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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Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2016 (Game released)
Game released: PC, iPad, Nintendo Switch, iOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, Mac, Linux → 21 October 2016
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
87/100
Sid Meier's Civilization 6 is a management strategy game with turn-based battles and an isometric camera view. Cities in the new game of the famous series expand...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch → 15 March 2016
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
64/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Sheltered is a procedurally generated adventure game set in a post-apocalyptic world. After many died in a nuclear holocaust, you are lucky enough to survive in a...
Game released: PC, iOS, Mac, Android, Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 → 14 November 2014
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
82/100
This War of Mine is an atmospheric adventure with survival elements and a side view. The game allows you to plunge into the life of ordinary civilians trying to...
Game released: Android, iOS, PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 13 August 2015
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
71/100
Fallout Shelter is a free-to-play side-view management strategy game set in the Fallout universe. In the game you have to build your own shelter and take care of...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 14 January 2014
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Banner Saga is a tactical role-playing strategy with turn-based combat and a top-down view. The game combines amazing visual style and Nordic atmosphere. Banner...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Mac → 17 November 2016
Players:
6.8/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Planet Coaster is a real-time management strategy from the creators of Elite: Dangerous. The game offers you to become the manager of a large amusement park. All...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox One → 23 April 2015
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
86/100
Crypt of the NecroDancer is a unique indie game where everything moves to the rhythm of the music of Danny Baranowski, the composer of Super Meat Boy and the...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 → 6 December 2016
Players:
9/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Real-time tactical strategy with stealth elements and an isometric view. The events take place in 17th century Japan, where a group of five heroes operates in the...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS → 2 August 2016
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
67/100
This Is the Police is an adventure strategy game with management game elements and an isometric camera view. Scandals, intrigues, investigations are commonplace for...
Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, First-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Online, MOBA
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 6 May 2016
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
63/100
Metacritic:
69/100
Battleborn is an action MOBA game with a first-person perspective. Players will fight each other on a distant planet orbiting the only surviving sun in the...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Exploration
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Xbox One, Android, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch → 9 August 2016
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
84/100
Kingdom: New Lands is a side-view pixel management strategy set in a fantasy setting. You will become the ruler of your own kingdom and face various tasks, which...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based
Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 → 4 November 2008
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Valkyria Chronicles is a turn-based tactical strategy with role-playing elements. The game takes place in Europe in 1935, presenting an alternative version of World...
Online, Strategy, MMO, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Mini-game / browser-based
Game released: Browser → 2 March 2016
Players:
6.5/10
Elvenar is a free-to-play multiplayer strategy game in which you need to build a prosperous city and explore a magical world full of mysteries. Build the most...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: PC, Xbox One, Mac, iOS, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Android → 11 June 2020
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
79/100
A hardcore roguelike in which a group of prisoners suddenly become explorers of a hostile world. After a prison ship crashes on the mysterious planet Auriga, the...
Game released: PC, Mac, Browser, Amazon Fire TV, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Linux → 25 July 2016
Players:
9/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Kingdom Rush Frontiers is a top-down tower defense strategy game set in a fantasy setting. In the sequel you will visit new picturesque places and meet funny and...
