Strategy Video Games15
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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Populous: The Beginning
8.4 Game Score
The third installment of the popular strategic series, which was one of the precursors of the genre commonly known as the "simulator of the god". The game brings a lot of novelties, including for the first time presenting the action in full three-dimensional.
Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs
8.4 Game Score
Real-time strategy with extensive economic elements. The action takes us to the ancient Chinese Empire, when the war divided the country into three principalities - Shu, Wei and Wu. The player plays the role of one of the three principality rulers, and his task is to unite China.
Hearts of Iron III: Their Finest Hour
8.4 Game Score
Third expansion for Hearts of Iron III, a successful strategy game that takes us to battlefields of World War II. Hearts of Iron III: Their Finest Hour expands on spying system (offering new types of missions, including secret tasks fulfilled on the game’s main map – and introduces a special battle system that allows developing tactical plans and sharing them with friends. Major armies received new elite unites, including those specializing in invading from the sea.
Populous
8.4 Game Score
Populous is an innovative strategy game from 1989, created under the responsibility of Bullfrog Productions, led by Peter Molyneux. The British product, the first representative of "god game" titles, allows you to take on the role of a deity and take care of the tribe that professes it.
XCOM: Enemy Within
8.4 Game Score
First huge add-on to the tactical strategy game, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, released in 2012. Created by the developer team at Firaxis Games, the expansion introduces many new features to basic game. One of the most important among them is a new resource – meld, a type of microscopic, robotic organisms that can modify human genotype. This allows humans to improve their body and even integrate mechanical parts into themselves.
Age of Empires II HD: The Forgotten
8.4 Game Score
The first official expansion for the remastered edition of the cult-classic strategy game – Age of Empires II: HD Edition, developed by Hidden Path Entertainment. The expansion is a commercial version of Forgotten Empires, a fan-made modification, and was developed as a joint effort between SkyBox Labs Vancouver and the authors of the modification.
Endless Legend
8.4 Game Score
Set in fantasy realities, a 4X turn-based strategy by an independent studio Amplitude known for the space strategy game – Endless Space. The action takes us to Auria, a fantasy world which was once hit by a devastating cataclysm that pushed the civilization into the abyss. In the advent of new signs indicating the return of the apocalypse, we are in control of a small village, take care of supplies, technology development, diplomacy, and military operations.
Europa Universalis IV: Wealth of Nations
8.4 Game Score
The second official DLC for the fourth installment of the popular grand strategy game series by Paradox Interactive. As the title suggests, the expansion is focused on the economic aspects of the gameplay, which manifests through the significantly expanded trading system, among other things. The players have several new economy mechanics at their disposal.
Disciples III: Reincarnation
8.4 Game Score
Developed by the Russian company Akella, a refreshed and improved edition of the third installment in the popular turn-based strategy series, Disciples III: Renaissance, enriched with the content of the standalone expansion Resurrection. Players were given 4 story-linked campaigns, each dedicated to a different faction. This gave a total of 27 main missions and over 70 side ones, which according to the developers should provide at least 200 hours of fun. 200 hours.
SteamWorld Heist
8.4 Game Score
Another game by independent Swedish studio Image & Form, set in the universe of SteamWorld, which combines elements of Steampunk and Western genres. The game is set in the distant future, where a powerful cataclysm forced the remaining inhabitants to flee into space on steam space ships. The player becomes a captain of a group of robo-pirates who are trying to survive in this post-apocalyptic reality by raiding and plundering enemy bases and ships.
Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection
8.4 Game Score
As the title suggests, this is a set of games from the strategic-economic Tycoon Zoo series. It includes the basic game Zoo Tycoon and two official additions to it: Dinosaur Digs and Marine Mania. In addition, in this package you will find the bonus extension Endangered Species Theme Pack.
Industry Giant II: 1980 - 2020
8.4 Game Score
The first official addition to the economic strategy, Industry Giant II. It gives players the opportunity to create an industrial empire in the present, i.e. between 1980 and 2020.
Decisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris
8.4 Game Score
The first in a series of strategic war games, telling the story of the Second World War. The episode presents the fate of Poland and France in the years 1939-1940, which were attacked by the Third Reich. In the role of commander, we divide troops and resources that will play a key role in attacking or surviving in a given territory. The game has a multiplayer mode.
Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar
8.4 Game Score
Dark Avatar is the first addition to the turn-based strategy of Galactic Civilizations II: The Lord of Fear. The game was prepared by the Stardock Systems team and brings to the series a lot of improvements, which were demanded by fans of the cosmic saga.
Worms Ultimate Mayhem
8.4 Game Score
Compilation of two classic instalments of the popular arcade strategy series, Worms 3D and Worms 4: Mayhem, released in 2003 and 2005 respectively. They were groundbreaking for the series, moving the eternal struggles of the title bugs into the third dimension. The creators of the series, Team 17, didn't make any changes to the gameplay mechanics, focusing instead on refreshing the visuals and tweaking them to HD standards.
Wargame: European Escalation
8.4 Game Score
Advanced real-time strategy (RTS), the first installment of the Wargame series. The game was produced by Eugen Systems studio, which also has such titles as R.U.S.E. and Act of War. Wargame: European Escalation presents a hypothetical armed conflict between NATO and Warsaw Pact countries at the height of the Cold War. The gameplay mechanics is largely based on solutions known from previous productions by Eugen Systems studio.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution
8.4 Game Score
The second standalone expansion for the 2009’s real-time strategy game, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II. The action of Retribution takes place 10 years after the events of Chaos Rising. Despite the defeat of the Black Legion and the demon Ulkair, the fighting hasn’t stopped and the planet Aurelia remains a battlefield for many conflicts between feuding factions of mutually exclusive interests.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising
8.4 Game Score
A standalone expansion pack for the second installment of the RTS that takes place in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The game was developed by Relic Entertainment. As the title suggests, Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising concentrates on the faction of the Chaos space marines. The game takes place on the ice-covered planet Aurelia. Thousand years ago the planet was “eaten” by the Warp storm and now it returned bearing the legions of Chaos.
Tropico 3: Absolute Power
8.4 Game Score
An official expansion pack for 2009's Tropico 3 - a strategy game created by the Hungarian studio Haemimont Games. Absolute Power offers a completely new story campaign comprised of 10 missions taking place on a separate map. The expansion brings a set of previously unavailable buildings and structures enabling us to affect how the environment looks.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
8.4 Game Score
A stand-alone expansion pack for Sins of a Solar Empire - a project developed by Ironclad Games, combining elements of real-time strategy with 4X mechanics. The expansion continues the story of the great galactic conflict. A group of citizens starts the titular rebellion, having grown tired of the war. Three groups of rebels are established as each one secedes from the corresponding party involved in the conflict.
John Deere: Drive Green
8.3 Game Score
A farmer's simulator, in which we take care of our own farm. One of the main attractions of the game is the ability to use agricultural machinery, including combine harvesters and tractors.
Frozen Synapse
8.3 Game Score
An innovative war game focused on the clashes of small troops. Battles are played in turn-based system, but in contrast to typical productions of this type, orders of both sides are executed simultaneously. Such a solution means that it is not enough to react to the opponent's movements, but instead you have to learn to predict them.
Warlock: Master of the Arcane
8.3 Game Score
Turn-based strategy game set in the fantasy world of Ardania known from the popular Majesty series. The Russian studio Ino-Co, which has created such titles as Fantasy Wars, Elven Legacy or the second installment of the aforementioned Majesty, is responsible for creating the game. The plot of Warlock continues the storyline initiated there and tells of the events that took place after the unification of the land and the mysterious disappearance of the king.
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games
8.3 Game Score
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games is a stand-alone addition to the first part of the Jagged Alliance strategy game by Sir-Tech studio. Once again, we command a mercenary team, which must carry out dangerous missions. Unlike the basic version, Deadly Games has no feature layer.