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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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Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville

Strategy 29 May 2015

The third installment in a popular series of post-apocalyptic economic strategy games developed by Nortway Games. Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville takes us to the near future, to a world where a worldwide zombie epidemic has left the civilization in ruins and changed the big cities into huge cemeteries. The players assume control of a small group of survivors that attempts to rebuild one of the smaller cities and create a safe haven from the living dead.

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Galaxy of Trian
Galaxy of Trian

Strategy 16 July 2016

A virtual adaptation of a Polish board game of the same title. It has been developed by independent studio Grey Wizard Innovative belonging to Piotr and Ewa Zygadlo, both experienced game developers (Artifex Mundi, Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan). Galaxy of Trian is set in a science-fiction universe, in which humanity gained access to advanced technology of an alien race, Trian, and uses it to strengthen rivaling nations. Gameplay mechanics match the tabletop original.

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Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth - Rising Tide

Strategy 09 October 2015

An official expansion for Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth, a 2014’s turn-based strategy game developed by Firaxis Games, the creators of the core game. The biggest novelty introduced by the add-on is lifting the limitation of our territory to the coastline and allowing expansion at seas and oceans.

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Firefight
Firefight

Strategy 08 June 2014

A tactical real-time strategy set in the realities of World War II, modelled on the cult PC series Close Combat. Despite the relatively simple setting, the production puts great emphasis on realism and is characterized by an advanced physical engine and artificial intelligence of the units.

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Krinkle Krusher
Krinkle Krusher

Strategy 07 April 2015

An unusual tower defense game, in which you play as an enchanted glove of a powerful wizard. Your task in Krinkle Krusher is to defend a castle from an invasion of creatures called Krinkles. At first glance they may look quite adorable, but they're evil beasts, which must be stopped from reaching your base. To do that, you have to use the glove's power, which allows you to cast various spells, such as creating a wall of fire or throwing magical swords at the enemies.

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Pocket God vs. Desert Ashes
Pocket God vs. Desert Ashes

Strategy 24 February 2015

A turn-based strategy game created by the indie developer Nine Tales Digital. The game combines the universes known from two games - Desert Ashes and Pocket God. The gameplay is divided into two segments. The first one allows you to overlook a map of the fantasy world and move your units on it. When you encounter an enemy you are moved to a battlefield where you lead your men to battle in which each of the sides uses their abilities alternately.

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Compass Point: West
Compass Point: West

Strategy 25 March 2015

A western-themed mobile strategy game with card elements, and the first production by Finnish studio Next Games, founded by veteran developers. Compass Point: West is set in a small town somewhere in the Wild West, and your task is to help the sheriff protect the town and the locals. It is made more difficult by the fact that the area is terrorized by the henchmen of an oil tycoon called Oliver Driller, who wants to make the locals' life harder and to gain access to oil deposits.

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Desert Ashes
Desert Ashes

Strategy 10 November 2014

Desert Ashes is a turn-based strategy game. The player takes on the role of one of the available commanders and tries to conquer or defend the land under several available scenarios. The title also offers a multiplayer game, in which we play the stories known from the campaign, but instead of AI our opponent is another person.

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Sigma Theory: Global Cold War
Sigma Theory: Global Cold War

Strategy 21 November 2019

A turn-based psychological thriller game with political, espionage, and science-fiction elements.

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Sudden Crisis
Sudden Crisis

Strategy canceled

Set in the realm of science fiction, sandbox MMO strategy, loosely inspired by the work of Isaac Asimov (Foundation cycle). The game takes place in an open world, fully shaped by the actions of the players, and our task is to create a powerful star empire. Depending on your preference, this can be achieved through diplomacy, intelligence, economic power or military power.

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Wages of War: The Business of Battle
Wages of War: The Business of Battle

Strategy 31 October 1996

Tactical turn-based strategy in response to the popularity of the Jagged Alliance series. In the game we are at the forefront of the mercenary organization, which for an appropriate fee willing to undertake a number of dangerous missions, commissioned by governments and private corporations. The action is shown in isometric view and takes place in turn-based system with the use of action points of individual team members.

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Star Ruler 2
Star Ruler 2

Strategy 27 March 2015

A continuation of a 4X space strategy game created by the developers of the original title. Star Ruler 2 takes place in a distant future, where humanity developed a technology that allowed long-distance interstellar travel, and made a contact with other sentient species. The game has no story per se – developments in the game are shaped by our decisions and actions made by the AI. Before the game starts we have to select one of the few races that we can turn into an intergalactic power.

PC

1944 Burning Bridges
1944 Burning Bridges

Strategy 26 November 2015

A mobile turn-based strategy game developed by team at HandyGames studio, recreating major military operations of the World War II, like the allied landing in Normandy. We can play as either United Nations or Axis, with each faction having different units and equipment, not to mention missions and their objectives. Gameplay takes place on maps, covered in hexagon grids, based on historical battlefields, with turn-based battles resembling those from classics of the genre, e.g.

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Iron Marines
Iron Marines

Strategy 14 September 2017

Set in sci-fi realities, a casual RTS game by Ironhide Game Studio from Uruguay, primarily known for the popular tower defense series, Kingdom Rush. In Iron Marines you assume the role of a commander leading his space soldiers into dangerous battles against insectoid Aliens. The game features a wide arsenal of weapons and powerful battle mechs that you gather during gameplay.

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Total War: Attila - Age of Charlemagne
Total War: Attila - Age of Charlemagne

Strategy 10 December 2015

The second major expansion for Total War: Attila, the installment that takes us to the medieval Europe during the Charlemagne period. The add-on provides a new, extensive story campaign that offers 52 provinces to conquer, 8 factions to lead, and over 300 previously unavailable units.

PC

Emergency 2016
Emergency 2016

Strategy 15 October 2015

An expanded edition of Emergency 5, a simulation strategy game by Sixteen Tons Entertainment. In the game, we assume control of specialized emergency services yet again, including the fire department, the police, ambulances, and technical services, and our task is to neutralize the effects of accidents, natural disasters, and other threats that happen in four German cities: Berlin, Cologne, Munich, and Hamburg. Compared to the basic version of the game, the gameplay mechanics remain the same.

PC

NEO Scavenger
NEO Scavenger

Strategy 15 December 2014

A turn-based strategy game with survival elements, set in near post-apocalyptic future. Earth has been invaded by nightmarish legendary monsters that ruined the cities and slaughtered almost all humans. The survivors hide in fortified metropolises and small, forgotten villages, hoping to live through at least one day more. You play as a person, who wakes from cryogenic sleep and wants to find out who they are and what happened to humanity.

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Tharsis
Tharsis

Strategy 12 January 2016

A turn-based science fiction strategy game developed by Choice Provisions studio. The game tells a story of the first manned mission to Mars, where humanity hopes to find the key to saving their civilization from extinction. A few days after the launch, the spaceship gets damaged and the crew’s moods begin to darken. To make things worse, the crew receives a signal indicating that they might not be the first people sent to this planet.

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Overland
Overland

Strategy 19 September 2019

Overland is a survival strategy game developed by Finji. The game takes place in a not-so-distant future where an unspecified cataclysm devastated the North American continent. We lead an constantly changing group of survivors who, traveling by car, are trying to reach their destination. Gameplay focuses on survival. We will be forced to make many difficult decisions as we play.

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Space Station: Frontier
Space Station: Frontier

Strategy 21 December 2009

Space Station: Frontier is a mobile tower defense strategy. Players take command of the space base and must collect raw materials and expand structures, while repelling the attacks of waves of increasingly powerful enemy units.

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Toy Defense 2
Toy Defense 2

Strategy 02 May 2013

Continuation of tower defense game from 2012. In production we take command over the army of soldiers, which we use to defend the base against attacks of enemy units. The title offers more than 200 missions, tournaments and PvP games.

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Age of Empires: World Domination
Age of Empires: World Domination

Strategy canceled

A mobile real time strategy game developed by the Singapore-based studio KLab Global using the license of the Microsoft's cult strategy series. In the game, the player takes control of one of the great historical civilizations and his task is to develop its power and lead it to world domination. The player can choose from Celts, Brits, Vikings, Japanese, Chinese, Franks, Saracen, and Huns.

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Game Dev Story
Game Dev Story

Strategy 15 April 1997

Economic strategy, in which we play the role of the owner of a video game development studio. Our task is to transform a small business into a market giant that will even produce its own console.

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Life in Bunker
Life in Bunker

Strategy 25 February 2016

A post-apocalyptic economic strategy in which the player is tasked with managing a small society living in a fallout shelter. The world in Life in Bunker is procedurally generated and player has access to four underground floors. Thanks to that, as the game progress, the bunker can be expanded not only horizontally, but vertically as well. The people living inside the facility represent one of six professions and have individual character traits.

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