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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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Sorcerer King: Rivals
Sorcerer King: Rivals

Strategy 15 September 2016

A stand-alone expansion to Sorcerer King, a turn-based 4x strategy. Similarly to the basic version, the expansion was created by Stardock Corporation. This time, the players assume the role of a mortal ruler whose goal is to achieve immortality. Sorcerer King: Rivals introduces two new factions (King Bazzar’s dwarves, and necromancers, led by Archmage Velemor), each with their own technologies, spells, and troops.

PC

Syrian Warfare
Syrian Warfare

Strategy 21 February 2017

A tactical real-time strategy, taking place during the civil war in modern Syria. The game skips some of the typical RTS elements, such as resource gathering and base development. Instead, the main emphasis was placed on tactical maneuvers of land and air forces – including building assaults, using smoke grenades, air drops, air strikes, etc. Before each mission, we need to choose adequate units, with only occasional support from allied units during the mission.

PC

The L.E.D. Wars
The L.E.D. Wars

Strategy 15 December 1997

A science fiction-based real-time strategy, a debut production of Belgian Larian Studios. The player is at the forefront of the armed arm of a megacorporation, and his task is to secure the production of the drug Liquid Evolution Drug (L.E.D. for short), which is essential for mankind.

PC

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
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.

PC

Endless Legend: Tempest
Endless Legend: Tempest

Strategy 14 October 2016

Another paid DLC for Endless Legend, a turn-based strategy 4X game from Amplitude Studios released in September 2014. The main feature of this add-on is a new playable faction in form of Morgawr – an aquatic race specializing in naval battles and animal control. Like previous sides of the conflict, Morgawrs have unique buildings, units, technologies and characters.

PC

Stellaris: Leviathans
Stellaris: Leviathans

Strategy 20 October 2016

A story expansion to Stellaris – a space real-time strategy game developed by Paradox Development. The greatest novelty in comparison to the base version of the game is a story campaign titled “War in Heaven” in which the player participates in a conflict between the Fallen Empires.

PCXONEPS4

Tooth and Tail
Tooth and Tail

Strategy 12 September 2017

An arcade real-time strategy game by Pocketwatch Games, featuring old-school pixel art visuals. The action of Tooth and Tail takes place during an animal revolution, modeled to the conflicts of the turn of 19th and 20th century, where several factions comprised of different animal species fight to the death. Gameplay mechanics resemble classic RTS productions—their foundations lay in resource gathering, base building, and tactical combat.

PCPS4

Battle Champs
Battle Champs

Strategy 11 February 2015

A mobile strategy game and a debut production of the Japanese studio BlazeGames. Akihiko Yoshida, art director of such hits as Final Fantasy Tactics or Bravely Default, was involved in its development. Battle Champs bears a resemblance to the famous Clash of Clans — the player’s task is to gather resources, build a settlement, and then defend it from other participants’ attacks. Apart from regular combat units, giants play an important role in Battle Champs.

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Eador. Imperium
Eador. Imperium

Strategy 27 January 2017

A standalone expansion to Eador. Masters of the Broken World by Snowbird studio, which is a combination of a grand strategy and a turn-based tactic game, supplemented with RPG elements. The game again takes us to the world known from the former parts of the series, a realm torn to pieces that are scattered around the galaxy, and your objective is to unite it under your reign. Gameplay in Eador.

PC

Chronicle: Runescape Legends
Chronicle: Runescape Legends

Strategy 26 May 2016

A fantasy card game which takes place in the universe of the popular browser MMORPG Runescape developed by Jagex Ltd. The gameplay focuses mostly on multiplayer modes and features unusual mechanics that turn around the rules of classic card games. In the game the player builds his own deck of cards divided into two groups: combat and adventure cards.

PCANDiOS

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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Anime Studio Story
Anime Studio Story

Strategy 01 February 2015

An economy strategy game with simulation elements created in the typical style of Kairosoft. This time around, we assume the role of an anime studio owner. The goal is to develop the company and compete against the industry giants. We do so by managing our firm well, which boils down to taking care of our employees, constantly expanding our headquarters (by, for example, equipping it with a motion capture studio), and buying state-of-the-art hardware.

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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

Endless Legend: Shifters
Endless Legend: Shifters

Strategy 07 April 2016

Another paid expansion for a fantasy 4X strategy game Endless Legend. The title of the expansion refers to the new, playable race of Alayi, characterized by unique ability to transform during winter, adapting to this harsh season. Alayi are also closely connected with a new resource, called Pearls of Auriga, which can be sacrificed on special altars to modify effects of winter. This allows us to make use of weather to our advantage during battles.

PC

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.

PC

Driftland: The Magic Revival
Driftland: The Magic Revival

Strategy 18 April 2019

A strategy game by Star Drifters, company set up by co-founders of CI Games (Alien Rage, the Sniper: Ghost Warrior series). Driftland: The Magic Revival takes us a fantasy world which broken into drifting pieces of land by a devastating war between mages. A few centuries later the player assumes the role of a mage controlling one of the surviving nations, whose objective is to gradually take control over Driftland and reestablish its lost balance.

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Battle Ages
Battle Ages

Strategy 12 November 2015

A real-time strategy game distributed by using the free-to-play model. The game was developed by DR Studios and it allows the player to lead a civilization through various stages of evolution, since the Stone Age, through antiquity, medieval and renaissance, to the final years of the 19th century. At first the player assumes control of a simple settlement which then expands its size and adds new buildings.

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Crown and Council
Crown and Council

Strategy 22 April 2016

Set in Medieval realities, a free turn-based strategy by Mojang AB, the creators of the popular Minecraft. In Crown and Council you assume the role of a king who has to fight over the influence with other monarchs controlled by AI. Gameplay is turn-based and during each turn you receive a set amount of gold you can spend on actions like invading others’ lands, building ships, strengthening fortifications, and developing villages and new technologies.

PC

Battlefleet Gothic: Leviathan
Battlefleet Gothic: Leviathan

Strategy 07 July 2016

A mobile battle-strategy game set in the world of Warhammer 40,000. It is a virtual rendition of Battlefleet Gothic - a tabletop game published by Games Workshop. Battlefleet Gothic: Leviathan was developed by Grand Cauldron and offers an extensive campaign based on the stories from expansions, comic strips and novels belonging to the Shield of Baal series.

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Meridian: Squad 22
Meridian: Squad 22

Strategy 11 August 2016

The continuation of Meridian: New World, a real-time strategy game set in science fiction realities developed by Elder_Games. The plot continues the story from the first installment. When the first colonization attempt of the titular planet Meridian ends up in failure, the leaders of the United Earth decide to send in a specialist squad of commandos with the mission of finding and saving the remaining colonists.

PC

Hero Generations: ReGen
Hero Generations: ReGen

Strategy 18 August 2016

Turn-based 4X strategy game set in fantasy world, with RPG and roguelike features. It is an improved version of Hero Generations, and both titles have been produced by Heart Shaped Games. The story of Hero Generations: ReGen takes place in classic fantasy world, with the players’ task being guiding their characters and help them their fulfill ambition of going down in history.

PCANDiOS

My Country 3D
My Country 3D

Strategy canceled

Another installment in the casual series of mobile city-builders developed by Lithuanian company Game Insight. In the game the player assumes the role of a mayor of a small city and is tasked with transforming it into a great metropolis. In order to achieve it, one must construct and upgrade buildings, improve the city infrastructure and satisfy the needs of the citizens while balancing expenses and incomes.

iOS

Brother against Brother: The Drawing of the Sword
Brother against Brother: The Drawing of the Sword

Strategy 16 April 2015

A turn-based strategy game developed by Western Civilization Software. As the title suggests, the game focuses on the American Civil War, during which brothers often had to turn against each other when the Confederate States declared war upon the northern states, devastating the United States of America.

PC

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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