PC Strategy Games

Deathtrap

Deathtrap

Platform: PC
February 4, 2015
Deathrap is a unique mixture of action-RPGs and Tower Defense games, a game of vicious tricks, killing machines, rotating blades and splattering blood.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.7
Raven's Cry

Raven's Cry

Platform: PC
January 30, 2015
Raven's Cry thrusts you into the dark heart of the Caribbean with the story of Christopher Raven and his quest for revenge against the pirates who killed his family.
Metascore:
27
User Score:
3.4
Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition

Heroes of Might & Magic III - HD Edition

Platform: PC
January 29, 2015
Fifteen years later, rediscover the epic tale of Queen Catherine Ironfist, as she begins her critically acclaimed quest to unite her ravaged homeland and re-conquer the kingdom of Erathia.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
4.9
Grey Goo

Grey Goo

Platform: PC
January 23, 2015
Grey Goo is a real-time strategy game (RTS for short) with roots in classic strategy mechanics. Utilizing traditional base building as its core, the game aims to reinvent the modern standard of RTS gaming by placing emphasis on tactics over micro-management. By freeing players from having to issue hundreds of orders in a match, each decision is made more valuable and can mean the difference between victory and defeat.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.4
Blackguards 2

Blackguards 2

Platform: PC
January 20, 2015
Blackguards 2 ia an SRPG focusing on turn-based, strategic battles with a group of scoundrels as anti-heroes.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.4
Warhammer Quest

Warhammer Quest

Platform: PC
January 7, 2015
Helm a party of brave adventurers through the dangerous dungeons of the Warhammer world in the search for wealth and fame, as players uncover and explore new settlements. In their quest for legendary weapons, players encounter enemies including evil Night Goblins, dangerous Orcs, gigantic River Trolls and hordes of the evil Skaven, hellbent on destroying the band of adventurers.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
2.7
Tropico 5: Waterborne

Tropico 5: Waterborne

Platform: PC
December 17, 2014
Utilize the grand potential of the sea by building waterborne structures around your island. Build new off-shore alternatives to defence, sustenance, energy, entertainment and housing – each coming with their own opportunities and disadvantages. Organize and coordinate transport to structures like the kelp and oyster farms, construct tidal power plants as an eco-friendly alternative to nuclear power and build intricate floating apartments if you’re running out of space on the island. Launch military submarines to bolster your naval forces or create an exotic bathysphere attraction to compliment your bustling tourist paradise.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
4.1
Chaos Reborn

Chaos Reborn

Platform: PC
December 9, 2014
At the heart of Chaos Reborn is an intuitive and fluid turn-based wizard combat system. You play the role of a fighting wizard armed with a selection of spells and magical staff. Some spells summon creatures but others are more exotic, such as the Gooey Blob which spreads uncontrollably across the terrain. The balance between Law and Chaos can be altered to your advantage, or you can cast illusions to deceive your adversaries. It’s a game of bluff, tactics and calculated risks with nail-biting decisions from one turn to the next.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.0
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Goblins Vs. Gnomes

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Goblins Vs. Gnomes

Platform: PC
December 8, 2014
Goblins vs Gnomes delivers 143 newly added minions and spells.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
5.9
Emergency 5

Emergency 5

Platform: PC
November 27, 2014
Direct tense rescue missions on three maps. To succeed, you gradually upgrade your fleet of vehicles and your relief units, and make sure that each unit is in the right place at the right time – if you've always wanted to be an officer in charge of directing fire brigades, the police, technical relief units and paramedics, you've come to the right place. Having the right strategy is essential in order to put a halt to the chaos.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
5.7
Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon

Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon

Platform: PC
November 26, 2014
Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon is set during the Second War for Armageddon. In this hex-based, turn-based game developed by Flashback Games and The Lordz Games Studio, players will lead the Imperial forces of the Armageddon Steel Legion and Space Marines from a variety of Chapters against the Ork invasion through over 30 scenarios, on the hostile terrain of the planet and its gigantic Hive Cities. The game features a complex plot, involving known characters from the Warhammer 40,000 universe and while advancing through the campaign, the player will have the ability to carryover his core force from scenario to scenario.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.7
Fractured Space

Fractured Space

Platform: PC
November 20, 2014
Fractured Space is team-based space combat fought in massive capital ships.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.6
Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault

Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault

Platform: PC
November 17, 2014
Assume control of US Allied forces as they face tactical challenges and harrowing terrain during a surprise offensive manoeuvre led by the relentless resurgent Oberkommando West. Watch the dramatic Battle of the Bulge unfold through the eyes of 3 different Officers.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
6.3
Frozen Synapse Prime

Frozen Synapse Prime

Platform: PC
November 14, 2014
Assume the role of Tactics, leading a rebel faction to overthrow a powerful corporation controlling the virtual city of Markov Geist. Control an elite strike team of futuristic soldiers; plot paths and issue orders to your units, test your plans and predict your opponent in each turn.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
6.2
This War of Mine

This War of Mine

Platform: PC
November 14, 2014
In This War of Mine, the focus is shifted away from military operations portrayed in most games. Instead, it is a dark survival game where players control a gaggle of civilians attempting to stay alive in a besieged city. During the day snipers outside stop you from leaving your refuge, offering players time to craft, trade, upgrade their shelter, feed and cure their people. At night they must scavenge nearby areas in search for food, medicines, weapons and other useful items.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.3
Sneaky Sneaky

Sneaky Sneaky

Platform: PC
November 12, 2014
Unleash your hidden thief in this strategic stealth adventure.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
tbd
Space Hulk Ascension

Space Hulk Ascension

Platform: PC
November 12, 2014
Space Hulk: Ascension Edition is a 3D, digital, turn based, strategy game, which builds upon the classic board game experience, and adds new RPG style mechanics, additional weapons, enemy types, an all-new chapter and loads of other new features. Set in the isolated corridors and tomb-like chambers of ancient vessels lost in the graveyard of space, players lead a small force of fearless Space Marine Terminators in a ferocious fight for survival against hordes of predatory, alien Genestealers.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.2
Valkyria Chronicles

Valkyria Chronicles

Platform: PC
November 11, 2014
Includes all previously released downloadable content. Set in a fictitious continent harkening back to the 1930s, Valkyria Chronicles highlights a Europe divided in two and governed by two powers: the Empire and the Federation. The Empire has designs on invading the small neutral country of Gallia, located between the two superpowers' territories, in an attempt to secure precious natural resources. Amidst this struggle a hero named Welkin, and his fellow soldiers of the Federation's Seventh Platoon, are fighting back against the invasion and the Empires attempts to unify the continent under its power.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.2
Defenders of Time

Defenders of Time

Platform: PC
November 4, 2014
Defend the integrity of time with up to seven other people in this hard core tower defense game. The Defenders of Time takes players to various points in history to wage war against those who might wish to change it in epic team vs team battles.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager

Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager

Platform: PC
October 31, 2014
It is the mid 1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space. Take charge of the US or Soviet space agencies - your duty is be the first to the moon. Carefully manage your budget by opening programs, spending R&D funds on improving the hardware, recruiting personnel and launching space missions in this realistic turn based strategy game. In campaign mode, you will be able to play as the Director of either NASA or the Soviet Space Agency in order to beat the other side to be the first on the Moon. You can also lead the Global Space Agency (GSA), a fictional space agency that combines programs from all the major space agencies in the world. Alternatively, all three space agencies feature a Sandbox mode, which provides a more open-ended experience and allows you to try out different approaches without any political pressure.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.4
Dungeon of the Endless

Dungeon of the Endless

Platform: PC
October 27, 2014
Dungeon of the Endless is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out... so what could go wrong... open the door!
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.9
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth

Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth

Platform: PC
October 23, 2014
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth sends players on an expedition from Earth to lead their people into a new frontier to explore and colonize an alien planet, and create a new civilization.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
5.5
Jagged Alliance: Flashback

Jagged Alliance: Flashback

Platform: PC
October 21, 2014
Jagged Alliance: Flashback is a tactical turn-based action game where you control and maintain squads of mercenaries off and on the battlefield.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
4.2
Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror

Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror

Platform: PC
October 20, 2014
Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror is a strategy/puzzle game in which you are a ghost named Henry B. Knight. You will scare the tenants currently living in your house, so you can have some peace at last in the afterlife. Watch them run and scream, scaring them using your intelligence, wit, and with the use of powers like possessions, spectres, altering objects and more. Have fun and play with the occult... and become a Poltergeist! Purchasing this content entitles you to both the PS4 system and PS Vita system versions!
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
Door Kickers

Door Kickers

Platform: PC
October 20, 2014
Door Kickers is a realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.8
Ultimate General: Gettysburg

Ultimate General: Gettysburg

Platform: PC
October 16, 2014
Ultimate General: Gettysburg is a Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to lead thousands of soldiers in the famous Battle of Gettysburg as commander of either the Union or Confederate army. The game features the most accurately created map, detailed order of battle, complex morale, and innovative control mechanics.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.8
Crusader Kings II: Charlemagne

Crusader Kings II: Charlemagne

Platform: PC
October 14, 2014
Crusader Kings II: Charlemagne is the seventh expansion for the much praised strategy/RPG Crusader Kings II and introduces the gamer to an absorbing story of conquests of Charlemagne. This expansion moves the game back almost a 100 years to 769 AD and will offer a unique new story driven narrative about the rise of Charlemagne and The Holy Roman Empire. It’s more of what you’ve come to know and love from Paradox Development Studios. Crusader Kings II explores one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Strategy where medieval times is brought to life in this epic game of knights, schemes, and thrones...
Metascore:
80
User Score:
6.8
Starpoint Gemini 2

Starpoint Gemini 2

Platform: PC
September 26, 2014
Starpoint Gemini 2, like its predecessor Starpoint Gemini (2011), is an open-world 3D space simulation that combines powerful RPG mechanics with the frenzy of space combat, creating a particular blend that sets itself apart from all other games in the genre.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.4
Meridian: New World

Meridian: New World

Platform: PC
September 26, 2014
Step into the role of Daniel Hanson, commander of the first mission to a remote planet called Meridian. Assured of the fact that the planet is uninhabited, the unexpected reception of a distress call from the surface could mean many things, none of which you are prepared for.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
6.3
DG2: Defense Grid 2

DG2: Defense Grid 2

Platform: PC
September 23, 2014
The sequel to the tower defense game of the same name, Defense Grid 2 introduces new worlds and threats to test your tower placement strategies. With a new look and the addition of new game modes, player-versus-player and multiplayer co-op, every play-through brings fun new opportunities and challenges.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
6.8
Ancient Space

Ancient Space

Platform: PC
September 23, 2014
Ancient Space is a single-player, real-time strategy title that puts the player in command of a fleet conducting a scientific mission on the edge of the known universe, charting what lies beyond in ‘The Black Zone.’ A rich and compelling story will guide the player as they build and upgrade their fleets and then survive overwhelming odds in deadly strategic missions.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.6
Stronghold: Crusader II

Stronghold: Crusader II

Platform: PC
September 22, 2014
When it was first released in 2002 Stronghold Crusader put a unique twist on the gameplay of the original Stronghold by focusing on skirmish gameplay and replayability above all else. Recently Stronghold Crusader HD gave the game a new lease of life, offered as a free update for existing owners of the game and made available for purchase on GOG and Steam. Crusader 2 has been on the mind of Lead Designer Simon Bradbury since the release of Stronghold Crusader in 2002. It is only now, having become a fully independent studio, that Firefly feel comfortable delivering a worthy sequel to their fans’ favourite game. As a developer their mission is to recapture the addictive, intense gameplay that made the original Crusader a classic. Players can also expect new visuals, a reworked battle interface, new AI characters, environmental threats, new units and real-time physics.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.0
Worlds of Magic

Worlds of Magic

Platform: PC
September 20, 2014
Worlds of Magic is a 4X turn-based strategy game. Players explore and conquer a vast variety of procedurally generated universes, using military and magical power to overcome their foes. Found cities, raise armies, research and cast spells, hire powerful heroes, and create powerful magical artifacts.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
5.5
Cannon Brawl

Cannon Brawl

Platform: PC
September 19, 2014
Cannon Brawl is a 2D action strategy game with big explosions and destructible terrain. Command the action from your airship to build cannons, capture mines, expand your territory and more. Choose from a multitude of buildings, cannons and towers to assemble a force that will rain destruction from the sky and defeat your enemy! Advance your military campaign across the map in single player mode, or duke it out in multiplayer mode.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
5.8
Endless Legend

Endless Legend

Platform: PC
September 18, 2014
Endless Legend is a 4X turn-based fantasy strategy game by the creators of Endless Space and Dungeon of the Endless. Create your own Legend.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.0
Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut

Platform: PC
September 18, 2014
The Director’s Cut is a stand alone release of Harebrained Schemes' Dragonfall campaign, which premiered as a major expansion for Shadowrun Returns. The Director's Cut adds a variety of new content and enhancements to the original game: Five new missions, alternate endings, new music, a redesigned interface, team customization options, a revamped combat system, and more.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.3
Age of Wonders III - Golden Realms

Age of Wonders III - Golden Realms

Platform: PC
September 18, 2014
Golden Realms greatly expands Age of Wonders III’s empire building mechanics and introduces new content. These new features are used in random maps, new scenarios and a new story campaign, where Halfling survivors settle in a distant land filled with danger and treasures never seen before.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.6
SPACECOM

SPACECOM

Platform: PC
September 17, 2014
Spacecom is a strategic-to-the-bone starfleet-command game with a heavy focus on multiplayer. Using three types of fleets (siege, invade, battle) and four types of planetary systems (hubs, shipyards, repairyards and supply systems) command your armies to dominate in the galaxy. Capture enemy hubs using proven maneuvers learned from military legends (blitzkrieg, burnt-ground, cut supply lines, outflanking) or devise your own plans. Exalt smart thinking over fast clicking in galaxies with up to six players in MP mode.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.7
J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars

J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars

Platform: PC
September 12, 2014
The story focuses on Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist. She is a member of an select group of scientists, chosen to embark on one of the most critical missions ever conceived on Earth. Now Rachel is alone, orbiting an unknown planet. Her only companions are J.U.L.I.A., the space probe’s artificial intelligence and Mobot, a huge reconnaissance robot. Together, this unlikely trio will explore the mysteries of this solar system. But are they prepared for what they will find?
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.7
Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front

Battle Academy 2: Eastern Front

Platform: PC
September 12, 2014
In Battle Academy 2, players will be able to take command of Soviet and German forces at the tactical level. While this sequel includes everything that made the previous game so absorbing and accessible, it also introduces new features for a deeper and richer strategy experience. With more than 130 units, a brand new skirmish mode, random map generator, 4 single players campaigns, versus and cooperative multiplayer modes and enhanced with new tactical tools, players are bound to fight some unforgettable battles in Mother Russia.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.0
To End All Wars

To End All Wars

Platform: PC
August 29, 2014
Ageod's To End All Wars is a grand strategy game set during World War One. Players will take control over one of the major powers that so desperately fought for control over Europe and to end all wars. Of course the engine has been updated and altered to convincingly simulate Great War warfare. Continues lines of trenches can be created by the player (and the AI) and special rules allow air units to fulfill missions even beyond enemy lines. Other features brought by this title include the new diplomacy system and the new research system. Together, these features, combined with the proven Ageod formula make To End All Wars one of the biggest and most detailed Ageod titles yet!
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.6
Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence

Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence

Platform: PC
August 27, 2014
Become a Daimyo of the Warring States period of Japanese history in NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION, a historical simulation game of conquest and domination. It is the 30th anniversary of this series and this current release, NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence, is the crown of the series.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.9
King's Bounty: Dark Side

King's Bounty: Dark Side

Platform: PC
August 19, 2014
Time has come to join the dark side. Take a trip to the other side of Teana, to the part of the world that has yet remained unseen to the royal bounty hunters.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
6.4
Mini Metro

Mini Metro

Platform: PC
August 11, 2014
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city. Draw lines between stations and start your trains running. Keep your lines efficient by redrawing them as new stations open. Decide where to use your limited resources. How long can you keep the city moving?
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.7
Halfway (2014)

Halfway (2014)

Platform: PC
July 22, 2014
Halfway is a turn-based strategy RPG which takes place a few hundred years into the future. Humanity has begun to colonise new worlds and until now, they were alone… In Halfway you take control of a small team of survivors faced with a violent invasion onboard the colonial vessel Goliath. As their leader you will guide them through the dark and cramped corridors of the ship to slowly take back control.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.2
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Curse of Naxxramas

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft - Curse of Naxxramas

Platform: PC
July 22, 2014
A whole new game mode, thirty new cards for your collection, a brand-new board, and the chance to school some of the Scourges most infamous champions all this and more awaits in Curse of Naxxramas! Curse of Naxxramas is a single-player PVE adventure integrated within Hearthstone. In Curse of Naxxramas, you face off against powerful bosses as you battle your way through the dread necropolis and its hordes of undead fiends. You will encounter villains such as the wily warlock Heigan the Unclean, the vile abomination Thaddius, and none other than the master of Naxxramas himself, the lich KelThuzad. Itll be a challenge, but if you outwit these fearsome foes you will reap the awesome rewards of the undead stronghold.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
6.2
Legends of Eisenwald

Legends of Eisenwald

Platform: PC
July 21, 2014
Do you miss old school RPG/strategy games? If so, we invite you to Eisenwald where we carry on the proud tradition of games like Kings Bounty or Disciples 2. In Legends of Eisenwald you will encounter a unique turn-based combat system and story driven campaign set in a low fantasy medieval world. Gather your troops and embark on a dangerous journey to carve your name into the legends of the grim lands of Eisenwald where all the supernatural superstitions of medieval times are found to be true.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.7
Planetary Annihilation

Planetary Annihilation

Platform: PC
July 18, 2014
Planetary Annihilation brings Real-Time Strategy to a new generation of gamers in a way they've never been seen before - taking large scale real time strategy games from the past to gameplay on a planetary scale.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
5.6
Europa Universalis IV: Res Publica

Europa Universalis IV: Res Publica

Platform: PC
July 16, 2014
Res Publica is the third expansion for the much lauded strategy game Europa Universalis IV, that introduces new and unique ways to rule over your populace and govern your nation. Featuring the introduction of a new government type, this latest expansion also offers new idea groups to explore as well as new gameplay elements for Republics and Dictatorship. Res Publica elevates the art of governance and exploration by allowing the player to experience new ways of receiving bonuses, whilst expanding on their trade empire.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.1
Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015

Magic: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2015

Platform: PC
July 16, 2014
Track down bigger game on a bold new adventure with Magic 2015—Duels of the Planeswalkers. Command powerful creatures and wield devastating spells to defeat your opponents in this game of strategy. Hone your skills as you battle your way across the planes of the Multiverse. Beware though, Planeswalker. Your biggest danger lies ahead. Garruk Wildspeaker, the greatest hunter known, has fallen under the curse of the Chain Veil. He now mercilessly stalks his own kind. Find him and stop him ... before he finds you.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
3.2
The Red Solstice

The Red Solstice

Platform: PC
July 10, 2014
A tactical eight-player co-op survival game set in the distant future on Mars. Join the fight and lead your customized squad as you roam freely over huge maps, completing random objectives and dealing with random events. The goal is to strategize, survive and conquer by any means necessary.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.4
Battleplan: American Civil War

Battleplan: American Civil War

Platform: PC
July 4, 2014
Battleplan: American Civil War is an exciting top-down real time/turn-based hybrid strategy game. Take command of either Confederate or Union troops and fight your way through ten of the American Civil War's most famous battles. Experience the excitement and satisfaction of co-ordinating plans, seeing them through, revising them dynamically and achieving victory over an opponent with several strategies to employ against you. A pure strategy experience, Battleplan: American Civil War's gameplay focuses solely on battle management - the only thing you have to worry about is where best to send your troops and how best to keep them supplied. The short, demanding battles can be ideal for brief journeys as each can take as little as ten minutes to play.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
6.0
Company of Heroes 2: The Western Front Armies

Company of Heroes 2: The Western Front Armies

Platform: PC
June 23, 2014
The Western Front Armies is available as a stand-alone package that represents an entry point into the franchise and access to the vibrant Company of Heroes 2 community. New players can also access 23 existing Company of Heroes 2 maps in auto-match, and play against all other existing factions.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
6.9
Qvadriga

Qvadriga

Platform: PC
June 13, 2014
Qvadriga is a tactical game of chariot racing in ancient Roman circuses, where you take control of a four horse chariot team. Choose your preferred upgrade combinations and prove your skills at the arena.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
4.7
Space Run

Space Run

Platform: PC
June 13, 2014
Space Run is a real-time spaceship construction strategy game. Space Run takes the well-known Tower Defense-style gameplay and twists it, challenging you to manage and protect a spaceship and its cargo against the hazards of deep space.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.6
Anomaly Defenders

Anomaly Defenders

Platform: PC
May 29, 2014
Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series. The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders. Now, the tables have turned. The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.5
Europa Universalis IV: Wealth of Nations

Europa Universalis IV: Wealth of Nations

Platform: PC
May 29, 2014
The expansion allows you to create trade conflicts in secret, steal from your competitors with the use of privateers, use peace treaties to gain trade power and create a new trade capital to strengthen your grasp over trade. The age of exploration is brought to life in this epic game of trade, diplomacy, warfare and exploration by Paradox Development Studio, the Masters of Strategy. Europa Universalis IV gives you control of a nation to rule an empire that lasts through the ages.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.5
Distant Worlds: Universe

Distant Worlds: Universe

Platform: PC
May 23, 2014
Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.1
Tropico 5

Tropico 5

Platform: PC
May 23, 2014
Packed with a host of new gameplay features and new artwork designed from scratch, Tropico 5 takes the series into a new direction - dynasties!. You, as El Presidente, will first take control of the infamous island of Tropico during early colonial times and then guide it through the centuries as the world changes and moves ever forward. You must tackle the changing needs of your people, as well as opposing governments and factions, and thus lay the foundations for your own dynasty. As you move through your years in office you can promote members of your extended family on the island to positions of power: such as ambassador, commanding general or even Supreme Ruler, to ensure your legacy thrives through the eras. As your influence and wealth grows, so do the threats to your burgeoning island superpower. Can you survive both World Wars, prosper through the Great Depression, rule as an iron-fisted dictator through the Cold War and advance your country to modern times and beyond? From the 19th to the 21st century, each era carries its own challenges and opportunities. As well as a wealth of other new features, including advanced trading mechanics, technology, scientific research trees and island exploration, Tropico 5 adds cooperative and competitive multiplayer for up to four players for the first time in the series' history.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
6.9
Panzer Tactics HD

Panzer Tactics HD

Platform: PC
May 22, 2014
The year is 1939 and the world is on the brink of one of the largest military conflicts in the history of mankind: World War II! Experience history first-hand and join the Soviet Red Army, the German Wehrmacht and the Western Allies. Fight your way to Stalingrad, push back the Germans and help the Allies liberate Europe - you’ll be fighting on all sides of the war. With over 150 units and 30 officers you’ll have extensive tactical possibilities at your disposal. Environmental factors like terrain, weather or seasons offer new and ever changing challenges. No one game is like the other. Tactical mistakes are mercilessly exploited and punished! Plunging the world into war is easy - liberating it is the true challenge! Are you the strategist that the world has been waiting for?
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.3
Bravada

Bravada

Platform: PC
May 14, 2014
You play a young beardless dwarf who dreams about adventures and heroic deeds. Usually dwarves have beards, but for some mystical reasons beard of our hero is not grows. So he decide to make a journey with his friend the bat to solve this problem. During the game you control a group of units each with its own specialties and features. Units can get levels and transform into other forms by your choice. Combats is turn based but fast due to clever control system.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.3
War, the Game

War, the Game

Platform: PC
May 13, 2014
A real-time strategy for PC rigs in a realistic present day setting. The controls are intuitive, the game rules are simple and transparent. The game focuses on strategy and the use of ones brain to complete the scenarios. The map is a spherical version of earth.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.3
1849

1849

Platform: PC
May 8, 2014
1849 is a city management game set during the California Gold Rush. Your task is to build towns, populate them with workers, and make sure that they are housed, fed, and entertained. You’ll have to manage and coordinate extensive production and trade networks to make sure your towns thrive.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
5.5
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

Platform: PC
May 8, 2014
The classic real time strategy game that transports players to a time when heroes did battle with monsters of legend and the gods intervened in the affairs of mortals. Use mythological creatures like Minotaurs and Cyclopes to bolster your armies' strength. Call upon the gods for assistance in flattening enemy towns with meteors or scatter opposing troops with lightning storms. The Extended Edition includes: Age of Mythology Age of Mythology: The Titans Golden Gift Campaign
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.6
The Last Federation

The Last Federation

Platform: PC
April 18, 2014
From the creators of AI War: Fleet Command comes an all-new grand strategy title with turn-based tactical combat, set in a deep simulation of an entire solar system and its billions of inhabitants. You are the last of a murdered race, determined to unify or destroy the 8 others.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
6.9
Wargame: Red Dragon

Wargame: Red Dragon

Platform: PC
April 17, 2014
The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.9
Warlock 2: The Exiled

Warlock 2: The Exiled

Platform: PC
April 10, 2014
Warlock 2 is a turn-based strategy game of fantasy warfare. Rival against Great Mages, lead mighty armies into fierce battles, wield ancient magic, use cunning diplomacy and faith as your weapons. Experience the challenge in single or multiplayer.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.1
Age of Wonders III

Age of Wonders III

Platform: PC
March 31, 2014
Age of Wonders 3 marks a modern reimagining of the series, where players join a clash of kings, queens and dark lords for the spoils of an ancient paradise. By introducing unique RPG-inspired classes and specializations, players are able to craft empires of their own design, developing unique strategies and play styles. The world-changing conflict plays out on sweeping landscapes, loaded with mythical locations waiting to be uncovered, conquered and exploited.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.0
SMITE

SMITE

Platform: PC
March 25, 2014
Players choose from a selection of mythical gods, join session-based arena combat, and use custom powers and team tactics against other player-controlled gods and non-player controlled minions.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.0
Crusader Kings II: Rajas of India

Crusader Kings II: Rajas of India

Platform: PC
March 25, 2014
Rise up from the ashes of turmoil and anarchy to rule over a land fragmented into petty fiefs. Now is the time to take control. Now is the time for greatness. Crusader Kings II: Rajas of India is the sixth expansion for the strategy/RPG Crusader Kings II and focuses on Eastern Persia and India. The expansion Rajas of India extends the map to the east, including the entire Indian subcontinent, and allows you to play as a Hindu, Buddhist or Jain ruler. Can you defend Dharma against foreign invaders and bring order to the subcontinent?
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.2
Men of War: Assault Squad 2

Men of War: Assault Squad 2

Platform: PC
March 20, 2014
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 features new single player style skirmish modes that take players from extreme tank combat to deadly sniper stealth missions.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.4
Dragons and Titans

Dragons and Titans

Platform: PC
March 12, 2014
Dragons and Titans is a rapidly-paced MOBA with classic RPG elements. Select from over thirty unique dragons and thirty legendary weapons. Upgrade dragons and craft weapons to unlock more power. Free your Titan in 5v5 PvP battles across 3 different map types or play in ‘Adventure Mode’, traveling across different regions and unlocking rewards.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
7.2
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft

Platform: PC
March 11, 2014
Hearthstone is a free-to-play digital strategy card game that anyone can enjoy. Players choose one of nine epic Warcraft heroes to play as, and then take turns playing cards from their customizable decks to cast potent spells, use heroic weapons or abilities, or summon powerful characters to crush their opponent.
Metascore:
88
User Score:
5.7
Infested Planet

Infested Planet

Platform: PC
March 6, 2014
Infested Planet is a tactical RTS, giving players the command of 5 soldiers and pitting them against a swarm of 100,000 aliens. To defeat this numerous enemy, players will have to employ their entire arsenal of weapons, buildings and technologies. Constructing everything from artillery cannons to heavily armoured minigun specialists, the marine team must push back the encroaching alien menace. The aliens have a few tricks at their disposal as well. They can mutate to gain new abilities, challenging the player with new problems. Potential commanders will need to adapt quickly or risk being overrun.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.7
Warhammer 40,000: Storm of Vengeance

Warhammer 40,000: Storm of Vengeance

Platform: PC
February 27, 2014
Storm of Vengeance tells the story of a pivotal moment in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, during the legendary planetary conflict on Piscina IV. Featuring two of Games Workshop's most cherished characters, Grand Master Belial and Ork Warlord Ghazghkull Thraka, Storm of Vengeance offers the player the chance to command the tenacious defence of the planet with only 100 Dark Angel Space Marines, or attempt it’s annihilation using the cunning of the Ork Waaagh! and their telly-porta technology.
Metascore:
33
User Score:
1.3
Shadowrun: Dragonfall

Shadowrun: Dragonfall

Platform: PC
February 27, 2014
Experience a New Full-Length Campaign: Return to the “Tech meets Magic” future of Shadowrun in an all-new 12+ hour campaign. Operating out of an offbeat hub neighborhood, you’ll choose which missions to accept and how you’ll approach them while navigating the dark underbelly of “the Flux”.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.2
Banished

Banished

Platform: PC
February 18, 2014
In this city-building strategy game, control a group of exiled travelers who opt to restart their lives in a new land. They bring only the clothes on their backs and a cart filled with supplies from their homeland. The townspeople of Banished are your primary resource.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
8.1
Line Of Defense Tactics - Tactical Advantage

Line Of Defense Tactics - Tactical Advantage

Platform: PC
February 11, 2014
Line Of Defense Tactics is a real-time strategy combat game for a range of mobile devices, laptops and desktops. The game is based on the world of the Line Of Defense MMO in which players command a team of four Galactic Command (GALCOM) marines in highly classified missions which take place in space and on planets. Equip your team with all types of inventory items, including weapons of mass destruction, space and planetary vehicles as they fight hard to accomplish their missions based on issue #0 of the Line Of Defense comic by DC Comics.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
1.2
Horizon

Horizon

Platform: PC
February 6, 2014
Horizon is a turn-based space strategy game of galactic exploration and conquest in which you are in control of humanity’s destiny. You will explore deep space, find new frontiers and discover alien artifacts hidden on long-abandoned planets.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
6.8
The Castle Doctrine

The Castle Doctrine

Platform: PC
January 29, 2014
The Castle Doctrine is a massively-multiplayer game of burglary and home defense. It's 1991, and things are bad. You're a guy with a house and family. Other players are coming to take what's yours. Build security to stop them. Study their houses, buy tools, and break in to take what's theirs. Everything you do is permanent.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
6.9
Might & Magic X: Legacy

Might & Magic X: Legacy

Platform: PC
January 23, 2014
In the wake of the spectacular events in Might & Magic Heroes VI, you will play in a party of four adventurers entangled in intrigue and political machinations unfolding in and around Karthal. The city, on the verge of secession, is prey to competing factions vying for its control. Your actions will determine the fate of the city. Might & Magic X Legacy is an authentic solo experience in the classic first-person RPG genre. Create and lead your group into an exciting world and battle powerful mythical creatures while collecting ancient magical treasures. Through a turn-based gameplay system, defeat creatures and bosses to accomplish unique quests and make your way through dangerous dungeons, cities and labyrinths full of traps. Dive into vintage Might & Magic and play old school, new rules.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.3
Blackguards

Blackguards

Platform: PC
January 22, 2014
What happens when the only hope of a threatened world lies not with heroes in shining armor but in the hands of a band of misfits and criminals? Blackguards - the new turn-based RPG by Daedalic Entertainment - explores this very question. The player takes on the role of a convicted murderer, who with the help of a team of more-than-questionable characters, must save the world from a dark menace. During the wild chase throughout the South of Aventuria, the world of The Dark Eye, there is more to fight than vicious creatures - chapter by chapter, a story full of intrigue and surprising twists unfolds. But when life and death are in the player's hands, how far will they go to reach their goals?
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.1
Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise

Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise

Platform: PC
January 14, 2014
Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise is the first expansion for the critically praised empire building game Europa Universalis IV, focusing on exploration of the new world and the Native American nations.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.7
The Banner Saga

The Banner Saga

Platform: PC
January 14, 2014
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.0
SpellForce 2: Demons of the Past

SpellForce 2: Demons of the Past

Platform: PC
January 14, 2014
Demons Of The Past is the finale in the endearing Spellforce 2 series and, like its earlier incarnations, combines RPG and RTS elements that puts players at the center of the mysterious and wonderful SpellForce universe. Demons Of The Past adds five new maps, offering eight in total to explore.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
6.8
Total War: Rome II - Caesar in Gaul

Total War: Rome II - Caesar in Gaul

Platform: PC
December 12, 2013
Caesar in Gaul is a standalone campaign pack for Total War: ROME II covering Julius Caesar’s war of expansion against the Gaulish tribes. Players can choose from four playable factions in this conflict: the Gallic Arverni, the Germanic Suebi, the Belgic Nervii and Rome, in a campaign inspired by Caesar’s Commentarii de bello Gallico (Commentaries on the Gallic war). Offering a tighter scope in terms of time and geography than Rome II (58-51BC), the Caesar in Gaul Campaign Map is an expanded, more detailed vision of Gaul and the south coast of Britannia. A war of great profit and glory for Caesar, this conflict made him extremely popular with the people of Rome... though less so with the senators, who saw him gathering power to himself in a series of events that ultimately lead to his ascension to Dictator.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
4.7
Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham

Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham

Platform: PC
November 18, 2013
Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham is the fifth expansion for the strategy/RPG , focusing on the Abrahamic religions; Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Get your bishops appointed cardinals and tap the might of the Papacy, borrow money from the Knights Templar and send troublesome relatives off to live out their days in a monastery. Sons of Abraham also introduces the Jewish religion and allows you to recreate the Kingdom of Israel and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. The expansion for Crusader Kings II explores one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by Paradox Development Studio, the masters of Grand Strategy. Medieval Europe is brought to life in this epic game of knights, schemes, and thrones.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.7
Pandora: First Contact

Pandora: First Contact

Platform: PC
November 14, 2013
Pandora: First Contact is a science fiction 4X turn-based strategy game on a planetary scale, inspired by Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. In the future, factions have risen up from opportunities and ideologies independent of governments. Private corporations and religious movements have started wars over greed, ideology and power. Many have died and many lands lay in ruin. Planet Earth has been exhausted and colonial attempts on other planetary bodies have been in vain. Finally, after decades of exploration, an interstellar probe has brought promise of a new world many light-years away. The most powerful factions have gathered their best men and women to send on a long journey to Pandora. Far from desolate, the earth-like planet has been found to host a plethora of indigenous life forms. While the gigantic monstrosities inland and at the oceans seem relatively calm, human-sized bugs and fungus are threatening to stop mankind's expansion. As the various factions strive to take control, each will research and develop numerous new technologies, discovering new weapons and industry, whilst opening trade agreements and forging alliances with other factions to gain a foothold. As they spread, they will discover ancient ruins from alien civilizations that will grant them advantages over their rivals.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.5
SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow Expansion Pack

SimCity: Cities of Tomorrow Expansion Pack

Platform: PC
November 12, 2013
Brace yourself for an all-new type of disaster only fitting a technologically-advanced economy: a giant robot attack on your city. Unlock two new city specializations that allow you to build a resource-hungry mega corporation powered by a low-wealth workforce, or an urban utopia that develops clean technology and is controlled by the rich. Watch your city transform as it adapts to the changing times, with new options based on real-world technology such as Mag Levs that rise above the city streets and small buildings, futurized vehicles, and service drones.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
3.8
XCOM: Enemy Within

XCOM: Enemy Within

Platform: PC
November 11, 2013
XCOM: Enemy Within is the expansion to the 2012 strategy game XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Enemy Within adds an array of new abilities, upgrades and weapons to combat new enemy and alien threats. This expansion pack also introduces new maps, new tactical and strategic gameplay, and new multiplayer content providing a renewed gameplay experience.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
8.1
Adventure Park

Adventure Park

Platform: PC
November 8, 2013
Create your own theme park just the way you want it. Let your imagination run wild! Attract visitors to your park with all kinds of different and unusual attractions. Your revenue and the reactions of your visitors help you to expand your park and make it even more attractive.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
4.1
Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies

Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies

Platform: PC
November 5, 2013
Take flight over the treacherous Pacific waters where ace pilots redefine historic World War II battles! Skillfully pilot the most iconic American and Japanese fighter planes of the Pacific War while representing the Army or Navy. Upgrade your fighters and promote your leading pilots so they master new skills needed to ambush an enemy VIP, rescue POW pilots or torpedo bomb enemy targets!
Metascore:
59
User Score:
6.7
Battle Worlds: Kronos

Battle Worlds: Kronos

Platform: PC
November 4, 2013
Battle Worlds: Kronos is a turn-based strategy game in the tradition of Battle Isle, Advance Wars and Panzer General. Have you ever wondered what games like that would look like today? Well, the makers of this game did. Thus, the game.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.1
I, Zombie

I, Zombie

Platform: PC
November 1, 2013
In I, Zombie you play as the leader of a zombie horde and your goal is to infect all humans on the map. Whenever you infect a human you turn him into a one of your kind and you can use him against armed soldiers. Youre also able to command your horde to either attack the enemies, follow you or wait for orders. Each scenario requires tactical approach and careful planning to achieve success.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
5.1
Defense Technica

Defense Technica

Platform: PC
October 24, 2013
The genre-defining 3D Tower Defense game, Defense Technica! Think you know tower defense? Think again.Experience a new kind of Defense game with Defense Technica, featuring stunning 3D graphics and ground-breaking new features like path rotation, tower construction, tower upgrades, and card collection and combination! * Unsupported devices: iPhone 3GS, 3rd/4th Gen iPod Touch, iPad 1* You may lose data if you update while playing as a guest. * Please sign up for a Hub account before updating.Defense Technica is the ultimate 3D Tower Defense Game! Check out these groundbreaking features:Path Rotation & Tower Building- Build towers in strategic places to defend against incoming enemies, and rotate paths.- Upgrade towers to increase striking power against the waves of incoming enemies.- Defeat enemies to receive a variety of resources to upgrade your tower.Collect & Combine Tower Cards- Use the special upgrade card system to create your own unique cards and upgrades.- Sell or combine unwanted cards to get new cards.Ether Repair & Attack Items- Later stages and waves have stronger enemies and continuous attacks.- Use Ether items to annihilate enemies and to repair your core. * This game supports English, français, Deutsch, ??, ?? and ???.* This is a singleplayer game. When deleting or initializing the game, please use the data backup/restoration service in options.* Follow Com2uS on Twitter for the latest game updates! http://twitter.com/com2us---------------------COM2US GAMES ---------------------- Golf Star™- Tiny Pop- The World of Magic- Homerun Battle 2- Heroes War™---------------------ABOUT COM2US ---------------------Follow us! twitter.com/Com2uS Like us on Facebook!facebook.com/Com2uS Tips and Updates com2us.com
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.7
Democracy 3

Democracy 3

Platform: PC
October 14, 2013
Have you ever wanted to be president? or prime-minister? Convinced you could do a better job of running the country? Let's face it, you could hardly do a worse job than our current political leaders. Crime, Unemployment, National Debt, Terrorism, Climate Change...Have you got the answers to the problems that face western industrialized nations? Here is your chance to find out...
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.1
Agarest: Generations of War

Agarest: Generations of War

Platform: PC
October 3, 2013
At the dawn of time, a terrible war raged between the forces of good and evil, ending in the destruction of the world of Agarest. After their victory, the Gods of Light unified the decaying bodies of the Gods of Darkness and created a new world. Now, the forces of darkness are awakening once again. Choose the path of Darkness or Light through a truly epic story, spanning multiple generations. Battle hundreds of different creatures using an array of character abilities, in a compelling and innovative turn-based combat system. Build your ultimate army of warriors and master Extra Skills, Special Arts and Over Kills to defeat colossal enemies. Unite with your chosen heroine and use the “Soul Breed” system to shape the fate of the next generation of heroes.
Metascore:
45
User Score:
6.9
Prime World

Prime World

Platform: PC
October 1, 2013
Prime World is a full-scale downloadable game with a meaningful cross-platform, social experience. Players will face off in intense, player-versus-player fighting and will also build their castles and enjoy social gaming features through a web browser and mobile devices, enabled with Android or iOS as the castle-building gameplay is developed on the Unity 3D engine.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.0
Arma Tactics

Arma Tactics

Platform: PC
October 1, 2013
Arma Tactics is a turn-based close-combat strategy game, where the player takes control of a four-member Special Forces team. There are no given strategies, rails to move on, or paths to follow; it‘s up to the player to decide how he will play through both the story-driven missions and generated missions with randomized objectives. Whether using stealth or a more direct approach, players will need to use their strategic thinking and use both basic and advanced weaponry while facing many different opponents - ranging from unorganized local militia to smart and skilled mercenaries.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
5.6
Rise of Venice

Rise of Venice

Platform: PC
September 27, 2013
Rise of Venice drops players in the Renaissance era, where they start out as a young merchant, looking to make his mark and build a trading empire. Begin with a meager group of trading ships and build them into a mercantile fleet that will make your enemies and friends alike green with jealousy as you fill your coffers with gold! Rise of Venice is much more than trading, however, as Renaissance Europe was filled with treachery and political machinations of all sorts - which you must take part in if you plan to succeed!
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.0
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