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 2021 (Game released)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 24 August 2021
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
56/100
Metacritic:
64/100
Nostria was once a magical place where everyone had a chance at a good life. Today, the kingdom is in decline: robbers prowl everywhere, creatures of darkness are...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Mac → 2 September 2021
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is a classic party role-playing game with an isometric camera in a fantasy setting, based on the D&D 3.5 rules with several...
Game released: PC, Mac, Stadia, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 → 17 August 2021
Players:
6.9/10
Steam:
69/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Humankind is a turn-based management strategy about the history of mankind. The game will allow you to rewrite the human past and create your own, unique...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 3 December 2019
Players:
8.1/10
Steam:
71/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Phoenix Point is a tactical strategy game with turn-based combat in a futuristic setting, which is the spiritual successor to the games in the X-COM franchise. The...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android → 7 March 2018
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Real-time strategy inspired by Scandinavian mythology and the Viking era. After the discovery of the mysterious continent of Northgard, clans venture into uncharted...
Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), In real time, Construction, Simulation
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 9 November 2021
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is a continuation of the real-time economic strategy that will allow you to create your own “Jurassic Park”. The new game will develop...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 26 August 2021
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
95/100
Metacritic:
63/100
Townscaper is a vibrant casual strategy game in which the player builds a city on an island. The player selects colors and creates blocks of houses on a grid, and...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 5 November 2021
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
76/100
A colorful, large-scale management strategy game about building your own zoo. The owner has dozens of animal species at their disposal: rare creatures can be...
Game released: PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 18 November 2021
Players:
9.6/10
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Disciples: Liberation is a continuation of the famous series of tactical RPGs with strategy elements and an isometric camera view in a dark fantasy setting. You...
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...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 29 April 2021
Players:
7.5/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...
Online, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Card game, Strategy, Free game
Game released: PC, iOS, Android → 26 September 2019
Players:
6.2/10
Steam:
58/100
Metacritic:
84/100
Magic: The Gathering Arena is a fantasy collectible card multiplayer game with strategic elements and an isometric view based on the popular CCG Magic: The...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android → 1 February 2018
Players:
8.1/10
Metacritic:
77/100
XCOM 2: Collection — the complete edition of the turn-based strategy game XCOM 2, which includes not only the original game but also previously released DLCs and...
Business / Management, Strategy, Steampunk, Isometric, In real time, City Building, Exploration, Construction
Game released: PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch → 7 March 2022
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Airborne Kingdom is a real-time management strategy with an isometric camera in a steampunk setting. In the game you will go on a fantastic journey — fly...
Game released: PC, Mac, Linux, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 13 August 2019
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
80/100
Dicey Dungeons — an exciting card-based turn-based game with RPG elements and a simplified roguelike from the creators of Super Hexagon and VVVVVV. In the...
Game released: PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Mac → 10 August 2021
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
89/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Black Book is a mixture of an adventure game and a card RPG in the setting of Russian fairy tales. The game tells the story of a young peasant woman, Vasilisa: the...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Roguelike, Fantasy, Strategy, Card game, Board / Group Game
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Mac → 20 October 2021
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
82/100
A tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat, based on the board game of the same name. Players embark on an exciting journey through terrifying dungeons...
Game released: Xbox Series X/S, PC, Mac, Xbox One, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 1 April 2021
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
98/100
A fun tactical simulator in which historical battles turn into a chaotic and funny sandbox. Stupid, but charming units fighting under the control of funny physics...
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS, Android → 15 November 2018
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus is a turn-based strategy game with an isometric camera view set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The events of the game are dedicated...
Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Crafting, Survival, Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S → 14 October 2021
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The Riftbreaker is a sci-fi action game with real-time strategy elements. You will take on the role of Captain Ashley Novak — Riftbreaker, an elite commando...
Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), In real time, City Building, Survival
Game released: PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4 → 18 March 2021
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
76/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Endzone — A World Apart is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view. In 2021, a group of terrorists blew up nuclear power...
Action, Strategy, Tactics, Side view, Third-person view, In real time, Shooter, Online, Battle Royale
Game released: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, PC, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch → 1 December 2020
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
60/100
Metacritic:
70/100
Worms Rumble is a new part of the tactical action strategy with a side view in the legendary Worms series of games about funny worms. The sequel was the first game...
Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Strategy, Historical, First-person view, Online, Survival, Open world
Game released: PC → 20 October 2021
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
67/100
This Land is My Land is a dynamic stealth action game with a third-person view in the open world of the American Wild West. The main character is the leader of an...
Game released: Android, PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One → 11 February 2021
Players:
6.7/10
Steam:
86/100
A minimalist strategy game for managing an air network. The main objective is to develop air routes between real cities with populations corresponding to real data...
Business / Management, Strategy, Roguelike, Isometric, Futurism (Future), In real time, City Building, Survival
Game released: PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 → 9 September 2021
Steam:
67/100
Metacritic:
72/100
Dice Legacy is a city building simulator with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view. In the game, you take the reins of your kingdom by rolling the dice...