Strategy 2012 for Xbox 360 — top best games in the Strategy genre

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - a game in the Strategy genre

Action, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Online

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 March 2012

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is a continuation of the popular real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting, which tells the story of...

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 8 January 2013

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...

Anomaly: Warzone Earth

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 April 2012

Players: 5.6/10

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...

Guardians of Middle-Earth

Strategy, Hack and slash, In real time, Top-down view, MOBA, Action

Game released: Xbox 360 → 4 December 2012

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 27/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Set in Middle-earth during the Third Age, this multiplayer MOBA centers on battles between opposing armies. Teams of up to five players fight in arena matches...

Dynasty Warriors 7

Action, Strategy, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical

Game released: Xbox 360 → 23 October 2012

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 58/100

Dynasty Warriors 7 is the first game in the series to expand beyond the Battle of Wuzhang Plains. Consequently, the Kingdom of Jin was added, bringing the total...

Tropico 4

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 18 October 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...

Worms Revolution

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

Game released: Xbox 360 → 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...

Port Royale 3: Pirates & Merchants

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management

Game released: Xbox 360 → 4 May 2012

Steam: 72/100

Metacritic: 55/100

A strategy and business simulation about maritime trade and the struggle for influence in the Caribbean during the 17th century. Players take the role of a young...

Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013

Isometric, Turn-based, Card game, Logic, Strategy, Collectible card game (CCG)

Game released: Xbox 360 → 20 June 2012

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Magic: The Gathering — Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 is a classic collectible card game with turn-based combat in a fantasy setting. The game simulates...

Karateka (2012)

Arcade, Fighting, Indie, Action, Tactics, Side view, Strategy

Game released: Xbox 360 → 7 November 2012

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 60/100

Karateka (2012) is an indie tactical fighting game with action and arcade elements. The game takes place in a feudal universe. Your mission is to save your beloved...

Puddle (2012)

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation

Game released: Xbox 360 → 25 January 2012

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 72/100

This physics-based puzzle platformer challenges the player to guide a puddle of fluid to its destination by tilting the game world. Friction, momentum, and the...

Planets Under Attack

Strategy

Game released: Xbox 360 → 14 November 2012

Steam: 63/100

Planets Under Attack is a space strategy game about competing for planets across a galaxy. Players command humans or robots and expand their territory by capturing...

Quarrel

Puzzle, Logic, Strategy

Game released: Xbox 360 → 25 January 2012

Metacritic: 79/100

Quarrel is a word puzzle that combines anagram challenges with simple strategy. Players compete against characters with different abilities and vocabularies. The...

Zuma's Revenge

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Casual game

Game released: Xbox 360 → 11 July 2012

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 77/100

This overhead puzzle-action game sends a fearless frog to an island ruled by evil spirits and tiki bosses. To stop the advancing stream of balls, the hero fires...

Tropico 4: Gold Edition

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Collection, Tactics, City Building, Simulation

Game released: Xbox 360 → 28 November 2012

Steam: 91/100

A strategy and city-building simulation about ruling an island nation, where El Presidente develops the economy and seeks public support amid shifts in global...

Natural Selection

Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: Xbox 360 → 14 January 2012

Players: 5/10

Natural Selection is a first-person shooter with a dash of strategy from the masters at Unknown Worlds Entertainment. The main publisher of the game is Unknown...

Crystal Hunters

Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

Game released: Xbox 360 → 23 April 2012

Crystal Hunters is a top-down strategy game with puzzle elements from the developers of DreamRoot Studios. The game is published by DreamRoot...

Worms Collection

Arcade, Strategy, Collection, Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: Xbox 360 → 21 May 2013

Worms Collection is an arcade game with a mixture of strategy and tactical game from the developers from the Team17 Software studio. The game is published by...

Legends of War: Patton's Campaign

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 November 2012

Metacritic: 79/100

This turn-based strategy game follows General George Patton’s campaign during World War II. The player leads troops across the devastated landscape of Western...

Babel Rising

Arcade, Strategy, Action

Game released: Xbox 360 → 13 June 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...

Dynasty Warriors 5: Empires

Action, Strategy, Fighting, In real time, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Turn-based

Game released: Xbox 360 → 6 November 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 62/100

This historical action game with strategy elements follows a struggle for power in Ancient China: the campaign goal is to conquer 25 regions and build an empire...

Carrier Command: Gaea Mission

Strategy, Action, Science fiction

Game released: Xbox 360 → 2 October 2012

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 51/100

Metacritic: 53/100

This science-fiction strategy game with action elements follows Lieutenant Myrik, commander of an armed carrier fighting for resources on the moon Taurus. After a...

Defenders of Ardania

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Xbox 360 → 14 March 2012

Steam: 35/100

Metacritic: 55/100

Defenders of Ardania is a real-time tactical tower defense strategy game with an isometric camera view. The game features three unique races with their own units...

Uprising 44

Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Tactics

Game released: Xbox 360 → September 2012

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 22/100

This third-person action game with real-time strategy elements is set during the Warsaw Uprising against Nazi occupation. Its story follows the Silent Shadows...

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Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2012 for Xbox 360