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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Statuses
Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2011
Role-playing game, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Open world, Sandbox, Survival
November 21, 2011
Players:
9.3/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Kenshi is a post-apocalyptic role-playing game with elements of management strategy and survival. You have to explore a large open world where you can trade, steal...
Action, Strategy, Fighting, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game, Open world, Role-playing game, Adventure
November 22, 2004
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
94/100
An adventurous pirate game that combines elements of strategy, role-playing, and sea travel simulation. In the age of great discoveries, the player becomes the...
Role-playing game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Isometric, Adventure, Tactics, Strategy, Turn-based, Japanese role-playing game
April 2, 1994
Players:
9.8/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
92/100
Final Fantasy VI is a turn-based tactical strategy role-playing adventure game with an isometric view. The war of magicians left behind only ashes and suffering...
Strategy, God Simulator, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Simulation, Construction, Sandbox
June 2, 2009
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
86/100
Metacritic:
73/100
A life simulation set in an open world, where the player creates characters and guides their daily lives, relationships, and ambitions. Appearance and personality...
Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Tactics
July 28, 2011
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
89/100
Kingdom Rush is a real-time strategy game with fantasy elements and a top-down view. In this game you have to fight enemies with the help of your towers and protect...
Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Online, Role-playing game, God Simulator
June 2, 2011
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
92/100
Dungeon Keeper is a real-time strategy game with an isometric view in the medieval genre. The game has several modes. In addition to training and multiplayer play...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
December 16, 2010
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Dungeon Defenders is a dynamic cooperative action role-playing game with a third-person view and elements of the tower defense genre in a fantasy setting. You have...
Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based
November 26, 2004
Players:
8.5/10
Space Rangers 2: Dominators — real-time strategy with an isometric view. The main events of the second part of the game take place 250 years after the end of...
Role-playing game, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game
July 19, 1991
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
93/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Final Fantasy IV is a tactical turn-based strategy role-playing game with anime and fantasy RPG elements. Expect fully voiced dramatic cutscenes, deep, emotionally...
Online, Strategy, Isometric, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Free game, Collectible card game (CCG), Card game
August 1, 2006
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
76/100
Pox Nora is a cooperative turn-based online tactical game in the fantasy genre. Players command armies of fantastical creatures, create spells of destructive power...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), City Building, Simulation
November 17, 2011
VGTimes:
8.6/10
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
54/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Set in the near future, this economic city-building strategy depicts a world reshaped by climate change and rising sea levels. Players settle islands, build cities...
Action, Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, God Simulator
June 30, 1999
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
92/100
Dungeon Keeper 2 is a continuation of the legendary real-time management strategy with an isometric camera view. As before, you have to try on the role of a...
