Strategy
In strategy games, success depends on proper planning and tactical thinking. Typically, a player somehow acquires a resource (or several) that must be used to create an army, defend, and develop them. The player is tasked with defeating the opponent's army or destroying their base. Strategies can be turn-based or real-time. There is also a subtype of strategies called "wargames," where the economic aspect is absent. The player immediately receives an army and must skillfully manage it.
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Platforms
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Statuses
Best Games in the Strategy genre
Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Third-person view, Anime / Manga, Free game, Science fiction, Construction
January 22, 2026
Players:
9/10
Metacritic:
78/100
A sci-fi role-playing action game with strategy elements, set on the planet Talaveris, where humanity faces anomalies, technological threats, and aggressive life...
Strategy, Online, In real time, Top-down view, Turn-based, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Grand strategy
February 17, 2022
Players:
8.3/10
Metacritic:
86/100
Total War: Warhammer 3 is a continuation of the fantasy strategy with turn-based movements on a global map and real-time battles. Far from the familiar world with...
Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)
November 30, 2018
Players:
7.9/10
Metacritic:
59/100
X4: Foundations allows players to conquer a vast Galaxy. Build your empire from the inhabitants of different planets, races, and factions. Explore space on various...
Action, Third-person view, Open world, Strategy, City Building, Construction, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Medieval era
April 23, 2024
Players:
8.2/10
A survival simulator in the Middle Ages. The main character is a man accused of murdering a prince and sentenced to death. Having escaped punishment, he decides to...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Sandbox, Exploration, Historical, Cooperative (co-op)
April 16, 2019
Players:
8.4/10
Metacritic:
81/100
Anno 1800 is a new game in the real-time management strategy series Anno. The events unfold at the dawn of the industrial age, during the times of great...
