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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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Hearts of Iron III: For the Motherland
Hearts of Iron III: For the Motherland

Strategy 29 June 2011

The second expansion for the extensive war strategy game, Hearts of Iron III, by Paradox Interactive. The add-on is focused on the Eastern Front of World War II, namely the struggle of the Soviet Union, Nazi Germany, and other countries. The political aspect of the gameplay was subject to major changes, thanks to which players can now stage coups in other countries of fall victims to such. Hearts of Iron III: For the Motherland expands diplomacy, giving warring countries the so-called war goals.

PC

Order of War
Order of War

Strategy 18 September 2009

An interesting strategy telling the story of operations carried out on the Western and Eastern Front during World War II. It offers many units and extremely spectacular battles. The creators prepared two campaigns. In the first, Americans and Germans fight against each other, and in the second, Germans and Russians. There was also a multiplayer mode.

PC

Sengoku
Sengoku

Strategy 13 September 2011

Sengoku is an extensive real-time strategy prepared by Paradox Interactive, a specialist in the genre. The action of the game was set in the torn-out civil war, 15th century Japan, and players have the opportunity to direct the development of their own clan. The creators made a lot of effort to remain faithful to historical realities.

PC

Europa 1400: The Guild
Europa 1400: The Guild

Strategy 18 October 2002

Europa 1400: The Guild is a strategy game with cRPG elements, produced by the 4Head Studios development team. A player takes on the role of a citizen of one of the European cities at the end of the Middle Ages, and his goal is to perform various tasks assigned to the profession of his choice (e.g. becoming a mayor, making a fortune on trade, or establishing an aristocratic dynasty). The creators put a lot of emphasis on compliance with historical realities.

PC

Rails Across America
Rails Across America

Strategy 19 September 2001

Rails Across America is an economic strategy addressed to railway enthusiasts, allowing the player to take on the role of railway company manager. His responsibilities include, among other things, design and construction of new connections, financing of research work and concern for the financial condition of the company. Developers from the Flying Lab Software studio have taken care of the complexity of social and economic dependency mechanisms in the game.

PC

Europa Universalis III: In Nomine
Europa Universalis III: In Nomine

Strategy 28 May 2008

Another DLC requiring the base version of the third part of Europa Universalis and its previous expansion called Napoleon’s Ambition. In Nomine takes you back to the year 1399 when Henry IV takes the English throne. The expanded historical time frame enabled the developers to introduce a set of important historical events, like the Mongol invasion of Turkey, the Hundred Years’ War, or the Decline of the Byzantine Empire.

PC

The Golden Horde
The Golden Horde

Strategy 01 February 2008

The Golden Horde is a real-time strategy game created by the authors of Ancient Wars: Sparta using the same engine (AWE Engine). This product has been set in historical realities and, according to its name, has been linked to the time of the existence of the Golden Horde. We are talking specifically about the initial period of existence of this great Eurasian state, i.e. the middle of the 13th century.

PC

Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization

Strategy 22 September 2008

Colonization is a stand-alone addition to the fourth installment of Civilization, the award-winning series by one of the most recognizable people in the gaming industry - Sida Meier.

PC

UFO: Afterlight
UFO: Afterlight

Strategy 09 February 2007

The third installment of the series of turn-based, science-fiction strategy games developed by Altar Interactive studio. The plot of UFO: Afterlight is set shortly after the events depicted in its predecessor, and takes place on the surface of Mars, where the inhabitants of a human colony discover the remains of a mysterious, highly-developed alien civilization.

PC

Cities XL
Cities XL

Strategy 08 October 2009

A strategy in which we build and manage cities (so-called "city builder"). The production contains several scenarios - the most fun is to build your own metropolis from scratch. During this process, we determine the layout of streets, build buildings and organize communication, and then we take care of the residents' satisfaction. On the day of the premiere, an attraction of the game was also the online mode, thanks to which we were able to visit other players' cities.

PC

Satellite Reign
Satellite Reign

Strategy 28 August 2015

A cyberpunk real-time strategy game inspired by the legendary Syndicate Wars, developed by 5 Lives - a studio founded by the developers of the aforementioned title. The action takes place in a distant future in which the world is ruled by corporations and order is kept by a brutal police force. In the city slums, a mysterious organization appears; its goal is to turn the established order upside down.

PC

Galactic Civilizations III
Galactic Civilizations III

Strategy 14 May 2015

The third installment in the popular space 4X strategy game series which is the flagship franchise of Stardock Systems, previously known mainly for developing utility software. The action takes place several years after the events presented in the expansion to the game’s predecessor. Thanks to this, we can make use of all the previously featured races, factions, and technologies.

PC

AirMech Arena
AirMech Arena

Strategy 30 July 2014

A console version of the multi-player MOBA strategy, in which two teams consisting of max. 3 players. The production combines elements of classic RTS and old-school shooting. Directly controlling the title, universal AirMech, we give our units orders to expand the infrastructure and eliminate enemy bases and provide support during combat.

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Plants vs Zombies Adventures
Plants vs Zombies Adventures

Strategy 20 May 2013

Plants vs. Zombies Adventures is a tower defense facebook strategy. The player's task is to repel waves of zombies. To achieve this goal it uses seedlings that grow on plants that attack opponents or slow down their dreams. Between the missions we deal with the development of the town.

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Pockie Ninja II Social
Pockie Ninja II Social

Strategy 01 June 2012

A social game licensed by the popular series anime Naruto. We manage a village inhabited by ninja warriors, recruit new units and take care of their best training. With time we fight in turn-based system and cooperate with friends or plunder other players' villages.

WWW

Planetary Annihilation
Planetary Annihilation

Strategy 05 September 2014

Planetary Annihilation is a space-based real-time strategy game following the 1997 hit Total Annihilation. Game was produced by independent studio Uber Entertainment with the support of Kickstarter crowdfunding platform users. Action takes players to the distant future, where they participate in an uncompromising rivalry for control over the Universe.

PC

Populous
Populous

Strategy 01 January 1989

Populous is an innovative strategy game from 1989, created under the responsibility of Bullfrog Productions, led by Peter Molyneux. The British product, the first representative of "god game" titles, allows you to take on the role of a deity and take care of the tribe that professes it.

PC

CastleStorm
CastleStorm

Strategy 29 May 2013

CastleStorm is a tower defence strategy game. It takes place on a 2D map, on the edges of which castles of rival players are situated.

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Etherium
Etherium

Strategy 25 March 2015

A real-time strategy set in a science-fiction world developed by independent French studio Tindalos. The game focuses on a war raging in a distant part of the universe between three empires competing for access to the titular, valuable resource – Etherium. In the story campaign we choose one of the factions characterized by different abilities and weaknesses, and are given access to one of three specializations: mastery of the weather, predicting the future, or advanced espionage.

PC

Novus Aeterno
Novus Aeterno

Strategy TBA

A science-fiction MMORTS game created by the independent studio Taitale Studios. Novus Aeterno is set in a huge galaxy that centuries ago was ruled by five great empires; although periods of war were mingled with periods of peace, it had a positive influence on the economy and technological development. As a result of a great catastrophe however, the old order of things collapsed - huge motherships with survivors hibernated on-board became the only remnants of the old civilization.

PC

CrimeSight
CrimeSight

Strategy 14 April 2022

CrimeSight is an unusual turn-based strategy online game. Playing as Moriarty and Holmes, one side tries to commit murder while the other tries to prevent it by controlling the "pawns" in turns.

PC

Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2
Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2

Strategy 25 March 2021

An expansive turn-based strategy game that takes us to the Eastern Front of World War II. In Gary Grigsby's War in the East 2, three massive campaigns and seven smaller scenarios await checking out.

PC

The Fermi Paradox
The Fermi Paradox

Strategy March 2025 (early access since 01 July 2021)

The Fermi Paradox is a strategy game in which we shape the history of the galaxy, watching over the fate of ten different civilisations living there. The game was developed by Anomaly Games studio.

PC

Laysara: Summit Kingdom
Laysara: Summit Kingdom

Strategy 10 April 2024

City builder type strategy game in which we build cities on the slopes of high mountains, like in Nepal or Tibet. In Laysara: Summit Kingdom we have to take care of the interests of the whole caste community, create transport networks and protect against destructive avalanches.

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