Strategy Video Games46
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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Cities: Skylines - Concerts
Strategy 17 August 2017
Another add-on to the economy strategy game Cities: Skylines, developed by Colossal Order. This time the player, assuming the role of a mayor, gets a chance to organize a variety of music festivals in their city. Your duties include not only erecting new buildings, where you can invite stars and idols, but also managing individual concerts, running advertising campaigns and securing the budget (for example for the event’s security) by introducing new laws.
Castle Story
Strategy 17 August 2017
Castle Story is an RTS featuring a complex economical aspect and with the option of transforming in-game surroundings, built from voxels. It is the debut project of an independent developer, Sauropod, and its production has been backed up by Kickstarter. Castle Story takes the players to a world consisting of several islands floating in the air. The core of the gameplay is designing and building a stronghold, which we later defend against invaders.
StarCraft: Remastered
Strategy 14 August 2017
An upgraded version of the bestselling 1998 RTS game. Both versions were developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Compared to the original release, the game (including the Brood War expansion) features mainly significantly improved audiovisuals. Although the visuals remain two-dimensional, all the graphic elements have become more detailed. Furthermore, the game supports high resolutions (up to 4K), as well as refreshed audio, which also applies to dialogues between characters.
Sudden Strike 4
Strategy 11 August 2017
The fourth installment in the series of real-time war strategies started in 2000 by Fireglow studio. After the franchise was taken over by Kalypso Media, the task of creating a new installment was given to the young team from Kite Games. Similarly as previous installments of the saga, Sudden Strike 4 takes place during World War II.
Titanfall: Assault
Strategy 10 August 2017
Titanfall: Assault is a mobile real-time battle strategy game and a spin-off of Titanfall, a series of fist-person shooters known from home platforms. The production was developed Particle City and published by Nexon. The project is distributed in the free-to-play model and is meant for multiplayer play. The players command small units, trying to destroy the enemy base and prevent the opponent from destroying their own.
Warfront Defenders: Westerplatte
Strategy 07 August 2017
Three-dimensional strategic minigra set on a diorame-like map, recreating the historic defense of Westerplatte, which started the Second World War. The game is a hybrid of RTS and tower defense.
The Shrouded Isle
Strategy 04 August 2017
An unusual turn-based horror strategy game developed by Kitfox Games. The action of The Shrouded Isle takes place in a remote town on an island that is cut off from the world. We assume the role of its mayor, and our task is to ensure the local population’s prosperity. The problem is that the town was built upon the resting place of some ancient gods’ that, if unsatisfied, can awaken and devour everything in their way.
Community Inc
Strategy 03 August 2017
A strategy game enriched with elements of life simulation and survival, created by T4 Interactive - a Brazilian developer. The player assumes control of a group of settlers called Lings - taking on the role of a manager of a newly created village, the player has to make sure it develops properly, and cater for their subordinates (providing them with housing, clothing, food and income sources).
CastleStorm VR
Strategy 01 August 2017
A tower-defense strategy game with arcade elements developed exclusively for PlayStation VR. The player assumes the role of the steward protecting a stronghold controlled by either Vikings or Knights. The main objective is to keep the stronghold safe and eliminate the enemy forces, or to besiege the enemy to either take or destroy their castle.
Patapon Remastered
Strategy 01 August 2017
A remastered edition of the unusual musical strategy game Patapon, originally released in 2008 for PSP. In the game, you accompany the members of the dying society of little warriors called the Patapons, who embark on a dangerous journey, during which they fight using swords, spears, and bows to earn what they deserve. The gameplay focuses on leading the group of creatures and facing adversities, including enemies big and small.
Dino Frontier
Strategy 01 August 2017
A unique real time strategy game from Uber Entertainment studio, developed for virtual reality sets. Dino Frontier takes place in alternate Wild West settings, filled not only with cowboys, bandits, sheriffs and locals, but also titular dinosaurs. Players act as the so-called “Great Mayor” managing a village. Gameplay focuses on gathering resources and progressive development of our town with public and industrial buildings, with the proper assignment of tasks playing a crucial role.
Supreme Ruler: The Great War
Strategy 01 August 2017
The next installment in a series of RTS games developed by the Canadian studio BattleGoat. In this game, the player is required to manage an entire country. The game is set in the World War I period, so the player begins in 1914 and is capable of leading their country through the next hundred years. The mechanics employed in the game were based on the fundamentals of the preceding titles; as a result, the game approaches the subject of managing a country in a holistic manner.
Aztez
Strategy 01 August 2017
A stylish game developed by Team Colorblind, an independent studio based in Phoenix, Arizona. The game combines elements of two seemingly incompatible video game genres – turn-based strategy and brawler. The story is set 20 years before the Spanish Conquistadors came to America, and the player is tasked with expanding the Aztec empire, collecting taxes, and handling various randomly generated events.
Aven Colony
Strategy 25 July 2017
A city builder strategy game developed by the independent studio Mothership Entertainment. The player arrives at the planet Aven Prime, assuming the role of the founder of one of one of the first extraterrestrial colonies. His tasks include expansion and settlement of new areas, taking care of the settlement’s technological infrastructure and the morale of its inhabitants, as well as fighting dangerous fauna and results of extreme weather conditions.
Kingdoms and Castles
Strategy 20 July 2017
An economic strategy game developed by Lion Shield, a team set up by former members of Maxis – the studio behind the SimCity series. In contrast to the aforementioned franchise, Kingdom and Castles is set in a fantasy world. You take the role of the manager of a small village which you are to develop and transform into a thriving city with a castle able to withstand enemy attacks. During gameplay, you need to gather resources necessary for putting up buildings.
Eternal
Strategy 17 July 2017
A card game that was created by the authors of the popular The Elder Scrolls: Legends. The production is embedded in a universe that combines elements of westerns and the fantasy world. In the game you can find a few interesting mechanic.
Ultimate General: Civil War
Strategy 14 July 2017
A tactical war game developed by Game-Labs. Ultimate General: Civil War is set during the titular American Civil War, and the player can take part in more than 50 historical battles - the list features both small skirmishes and battles that lasted for days - those require hundreds of square kilometers of virtual space.
Motorsport Manager Mobile 2
Strategy 13 July 2017
Developed for mobile devices, Motorsport Manager Mobile 2 is a continuation of a popular motor sports manager created by Playsport Games. Like its predecessor, the game allows the players to lead a racing team on their way to success. One begins their career from minor competitions that are a part of the European Racing Series and head for the World Motorsport Championship – an equivalent of Formula 1.
Gettysburg: The Tide Turns
Strategy 13 July 2017
A turn-based recreation of the battle of Gettysburg, one of the most important and bloody battles of the American Civil War. Gettysburg: The Tide Turns offers a number of scenarios, building an extensive campaign which allows the players to control the forces of the North, as well as the Confederacy. Our job is to conduct turn-based battles on the hexagonal grid covering the maps. The battles are large in scale, with the player controlling whole divisions of troops.
Antihero
Strategy 10 July 2017
A turn-based strategy set in the Victorian age, created by an independent developer, Tim Conkling. It takes us to a somewhat grotesque version of a British town, based on Charles Dickens’ descriptions, with us playing as a leader of the local thieves’ guild, whose task is to develop his organization and fill its vaults with gold. To achieve this, we must recruit new members to our gang, train them and send on missions like stick-ups, mugging, and assassinations.
Stellar: Galaxy Commander
Strategy 10 July 2017
Stellar: Galaxy Commander is a space battle strategy game by King, utilizing a free-to-play model with microtransactions. The gameplay consists of turn-based fights against an opposing space armada. The screen shows two boards covered by a square grid; each board belongs to one of the sides of the conflict. Units randomly appear on the boards, and your task in to manipulate them in such a way so that you create lines of at least three identical units, like in a match-3 game.
Shadowverse: Wonderland Dreams
Strategy 29 June 2017
Shadowverse: Wonderland Dreams is the fifth DLC for the 2016 digital CCG Shadowverse that was developed by the Japanese studio Cygames. The expansion does not introduce any gameplay changes, but comes with 104 new cards among which we will find neutral cards and those that are exclusive to each of the seven available classes. All of the new cards refer to classic fairy tales and fantasy stories like Don Quixote, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, The Wizard of Oz, and many others.
The Elder Scrolls: Legends - Heroes of Skyrim
Strategy 29 June 2017
The Elder Scrolls: Heroes of Skyrim is an expansions to the The Elder Scrolls: Legends card game from Bethesda Softworks. The expansion introduces over 150 new cards with characters and monsters from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, with Aela the Huntress, J’Zargo, Delphine, and dragons Alduin and Paarthurnax being among them. Heroes of Skyrim, however, introduces not only new cards, but also new gameplay mechanics.
Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow
Strategy 29 June 2017
Co-developed by Jam City, together with David X. Cohen and Matt Groening – the authors of the original animation, an adaptation of the popular adult cartoon series called Futurama. The player takes the role of Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy from New York, who accidentally gets frozen in a cryogenic chamber and wakes up a thousand years later.