Strategy Video Games12
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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Nemesis of the Roman Empire
8.5 Game Score
The next edition of real time strategy with adventure elements and role-playing - Celtic Kings, which was developed by Bulgarian Haemimont Games studio. The action of this game takes us back in the years 264-146 BC, when the growing Roman Republic met with the resistance of the Phoenician city-state - Carthage.
Cossacks: The Art of War
8.5 Game Score
The first official expansion for Cossacks: European Wars, a real-time strategy by GSC Game World that recreates the reality of the 17th and 18th century. The Art of War expands mainly the single player content but it isn’t devoid of some changes in multiplayer as well. The biggest novelties include two new playable nations: Bavarians and Danes.
Alien Nations
8.5 Game Score
Alien Nations is a strategy game set in a fantastic land inhabited by three different nations: brave Amazons, cunning Sajikis and brave Pimmons.
Cossacks: Back To War
8.5 Game Score
The second official expansion for Cossacks: European Wars, a real-time strategy by GSC Game World, set between the 16th and 18th century. Cossacks: Back To War is a standalone add-on that, apart from new content, offers the campaigns from the vanilla Cossacks: European Wars and the first expansion, Cossacks: Art of War.
Europa Universalis IV: Dharma
8.5 Game Score
Dharma is a DLC to Europa Universalis IV, a popular real-time strategy game. The game focuses on the Indian subcontinent. Among other things, the DLC adds new missions for the most important countries of the region, introduces unique social classes (castes), and enhances the economic system in the game.
Theme Park World
8.5 Game Score
Theme Park World is an economic strategy developed by the team at Bullfrog Productions to play the role of the director of a virtual theme park. The player can not only manage the amusement park, but also design its attractions, and even visit it and play in it.
Europa Universalis IV: Golden Century
8.5 Game Score
Golden Century is the next expansion to the Europa Universalis IV strategy game. The production focuses on the development of mechanics connected to overseas colonies, and elements relating to activities on the seas and oceans. The possibility of leading a pirate nation has also been added.
Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
8.5 Game Score
The third part of the strategy game series launched in 2010, which recreates key military operations of World War II. This time, the developers from VR Designs studio concentrated on the titular Operation Barbarossa, the German offensive against the Soviet Union, described as one of the most important military operations carried out by the Axis, whose failure greatly contributed towards the final defeat of the 3rd Reich in the war.
Endless Space 2
8.5 Game Score
A continuation of a 2012's highly-rated, turn-based 4X space strategy game by Amplitude studio. The action of Endless Space 2 takes us once again into the distant future where we can take part in a galactic conflict between the great races fighting struggling for control over a fragment of the universe.
BattleTech
8.5 Game Score
BattleTech, developed by Harebrained Schemes studio, known for Shadowrun, is a tactical battle game, which is a refreshed edition of a game released for PC in the 80s, as one of the first games by Westwood (Command & Conquer). The work was overseen by Jordan Weisman himself – the developer of the acclaimed series, MechWarrior, as well as the original BattleTech tabletop from 1984.
Into the Breach
8.5 Game Score
A 2D turn-based strategy game set in an original science-fiction universe developed by the creators of FTL: Faster Than Light. In Into the Breach the player controls small squads comprised of mech robots that protect what remains of humanity against the lurking deep underground aliens. The battles in the game take place on relatively small and procedurally-generated 2D battlefields. They are covered with 64 squares, between which both the player and their opponent can move their units.
Total War: Warhammer - Realm of The Wood Elves
8.5 Game Score
A large add-on for Total War: Warhammer, introducing a new playable race: Wood Elves. In order to introduce the new faction, a playable mini-campaign was added, in which the new race fights against Bretonnians, and repels the invasion of army of beastmen led by Morghur. The new race is led by two legendary leaders: an immortal half-god Orion, and one of the eldest of the treefolk, Durthu.
Might & Magic: Heroes VII - Trial by Fire
8.5 Game Score
A standalone expansion for the 2015 turn-based strategy game Might & Magic: Heroes VII by Limbic Entertainment. The story takes place five years after the events of the core game, which resulted in Ivan Griffin becoming the first emperor of the Holy Griffin Empire. However, the peace doesn't last long and soon the Empire clashes with the neighboring Dwarven kingdom of Grimheim.
Total War: Warhammer - Call of the Beastmen
8.5 Game Score
The first large DLC expansion to Total War: Warhammer, another installment of the renowned series of strategy games developed by Creative Assembly. The expansion titled Call of the Beastmen allows the players to take control of a completely new playable faction of Beastmen in a new story campaign dedicated to them. The titular race of humanoid beasts was created due to mutation of humans under the influence of Chaos. The Beastmen have a very aggressive way of fighting.
Frostpunk
8.5 Game Score
An adventure/strategy game with survival elements by Polish studio 11bit Studios. Frostpunk is set in a fictional icy-cold world, whose climate deeply affected the development of its society. To survive, people rely mostly on steam engines. However, it is not enough, and the society is falling apart, which means it needs to change. The gameplay focuses on the survival aspect, which, unlike in other such productions, means more than gathering and managing resources.
Total War: Warhammer III - Thrones of Decay
8.5 Game Score
Thrones of Decay is an expansion for Total War: Warhammer III, divided into three smaller packages (bought separately or together). This add-on features three new legendary lords, as well as new types of units, including new legendary heroes.
Europa Universalis IV: Rights of Man
8.4 Game Score
An add-on for Europa Universalis IV, created by Paradox Interactive studio. The expansion requires the base game to be installed. The core of the gameplay hasn't changed, but a lot of new features, tweaks and new functions have been included. Novelties include Great Power mechanics – a special functionality, that gives access to new influence mechanics once you choose one of the great nations.
Industry Giant II
8.4 Game Score
Co-developed by Fancy Bytes and Reactor studios, a refreshed version of the economic strategy from 2002. The title takes us to the 19th and 20th-century United States where you can manage your business – start with a small company and make it into a top international corporation. The title features real economic dependencies – the player needs to be aware of economic fluctuations and face historical problems, like the Prohibition era.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
8.4 Game Score
The sixth installment of the legendary series of turn-based strategy games that allow us to control a selected civilization throughout several thousand years of its history. It was traditionally developed by Firaxis Games led by Sid Meier, the franchise’s creator, himself. Gameplay-wise, Civilization VI combines together the well-proven solutions of its predecessors but also introduces several revolutionary changes. The most important one is the city development.
Age of Empires II HD: Rise of the Rajas
8.4 Game Score
The third expansion to Age of Empires II HD, a remade edition of a popular real-time strategy game, developed as a joint effort between SkyBox Labs and Forgotten Empires. The new add-on introduces four Asian civilizations: Burmese, Khmers, Malays, and Vietnamese, each with its unique units. Additionally, the game received two new universal units – battle elephants and imperial infantry. The core of the add-on are four campaigns taking place in South East Asia.
StarCraft: Remastered
8.4 Game Score
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.
Lethis: Path of Progress
8.4 Game Score
A city-builder developed by Triskell Interactive. The player assumes the role of the mayor of a promising town in the world of Lethis – a steampunk universe with a dose of fantasy elements. Our job is to lead the settlement to become a successful and thriving city. To do that, we need to have access to certain resources and able workers – both these elements unlock access to new buildings and technologies.
Pit People
8.4 Game Score
A 2D tactical strategy game developed by The Behemoth - an independent American studio. The player is taken to an unusual universe which combines the features of classic fantasy with science-fiction; moreover, the entire adventure is filled with absurd humor. A story campaign constitutes the core of this experience - it can be completed either solo or in the co-op mode for two players.
Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms
8.4 Game Score
The second expansion to Age of Empires II: HD Edition from 2013. Unlike the first DLC, which was a commercial remake of a fan-made modification to the original Age of Empires II, The African Kingdoms was built from ground up entirely by the developers of the original game, Hidden Path Entertainment. The expansion takes us once more to the Middle Ages, however, this time we travel to a completely different region of the world – the African continent.