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

8.4 Game Score

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

StarCraft: Remastered
StarCraft: Remastered

8.4 Game Score

An upgraded version of the bestselling 1998 RTS game. Both versions were developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Compared to the original release, the game (including the Brood War expansion) features mainly significantly improved audiovisuals. Although the visuals remain two-dimensional, all the graphic elements have become more detailed. Furthermore, the game supports high resolutions (up to 4K), as well as refreshed audio, which also applies to dialogues between characters.

PC

Total War: Attila - The Last Roman
Total War: Attila - The Last Roman

8.4 Game Score

An expansion pack for Total War: Atilla - another installment in a series of popular strategy games developed by Creative Assembly. The Last Roman expansion introduces an extensive, story-driven campaign that begins in 533 AD, that is, with the fall of the Western Roman Empire, which created room for many barbarian kingdoms. It is also when the emperor Justinian decides to make a last-ditch effort to resurrect the fallen legend and sends the titular Last Roman to fight for him.

PC

Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms
Age of Empires II HD: The African Kingdoms

8.4 Game Score

The second expansion to Age of Empires II: HD Edition from 2013. Unlike the first DLC, which was a commercial remake of a fan-made modification to the original Age of Empires II, The African Kingdoms was built from ground up entirely by the developers of the original game, Hidden Path Entertainment. The expansion takes us once more to the Middle Ages, however, this time we travel to a completely different region of the world – the African continent.

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Pit People
Pit People

8.4 Game Score

A 2D tactical strategy game developed by The Behemoth - an independent American studio. The player is taken to an unusual universe which combines the features of classic fantasy with science-fiction; moreover, the entire adventure is filled with absurd humor. A story campaign constitutes the core of this experience - it can be completed either solo or in the co-op mode for two players.

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Age of Wonders III: Eternal Lords
Age of Wonders III: Eternal Lords

8.4 Game Score

The second official expansion to the turn-based strategy game Age of Wonders III developed by Triumph Software in 2014. In the expansion the players can once again visit the fantasy realm of Evermore in which various races are fighting for domination. During the completely new story campaign the player assumes the role of Avik – the successor of the kingdom of Frostlings. He wants to reclaim his realm by using the forbidden powers of necromancy.

PC

Planet Coaster: Console Edition
Planet Coaster: Console Edition

8.4 Game Score

An economic strategy game created by Frontier Developments - the creators of the RollerCoaster Tycoon and the Elite franchises. In the game, the player's task is to build and manage an amusement park. It is up to the player to decide about the general outlook of the park, but modern-day roller coasters are the main dish. These can be shaped freely - the player chooses the number of curves and the height of their roller coaster.

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Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia

8.4 Game Score

A spin-off to the Total War series, in which the developer studio Creative Assembly takes the players to the British Isles from the 9th century. Our task is to join a side in the war for domination over the Isles. When working on this game, the developers drew their inspirations from the previous Total War titles, thus, the game is a combination of a turn-based strategy and an RTS game.

PC

Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
Stronghold 2: Steam Edition

8.4 Game Score

A special version of Stronghold 2, developed for the Steam platform. The players can once again assume the role of a steward of a medieval fortress. Their task is to expand, defend and conquer the titular strongholds while also managing the technological and economical aspects of large and varied armies.

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Rise of Industry
Rise of Industry

8.4 Game Score

An economic strategy game developed by Dapper Penguin Studios, in which the players assume the role of a beginning businessperson. Rise of Industry allows us to manage a company specializing in logistics, industry, farming, and mining; nonetheless, there is nothing standing in our way to combine those fields. The game takes place across procedurally generated maps offering diversified challenges.

PC

Hearts of Iron IV: Waking the Tiger
Hearts of Iron IV: Waking the Tiger

8.4 Game Score

The third expansion to strategy game Hearts of Iron IV. Developers introduced new content for China and modified national objective trees for Japan and the Third Reich, allowing e.g. to remove Hitler from power and the German Empire.

PC

Command: Modern Operations
Command: Modern Operations

8.4 Game Score

A complex war strategy that is a continuation of the established Command: Air/Naval Operations 2013. The production enables a realistic reconstruction of the numerous war conflicts that took place after the Second World War. Warfare Sims studio is responsible for creating the game. The publisher is again Slitherine.

PC

Dawn of Man
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.

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Europa Universalis IV: Common Sense
Europa Universalis IV: Common Sense

8.3 Game Score

The sixth major DLC for the 2013’s Europa Universalis IV, a part of the grand strategy game series developed since 2001 by Paradox Interactive. The biggest novelty of Europa Universalis IV: Common Sense is the new province development system that limits provinces’ expansion based on their size and the so-called development level. By spending the monarch points, we can also expand individual buildings, making them more effective, and increase the income from our provinces.

PC

Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients
Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients

8.3 Game Score

The third installment in the strategy game series set in antiquity, started in 2010 by Longbow Digital Arts. The action takes place in the distant past and to the rise of Rome, when armies of the Greeks, Gauls, Romans, and Etruscans fought fierce battles for control of the Apennine Peninsula. While playing, we can either experience the entire path of Rome to hegemony in the ancient world as it happened or try to change history by leading one of the remaining nations.

PC

Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront

8.3 Game Score

A tactical RTS set during World War II that expands on the Men of War franchise. It was developed by Barbed Wire studio, known for its modifications to both games from Men of War: Assault Squad series. Gates of Hell gives us a wide view on the war, taking us on battlefields of all years and fronts: from snowy plains of USSR to sun-scorched sands of Africa. Gameplay is focused on the tactical layer, without any form of resource gathering or base building.

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Dungeons 3
Dungeons 3

8.3 Game Score

Dungeons 3 is the third installment in the fantasy strategy game series developed by Realmforge. Dungeons 3 continues the story from the previous games. We play as a Dungeon Lord who, after uniting the forces of evil and laying the foundations of the new empire of darkness, comes to the conclusion that his ambitions are not yet fulfilled. He decides to recruit the priestess of dark elves so that she would lead his forces during the conquest of the surface world.

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XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen

8.3 Game Score

An expansion to XCOM 2 developed by Firaxis Games. Its story focuses on the titular Chosen – a new type of agents working for ADVENT, who try to capture the leader of the XCOM group. To achieve this, those merciless specialists kidnap his followers and torture them to gather valuable information. They are so effective that they can even affect the strategic layer and destroy our global operations.

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Europa Universalis IV: Cradle of Civilization
Europa Universalis IV: Cradle of Civilization

8.3 Game Score

Another one of the numerous expansions to the popular turn-based strategy game Europa Universalis IV developed by Paradox Development Studio. Cradle of Civilization focuses on expanding features related to the Middle East and Muslim empires.

PC

The Settlers III: Quest of the Amazons
The Settlers III: Quest of the Amazons

8.3 Game Score

The Settlers III: Quest of the Amazons is an extension to the third part of a series of real-time strategy developed by Blue Byte Software developers. The supplement introduces, among others, the fourth nation - Amazons, two campaigns, as well as a number of optional maps and scenarios. The creators have also enriched their game with new heroes, buildings, spells and a special unit - a thief.

PC

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri

8.3 Game Score

Colonizing an alien planet, defeating its indigenous peoples and other contenders for power is a challenge for player Alpha Centauri, another game of legendary Sida Meier.

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Lula: The Sexy Empire
Lula: The Sexy Empire

8.3 Game Score

An economic strategy game for adult players. It was developed by Interactive Strip. The player's task is to establish and expand a porn empire. The game is divided into three parts. First, the player is required to earn enough money to buy counterfeit documents in order to escape from a desert town, where the protagonist was left alone by treacherous companions after a bank heist gone wrong.

PC

Myth: Antologia
Myth: Antologia

8.3 Game Score

Myth: Anthology is a set of games from the popular real-time strategy cycle (RTS) developed by Mumbo Jumbo development studio. They were included in the package: Myth: The Fallen Lord, Myth II: The Drunken, Myth II: Chimera and Myth III: The Wolf Age. An additional advantage of the set are dozens of scripts created by the fans of the series.

PC

Railroad Tycoon: Antologia
Railroad Tycoon: Antologia

8.3 Game Score

A set of strategy games from the Railroad Tycoon series. Purchasers of this product receive Railroad Tycoon II with Railroad Tycoon II: The Second Century and Railroad Tycoon 3 extended with the free Coast to Coast extension.

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