Strategy Video Games61
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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The Hacker 2.0
Strategy 12 January 2017
The Hacker 2.0 is a sequel to the 2012 The Hacker. Both games were developed by Angry Bugs. The game takes place in a not so distant future and has a retro-futuristic feel to it, inspired by the 80’s film and book representation of cyberpunk. We play as a hacker who has to break into well-protected computer systems in order to gather top secret data and sabotage them. The game has two primary aspects of gameplay. Missions themselves are presented in the form of a turn-based tactical game.
Aven Colony
Strategy 25 July 2017
A city builder strategy game developed by the independent studio Mothership Entertainment. The player arrives at the planet Aven Prime, assuming the role of the founder of one of one of the first extraterrestrial colonies. His tasks include expansion and settlement of new areas, taking care of the settlement’s technological infrastructure and the morale of its inhabitants, as well as fighting dangerous fauna and results of extreme weather conditions.
Worms (1995)
Strategy 29 November 1995
A turn-based strategy-arcade game in which two title teams are facing each other and the aim of each is to defeat the opponent through the elimination of all members of his team. The game takes place on randomly generated two-dimensional maps, and during battles worms use a variety of weapons and accessories.
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
Strategy 03 November 2016
A standalone expansion for the well-received real-time strategy game entitled Ashes of the Singularity. It was developed by the independent studio Stardock Corporation. The DLC comes with two story campaigns that let us lead the Substrate faction and the PHC forces. Both parties, present in the vanilla game, received new units, a wider variety of buildings, and more items and machines that can be summoned from the orbit.
Ravenmark: Mercenaries
Strategy 10 July 2013
Ravenmark: Mercenaries is a turn-based fantasy strategy. We command a troop of mercenaries taking on orders from three factions waging war with each other. Successes fill our treasury, which allows us to develop branches and take up more and more difficult contracts.
Metal Slug Defense
Strategy 01 May 2014
The side part of the cult series of two-dimensional shooting, realized in the form of tower-defense strategy. In the game we visit more than 100 different locations in different parts of the world, confronting aliens and rebels, commanded by a full-time antagonist of the cycle - General Morden.
XO
Strategy October 2024 (early access since 02 December 2019)
A space strategy inspired by the TV Show Battlestar Galactica, The Lost Fleet series of novels by John Hemry, and the video game FTL: Faster Than Light. In a distant future, the player assumes the role of a captain of the last remaining ship from a destroyed armada and hunted by a mysterious enemy. XO is played in real time, but the game offers an option of active pause. In battles the ships' movements are limited to two dimensions, but their behavior is simulated by an advanced physics engine.
The Lords of Midnight
Strategy 28 October 2012
The Lords of Midnight is a refreshed version of the classic strategy developed for PCs and enriched with RPG elements, which debuted on 8-bit computers in the 80s of the last century. Players take on the role of the ruler of the fantasy land, and his task is to defeat the evil Lord Doomdark, which he can do both by gathering armies and winning battles, as well as effectively ending the expedition to destroy the artifact that is the source of the tyrant's power.
Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon
Strategy 28 January 2016
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.
Pike and Shot: Campaigns 1494-1698
Strategy 13 August 2015
A new installment in a popular series of turn-based games, created as a joint effort of Byzantine Games and The Lords Games. The game takes us to Europe during the age of pike and shot (1494 – 1698), introducing three separate campaigns encompassing 40 historical battles from the Thirty Years’ War, the English Civil War, and the series of conflicts between Austria and Ottoman Empire, including Siege of Vienna.
Marvel Avengers Academy
Strategy 04 February 2016
A mobile economic strategy game, created by TinyCo studio, in which we manage a school for superheroes from the Marvel universe. Our task in Marvel Avengers Academy is to educate a new generation of heroes, so even though we meet well-known characters like Loki, Hulk, Black Widow, Iron Man or Captain America, they all are much younger, less experienced, and burdened with all the typical problem of a teenager.
Wars of Napoleon
Strategy 03 December 2015
A turn-based strategy game set during the Napoleonic Wars. The game was developed by AGEOD, a developer considered to be an able strategy game maker. The game offers four different scenarios set within different periods of Napoleon's rule. These include the so-called Grand Campaign (1805-1815) and a few smaller ones: Austerlitz (1805), Battle of Jena (1806), and Waterloo (1815). The battles are fought on the strategical level, so the player controls entire armies instead of individual soldiers.
Sovereignty: Crown of Kings
Strategy 02 February 2017
A turn based 4X strategy game with card game elements, set in a fantasy realm and developed by the Luxembourg-based independent studio The Lordz Games, previously known mainly for the Panzer Corps series. The story begins when the old Boruvian Empire starts to decline, and the younger kingdoms, rising in power, are more than willing to speed up its demise, seeing it as an opportunity to establish their own supremacy.
Battle Academy 2: Battle of Kursk
Strategy 26 March 2015
The first expansion to the well-received turn-based strategy game Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front from Slitherine. The expansion pack recreates the eponymous Battle of Kursk, known as the greatest armored battle in world’s history. In the summer of 1943 the Nazi Germany made a desperate attempt at regaining the upper hand on the Eastern Front, throwing in almost all of their advanced combat vehicles.
Invokers: Tournament
Strategy 03 December 2014
Invokers: Tournament is a MOBA game in which we fight in 3v3 format. Players play powerful avatars and fight in two modes for dominance on the map, supported by recruited creatures.
Susume Tactics
Strategy 07 May 2012
Susume Tactics is a real-time strategy. The player directs small futuristic troops. Tanks and their task is to break through a series of increasingly difficult maps and on each of them eliminate all enemies.
Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence
Strategy 12 December 2013
Fourteenth edition of one of the longest Japanese strategic series, developed by KOEI since 1983. In the game we play the role of the feudal master of the Sengoku era, who fights in the name of the great idea of unification of a war divided country, becoming at the same time the first Japanese Shogun. The game is based on three pillars: creation, diplomacy and war.
Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars
Strategy 25 August 2016
The fourth installment in one of the most famous 4X space strategy series. Conquer the Stars goes back to the roots of the franchise, marking the series’ reboot. It was developed by the creators of World of Tanks - Wargaming, who bought the IP rights from the bankrupting Atari company. In terms of gameplay, the game is close to what the previous installments accustomed us to.
Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion
Strategy 10 November 2011
Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion is a PC-based fantasy strategy. The production offers only a campaign and emphasizes the fictional aspect. The game boils down mainly to large scale battles by means of a turn-based combat system, requiring the use of formation and taking into account the terrain.
Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms
Strategy 05 November 2015
The second expansion to Age of Empires II: HD Edition from 2013. Unlike the first DLC, which was a commercial remake of a fan-made modification to the original Age of Empires II, The African Kingdoms was built from ground up entirely by the developers of the original game, Hidden Path Entertainment. The expansion takes us once more to the Middle Ages, however, this time we travel to a completely different region of the world – the African continent.
Kingdom Rush Frontiers
Strategy 05 June 2013
The game provides a continuation to one of the most popular mobile tower defense strategies, which was created by Ironhide. Kingdom Rush Frontiers is based on the gameplay formula of its predecessor. The player's task here is to defend the kingdom against various fantasy creatures. In order to do that, the player builds different defensive structures on their path, sends military units to fight them, but also uses many different spells.
Vietnam '65
Strategy 05 March 2015
Developed by Johan Nagel in cooperation with Slitherine Strategies, Vietnam ’65 is an unusual turn-based strategy game set in the period of the Vietnam War. The action of the game takes place in 1965 in the Ia Drang Valley, located near the border with Cambodia, where the American government dispatched a powerful military support in order to prevent the unification of this part of the country under a single, communist flag.
Maritime Kingdom
Strategy 04 December 2014
Game Insight's social economic strategy, which is a continuation of the model started in The Tribez games. In the game we take on the position of mayor of a small port town, and our task is to expand it and help the princess in recovering the crown jewels and freeing the king. The title belongs to the species of classic city builders, enriched with the possibility of trading with overseas kingdoms.
The Settlers (2009)
Strategy 06 November 2009
Mobile edition of one of the most popular series of economic strategies, launched in 1993 by the German studio Blue Byte. The mobile game is a simplified version of the computer-based fourth installment of the cycle and offers four separate campaigns where we can lead the Romans, the Vikings, the Maya and the mysterious Dark Tribe.