orcs, elves, skeletons, etc.) in an attempt to save the world.

  2. 6. Gettysburg (1993)

    1993 · Charles Dollins · Strategy / tactics

    3.2 out of 5Played a lot

    Gettysburg is a one or two player, shareware, computerised version an old-school war-game of this historic battle of the American Civil War.The game is played on a hexagonal grid of which the player can see only a part while moving their units.

  3. 8. Austerlitz

    1989 · Personal Software Services · Strategy / tactics

    3.2 out of 5Played a lot

    Third entry in a row of historic wargames focussing on the Napoleonic era (the first two were Waterloo and Borodino).

  4. 10. Risk

    1986 · Panther Programs · Strategy / tactics

    3.2 out of 5Played a lot

    Risk is a turn-based strategy game based on the board game of the same name.

Questions

Frequently asked

What is the best DOS TBS game?

Heroes of Might and Magic (1995, New World Computing, Inc.) is the best DOS TBS game by our players' ratings, ahead of Spellcross and Panzer General. The ranking follows players' ratings and real play time, so it changes as people play.

Can I play these DOS TBS games online?

Yes. 10 of the games on this list play free in your browser on dos.games, with no download and no emulator to set up. Press Play on any of them; your progress can be saved.

Which year had the most great DOS TBS games?

1995. 2 of the games on this list came out that year: Heroes of Might and Magic and Steel Panthers.

How is this list ranked?

With the same score as our Best DOS Games ranking: players' ratings, pulled toward the archive's own rating while a game has few of them, plus a small bonus for the games people actually keep playing. No editor and no sponsor decides a place.