Strategy Video Games75
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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Dungeon Keeper
Strategy 10 October 2013
Mobile remake of the best-selling game Bullfrog studio from 1997, combining elements of real-time strategy, RPG and modern tower defense. In the game we play the role of the title guardian of the underground, who, using an army of various monsters, must protect his estates from the temptations of celebrity daredevils.
Sigma Theory: Global Cold War
Strategy 21 November 2019
A turn-based psychological thriller game with political, espionage, and science-fiction elements.
Twilight Struggle
Strategy 13 April 2016
A digital adaptation of the strategy board game created by American company GMT Games. Twilight Struggle takes place during the Cold War and the player assumes the role of a leader of one of the two empires – USA or USSR. The game is played in turns on a global map. The rivaling sides are playing with cards that trigger events beneficial for one, either, or neither side of the conflict.
Space Hulk: Ascension - Salamanders
Strategy 24 February 2015
The second official DLC for Space Hulk: Ascension - a turn based science-fiction strategy game created by Full Control as an attempt to translate the popular Space Hulk board game, set in the Warhammer 40K universe, into a video game setting. This time around, the players get to control a new Space Marine faction – the Salamanders chapter. The new story campaign includes twenty missions, in which the Salamanders attempt to retrieve the precious Tomes of Fire and punish those who profaned them.
Siegecraft Commander
Strategy 17 January 2017
A warfare-oriented strategy created by Blowfish Studios, notable for the warmly-received Gunscape. Siegecraft Commander takes us to a fantasy universe, fought iver by Knights of Freemoi and tribes of Lizardmen. The game offers a single player campaign, allowing the player to control both factions. In this case, the game is similar to a traditional real-time strategy. For a change, the multiplayer mode allows us to choose between real-time gameplay and a turn-based one.
Battle Islands: Commanders
Strategy 14 February 2017
A simplistic RTS game focusing on quick multiplayer duels and employing free-to-play business model. Battle Islands: Commanders was created by the experienced DR Studios, and the game extends the formula of 2013's Battle Islands. The game simplifies the traditional RTS mechanics, but supplementing them with elements borrowed from card games and tower defense titles. Each duel is fought using the cards one has in their deck, which can be modified to one's liking.
Europa Universalis IV: Mandate of Heaven
Strategy 06 April 2017
One among many DLCs for 2013 Europa Universalis IV by Paradox Interactive. Mandate of Heaven is focused on East Asia, especially on the Chinese Ming dynasty, Japan, and Manchurian tribes. Playing these factions, we can count on significantly more interesting experiences that are rich in detail, options, and unique events that are absent in the core game. The expansion introduces 50-year periods of prosperity and top power that can be achieved by meeting specific requirements.
1941 Frozen Front
Strategy 03 July 2013
Turn-based strategy game set during World War II. Players take the side of Germany or the USSR and participate in various missions. In addition to the single player campaign, there is also a multiplayer mode.
Europa Universalis IV: Rights of Man
Strategy 11 October 2016
An add-on for Europa Universalis IV, created by Paradox Interactive studio. The expansion requires the base game to be installed. The core of the gameplay hasn't changed, but a lot of new features, tweaks and new functions have been included. Novelties include Great Power mechanics – a special functionality, that gives access to new influence mechanics once you choose one of the great nations.
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Strategy 01 April 2021
A grotesque strategy game from the developers responsible for such curious projects as Square Brawl and Clustertruck. Totally Accurate Battle Simulator allows the players to control an army of colored humanoids. We spend our money on infantry, archers, pikemen, or siege machines, such as ballistae and catapults.
Tooth and Tail
Strategy 12 September 2017
An arcade real-time strategy game by Pocketwatch Games, featuring old-school pixel art visuals. The action of Tooth and Tail takes place during an animal revolution, modeled to the conflicts of the turn of 19th and 20th century, where several factions comprised of different animal species fight to the death. Gameplay mechanics resemble classic RTS productions—their foundations lay in resource gathering, base building, and tactical combat.
End State
Strategy 01 December 2022
A tactical turn-based strategy game tackling the subject of modern terrorism, developed by Iron Sight. The Finish dev team was inspired by genre classics such as XCOM or the Jagged Alliance series. The action of End State takes place in Eastern Europe, where numerous gangs and private military organizations freely engage in criminal activities.
Stars in Shadow
Strategy 19 January 2017
A space turn-based 4X strategy game by Ashdar Games. In Stars in Shadow, we can create our own empire and lead it to interstellar domination. There are seven different factions and six sentient races at our disposal, each of which has its own history, unique development path, and goals.
Sorcerer King: Rivals
Strategy 15 September 2016
A stand-alone expansion to Sorcerer King, a turn-based 4x strategy. Similarly to the basic version, the expansion was created by Stardock Corporation. This time, the players assume the role of a mortal ruler whose goal is to achieve immortality. Sorcerer King: Rivals introduces two new factions (King Bazzar’s dwarves, and necromancers, led by Archmage Velemor), each with their own technologies, spells, and troops.
Megapolis
Strategy 14 January 2012
Social economic strategy, in which we play the role of the mayor of a virtual town, and our goal is to make it the title metropolis. During the game, we erect residential buildings, production facilities, public buildings and decorations, taking care of the residents' satisfaction and constant influence on the city's cash register.
8-bit Hordes
Strategy 12 August 2016
An old-school real-time strategy game set in a fantasy world and created by Petroglyph - an experienced team popular mainly games such as Star Wars: Empire at War, Universe at War: Earth Assault or Grey Goo. 8-bit Hordes is based on the classic RTS mechanics. The game presents a conflict between the Dark Orcs and the Lightbringers. The latter are a coalition of humans, dwarves and elves. The player gathers resources, expands their base, produces units and fights the enemy forces.
Game Tycoon 2
Strategy 08 April 2016
A sequel to the simple economic strategy game developed by Sunlight Games studio. The game allows the player to assume the role of a video game developer. In Game Tycoon 2 once again the player becomes the head of a small game developing studio, the members of which dream of conquering the global video game market. One can choose from three varied teams with different attributes and starting conditions. The campaign starts in year 1980 and lasts for five decades till 2030.
StarDrive 2: Sector Zero
Strategy 08 March 2016
The first major expansion for StarDrive 2, a space 4X strategy game by Zero Sum Games. Sector Zero brings, first and foremost, larger galaxies (up to 4 times bigger), new missions, technologies, and racial traits, as well as two additional victory conditions based on scientific and historical approach. The gameplay itself does not deviate significantly from what we have seen in the original. The developers introduced two new mechanics, though.
Populous II: Trials of the Olympian Gods
Strategy 01 September 1991
Continuation of Peter Molyneux's original strategy game, in which, playing the role of a deity, we lead a group of our subjects against the followers of another god. Compared to its predecessor, the game was set in the realities of Greek mythology, offering improved visual setting, nearly 4 times more divine powers and as many as 1000 different maps.
Populous: The Beginning - Undiscovered Worlds
Strategy 30 November 1998
Official add-on to Populous: The Beginning, the third installment of the so-called 'god games' series launched in 1989. The plugin doesn't make any changes in gameplay mechanics, offering 12 completely new missions for single- and multiplayer fun.
Frozen Synapse 2
Strategy 13 September 2018
A full-fledged continuation of a science-fiction turn-based strategy developed by Mode 7 Games. In its premise, Frozen Synapse 2 doesn’t differ much from what its predecessor offered, and focuses on combat using small units, emphasizing strategic planning. The main distinguishing element of the game (and the whole series) is the fact that the encounters are turn-based, but the players make their moves simultaneously, rather than alternately.
Last Days of Old Earth
Strategy 07 June 2016
A science-fiction turn-based 4X strategy game created by Auroch Digital. Last Days of Old Earth concentrates on a vision of future, when the Sun began to dim and a substantial part of the Earth froze over, forcing the remainders of humanity to travel to relatively warm areas near the equator. What is even worse however, is that a faction of hostile robots called the Automata appeared on the surface of the planet. Automata had been created by a long-extinct civilization for unknown purposes.
Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa
Strategy 24 November 2015
The third part of the strategy game series launched in 2010, which recreates key military operations of World War II. This time, the developers from VR Designs studio concentrated on the titular Operation Barbarossa, the German offensive against the Soviet Union, described as one of the most important military operations carried out by the Axis, whose failure greatly contributed towards the final defeat of the 3rd Reich in the war.
Star Trek Timelines
Strategy 14 January 2016
Created by Disruptor Beam studio, a science fiction strategy RPG set in the popular Star Trek universe. The plot revolves around strange anomalies that cause alternative realities and timelines to mix, thus allowing you to meet characters from all Start Trek films and TV series. You assume the role of a ship captain traveling through the galaxy to explore new planets and undertake important missions.