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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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Toy Soldiers
Toy Soldiers

8.3 Game Score

Toy Soldiers is a tower defense strategy developed by Signal's development team. The action of the game refers to military actions from the period of World War I, but the players control the actions of plastic soldiers fighting on battlefield mock-ups. The creators enriched the game with arcade elements.

PCX360

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

8.3 Game Score

Tactical RPG games draw in incredibly. If a good combat system is wrapped in a good story, with good graphics and effects of fights - you can count on the hit. Final Fantasy Tactics shows how to play such games.

GBA

Elven Legacy
Elven Legacy

8.3 Game Score

A fantasy turn-based strategy game by Ino-Co and a sequel to Fantasy Wars. Elven Legacy is set in the same world as its predecessor — the world, in which elves are trying to restore the former glory of their race. However, someone is trying to gain access to an ancient magic, their Great Tree, which grants the ability of reincarnation.

PC

Sword of the Stars
Sword of the Stars

8.3 Game Score

Space strategy game realized in 4X convention. It includes an extensive three-dimensional space map, which is the centre of our actions, a turn-based empire building system, the possibility of planetary exploration, as well as a special star combat mode reminiscent of games such as Homeworld.

PC

Parkan: Iron Strategy
Parkan: Iron Strategy

8.3 Game Score

Park: Iron Strategy is a futuristic real-time strategy (RTS) produced by Nikita, a Russian development studio. The plot of the game shows the struggle of corporations, which compete for control over the planetary system rich in valuable resources. The game consists in building bases and commanding heavily armed combat robots sent to fight enemies.

PC

Hooligans: Storm over Europe
Hooligans: Storm over Europe

8.3 Game Score

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

Sacrifice
Sacrifice

8.3 Game Score

Sacrifice is a real-time strategy produced by Shiny Entertainment studio. The action of the game was set after the end of the Holy War, in which 5 deities defeated the creator. They are now in a ruthless struggle to rule the world. The player chooses one of the factions and tries to tip the scales of victory on their side. The game was created mainly for multiplayer mode, in which up to four participants can take part.

PC

Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords

8.3 Game Score

The second entry in a great strategy games series created by Stardock Corporation. It uses new and fully three-dimensional visual engine.

PC

Battalion Wars
Battalion Wars

8.3 Game Score

It is the end of the 21st century. Two superpowers are engaged in a fierce battle with each other. The border conflict turns into a world war, with total domination of the Earth at stake. Kaiser Vlad, a madman, takes advantage of the unfortunate situation and wants to take control over the countries weakened by years of fighting. Using the infamous achievements of science he creates a remarkably strong army.

GCN

The Movies: Stunts & Effects
The Movies: Stunts & Effects

8.3 Game Score

Imagine that you're shooting your next film. You would very much like to bring the audience to their knees and put them in a state of euphoria during the projection. Unfortunately, your production lacks an effective ending. Wouldn't it be better for the final scenes to be full of crazy car chases that will end in a spectacular explosion?

PC

Sid Meier's Gettysburg
Sid Meier's Gettysburg

8.3 Game Score

Take command of an army of the Union or the Confederacy and, with your strategic mastery, superstition the fate of the greatest battle of the Civil War.

PC

Codename: Panzers - Zlota Edycja
Codename: Panzers - Zlota Edycja

8.3 Game Score

Codename: Panzers Gold Edition is a special package consisting of two parts of the Codename series, i.e. Codename: Panzers - Phase One and Codename: Panzers - Phase Two. Of course, both in the full Polish language version.

PC

The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary - The Vikings
The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary - The Vikings

8.3 Game Score

The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary - The Vikings is the first official expansion for the anniversary edition of The Settlers II. As its title suggests, the expansion developed by Blue Byte Software and Funatics Development allows the player to play as the Vikings. Our new heroes were attacked by the cunning Pirates of the Wolf who damaged the World Portal. As a result, the Portal exploded and created a gigantic vortex of energy that took the pirates and our Vikings to an unknown land.

PC

Europa Universalis IV: Cradle of Civilization
Europa Universalis IV: Cradle of Civilization

8.3 Game Score

Another one of the numerous expansions to the popular turn-based strategy game Europa Universalis IV developed by Paradox Development Studio. Cradle of Civilization focuses on expanding features related to the Middle East and Muslim empires.

PC

Dawn of Man
Dawn of Man

8.3 Game Score

Dawn of Man is a combination of survival and city builder. The player's task is to lead a settlement settled in prehistory, from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. Madruga Works studio is responsible for the production of the game.

PCXONEPS4

Europa Universalis IV: Common Sense
Europa Universalis IV: Common Sense

8.3 Game Score

The sixth major DLC for the 2013’s Europa Universalis IV, a part of the grand strategy game series developed since 2001 by Paradox Interactive. The biggest novelty of Europa Universalis IV: Common Sense is the new province development system that limits provinces’ expansion based on their size and the so-called development level. By spending the monarch points, we can also expand individual buildings, making them more effective, and increase the income from our provinces.

PC

Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients

8.3 Game Score

The third installment in the strategy game series set in antiquity, started in 2010 by Longbow Digital Arts. The action takes place in the distant past and to the rise of Rome, when armies of the Greeks, Gauls, Romans, and Etruscans fought fierce battles for control of the Apennine Peninsula. While playing, we can either experience the entire path of Rome to hegemony in the ancient world as it happened or try to change history by leading one of the remaining nations.

PC

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

8.3 Game Score

A tactical RTS set during World War II that expands on the Men of War franchise. It was developed by Barbed Wire studio, known for its modifications to both games from Men of War: Assault Squad series. Gates of Hell gives us a wide view on the war, taking us on battlefields of all years and fronts: from snowy plains of USSR to sun-scorched sands of Africa. Gameplay is focused on the tactical layer, without any form of resource gathering or base building.

PC

Dungeons 3
Dungeons 3

8.3 Game Score

Dungeons 3 is the third installment in the fantasy strategy game series developed by Realmforge. Dungeons 3 continues the story from the previous games. We play as a Dungeon Lord who, after uniting the forces of evil and laying the foundations of the new empire of darkness, comes to the conclusion that his ambitions are not yet fulfilled. He decides to recruit the priestess of dark elves so that she would lead his forces during the conquest of the surface world.

PCXONEPS4Switch

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen

8.3 Game Score

An expansion to XCOM 2 developed by Firaxis Games. Its story focuses on the titular Chosen – a new type of agents working for ADVENT, who try to capture the leader of the XCOM group. To achieve this, those merciless specialists kidnap his followers and torture them to gather valuable information. They are so effective that they can even affect the strategic layer and destroy our global operations.

PCXONEPS4

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

8.2 Game Score

A remastered and improved edition of Age of Empires II – the second installment in the best-selling real time strategy series, originally released in the year 2000. The enhanced edition has been developed by Forgotten Empires. The improvements implemented herein regard mostly the visuals and the interface – the visuals have been significantly improved, and the game supports 4K resolution. The developers have also decided to implement the symphonic soundtrack to accompany the player’s efforts.

PCXSXXONE

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator
Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator

8.2 Game Score

Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator is a title developed by Brilliant Game Studios. It enables the user to simulate medieval/ancient battles in which dozens of thousands of units can participate. The game presents the topic in a humorous way. Not only Romanian centurions, medieval knights, Spartans and Persians can fight against each other, but orcs, trolls, Santa Clauses, penguins and chickens as well.

PC

The Shrouded Isle
The Shrouded Isle

8.2 Game Score

An unusual turn-based horror strategy game developed by Kitfox Games. The action of The Shrouded Isle takes place in a remote town on an island that is cut off from the world. We assume the role of its mayor, and our task is to ensure the local population’s prosperity. The problem is that the town was built upon the resting place of some ancient gods’ that, if unsatisfied, can awaken and devour everything in their way.

PCSwitch

Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon
Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon

8.2 Game Score

A DLC, created by Skybox Labs in cooperation with Forgotten Empires studios, to Age of Mythology: Extended Edition – a remastered version of the classic RTS game from Ensemble Studios. The expansion, named Tale of the Dragon, doesn’t change much in basic game mechanics, which remain the quintessence of real-time strategy with a complex economic aspect.

PC