Strategy Video Games33
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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UFO: Aftershock
7.8 Game Score
A continuation of UFO: Aftermath from 2003, a game based on the mechanics of the cult-classic 90’s game from Microprose. The plot of the game takes place in 2054 – 50 years after the catastrophe that changed the Earth’s surface into an inhospitable area. When a conflict between the decimated society and the corrupted authorities has led to the destruction of the last safe colony, the humanity has been forced to return to the ravaged Earth, and re-take it piece by piece from Alien hands.
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe
7.8 Game Score
Simultaneously with Pirates! Gold, MicroProse decided to develop a new version of another classic hit from the early nineties, Railroad Tycoon Deluxe. This time, however, it was not decided to make such radical changes in the graphic design, offering instead a few improvements in terms of proper gameplay.
Galactic Civilizations III
7.8 Game Score
The third installment in the popular space 4X strategy game series which is the flagship franchise of Stardock Systems, previously known mainly for developing utility software. The action takes place several years after the events presented in the expansion to the game’s predecessor. Thanks to this, we can make use of all the previously featured races, factions, and technologies.
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
7.8 Game Score
An official sequel to a standalone expansion to the popular Men of War series, launched in 2007 by Best Way studio – previously known for such titles as Faces of War or Soldiers: Heroes of World War II. The game lets you pick one of five available nations that were taking part in World War II and lead them to battle on the front lines of Europe, North Africa, and Far East.
Heroes of Might and Magic: Quest for the Dragon Bone Staff
7.8 Game Score
A console spin-off of the popular fantasy turn-based strategy game series by New World Computing. Heroes of Might and Magic: Quest for the Dragon Bone Staff, developed by the 3DO Company, differs greatly from the PC installments of the series and is based on the franchise's predecessor, the 1990 game King's Bounty. Your main task is saving the dying king, but to achieve that, you have to find the eponymous Dragon Bone Staff in 500 days.
Crusader Kings II: Charlemagne
7.8 Game Score
An expansion for Crusader Kings II, a 2012’s grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive and the second installment of the series based on the mechanics of the Europa Universalis franchise. Crusader Kings II: Charlemagne is focused on the eponymous Charles the Great, king of the Franks and the founder of the Holy Roman Empire. The action takes us to the year 769, to the early years of his reign. The campaign concentrates on the most important events of Charlemagne’s reign and the wars he fought.
Zoo Tycoon (2001)
7.8 Game Score
Tycoon Zoo is an economic strategy developed by Blue Fang Games studio, allowing players to play the role of the manager of the zoo. The duties of a virtual zoo director include taking care of animals, hiring employees, taking care of financial matters and designing and supervising investments. The aim of the game is to create a perfect zoo to which crowds of visitors will be attracted.
Decisive Campaigns: Case Blue
7.8 Game Score
Decisive Campaigns: Case Blue is the second installment of a series of turn-based strategies in the realities of World War II, initiated in 2010 with Decisive Campaigns: The Blitzkrieg from Warsaw to Paris. Developers from VR Designs studio have prepared 4 campaigns for players, showing the struggle on the eastern front in 1942.
Pikmin 3
7.8 Game Score
The third part of the popular series of games with miniature creatures called Pikminas. The title was created for the WiiU console. Captain Olimar, known from the first two installments of the cycle, was missing, and he was replaced by four new heroes.
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire - The Eastern Realm
7.8 Game Score
An official expansion for the sixth installment in the popular economy simulation series by Blue Byte Software, entitled The Settlers: Rise of an Empire. The action of The Eastern Realm takes places after the events of the vanilla game, when our nation’s key trade route becomes blocked. It quickly turns out that the eastern provinces of the kingdom are in grave danger and our military intervention is inevitable.
Restaurant Empire
7.8 Game Score
Another game by Trevor Chana, creator of such famous titles as Capitalism or Seven Kingdoms. This time it is an economic strategy in which we can deal with the creation of the world's best restaurant chain from scratch.
Majesty 2: Monster Kingdom
7.8 Game Score
The third addition to Majesty 2's strategy: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim. We play the role of the overthrown ruler, who tries to regain the throne with the help of old enemies, i.e. various monsters' ointments. The extension offers a long ten mission campaign and a new playable race to multiplayer in the form of cyclops.
Hearts of Iron III
7.8 Game Score
Another installment in the popular historical strategy games franchise by Paradox Interactive, taking players back in time into the period of the bloodiest conflict in history – World War Two. As the player, your task is to come into power in your country of choice – either one of the superpowers of the time, or a militarily weaker country – and lead it through the global conflict. The plot of Hearts of Iron spans from 1936 to 1948, so you can choose to prepare for the inevitable war first.
Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi - Dies Irae Götterdämmerung
7.8 Game Score
A DLC for the third installment of the complicated World War II strategy game series by Paradox Interactive. Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi - Dies Irae Götterdämmerung requires the vanilla game as well as the Semper Fi expansion in order to work. The said add-on expands the Nazi Germany with new military, economic, and political aspects.
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom - DLC 3
7.8 Game Score
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom - DLC 3 is a supplement to The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom strategy published in 2010 by Blue Byte. The one-player mode extension adds 2 new campaigns and 7 maps to your gameplay, giving you about 20 hours of fun. Add-on developers decided to introduce a few modifications to the game, including new trading and technological development options.
King Arthur II
7.8 Game Score
An epic strategy in which we play the role of the legendary King Arthur himself. The game was divided into two planes. The empire is managed on a turn-based map of the British Isles, and huge battles involving thousands of units are fought in real time.
Cities XL 2012
7.8 Game Score
An economic strategy in which we manage all the most important aspects of the functioning of the metropolis we bring in. The aim of the game is to build a city as close to the ideal as possible, whose inhabitants lead an idyllic life, paying low taxes, not worrying about the morning traffic jams, queues at the clinic and air pollution.
Genesis Rising: The Universal Crusade
7.8 Game Score
Genesis Rising: The Universal Crusade studio Metamorf is a real-time strategy, played in a three-dimensional environment, and has the right attributes for cRPGs and adventures.
Gratuitous Space Battles
7.8 Game Score
Gratuitous Space Battles can be described as a game of the kind of Tower Defense, embedded in space. We build ships from the available weaponry elements, give them orders and observe the struggle with the enemy.
Norm Koger’s The Operational Art Of War III
7.7 Game Score
Norm Koger's The Operational Art of War III is another title from the series which is an absolute hit for fans of traditional turn-based strategy games. Users of the program can play any battle taking place in the twentieth century and this century.
Victoria: Revolutions
7.7 Game Score
Official extension to Victoria: Empire Under the Sun. The addition to the electronic entertainment market debuted two years after the release of the basic version of the program and, like the original, belongs to a large family of popular strategies derived from the Swedish studio Paradox Entertainment.
Space Empires V
7.7 Game Score
Space Empires V is the next installment of a series of space trading strategies. Due to the fact that the predecessor is already a very old and strongly archaic product, the authors made every effort to make the next title aroused great interest, both among long-time fans of the series, as well as among players who have not yet had contact with the vast world of Space Empires.
Imperivm III: The Great Battles of Rome
7.7 Game Score
Imperivium III: The Great Battles of Rome is a real-time strategy enriched with RPG elements, focusing on the theme of ancient Rome. The creators of the game are the authors of the third and fourth part of the popular series of economic strategies Tropico.
The Train Giant
7.7 Game Score
Real-time economic strategy. As president of a railway company, we must ensure the social and economic development of a large virtual city. For this purpose, we create a communication network and build housing estates, office buildings and factories. The money earned on this activity can be invested on the stock exchange.