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2006

You crawl through fantasy dungeons from a first-person view, where every step, item use or spell counts as a turn. The grid-based movement makes it feel fast and immediate while keeping the careful pacing of turn-based combat.

  • Turn-based combat
  • Fantasy setting
  • Melee combat with weapons or fists

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Eschalon: Book II

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2010PC86 % positive5.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Orcs & Elves: turn-based combat, a fantasy setting and melee combat with weapons or fists.

A classic old-school isometric single-player RPG with turn-based combat, deep character development and plenty of exploration. Quests, puzzles, skill checks and light survival elements shape the experience.

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Eschalon: Book I

Turn-based combat

A classic old-school RPG with a single customizable hero, tile-based turn-based combat and plenty of exploration of towns and dungeons. It recalls 90s RPGs and rewards careful character building.

Phantasie

Turn-based combat

A classic 1985 party-based RPG in which you lead a group of heroes across the isle of Gelnor, fighting turn-based battles against the minions of the evil sorcerer Nikademus.

Eschalon: Book III

Turn-based combat

The final chapter of the Eschalon trilogy is a classic single-character, turn-based isometric RPG with old-school character building. You explore wilderness and dungeons, solve puzzles and quests, and fight monsters tactically.

Might and Magic IX

Calm and deliberate

You lead an adventuring party stranded on the Isle of Ashes after a shipwreck in the Verhoffin Sea. Turn-based party battles, a reworked class system and twenty-three skills reward careful character building in a classic fantasy world.

Avernum 6

Turn-based combat

A classic turn-based indie RPG set in a vast underground nation, where you build a party and play through the finale of the Great Trials Trilogy. It focuses on deep character building and plenty of exploration, while its presentation stays modest.

Shining in the Darkness

Pure single-player experience

An early first-person dungeon crawler where you explore a vast labyrinth, fight turn-based battles against monsters, and face the dark lord Dark Sol who threatens the kingdom.

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