Strategy Video Games19
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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Pharaoh Expansion: Cleopatra - Queen of the Nile
Strategy 28 July 2000
An official expansion for the Pharaoh game, a cult economic strategy by Impressions Games and Sierra Entertainment, once again set in the ancient Egypt. This time, as the title Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile implies, the expansion takes place in a slightly later period, during the rule of Queen Cleopatra, the most famous woman in the history of Egypt.
R.U.S.E.
Strategy 07 September 2010
Real-time strategy taking place in the realities of the Second World War. The product focuses primarily on large-scale battles and the use of various insidious techniques.
Supreme Commander
Strategy 16 February 2007
Supreme Commander is a real-time strategy prepared by Gas Powered Games studio. From the point of view of a fan of the genre, however, more important is the information that behind the game's production stands Chris Taylor - a man who once gained huge popularity with the program called Total Annihilation.
Hearts of Iron III: Their Finest Hour
Strategy 26 September 2012
Third expansion for Hearts of Iron III, a successful strategy game that takes us to battlefields of World War II. Hearts of Iron III: Their Finest Hour expands on spying system (offering new types of missions, including secret tasks fulfilled on the game’s main map – and introduces a special battle system that allows developing tactical plans and sharing them with friends. Major armies received new elite unites, including those specializing in invading from the sea.
Restaurant Empire 2
Strategy 07 April 2009
Continuation of the popular economic game, in which the player's task is to manage the restaurant and later their entire chain. We can choose from three types of gastronomy establishments and hundreds of recipes and various decorative objects.
Worms 2
Strategy 18 January 1997
Worms 2 is the second part of the turn-based strategy cycle developed by Team 17 Software studio. The player directs the title actions of the robots armed with various weapons, and his task is to eliminate all enemy units. The creators envisaged several gameplay variants, including multiplayer mode for up to 6 people.
Gary Grigsby's Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich
Strategy 23 September 2009
Another intricate strategy game, advertised by a name of a legend of the genre: Gary Grigsby. Eagle Day to Bombing the Reich attempts to faithfully recreate the bombing raids on Germany, conducted by the Allies during World War II. For greater immersion, the game contains an impressive database of over 18 thousand historical pilots, while in-game units and plane models were recreated from their authentic counterparts.
Jagged Alliance: Crossfire
Strategy 24 August 2012
Jagged Alliance: Crossfire is the first stand-alone extension to the strategy game with elements of cRPG - Jagged Alliance: Back in Action. The add-on offers a new campaign in which a player-led mercenary troop of M.E.R.C. must stop the bloody massacres on the population of a small Asian country. Developers from Coreplay studio also took care of a solid portion of new weapons, heroes and opponents.
Order of Battle: World War II
Strategy 30 April 2015
Order of Battle: World War II is a classic turn-based strategy set during WWII, and a debut game by a studio from Luxemburg, called The Aristocrats. The game was initially supposed to be released as a standalone title called Order of Battle: Pacific, but around a year into the production it was decided that it should become a free-to-play game – on the same occasion, the title has been changed.
Jane's Fleet Command
Strategy 12 May 1999
As the commander of the American naval strike group, face the threats that await in the inflammatory points of our globe. A strategic real-time game set in full 3D.
Pharaoh
Strategy 30 October 1999
A cult economic strategy game created by Impressions Games and published by Sierra Entertainment. Pharaoh takes place in the Nile valley, several hundred years B.C., and spans from the era of the great pyramids to the New Kingdom period. As the pharaoh, the ruler of Egypt, you have to transform local villages into great cities, take care of your people's needs, and make your country the greatest of them all.
Worms 3D
Strategy 31 October 2003
Worms 3D is a turn-based strategy in a humorous convention, created by Team 17 Software's development team. The game is the first installment of the series using a 3D graphics engine. The creators, however, remained faithful to the basic assumptions of the game, and the players have a lot of freedom in directing the title actions and deforming the game world using various weapons and means of mass extermination.
Star Trek: Armada II
Strategy 20 November 2001
Star Trek: Armada II is a continuation of the real-time space strategy (RTS) released in 2000. The action of the game, produced by the development team of Mad Doc Software studio, is set in the universe of a popular TV series. Players can participate in battles between the fleets of the Federation, Romulan, Klingon, Borg, Cardassian and genre 8472. The creators have prepared three campaigns for solo mode and the option of multiplayer network clashes with a maximum of 8 participants.
Plants vs. Zombies 3: Welcome to Zomburbia
Strategy 2025
A mobile strategy game that puts the player in charge of a squad of plants defending the garden against a zombie invasion. Plants vs. Zombies 3 offers a quite complex gameplay model and a lot of humor. PopCap Games studio (authors of the previous parts of the cycle) is responsible for its creation.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert Remastered
Strategy 05 June 2020
A remastered version of Red Alert, a classic RTS from the mid-1990s, which is considered one of the fathers of the genre, and the second installment of the legendary Command & Conquer cycle. The game has a completely new audiovisual setting while maintaining the key elements of the original gameplay.
Partisans 1941
Strategy 14 October 2020
Partisans is a stealth strategy game, in which the players control a team of Soviet partisans fighting against Nazi invaders during WWII. The players' protégés have worse weapons than their enemies and are outnumbered, thus it is necessary to complete missions without being detected.
Cataclismo
Strategy 22 July 2024
A combination of an RTS and a tower defense game. Cataclismo is set in a fantasy world, tasking the player with defending the last human city from nightly assaults of horrible monsters.
Anvil Empires
Strategy 2025
A strategy MMO, in which players create empires and go at war with each other. Anvil Empires is set in a fictional world based on the Middle Ages and supports up to a thousand players on a single map.
D.O.R.F. Real-Time Strategic Conflict
Strategy 2025
An RTS and a tribute of sorts to iconic real-time strategies from the 1990s. D.O.R.F. Real-Time Strategic Conflict is set in an alternate future, having us play as one of three factions during a world war.
Farm Manager World
Strategy 29 April 2024
A farming economic sim supporting singleplayer and online co-op. Farm Manager World has us playing as a farmer, expanding a small farm into an agricultural empire.
Metropolis 1998
Strategy 2025 (early access since 2025)
Metropolis 1998 is an economic strategy game, in which we play as a city mayor in the 1990s. The game combines pixel art visuals and isometric camera with extensive simulations of traffic and the citizens' lives.
Kingdom Rush Origins
Strategy 19 November 2014
The third installment in a series of popular tower defense games set in a fantasy world. Similar to the previous installments, the game was created by Ironhide. In terms of the plot, Kingdom Rush Origins is a prequel to the entire story presented in the series, set before the evil Vez'nan posed a threat to the country of the elves. The player's goal is to stop the evildoer by leading the armies through new locations: elven forests, magical kingdoms and ruins of an ancient metropolis.
Conquest: Frontier Wars
Strategy 16 August 2001
A real-time strategy game with an action set in space. Three large, alien nations are engaged in fierce battles involving many different units.
Gangsters: Organized Crime
Strategy 10 January 1999
An unusual combination of a strategy game with economic threads. If you would like to make a "non-rejectable proposal" to someone, take on the role of gang leader in the world of America of the 1920s.