Strategy Video Games18
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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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.
Pax Nova
8.2 Game Score
A turn-based 4X strategy game developed by Grey Wolf Entertainment. The players take control of one of the fifteen factions within three races and gradually increase their sphere of influence through conquest or diplomacy.
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.
Europa Universalis IV: Rule Britannia
8.2 Game Score
Rule Britannia is an expansion to the PC Windows strategy game called Europa Universalis IV. This add-on is the so-called immersion pack that focuses on developing one of the nations - in this case, Great Britain. The expansion introduces new decisions and naval doctrines. The religion list now includes Church of England. Moreover, during the game, the players get to participate in the initial stages of the industrial revolution.
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.
60 Seconds!
8.2 Game Score
A post-apocalyptic survival strategy game with RPG elements, created by Polish developer Robot Gentleman Studios. You play as the head of a typical American family, who has to provide for his loved ones in the face of an incoming nuclear war. The game starts 60 seconds before the first explosion, giving you one minute to get to a shelter while grabbing the most essential provisions on the way.
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
8.2 Game Score
A space real-time strategy game set in the popular science-fiction universe created by Games Workshop, initially for tabletop battle games. It was developed by Tindalos Interactive, an independent French studio known mostly for Stellar Impact. The action takes us to the war-torn world of Wahammer 40,000, where 4 powerful factions — Imperium, Chaos, Eldar and Orks — fight for dominance in the Gothic sector. The players assume control over a fleet of the chosen side.
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.
Star Wars: Force Arena
8.2 Game Score
An online strategy game for mobile devices, developed by Netmarble, set in the Star Wars universe. Star Wars: Force Arena doesn't have a coherent plot, instead focusing on PvP battles. You play as two characters known from the main movie saga and the extended universe. Mechanics-wise, it's a typical mobile real-time strategy game with MOBA elements. You can fight one-on-one or two-on-two with a friend, and your task is to destroy the opponent's base, located at the other end of the map.
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.
Anno 1503: Gold Edition
8.2 Game Score
Anno 1503: Gold Edition is a set of two products of the German group Sunflowers Interactive. The package consisted of the basic version of Anno 1503 strategy: The New World and an appendix entitled Treasures, Monsters and Pirates, respectively.
Warlords: Battlecry II
8.2 Game Score
Warlords: Battlecry II is a continuation of the Real-Time Strategy (RTS) with cRPG elements released in 2000, developed by the Strategic Studies Group development team. The action of the game was set in the fantastic world of Etheria, torn apart by conflict, in which 12 races participate. The player chooses the faction, which will be controlled by the character of the main character.
Total War: Medieval II - Kingdoms
8.2 Game Score
An official expansion pack for Medieval II: Total War, another installment in a series of popular strategy games developed by Creative Assembly - the base game was released at the end of 2006. Kingdoms introduces mainly four new campaigns. The player is given an opportunity to take part in Hernan Cortez's conquests, Teutonic Order's fight against the pagan peoples of Northeastern Europe, crusades in the Holy Land and military conflicts during the rule of Henry III.
Hearts of Iron 2: Doomsday - Armageddon
8.2 Game Score
An expansion to the enhanced version of the popular grand strategy game, Hearts of Iron 2, by Paradox Interactive. The production lets us assume control over a country of our choosing and lead it to victory on the fronts of the World War II.
Impossible Creatures
8.2 Game Score
Command an army of mutant and genetically modified animals, then demonstrate the skills of a seasoned commander and strategist to turn the scales of victory into your side in many challenging battles.
Industry Giant II (2002)
8.2 Game Score
The successor to the well-known economic simulation allowed us to create a global economic empire from scratch, starting with the Industrial Revolution of the late 19th century up to the modern technologies of the late 20th century.
Sid Meier's Civilization III
8.2 Game Score
The third full-fledged installment of the popular series of turn-based strategy games. The Firaxis Games studio, founded by Sid Meier after leaving Microprose, is responsible for its creation. As in the previous iterations of the cycle, in Civilization III we take the wheel as the leader of a selected civilization, and our task is to guide it through the subsequent eras of development, from 4000 BC to the present day. Our duties include e.g.
Zoo Tycoon: Marine Mania
8.2 Game Score
Tycoon Zoo: Marine Mania is the second official extension to Tycoon Zoo's economic strategy. This time, developers from Blue Fang Games studio decided to allow players to build a virtual oceanarium. The supplement introduces, among others, 20 species of marine animals, 21 types of underwater organisms and plants and five toys useful for demonstrations with dolphins.
Evil Islands: Forgotten in Astrale
8.2 Game Score
Forgotten in Astrale is a subtitle of a stand-alone addition to Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul, a well received by players position of the cRPG genre with elements of strategy. Behind the plug-in is a group of enthusiasts of the original version of the game, gathered in the Matilda Entertainment development studio, who in the final phase of the project received support from Nival Interactive, producers of Evil Islands.
Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion
8.2 Game Score
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.
Defcon
8.2 Game Score
Defcon is the third project of developers from Introversion Software studio, who are behind the creation of Uplink: Trust is a Weakness and Darwinia. The inspiration for this game was undoubtedly the 1983 film War Games (WarGames), and more specifically the scene where the local supercomputer conducted numerous simulations of the global nuclear conflict.
Armies of Exigo
8.2 Game Score
Real-time strategy implemented by the Black Hole Games development team, which consists of great fans of RTS ideas, including some of the best Starcraft players in the world. In line with current trends, AoE expands the standard RTS scheme with elements typical of the cRPG species, and also reduces the importance and impact on a single unit's struggle for the huge masses of clashing troops.
Total Annihilation: The Core Contingency
8.2 Game Score
The Core Contingency is an extended addition to the popular real-time strategy (RTS) entitled Total Annihilation.
Halo Wars
8.2 Game Score
A side-episode of the flagship shooter series, transferring the well-known universe of the Halo series into the realities of a typical real-time strategy. Unlike the previous instalments in the series, this spin-off was developed by Ensemble Studios, known for their cult classic Age of Empires. Halo Wars is set before the events shown in the first Halo and focuses on the first great battle which took place on the planet Harvest between human forces and aliens known as Covenants.