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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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Army Men: RTS
Army Men: RTS

8.4 Game Score

A real-time strategy from the Army Men series, in which we take command of an army of plastic, toy soldiers. In this production we have to deal with the traitor of our faction. The creators prepared a campaign consisting of 15 levels and 8 different arenas (located in a residential building). In the game there is also a multiplayer game.

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Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

8.4 Game Score

After the success achieved by the third installment in the Command & Conquer series, EA Los Angeles began to work on a sequel to the Red Alert subseries developed in parallel with the franchise's main installments. Again, the players are thrown into an alternative reality, where the leaders of the Soviet Union decided to travel back in time in order to make Russia great again.

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Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest
Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest

8.4 Game Score

A turn-based strategy game set in a fantasy world and created by Jon Van Caneghem - the developer behind the classic Might & Magic RPG series, as well as the 90s' King's Bounty, which is considered a precursor to the former. The plot refers to the sixth installment in said RPG series and takes the player to the lands of Enroth. Four commanders have competed against one another for power over the lands.

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Age of Wonders
Age of Wonders

8.4 Game Score

A turn-based strategy taking place in the fantasy world, which draws on a handful of series such as King's Bounty and Heroes of Might and Magic. In production we play the role of the leader of one of the twelve races and start a great adventure. While playing, we cross the map, fight and develop the hero and his subordinate army. The title has not gained much fame, but in the opinion of many players is not inferior to the mentioned Heroes of Might and Magic.

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Theme Hospital
Theme Hospital

8.4 Game Score

In Theme Hospital the player becomes the owner of the hospital, and his task is to manage and take care of its expansion. Every important aspect of this important medical facility needs to be addressed.

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Dune II: Battle for Arrakis
Dune II: Battle for Arrakis

8.4 Game Score

Dune 2: The Building of a Dynasty is a computer game developed by Westwood development studio, which initiated the genre of real-time strategy. The plot of the title is based on the best-selling novel by Frank Herbert 'Dune'. The player takes on the role of the leader of one of the High Rhodes and fights for Spice, an extremely valuable substance extracted from the desert planet Arrakis.

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The Settlers IV Mission Pack
The Settlers IV Mission Pack

8.4 Game Score

The Settlers IV: Mission Pack is an addition to the fourth installment of the popular real-time strategy cycle. Developers from Blue Byte Software studio have prepared three new campaigns, consisting of over 50 missions in total. A player can become a Mayan, Roman or Viking leader and face new challenges.

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The Settlers IV: The Trojans and the Elixir of Power
The Settlers IV: The Trojans and the Elixir of Power

8.4 Game Score

Official addition to the fourth part of The Settlers. Morbus and its Dark tribe, Romans, Mayas and Vikings, as well as the new side of the conflict, the Trojan tribe, are back in combat.

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West Front
West Front

8.4 Game Score

Western Front is a turn-based strategy game set in the realities of World War II, specializing in this genre TalonSoft studio. The player plays the role of the commander of the armies fighting on the western and north African front between 1940-1945. The creators took care of a rich selection of military units and compliance with historical facts. The game's advantage is also a scenario editor that allows you to create your own missions.

PC

RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes
RollerCoaster Tycoon: Loopy Landscapes

8.4 Game Score

Double add-on to RollerCoaster Tycoon including Loopy Landscapes and Corkscrew Follies with new scenarios, types of queues to build and new amusement park landscapes.

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Empire Earth II
Empire Earth II

8.4 Game Score

The second installment in a popular series of real-time strategy games. The player assumes control of one of fourteen civilizations, leading it from the Stone Age and up to the era of space travel. Our goal involves developing new technologies, creating military units, and leading them in combat in order to defeat our opponents.

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

8.4 Game Score

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

WarCraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal
WarCraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal

8.4 Game Score

The official expansion to Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, the extremely popular RTS developed by the Blizzard Entertainment studios. The storyline of Beyond the Dark Portal is focused on the further development of the conflict between humans and orcs. Despite the destruction of the Dark Portal, a rift capable of condemning humanity to another plague of green-skinned invaders still exists in the world of Azeroth.

PC

Ground Control 2: Operation Exodus
Ground Control 2: Operation Exodus

8.4 Game Score

Continuation of the excellent tactical game by Massive studio. The authors once again offered real time and a system of clashes that focuses on commanding units and not on expanding the base. Compared to the original, the list of factions was extended and aliens joined the war.

PC

Metal Fatigue
Metal Fatigue

8.4 Game Score

Tactical RTS by Zono studio. The action takes us far into the future, to the XXIII century. The plot is about the conflict between the factions and each of them received 10 own missions in the campaign. The distinguishing feature is the possibility of conducting war simultaneously on three independent levels: the surface of the planet, in its orbit and under its surface.

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Pizza Syndicate
Pizza Syndicate

8.4 Game Score

A strategy and economic game in which we play the role of the head of a restaurant serving pizza and we have to transform our small business into a large, international corporation making a fortune on the sale of this dish.

PC

Railroad Tycoon II: The Second Century
Railroad Tycoon II: The Second Century

8.4 Game Score

Railroad Tycoon II: Second Century is an addition to the famous Railroad Tycoon II strategy and economic game, thanks to which we can feel like the great 20th and 21st century railway magnates.

PC

Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin
Combat Mission 2: Barbarossa to Berlin

8.4 Game Score

Another part of the great Combat Mission strategy game: Beyond Overlord. It moves the action from the western front to the eastern front, where we can command the troops of the fighting parties in a series of battles and duels, which took place in the period from Barbaross's operation (June 1941) until the end of the war (conquest of Berlin).

PC

Shogun: Total War Warlord Edition
Shogun: Total War Warlord Edition

8.4 Game Score

Complete edition of the bestselling strategy game by Creative Assembly studio. The package entitled Shogun: Total War - Warlord Edition includes the main game released in 2000 and The Mongol Invasion expansion pack released a year later. In Shogun: Total War the player has to unite under his rule the shattered provinces of medieval Japan in an extensive story campaign, having at his disposal historical units from the Land of the Rising Sun.

PC

Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots
Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots

8.4 Game Score

Full extension of the Real Time Strategy (RTS), entitled 'A strategy for the future'. Rise of Nations. Big Huge Games development team headed by Brian Reynolds (designer of the second part of Civilization or Alpha Centauri) is responsible for the development of the add-on.

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Darwinia
Darwinia

8.4 Game Score

Darwinia is a unique strategy game (RTS), prepared by the Introversion Software team. The main characters of the program are Darwinians, two-dimensional sprites from video games, which have to protect themselves against attacks from various viruses and worms.

PC

Europa Universalis IV: Rights of Man
Europa Universalis IV: Rights of Man

8.4 Game Score

An add-on for Europa Universalis IV, created by Paradox Interactive studio. The expansion requires the base game to be installed. The core of the gameplay hasn't changed, but a lot of new features, tweaks and new functions have been included. Novelties include Great Power mechanics – a special functionality, that gives access to new influence mechanics once you choose one of the great nations.

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Sid Meier's Civilization VI
Sid Meier's Civilization VI

8.4 Game Score

The sixth installment of the legendary series of turn-based strategy games that allow us to control a selected civilization throughout several thousand years of its history. It was traditionally developed by Firaxis Games led by Sid Meier, the franchise’s creator, himself. Gameplay-wise, Civilization VI combines together the well-proven solutions of its predecessors but also introduces several revolutionary changes. The most important one is the city development.

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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

8.4 Game Score

A tactical real-time strategy game inspired by the Commandos series. Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is set in Japan in 1615. The new shogun decided to enforce peace in the entire country which requires him to silently eliminate all the opposition that may dream of rebelling against him. To achieve this, he asks a group of five specialists who deal in murder, sabotage, and espionage.

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