Strategy 2012 for PC — top best games in the Strategy genre

XCOM: Enemy Unknown - a game in the Strategy genre

Action, Strategy, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 8 October 2012

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 88/100

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based tactical strategy game about the secret organization XCOM fighting a global alien invasion. The player manages the...

Crusader Kings 2

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Free game, Grand strategy, Medieval era

Game released: PC → 14 February 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Crusader Kings 2 is a free-to-play sequel to the global real-time strategy game. Like the first part, Crusader Kings 2 simulates the system of feudal relations in...

FTL: Faster Than Light

Simulation, Action, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Strategy, Space

Game released: PC → 14 September 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 86/100

FTL: Faster Than Light is a unique management simulator with role-playing elements in a sci-fi setting. The cruiser Kestrel was lucky to find out secret information...

Wargame: European Escalation

Strategy, Simulation

Game released: PC → 22 February 2012

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A real-time strategy game set in 1980s Europe, where a confrontation between two sides threatens to turn the Cold War into World War III. Players assemble armies...

Orcs Must Die! 2

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 30 July 2012

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Orcs Must Die! 2 is a continuation of the tactical action game with elements of “tower defense” and a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The story will begin...

Stronghold Kingdoms

Online, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Free game, MMO

Game released: PC → 28 February 2012

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 56/100

Stronghold Kingdoms is a popular real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view. In this game you will become a ruler, on whose shoulders will fall great...

Tropico 4

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Third-person view, Sandbox, City Building, Simulation

Game released: PC → 21 September 2011

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Tropico 4 is a continuation of the banana republic dictator simulator. You will take on the role of the newly elected El Presidente. The main task is to make candy...

Ticket to Ride Europe

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Tactics

Game released: PC → 24 May 2012

Players: 5.2/10

Ticket to Ride is an arcade board game with puzzle elements. Start your trip right now and get tickets by getting directions on the map. Each ticket specifies two...

Endless Space

Strategy, Business / Management, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Space, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 4 July 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This turn-based 4X strategy game follows civilizations competing to colonize the galaxy and establish supremacy. The ancient galaxy holds Dust, a mysterious...

Jagged Alliance: Back in Action

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Tactics, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 8 February 2012

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 62/100

Jagged Alliance: Back in Action is a remake of the tactical RPG with turn-based strategy elements from Jagged Alliance 2. You will command a squad of mercenaries...

Worms Revolution

Action, Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics, Side view, Online

Game released: PC → 10 October 2012

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Worms Revolution is the legendary return of the side-scrolling turn-based tactical action strategy game to the Worms series. The game was created using a new game...

Anomaly: Warzone Earth

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 8 April 2011

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly: Warzone Earth — This is a strategy with an unconventional approach. The player controls units that move along a pre-marked route. The goal is to kill...

Settlers Online

Online, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Mini-game / browser-based, Free game

Game released: PC → 10 January 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Settlers Online is an isometric online game with strategy, browser-based or mini-game elements, and a free-to-play game from Ubisoft Blue Byte. The publisher of the...

Prime World

Online, Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 26 July 2013

Players: 8.9/10

Prime World — action for several players. This is a game with a unique universe, where tactical session battles, castle management and hero development are...

Total War Battles: Shogun

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Tactics

Game released: PC → 29 August 2012

Players: 10/10

Total War Battles: Shogun — tactical real-time strategy with an isometric view. You'll lead your clan into battle through an over 10-hour story campaign...

Natural Selection 2

Shooter, First-person view, Online, Strategy, Action

Game released: PC → 30 October 2012

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A multiplayer first-person shooter with strategy elements, Natural Selection 2 is a revamped version of a Half-Life mod. The available information does not specify...

Azkend 2: The World Beneath

Strategy, Puzzle, Hidden Objects, Match-3 (Three in a row)

Game released: PC → 14 March 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 68/100

This match-three adventure puzzle takes place in an underground world, where the protagonist makes a journey back towards civilization. Inspired by the works of...

Sims 3: Seasons

Strategy, DLC, God Simulator, Isometric, Simulation

Game released: PC → 16 November 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 73/100

The Sims 3: Seasons is an expansion to the real-time life management simulator Sims 3. The update adds seasons and a ton of new content to the game. Along with the...

From Dust

Strategy, In real time, First-person view, God Simulator, Simulation, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 17 August 2011

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A real-time strategy and god game about a tribe struggling to survive in a world continually reshaped by nature. Across a mysterious archipelago, the player helps...

Tiny Troopers

Arcade, Action, Isometric, Tactics, Indie, Tanks, Warships / Submarines, Strategy

Game released: PC → 24 August 2012

Players: 9.9/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Tiny Troopers is an arcade indie action game with tactical elements and an isometric view. This game puts you in charge of a team of little soldiers. You must guide...

Theme Hospital

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric

Game released: PC → 12 April 2012

Players: 9.5/10

Theme Hospital is an isometric simulator with strategy and business simulator elements from developers from the studio Bullfrog Productions, Ltd.. The game is...

Disciples 3: Reincarnation

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 18 April 2012

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 69/100

This turn-based fantasy strategy game with role-playing elements is set in Nevendaar, where a new star appears above lands torn by war. Four powerful factions...

Toy Soldiers

Action, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 27 April 2012

Players: 8/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A strategy game with action and tower-defense elements, set on Europe’s trench-filled battlefields in a First World War toy diorama. Players command toy soldiers...

Cannon Fodder 3

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Tactics, Action

Game released: PC → 9 February 2012

Steam: 65/100

Metacritic: 49/100

This tactical action game follows 500 conscripts sent into a war that reaches across the world and into space. They face terrorists equipped with advanced...

Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances

Online, Action, Strategy, Isometric, Tactics, Free game

Game released: PC → 20 July 2012

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 39/100

Command & Conquer: Tiberium Alliances - The main goal of this game is to control the center of the world. Each player chooses a sector on the World Map and begins...

Babel Rising

Arcade, Strategy, Action

Game released: PC → 7 August 2012

Steam: 43/100

Metacritic: 53/100

Babel Rising is a whimsical adaptation of the biblical context. During the construction of the city of Babylon, the people build a tower designed to reach the sky...

A Game of Dwarves

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Casual game, City Building

Game released: PC → 23 October 2012

Steam: 63/100

Metacritic: 60/100

A Game of Dwarves is a real-time management strategy game with an isometric camera view. You have to stand at the head of a gnome settlement and protect it from the...

Oil Rush

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 23 March 2012

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 67/100

This real-time naval strategy game is set in a world reshaped by nuclear war, which melted the ice caps. The player captures, upgrades, and defends floating...

Jagged Alliance: Crossfire

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Tactics, Role-playing game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 24 August 2012

Steam: 64/100

Metacritic: 63/100

An expansion for Jagged Alliance: Back in Action, this tactical role-playing game follows a mission to help Khanpaa, a nation held under the control of mercenaries...

King Arthur 2: The Role-Playing Wargame

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 13 April 2012

Players: 2/10

Steam: 56/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This real-time fantasy role-playing strategy game follows the Maimed King Arthur as he tries to heal himself and reunite the shattered lands of Britannia. The story...

Bluecoats: North vs South

Arcade, Strategy, Top-down view, Side view

Game released: PC → 10 May 2012

Bluecoats: North vs South is an arcade strategy game with action elements. You have to lead one of the armies in a civil war. Your goal is to conquer US territory...

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

Simulation, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Futurism (Future), Business / Management, Online

Game released: PC → 12 June 2012

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is a sci-fi global real-time strategy game that is a standalone expansion for Sins of a Solar Empire. New factions and ship...

King's Bounty: Warriors of the North

Role-playing game, Beat them all, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Strategy

Game released: PC → 26 October 2012

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 74/100

King's Bounty: Warriors of the North is a continuation of a role-playing adventure with turn-based strategy elements in a fantasy world. The game will take place in...

Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Historical, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 23 March 2012

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 69/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Total War: Shogun 2 — Fall of the Samurai is a stand-alone addition for a global strategy with turn-based movements on a global map and real-time battles...

Warlock: Master of the Arcane

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 8 May 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Warlock: Master of the Arcane is a global turn-based strategy with an isometric camera view and role-playing elements in a fantasy setting from the creators of the...

Spellforce 2: Faith in Destiny

Role-playing game, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 19 June 2012

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Spellforce 2: Faith in Destiny is a stand-alone add-on for a real-time strategy role-playing game with an isometric camera view and a third-person view in a fantasy...

Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Sports game, Turn-based, Board / Group Game

Game released: PC → 13 November 2012

Steam: 79/100

Blood Bowl: Chaos Edition is an ultra-violent combination of strategy and sports game with characters from the fantastic Warhammer universe. This edition features 3...

Frontline Tactics

Strategy, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PC → 26 October 2012

Frontline Tactics is a strategy game with elements of a tactical game from developers from Full Control and WiT Entertainment studios. The main publisher of the...

AirMech Arena

Online, Strategy, In real time, Free game

Game released: PC → 9 November 2012

Players: 10/10

Steam: 83/100

AirMech Arena is an online game with a dash of strategy and free-to-play from the developers at Carbon Games. The game is published by Carbon Games, Ubisoft...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 12

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Grand strategy, Historical

Game released: PC → 20 April 2012

Steam: 73/100

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 12 is a strategy game with an isometric view from developers from the Tecmo Koei studio. The main publisher of the game is Tecmo Koei...

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Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2012 for PC (Game released)