The most interesting strategy games this year
All the best and most popular games of the year, upcoming releases, and hits from the past. Use filters to narrow down search.
Homeworld 3
Strategy 13 May 2024
The third full-fledged part of the cult RTS game series set in space. The game was created by Blackbird Interactive studio, founded by the co-creator of the first part, which has previously developed Homeworld Remastered Collection and Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak.
Manor Lords
Strategy 26 April 2024
Manor Lords is a Polish medieval strategy game, tasking us with building settlements and leading troops in combat. It was created by an indie developer Slavic Magic.
Infection Free Zone
Strategy 11 April 2024
Infection Free Zone is a city builder set in a postapocalyptic world, in which a mysterious virus turned the infected into violent monsters. The game lets us play in any real city in the world, downloading detailed data from the OpenStreetMap service.
Age of History 3
Strategy 2024
The third installment in a series of grand strategy games by Lukasz Jakowski. Age of History 3 tasks us with leading our nation to greatness, changing turn-based gameplay to real-time and introducing new battle mechanics.
Stellaris: The Machine Age
Strategy 07 May 2024
The ninth large expansion for the grand strategy game made by Paradox Interactive in 2016. Stellaris: The Machine Age has us face new types of threats related to cybernetics and synthetic technologies. The DLC offers new origins, ethos, constructions, techs and crisis paths.
Men of War II
Strategy 15 May 2024
The second installment in a series of WW2 RTS games. Men of War II includes two large singleplayer campaigns, an expansive cooperative and competitive multiplayer, a level editor and modding tools.
Farm Manager World
Strategy 29 April 2024
A farming economic sim supporting singleplayer and online co-op. Farm Manager World has us playing as a farmer, expanding a small farm into an agricultural empire.
Dominions 6: Rise of the Pantokrator
Strategy 17 January 2024
The sixth installment in a series of turn-based grand strategy games about deities trying to conquer the world. Dominions 6: Rise of the Pantokrator tasks us with managing our lands and battling powerful enemy forces.
Songs of Conquest
Strategy 20 May 2024 (early access since 10 May 2022)
Songs of Conquest is a fantasy strategy enriched with RPG elements. The player must both manage the kingdom and lead the team as they explore the game world and perform their tasks. In addition, there are tactical battles and the whole game takes place in the turn-based system.
Europa Universalis IV: Winds of Change
Strategy 08 May 2024
The sixteenth expansion for the grand strategy game from 2013. Europa Universalis IV: Winds of Change introduces imnportant changes to three parts of the world - Europe, Central Asia and the Americas. There are new mechanics, units, events and theme content.
Fabledom
Strategy 13 May 2024
A strategy game set in a fairytale world. In Fabledom we play as a ruler, our job being to create a prosperous kingdom from scratch.
Millennia
Strategy 26 March 2024
A 4X turn-based strategy game created by C Prompt Games and Paradox Interactive. Millenia has us leading a civilization through ten different eras, from the beginning of humanity to the space age.
Pioneers of Pagonia
Strategy August 2024 (early access since 13 December 2023)
Pioneers of Pagonia is a strategy game co-developed by the designer of the first installment in The Settlers series. It revolves around expanding a community's economic might and uniting several tribes living in the titular archipelago.
Going Medieval
Strategy August 2024 (early access since 01 June 2021)
Going Medieval is a strategy game in which we try to build and supervise a village created in areas where civilization ceased to exist as a result of a deadly plague. The production was developed and released by Foxy Voxel studio.
Thronefall
Strategy October 2024 (early access since 02 August 2023)
A minimalist, isometric, indie real-time strategy game by GrizzlyGames. Thronefall tasks players with constructing buildings, expanding their kingdom and repelling invading armies.
Farthest Frontier
Strategy 2024 (early access since 09 August 2022)
An expansive RTS developed by Crate Entertainment- the creators of bestselling Grim Dawn. Farthest Frontier tasks us with developing a settlement from a small wooden village to a thriving city.
Timberborn
Strategy 2024 (early access since 15 September 2021)
Timberborn is a Polish economic strategy from the genre of city builders with survival elements, in which our goal is to create a thriving town inhabited by beavers. The game was developed by Mechanistry studio.
Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age
Strategy 2024
Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age is a strategy game from the Triassic Games studio, moving us into the 1970s and 1980s. Our task is to lead an aircraft carrier strike team in a campaign taking place in the Atlantic Ocean.
Sweet Transit
Strategy 22 April 2024
Sweet Transit is an isometric economic strategy in which we construct a railroad network and develop towns.
Sons of Valhalla
Strategy 05 April 2024
The game which combines RTS and RPG elements. In Sons of Valhalla we play as Thorald Olavson who sets off deep into England to get the enemy Jarl Valgard and save his beloved - Raija.
Crown Wars: The Black Prince
Strategy 23 May 2024
A turn-based strategy with RPG elements set during the Hundred Years' War. Crown Wars: The Black Prince has us playing as a glory-seeking noble, who ends up facing a mysterious, evil cult.
Songs of Silence
Strategy 04 June 2024 (early access since 04 June 2024)
A hybrid of a turn-based 4X strategy and an RTS, with RPG and card game elements. Songs of Silence takes place in a fantasy world torn apart by war, with the player leading one of the warring factions to lead it to victory.
Norland
Strategy 18 July 2024 (early access since July 2024)
City builder strategy game set in the Middle Ages, developed by Long Jaunt studio. In Norland, the player takes control over a noble family, facing different aspects of managing the kingdom, from economic to social, political or military.
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Strategy 2024 (early access since 15 March 2019)
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is a city builder by 3Division. It tasks us with managing, expanding and leading a fictional Soviet republic to a bright future.
Fay's Factory
Strategy 08 May 2024
Fay's Factory is a strategy RPG in which we play the manager of a factory producing spells used in magic duels. As we progress we expand the factory with new sections, increasing production capacity.
Warno
Strategy 23 May 2024 (early access since 20 January 2022)
Warno is a real-time strategy from Eugen Systems studio, known among others from Wargame series. Game takes up the theme of the Cold War, which turns into World War III.
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
Strategy 21 February 2024
Terminator: Dark Fate – Defiance is a war RTS set in the postapocalyptic future. The player commands a resistance battling the mechanical armies of the ruthless Legion AI.
Commandos: Origins
Strategy 2024
The fourth mainline installment in an iconic series of tactical strategy games. Commandos: Origins portrays the beginnings of the titular commandos, foiling the Germans and Axis forces during World War II.
Desynced
Strategy October 2024 (early access since 15 August 2023)
An economic strategy with simulation elements. Desynced has us managing an extraterrestrial facility, using a fleet of drones to extract, process and transport resources needed to repair our spaceship.
Undead Inc.
Strategy 02 May 2024
A strategy simulation combining elements from such games as Two Point Hospital and Fallout Shelter. In Undead Inc. we manage a medical facility. We can focus on fully legal research or dive into illegal, much more profitable ventures, including creation of biological weapons.
Xenonauts 2
Strategy 2024 (early access since 18 July 2023)
A sequel to the turn-based science-fiction strategy game from Goldhawk Interactive, developed as a spiritual successor to the classic tactical game, UFO: Enemy Unknown. The story of Xenonauts 2 is not a direct continuation but an alternative retelling of the events from the previous game, telling of an alien invasion on Earth during the Cold War period. In general, the gameplay remains largely the same and is divided into two parts, namely, base management and combat missions.
Tempest Rising
Strategy 2024
A science fiction RTS inspired by the Command & Conquer series; we find ourselves in the middle of a conflict between three factions, with control of Earth at stake. Tempest Rising offers two story campaigns and an extensive multiplayer mode.
Empires of the Undergrowth
Strategy 07 June 2024 (early access since 01 December 2017)
Developed by Slug Disco Studios, the game is an unusual real-time strategy, which places the player in control of an anthill. The experience is accompanied by a commentary resembling narration in a documentary film. This element of the game teaches the player a lot of interesting facts concerning the functioning of an anthill.
The Political Machine 2024
Strategy 02 May 2024
A strategy-simulation game, in which we must come out on top in the USA presidential elections. The Political Machine 2024 lets us play as an existing candidate or create our own, with custom ideology and stats.
Synergy
Strategy 21 May 2024 (early access since 21 May 2024)
A city builder strategy game in which we build cities on an inhospitable planet. In Synergy, we acquire resources, construct buildings and lay roads, and organize expeditions that provide valuable information about the game world.
Stronghold: Definitive Edition - Valley of the Wolf Campaign
Strategy 30 April 2024
Second expansion for the Stronghold: Definitive Edition strategy game. Valley of the Wolf Campaign is the cultimation of the story from the previous DLC and forces us to deal with the evil Lord Wolf. There are seven new story missions and four new castles available.