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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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander
Strategy 09 September 2016
Developed by a small studio Massive Damage, a space strategy with RPG elements. Plot in Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander tells a story about an alien invasion on Earth. To stop the threat, humans go to an ancient space station Halcyon 6 which enables them to discover new technologies and to form alliances with other races which can help them to fend off the invaders.
Empires and Allies
Strategy 08 April 2015
A mobile strategy game with social features. Empires and Allies is a free-to-play title created by Zynga, a company known for a variety of casual games, including FarmVille, Mafia Wars 2, or Hidden Shadows. While playing Empires and Allies you become a commander of an allied army and have to stand against a powerful terrorist organization that managed to take control over almost the entire world. Your first objective is establishing a base of operations.
XO
Strategy October 2024 (early access since 02 December 2019)
A space strategy inspired by the TV Show Battlestar Galactica, The Lost Fleet series of novels by John Hemry, and the video game FTL: Faster Than Light. In a distant future, the player assumes the role of a captain of the last remaining ship from a destroyed armada and hunted by a mysterious enemy. XO is played in real time, but the game offers an option of active pause. In battles the ships' movements are limited to two dimensions, but their behavior is simulated by an advanced physics engine.
Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon
Strategy 28 January 2016
A DLC, created by Skybox Labs in cooperation with Forgotten Empires studios, to Age of Mythology: Extended Edition – a remastered version of the classic RTS game from Ensemble Studios. The expansion, named Tale of the Dragon, doesn’t change much in basic game mechanics, which remain the quintessence of real-time strategy with a complex economic aspect.
AdVenture Capitalist
Strategy 30 May 2014
An uncomplicated arcade and economic game, in which the fun is based on making further investments. For the money we earn we employ managers, improve our existing businesses, etc. All this in order to make a huge fortune.
Thea: The Awakening
Strategy 20 November 2015
A turn-based strategy game, combining elements of survival, card game, and a gamebook. You arrive at a dark fantasy world, strongly inspired by the Slavic mythology, after the apocalypse. As one of eight Slavic deities, you take care of a small village. You control each villager separately, exploring the dangerous realm, gathering resources, crafting items, and facing various dangers.
Oriental Empires
Strategy 14 September 2017
A turn-based 4X strategy game set in ancient China and developed by Ntronium Games. Oriental Empires focuses on faithfully recreating historical events concerning the Chinese empire - the game encompasses a period of three thousand years between 1500 B.C and 1500 A.D. The player becomes a leader of a small tribe and their goal is to build up a powerful empire. To do so, they have to cultivate land, gather resources, build new towns, as well as recruit and train the army.
Domina
Strategy 03 April 2017
An economic strategy developed by the independent team at DolphinBarn studio. The players' task is to manage a gladiator school during the golden age of Roman Empire. They buy new warriors, prepare their training, and provide them with proper equipment (weapons, armor) to finally put them on the arena. Fighters can use various fighting styles, so it is possible to create specialized gladiators.
Mashinky
Strategy 2024 (early access since 06 October 2017)
An open-world economic tycoon game that focuses on managing a railroad company. The credit for developing this title goes to a Czech gamemaker - Jan Zeleny, who worked on the game for many years.
Panzer Corps 2
Strategy 19 March 2020
Panzer Corps 2 is a turn-based strategy game set in the World War II period, developed by Flashback Games and a sequel to the series' first installment that was created in cooperation with The Lordz Games Studio in 2011. In terms of gameplay, Panzer Corps 2 is, like its predecessor, a homage to classic strategy games. We take part in various scenarios where we control different military units from the Second World War era, each of them having their parameters described meticulously.
Farm Manager 2018
Strategy 06 April 2018
Farm Manager 2018 is an economic strategy game developed by the Polish developer Cleversan Software. In the game, the player gets to assume the role of a modern farm manager and is tasked with planting over twenty types of crops, taking care of the plants, and harvesting what he sows. There is also the option to breed animals. With time, the player gains access to the premade products, which they can use to improve their production processes.
Airport CEO
Strategy 04 March 2021
An economic tycoon game that enables the player to assume the role of an airport director. The title was developed by Swedish developer Apoapsis Studios, and it challenges the player with designing and expanding a well-working airport complex consisting of many coexisting installations: runways, control towers, bus stops, sidewalks and roads to connect it all, etc.
60 Parsecs!
Strategy 18 September 2018
60 Parsecs! is a strategy game developed for personal computers. It enables the player to lead the crew of a space ship. The objective of the game is to survive and to find a way back to Earth. During the game the player must explore the galaxy, maintain the crew, manage resources and make hard decisions.
Total War: Rome II - Empire Divided
Strategy 30 November 2017
The fourth large expansion pack to Total War: Rome II. This DLC was released three years after the previous expansion. The add-on features a new story campaign that takes place before the division of the Roman Empire. It also introduces new factions, units, events and missions.
Ascendancy
Strategy 01 January 1995
A 4X turn-based strategy where players lead one of twenty-one intelligent races and lead to victory, gradually taking control of a group of stars. During the game it is necessary not only to take care of the development of individual colonies and the well-being of their inhabitants, but also to maintain diplomatic relations with other species, entering into alliances with them, exchanging useful information or declaring war.
Gardens Inc. 4: Blooming Stars
Strategy 30 January 2016
Another installment of a popular series of time management games. In Gardens Inc. 4: Blooming Stars, we once again assume the role of Jill and Mike, a couple that needs an influx of cash now more than ever. The duo awaits the birth of a baby, wanting to prepare a new room for it - decorated from scratch. To achieve this goal, the family accepts an invitation to a gardening reality show, where a number of various tasks awaits them. Gardens Inc.
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.
Mushroom Wars 2
Strategy 30 March 2016
A sequel to a humorous real-time strategy, Mushroom Wars, that came out in 2009 for PC and mobile platforms. The action of Mushroom Wars 2 takes us to a fantasy universe where four factions of small creatures that live in mushroom-like homes constantly war with each other. The player’s task, as the general of a “mushroom” army, is to eliminate the enemy as quickly as possible by taking over strategic points on the map.
Mech Wars
Strategy TBA
An action MOBA game developed by the Turkish developer Han Studios. The story is set in a post nuclear world where there is an ongoing fight for resources and forcing ideologies on others. Mech Wars has three factions that are competing with each other: the Alliance that occupies the biggest cities, the Resistance that lives in the deserts and the mysterious Unknown that occupies the most polluted, forbidden areas.
Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault
Strategy 02 July 2015
An economic strategy game taking place in a post-apocalyptic world, where humanity has locked itself in fortified cities - the only way of surviving the attacks of alien monsters. The game was developed by Acquire, a Japanese studio known from Way of the Samurai, Tenchu, and Shinobido. In Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault, the player takes control of his own city, and fights against continuous waves of huge monsters. The cities are composed of a few districts that can be rotated 360 degrees.
End State
Strategy 2024 (early access since 01 December 2022)
A tactical turn-based strategy game tackling the subject of modern terrorism, developed by Iron Sight. The Finish dev team was inspired by genre classics such as XCOM or the Jagged Alliance series. The action of End State takes place in Eastern Europe, where numerous gangs and private military organizations freely engage in criminal activities.
Lobotomy Corporation
Strategy 09 April 2018
A strategy game inspired by movies such as Cabin in the Woods and Warehouse 13, in which the player assumes the role of a manager of monsters. The game was developed by an independent studio known as Project Moon.
Europa Universalis IV: Dharma
Strategy 06 September 2018
Dharma is a DLC to Europa Universalis IV, a popular real-time strategy game. The game focuses on the Indian subcontinent. Among other things, the DLC adds new missions for the most important countries of the region, introduces unique social classes (castes), and enhances the economic system in the game.
Feral Blue
Strategy 22 October 2019
A mix of a sailing ship simulator and economic strategy embedded in an alternative, postapocalyptic vision of the colonial era - on Earth after the flood. In Feral Blue the player takes on the role of a sailor who gradually climbs along the career ladder, trading with coastal cities, taking part in sea battles and finally building and developing his own settlements.