Strategy Games

Mad Carnage

Mad Carnage

Platform: Switch
February 2, 2018
In the world after the Great War, you will take control of intimidating petrol beasts, each with their own unique weapons and gameplay mechanics. Upgrade your cars, then battle it out in Campaign mode or on one of the 8 Custom Game maps! Invite a friend for local Multiplayer versus! Can YOU survive the Mad Carnage? Game features: Engaging strategy gameplay Advanced tactical challenges demanding flexibility Immersive storyline, created by a best-selling sci-fi novelist Customizable upgrade system A 20-level Single Player Campaign 8 local Multiplayer maps for either 2 players, or practice against an AI
Metascore:
46
User Score:
4.5
Railway Empire

Railway Empire

Platform: PlayStation 4
January 30, 2018
In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition. You'll also need to hire and manage your workforce if you want to ensure an efficient train service, whilst also develop over 300 technologies ranging from mechanical improvements to the trains themselves to workplace infrastructures and advanced amenities as you progress through five eras of technological innovations.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.1
Railway Empire

Railway Empire

Platform: Xbox One
January 30, 2018
In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition. You'll also need to hire and manage your workforce if you want to ensure an efficient train service, whilst also develop over 300 technologies ranging from mechanical improvements to the trains themselves to workplace infrastructures and advanced amenities as you progress through five eras of technological innovations.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.8
Railway Empire

Railway Empire

Platform: PC
January 26, 2018
In Railway Empire, you will create an elaborate and wide-ranging rail network, purchase over 40 different trains modelled in extraordinary detail, and buy or build railway stations, maintenance buildings, factories and tourist attractions to keep your travel network ahead of the competition. You'll also need to hire and manage your workforce if you want to ensure an efficient train service, whilst also develop over 300 technologies ranging from mechanical improvements to the trains themselves to workplace infrastructures and advanced amenities as you progress through five eras of technological innovations.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
6.7
Meteorfall: Journey

Meteorfall: Journey

Platform: iOS
January 25, 2018
Meteorfall is a deck-building roguelike. You'll choose your class from one of four unique adventurers, and then set out with a deck consisting of some basic attack cards. During the course of your adventure, you'll be presented with the opportunity to add powerful new cards to your deck.
Metascore:
95
User Score:
5.7
Total War: WARHAMMER II - Rise of the Tomb Kings

Total War: WARHAMMER II - Rise of the Tomb Kings

Platform: PC
January 23, 2018
Across the arid deserts of Nehekhara, vast legions of skeletal warriors rise from beneath the baking sands to slaughter those who trespass into their domain. It is a lifeless realm of endless dunes, stained red from the blood of savages and barbarians. This is the Land of the Dead, where mummified kings are cursed to rule in perpetual unlife. But it was not always thus.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.1
Beholder: Complete Edition

Beholder: Complete Edition

Platform: Xbox One
January 19, 2018
Seize control of your destiny in a grim dystopian world over which the State has absolute authority. Privacy is dead in this forbidding new age but you still have to make a living. As the manager of a government-run apartment building, you must keep your residents comfortable and well-fed while fulfilling the directives of your superiors, who insist on knowing everything that's going on between your dilapidated walls.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
Ambition of the Slimes

Ambition of the Slimes

Platform: Switch
January 18, 2018
Ambition of the Slimes is a turn-based strategy RPG that controls the slimes to battle. Different kinds of slimes have their own abilities, you have to choose the proper slime to take over the enemy and consider how to battle with them. Many tactics can be used in battle and your choice is the key to victory. Try another method if you cannot defeat your enemy because the slimes are too weak to battle by themselves.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.7
World of Warships Blitz

World of Warships Blitz

Platform: iOS
January 17, 2018
Metascore:
77
User Score:
3.8
Beholder: Complete Edition

Beholder: Complete Edition

Platform: PlayStation 4
January 16, 2018
You’re a government-installed landlord in a totalitarian state. Your job is to spy on tenants, peep into their lives, eavesdrop on their conversations, and profile everyone to ensure laws are beyond obeyed and the state is kept happy. Anyone caught plotting against the state’s ever-changing laws must be reported. But will you?
Metascore:
63
User Score:
6.5
Of Mice and Sand: Revised

Of Mice and Sand: Revised

Platform: Switch
January 11, 2018
On a desert planet at the farthest reaches of space, mice await your command. Direct their mobile fortress, and seek the legendary city of gold.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.0
Antihero - Digital Board Game

Antihero - Digital Board Game

Platform: iOS
January 2, 2018
Become a feared and revered master thief in Antihero, a fast-paced digital board game. Use stealth, cunning, and the occasional assassination to build the most powerful thieves’ guild in this gas-lit Victorian underworld. ONE GOAL. MANY FOES. Play through the story-driven campaign, skirmish against the AI, and jump online in casual and ranked PvP multiplayer.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
5.5
SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition

SteamWorld Heist: Ultimate Edition

Platform: Switch
December 28, 2017
Join Captain Piper Faraday, smuggler and occasional pirate, as she recruits a rag-tag team of steam-driven robots and sets out on a daring adventure. With your hearty crew you’ll board, loot and shoot your way through enemy spaceships. Overcome the challenges of the vast frontier by upgrading your robots with unique abilities, weapons – and even stylish hats!
Metascore:
91
User Score:
8.2
Tiny Metal

Tiny Metal

Platform: PC
December 21, 2017
A turn-based strategy game of intrigue with a distinct Japanese flavor that takes place in the aftermath of your king's assassination. Roll out the tanks, create more troops, expand your squad, and struggle for territory with war-room levels of control!
Metascore:
68
User Score:
4.3
Tiny Metal

Tiny Metal

Platform: Switch
December 21, 2017
A turn-based strategy game of intrigue with a distinct Japanese flavor that takes place in the aftermath of your king's assassination. Roll out the tanks, create more troops, expand your squad, and struggle for territory with war-room levels of control. Outfight the enemy with your own army of foot soldiers, tanks, helicopters, tactical vehicles, and fighter jets. Capture rival territories and extend your military power over the sprawling map of Zipang. Follow the gripping story of Nathan Gries and answer for yourself what is -- and what isn't -- worth fighting for. Inspired by turn-based strategy games of the past, TINY METAL takes the finely honed gameplay of classical Japanese war gaming and brings it into the modern era with great graphics, 15 unique units, and never-before-seen gameplay mechanics. TINY METAL is the Japanese arcade war game you wish you had as a kid. [Nintendo]
Metascore:
66
User Score:
5.7
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock

Battlestar Galactica Deadlock

Platform: PlayStation 4
December 8, 2017
Four years of war and a steep price in human lives have not been enough to unlock a deadly stalemate. The Colonials have countered all of the Cylon’s offensives so far, but no decisive victory was achieved. The deadlock is suddenly broken by a surprise attack from the Cylons and the brutal annihilation of the Colonial Fleet High Command on Picon. The fate of mankind is now resting on the shoulders of Rear-Admiral Lucinda Cain. The secret, cunning plan she has conceived could turn the tide of the war forever… [Playstation.com]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.5
Shadowhand

Shadowhand

Platform: PC
December 7, 2017
Shadowhand is a strategic RPG card game. Duel powerful enemies in 18th Century England with unique solitaire-style turn-based combat. Build mini-decks and equip your character to sneak, slice and blast through foes.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.7
SpellForce 3

SpellForce 3

Platform: PC
December 7, 2017
SpellForce 3 - A blend between RTS and RPG. SpellForce 3 goes back to the roots of the SpellForce saga and combines the RTS and RPG genre in a unique way - all in real time. Explore the world of Eo and become a true legend.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.5
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Kobolds & Catacombs

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Kobolds & Catacombs

Platform: PC
December 7, 2017
Metascore:
79
User Score:
2.5
ACORN Tactics

ACORN Tactics

Platform: Switch
December 7, 2017
Alien blobs from space are invading the Earth. It’s up to the Alien Counter Offensive Response Network (ACORN) to stop them from enacting their evil plans. Construct and customize a strike team of giant walking tanks and air drop them into combat. Customise, upgrade and train to save the planet from King Blob in a giant 25 mission hand-crafted story campaign. Then take your custom battle team into the random mission generator and visit procedurally generated bases and challenge yourself to endless battles. Collect and upgrade a deck of battle-cards to take with you into combat. Use their special effects to turn the tide of war against your foes. Can you defend the planet from invasion?
Metascore:
51
User Score:
tbd
Plantera Deluxe

Plantera Deluxe

Platform: Switch
December 7, 2017
Metascore:
60
User Score:
tbd
Total War: Rome II - Empire Divided

Total War: Rome II - Empire Divided

Platform: PC
November 30, 2017
The year is 270 AD. A string of inept emperors and usurpers vying for power has led the Roman Empire into near-total economic collapse. This is its gravest crisis yet. Eager to capitalise on Rome’s instability, barbarian tribes gather like a storm on the borders, to plunder the riches of civilisation. To the east, the Sassanids set out on a grand conquest that culminates with an assault against Roman lands. They are held back only by a staunch defence led by Palmyra. Queen Zenobia holds fast – but for how long?
Metascore:
62
User Score:
5.7
Game Dev Tycoon

Game Dev Tycoon

Platform: iOS
November 28, 2017
Game Dev Tycoon is a business simulation game available for Windows, Mac and Linux as well as on the Windows 8 Store. In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
Metascore:
89
User Score:
7.5
Worms W.M.D

Worms W.M.D

Platform: Switch
November 23, 2017
The worms are back in their most destructive game yet. With a gorgeous, hand-drawn 2D look, brand new weapons, the introduction of crafting, vehicles and buildings plus the return of some much-loved classic weapons and gameplay, Worms W.M.D is the best worms experience ever. Work your way through 30 campaign levels of increasing difficulty using the huge arsenal of new and classic weapons at your disposal. Use new vehicles to cause chaos amongst the enemy ranks and use buildings to gain the tactical advantage as you try to dominate the battlefield! Take on up to five opponents in hilarious all-out tactical worm warfare with up to eight worms each, either in local or online multiplayer, including ranked play. Flatten your opponents with the Concrete Donkey. Turn them into chunks of worm meat with the Holy Hand Grenade. Rain down hell from above in helicopters or pound them into oblivion with the tank. With 80 weapons and utilities at your fingertips, this is Worms at its chaotic best!
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.5
Tannenberg

Tannenberg

Platform: PC
November 16, 2017
Experience authentic First World War action with 64 player battles of maneuver on the Eastern Front. Warfare between the Russian Empire and the Central Powers is a tense battle for dominance – stay close to your squad to survive!
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.7
Tokyo Tattoo Girls

Tokyo Tattoo Girls

Platform: PlayStation Vita
November 14, 2017
Enter the world of Tokyo Tattoo Girls, where you will select a companion girl and battle the Syndicate by conquering the 23 Wards of Tokyo. Power up your companion with gorgeous Japanese tattoos and unleash her true power.
Metascore:
36
User Score:
3.8
South Park: Phone Destroyer

South Park: Phone Destroyer

Platform: iOS
November 9, 2017
South Park: Phone DestroyerTM brings you iconic South Park characters, action packed real-time strategy, exploding PvP battles, trademark South Park humor and collectible cards in a perfect mix that’s spicier than Cartman’s chili con carne. Assemble the ultimate team of cowboys, wizards, cyborgs and more and get ready to crush your opponent.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
6.1
TransRoad: USA

TransRoad: USA

Platform: PC
November 9, 2017
Manage your very own logistics company, discover the complex world of cross-country haulage and keep the US economy up and running!
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
Battlerite

Battlerite

Platform: PC
November 8, 2017
BATTLERITE is an action-packed team arena brawler. Experience the unique combination of a top-down shooter with a fast-paced fighting game. Challenge friends and others in a battle of reaction, unleashing the champion within you.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.3
League of War: VR Arena

League of War: VR Arena

Platform: PlayStation 4
November 7, 2017
League of War: VR Arena is a hands-on, fast-paced war game. Deploy your tanks, choppers, and infantry onto a virtual battlefield, swiftly countering your opponent’s units as you drive towards destroying their base.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
5.0
Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection

Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection

Platform: Xbox One
October 31, 2017
The wildly popular Zoo Tycoon series gets fully-remastered and set to crank up the excitement, challenge, and fun of building the ultimate zoo. Let your imagination run wild with Zoo Tycoon: Ultimate Animal Collection? Choose from almost 200 visually stunning animals and the largest, most detailed selection of environments ever, then build, manage, and maintain your dream zoo alone or with up to four players on Xbox LIVE. This zoo simulation will charm animal lovers of all ages. Easy to start and easy to play, Zoo Tycoon on Xbox gets you up close and interacting with the animals and zoo, offering intuitive controls and fun tutorials that allow players of all ages to have fun. Play smart as animals and guests will react to your creative choices and ultimately decide your chances to become a Zoo Tycoon.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
5.8
Numantia

Numantia

Platform: PlayStation 4
October 25, 2017
Numantia is a Turn-Based Strategy game that takes place in the ancient conflict between Rome and the city of Numantia, in a war that lasted for more than two decades. The choice is yours: Play as a Numantian warrior against the Roman legions or expand the power of Rome throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Relive history fighting in epic battles alongside real historical figures, conmemorating the 2150th anniversary of the Siege of Numantia.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
tbd
Numantia

Numantia

Platform: PC
October 24, 2017
Numantia is a Turn-Based Strategy game that takes place in the ancient conflict between Rome and the city of Numantia, in a war that lasted for more than two decades. The choice is yours: Play as a Numantian warrior against the Roman legions or expand the power of Rome throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Relive history fighting in epic battles alongside real historical figures, conmemorating the 2150th anniversary of the Siege of Numantia.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
tbd
This is the Police

This is the Police

Platform: Switch
October 24, 2017
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Youll come face to face with the ugly underbelly of Freeburg, taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd (portrayed by Jon St. John, the voice of Duke Nukem). Dive into a deep story of corruption, crime and intrigues. You are taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd youll come face to face with the ugly underbelly of Freeburg, a city spiraling the drain. Will Jack see his retirement with a nice sum of money waiting to be spend or will he end up broken or even worse? Immerse yourself in a controversial tale of corruption, crime, and political intrigue. Manage your staff, respond to emergencies, and investigate crimes in a city on the brink of chaos. The mafia underworld maneuvers behind the scenes, sinking their claws ever deeper into the city, even as the mayor is ready to exploit every situation to his political advantage. Choose your approach to each situation as it unfolds. Sometimes youll be responding to a developing crisis at a crime scene, or negotiating with Freeburgs crime bosses. Sometimes youll find yourself dodging questions in the press room, or even the occasional cross-examination in the witness box. Can you keep this pressure cooker from exploding, at least for long enough to stash away a nice retirement nest egg? Or will you land yourself behind bars or worse?
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.5
Bomber Crew

Bomber Crew

Platform: PC
October 19, 2017
Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.6
Warhammer Quest 2: The End Times

Warhammer Quest 2: The End Times

Platform: iOS
October 18, 2017
In Warhammer Quest 2: The End Times, you will lead your warriors across a war torn land and into dungeons for wealth and glory! Swing swords, fire arrows and cast spells as you fight through the denizens of Chaos. Success in battle is rewarded with new weapons, armours, skills and treasure.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
tbd
No Heroes Allowed! VR

No Heroes Allowed! VR

Platform: PlayStation 4
October 17, 2017
Become the God of Destruction in a real time strategy game utilizing PS VR. Breed monsters to invade human territories, seen in a diorama-like view through the eyes of the God of Destruction.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
6.3
Dungeons 3

Dungeons 3

Platform: Xbox One
October 17, 2017
At last, the Dungeon Lord has successfully united the forces of evil and established his dark empire. Time for the next step in his most diabolical quest: expansion!
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.0
Dungeons 3

Dungeons 3

Platform: PC
October 13, 2017
At last, the Dungeon Lord has successfully united the forces of evil and established his dark empire. Time for the next step in his most diabolical quest: expansion!
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.7
Field of Glory II

Field of Glory II

Platform: PC
October 12, 2017
Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.0
Summon Night 6: Lost Borders

Summon Night 6: Lost Borders

Platform: PlayStation 4
October 10, 2017
Summon Night 6: Lost Borders weaves an emotional tale of friendship and discovery that begins in the sparsely populated “cocoon world” of Fillujah, where the three main characters (Raj, Amu and Ist) live in virtual isolation.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.0
Mushroom Wars 2

Mushroom Wars 2

Platform: PC
October 6, 2017
In Mushroom Wars 2, enemy tribes of feisty mushroom creatures face off in short but fierce RTS battles. Step into the shoes of a fearless Mushroom Commander, choose a hero to lead your army, and take control of the battlefield in a variety of multiplayer modes or challenging story campaign.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
6.4
Ogre

Ogre

Platform: PC
October 5, 2017
The official adaptation of the legendary wargame from Steve Jackson Games. Engage in futuristic warfare with armored hovercraft, superheavy tanks, infantry, and giant cybernetic war machines called Ogres.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
tbd
Culdcept Revolt

Culdcept Revolt

Platform: 3DS
October 3, 2017
As the series celebrates its 20th Anniversary, the addictive card game-meets-board game is back, bigger and better than ever with hundreds of new cards, inventive boards, and exciting multiplayer. Follow Allen, a new recruit for the rebel Free Bat forces as you fight for freedom from the tyranny of Count. Build your deck, create new strategies, and dominate the board in Culdcept Revolt! With all the classic elements veterans love yet a gentle learning curve for newcomers, Culdcept Revolt is the best Culdcept yet.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.6
Total War: WARHAMMER II

Total War: WARHAMMER II

Platform: PC
September 28, 2017
Prince Tyrion, Defender of Ulthuan, guides the High Elves in their desperate efforts to stabilise the vortex as it roils above their home continent. Atop his palanquin-throne, the Slann Mage-Priest Mazdamundi directs his Lizardmen war-hosts as they surge northward from Lustria. He, too, is intent on preventing cataclysm, though the methods of The Old Ones must prevail. The Witch King Malekith and his sadistic Dark Elf hordes spew forth from Naggaroth and their labyrinthine Black Arks. He tastes great weakness in the vortex -- and great opportunity in its demise. Meanwhile a fourth, secretive race stirs, their motives obscured by sinister plots and machinations. The time for revelation is nigh... The second in a trilogy and sequel to the award-winning Total War: WARHAMMER, Total War: WARHAMMER II brings players a breathtaking new narrative campaign, set across the vast continents of Lustria, Ulthuan, Naggaroth and the Southlands. The Great Vortex Campaign builds pace to culminate in a definitive and climactic endgame, an experience unlike any other Total War title to date. Playing as one of 8 Legendary Lords across 4 iconic races from the world of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, players must succeed in performing a series of powerful arcane rituals in order to stabilise or disrupt The Great Vortex, while foiling the progress of the other races. Each Legendary Lord has a unique geographical starting position, and each race offers a distinctive new playstyle with unique campaign mechanics, narrative, methods of war, armies, monsters, Lores of Magic, legendary characters, and staggering new battlefield bombardment abilities.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
7.9
Raiders of the Broken Planet

Raiders of the Broken Planet

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 22, 2017
This new game is a multiplayer 4 vs 1 asymmetrical third person shooter that features a distinctive blend of shooting, brawling and thinking man’s strategy. We think this game is a mouth-watering proposition to gamers looking for an immersive, cinematic story coupled with intense and epic online action.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
5.0
Raiders of the Broken Planet

Raiders of the Broken Planet

Platform: Xbox One
September 22, 2017
This new game is a multiplayer 4 vs 1 asymmetrical third person shooter that features a distinctive blend of shooting, brawling and thinking man’s strategy. We think this game is a mouth-watering proposition to gamers looking for an immersive, cinematic story coupled with intense and epic online action.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
5.8
Raiders of the Broken Planet

Raiders of the Broken Planet

Platform: PC
September 22, 2017
This new game is a multiplayer 4 vs 1 asymmetrical third person shooter that features a distinctive blend of shooting, brawling and thinking man’s strategy. We think this game is a mouth-watering proposition to gamers looking for an immersive, cinematic story coupled with intense and epic online action.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
6.1
Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn

Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn

Platform: PC
September 21, 2017
Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn Story Pack provides an all-new way for players to establish their empire across the stars, starting the game as a Machine Empire -- a society made up entirely of robots. Unique game features and event chains will allow the machines to expand as a robotic consciousness, and create an AI-led network that grows to galactic dominance.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.0
Oriental Empires

Oriental Empires

Platform: PC
September 14, 2017
A turn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right on the game map. Advance your technologies, culture and religion to create one of mankind’s biggest empires.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.5
Kingdom: New Lands

Kingdom: New Lands

Platform: Switch
September 14, 2017
Tales spread of far off isles with mysteries waiting to be discovered. Rulers will need all the strength of their subjects to sail away and find new kingdoms in these New Lands. Kingdom: New Lands builds upon the award-winning gameplay and mystery of Kingdom by introducing an abundance of new content to the IGF-nominated title while maintaining the simplicity and depth that legions of monarchs have come to experience and enjoy. Travel to the New Lands and welcome the deluge of new mounts, merchants, and vagrants that call these isles home, but be wary of the new obstacles that threaten your arrival -- for not just the greedy creatures block your way but even the environment itself can defeat you. Kingdom: New Lands asks you to puzzle things out on your own. You'll come across items, NPCs, and mysterious statues to help you but you'll have to figure out just how exactly they'll aide you in building and defending your Kingdom. [Nintendo]
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.0
Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!

Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!!

Platform: PC
September 13, 2017
The highest selling and most intense restaurant sim ever made is back! Deceptively easy to learn but incredibly difficult to master, Cook, Serve, Delicious! 2!! is your journey of being the best chef in the world with your small but humble restaurant on the 50th floor of the Teragon Supertower.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.3
Iron Marines

Iron Marines

Platform: iOS
September 13, 2017
Metascore:
90
User Score:
7.8
Tooth and Tail

Tooth and Tail

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 12, 2017
Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a real-time strategy game featuring single-player play, online competitive, split-screen, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.2
Tooth and Tail

Tooth and Tail

Platform: PC
September 12, 2017
Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.0
Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth

Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 5, 2017
Forced to flee Yamato’s idyllic Imperial Capital, Haku and his friends now seek safety in the rural nation of Ennakamuy, only to find that nowhere is truly safe from the dark conspiracies they uncovered together.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.9
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock

Battlestar Galactica Deadlock

Platform: PC
August 31, 2017
In Battlestar Galactica Deadlock™ you’ll take command of the Colonial Fleet in defense of the Twelve Colonies during the First Cylon War. Lead many different types of ships in this 3D tactical game. Every decision counts, your strategy will be vital – can you ensure mankind’s survival?
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.2
X-Morph: Defense

X-Morph: Defense

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 30, 2017
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower-defense strategy. You are the invader. Use destructive weapons or lead you enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
6.4
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle

Platform: Switch
August 29, 2017
Welcome to the story of an unexpected encounter between Mario and the irreverent Rabbids. To bring order back to a splintered Mushroom Kingdom, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Yoshi team up with Rabbids heroes in a journey through four different worlds. Outwit unpredictable enemies in dynamic turn-based combat and co-op challenges, and solve puzzles along the way. Discover a feel-good and modern combat adventure designed exclusively for the Nintendo Switch system, playable anywhere, anytime, with anyone. [Ubisoft]
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.3
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen

Platform: PC
August 29, 2017
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen adds extensive new content in the fight against ADVENT when additional resistance factions form in order to eliminate the alien threat on Earth. In response, a new enemy, known as the “Chosen,” emerges with one goal: recapture the Commander. This expansion includes new Hero classes to counter the “Chosen”, new enemies, missions, environments and increased depth in strategic gameplay.
Metascore:
88
User Score:
8.1
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 29, 2017
XCOM 2: War of the Chosen adds extensive new content in the fight against ADVENT when additional resistance factions form in order to eliminate the alien threat on Earth. In response, a new enemy, known as the “Chosen,” emerges with one goal: recapture the Commander. This expansion includes new Hero classes to counter the “Chosen”, new enemies, missions, environments and increased depth in strategic gameplay.
Metascore:
93
User Score:
7.1
Distrust

Distrust

Platform: PC
August 23, 2017
A helicopter crash left a group of explorers stranded near an Arctic base. As they try to find a way back, all they are doing is sinking deeper into a nightmare scenario. When they sleep, they attract a terrifying force that sucks the life out of their bodies, but the longer they battle exhaustion and stay awake, the less likely they are to survive... As the survivors try to sleep just enough to stave off fatigue without dying, they slowly go mad and eventually reach the point where they can no longer trust their senses. In time, they can't even tell the difference between reality and a hallucination. Guide the survivors through a randomly generated Arctic base, overcome the severe climate and fight the unfathomable.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.7
Battlejack

Battlejack

Platform: iOS
August 23, 2017
Metascore:
76
User Score:
2.5
Sudden Strike 4

Sudden Strike 4

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 15, 2017
Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders with individual abilities all of which makes Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before! Sudden Strike 4 sends you off on three extensive campaigns set amongst the battlefields of World War 2. Commanding the British and American, German or Soviet troops, you will lead over 100 different units into battle; like the German bomber Heinkel He111, the Russian T-34 tank, the British Hawker Typhoon fighter plane and the notorious German PanzerkampfwagenVI Tiger. In a first for the Sudden Strike series, you can now choose from one of nine individual commanders, such as George Patton or Bernard Montgomery, who will each allow for different approaches to combat and boast unique abilities. Prove your strategic expertise in over 20 demanding single player scenarios, the challenge-focused skirmish mode and the ultra-competitive multiplayer mode. Excellence will be rewarded through a unique reward system, where successfully completing missions will unlock exclusive content, such as historical film footage from the era. Sudden Strike 4 offers countless ways to vanquish your opponents. Exploit the weak spots of tanks, set up an ambush, occupy buildings with infantry, outmaneuver the enemy with clever positioning or unleash devastating air strikes how you approach each mission is up to you!
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.5
Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!

Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?!

Platform: iOS
August 15, 2017
Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! is a wacky simulation game where you manage your very own weapon shop and expand its business across an incredible potato world. Use your potato smiths to forge weapons and sell them to questing heroes. You will meet more than 70 potato heroes, forge more than 200 weapons, expand your business into 20 wacky areas, manage 30 zany potato smiths, discover 10 legendary pop culture heroes... and even adopt a potato dog! Inspired by games such as Game Dev Story, Weapon Shop De Omasse and Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale, Holy Potatoes! A Weapon Shop?! is designed to provide an exciting new gameplay experience to fans of this emerging game genre.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
tbd
Cities: Skylines - PlayStation 4 Edition

Cities: Skylines - PlayStation 4 Edition

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 15, 2017
Developed by Colossal Order, Cities: Skylines offers sprawling landscapes and maps with endless sandbox gameplay and new ways to expand your city. Key to progression is the ability to influence your city’s policy by incorporating taxation into districts. All this including the ability to mod the game to suit your play style makes this the definitive city building simulation.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.1
Starcraft Remastered

Starcraft Remastered

Platform: PC
August 14, 2017
StarCraft®: Remastered upgrades the essential sci-fi strategy experience from beginning to end. Welcome back to the original game and its award-winning expansion, StarCraft: Brood War.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.9
Sudden Strike 4

Sudden Strike 4

Platform: PC
August 11, 2017
Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders with individual abilities all of which makes Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before! Sudden Strike 4 sends you off on three extensive campaigns set amongst the battlefields of World War 2. Commanding the British and American, German or Soviet troops, you will lead over 100 different units into battle; like the German bomber Heinkel He111, the Russian T-34 tank, the British Hawker Typhoon fighter plane and the notorious German PanzerkampfwagenVI Tiger. In a first for the Sudden Strike series, you can now choose from one of nine individual commanders, such as George Patton or Bernard Montgomery, who will each allow for different approaches to combat and boast unique abilities. Prove your strategic expertise in over 20 demanding single player scenarios, the challenge-focused skirmish mode and the ultra-competitive multiplayer mode. Excellence will be rewarded through a unique reward system, where successfully completing missions will unlock exclusive content, such as historical film footage from the era. Sudden Strike 4 offers countless ways to vanquish your opponents. Exploit the weak spots of tanks, set up an ambush, occupy buildings with infantry, outmaneuver the enemy with clever positioning or unleash devastating air strikes how you approach each mission is up to you!
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.6
Total War: WARHAMMER - Norsca Race Pack

Total War: WARHAMMER - Norsca Race Pack

Platform: PC
August 10, 2017
Conquer the Old World as the marauding tribes of Norsca and Wintertooth. Two new Legendary Lords: Wulfrik the Wanderer and Throgg. In the far north, between the Chaos Wastes and the Sea of Claws, lies Norsca. A barren, inhospitable peninsula in the far north of the Old World, it is home to ferocious tribes of warriors, hardened by the relentless blizzards, the barren icy tundra and the monstrous denizens of this accursed land. Fanatical servants of the dark gods, they will stop at nothing to prove their primal might, in a relentless hunt for worthy foes and fresh raiding grounds.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.7
Rocket Fist

Rocket Fist

Platform: Switch
August 10, 2017
Rocket Fist is an arena game with crazy robots in chaotic rocket fist battles. Aim against your frenemies and prove your dexterity by killing each other with rocket propelled fists in this frenetic mix of dodgeball and billiards. You can hold one Rocket Fist at a time and you only get one shot to throw your punch before having to run, hide and dodge to pick it back up! Just like in dodgeball, but with way more rockets. When you're running away you can ninja dash around the arena, and if you're feeling lucky you can try dash-bumping your friends in their faces to steal their rocket. Easy to learn, hard to master, Rocket Fist's quick rounds will keep you coming back for more. It's the perfect game to bring out when your friends are over and in need of some explosive action.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.7
Titanfall: Assault

Titanfall: Assault

Platform: iOS
August 10, 2017
Standby for Titanfall! Experience freedom on the Frontier battlefield in a new mobile RTS that redefines the genre with fast-paced action and intense PvP battles. Put your combat skills to the test by unleashing a powerful arsenal of Titans and Pilots, including units from Titanfall 2 plus brand new specialized units only for the mobile game. Deploy Sim Ninja, Boomer Ion, Scorch and more onto the battlefield to fight for control of the Frontier. Collect and upgrade dozens of cards including tactical Burn Cards, which provide powerful support. Create or join a Guild to play and strategize with friends and fight across multiple maps that extend the dynamic Titanfall universe. Play on Crash Site, Angel City, Boneyard and more. Strategize your way to victory over enemy forces in epic PvP battles and compete for glory and rewards on the leaderboards. Assemble and conquer. Unite and destroy. And lead your forces to victory in The Frontier War.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
6.9
Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition

Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition

Platform: PC
August 9, 2017
A retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling. Halcyon 6: Lightspeed Edition is a massively enhanced version of the Award Winning indie strategy RPG, Halcyon 6.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.1
Masquerada: Songs and Shadows

Masquerada: Songs and Shadows

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 8, 2017
Masquerada is a single-player tactical RPG adventure where real-time combat can be paused for tactics with Venetian-styled masks that grant deadly magic.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.6
All Walls Must Fall

All Walls Must Fall

Platform: PC
August 8, 2017
All Walls Must Fall is a Tech-Noir Tactics game set in Berlin 2089, where the Cold War never ended.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
tbd
Comet Crash 2: The Kronkoid Wars

Comet Crash 2: The Kronkoid Wars

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 8, 2017
Building on the original, Comet Crash 2 is a strategy gamer’s dream with intuitive real-time action combined with tons of depth. The endless variety of gameplay plus online and offline multiplayer battles and co-op delivers a thrilling time whether you are solo or with friends.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
tbd
Miracle Merchant

Miracle Merchant

Platform: iOS
August 2, 2017
Miracle Merchant is a solitaire style potion brewing card game. In Miracle Merchant you become the apprentice of a master alchemist who creates potions for thirsty adventurers. By mixing and combining different ingredient cards you create powerful potions based on the needs of your customers. Each game has a unique, randomly generated set of cards that will test your skills. By successfully completing games you can collect a variety of masterfully crafted potions. Daily tasks will keep you busy and you can compete with other players via online leaderboards.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
tbd
Aztez

Aztez

Platform: PC
August 1, 2017
Aztez is a highly stylized beat 'em up set in the world of the Aztec Empire. Take on the role of an elite close combat unit and undergo missions on behalf of the Empire in turn based strategy mode, and fight against warriors and mythological foes alike using 8 unique weapons in real time combat mode.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
5.3
Dino Frontier

Dino Frontier

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 1, 2017
Build and manage a frontier settlement in a world where the wild west and jurassic collide. Dino Frontier is a virtual reality simulation where players assume the role of Big Mayor. They must carefully balance resources while growing their town and surviving bandit attacks.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.6
CastleStorm: Virtual Reality

CastleStorm: Virtual Reality

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 1, 2017
Catapult yourself onto the battlefield like never before in CastleStorm VR, a new take on the tower-defense action-RPG phenomenon. Pit knights, soldiers, archers and even griffins against formidable foes in full VR castle vs. castle combat. See, feel and hear every arrow, battle cry and ballista shot on the battlefield, and get medieval in a whole new way with CastleStorm VR. [Playstation.com]
Metascore:
72
User Score:
4.3
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 1, 2017
The tactical game with stealth elements Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a cooperative endeavor of Daedalic Entertainment and Mimimi Productions. The game is a special take on the genre: it takes place during the Edo-Era of Japan in 1615. Within a playtime of roughly 25 hours, 5 characters will face challenging missions, each protagonist with their own special field of expertise. Only if you know the positive and negative qualities of your characters and play tactically and with finesse, will you master the challenges ahead.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.4
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Platform: Xbox One
August 1, 2017
The tactical game with stealth elements Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a cooperative endeavor of Daedalic Entertainment and Mimimi Productions. The game is a special take on the genre: it takes place during the Edo-Era of Japan in 1615. Within a playtime of roughly 25 hours, 5 characters will face challenging missions, each protagonist with their own special field of expertise. Only if you know the positive and negative qualities of your characters and play tactically and with finesse, will you master the challenges ahead.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.5
Galaxy of Pen & Paper

Galaxy of Pen & Paper

Platform: PC
July 27, 2017
Galaxy of Pen & Paper is a turn-based meta RPG about a group of players rolling dice in the year 1999! Create your own game master and RPG party, as they roleplay, explore distant planets in their imagination, fight weird aliens and save the galaxy in the era of dial-up internet and floppy disks!
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.4
Galaxy of Pen & Paper

Galaxy of Pen & Paper

Platform: iOS
July 27, 2017
Galaxy of Pen & Paper is a turn-based meta RPG about a group of players rolling dice in the year 1999! Create your own game master and RPG party, as they roleplay, explore distant planets in their imagination, fight weird aliens and save the galaxy in the era of dial-up internet and floppy disks.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.4
Fighting Fantasy Legends

Fighting Fantasy Legends

Platform: iOS
July 27, 2017
Travel through the land of Allansia in your quest to become a legendary adventurer. Play through three iconic Fighting Fantasy gamebooks - City of Thieves, The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and Citadel of Chaos. Discover these classic adventures in a whole new way! Create your own adventures in a dangerous land full of monsters, treasures and traps. From renowned authors Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone (co-founders of Games Workshop) and Nomad Games, Fighting Fantasy Legends is an epic role-playing card game set in the classic world of Fighting Fantasy. Can you survive the dangerous streets of Port Blacksand, the murky depths of Firetop Mountain or the looming shadows of The Citadel?
Metascore:
86
User Score:
tbd
Aven Colony

Aven Colony

Platform: PC
July 25, 2017
Aven Colony puts you in charge of humanity's first extrasolar settlement on Aven Prime, an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and jungles light years from earth. Build the infrastructure, look after the well-being of your citizens, manage your resources, and guide your colony to prosperity -- all while dealing with the harsh and often dangerous realities of an alien world. Features: * Build: Take charge of humanity's first extrasolar settlement on a new alien world. Build and expand your small colonies into massive, sprawling cities. * Discover: Deploy your crack team of pioneers to take on alien lifeforms and unlock the secrets of Aven Prime, as you tackle the campaign and sandbox modes. * Survive: Prepare for harsh winters, electrical storms and much more in this cruel and often dangerous new environment.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
8.1
Aven Colony

Aven Colony

Platform: Xbox One
July 25, 2017
Aven Colony puts you in charge of humanity's first extrasolar settlement on Aven Prime, an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and jungles light years from earth. Build the infrastructure, look after the well-being of your citizens, manage your resources, and guide your colony to prosperity -- all while dealing with the harsh and often dangerous realities of an alien world. Features: * Build: Take charge of humanity's first extrasolar settlement on a new alien world. Build and expand your small colonies into massive, sprawling cities. * Discover: Deploy your crack team of pioneers to take on alien lifeforms and unlock the secrets of Aven Prime, as you tackle the campaign and sandbox modes. * Survive: Prepare for harsh winters, electrical storms and much more in this cruel and often dangerous new environment.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.4
Constructor

Constructor

Platform: Xbox One
July 25, 2017
In a town where anything goes, you cant rise to the top without tearing a few others down. From dodgy deals to shifty tricks, do what you gotta' do to go from small-time slumlord to filthy rich tycoon. In Constructor, you take on the role of a budding property tycoon who must do battle with your competitors to create a thriving and profitable city... in ANY way you see fit! Design and share city maps online plus multiplayer battles against your mates. Build houses & factories, cope with the incessant demands of your tenants as well as keeping a whole bunch of UNDESIRABLE characters under control! This colourful group of degenerates can also be used against the competition with humorous and catastrophic effect! If all else fails, call in the Mob...
Metascore:
53
User Score:
4.3
Aven Colony

Aven Colony

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 25, 2017
Aven Colony puts you in charge of humanity's first extrasolar settlement on Aven Prime, an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and jungles light years from earth. Build the infrastructure, look after the well-being of your citizens, manage your resources, and guide your colony to prosperity -- all while dealing with the harsh and often dangerous realities of an alien world. Features: * Build: Take charge of humanity's first extrasolar settlement on a new alien world. Build and expand your small colonies into massive, sprawling cities. * Discover: Deploy your crack team of pioneers to take on alien lifeforms and unlock the secrets of Aven Prime, as you tackle the campaign and sandbox modes. * Survive: Prepare for harsh winters, electrical storms and much more in this cruel and often dangerous new environment.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.2
Gigantic

Gigantic

Platform: PC
July 20, 2017
Gigantic is a fast and fluid Strategic Hero Shooter, where you battle against and alongside massive Guardians, in deeply strategic team gameplay. Think fast, be bold, Go Gigantic!
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.4
Gigantic

Gigantic

Platform: Xbox One
July 20, 2017
Gigantic is a fast and fluid Strategic Hero Shooter, where you battle against and alongside massive Guardians, in deeply strategic team gameplay. Think fast, be bold, Go Gigantic!
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.6
Kingdoms and Castles

Kingdoms and Castles

Platform: PC
July 20, 2017
Kingdoms and Castles is a game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.3
Orcs Must Die! Unchained

Orcs Must Die! Unchained

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 18, 2017
Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them — no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this team-based, fantasy tower defense game from Robot Entertainment.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.2
Antihero

Antihero

Platform: PC
July 10, 2017
Run a thieves' guild in a gas-lit Victorian city. Antihero is a fast turn-based strategy game with an (Oliver) Twist. Recruit street urchins, hire thugs, start a gang, upgrade your guild, steal everything... and bribe, blackmail, and assassinate your way to victory.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.0
Shephy

Shephy

Platform: Switch
July 6, 2017
Lots of adorable sheep. Single-player sheep increasing card game, "Shephy". The single-player card game with cute and lovely illustration that keeps player coming back for more is now available on the Nintendo Switch. The main goal of the game is to increase your sheep count to 1000. Using combination of the event cards, achieve the goal before the deck is emptied 3 times.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
5.9
The Elder Scrolls: Legends - Heroes of Skyrim

The Elder Scrolls: Legends - Heroes of Skyrim

Platform: PC
June 29, 2017
Adding a new set of over 150 cards, each pack of Heroes of Skyrim brings the iconic hallmarks of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim to Legends! From intimidating dragons to powerful Shouts to bestial Companions, this massive expansion is worthy of the Dovahkiin seal of approval. New Mechanics: Shout & Duel
Metascore:
80
User Score:
4.0
Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow

Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow

Platform: iOS
June 28, 2017
Metascore:
64
User Score:
2.1
Valkyria Revolution

Valkyria Revolution

Platform: PlayStation 4
June 27, 2017
Jutlands elite soldiers, the Vanargand, must band together to defeat the Ruzi Empire and stop death itself - the Valkyria. This grizzled anti-Valkyria squad is equipped with advanced mana weaponry and has the powerful ability to wield ragnite spells to combat this terrifying threat. The unit is comprised of soldiers who have a high affinity for ragnite, and even Jutlands own Princess Ophelia has joined the ranks. The princess carries the utmost love for her country and has answered the call of duty to liberate those who are suffering from the Ruzis tyranny. However, Amleth Gronkjaer, the commanding officer of Vanargand hides a terrible secret. Is he friend or foe to the country he has sworn to protect?
Metascore:
54
User Score:
5.7
Valkyria Revolution

Valkyria Revolution

Platform: Xbox One
June 27, 2017
Jutlands elite soldiers, the Vanargand, must band together to defeat the Ruzi Empire and stop death itself - the Valkyria. This grizzled anti-Valkyria squad is equipped with advanced mana weaponry and has the powerful ability to wield ragnite spells to combat this terrifying threat. The unit is comprised of soldiers who have a high affinity for ragnite, and even Jutlands own Princess Ophelia has joined the ranks. The princess carries the utmost love for her country and has answered the call of duty to liberate those who are suffering from the Ruzis tyranny. However, Amleth Gronkjaer, the commanding officer of Vanargand hides a terrible secret. Is he friend or foe to the country he has sworn to protect?
Metascore:
56
User Score:
4.9
Missile Cards

Missile Cards

Platform: iOS
June 27, 2017
Arm your defenses and blast away flaming death orbs, nuclear warheads, and other hazards hurtling down from space before they annihilate your base. Loosely inspired by the Atari classic Missile Command, Missile Cards re-imagines the intense bombardment defense gameplay as a turn-based strategy card game. Unlock new bases, upgrade your arsenal, complete missions, and challenge your card skills against increasingly brutal decks in this highly replayable solo-card game.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Master X Master

Master X Master

Platform: PC
June 21, 2017
Experience MXM's unique Tag System and quickly swap between two chosen Masters mid-combat, offering a new level of strategy, combos and tactics to master the battlefield.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.6
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