The most interesting strategy games this year
All the best and most popular games of the year, upcoming releases, and hits from the past. Use filters to narrow down search.
Songs of Conquest
Strategy 20 May 2024
Songs of Conquest is a fantasy strategy enriched with RPG elements. The player must both manage the kingdom and lead the team as they explore the game world and perform their tasks. In addition, there are tactical battles and the whole game takes place in the turn-based system.
Homeworld 3
Strategy 13 May 2024
The third full-fledged part of the cult RTS game series set in space. The game was created by Blackbird Interactive studio, founded by the co-creator of the first part, which has previously developed Homeworld Remastered Collection and Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak.
Manor Lords
Strategy 26 April 2024
Manor Lords is a Polish medieval strategy game, tasking us with building settlements and leading troops in combat. It was created by an indie developer Slavic Magic.
Infection Free Zone
Strategy 11 April 2024
Infection Free Zone is a city builder set in a postapocalyptic world, in which a mysterious virus turned the infected into violent monsters. The game lets us play in any real city in the world, downloading detailed data from the OpenStreetMap service.
Age of History 3
Strategy 2024
The third installment in a series of grand strategy games by Lukasz Jakowski. Age of History 3 tasks us with leading our nation to greatness, changing turn-based gameplay to real-time and introducing new battle mechanics.
Pioneers of Pagonia
Strategy August 2024 (early access since 13 December 2023)
Pioneers of Pagonia is a strategy game co-developed by the designer of the first installment in The Settlers series. It revolves around expanding a community's economic might and uniting several tribes living in the titular archipelago.
Dominions 6: Rise of the Pantokrator
Strategy 17 January 2024
The sixth installment in a series of turn-based grand strategy games about deities trying to conquer the world. Dominions 6: Rise of the Pantokrator tasks us with managing our lands and battling powerful enemy forces.
Men of War II
Strategy 15 May 2024
The second installment in a series of WW2 RTS games. Men of War II includes two large singleplayer campaigns, an expansive cooperative and competitive multiplayer, a level editor and modding tools.
Crown Wars: The Black Prince
Strategy 23 May 2024
A turn-based strategy with RPG elements set during the Hundred Years' War. Crown Wars: The Black Prince has us playing as a glory-seeking noble, who ends up facing a mysterious, evil cult.
Fabledom
Strategy 13 May 2024
A strategy game set in a fairytale world. In Fabledom we play as a ruler, our job being to create a prosperous kingdom from scratch.
Going Medieval
Strategy August 2024 (early access since 01 June 2021)
Going Medieval is a strategy game in which we try to build and supervise a village created in areas where civilization ceased to exist as a result of a deadly plague. The production was developed and released by Foxy Voxel studio.
Old World: Behind the Throne
Strategy 28 May 2024
The fifth expansion for the 4X turn based strategy Old World, focused on the topic of court intrigues. Behind the Throne offers new mechanics like having subordinates manage towns. It also features famous historical characters and introduces many brand new world events.
Millennia
Strategy 26 March 2024
A 4X turn-based strategy game created by C Prompt Games and Paradox Interactive. Millenia has us leading a civilization through ten different eras, from the beginning of humanity to the space age.
Songs of Silence
Strategy 04 June 2024 (early access since 04 June 2024)
A hybrid of a turn-based 4X strategy and an RTS, with RPG and card game elements. Songs of Silence takes place in a fantasy world torn apart by war, with the player leading one of the warring factions to lead it to victory.
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.
Drill Core
Strategy 2024 (early access since 2024)
A strategy game about commanding space miners and mining alien planets mixed with a tower defense title. Our job in Drill Core is to obtain valuable resources from various planets, as well as to defend our mining platforms from very aggressive alien beings.
Timberborn
Strategy 2024 (early access since 15 September 2021)
Timberborn is a Polish economic strategy from the genre of city builders with survival elements, in which our goal is to create a thriving town inhabited by beavers. The game was developed by Mechanistry studio.
Thronefall
Strategy October 2024 (early access since 02 August 2023)
A minimalist, isometric, indie real-time strategy game by GrizzlyGames. Thronefall tasks players with constructing buildings, expanding their kingdom and repelling invading armies.
Stellaris: The Machine Age
Strategy 07 May 2024
The ninth large expansion for the grand strategy game made by Paradox Interactive in 2016. Stellaris: The Machine Age has us face new types of threats related to cybernetics and synthetic technologies. The DLC offers new origins, ethos, constructions, techs and crisis paths.
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Strategy 20 June 2024 (early access since 15 March 2019)
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is a city builder by 3Division. It tasks us with managing, expanding and leading a fictional Soviet republic to a bright future.
Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age
Strategy 2024
Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age is a strategy game from the Triassic Games studio, moving us into the 1970s and 1980s. Our task is to lead an aircraft carrier strike team in a campaign taking place in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Ancients
Strategy 05 June 2024 (early access since 05 June 2024)
A turn-based 4X strategy in which we take command over a prehistoric tribe and help it develop. The Ancients focuses on taking care of the needs of our community, as well as exploring lands, making technological discoveries and shaping the culture of the tribe.
Warno
Strategy 23 May 2024
Warno is a real-time strategy from Eugen Systems studio, known among others from Wargame series. Game takes up the theme of the Cold War, which turns into World War III.
Northgard: Garm, Clan of the Hounds
Strategy 30 May 2024
The thirteenth non-standalone expansion for the strategy game Northgard. Garm, Clan of the Hounds introduces the titular group of fighters. They have unique abilities which allow them to become berserkers and to transform into various animal forms.
Capes
Strategy 29 May 2024
A turn-based strategy with RPG elements, in which we lead a team of superheroes to free their city from villainous clutches. Capes was developed by the independent studio Spitfire Interactive and published by Daedalic Entertainment.
Farthest Frontier
Strategy 2024 (early access since 09 August 2022)
An expansive RTS developed by Crate Entertainment- the creators of bestselling Grim Dawn. Farthest Frontier tasks us with developing a settlement from a small wooden village to a thriving city.
Empires of the Undergrowth
Strategy 07 June 2024 (early access since 01 December 2017)
Developed by Slug Disco Studios, the game is an unusual real-time strategy, which places the player in control of an anthill. The experience is accompanied by a commentary resembling narration in a documentary film. This element of the game teaches the player a lot of interesting facts concerning the functioning of an anthill.
Synergy
Strategy 21 May 2024
A city builder strategy game in which we build cities on an inhospitable planet. In Synergy, we acquire resources, construct buildings and lay roads, and organize expeditions that provide valuable information about the game world.
Galacticare
Strategy 23 May 2024
An economic strategy filled with humour, in which we manage a space hospital from the 23rd century. Galacticare has us dealing with patients belonging to various alien races. Our task is to take care of their health, as well as to expand the hospital and manage our staff.
Europa Universalis IV: Winds of Change
Strategy 08 May 2024
The sixteenth expansion for the grand strategy game from 2013. Europa Universalis IV: Winds of Change introduces imnportant changes to three parts of the world - Europe, Central Asia and the Americas. There are new mechanics, units, events and theme content.
Field of Glory: Kingdoms
Strategy 04 June 2024
Turn-based strategy game that takes us on a journey to the Middle Ages and lets us lead a chosen faction towards a bright (or quite the opposite) future. Field of Glory: Kingdoms allows you to play solo or in multiplayer via PBEM.
Reus 2
Strategy 28 May 2024
A low-poly strategy game, in which we play as mighty giants shaping the growth of a civilization. Reus 2 expands on the formula from the first game, which debuted in 2013.
The Tribe Must Survive
Strategy 23 May 2024
A survival strategy game with roguelike elements. The Tribe Must Survive is set in the Stone Age world inspired by H.P. Lovecraft's novels. We are taking care of a primitive tribe. Its members have their own will and we can't control them, but they can be "manipulated" by us.
Commandos: Origins
Strategy 2024
The fourth mainline installment in an iconic series of tactical strategy games. Commandos: Origins portrays the beginnings of the titular commandos, foiling the Germans and Axis forces during World War II.
Desynced
Strategy October 2024 (early access since 15 August 2023)
An economic strategy with simulation elements. Desynced has us managing an extraterrestrial facility, using a fleet of drones to extract, process and transport resources needed to repair our spaceship.
Republic of Pirates
Strategy 19 June 2024
A Polish RTS set during the golden age of piracy, in the Caribbean. Republic of Pirates combines real-time naval combat with city building and diplomacy.