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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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Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge
Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge

Strategy 21 April 2006

The sequel to 2001's Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive, a tactical strategy game set in the realities of the Wild West. The story of the game focuses on the title character, a relatively law-abiding bounty hunter John Cooper, and tells the story of his efforts to capture a dangerous criminal named Dillon.

PC

Spartan: Gates of Troy
Spartan: Gates of Troy

Strategy 02 July 2004

An addition to Spartan turn-based strategy based on events for which the (un)indirect reason was the beautiful Helena. In addition to the battle for Troy, the supplement contains scenarios describing the colonization of Greece and earlier famous conflicts: the Ionian campaign, the Battle of Thermopylae and the Roman-Persian campaign.

PC

Tropico 4
Tropico 4

Strategy 23 August 2011

The fourth installment in the humorous series of economic strategy games in which we assume the role of a ruthless dictator of a small banana republic. After the previous developer (responsible for the first installment from 2001) was taken over by THQ, the series was given to Haemimont Games. The main highlight of the gameplay is taking care of the country’s budget, which is fed by resource mining and production of various goods. The citizens’ happiness is also an important aspect.

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Full Spectrum Warrior
Full Spectrum Warrior

Strategy 01 April 2004

Team tactical action game, based on a special training program for American infantry. The player assumes the functions of a commander (sergeant) of two infantry teams with the task of leading them to perform a number of combat tasks located in realistic locations.

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Port Royale 2
Port Royale 2

Strategy 10 September 2004

Port Royale 2 is a continuation of Port Royale's economic strategy published in 2002. The action of the game was set in the realities of the seventeenth-century Caribbean, and the player aims to achieve the greatest possible influence in the New World by all available methods (including trade, piracy, slavery, industry and politics).

PC

Conflict Zone
Conflict Zone

Strategy 30 May 2001

A real-time strategy game in which, by becoming the military commander of one of the world's two major ICP military camps, GHOST, we can lead him to victory and overcome the growing international crisis.

PCPS2

Medieval: Total War
Medieval: Total War

Strategy 21 August 2002

A continuation of the popular strategy game, released by Creative Assembly in 2000. Medieval: Total War brings us from the Far East to a more familiar setting of medieval Europe, where we need to take control of one of the twelve most powerful countries of that time. Similarly to its predecessor, the game connects military elements with trade, diplomacy and resource management.

PC

Austerlitz: Napoleon's Greatest Victory
Austerlitz: Napoleon's Greatest Victory

Strategy 08 July 2002

Historically depicted one of the most important rivets of the Napoleonic campaign, near Austerlitz, where the Russian and Austrian armies faced the Napoleonic army.

PC

Headquarters: World War II
Headquarters: World War II

Strategy 11 April 2024

Headquarters: World War II is a turn-based war strategy game that focuses on recreating The Battle of Normandy. The game takes a realistic approach to its subject matter and offers both single player and multiplayer modes.

PC

Frostpunk: Beyond the Ice
Frostpunk: Beyond the Ice

Strategy 2024

Mobile version of the popular post-apocalyptic strategy by the Polish 11 bit studios. In the game, we play the role of a settlement manager trying to survive in a frozen world. The game was developed by NetEase Games, a Chinese studio.

ANDiOS

Park Beyond
Park Beyond

Strategy 16 June 2023

An economic strategy game, letting players create wacky, outlandish theme parks with no need to worry about trivial matters like gravity. Park Beyond was developed by Limbic Entertainment, tasking players with constructing the amusement park of their wildest dreams.

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Plants vs. Zombies 3: Welcome to Zomburbia
Plants vs. Zombies 3: Welcome to Zomburbia

Strategy October 2024

A mobile strategy game that puts the player in charge of a squad of plants defending the garden against a zombie invasion. Plants vs. Zombies 3 offers a quite complex gameplay model and a lot of humor. PopCap Games studio (authors of the previous parts of the cycle) is responsible for its creation.

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Phoenix Point
Phoenix Point

Strategy 03 December 2019

A strategy game set in a unique sci-fi universe, developed by American studio Snapshot Games. Inspired by horror movies and the works of H. P. Lovecraft, the story of Phoenix Point takes place in 2046, when an ancient virus is relentlessly attacking all life forms, transforming them into mutated monsters. Mechanics-wise, the game is based on the X-COM series. You take control of the last bastion of humanity, caring about its development and safety.

PCPS5XSXXONEPS4

Emergency 20
Emergency 20

Strategy 31 October 2017

Another installment of a strategy-simulation game series called Emergency, in which the player gets to control fire brigade, police, emergency medical services, and technical services units and face catastrophes, natural disasters, and accidents. The game is a compilation of the best elements featured throughout the series for over 20 years. This results in ten classic missions, which have been remastered, as well as story campaigns from Emergency 5, Emergency 2016, and Emergency 2017.

PC

Battlestar Galactica Deadlock
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock

Strategy 31 August 2017

A space strategy set in a popular universe created in a 1978 TV series. Developed by Black Lab Games, Battlestar Galactica Deadlock gives us an opportunity to assume control of the Colonial Fleet and to take part in a war against the Cylons - a race of man-made cybernetic machines that have rebelled against their creators.

PCXONEPS4

Victory and Glory: Napoleon
Victory and Glory: Napoleon

Strategy 17 March 2016

A turn-based strategy game set during the Napoleonic Wars, developed by Glenn Drover, a renowned board games designer. We assume the role of the famous French emperor, who faces a coalition of over a dozen European countries led by the British, in six varied scenarios that take place between 1800 and 1813. The gameplay mechanics of Victory and Glory: Napoleon combine classic strategy, card, and board game elements.

PC

Ascent of Ashes
Ascent of Ashes

Strategy 2025 (early access since 30 June 2024)

A post-apocalyptic strategy game set on an alien planet. Ascent of Ashes has us commanding a group of survivors, gathering supplies, constructing buildings and facing down enemies.

PC

Republic of Pirates
Republic of Pirates

Strategy 2024

A Polish RTS set during the golden age of piracy, in the Caribbean. Republic of Pirates combines real-time naval combat with city building and diplomacy.

PC

63 Days
63 Days

Strategy 2024

A tactical real-time strategy, based on the Commandos series and similar to War Mongrels from the same studio. The action of 63 Days is set during World War 2 and focused on the Warsaw Uprising. We control a group of insurgents trying to outsmart German oppressors.

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Car Manufacture
Car Manufacture

Strategy June 2024

An economic strategy with elements of simulation games. Car Manufacture allows us to start a car company at the beginning of the 20th century. We must design cars, control the production process, conduct research, advertise, follow market trends and take care of the employees.

PC

Aquatico
Aquatico

Strategy 12 January 2023

A city builder strategy game with survivalist elements. In Aquatico we erect an underwater city from scratch, which requires creating production chains, developing new technologies and organizing expeditions. In addition, we must take care of the needs of the inhabitants.

PC

Might of Merchants
Might of Merchants

Strategy October 2024

Might of Merchants is an economic strategy developed by a single person. We play as a medieval merchant trying to grow wealthy. To do so, we must accurately judge and adapt to market trends affected by various external factors.

PC

Factorio: Space Age
Factorio: Space Age

Strategy August 2024

The expansion to a warmly received indie strategy game by the Czech studio Wube Software. Factorio: Space Age continues the base game after it ends, letting players expand to space, discover new planets and use brand new resources.

PC

Endzone 2
Endzone 2

Strategy August 2024 (early access since August 2024)

The second installment in a series of postapocalyptic city builders. Endzone 2 has us leading a group of settlers, trying to survive in a dangerous land.

PC