Strategy Video Games69
Strategy games. Victory depends here on player’s strategy and tactics. Main task is to control resources (e.g. troops, civil workers) in order to defeat an enemy or achieve some other goal. The gameplay can be turn-based or in real time (RTS). Specific types of strategy games are economic games and so called ‘tycoons’.
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8-bit Hordes
Strategy 12 August 2016
An old-school real-time strategy game set in a fantasy world and created by Petroglyph - an experienced team popular mainly games such as Star Wars: Empire at War, Universe at War: Earth Assault or Grey Goo. 8-bit Hordes is based on the classic RTS mechanics. The game presents a conflict between the Dark Orcs and the Lightbringers. The latter are a coalition of humans, dwarves and elves. The player gathers resources, expands their base, produces units and fights the enemy forces.
Game Tycoon 2
Strategy 08 April 2016
A sequel to the simple economic strategy game developed by Sunlight Games studio. The game allows the player to assume the role of a video game developer. In Game Tycoon 2 once again the player becomes the head of a small game developing studio, the members of which dream of conquering the global video game market. One can choose from three varied teams with different attributes and starting conditions. The campaign starts in year 1980 and lasts for five decades till 2030.
Last Days of Old Earth
Strategy 07 June 2016
A science-fiction turn-based 4X strategy game created by Auroch Digital. Last Days of Old Earth concentrates on a vision of future, when the Sun began to dim and a substantial part of the Earth froze over, forcing the remainders of humanity to travel to relatively warm areas near the equator. What is even worse however, is that a faction of hostile robots called the Automata appeared on the surface of the planet. Automata had been created by a long-extinct civilization for unknown purposes.
Star Trek Timelines
Strategy 14 January 2016
Created by Disruptor Beam studio, a science fiction strategy RPG set in the popular Star Trek universe. The plot revolves around strange anomalies that cause alternative realities and timelines to mix, thus allowing you to meet characters from all Start Trek films and TV series. You assume the role of a ship captain traveling through the galaxy to explore new planets and undertake important missions.
StarDrive 2: Sector Zero
Strategy 08 March 2016
The first major expansion for StarDrive 2, a space 4X strategy game by Zero Sum Games. Sector Zero brings, first and foremost, larger galaxies (up to 4 times bigger), new missions, technologies, and racial traits, as well as two additional victory conditions based on scientific and historical approach. The gameplay itself does not deviate significantly from what we have seen in the original. The developers introduced two new mechanics, though.
XO
Strategy 02 December 2019
A space strategy inspired by the TV Show Battlestar Galactica, The Lost Fleet series of novels by John Hemry, and the video game FTL: Faster Than Light. In a distant future, the player assumes the role of a captain of the last remaining ship from a destroyed armada and hunted by a mysterious enemy. XO is played in real time, but the game offers an option of active pause. In battles the ships' movements are limited to two dimensions, but their behavior is simulated by an advanced physics engine.
Land Air Sea Warfare
Strategy 31 January 2010
Land Air Sea Warfare is a classic real-time strategy released on Android. While playing, players collect raw materials, expand their base, build units and fight battles in which thousands of units fight on land, at sea and in the air.
Crown and Council
Strategy 22 April 2016
Set in Medieval realities, a free turn-based strategy by Mojang AB, the creators of the popular Minecraft. In Crown and Council you assume the role of a king who has to fight over the influence with other monarchs controlled by AI. Gameplay is turn-based and during each turn you receive a set amount of gold you can spend on actions like invading others’ lands, building ships, strengthening fortifications, and developing villages and new technologies.
Chronicle: Runescape Legends
Strategy 26 May 2016
A fantasy card game which takes place in the universe of the popular browser MMORPG Runescape developed by Jagex Ltd. The gameplay focuses mostly on multiplayer modes and features unusual mechanics that turn around the rules of classic card games. In the game the player builds his own deck of cards divided into two groups: combat and adventure cards.
Order of Battle: U.S. Marines
Strategy 07 April 2016
The second expansion of the turn-based war strategy Order of Battle: Pacific by The Aristocrats studio, reviving the spirit of the genre’s classics, with the Panzer General series in the forefront. The action takes place during WWII, starting in 1942, when American army began to score their first important victories against the Japanese forces. U.S.
Populous: The Beginning - Undiscovered Worlds
Strategy 30 November 1998
Official add-on to Populous: The Beginning, the third installment of the so-called 'god games' series launched in 1989. The plugin doesn't make any changes in gameplay mechanics, offering 12 completely new missions for single- and multiplayer fun.
Frozen Synapse 2
Strategy 13 September 2018
A full-fledged continuation of a science-fiction turn-based strategy developed by Mode 7 Games. In its premise, Frozen Synapse 2 doesn’t differ much from what its predecessor offered, and focuses on combat using small units, emphasizing strategic planning. The main distinguishing element of the game (and the whole series) is the fact that the encounters are turn-based, but the players make their moves simultaneously, rather than alternately.
Warcraft: Armies of Azeroth
Strategy canceled
A fan-made remake of the cult classic Warcraft III, a game originally developed and released by Blizzard Entertainment in 2002, by WCR_Team. The title is available as a free modification powered by the StarCraft II engine; to run it, the free Starter Edition of the game is sufficient. Warcraft: Armies of Azeroth faithfully recreates the story of the original game, which tells of the war between Humans, Orcs, the Undead, and the Night Elves that takes place in the land of Azeroth.
Victory and Glory: Napoleon
Strategy 17 March 2016
A turn-based strategy game set during the Napoleonic Wars, developed by Glenn Drover, a renowned board games designer. We assume the role of the famous French emperor, who faces a coalition of over a dozen European countries led by the British, in six varied scenarios that take place between 1800 and 1813. The gameplay mechanics of Victory and Glory: Napoleon combine classic strategy, card, and board game elements.
Pocket Platoons
Strategy 27 August 2015
A World War II themed mobile strategy game developed by Picneko Creative, a Korean studio focusing on mobile game. Pocket Platoons allows the player to choose either Axis or Allies and participate in the largest military conflict of 20th century. The gameplay foundations do not differ much from what the genre has accustomed us to – we are tasked with base development, training and upgrading units, as well as recruiting officers, who can change the outcome of numerous battles.
Planetary Annihilation: Titans
Strategy 18 August 2015
An expanded edition of Planetary Annihilation from Uber Entertainment. In comparison to the core game, Titans introduces 21 new units (five of those represent the class of Titans), planets with multi-layered terrains, as well as a special game mode - Bounty, improved gameplay balance, and an improved tutorial. The gameplay formula is based on the classic RTS game Total Annihilation. Thus the warfare theater goes beyond the sphere of global conflicts.
Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
Strategy 25 August 2015
The third installment in the strategy game series set in antiquity, started in 2010 by Longbow Digital Arts. The action takes place in the distant past and to the rise of Rome, when armies of the Greeks, Gauls, Romans, and Etruscans fought fierce battles for control of the Apennine Peninsula. While playing, we can either experience the entire path of Rome to hegemony in the ancient world as it happened or try to change history by leading one of the remaining nations.
Kingdom: Classic
Strategy 21 October 2015
A minimalistic strategy game with RPG elements, which is a commercial version of a popular flash title of the same name, developed by Dutch studio noio. The player assumes the role of a king, traversing the world, who acquires new subjects by giving gold to settlers. As a result, newly recruited subjects build and develop villages, creating tools, weapons, and fortifications essential for defense against raiding trolls.
Starpoint Gemini Warlords
Strategy 23 May 2017
A spin-off to the space strategy series Starpoint Gemini, developed by creators from Little Green Man studio. The ideas for the game were based on players’ feedback gathered during Steam Early Stage. The action of Starpoint Gemini Warlords takes place in the same universe as the former titles of the series, and concentrates on rivalry between the ruling Empire and the resistance calling themselves the Gemini League. Gameplay is very similar to that in the title’s former parts.
Star Command Galaxies
Strategy 29 August 2024
Star Command Galaxies is a PC-based real-time strategy in which we play the role of spacecraft captain. We build our own unit ourselves, recruit a crew and then set off to explore a randomly generated galaxy full of secrets, adventures and alien civilizations.
Total War: Attila - The Last Roman
Strategy 25 June 2015
An expansion pack for Total War: Atilla - another installment in a series of popular strategy games developed by Creative Assembly. The Last Roman expansion introduces an extensive, story-driven campaign that begins in 533 AD, that is, with the fall of the Western Roman Empire, which created room for many barbarian kingdoms. It is also when the emperor Justinian decides to make a last-ditch effort to resurrect the fallen legend and sends the titular Last Roman to fight for him.
Train Valley: Console Edition
Strategy 16 September 2015
An independent economy simulation strategy game in which we develop and manage a railway network. The title was created by a three-person Lithuanian-Russian studio called Flazm headed by Aleksey Davidov, the author of 2008’s browser production entitled Railway Valley. Train Valley lets us develop our railway business in one of four different locations, each of them set in a different era (from 1830 to near future).
Susume Tactics
Strategy 07 May 2012
Susume Tactics is a real-time strategy. The player directs small futuristic troops. Tanks and their task is to break through a series of increasingly difficult maps and on each of them eliminate all enemies.
Invokers: Tournament
Strategy 03 December 2014
Invokers: Tournament is a MOBA game in which we fight in 3v3 format. Players play powerful avatars and fight in two modes for dominance on the map, supported by recruited creatures.