Strategy Video Games63
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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There Came an Echo
Strategy 24 February 2015
An independent strategy game developed by Iridium Studios. There Came an Echo offers a unique control scheme that enables us to control the heroes through voice or motion. The plot takes place in the near future, and tells a story of a group of characters that attempt to discover the truth behind a state-of-the-art data encryption algorithm and survive the encounter with a sinister conspiracy group.
Swap Heroes 2
Strategy 18 February 2015
The sequel to the successful turn-based strategy game with RPG elements. Swap Heroes 2 develops the concept of the original - the gameplay boils down to turn-based battles with waves of increasingly difficult opponents in various locations. Before each round, the player has to make one change in the team's arrangement, e.g. move to the first line the character who was so far at the back.
Evil Genius Online: The World Domination Simulation
Strategy 18 February 2015
Evil Genius Online is a free-to-play online economic strategy and a part of the game series that was started in 2004. We play as a super villain who wants to become the world’s most infamous evil genius. The entire game is very humorous and has a distinctive cartoonish art style. We start as a novice evildoer with a small budget and great ambitions. The most basic element of gameplay in Evil Genius Online is expanding and upgrading our underground base.
Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night
Strategy 17 February 2015
Chainsaw Warroior: Lords of the Night is a sequel to the 1987 digital adaptation of a Games Workshop tabletop game. The game takes place in New York that was overrun by monsters from the dark dimension. We play as a ranger equipped with a powerful chainsaw who tries to find and destroy a hidden portal in order to stop the invasion. As we start the game, we create our own character and choose the necessary equipment.
Total War: Attila
Strategy 17 February 2015
Another chapter in the Total War large-scale strategy game series, created and developed by the Creative Assembly studio. After a couple of sequels to the earlier installments in the series (e.g. Medieval, Shogun, and Rome), the developers took on a new great historical figure. The game is set in the late 4th and the early 5th century CE. The Roman Empire is on the brink of collapse, at war with numerous barbaric tribes of the Huns and the Visigoths.
Fort Raiders SMAAASSH!
Strategy 12 February 2015
A freemium strategy game for mobile devices published by Acquire, the producer of such series as Tenchu and Way of the Samurai. The creators drew their inspirations from other classic mobile games, such as Clash of Clans. Like other games representing this genre, Fort Raiders SMAAASSH!
Battle Champs
Strategy 11 February 2015
A mobile strategy game and a debut production of the Japanese studio BlazeGames. Akihiko Yoshida, art director of such hits as Final Fantasy Tactics or Bravely Default, was involved in its development. Battle Champs bears a resemblance to the famous Clash of Clans — the player’s task is to gather resources, build a settlement, and then defend it from other participants’ attacks. Apart from regular combat units, giants play an important role in Battle Champs.
Cities XXL
Strategy 05 February 2015
A sequel to the popular economic strategy Cities XL, released in 2009 and re-relased twice in enhanced editions. The game was produced by Focus Home Interactive, which purchased the brand license after the original publisher, Monte Cristo, went bankrupt. The basic mechanics remain unchanged: you play as the mayor of a virtual city and your task is to manage its development and to make sure everything is functioning as it should.
Deathtrap
Strategy 04 February 2015
A tower defense game featuring a gothic/steampunk setting. Deathtrap was developed by Neocore Games, the studio known for such titles as King Arthur or The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing. The game’s story focuses on battling all sorts of monsters that are trying to invade the real world. The last obstacle on their way is you and your fortress. Consistently with the rules of the genre, gameplay is primarily about building various guard towers that work in many different ways.
Anime Studio Story
Strategy 01 February 2015
An economy strategy game with simulation elements created in the typical style of Kairosoft. This time around, we assume the role of an anime studio owner. The goal is to develop the company and compete against the industry giants. We do so by managing our firm well, which boils down to taking care of our employees, constantly expanding our headquarters (by, for example, equipping it with a motion capture studio), and buying state-of-the-art hardware.
Combat Mission: Black Sea
Strategy 30 January 2015
Another installment in the turn-based war strategy game series developed by Battlefront studios. The game features a realistic setting, allowing the players to participate in battles between the forces of Russia and Ukraine. The developers decided to present an alternative turn of events, in which Ukraine joins the European Union and NATO, forcing Russia to move their army closer to the Ukrainian border.
Transformers: Battle Tactics
Strategy 30 January 2015
Developed by the Japanese DeNa studio, Transformers: Battle Tactics is a battle game based on the license of the popular Transformers franchise. In the game, the player has to create his own team of robots and engage in turn-based battles. The players get a wide range of Transformers at their disposal, featuring nearly 100 Autobots and Decepticons led by the iconic heroes such as Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream, and Bumblebee.
Heroes of Might & Magic III: HD Edition
Strategy 29 January 2015
A remastered edition of one of the most well-received installments of the legendary Heroes of Might & Magic series, created for the 15th anniversary of the game's original release and the 20th anniversary of the franchise. It was commissioned by Ubisoft and developed by DotEmu, known e.g. from the remake of the cult platform game Another World.
Bladestorm: Nightmare
Strategy 29 January 2015
An enhanced remake of the console strategy game titled Bladestorm: The Hundred Years’ War, initially released in 2007 on 7th generation consoles. The game, once again developed by Omega Force, takes the players to the period of the Hundred Years’ War that was waged in medieval Europe between England and France. The player gets to assume the role of a mercenary fighting for one of the aforementioned countries.
Grey Goo
Strategy 23 January 2015
A classic science-fiction real-time strategy game inspired by the golden age of RTS and titles from the 90s. It was developed by Petroglyph Games, a studio established by the creators of the cult Command & Conquer series, as well as Star Wars: Empire at War, among other titles. The story takes place in the distant future on one of the human colonies called Ecosystem Nine.
The Witcher Battle Arena
Strategy 22 January 2015
An online battle game attempting to create a MOBA game in The Witcher universe. The title was developed by Fuero Games in cooperation with the team at CD Projekt RED. The gameplay focuses on short, dynamic battles of 3-member teams composed of characters known from Andrzej Sapkowski’s novels. Among them, we can find Geralt of Rivia, Iorweth, Zoltan Chivay, and Philippa Eilhart. Each character possesses a different set of skills and uses unique special items.
Void Destroyer
Strategy 20 January 2015
A combination of a real-time strategy game and a space simulator. The title was almost entirely designed by a single person – Paul Zakrzewski, an independent developer. The player assumes the role of a general who comes back from a retirement when an intergalactic conflict begins. The game takes place near the so-called Sun Gate, an installation which enables people to quickly travel between planetary systems.
The Horus Heresy: Drop Assault
Strategy 14 January 2015
A tactical strategy game based on the Warhammer 40,000 franchise and inspired by such games as Clash of Clans. The Horus Heresy: Drop assault is a free-to-play game, which takes the player to the times of the titular Horus Heresy – a long military uprising, which resulted in the deaths of millions of people.
Mechs & Mercs: Black Talons
Strategy 09 January 2015
A real-time strategy game by indie studio Camel 101. It is set in a science-fiction universe created for the developer's previous production, Gemini Wars. In the single player campaign, you play as a mercenary commander, leading his own army and doing various tasks for warring factions. Apart from profit, what you gain from that is the favor of some of them, but also the hostility of others, which can result in your enemy suddenly attacking you.
Kingsport Festival
Strategy 07 January 2015
A mobile adaptation of a tabletop board game. It was inspired by the story titled “Festival” by Howard Philips Lovecraft, one of the first stories in the so-called Cthulhu Mythos. The game is set in the harbor town of Kingsport, where a mysterious ritual, which summons cosmic horrors, takes place once in every hundred years. You play as the cult leaders overseeing the ritual. Their task is to collect spells and artifacts that will allow them to conquer the port and defeat their enemies.
Stormfall: Rise of Balur
Strategy 06 January 2015
An online real-time strategy game for mobile devices set in the universe featured in the browser game called Stormfall: Age of War. After the titular empire has fallen, the stewards of particular lands go to war against the armies of darkness led by the cruel Balur, whose main objective is to conquer the entire world.
City Island 3
Strategy 26 December 2014
The third installment in a mobile city builder game series by Dutch studio Sparkling Society. Once again, you play as a mayor, whose task is to develop and insular city. You mostly erect various buildings, from houses that affect the population, through commercial objects that give them jobs, to public facilities and decorations that improve the citizens' moods. To succeed, you need to achieve the balance between those three aspects of the gameplay.
Biz Builder Delux
Strategy 24 December 2014
A business economic strategy game developed by Kairosoft for mobile devices. In Biz Builder Delux the player assumes the role of an investor who must open several businesses in the city and then make sure they are profitable. As their career develops, the player gains new invest possibilities. No matter what’s the type of the business, the player must secure a good location, hire employees, deliver goods or find a way to increase client interest.
Gardens Inc. 3: Bridal Pursuit
Strategy 24 December 2014
The third entry in the series of casual time-management strategy games developed by Polish studio Nitreal Games. Gardens Inc. 3: Bridal Pursuit presents further story of the characters from previous entries in the series: Mike and Jill, who finally decided to marry each other. In order to earn the money for the wedding of their dreams, they decided to expand their garden business to Europe. However, their plans are interrupted by a sudden robbery of their wedding rings.