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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’. more

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Jagged Alliance 3
Jagged Alliance 3

Strategy 14 July 2023

The third main installment in an iconic series of turn-based strategy games. Jagged Alliance 3 is set in a fictional nation of Grand Chien, where a squad of mercenaries must find the missing president and restore order.

Anno 1800
Anno 1800

Strategy 16 April 2019

Another installment in the popular economic strategy game series published by Ubisoft and developed since 2011 by Blue Byte Software - Ubisoft's subsidiary studio known for working on The Settlers series. Like the previous installments in the Anno series, set across various centuries of human history, in Anno 1800, the player assumes the role of a steward tasked with establishing a prosperous metropolis.

Gord
Gord

Strategy 17 August 2023

Gord is a singleplayer cross of an adventure and strategy game, featuring base management, inspired by Slavic folklore. It was developed by a Polish studio Covenant.dev.

Total War: Warhammer III
Total War: Warhammer III

Strategy 17 February 2022

The third and final part of the Total War series sub-cycle based on the Warhammer license. Total War: Warhammer III introduces, among others, the Kislev and Cathay factions, which take part in even greater battles than before.

Manor Lords
Manor Lords

Strategy TBA

Manor Lords is a Polish medieval strategy game, tasking us with building settlements and leading troops in combat. It was created by an indie developer Slavic Magic.

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.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert Remastered
Command & Conquer: Red Alert Remastered

Strategy 05 June 2020

A remastered version of Red Alert, a classic RTS from the mid-1990s, which is considered one of the fathers of the genre, and the second installment of the legendary Command & Conquer cycle. The game has a completely new audiovisual setting while maintaining the key elements of the original gameplay.

Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign
Unity of Command: Stalingrad Campaign

Strategy 15 November 2011

Turn-based strategy game set during World War II. It offers a campaign on the eastern front, which culminated in the siege of Stalingrad. We can lead both German and Soviet armies.

Cities: Skylines II
Cities: Skylines II

Strategy 24 October 2023

Cities: Skylines II is the second installment in a series of city builder economic strategies, developed by Colossal Order. Players must build and manage a city, creating districts, placing roads and setting taxes.

Europa Universalis IV
Europa Universalis IV

Strategy 13 August 2013

The fourth installment in a highly popular strategic game franchise - Europa Universalis. The title was developed by Paradox Development Studio. In accordance with the tradition of the series, Europa Universalis IV lets you command and develop a chosen nation over the course of several centuries. This time the historical framework spans from 11 November 1444 to 2 January 1821. The gameplay is based on classic solutions of the 4X genre (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate).

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew

Strategy 17 August 2023

A pirate-themed tactical RTS by Mimimi Games. Just like in two of the developers' previous works - Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun and Desperados 3 - the game emphasizes stealth.

Stronghold: Definitive Edition
Stronghold: Definitive Edition

Strategy 07 November 2023

A remastered version of an iconic BAFTA-nominated RTS, and the beginning of a legendary series. Stronghold: Definitive Edition updates the 2001 original and adds some entirely new content.

Last Train Home
Last Train Home

Strategy December 2023

A survival RTS set during the Russian civil war. Last Train Home tasks the player with leading the Czechoslovak region back to their homeland.

Tempest Rising
Tempest Rising

Strategy December 2023

A science fiction RTS inspired by the Command & Conquer series; we find ourselves in the middle of a conflict between three factions, with control of Earth at stake. Tempest Rising offers two story campaigns and an extensive multiplayer mode.

Infection Free Zone
Infection Free Zone

Strategy 2024

Infection Free Zone is a city builder set in a postapocalyptic world, in which a mysterious virus turned the infected into violent monsters. The game lets us play in any real city in the world, downloading detailed data from the OpenStreetMap service.

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

Strategy December 2023 (early access since 15 March 2019)

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic is a city builder by 3Division. It tasks us with managing, expanding and leading a fictional Soviet republic to a bright future.

Mechabellum
Mechabellum

Strategy 2024 (early access since 11 May 2023)

An auto battler, in which we command mech squads. Mechabellum features many different machines, letting us create effective and efficient squads and deploy them on the battlefield, where they take part in fully automatic combat.

Thronefall
Thronefall

Strategy 2024 (early access since 02 August 2023)

A minimalist, isometric, indie real-time strategy game by GrizzlyGames. Thronefall tasks players with constructing buildings, expanding their kingdom and repelling invading armies.

Hearts of Iron IV
Hearts of Iron IV

Strategy 06 June 2016

The fourth major installment in a series of larg-scale strategy games, which originated in 2002 as a spin-off to the popular Europa Universalis series. Both franchises are consistently developed by Paradox Interactive. The game lets you take the lead of a country from the World War II period and beyond, specifically the years 1936-1948.

Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition

Strategy 15 October 2020

A refreshed and improved version of Age of Empires III, a game from 2005 that was the third installment in the series of best-selling real-time strategy games. The new version was developed by Forgotten Empires, a studio that also created remastered editions of the first and second games in the series. Most of the changes are related to the graphics and interface – they were adapted to modern computers and displays. This enabled the game to support 4K resolution.

Ixion
Ixion

Strategy 07 December 2022

Economic strategy of a city builder type, in which we manage a huge space station. In Ixion we have to take care of the infrastructure, develop new technologies, as well as manage the population and face various problems.

Total War: Rome II
Total War: Rome II

Strategy 03 September 2013

A grand-scale strategy game developed by British studio Creative Assembly. Total War: Rome II lets players become leaders of the nations of antiquity from the Roman Empire period and struggle for dominance over new territories. Like the past Total War games (e.g. Total War: Shogun 2 and Empire: Total War) gameplay combines turn-based and real-time activities. Your task is to manage you provinces and command armies.

Total War: Attila
Total War: Attila

Strategy 17 February 2015

Another chapter in the Total War large-scale strategy game series, created and developed by the Creative Assembly studio. After a couple of sequels to the earlier installments in the series (e.g. Medieval, Shogun, and Rome), the developers took on a new great historical figure. The game is set in the late 4th and the early 5th century CE. The Roman Empire is on the brink of collapse, at war with numerous barbaric tribes of the Huns and the Visigoths.

Punch Club 2: Fast Forward
Punch Club 2: Fast Forward

Strategy 20 July 2023

Punch Club 2: Fast Forward is a sports simulator with RPG and economic strategy elements. We play as a young martial artist living in a cyberpunk city. We must dutifully train, come up with strategies before each fight and organize other aspects of our life to reach the top.