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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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Fire Department 2
Fire Department 2

Strategy 25 November 2004

Sequel quite successful strategic production studio Monte Cristo, whose main theme was the work of the fire brigade. Fire Department 2 develops everything we could see in its predecessor.

PC

Act of War: Direct Action
Act of War: Direct Action

Strategy 15 March 2005

Act of War: Direct Action is an innovative strategy game that is produced by a small French developer studio Eugen Systems. We are dealing here with real time strategy, and the basic element that distinguishes it from similar titles are the spectacular battles played on the streets of many famous cities.

PC

Kohan: Ahriman's Gift
Kohan: Ahriman's Gift

Strategy 07 November 2001

Add-on to a very good RTS game - Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns adding two new campaigns that continue the old thread, one race to choose from, and many new features and capabilities.

PC

John Deere American Farmer
John Deere American Farmer

Strategy 28 June 2004

John Deere American Farmer is one of many "tycoons", this time moving the player - as the name suggests - in the reality of large American farms. The user, thanks to producers from the studio Gabriel Interactive plans and builds his own ranch, while taking care of a whole lot of things well known to real ranchers.

PC

Sid Meier's Colonization
Sid Meier's Colonization

Strategy 23 February 1993

Another great game by Sid Meier, the creator of such hits as Railroad Tycoon, Pirates or Civilization. This includes leading a group of settlers who arrived on new land to settle, create a colony, and finally declare independence and create a new sovereign state.

PC

Tropico 2: Pirate Cove
Tropico 2: Pirate Cove

Strategy 08 April 2003

Developed by Frog City Software team, the sequel to the popular Tropico economic strategy from 2001. Unlike its predecessor set in the 20th century, the game takes us to the 17th century and allows us to become the real ruler of the southern seas. We play the role of a pirate king, managing the base, hidden on one of the islands of a fictional archipelago. Our main task is to provide all the pirates' pleasures, such as food, wine, women, gold and gambling.

PC

Kohan II: Kings of War
Kohan II: Kings of War

Strategy 07 September 2004

Continuation of the excellent RTS entitled Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns. This time, the authors abandoned those known from previous 2D editions and instead offered a full three-dimensional graphic engine. Compared to typical games of this genre, the Kohan series offers a much deeper depth of tactical battles.

PC

Romance of the Three Kingdoms X
Romance of the Three Kingdoms X

Strategy 21 June 2005

Romance of the Three Kingdoms X is a turn-based strategy played in China (the historic era of the Three Kingdoms). We plan the development of the kingdom, build cities, create armies, participate in debates and conquer new territories.

PS2

Europa Universalis II
Europa Universalis II

Strategy 20 November 2001

A sequel to the extensive real-time strategy game by Paradox Interactive that lets us lead the development of the biggest European superpowers throughout hundreds of years. Europa Universalis II is much bigger and spans across not three but four hundred years of global history (1419-1820). Contrary to its predecessor, the sequel lets us lead one of 180 actual countries, including such ones as the Chinese Empire or African tribes.

PC

WarCraft: Orcs and Humans
WarCraft: Orcs and Humans

Strategy 11 March 1994

WarCraft: Orcs and Humans is an RTS set in a fantasy universe, and the debut game from Blizzard Entertainment (an American studio, previously going by the name Silicon & Synapse). The events of WarCraft: Orcs and Humans take place in a fantasy land of Azeroth, where the conflict between humans and orcs takes place. The players choose their side and attempt to conquer the other.

PC

Faces of War: Brothers in Arms
Faces of War: Brothers in Arms

Strategy 07 December 2007

An expansion for the strategy game Faces of War developed by Best Way. You lead the armed forces of the Soviet Union and participate in an alternative version of the events spanning from 1941 to 1945, when the Soviets officially joined the war effort. The story campaign focuses on two students, who are drafted into the army and meet on the front.

PC

Restaurant Empire 2
Restaurant Empire 2

Strategy 07 April 2009

Continuation of the popular economic game, in which the player's task is to manage the restaurant and later their entire chain. We can choose from three types of gastronomy establishments and hundreds of recipes and various decorative objects.

PC

Act of Aggression
Act of Aggression

Strategy 02 September 2015

A real-time strategy and a spiritual successor to Act of War, a game released in 2005. The game was created by a French developer Eugen Systems, also known for titles like R.U.S.E. and the Wargame franchise. The story is set in the near future, where the player commands a special, top secret task force created by the UN in order to quietly deal with potential threats to the world peace.

PC

Corsairs: Battle of the Caribbean
Corsairs: Battle of the Caribbean

Strategy September 2024

A real-time strategy game, in which we play as a corsair on the Caribbean Sea. Corsairs: Battle of the Caribbean features five extensive story campaigns, an adventure mode and skirmishes against the AI or other players.

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World Warfare & Economics
World Warfare & Economics

Strategy 2024 (early access since 21 December 2023)

An indie 4X strategy game. World Warfare & Economics has us leading a nation through modern history and the future, as the game lets players colonize space.

PC

Hard West 2
Hard West 2

Strategy 04 August 2022

Second part of tactical turn-based strategy series set in Wild West. In Hard West 2 we play as Gin Carter, who together with his gang goes in pursuit of the devil himself to regain his soul.

PC

Car Manufacture
Car Manufacture

Strategy June 2024

An economic strategy with elements of simulation games. Car Manufacture allows us to start a car company at the beginning of the 20th century. We must design cars, control the production process, conduct research, advertise, follow market trends and take care of the employees.

PC

Chinese Empire
Chinese Empire

Strategy 11 March 2024

A city builder type strategy game, in which we play as a young Chinese ruler. The goal of Chinese Empire is to turn our settlement into a thriving empire. We do that by erecting buildings, gathering resources, producing goods, and maintaining relations with neighbors.

PC

63 Days
63 Days

Strategy 2024

A tactical real-time strategy, based on the Commandos series and similar to War Mongrels from the same studio. The action of 63 Days is set during World War 2 and focused on the Warsaw Uprising. We control a group of insurgents trying to outsmart German oppressors.

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Battlestar Galactica Deadlock
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock

Strategy 31 August 2017

A space strategy set in a popular universe created in a 1978 TV series. Developed by Black Lab Games, Battlestar Galactica Deadlock gives us an opportunity to assume control of the Colonial Fleet and to take part in a war against the Cylons - a race of man-made cybernetic machines that have rebelled against their creators.

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Battle Brothers
Battle Brothers

Strategy 24 March 2017

A combination of a turn-based strategy and an RPG, developed by Overhype Studios. Battle Brothers takes the player to a medieval-like low-fantasy world, where they become a leader of a mercenary band. The player can have up to 12 fighters under their command, and each of them has a portrait, name and a backstory, apart from a set of features that affect their stats and capabilities on the battlefield.

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Age of Empires II HD: Rise of the Rajas
Age of Empires II HD: Rise of the Rajas

Strategy 19 December 2016

The third expansion to Age of Empires II HD, a remade edition of a popular real-time strategy game, developed as a joint effort between SkyBox Labs and Forgotten Empires. The new add-on introduces four Asian civilizations: Burmese, Khmers, Malays, and Vietnamese, each with its unique units. Additionally, the game received two new universal units – battle elephants and imperial infantry. The core of the add-on are four campaigns taking place in South East Asia.

PC

Might & Magic: Heroes VII - Trial by Fire
Might & Magic: Heroes VII - Trial by Fire

Strategy 04 August 2016

A standalone expansion for the 2015 turn-based strategy game Might & Magic: Heroes VII by Limbic Entertainment. The story takes place five years after the events of the core game, which resulted in Ivan Griffin becoming the first emperor of the Holy Griffin Empire. However, the peace doesn't last long and soon the Empire clashes with the neighboring Dwarven kingdom of Grimheim.

PC

Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition

Strategy 20 December 2016

An remastered edition of the realm-time strategy game by 343 Industries, originally released in 2009 for Xbox 360 only. Halo Wars: The Definitive Edition is a spin-off of the popular shooter game series Halo, and it's set 20 years before the events of the first installment, when humanity fights against the Covenant Empire, which considers our kind to be an insult to their gods and species.

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