The most interesting strategy games this year (2)

All the best and most popular games of the year, upcoming releases, and hits from the past. Use filters to narrow down search.

Strategy

Atre: Dominance Wars

Strategy

2025

A 4X type strategy, enriched with mechanics of popular god games. Atre: Dominance Wars features a fantasy world and we play as a powerful being. The action takes place in real time and our main goal as a god is to gain more of the faithful and therefore more power.

Espiocracy

Strategy

2025

A grand strategy game, in which we take control over an intelligence agency during the Cold War period. Espiocracy allows us to choose our country and send our spies on various missions, manipulating foreign nations in order to reach the goals set by our country.

Global Conflagration

Strategy

2025

A dynamic RTS inspired by Command & Conquer: Generals. Global Conflagration offers an alternative vision of history and is set in the near future. We can control one of three factions, trying to seize key resources points and dominate the map using a mechanized army.

Project Haven

Strategy

2025

Project Haven is a tactical turn-based game with RPG elements, in which we command a squad of Steel Dragons mercenaries, trying to survive in the futuristic Haven City. It is a game developed by indie studio Foresight Games.

Songs of Conquest: Rise Eternal

Strategy

2025

The first expansion for the turn-based strategy game inspired by the Heroes of Might & Magic series. Songs of Conquest: Rise Eternal introduces a new campaign in which we play as the reanimated necromancer Kastus Maal, commanding an army of the undead.

Super Fantasy Kingdom

Strategy

Q1 2025

A strategy game mixed with tower defense, city builder and roguelike mechanics. In Super Fantasy Kingdom our task is to rebuild the kingdom. We must face the monsters trying to destroy our castle, planning our defense. It's also important to explore nearby lands.

Viking City Builder

Strategy

April 2025

An economic game with RTS elements, set in the times of viking raids on Europe. Viking City Builder allows the player to expand their settlement, raid other villages and explore surrounding lands in search of resources.

Anvil Empires

Strategy

2025

A strategy MMO, in which players create empires and go at war with each other. Anvil Empires is set in a fictional world based on the Middle Ages and supports up to a thousand players on a single map.

Dynasty of the Sands

Strategy

2025, Early Access

A strategy game with survival elements set in ancient Egypt. Dynasty of the Sands has us playing as a pharaoh leading his nation to glory, meeting the needs of the people and the gods while handling disease and the whims of the Nile.

Corsairs: Battle of the Caribbean

Strategy

2025

A real-time strategy game, in which we play as a corsair on the Caribbean Sea. Corsairs: Battle of the Caribbean features five extensive story campaigns, an adventure mode and skirmishes against the AI or other players.

Ostriv

Strategy

March 2025

Ostriv is a city builder from the independent studio yevhen8, which gives us the opportunity to lead the 18th century city. The player takes on the role of a manager whose task is to take care not only of the development of the economy, but also of meeting the needs of the residents.

Alliance of the Sacred Suns

Strategy

2025

Strategy game with RPG elements inspired by the Crusader Kings and Master of Orion series. In Alliance of the Sacred Suns we take on the role of an emperor of an intergalactic empire, which is about to fall as a result of internal disputes and an attack of an alien race Xyl.

The Fermi Paradox

Strategy

March 2025

The Fermi Paradox is a strategy game in which we shape the history of the galaxy, watching over the fate of ten different civilisations living there. The game was developed by Anomaly Games studio.

Night is Coming

Strategy

2025

A strategy game with survival elements, inspired by Slavic mythology. In Night is Coming our task is to build a prosperous settlement, whose inhabitants will be able to defend themselves against attacks of hordes of monsters.

Agony: Lords of Hell

Strategy

2025

RTS set in a universe known from Agony game. In Agony: Lords of Hell we stand on the side of King Nimrod trying to take total control over hell. During the game we gather followers and resources, build structures and put up a powerful army.

Earth of Oryn

Strategy

Q2 2025, Early Access

A fantasy strategy game, in which we must build cities and wage war. Earth of Oryn lets players design new buildings from scratch.

Anno 117: Pax Romana

Strategy

2025

The eighth main part of the series of historical economic strategies from Ubisoft. Anno 117: Pax Romana takes us to the times of the Roman Empire. We may play as a governor of Lazio or Albion, focused on developing the land and taking care of the needs of our subjects.

Prison Architect 2

Strategy

2025

The second installment in a series of prison management games. The biggest novelty in Prison Architect 2 are fully 3D visuals. The game also improves the prisoners' AI.

Crossroads Inn 2

Strategy

2025

The second installment in a series revolving around running a tavern. Crossroads Inn 2 has us building our own inn, preparing recipes, recruiting employees and shaping history through RPG-inspired quests.

Metropolis 1998

Strategy

2025, Early Access

Metropolis 1998 is an economic strategy game, in which we play as a city mayor in the 1990s. The game combines pixel art visuals and isometric camera with extensive simulations of traffic and the citizens' lives.

Nova Roma

Strategy

2025

An RTS set in the ancient era. Nova Roma tasks the player with building a mighty city able to resist invaders and nature, meeting our people's needs, providing them with goods and entertainment, as well as gaining the gods' favor.

Project Citadel

Strategy

2025, Early Access

A sci-fi RTS with roguelike elements, made by the former co-authors of Age of Empires and Halo Wars. Project Citadel is about participating in short, dynamic battles in space. We can send squadrons of ships of our design. Defeat is the not the end here - our mother ship can regenerate thanks to a unique relic.

Pompeii: The Legacy

Strategy

2025

A city builder strategy game. Pompeii: The Legacy takes us to the historical city of the Roman Empire which was destroyed after the eruption of the Vesuvius volcano. Our task is to slowly rebuild the city's former glory over the course of over 200 years.

Bonaparte: A Mechanized Revolution

Strategy

Q2 2025

A turn-based strategy offering a steampunk version of the French Revolution. In Bonaparte: A Mechanized Revolution we play as Celine or Cesar Bonaparate. It's our job to shape the future of the country. We also fight battles which feature mechanical colossi.

Beyond These Stars

Strategy

2025, Early Access

Beyond These Stars is a city builder strategy game in which we build civilization on the back of Kewa - a giant whale travelling the stars. We have to peacefully co-exist with the creature, obtain resources, develop technologies and discover secrets of the galaxy.

Blacksmith Master

Strategy

2025, Early Access

An economic strategy in which we try to run a Medieval forge. Blacksmith Master forces us to oversee the entire process - from gathering all the required materials, through hiring employees and managing production, ending with selling the goods we've created.

Liegecraft

Strategy

2025, Early Access

A 4X strategy with RPG elements, inspired by Crusader Kings III, Yes Your Grace and Heroes of Might & Magic. Liegecraft has us playing a ruler of a Medieval kingdom. Our jobs include exploring the land, taking part in battles, expanding our cities and waging wars.

Beyond Astra

Strategy

2025

A 4X grand strategy taking place in real time, allowing us to build an interplanetary civilization on a constantly evolving map. In Beyond Astra we monitor both the space and planet surface. We decide on things like economy, military, science, culture and religion.

Chains of Freedom

Strategy

2025

A turn-based tactical game, set in a fictional dystopian country from Eastern Europe. In Chains of Freedom we control a squad of soldiers and it's our job to ensure the safe future of the entire nation. We must deal with conspiracies, deadly mutants and various other threats.

Badlands Crew

Strategy

2025

The third installment in a series of action-strategy-simulation games, originating from 2017. Badlands Crew has us control the Citadel - a mobile vehicular fortress - traversing the badlands, fighting marauders.

Radio Commander: Pacific Campaign

Strategy

2025

The second installment in a series of unusual Polish RTS games. Radio Commander: Pacific Campaign has us playing as a commander during the war of the Pacific Ocean, issuing orders over the radio based on reports given by our staff.

Starminer

Strategy

2025, Early Access

A cross between a space strategy game and a simulation. Starminer has us controlling a space mining fleet, extracting resources, creating ships and defending ourselves from aliens.

Orc Warchief

Strategy

2025

An RTS game inspired by the Warcraft series. In Orc Warchief we visit a fantasy world where the orcs lost the war with humans. We lead one of the orc tribes, expanding our village, creating an orc army and planning a revenge on the humans and reclaiming power.

Grit and Valor: 1949

Strategy

2025

An RTS set during the alternative version of World War 2. In Grit and Valor: 1949 we control a squad of Allied mechs fighting the Axis forces on small maps. We can develop the mechs and their pilots. Our ultimate goal is to reach New Germany to sabotage enemy HQ.

The Whims of the Gods

Strategy

2025, Early Access

A city builder strategy game, in which we construct an ancient metropolis. The Whims of the Gods features an apocalypse set to happen in the future and we can attempt to postpone it while expanding the city. The game offers both singleplayer and online coop.

Kriegsfront Tactics

Strategy

2025

A tactical turn-based strategy with roguelike elements. In Kriegsfront Tactics we find ourselves in an alternate version of the 1970s and, as the commander of a squad of mechs, we take part in a fictional conflict in Southeast Asia.