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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’. more

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Faeria
Faeria

Strategy 08 March 2017

A card game with turn-based strategy elements that uses free-to-play distribution model with microtransactions. Faeria invites the players into an old fantasy world, home to humans as well as other intelligent species. The game puts emphasis on the lore and contains much additional information about the fictional universe. As for the gameplay, Faeria represents an unorthodox approach to the card game genre. Duels between two players are the foundation of the game.

The Sentient
The Sentient

Strategy canceled

Independent RPG, in which you assume the role of an Artificial Intelligence. The player’s job is to help the humanity in exploration of space. To do this, the protagonist is sent onto a space station, called The Ark, which is the base of operations. This is where you hire and train new astronauts, equip your spacecraft with necessary instrumentation and design its interior, as well as conduct research in order to improve the technology at hand.

Project Highrise
Project Highrise

Strategy 08 September 2016

An economy simulation strategy game developed by SomaSim and inspired by the 1994 Sim Tower by Maxis. The action of Project Highrise takes place in modern times, and the player assumes the role of the manager and the architect of a skyscraper under construction. The production isn’t fully realistic since the building is erected in stages so that the completed floors can be used by inhabitants and workers, providing us with the money necessary to complete the construction of the remaining levels.

Panzer Corps: Soviet Corps
Panzer Corps: Soviet Corps

Strategy 18 February 2016

A stand-alone expansion to 2011’s turn-based strategy game from The Lordz Games Studio. As the title suggests, Panzer Corps: Soviet Corps revolves around military operations conducted by Soviet armored units on the Eastern Front. We take part in the decisive battles of Operation Barbarossa, taking place at the Bialystok-Minsk line and Moscow as well as during the counter-offensive at Stalingrad; we visit Finland, Crimean Peninsula, Romania, and Hungary.

Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries
Galactic Civilizations III: Mercenaries

Strategy 18 February 2016

The official expansion to 2015's Galactic Civilization III, the third entry in the turn-based 4X strategy game series from Stardock studio. Mercenaries continues the story of a great galactic war between humans and the merciless Drengin Empire. When, due to the prolonged conflict military, the resources of both factions begin to dwindle, they decide to bolster their ranks by hiring freelancers.

Planar Conquest
Planar Conquest

Strategy 30 May 2016

A 4X strategy game by the Polish developer, Wastelands Interactive, created as an improved version of their 2015's game, World of Magic. Planar Conquest is set in a typical fantasy universe inhabited by various races. However, the story is marginal and the game is focused on a never-ending struggle for dominance, waged using sword and magic. Gameplay mechanics draw inspiration from Master of Magic, the cult strategy game by Micropose.

Atlantic Fleet
Atlantic Fleet

Strategy 25 February 2016

A continuation of Pacific Fleet, a well-received simulation/strategy game developed by Killerfish Games. This time, we take part in the Battle of the Atlantic, choosing between German Kriegsmarine or Great Britain’s Royal Navy. The action is seen from the third-person perspective, while the battles are divided into movement and attack phases. The players are given more than 60 ships, as well as numerous air units.

Iron Marines
Iron Marines

Strategy 15 May 2019

Set in sci-fi realities, a casual RTS game by Ironhide Game Studio from Uruguay, primarily known for the popular tower defense series, Kingdom Rush. In Iron Marines you assume the role of a commander leading his space soldiers into dangerous battles against insectoid Aliens. The game features a wide arsenal of weapons and powerful battle mechs that you gather during gameplay.

Disney Magic Kingdoms
Disney Magic Kingdoms

Strategy 17 March 2016

Developed jointly by The Walt Disney Company and the renowned Gameloft studio, a colorful economic strategy, in which the player's objective is to create and manage his own Disneyland. Mechanics in Disney Magic Kingdoms generally resemble those in the RollerCoaster Tycoon series. However, instead of typical elements of theme parks, you can place original attractions from the most popular Disney parks in the USA and France.

Dungeon Village
Dungeon Village

Strategy 28 March 2022

Dungeon Village is an economic strategy about managing a village located in a fantasy land visited by typical RPG characters. While playing, we have to develop the settlement in such a way that it attracts heroses from the area, who undertake dangerous missions for us.

Kingdom: Classic
Kingdom: Classic

Strategy 21 October 2015

A minimalistic strategy game with RPG elements, which is a commercial version of a popular flash title of the same name, developed by Dutch studio noio. The player assumes the role of a king, traversing the world, who acquires new subjects by giving gold to settlers. As a result, newly recruited subjects build and develop villages, creating tools, weapons, and fortifications essential for defense against raiding trolls.

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.

Ironclads 2: American Civil War
Ironclads 2: American Civil War

Strategy 02 August 2015

The second installment in the series of marine strategy games developed by Totem Games. After a series of spin-offs, the developers decided to return to the series’ roots, setting the action during the American Civil War. The plot of the game evokes a rather obscure episode of the war, the Battle of Mobile Bay. The authors decided to employ a “what-if” scenario, in which Confederacy has successfully reached out to Austrian government in an attempt to strengthen their navy.

March of Empires
March of Empires

Strategy 11 December 2017

A mobile strategy game by Gameloft, in which we lead one of three factions and try to forge a powerful empire. In its general premise, the title doesn’t significantly deviate from the standards of other common mobile MMO strategy productions. The player’s tasks include continuous development of infrastructure, researching new technologies, raising a powerful army, and conquering other players’ territory.

Command: Northern Inferno
Command: Northern Inferno

Strategy 22 October 2015

A stand-alone expansion pack for the strategy game Command: Modern Air/Naval Operations - the core game was developed in 2013 by Warfare Sims. In comparison to the base Command, which delivered a global take on modern military conflicts, Northern Inferno reduces both the time frame and the size of the warfare theater present.

Kaiju Panic
Kaiju Panic

Strategy 09 October 2015

A real-time strategy game enriched with action elements and created by Mechabit - an independent developer. After a huge meteorite hits the Earth, powerful, extremely aggressive monsters spread across the globe. Apart from unimaginable scale of destruction in the largest cities, the monsters cause natural disasters and weather anomalies. The player assumes command over a rescue team and their goal is to both help the survivors and fight the titular Kaiju.

Battle Islands
Battle Islands

Strategy 06 August 2014

A social free-to-play strategy set in the realities of World War II. The action of the game takes place in 1942 on one of the tropical islands of the South Pacific, where a platoon of soldiers, commanded by the player, hits during a war turmoil. The game consists in constant expansion of the base and recruitment of more units, and then attacking other players' islands in order to take over the resources they have accumulated.

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

Strategy 01 June 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.

Land Air Sea Warfare
Land Air Sea Warfare

Strategy 31 January 2010

Land Air Sea Warfare is a classic real-time strategy released on Android. While playing, players collect raw materials, expand their base, build units and fight battles in which thousands of units fight on land, at sea and in the air.

Braveland Pirate
Braveland Pirate

Strategy 15 September 2015

The third installment in a series of popular turn-based strategies enriched with RPG elements. The franchise has been developed by Tortuga Team - an independent Russian studio. This time, the player takes on the role of Captain Jim, whose goal is to find an ancient treasure. Making this happen often gets interrupted by other pirates the protagonist has to deal with, as well as sea monsters and hordes of undead.

The Lords of Midnight
The Lords of Midnight

Strategy 12 July 2013

The Lords of Midnight is a refreshed version of the classic strategy developed for PCs and enriched with RPG elements, which debuted on 8-bit computers in the 80s of the last century. Players take on the role of the ruler of the fantasy land, and his task is to defeat the evil Lord Doomdark, which he can do both by gathering armies and winning battles, as well as effectively ending the expedition to destroy the artifact that is the source of the tyrant's power.

Star Trek (1981)
Star Trek (1981)

Strategy 30 November 1981

A strategic text game in which the player's task is to defeat a certain number of Clingo ships and prevent them from attacking the command center of the Federation. This is one of the first games released on IBM PCs.

Subterfuge
Subterfuge

Strategy canceled

A multiplayer-oriented strategy game created by a team of three programmers: Ron Carmel, Noel Llopis and Shane Nakamura. Subterfuge is set under the surface of seas, when colonies that have co-existed peacefully so far, begin fighting one another over an incredibly valuable resource known as Neptunium. The player's goal here is to achieve global domination. Each player controls their city-state and tries to gain the upper hand by moving their submarines.

Ageod's To End All Wars: Breaking the Deadlock
Ageod's To End All Wars: Breaking the Deadlock

Strategy 24 February 2015

The first official expansion to Ageod’s To End All Wars – a strategy war game developed by AGEOD with advanced strategy game players in mind. The add-on introduces five new scenarios that take place in the years 1915-1918. The biggest one, i.e. Grand Campaign 1916-1918, lets you follow the events from the critical year 1916 to the end of the war. Interestingly, you are free to change the course of the conflict according to your vision and strategy.