Xbox One Strategy Games

Tears of Avia

Tears of Avia

Platform: Xbox One
October 15, 2020
Tears of Avia is a turn-based strategy and tactics game set in the beautiful world of Estera. Navigate through war-torn environments, discover the secrets behind ancient long-abandoned cities and decide where your own morality ultimately lies.
Metascore:
42
User Score:
tbd
The Banner Saga

The Banner Saga

Platform: Xbox One
January 12, 2016
The Banner Saga is a single player driven Viking saga in which a player’s choice in travel, conversation and combat determines the outcome of her own personal story as well as the survival of an entire civilization.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.1
The Banner Saga 2

The Banner Saga 2

Platform: Xbox One
July 1, 2016
The award winning and BAFTA nominated saga continues in The Banner Saga 2. Continue your journey soon after the climactic events of The Banner Saga. The choices you made in the first game will affect who is alive and who is dead in this exciting sequel.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.7
The Banner Saga 3

The Banner Saga 3

Platform: Xbox One
July 26, 2018
The Banner Saga 3 is the epic conclusion to a sweeping viking saga six years in the making. This strategic RPG, acclaimed for its strong story and compelling characters has has won over 20 awards and been nominated for 4 BAFTA awards.
Metascore:
88
User Score:
7.5
The Colonists

The Colonists

Platform: Xbox One
May 4, 2021
You take control of a team of self-replicating robots built to simulate human civilisation. After escaping Earth, The Colonists are now free to roam the galaxy in search of a new home and construct their dream settlement. Take on a series of individual campaign missions, play randomly generated maps, compete on player-designed creations or build your colony unfettered by any constraints in the sandbox mode. Explore, research, manage, tweak and refine to your heart's content. Build a new home for your team of robots where they can fulfill their ultimate dream: to be human.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.6
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics

Platform: Xbox One
February 4, 2020
Netflix's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance comes to life as a tactical strategy game. In The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics, lead the heroic Gelfling to restore light to the world of Thra! Experience everything the fantasy world has to offer by playing throughand going beyondthe events of the Netflix series. Encounter never-seen-before playable characters, stories, and environments. Over the course of 80 unique turn-based campaign battles taking place across the lands of Thra, recruit new allies and customize their forces by assigning them jobs and outfitting them with new equipment. Continue the Story in an Expanded World of Thra - Delve deeper into the legend of The Dark Crystal to learn more about the Gelfling clans and their histories across more than 5 diverse, modular territories. Choose from over 15 character jobs, play through reimagined and brand-new battles against the malicious Skeksis and help lead the proud Gelfling to victory. Gelfling Tactics - Devise unique ways for the outmatched Gelfling to fulfill their prophecy in multi-layered, turn-based tactical combat. Units can be customized for specific fights with gear, upgradable abilities and a job system. Use guile, planning and cunning to overcome superior foes! Highly Replayable - Replay finished battles to earn full marks or replay the entire game! Once completed, challenge New Game+ mode, keeping all progress from the first playthrough while facing more difficult versions of battles. Rich, Dynamic Environments - The world of Thra is a living, unpredictable environment as dangerous as it is beautiful. Dynamic events on the battlefield may create opportunities or put the Gelflings at a disadvantage, necessitating rapid changes in strategy.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
4.5
They Are Billions

They Are Billions

Platform: Xbox One
July 5, 2019
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Metascore:
73
User Score:
6.8
This Is the Police

This Is the Police

Platform: Xbox One
March 22, 2017
This Is the Police is a strategy/adventure game set in a city spiraling the drain. Taking the role of gritty Police Chief Jack Boyd, you'll dive into a deep story of crime and intrigue. Will Jack reach his retirement with a nice stack of bills, or will he end up broken ... or worse?
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.1
This War of Mine: The Little Ones

This War of Mine: The Little Ones

Platform: Xbox One
January 29, 2016
This War of Mine: The Little Ones explores the hardships of wartime survival as seen from an entirely new perspective; that of a child. Based on This War of Mine, The Little Ones puts you in charge of a group of adults and children stuck in the middle of hell, trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger. The question is: how far will you go to make it through another day? This War of Mine: The Little Ones focuses not only on the reality of enduring war, but also the fact that even in times of conflict, kids are still kids - they laugh, cry, play with toys and see the world differently. In addition to thinking about survival, you'll have to bring back the kid in yourself to understand how to protect the little ones. Their faith, and their futures, are in your hands. The pace of This War of Mine is imposed by the day and night cycle. During the day snipers outside stop you from leaving your refuge, so you need to focus on maintaining your hideout: crafting, trading and taking care of young and adult civilians. At night, take one of your people on a mission to scavenge through a city for items that will help you stay alive.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
8.3
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

Platform: Xbox One
December 4, 2018
From the creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt comes a brand new tale set in the brutal and twisted universe of witcher Geralt of Rivia. The world stands on the verge of chaos, as the tensions between the power-hungry Nilfgaardian Empire and proud Northern Realms grow. Facing an imminent invasion, Meve — war-veteran Queen of Lyria and Rivia — is forced to once again enter the warpath, and set out on a dark journey of destruction and revenge.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
7.3
Tools Up!

Tools Up!

Platform: Xbox One
December 3, 2019
Tools Up! is a party co-op letting you test your renovation and teamwork skills. Paint walls, tear off wallpaper, and move couches against the clock.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.0
Townsmen: A Kingdom Rebuilt

Townsmen: A Kingdom Rebuilt

Platform: Xbox One
February 20, 2020
Townsmen - A Kingdom Rebuilt is a medieval city-building strategy game. It features a complex economy system, requiring you to build production lines, trade efficiently and keep the balance between tax income and your Townies’ happiness. All the while, your town will have to face season specific hardships like water shortage in the summer or the inability to grow crops during the wintertime. A huge variety of buildings and many different jobs for your citizens will help you overcome these and other obstacles. Build military barracks to stand your ground against vicious bandit attacks or employ a doctor in your infirmary to battle the plague. Firefighters, hunters, farmers, blacksmiths and many more will help you build up a stable community. Gain experience for all your deeds as the town’s governor and use it in research that will improve efficiency through technological advances.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
tbd
Toy Soldiers: War Chest

Toy Soldiers: War Chest

Platform: Xbox One
August 11, 2015
Leaving the battlefields of past eras behind, players face off against rival toy armies to determine who rules the battlefield.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
7.7
Tracks: The Train Set Game

Tracks: The Train Set Game

Platform: Xbox One
November 14, 2019
Create colorful railway systems, decorate beautiful towns, and even ride in your train.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
5.5
Train Valley: Console Edition

Train Valley: Console Edition

Platform: Xbox One
July 27, 2022
Build railroads in order to connect cities, tunnels and bridges. New railways are cheap when laid across bare fields, but can be expensive when demolishing forests, villages and other existing structures. Manage increasing traffic by constructing switches, sidings and spurs so that multiple trains can run without delays, at the same time. Stay accident-free by precisely controlling trains during crucial moments, using pause for planning (you can build railways and schedule trains while on pause). Play through 5 seasons: Europe (1830–1980), America (1840–1960), USSR (1880–1980), Japan (1900–2020) and Germany (1830-2020). Complete the story mode featuring such real-life events as the Gold Rush of 1849, the construction of the Florida Overseas Railroad, World War II, the Cold War, the launch of the first manned space flight Vostok 1, the fall of the Berlin Wall and more. Explore the game in different game modes: in story mode (5-10 minutes), in random mode (15-20 minutes – the level looks and develops differently every time you launch) or in sandbox-like mode (can be turned on for both story and random modes. It allows you to play without time and money limits). Discover 30 types of trains – from early steam-powered locomotives to modern high-speed trains, driving 18 types of cars – from old-time passenger cars to hoppers and cisterns and to military-use tank and gun platforms.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
tbd
Transformers: Battlegrounds

Transformers: Battlegrounds

Platform: Xbox One
October 23, 2020
As evil megatron closes in on the all spark, bumblebee and the autobots need a new Commander to help save Earth - you! Assemble your squad and roll out for a battle that will Rage from Central city to cybertron... And even to the local multiplayer arcade.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
tbd
Tropico 5 Penultimate Edition

Tropico 5 Penultimate Edition

Platform: Xbox One
May 24, 2016
You, as El President, 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.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
6.1
Tropico 6

Tropico 6

Platform: Xbox One
September 27, 2019
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
6.0
Two Point Hospital

Two Point Hospital

Platform: Xbox One
February 25, 2020
BUILD, CURE and IMPROVE! Design stunning hospitals, decorate them as you like, cure very unusual illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organization across Two Point County. Design and build your own hospital.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
6.7
Valkyria Chronicles 4

Valkyria Chronicles 4

Platform: Xbox One
September 25, 2018
A Continent Engulfed in the Bitter Flames of War. Commander Claude Wallace and his childhood friends set out to fight in a desperate war, but bone-chilling blizzards, waves of imperial soldiers, and the godlike powers of the Valkyria stand between them and victory.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.3
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
Wargroove

Wargroove

Platform: Xbox One
February 1, 2019
Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players. Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
5.4
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr

Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr

Platform: Xbox One
July 5, 2018
Enter the Chaos-infested Caligari Sector and purge the unclean with the most powerful agents of the Imperium of Man. Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor Martyr is a grim Action-RPG featuring multiple classes of the Inquisition who will carry out the will of the Emperor even in the darkest reaches of the Imperium! THE NEXT MILESTONE IN THE EVOLUTION OF ARPGS The first Action-RPG set in the grim future of the 41st Millennium takes the genre to its next level: an open-world sandbox game with a persistent universe with a huge variety of missions, tactical, brutal combat encounters in destructible environments and a storyline influenced by the community of players. Use the cover system for tactical advantage, shoot off limbs and perform executions in epic boss battles and become a Protector of any solar systems with your glorious actions! INQUISITORS: SECRET AGENTS AND SPECIALISTS Forge your own playstyle with different character classes and specializations: hold your ground with the Crusader Inquisitor while enemies close in on you, bring in your finesse and cunning with the Death Cult Assassin background, or use the unspeakable powers of the Warp with the Primaris Psyker background. Choose from three specializations for each classes that fit your playstyle. TRAVERSE A WHOLE GALACTIC SECTOR Explore the Star Map of the vast Caligari Sector, travel in different subsectors and explore an immense amount of solar systems, visit a growing number of unique points of interests: investigate on different planets with distinctive terrain conditions, fight your way through corridors of infested Void Stations, abandoned Star Forts and other diverse environments! FIGHT THE CORRUPTION TOGETHER You can go solo as a lonely Inquisitor, but you can also assemble a team of your friends! Play missions in co-operative mode with up to 4 team members, blast away your foes together claiming great rewards, and form Cabals to gather your close allies! Inquisitorial Cabals are groups of Inquisitors working together. Cabals can progress just like characters do, and being a member can often grant special missions. The Inquisition has a lot of different factions with different agendas, and Cabals sometimes clash with each other in the shadows. IMPROVE YOUR WEAPONS, CRAFT MISSIONS AND TWEAK YOUR SKILLS Looking for a specific loot or reward? Use Uther's Tarot to set the conditions of your next mission, collect Blueprints and use Crafting to improve your equipment, and use the Inoculator to fine-tune your different skills. Choose your loadout to your advantage for each mission! A LIVING, EXPANDING WORLD Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor Martyr is an ever-growing, long-lasting experience. Expansions and regular free updates will introduce new enemy factions, new terrain settings, new missions and mission types, new story-driven investigations and new gameplay features. Seasons are big, free updates that will introduce longer story arcs in which players can shape the persistent world of the Caligari sector with their actions. Daily Quests, Tiers and Power Levels ensure new challenges there's always something new to explore or to collect!
Metascore:
71
User Score:
5.4
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

Platform: Xbox One
July 17, 2020
Take control of one of the most technologically advanced armies in the Imperium - The Adeptus Mechanicus. As Magos Dominus Faustinius, you'll lead the expedition on the newly rediscovered planet of Silva Tenebris. Manage resources, discover long-forgotten tech, plan tactical operations using the Noosphere technology and control your Tech-Priests every move. Your every decision will shape the missions ahead and ultimately decide the fate of the troops under your command. However, choose your path carefully - the Imperium depends on it. * Augment Flesh is weak! Upgrade your Tech-Priests limbs with mechanical augments made from the blessed metals of the Omnissiah. Customize your team with hundreds of possibilities, creating a squad to suit your playstyle. * Difficult Decisions Make tough decisions that will forge the future from your Ark Mechanicus, The Caestus Metalican, and send you towards alternate endings for a truly unique playthrough. * Experience the Noosphere Use the Adeptus Mechanicus' evolved human cognition to scan unexplored tombs for valuable data in order to gain a tactical advantage over your enemy. * The Library A compelling story written by Black Library author, Ben Counter, specifically crafted to fit the unique personality of the Adeptus Mechanicus faction.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.4
Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf

Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolf

Platform: Xbox One
June 30, 2021
Take command of a Space Wolves squad led by Valgard Twice Slain. Your Great Company's Strike Cruiser fell into a trap set by Chaos Space Marines of the Word Bearers legion causing you to make a forced landing on Kanak, a volcano-wracked feral world, inhabited by tribes of ruthless barbarians. Not only must you survive, but you must emerge victorious. Game features: Defeat the unrelenting enemies of the Space Wolves: * An epic campaign with branching storylines, spanning hostile environments on a distant planet. * Combat the Word Bearers - fanatical and deadly traitors who serve the chaos gods. Brutal Tactical Combat: * Lead your Space Wolves into fierce battles in glorious, diverse environments; * Challenge your Brothers in multiplayer and earn ultimate rewards by proving your leadership. Choose Your Path: * Grey Hunter, Wolf Scout or Wolf Guard You decide which path to follow, to best match your own style, strategy and tactics.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
tbd
Warhammer Quest

Warhammer Quest

Platform: Xbox One
February 24, 2017
Based on the classic tabletop game, Warhammer Quest is a mix of role-playing and strategy. Lead your group of brave adventurers through the perilous dungeons of the Warhammer World in the search for wealth and glory! Level up your party of heroes. Loot weapons, armor and mysterious artifacts from fallen enemies.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
Warsaw

Warsaw

Platform: Xbox One
October 2, 2020
WARSAW is a challenging WWII turn-based tactical rpg taking place in a war torn city and sporting beautiful hand painted graphics. Lead a small, dedicated outfit of civilians and soldiers with their unique skills in their fight to take back the city besieged by occupying forces.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
5.0
WARTILE

WARTILE

Platform: Xbox One
March 24, 2020
Wartile is a cool-down based game that keeps the action flowing, with ample opportunities to plan your moves. Although it contains the strategic elements from turn-based games, a mixture of slow down features and cool-down based gameplay maintains the tension of battle while allowing for breathing room to make tactical decisions. At its heart, Wartile is a game about positioning and tactical decision making.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
Wasteland 3

Wasteland 3

Platform: Xbox One
August 28, 2020
In Wasteland 3 you take command of a squad of Desert Rangers, lawmen and women in a post-nuclear world, trying to rebuild society from the ashes. More than a century after the bombs fell, you’re fighting a losing battle to keep your beloved Arizona alive. Then the self-proclaimed Patriarch of Colorado radios, promising aid if you'll do a job he can only entrust to an outsider—rescue his land from the ambitions of his three bloodthirsty children. You’re dispatched on a desperate quest from the scorching deserts to the snowy mountains to start from scratch, building a new base, finding a snow-worthy vehicle, training new recruits, and fighting your way through hostile frozen wastes. All the while, you'll have to decide who to trust in this land torn apart by corruption, intrigue, warring factions, crazed cultists, cutthroat gangs, and bitter sibling rivalries. Build a reputation for yourself by making decisions that will profoundly impact Colorado, its inhabitants and the story you experience. Will you be Colorado’s savior or its worst nightmare? Wasteland 3 is a squad-based RPG from inXile entertainment, featuring challenging tactical turn-based combat and a deep, reactive story full of twists, turns, and brutal ethical decisions that will keep you hooked whether you’re a Wasteland veteran or new to the series. Create a squad of up to six Rangers and customize them with perks and abilities geared to your playstyle. You even get your own battle truck, which you can upgrade into a hardened war beast, bristling with weapons, to help mow down your enemies.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.6
We Are The Dwarves

We Are The Dwarves

Platform: Xbox One
February 24, 2017
Imagine an inverted galaxy, a dwarven race built off of stars and the danger of extinction as they begin to burn out. This is the setup as you embark on your journey to help 3 dwarven astronauts find the salvation for their race.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
tbd
World of Van Helsing: Deathtrap

World of Van Helsing: Deathtrap

Platform: Xbox One
December 30, 2016
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:
80
User Score:
6.8
Worms Battlegrounds

Worms Battlegrounds

Platform: Xbox One
May 30, 2014
Worms Battlegrounds features an extensive single player campaign covering 25 story missions and 10 “Worm-Ops” time-attack missions, which are set across five stunning environments (Inca, Viking, Feudal Japan and Industrial Revolution) with new day-to-night lighting transitions.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.1
Worms W.M.D

Worms W.M.D

Platform: Xbox One
August 23, 2016
With a hand-drawn 2D look, brand new weapons, the introduction of crafting, vehicles and buildings plus the return of some classic weapons and gameplay, Worms W.M.D is back.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.4
XCOM 2

XCOM 2

Platform: Xbox One
September 27, 2016
Earth has changed. Twenty years have passed since world leaders offered an unconditional surrender to alien forces. XCOM, the planet’s last line of defense, was left decimated and scattered. Now, in XCOM 2, the aliens rule Earth, building shining cities that promise a brilliant future for humanity on the surface, while concealing a sinister agenda and eliminating all who dissent from their new order. Only those who live at the edges of the world have a margin of freedom. Here, a force gathers once again to stand up for humanity. Always on the run, and facing impossible odds, the remnant XCOM forces must find a way to ignite a global resistance, and eliminate the alien threat once and for all.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
7.4
Yet Another Zombie Defense HD

Yet Another Zombie Defense HD

Platform: Xbox One
June 22, 2018
Yet Another Zombie Defense HD is all about defending yourself against hordes of darkness attacking you every single night. You know this is a lost cause, enemy forces are overwhelming and sooner or later your time will come. So, if you gonna go, do it with style, and pave yourself through piles of fallen monsters before they squash you. There’s just one thing that matters - how long can YOU survive? Yet Another Zombie Defense HD is a top-down arcade zombie shooter with tactical/strategy elements. Prepare yourself before the night falls - build some defensive barricades, buy guns and ammo, set up turrets and stay alive as long as you can. Each night puts your skills to the test, as darkness forces become stronger with each wave. Make them remember you and shoot your way to a glorious end. [Microsoft]
Metascore:
45
User Score:
4.4
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution

Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist: Link Evolution

Platform: Xbox One
March 24, 2020
Relive moments and Duels from all of the animated series! Duel against over 150 iconic Duelists including Yami Yugi, Seto Kaiba, Yami Marik, Yubel, and Soulburner!
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.0
Zoo Tycoon

Zoo Tycoon

Platform: Xbox One
November 22, 2013
Let your imagination go bananas with Zoo Tycoon. Build your dream zoo alone or with up to 4 of your friends on Xbox LIVE, choosing from over 100 visually stunning animals and a large, detailed selection of environments. Become a member of the community by uploading your creation to the cloud and working together with other Tycoons to care for and share your animals. With intuitive, easy-to-use controls and Kinect-enabled features that allow your animals to recognize your voice and react to your movements, this zoo simulation will charm animal lovers of all ages.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
3.2
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
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