Chess
Worms. Literally any Worms title.
Additionally: Transistor
chess
Go
Brogue, Hoplite, Stone Soup and other roguelikes
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Battle for Wesnoth
Heroes of Might and Magic
various card games
basically, any game with significant tactical depth can benefit from well-done turn-based timing
I came here to say Battle for Wesnoth. Something about the game has kept me hooked for like a decade
Hogs of War
Baldur’s Gate 3
Divinity: Original Sin 2
For the King 2
Advance Wars 1 and 2, absolute bangers
Turn based is almost exclusively what I enjoy. I don’t need high octane action. I prefer to drink my coffee and solve the combat puzzle
Hell yes. Final Fantasy 6. Fallout 1 & 2. Just a couple off the top of my head. This question is weird.
Yes, I’m a huge Final Fantasy fan and turn-based is what I started out with when I first started gaming. My favorite FF game (and video game of all time) is Final Fantasy X, and I remember playing late one night and falling asleep mid-boss battle. Waking up two hours later for the boss patiently waiting for me to kill it was quite nice, ngl.
Also Clair Obscur. I didn’t shut up about that game all last year. It’s just so good, especially for those who prioritize story in video games!
Masters of Orion 2
XCOM series and similar turn based tactical games like Xenonauts 2 and Phoenix Point (most recently Star Wars Zero Company)
Age of Wonders 3
City of Gangsters
Fights in Tight Spaces
Phantom Brigade
Jagged Alliance 1 through 3 (but not Back in Action)
Shadowrun Returns and Dragonfall
Shadowrun Hong Kong is great too.
Also, the 2018 Battletech game by the same developer.
Divinity Original Sin. Old 80s RPGs
Right now, I guess Pokémon counts?
I used to enjoy an Angry Birds spin-off called “Epic”, that was one of the better ones.
Lately I have been really enjoying mewgenics. Very deep game
wizardry on the apple II