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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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Star Ruler 2
Star Ruler 2

Strategy 27 March 2015

A continuation of a 4X space strategy game created by the developers of the original title. Star Ruler 2 takes place in a distant future, where humanity developed a technology that allowed long-distance interstellar travel, and made a contact with other sentient species. The game has no story per se – developments in the game are shaped by our decisions and actions made by the AI. Before the game starts we have to select one of the few races that we can turn into an intergalactic power.

PC

Transport Empire
Transport Empire

Strategy 09 April 2014

A social economic strategy in which we are expanding the railway network in an effort to lift a declining family interest. During the game we transport a variety of raw materials, thanks to which, as the game progresses, we will build a fleet of trains, build new cities, factories, as well as railway tracks and stations, thus creating a powerful transport empire.

PCANDiOSWPWWW

Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients

Strategy 25 August 2015

The third installment in the strategy game series set in antiquity, started in 2010 by Longbow Digital Arts. The action takes place in the distant past and to the rise of Rome, when armies of the Greeks, Gauls, Romans, and Etruscans fought fierce battles for control of the Apennine Peninsula. While playing, we can either experience the entire path of Rome to hegemony in the ancient world as it happened or try to change history by leading one of the remaining nations.

PC

Pike and Shot: Campaigns 1494-1698
Pike and Shot: Campaigns 1494-1698

Strategy 13 August 2015

A new installment in a popular series of turn-based games, created as a joint effort of Byzantine Games and The Lords Games. The game takes us to Europe during the age of pike and shot (1494 – 1698), introducing three separate campaigns encompassing 40 historical battles from the Thirty Years’ War, the English Civil War, and the series of conflicts between Austria and Ottoman Empire, including Siege of Vienna.

PC

Castle Doombad
Castle Doombad

Strategy 09 January 2014

Castle Doombad is a mobile real-time strategy belonging to the tower defense category. The player takes on the role of a villain who kidnapped the princess and then trapped her in his castle and now has to use traps, obstacles and monsters to prevent the heroes from rebounding her.

ANDiOS

Wizards and Wagons
Wizards and Wagons

Strategy 12 November 2015

A mobile economic strategy game with elements of tower defense, set in a realm combining characteristics of the Middle Ages with fantasy elements, developed by the Touch Dimensions studio. The story of Wizards and Wagons begins where most productions of this type usually end: when the world-threatening evil was finally defeated, it's time to make some money! Player plays the part of a traveling merchant who is trying to make a fortune on trade that comes back to life after the long war.

iOS

This War of Mine: The Little Ones
This War of Mine: The Little Ones

Strategy 29 January 2016

An extended edition of This War of Mine, a unique survival game developed 11bit Studios - the creators of the original - with the 8th generation consoles in mind by. The game inverts the premises of a typical war game, as we do not assume the role of heroic soldiers. Instead, we control a group of civilians surprised by the outbreak of war and trying to survive in a besieged city. The gameplay mechanics remain unchanged, focusing on survival and morally difficult decision-making.

PCPS5XSXXONEPS4Switch

Cities: Skylines - After Dark
Cities: Skylines - After Dark

Strategy 24 September 2015

An official expansion to Cities: Skylines, an economic strategy game released in 2015 and developed by the creators of Cities in Motion series - Finnish studio Colossal Order. In accordance with the add-on’s title, the biggest innovation it introduces is a dynamic day and night cycle. More importantly, this is not just a cosmetic feature, because at night your citizens engage in entirely different activities, and the traffic is reduced.

PC

Wartile
Wartile

Strategy 08 February 2018

Wartile is an RTS with elements of card and board games. The game takes place in a dark fantasy world inspired by the Norse mythology. We control a party of vikings on a raid. Gameplay focuses on real-time battles between groups of warriors. Each of them has their own strengths and weaknesses, and the key to victory lies in taking advantage of them. Another important gameplay element is the deck of cards built by the players.

PCXONEPS4ANDiOS

Overland
Overland

Strategy 19 September 2019

Overland is a survival strategy game developed by Finji. The game takes place in a not-so-distant future where an unspecified cataclysm devastated the North American continent. We lead an constantly changing group of survivors who, traveling by car, are trying to reach their destination. Gameplay focuses on survival. We will be forced to make many difficult decisions as we play.

PCPS5XONEPS4SwitchANDiOS

Space Station: Frontier
Space Station: Frontier

Strategy 21 December 2009

Space Station: Frontier is a mobile tower defense strategy. Players take command of the space base and must collect raw materials and expand structures, while repelling the attacks of waves of increasingly powerful enemy units.

ANDiOS

Heroes of Normandie
Heroes of Normandie

Strategy 01 October 2015

A tactical turn-based strategy game set during World War II; it was developed by Cat Rabbit studio, supported by the Slitherine company. Interestingly, the game is a virtual adaptation of a popular board game which came out in 2014. The game is set just after the D-Day, when the Allies landed in Normandy. Three playable armies are at the player's disposal - the Americans, the British and the Germans.

PCXONEiOS

Pocket Platoons
Pocket Platoons

Strategy 27 August 2015

A World War II themed mobile strategy game developed by Picneko Creative, a Korean studio focusing on mobile game. Pocket Platoons allows the player to choose either Axis or Allies and participate in the largest military conflict of 20th century. The gameplay foundations do not differ much from what the genre has accustomed us to – we are tasked with base development, training and upgrading units, as well as recruiting officers, who can change the outcome of numerous battles.

ANDiOS

Colonial Conquest
Colonial Conquest

Strategy 28 July 2015

A turn-based strategy game developed by Argonauts Interactive, taking place between 19th and 20th century, in the age of conquest and warfare. During the game, we assume the role of one of the historic figures, such as Theodore Roosevelt, Queen Victoria, Emperor Meiji, Wilhelm II, Jules Ferry, or Alexander III, while our objective is to lead our empire to world domination.

PCANDiOS

Legions of Steel
Legions of Steel

Strategy 16 July 2015

A science-fiction tactical turn-based strategy game and a virtual adaptation of a board game. Legions of Steel is set in the far future, in which the allied forces of The League of Aliens and the United Nations of Earth face rebellious robots. Although the battles go on across almost all of the universe, the most important front is an underground tunnel network, where the enemy's machine-building conveyors are located.

PCANDiOS

Heroes of Order & Chaos
Heroes of Order & Chaos

Strategy 21 November 2012

Spin-off edition of the popular mobile MMORPG Order & Chaos Online, realized in the form of a typical MOBA game, focusing on PvP and cooperation modes. Players' teams of 3 or 5 players can take part in the game, and the aim of each team is to develop its own base and level the opponent's headquarters with the ground. In the game there is also a variant of solo play.

PCANDiOSWP

Out There: Ω Edition
Out There: Ω Edition

Strategy 27 February 2014

Out There is a cosmic strategy in which we direct a human astronaut lost in unknown areas of the galaxy. With only one ship, we have to survive long enough to find our way home.

PCSwitchANDiOSWP

Yo-kai Sangokushi
Yo-kai Sangokushi

Strategy 02 April 2016

A turn-based fantasy strategy game developed by studio Level 5. The game combines the world of the Yo-Kai Watch series with the gameplay of popular series Romance of the Three Kingdoms. In the game the player controls the yokai creatures known very well by the fans of the series. The creatures are invisible for most of humans and they are used for building player’s own empire.

3DS

Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville

Strategy 29 May 2015

The third installment in a popular series of post-apocalyptic economic strategy games developed by Nortway Games. Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville takes us to the near future, to a world where a worldwide zombie epidemic has left the civilization in ruins and changed the big cities into huge cemeteries. The players assume control of a small group of survivors that attempts to rebuild one of the smaller cities and create a safe haven from the living dead.

PCANDiOS

Galaxy of Trian
Galaxy of Trian

Strategy 16 July 2016

A virtual adaptation of a Polish board game of the same title. It has been developed by independent studio Grey Wizard Innovative belonging to Piotr and Ewa Zygadlo, both experienced game developers (Artifex Mundi, Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan). Galaxy of Trian is set in a science-fiction universe, in which humanity gained access to advanced technology of an alien race, Trian, and uses it to strengthen rivaling nations. Gameplay mechanics match the tabletop original.

PCANDiOSWPWWW

Etherlords (Arena)
Etherlords (Arena)

Strategy 03 September 2014

Turn-based strategy game, set in the fantastic universe of the Etherlords series. As we play, we form our own team of heroses and monsters with different abilities and duels with the forces of evil, liberating other lands from the reign of the Goddess of Chaos.

ANDiOS

Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer
Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer

Strategy 10 July 2011

Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer is a fantasy card. Players initially have only ten identical cards and then fight to take over or destroy the remaining cards in the pot. The game offers the possibility to play duels in both multiplayer and singleleplayer modes.

PCANDiOSPSV

Galaxy Trucker
Galaxy Trucker

Strategy 29 September 2014

Developed for mobile players adaptation of a popular board game with the same title. The game is a strategy in which we build ships and then send them on dangerous journeys, hoping that our construction will survive, for example, the rains of meteorites or pirates' attacks.

PCANDiOSWP

Valhalla Hills: Definitive Edition
Valhalla Hills: Definitive Edition

Strategy 19 November 2015

An economic strategy game developed by Funatics and a spiritual successor to the once popular Cultures series. The game focuses on a Viking tribe whose members, after dying on the field of glory, find the gates of Valhalla closed shut. This turns out to be the result of a dispute between Odin and his son Leko, who failed his exam in godhood. As a result, he gets sent back to Earth, along with the souls of fallen Vikings, and the player must help them get back to Valhalla.

PCXONEPS4