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Hearts of Iron 2
Strategy 04 January 2005
A sequel to the well-received grand strategy game set during World War II, developed by Paradox Interactive. Hearts of Iron 2 spans the entire world and requires us to oversee not only military activities but also all kinds of economic, political, and social dependencies. The player can lead any country, including the biggest superpowers of the era, such as Germany, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. Hearts of Iron 2 offers great freedom in preparations for the outbreak of the World War II.
Wargame: AirLand Battle
Strategy 29 May 2013
The sequel to Wargame: Cold War, a real-time war strategy game released in 2012. Wargame: AirLand Battle takes the player to the peak period of the Cold War (1975-1985), allowing the player to take part in fictional military operations of NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in Northern Europe. Like the original, the game offers several variants of play in single-player and multiplayer modes. Players have over 750 types of combat units at their disposal, representing the military forces of 12 countries.
Rebel Inc: Escalation
Strategy 13 October 2021
Rebel Inc.: Escalation is a PC port of the mobile strategy Rebel Inc. The aim of the game is to fight the rebellion in a fictional state. In order to do this, the player must build military power while taking care of the needs of the inhabitants.
Steel Division: Normandy 44
Strategy 23 May 2017
Another military strategy game in the publishing catalogue of Paradox Interactive, this one developed by the French studio Eugen Systems. Steel Division: Normandy 44 draws much inspiration from the Wargame series created earlier by the same developer, letting players take part in fights over Normandy in 1944. The game features playable armies of such nations as Nazi Germany, the United States, France, Canada, England, Scotland, and Poland.
Hearts of Iron III
Strategy 07 August 2009
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.
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.
Forgotten but Unbroken
Strategy 2024
A tactial turn-based strategy set during World War II and inspired by the XCOM series. We join a secret military operation, carrying out missions, developing soldiers, meeting war heroes, helping the resistance and dealing with the elite soldiers of the Third Reich.
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.
Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World
Strategy 09 July 2013
The second expansion pack (after Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings) for Sid Meier's Civilization V - a bestselling strategy game. Created by Firaxis Games, the expansion enriches the core game with 9 playable civilizations, 8 new wonders, a complex system of ideology, an ability to advance culture, as well as with new political systems and technologies. Furthermore, Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World offers two additional scenarios.
Command: Modern Operations
Strategy 14 November 2019
A complex war strategy that is a continuation of the established Command: Air/Naval Operations 2013. The production enables a realistic reconstruction of the numerous war conflicts that took place after the Second World War. Warfare Sims studio is responsible for creating the game. The publisher is again Slitherine.
War Room
Strategy 18 November 2020
War Room is a realistic strategy game in which we assume the role of the commander of American troops in Afghanistan. The player tries to ensure security in a province with an area of over 1000 square kilometers.
Vietnam '65
Strategy 05 March 2015
Developed by Johan Nagel in cooperation with Slitherine Strategies, Vietnam ’65 is an unusual turn-based strategy game set in the period of the Vietnam War. The action of the game takes place in 1965 in the Ia Drang Valley, located near the border with Cambodia, where the American government dispatched a powerful military support in order to prevent the unification of this part of the country under a single, communist flag.
Men of War: Condemned Heroes
Strategy 12 April 2012
A new installment in the series of real time strategies developed by an dedicated studio of 1C – SoftClub. Men of War: Condemned Heroes tells the story based on one of the more infamous episodes of World War II – the Soviet penal battalions. Such units were formed from convicts and “politically incorrect” soldiers, and were sent to perform the most futile and hopeless tasks. The game offers four campaigns (in all, 15 scenarios) spanning across 3 years, from 1942 to 1945.
Rome: Total War - Alexander
Strategy 19 June 2006
The second official expansion to Rome: Total War, a game developed by Creative Assembly in 2004. This time you assume the role of one of the most prominent strategist in the course of the centuries – the titular Alexander the Great who, due to his outstanding conquests, went down in history as one of the greatest leaders. The completely new campaign plays a crucial role in this extension – you can re-enact the biggest successes achieved by the legendary Macedonian ruler.
Ratten Reich
Strategy June 2024
An RTS set in a dark dieselpunk world, featuring a distorted version of conflicts inspired by WW1 and WW2. Ratten Reich allows us to control intelligent versions of rats, mice, lizards or cockroaches. Depending on the mission we command a small squad or an entire division.
Fire and Maneuver
Strategy 19 April 2023
Turn-based war strategy in which we lead an army of our choice to victory on the battlefields of the second half of the 19th century. Targon Studios and the authors of the Armchair History series of historical documentaries have developed Fire & Maneuver.
Order of Battle: World War II
Strategy 30 April 2015
Order of Battle: World War II is a classic turn-based strategy set during WWII, and a debut game by a studio from Luxemburg, called The Aristocrats. The game was initially supposed to be released as a standalone title called Order of Battle: Pacific, but around a year into the production it was decided that it should become a free-to-play game – on the same occasion, the title has been changed.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV
Strategy 28 February 2020
Another part of the popular series of turn-based strategy games with RPG elements, the action of which is set in China, in the Three Kingdoms period, i.e. shortly after the fall of the Han dynasty in the second century BC. The production was developed by Koei Tecmo, which has been continuously developing its series since its inception.
Combat Mission: Red Thunder
Strategy 04 April 2014
Red Thunder is the next installment of the award-winning series of realistic strategy games called Combat Mission. Studio Battlefront.com once again takes us into the realities of World War II, but this time it allows us to take part in Operation Bagration, the events of 1944, in which the Red Army launched an offensive to the West, breaking the Wehrmacht's pressure.
Hearts of Iron 2: Doomsday - Armageddon
Strategy 29 March 2007
An expansion to the enhanced version of the popular grand strategy game, Hearts of Iron 2, by Paradox Interactive. The production lets us assume control over a country of our choosing and lead it to victory on the fronts of the World War II.
Commander: Napoleon at War
Strategy 29 September 2008
Commander: Napoleon at War is a turn-based strategy game. The title takes us to the beginning of the 19th century and offers the opportunity to play the great battles of that period.
Europa Universalis II
Strategy 20 November 2001
A sequel to the extensive real-time strategy game by Paradox Interactive that lets us lead the development of the biggest European superpowers throughout hundreds of years. Europa Universalis II is much bigger and spans across not three but four hundred years of global history (1419-1820). Contrary to its predecessor, the sequel lets us lead one of 180 actual countries, including such ones as the Chinese Empire or African tribes.
Victoria II: A House Divided
Strategy 24 January 2012
The first addition to the extended Victoria II strategy. The extension expands the political layer and introduces many improvements to the interface. An additional attraction is the new scenario focusing on the civil war and the situation in the United States after the conflict.
Victoria II
Strategy 13 August 2010
Victoria II is a sequel to Victoria: Empire Under the Sun strategy game published in 2003. Players have the opportunity to lead one of the more than 200 countries and manage its fate over a hundred years (1835-1939). Developers from Paradox Interactive studio took care of compliance with historical facts and extensive options for managing the economy, army and politics.