Strategy Video Games21
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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Polanie
8.2 Game Score
One of the first Polish real-time strategy games, developed by MDF studio under the lead of Miroslaw Dymka. We take the role of Mirko, the leader of a village belonging to the eponymous tribe of Polans, who returns after a war expedition only to find his home plundered and his subjects slaughtered. The young duke vows revenge on the hostile tribes responsible for the massacre.
The Settlers IV
8.2 Game Score
The fourth part of the saga with small settlers. This time, three races are available to choose from: Romans, Vikings, Mayas. In the game we will also meet representatives of the so-called "Dark Race".
Shogun: Total War
8.2 Game Score
An epic strategy game developed by Creative Assembly (a British developer) and taking the player to 16th-century Japan. As the head of a noble family, the player develops their province in order to widen one's area of influence in the country ruined by war. Gameplay was divided into two segments here, combining elements of a turn-based strategy with real-time battles.
Transport Giant: Down Under
8.2 Game Score
An expansion for Transport Giant, created by the developers of the original game – JoWooD Entertainment AG. This time we play in Australia where the rules for developing our company are a bit different. During the game we must cooperate with not only car factories and mines but also with owners of crocodile and ostrich farms.
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
8.2 Game Score
Developed by Spellbound Entertainment, the game is a tactical strategy western-style game based on the mechanics of the popular Commandos series. The action of Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive takes place in the Wild West and during the game we control a team led by gunslinger John Cooper and consisting of six cowboys with different skills. In the team there are: a simple bandit, an expert in explosives, a barber who can heal minor wounds, a poker player and an experienced gambler.
Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy
8.2 Game Score
The first expansion for Empire Earth II by Mad Doc Software. The developers introduce four new civilizations (the French the, Maasai, the Russians, and the Zulus) as well as a number of new maps that include frosty Russian wastelands and African deserts. Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy also features three new campaigns, which start, for example, during the reign of pharaohs or the Napoleonic Wars, two additional game modes, and more units (such as Soviet howitzers).
Riot: Civil Unrest
8.2 Game Score
A riot simulation strategy game. Riot is the debut production from Stimunation, an Italian studio whose lead designer is a former cutscene producer at Valve. The action of Riot takes place in modern times. The society is forced to resort to mass rioting because of an economic crisis. The developers prepared an extensive campaign that lets us take part in the most famous riots of the recent years either as the protesting crowd or the police that try to restore order.
Star General
8.2 Game Score
The fourth part of the strategic cycle, initiated by the famous Panzer General. In the new part of the game we move into space to conquer unknown worlds and fight on the surface of different planets. We have at our disposal 7 playable races and the possibility of fighting both in space and on land.
Prison Architect
8.2 Game Score
An economic real-time strategy game created by British indie developer Introversion Software. Prison Architect lets you play as a headmaster of a penal facility. Your duties include designing a high-security prison, managing its budged, and providing for the needs of inmates. The authors saw to it that each prisoner had his individual personality and corresponding criminal inclinations.
SimLife
8.2 Game Score
The fourth title in a series initiated by the cult SimCity. The aim of the game is to create a self-sustainable ecosystem and to study the interaction between different forms of life and the environment. We do this by modifying various climate parameters or genetic crosses of plant and animal organisms.
SimTown
8.2 Game Score
SimTown is a game from the cult Maxis series. Our goal is to create a small town and take care of the appropriate level of happiness of its inhabitants. The title is addressed to younger computer users.
SimIsle: Missions in the Rainforest
8.2 Game Score
SimIsle: Missions In The Rainforest is a Maxis sim game. We take control over one of the fictional tropical islands with different parameters and with the help of our agents we undertake a number of different tasks, or we participate in a free game.
Wargame: Red Dragon
8.2 Game Score
Wargame: Red Dragon is the third installment of the RTS series, which in 2012 began with Wargame: European Escalation. Developers from Eugen Systems remained faithful to the theme of hypothetical armed conflicts from the Cold War period, but moved the action to East Asia.
Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise
8.2 Game Score
The first major DLC for Europa Universalis IV for {PLAT}, the game that came out in mid-2013. The expansion entitled Conquest of Paradise is focused on the conquest of the so-called New World, and in the game we mostly explore both Americas, although we might as well lead their native inhabitants.
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
8.2 Game Score
Another, after the second instalment of the Age of Empires series, completely remastered version of the classic strategy by Ensemble Studios. The original game was released in 2002 as a spin-off of the said series and is set in the world of mythology. Production offers us full content of the original along with the official addition The Titans and allows us to take the side of one of the four ancient civilizations: Greeks, Egyptians, Vikings and mysterious inhabitants of Atlantis.
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
8.2 Game Score
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a turn-based strategy game released as a spin-off to the Civilization series. The game was produced by Firaxis Games studio, led by Sid Meier. The game is set on the surface of a distant planet, where the player has to build a self-sufficient colony. Gameplay mechanics follows the standards set by Sid Meier's Civilization V. Therefore, the game has you manage resources, develop new technologies, and constantly expand your settlement.
60 Seconds!
8.2 Game Score
A post-apocalyptic survival strategy game with RPG elements, created by Polish developer Robot Gentleman Studios. You play as the head of a typical American family, who has to provide for his loved ones in the face of an incoming nuclear war. The game starts 60 seconds before the first explosion, giving you one minute to get to a shelter while grabbing the most essential provisions on the way.
Anno 1701: The Sunken Dragon
8.2 Game Score
Anno 1701: The Sunken Dragon is an addition to the extremely popular economic strategy. This game belongs to the cycle of treating the development of overseas possessions and making them powerful by making key economic decisions.
Caesar II
8.2 Game Score
The second installment of the popular series of economic games, in which we play the role of the manager of the Roman Empire. The aim of the struggle is to expand the city in the designated provinces and turn the virgin land into a vibrant metropolis, which is a commercial, industrial and cultural centre.
Wildlife Park 2: Crazy Zoo
8.2 Game Score
Wildlife Park 2: Crazy Zoo is an add-on to the zoo simulator created by B-Alive, a development company. Enlargement has introduced some new species of animals and plants, as well as enriched the number of tourist attractions.
Airlines 2
8.2 Game Score
Another representative of the increasingly popular economic strategies concerning airlines. The player naturally becomes the owner of a small company dealing with air transport and is to create large, international airlines on its own.
Men of War
8.2 Game Score
A real time strategy developed by the Ukrainian developer Best Way and the German team at Digitalmindsoft. The action of the game takes place during World War II, offering three story campaigns enabling us to see the conflict from three sides: German, Soviet, and Allied, while the main emphasis is put on the Soviet campaign, telling a story of two Russian students that enrolled in the army. The ferocious battles led to the creation of a powerful bond linking both heroes.
Crusader Kings: Deus Vult
8.2 Game Score
The official add-on to Crusader Kings, the 2004 spin-off of the Europa Universalis series taking place in dark Middle Ages. The Deus Vult expansion introduces a large number of small updates and novelties, making the kingdom management an even bigger challenge. The developers improved, among others, the system of foreign relations, with our actions and movements resulting in new friends or enemies.
Europa Universalis III: In Nomine
8.2 Game Score
Another DLC requiring the base version of the third part of Europa Universalis and its previous expansion called Napoleon’s Ambition. In Nomine takes you back to the year 1399 when Henry IV takes the English throne. The expanded historical time frame enabled the developers to introduce a set of important historical events, like the Mongol invasion of Turkey, the Hundred Years’ War, or the Decline of the Byzantine Empire.