2025 was a standout year for strategy games. From massive 4X empire builders to tense real-time tactical battles and inventive indie gems, there were strategy releases for every type of player. Below ...

In Game of Thrones: War for Westeros, chaos reigns in ruthless free-for-all battles where trust is fleeting and power is everything. Command the Great Houses in epic real-time strategy battles, forge ...

Remember when Blizzard Entertainment used to make strategy games? Even after the company turned much of its attention towards other genres — conquering the planet with World of Warcraft — StarCraft 2 ...

"Patience, planning, and scale" - Riftborne is a sci-fi grand strategy game played through a text-based terminal interface.

At any rate, it looks like the folks at Frost Giant Studios, the developers behind Stormgate, may have a hard time turning ...

Vaunted is one of the world premieres from today’s Xbox Partner Preview and comes from upstart studio Lost Lake Games. This ...

Vaunted is a new real-time strategy game launching on PC Game Pass later in 2026. Discover how its early access phase mixes ...

Tinyfolks offers easy-to-learn strategy gameplay with charming visuals and forgiving difficulty. Shogun Showdown presents a fast-paced, action-packed experience for deck-building fans. Wildfrost ...

Strategy games are typically known for their complex mechanics and, often in the case of real-time variants, rather overwhelming control schemes. Dozens of keyboard shortcuts are commonplace in the ...

Depending on your sensibilities, The Bearded Ladies’ Mutant Year Zero might not qualify for this list. It’s a turn-based tactics game in the vein of XCOM, but introduces real-time exploration elements ...

The F2P game by ex-Blizzard developers shows that the AI boom has found yet another way to impact video games negatively ...