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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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Wildfrost
Wildfrost

Strategy 12 April 2023

A combination of a roguelike and a card game. Wildfrost tasks us with saving a world frozen over by a cataclysmic disaster. To do so, we must traverse the realm and fight enemies in turn-based battles.

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Kaiserpunk
Kaiserpunk

Strategy 2024

A cross betwwen an Anno-like city builder and a grand strategy game reminiscent of Europa Universalis. Kaiserpunk has us leading a 20th century city-state, expanding it, conquering other regions and creating our own empire.

PC

New Cycle
New Cycle

Strategy 18 January 2024

New Cycle is a city builder with survival elements inspired by Frostpunk and Anno. We play as the leader of a settlement, trying to survive after an apocalyptic disaster that destroyed the world's technology and turned the Earth inhospitable.

PC

City of Gangsters
City of Gangsters

Strategy 09 August 2021

City of Gangsters from the SomaSim studio is a turn-based economic strategy in which we are expanding the Mafia empire at a time of American prohibition. Starting from scratch, our task is to provide alcohol to the city and to deal with the competition.

PC

Patron
Patron

Strategy 10 August 2021

The debut game of the independent studio Overseer Games. Patron is a strategy game from the city builder genre with survival elements. We play the role of a settlement manager, who has to develop his village, taking care of the needs of citizens.

PC

Phoenix Point
Phoenix Point

Strategy 03 December 2019

A strategy game set in a unique sci-fi universe, developed by American studio Snapshot Games. Inspired by horror movies and the works of H. P. Lovecraft, the story of Phoenix Point takes place in 2046, when an ancient virus is relentlessly attacking all life forms, transforming them into mutated monsters. Mechanics-wise, the game is based on the X-COM series. You take control of the last bastion of humanity, caring about its development and safety.

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9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far

Strategy 23 February 2024

A real-time strategy by Petroglyph, veterans of the genre. 9-bit Armies: A Bit Too Far tasks players with leading an army to victory during a war. The game stands out with its voxel-based graphics.

PC

Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades
Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades

Strategy 26 January 2024

The second installment in a series of RTS games originating from 2006. Ancient Wars: Medieval Crusades lets us develop and equip our troops and features changing weather conditions affecting the battlefield.

PC

Total War: Warhammer III - Thrones of Decay
Total War: Warhammer III - Thrones of Decay

Strategy 30 April 2024

Thrones of Decay is an expansion for Total War: Warhammer III, divided into three smaller packages (bought separately or together). This add-on features three new legendary lords, as well as new types of units, including new legendary heroes.

PC

Supreme Ruler Ultimate
Supreme Ruler Ultimate

Strategy 17 October 2014

Special cross-edition of the popular strategy series, created by the Battlegoat studio on the basis of their own production from 1982. The game combines four previously released instalments of the series, the action of which stretches from the late 1930s to the near future. During the game, we take control over a chosen nation and our goal is to lead it to world domination, taking care of such aspects of the state's functioning as government, diplomacy, economics, trade, espionage and weaponry.

PC

Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion
Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion

Strategy 27 September 2005

The first official add-on to the third installment of Total War – the popular series created by Creative Assembly. As suggested by the title, Rome: Total War – Barbarian Invasion focuses on a very unfavorable time for the Roman Empire between 363 and 476. At that time, Europe had fallen under the reign of barbarian tribes, while the east had a new power player emerging in the form of Persian Empire.

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Hooligans: Storm over Europe
Hooligans: Storm over Europe

Strategy 10 February 2002

An atypical and controversial real-time strategy in which a player becomes the leader of an aggressive group of football fans. The action takes place in Europe and our task is to mutilate and kill all fans of other teams. Title only for players over 18 years of age.

PC

Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death

Strategy 22 March 2000

The second, and this time a standalone expansion to the renowned turn-based strategy Heroes of Might and Magic III from the New World Computing studio, which was released in the spring of 1999. The storyline of the expansion titled The Shadow of Death, revolves around the character of a necromancer named Sandro, who manipulates four heroes for the sake of his own goals; he means to use them to combine two mighty artifacts and gain control over the world.

PC

Lula: The Sexy Empire
Lula: The Sexy Empire

Strategy 18 February 1998

An economic strategy game for adult players. It was developed by Interactive Strip. The player's task is to establish and expand a porn empire. The game is divided into three parts. First, the player is required to earn enough money to buy counterfeit documents in order to escape from a desert town, where the protagonist was left alone by treacherous companions after a bank heist gone wrong.

PC

Emperor: Rise of The Middle Kingdom
Emperor: Rise of The Middle Kingdom

Strategy 11 September 2002

An economic strategy in which we build and manage cities in ancient China. The player has an influence on all aspects of the ancient city, including taxes, distribution of agricultural crops, military forces, construction of monumental buildings. The whole was built on an engine from Ceasar III.

PC

Celtic Kings: Rage of War
Celtic Kings: Rage of War

Strategy 27 August 2002

Isometric real-time strategy with adventure and RPG elements. The creators divided the game into two main modes: adventure and strategy. In the first of them we command the team on the side of Caesar or the Gallic druid. Strategic tasks include developing the army, hiring mercenaries, collecting artifacts and conquering castles. Production guarantees about 40 hours of fun.

PC

Pharaoh Expansion: Cleopatra - Queen of the Nile
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.

PC

Homeworld
Homeworld

Strategy 28 September 1999

Developed by Relic Entertainment, a Canadian studio, the real-time strategy takes place entirely in three-dimensional space. Set in the distant future, the story of the game tells about the fate of the human race Kushan, living on the desert planet Kharak.

PC

Chris Sawyer's Locomotion
Chris Sawyer's Locomotion

Strategy 07 September 2004

Locomotion is in fact a continuation of the extremely popular strategy and economic game called Transport Tycoon, which was launched in 1994. A huge transport corporation, operating on land and water and in airspace, must therefore be administered again.

PC

Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests
Sid Meier's Civilization III: Conquests

Strategy 04 November 2003

The second official expansion pack for the third installment in a series of turn-based strategy games developed by Sid Meier and his new studio Firaxis Games. The expansion gives an opportunity to take part in the largest conquests recorded so far by the human history (in Mesopotamia or America for example).

PC

Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War
Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War

Strategy 13 June 2006

Rise & Fall: Civilizations at War is the latest work of programmers and designers from Stainless Steel Studios, known to players such as Empire Earth or Empires: Dawn of the Modern World.

PC

StarCraft
StarCraft

Strategy 28 March 1998

A world-famous real-time strategy by the legendary developer Blizzard Entertainment. Set in a science fiction world, the game features dynamic battles between three enemy fractions – the descendants of humans known as Terrans, the enigmatic Protoss, and the insectoid Zerg. StarCraft offers 30 extensive missions divided into three different single player campaigns. Each of the available races is distinguished by unique units, technologies, buildings etc.

PC

Constructor
Constructor

Strategy 01 June 1997

A humorous economic strategy in which we take control of our own construction company, and our goal is to compete ruthlessly with the industry's competitors. By building appropriate workshops and houses for rent, we try to slow down the development of our rivals by means that are not necessarily in line with the law.

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The Universim
The Universim

Strategy 22 January 2024

An unusual real-time strategy game developed by Crytivo Games. We control a small society from a level of a tribe up to the era of great galactic empires. The Universim is based on the typical elements found in grand strategy games. Our duties include leading the society through the next stages of technological growth up to a level that allows us to colonize entire star systems. The game begins on a small planet with a group of tribesmen.

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