Strategy Video Games18
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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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.
All Quiet in the Trenches
Strategy 17 January 2024
A turn-based strategy game set during World War I. All Quiet in the Trenches has us leading a squad of troops in combat and during downtime. The game tasks us with staying in the good graces of our soldiers and the command all at once.
Crusader Kings III: Roads to Power
Strategy September 2024
The third big expansion for the best-selling strategy from Paradox Interactive. Crusader Kings III: Roads to Power focuses on the Byzantium Empire and introduces new ways of ruling the lands, new social advancements and lifestyles for those without any land of their own.
Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
Strategy 24 April 2024
A strategy game with simulation and adventure elements. Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure has the player create automated workshops and explore various locations alongside diligent and hardy Sparks.
Industries of Titan
Strategy 31 January 2023
Industries of Titan is an economic strategy game with traits of a real-time strategy game. It was developed by Brace Yourself Games. The player is tasked with building a city on the moon. In order to achieve this goal, they must gather and process resources and then use them to create goods. The player must also construct buildings, optimize the work of factories and make sure that the workers are happy – all of that while balancing the budget.
Motorsport Manager
Strategy 21 August 2014
A sports manager game in which we lead a racing team and try to win a fictional version of Formula 1. The economic system is the basis of the game – if we want to achieve success we have to manage our budget well and maintain balance between income and expenses. During the game we can hire new drivers and technicians, research new technologies and upgrades for our race cars as well as find optimal settings for the cars and create schemes for pit-stops.
Theme Park World
Strategy 03 November 1999
Theme Park World is an economic strategy developed by the team at Bullfrog Productions to play the role of the director of a virtual theme park. The player can not only manage the amusement park, but also design its attractions, and even visit it and play in it.
Stargate: Timekeepers
Strategy 23 January 2024
A tactical real-time strategy set in the Stargate universe. The Polish studio CreativeForge Games, a developer of games such as Hard West and Phantom Doctrine, is behind the development of Stargate: Timekeepers.
War Selection
Strategy August 2024 (early access since 08 October 2019)
War Selection is a real-time strategy (RTS) from the Glyph Worlds studio with a free to play payment model. We can play it alone or with other players. Our task is to lead the country from the Stone Age to the present day.
Prison Architect
Strategy 06 October 2015
An economic real-time strategy game created by British indie developer Introversion Software. Prison Architect lets you play as a headmaster of a penal facility. Your duties include designing a high-security prison, managing its budged, and providing for the needs of inmates. The authors saw to it that each prisoner had his individual personality and corresponding criminal inclinations.
Jagged Alliance: Crossfire
Strategy 24 August 2012
Jagged Alliance: Crossfire is the first stand-alone extension to the strategy game with elements of cRPG - Jagged Alliance: Back in Action. The add-on offers a new campaign in which a player-led mercenary troop of M.E.R.C. must stop the bloody massacres on the population of a small Asian country. Developers from Coreplay studio also took care of a solid portion of new weapons, heroes and opponents.
Emergency 2012
Strategy 29 October 2010
The next part of the catastrophic tactical strategy game, produced by Quadriga Games studio. Again, we play the role of the head of the rescue services, which are supposed to organize the place of each accident, and first of all to help the injured. This time the plot refers to global catastrophes that are the premises of the end of the world. We can control more units, graphics have improved, and solo gameplay is complemented by a multiplayer mode.
Sid Meier's Railroads!
Strategy 17 October 2006
Sid Meier's Railroads! is an economic game prepared by Firaxis Games studio, which can be considered a natural heir to the legendary Railroad Tycoon series, launched in 1990 (also by Sid Meier). In terms of concept, this program does not differ from the rest of the cycle - our task will be to create a transport company, in which the first violin plays railways.
Disciples II: The Rise of the Elves
Strategy 25 November 2003
The third, official extension to the world-famous turn-based strategy called Disciples II: Dark Prophecy, introducing some interesting novelties to the original, including the playable Elven race.
Homeworld
Strategy 28 September 1999
Developed by Relic Entertainment, a Canadian studio, the real-time strategy takes place entirely in three-dimensional space. Set in the distant future, the story of the game tells about the fate of the human race Kushan, living on the desert planet Kharak.
The Settlers II
Strategy 15 February 1996
The Settlers II is the second installment of a series considered to be a real time strategy (RTS) classics. The player directs the actions of a group of settlers who are trying to build a colony on the newly discovered land. Developers from Blue Byte Software studio have prepared a captivating one-person mode campaign consisting of 10 missions and a fully functional, network multiplayer.
Sins of a Solar Empire
Strategy 04 February 2008
A space real-time strategy game by Ironclad Games, a studio founded by former employees of Rockstar Vancouver. The plot tells a story of the war between the Trader Emergency Coalition and two aggressive nations known as the Advent and the Empire of Vasari. The players can side with any of the said factions which are characterized by different technologies, weapons, and strategies.
Z: Steel Soldiers
Strategy 08 June 2001
Z: Steel Soldiers is a real-time strategy by Bitmap Brothers. The action of the game was set in the distant future. Players stand on one side of the ongoing conflict between robotic clans, and their task is to conquer resource-rich territories. The game offers, among others, 30 missions in single player mode and the possibility of multi-player entertainment via the Internet or LAN.
Dungeon Keeper (1997)
Strategy 26 June 1997
An innovative real-time strategy game set in a fantasy universe. Dungeon Keeper was created by Peter Molyneux’s Bullfrog Productions, the studio known for the Populous and Syndicate series. Unlike many dungeon crawlers popular in 1990s, Dungeon Keeper does not put you in the shoes of an adventurous hero, instead letting you play as a demonic lord of dungeons. Your main task is building an expansive net of dungeons and defending them from raiding heroes.
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire
Strategy 25 September 2007
The sixth major installment in the highly popular series of economical strategies started in 1993 by Blue Byte. After the very innovative fifth installment, the developers decided to go back to the good old solutions and only improve them with some new features. The general premise of the game hasn’t changed - the player is still tasked with controlling a small village and transforming it into a modern, well-fortified metropolis.
RollerCoaster Tycoon II
Strategy 14 October 2002
RollerCoaster Tycoon II is a sequel to one of the best-selling economic strategies in history, in which we again manage the amusement park by constructing incredible queues and other attractions.
UFO: Enemy Unknown (1994)
Strategy 23 September 1994
A turn-based strategy game, with RPG and simulation elements, developed by Microprose. The story of UFO: Enemy Unknown takes place in an alternate reality of the year 1999, where the players take on the role of the leader of X-COM, an organization created to prevent potential alien threats. When reports from many corners of the world come in about numerous missing people, terrorized cities and hideous genetic experiments - X-COM soldiers have to move in.
Omerta: City of Gangsters
Strategy 31 January 2013
Strategy game with simulation and tactical elements, produced by Bulgarian studio Haemimont Games (Tzar: Burden of the Crown, Celtic Kings: Rage of War, Tropico 4 and others). The action of Omerta: City of Gangsters was set in the 1920s. Player takes the role of a young immigrant who arrives to Atlantic City with the intention of subjugating the city. The game is about developing criminal empire, including gang management, gaining new territories and expanding your influence.
Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars
Strategy 01 October 1996
A continuation to a bestselling turn-based strategy game created by Jon Van Caneghem and his New World Computing studio. Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars is set several years after the events depicted in the original game. When the ruler of Enroth, Lord Morglin Ironfist dies, a conflict over the throne breaks out between his sons.