Strategy Video Games54
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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Mushroom Wars 2
Strategy 30 March 2016
A sequel to a humorous real-time strategy, Mushroom Wars, that came out in 2009 for PC and mobile platforms. The action of Mushroom Wars 2 takes us to a fantasy universe where four factions of small creatures that live in mushroom-like homes constantly war with each other. The player’s task, as the general of a “mushroom” army, is to eliminate the enemy as quickly as possible by taking over strategic points on the map.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown Plus
Strategy 22 March 2016
An extended version of the turn-based tactic strategy XCOM: Enemy Unknown developed by Firaxis Games, which was a restart of the cult series started by Microprose in 90s. The plot tells a story of the first conflict between humanity and an extraterrestrial civilization. You are in control of a head of the XCOM organization, whose aim is to fend off the invasion of aliens and figure out their technology.
XO
Strategy 02 December 2019
A space strategy inspired by the TV Show Battlestar Galactica, The Lost Fleet series of novels by John Hemry, and the video game FTL: Faster Than Light. In a distant future, the player assumes the role of a captain of the last remaining ship from a destroyed armada and hunted by a mysterious enemy. XO is played in real time, but the game offers an option of active pause. In battles the ships' movements are limited to two dimensions, but their behavior is simulated by an advanced physics engine.
Pacific Fleet
Strategy 20 September 2012
Pacific Fleet is a strategy game and a simple simulator developed by indie studio Killerfish Games. The game takes place on the Pacific Ocean, where US Navy faces Imperial Japanese Navy in a series of grand battles. There are seventeen types of ships and eight types of planes at our disposal. Combat is turn-based and has two phases: movement and attack. The key to success lies in choosing a proper tactic.
Kingdom Wars 2: Battles
Strategy 04 March 2016
Set in a fantasy setting, a real-time strategy being another installment in the series started in 2011 with a MMORTS game – Dawn of Fantasy (later re-imagined as a free-to-play game Kingdom Wars). The plot in Kingdom Wars 2: Battles takes us to the land plunged into the chaos of war between humans, elves, and orcs. With the advent of the undead, the fourth powerful race, the divided parties need to join their forces and together face the new, dreadful enemy.
Software Inc.
Strategy 01 May 2015
An economy simulation game by independent developer Coredumping in which we manage our own development studio. In Software Inc., our tasks include designing, building, and furnishing an office in order to provide our team with comfortable working conditions. Next, we have to recruit the right people and assign them adequate jobs, such as programming, designing, or marketing.
Dark Future: Blood Red States
Strategy 16 May 2019
An original turn-based strategy created by Auroch Digital. Blood Red States is an adaptation of a board game known as Dark Future and released in 1988 by Games Workshop. The players are taken to a post-apocalyptic world destroyed as a result of a global cataclysm. Well-armed squads known as Sanctioned Ops serve the role of law enforcement now, patrolling the ruined roads and highways.
Kingdom Rush Frontiers
Strategy 05 June 2013
The game provides a continuation to one of the most popular mobile tower defense strategies, which was created by Ironhide. Kingdom Rush Frontiers is based on the gameplay formula of its predecessor. The player's task here is to defend the kingdom against various fantasy creatures. In order to do that, the player builds different defensive structures on their path, sends military units to fight them, but also uses many different spells.
Gary Grigsby's War in the West
Strategy 04 December 2014
Another installment in the turn-based strategy war game series by 2BY3 Games, led by the genre veteran Gary Grigsby. In contrast to its predecessor, War in the West is set on the Western Front of World War II, beginning in July 1943 and the Allied invasion on Sicily and Italy, following with the battles in France, and ending with the assault on Germany in August 1945.
Hard West
Strategy 18 November 2015
An original turn-based strategy game set in a universe that combines elements of a Western and fantasy setting. The title was created by Polish developer CreativeForge Games, consisting of creators of such franchises like Call of Juarez and Dead Island. The game is set in the 19th-century Wild West. Already troubled by lawlessness, the land gets stricken by a series of supernatural phenomena.
SteamWorld Tower Defense
Strategy 05 July 2010
Classic tower defence strategy, set in the original world, combining elements of steampunk and westerns. As a sheriff of the "robotic" town of Cowbot County, we try to stop the invasion of people who are sharpening their teeth on the gold mines in our possession.
Sorcerer King
Strategy 16 July 2015
A fantasy 4X strategy game developed by Stardock Systems (the creators of the Galactic Civilizations series). The game takes place in a realm that was almost completely conquered by the titular Sorcerer King. A small group of nations stands on the villain’s way, trying to restore the old order while the evil King is looking for magic crystals that are the key to the complete destruction of the realm.
Pikmin 3
Strategy 13 July 2013
The third part of the popular series of games with miniature creatures called Pikminas. The title was created for the WiiU console. Captain Olimar, known from the first two installments of the cycle, was missing, and he was replaced by four new heroes.
March of the Eagles
Strategy 18 February 2013
March of the Eagles is a real-time strategy to lead one of the powers taking part in the Napoleonic Wars between 1805 and 1815. The player's task is to recruit and train new units, organize the activities of the army and fleets and deal with diplomacy.
Lords of the Realm II
Strategy 31 October 1996
Lords of the Realm II is a sequel to the Impressions Games strategy game published in 1994. The action was again set in the Middle Ages, and the player plays the role of a feudal magnate, who after the king's death becomes a rival for the crown. Gameplay is a combination of turn-based strategy and real time (RTS).
Space Colony HD
Strategy 08 November 2012
Space Colony HD is a refreshed version of the 2003 economic strategy. The game was created by the fathers of the Stronghold series, FireFly Studios. As in the original, we deal with the development and protection of cosmic cities. The gameplay has been given a new visual setting and the resolution has been adapted to today's standards.
Worlds of Magic
Strategy 19 March 2015
A 4X strategy game set in a fantasy universe and produced by the Polish studio Wastelands Interactive. The production was inspired by the cult game Master of Magic from 1994, and the authors designed it as its spiritual successor. The game takes place in a multi-dimensional, procedurally generated universe, where the fierce struggle for dominance requires the use of magic and sword. The gameplay focuses on four classic aspects: exploration, expansion, exploitation, and extermination.
Offworld Trading Company
Strategy 28 April 2016
An economic simulation game inspired by the classic title MULE. It is the debut production of Mohawk Games, a studio led by Soren Johnson, one of the designers of the third and fourth installments of the Civilization series. Offworld Trading Company takes us to Mars, where we assume control of our own trading company and compete against others for leading position on the planet's market.
World Zombination
Strategy TBA
World Zombination is a light, independent strategy game belonging to the genre of MMO. We stand on the side of the people or the zombies and fight for dominance over the earth's globe, fighting battles in the streets of big cities.
Espana 1936
Strategy 02 October 2013
Turn-based strategy game set in the realities of the civil war in Spain, perceived by historians as a prelude to World War II. During the events taking place in 1936-39, we can stand on the side of the government of the Republic or the right-wing opposition. The title is a commercial version of Revolution Under Siege and is based on the popular AGE engine.
Blitzkrieg 3
Strategy 02 June 2017
The third installment in a war-themed RTS game series, whose previous editions were released in the years 2003-2007. The game was developed by Russian studio Nival Interactive, also known for Rage of Mages, Silent Storm, and the fifth installment in the cult Heroes of Might & Magic series. In contrast to its predecessors, Blitzkrieg 3 focuses mainly on multiplayer gameplay and is available as a free-to-play game with microtransactions.
Warfare: Reloaded
Strategy 05 February 2010
Self-contained expansion of the RTS war strategy. We play the role of the Russian commander, participating in a ten-day armed conflict with American troops and rebels in Tajikistan.
World of Western
Strategy 16 March 2013
World of Western is a browser strategy game developed by Belka Technologies team. Production combines the standard mechanisms of browser strategies with the untypical, for social productions, westerns climate. We play the role of the mayor of a small town, which we have to expand and take care of its inhabitants.
Strategic Command WWII: Assault On Democracy
Strategy 12 June 2013
Assault on Democracy is an addition to WWII's extensive turn-based strategy Strategic Command: Global Conflict, focusing on the Allied Axis Army battles of 1939-1945.