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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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Necromunda: Underhive Wars
Necromunda: Underhive Wars

Strategy 08 September 2020

A turn-based RPG title based on a tabletop wargame Necromunda by the team at Specialist Game – the division of the famous company Games Workshop. The game by Rogue Factor studio tells the story of gangs competing for a control over the Underhive.

PCXONEPS4

The Hacker 2.0
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.

iOS

Abandon Ship
Abandon Ship

Strategy 22 October 2019

A sandbox naval strategy game set in golden age of sailing ships. Players assume the role of a captain who leads his crew for far away expeditions. An open world lets them decide which missions to take and how to develop their career. There is a main storyline to discover, in which the players try to foil the plans of a mysterious cult that wants to bring the apocalypse.

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The Settlers (2009)
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.

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Drive on Moscow
Drive on Moscow

Strategy 21 November 2013

Drive on Moscow is a released on PlayStation 4 war strategy recreating the fighting on the Eastern Front of World War II. This is a production for demanding players looking for a realistic battle simulation and an exorbitant level of difficulty.

PCPS4iOS

Space Hulk: Ascension - Salamanders
Space Hulk: Ascension - Salamanders

Strategy 24 February 2015

The second official DLC for Space Hulk: Ascension - a turn based science-fiction strategy game created by Full Control as an attempt to translate the popular Space Hulk board game, set in the Warhammer 40K universe, into a video game setting. This time around, the players get to control a new Space Marine faction – the Salamanders chapter. The new story campaign includes twenty missions, in which the Salamanders attempt to retrieve the precious Tomes of Fire and punish those who profaned them.

PC

Sid Meier's Starships
Sid Meier's Starships

Strategy 12 March 2015

Another entry in the strategy game series created by the legendary developer Sid Meier. In a way it us a continuation to the Civilization franchise, especially Beyond Earth, to which it is connected with its story. What is different is that this time we leave our planet’s surface and focus on managing a fleet of vessels in space. We lead an expedition with a task to save a distant civilization from doom, which requires protecting certain planets and eliminating things that threaten them.

PCiOS

Kingdom Rush Frontiers
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.

PCXONESwitchANDiOSWWW

Vietnam '65
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.

PCiOS

Maritime Kingdom
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.

PCANDiOS

Sovereignty: Crown of Kings
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.

PC

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.

PCPSV

Twilight Struggle
Twilight Struggle

Strategy 13 April 2016

A digital adaptation of the strategy board game created by American company GMT Games. Twilight Struggle takes place during the Cold War and the player assumes the role of a leader of one of the two empires – USA or USSR. The game is played in turns on a global map. The rivaling sides are playing with cards that trigger events beneficial for one, either, or neither side of the conflict.

PCXONEPS4ANDiOSPSV

Battle Academy 2: Battle of Kursk
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.

PCiOS

Invokers: Tournament
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.

PS4PS3PSV

Chain of Command: Eastern Front
Chain of Command: Eastern Front

Strategy 04 May 2005

The second part of the Chain of Command series, which is a classic RTS strategy set in the realities of World War II. According to the title of the game, this time the action takes us to the eastern front, and during the game we accompany the Russian troops on their way from Stalingrad to Berlin itself.

PC

Susume Tactics
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.

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Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence
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.

PCPS4PS3PSV

Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars
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.

PC

Ravenmark: Scourge of Estellion
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.

PCANDiOS

Etherlords (Arena)
Etherlords (Arena)

Strategy 03 September 2014

Turn-based strategy game, set in the fantastic universe of the Etherlords series. As we play, we form our own team of heroses and monsters with different abilities and duels with the forces of evil, liberating other lands from the reign of the Goddess of Chaos.

ANDiOS

Ravenmark: Mercenaries
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.

ANDiOS

Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces
Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces

Strategy 03 September 2015

A third stand-alone expansion for Company of Heroes 2. It was developed by the Relic Entertainment studio, creators of the base game and the two previous expansions. As in the case of the Western Front Armies add-on, developers focused mainly on the multiplayer mode and added British Armed Forces to network game. Along with it developers provided the players with 15 new units, 6 commanders with various abilities, and 8 new maps depicting historical places of World War II.

PC

Metal Slug Defense
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.

PCANDiOS