Strategy Video Games3
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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Stronghold Crusader HD
8.9 Game Score
An improved edition of a popular RTS game created by FireFly Studios and originally released back in 2002. The HD edition increases the maximum resolution supported and adds zooming in and out in the isometric view. The game offers the entire content of the original release, supplemented with additional units, scenarios and tactical options introduced in the Stronghold Warchest and Stronghold Crusader Extreme editions.
Homeworld Remastered Collection
8.9 Game Score
Homeworld Remastered Collection is a remastered edition of the space strategy that wast first developed in 1999 by Relic Entertainment. The game was rejuvenated by Gearbox Software, studio known for the game series Borderlands and Brothers in Arms. We follow the history of Kushan, a forgotten race that was attacked by an alien civilization and almost entirely wiped out. However, over six hundred thousand of Kushans survived in the hypersleep chambers of a gigantic Mothership.
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide
8.9 Game Score
An official expansion for Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth, a 2014’s turn-based strategy game developed by Firaxis Games, the creators of the core game. The biggest novelty introduced by the add-on is lifting the limitation of our territory to the coastline and allowing expansion at seas and oceans.
Halo Wars 2
8.9 Game Score
The continuation of the real-time science fiction strategy published in 2009 on Xbox 360 as a spin-off of the FPS franchise Halo. The second installment is co-developed by 353 Industries, which picked up the series after Bungie Software, and Creative Assembly primarily known for the extremely-popular strategy game series Total War. The plot of Halo Wars opens a whole new chapter in the universe, and supplements the original title’s story.
Ultimate General: Civil War
8.9 Game Score
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.
Total War: Warhammer II - Mortal Empires
8.9 Game Score
A free expansion for the strategy game Total War: Warhammer II. The add-on was developed by the creators of the original, i.e. Creative Assemble. The Mortal Empires DLC is offered exclusively to the owners of the first two games in the series, as it introduces a third game mode, which is a joint campaign.
Total Tank Simulator
8.9 Game Score
The hybrid of RTS and action game, set during the Second World War. At Total Tank Simulator, we not only command units representing the six countries involved in the conflict, but we also take direct control over them.
Realpolitiks II
8.9 Game Score
The second part of a series of strategy games, in which we are at the head of the chosen country and lead it to global domination. In Realpolitik II it is only up to us to decide whether we will put our trust in the rule of the hard hand and warfare, or whether we respect the principles of democracy and free market law.
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
8.9 Game Score
An RTS set in a universe of a popular miniature wargame. Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin has us support a faction during a massive war, leading it to victory and control over the grim land of Ghur.
Ghost Master
8.8 Game Score
A unique real-time strategy game by studio Sick Puppies. You play as the eponymous Ghost Master, who arrives in the town of Gravenville to terrorize and scare its citizens. The game features 23 kinds of wraiths, ghosts, and other spectral beings. Each of them has psychokinetic energy, unique powers and skills to use against humans, who can be affected by four kinds of stimuli: optical, auditory, olfactory, and thermal.
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
8.8 Game Score
The second installment belonging to an incredibly popular series of real-time strategy games. Age of Empires II: The Age of the Kings was developed by Ensemble Studios. The player assumes command of a civilization chosen (13 in total here) and leads them through subsequent stages of development. For example, one can play as Franks, Mongols, Celts or Vikings.
Medieval: Total War
8.8 Game Score
A continuation of the popular strategy game, released by Creative Assembly in 2000. Medieval: Total War brings us from the Far East to a more familiar setting of medieval Europe, where we need to take control of one of the twelve most powerful countries of that time. Similarly to its predecessor, the game connects military elements with trade, diplomacy and resource management.
Jagged Alliance 2
8.8 Game Score
The second part of the cult series of turn-based tactical games by Sir-Tech studio. As the commander of a group of mercenaries, we try to liberate the Arulco state from the reign of the bad queen. Between missions we manage the base, train soldiers and accept orders. The combat system itself offers a lot of options and games that enhance the realism of skirmishes.
Original War
8.8 Game Score
This is a very interesting strategy game by Altar Interactive, which, thanks to a skillful combination of RTS and cRPG game elements, definitely stands out from competitive productions.
Master of Magic (1994)
8.8 Game Score
Master of Magic is another strategy game by MicroProse, which at first glance evokes the right associations with the legendary Civilization of Sida Meier. This time the authors served us a journey to a fantastic world, in which two different lands await conquering: Myrror and Arcanus.
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
8.8 Game Score
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident (formerly Galaxy Andromeda and Empire Galactica III: Genesis) is a powerful real-time strategy (RTS) that takes place in space.
StarCraft
8.8 Game Score
A world-famous real-time strategy by the legendary developer Blizzard Entertainment. Set in a science fiction world, the game features dynamic battles between three enemy fractions – the descendants of humans known as Terrans, the enigmatic Protoss, and the insectoid Zerg. StarCraft offers 30 extensive missions divided into three different single player campaigns. Each of the available races is distinguished by unique units, technologies, buildings etc.
Cossacks II: Battle for Europe
8.8 Game Score
A standalone expansion for Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars, a real-time strategy game set in the 19th-century Europe developed by GSC Game World. Apart from six playable nations that were present in the vanilla game, the expansion offers three new ones: Spain, Duchy of Warsaw, and Confederation of the Rhine.
SpellForce: Shadow of the Phoenix
8.8 Game Score
The second official expansion for the well-received SpellForce: The Order of Dawn. After the events of the first expansion, The Breath of Winter, Shadow of the Phoenix introduces a new threat: a mysterious necromancer. He succeeds in enslaving one of the gods and use his power to bring thirteen mages back from the dead — the very ones, who once almost destroyed the world in an apocalyptic disaster.
Age of Empires: Collector's Edition
8.8 Game Score
A collector’s edition comprised of several strategy games from the Age of Empires series. The package contains Age of Empires, Age of Empires: Rise of Rome, Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings, and Age of Empires II: The Conquerors. All titles were developed and taken care of by Ensemble Studios. Regardless of the chosen title, the player takes control over one of numerous available civilizations, with a task to conquer its opponents.
Poseidon: Zeus Official Expansion
8.8 Game Score
Poseidon: The God of Atlantis is the official extension to the highly popular economic strategy of Zeus: Mr. Olympus. Just like in the base game, the action of the add-on was set in antiquity. This time, however, players take control over the development of mythical Atlantis. Developers from Impressions Games studio have also decided to add a functional editor, allowing you to create your own play scenarios.
Empire: Total War
8.8 Game Score
The fifth installment in the popular strategy game series created by Creative Assembly in 2000. This new game is set in the 18th century, focusing on key events of the period, such as the American Civil War, the Industrial Revolution, and the rivalry over the Eastern trade routes. Although the core concept of the gameplay remains the same, the mechanics went through some major alterations, mainly due to the introduction of sea warfare.
Anno 2070
8.8 Game Score
Another installment in the popular series of economy strategy games developed cooperatively by Related Designs, the creators of the franchise, and the legendary Blue Byte studio under the watchful eye of Ubisoft. The fifth entry in the series, contrary to the previous ones, takes the players to the future, to the eponymous year of 2070, when climatic changes drastically raised water levels around the world, forcing humankind to move to higher ground.
Castle Story
8.8 Game Score
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.