This list celebrates some excellent Western-made games with unique turn-based battle systems.

Turn-based strategy is the actual heart of the gameplay, and therefore any comparison to pure card games would be insufficient.

These battle systems are fun, engaging, and sometimes a bit incomprehensible for beginners, but they make their respective JRPGs worth trying out.

Marvel’s Midnight Suns is built on a hell of a promise. Take the studio that rebooted XCOM to stunning results, merge it with a card-battle system inspired by titles such as Slay the Spire and ...

Metaphor: ReFantazio 's combat is another feather in Atlus' already impressive cap, but the game's lead battle planner reckons difficulty is a huge reason why turn-based fights can be so, so good.