Strategy Video Games

Xonix is a video game in the style of Qix by Ilan Raab and Dani Katz.

Xenonauts is a strategy turn-based tactics science fiction video game developed and published as a maiden title of London-based independent game studio Goldhawk Interactive. Inspired by 1994's UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-COM: UFO Defense in North America), the gameplay involves the player taking the role of the commander of a clandestine organization known as the Xenonauts, attempting to defeat an alien invasion of Earth in the alternate history year 1979. The game was released on June 17, 2014 for Microsoft Windows. Ports to Mac OS X and Linux were initially based on the Wine compatibility layer, until native ports became available in September 2015.

X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a strategy video game developed and published by MicroProse in 1995 for the PC. It is the sequel to UFO: Enemy Unknown (aka X-COM: UFO Defense) and the second game of the X-COM series.

X-COM: Interceptor is the fourth main game in the X-COM series, developed by MicroProse and published by Atari in 1998. The game is a combination of many genres, including space flight simulation, business simulation game and strategy game elements. More specifically, the player's role includes managing a number of X-COM space stations, piloting starfighters during hostile encounters whilst co-ordinating wingmen, and managing resources and research. X-COM Interceptor, although released as the fourth game, was actually set before X-COM: Apocalypse, thus making it the third game in the chronological order.

X-COM: Alliance is a cancelled video game in the X-COM series. The game was developed by three different teams of MicroProse developers (first as a subsidiary of Spectrum Holobyte, then Hasbro Interactive, and finally Infogrames Entertainment) between 1995 and 2002. Its initial working title was X-COM 4 (later X-COM 5); the project was code-named Fox Force Five to stop media leaks. The game had the player assume the role of commander of the militarized scientific mission lost in space during the aftermath of X-COM: Terror from the Deep.

Wrath Unleashed is a strategy game for the PlayStation 2 and the Xbox created by The Collective, Inc. and released by LucasArts in 2004 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is a chess-like game that combines strategy with combat, not unlike that of The Unholy War, or Archon: The Light and the Dark.

Worms: The Director's Cut is a sequel to Worms, an artillery strategy game developed by Team17 and published by Ocean Software. It was programmed by Andy Davidson and released in 1997 for the Amiga platform only.

Worms: Open Warfare 2 is an artillery and strategy video game and the ninth installment in the Worms series. It was developed by Team17 and Two Tribes, and published by THQ for the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS in 2007. It is the sequel to Worms: Open Warfare.

Worms: Open Warfare is an artillery strategy game. It was developed by Team17 and published by THQ for the PlayStation Portable and Nintendo DS. There are several other Worms video games in the Worms series. The game marked Team17's return to its 2D roots. The game spawned a sequel, Worms: Open Warfare 2, which is also available on Nintendo DS and PlayStation Portable.

Worms: Battle Islands is an artillery strategy game developed by Team17 and part of the Worms series. It was released for the PlayStation Portable and Wii.

Worms: A Space Oddity is an artillery strategy game for the Wii. The game was announced on August 30, 2007 and released on March 18, 2008 in North America, with other regions following shortly afterwards.

Worms World Party is an artillery strategy game. It was developed by Team17 as the seventh game in the Worms series, and was released in 2001. It was the last 2D Worms game before the series' three-year stint in 3D, starting with Worms 3D.

Worms WMD is an upcoming artillery strategy game in the Worms universe, currently planned to be released in early 2016. It is supposed to be closer to Armageddon than subsequent installments, while adding brand new features such as usable vehicles (tanks) and buildings that the player can enter.

Worms Ultimate Mayhem is an artillery strategy game developed by Team17. The game is a re-release of Worms 4: Mayhem with improved graphics. It includes the campaign from Worms 3D, adding customized looks to enemies in said campaign. It features extra maps, new voice acting by Guy Harris and other gameplay fixes such as reworked camera controls. The game features turn-based gameplay, a single-player campaign, and a both local and online multiplayer.

Worms Revolution is an artillery strategy game developed by Team17 and is part of the Worms series. It was released on PlayStation 3, Windows via Steam and Xbox 360 in October 2012. An OS X version was released on June 6, 2013. A PlayStation Vita version including all three previously released downloadable packs and titled Worms Revolution Extreme was released on October 8, 2013. Like previous games in the series, gameplay is 2D and turn-based, but it is rendered with an all-new 3D engine. There are both single player and multiplayer modes with up to four players online or local hotseat. The game was delisted from Xbox Live Arcade on June 2, 2015.

Worms Reloaded is an artillery strategy game developed by Team17 and is part of the Worms series. It was first released on Microsoft Windows via Steam, on August 26, 2010. It was released on Mac OS X via Steam, on May 17, 2011. It is turn-based and returns to its original 2D gameplay for the first time on PC since Worms World Party in 2001. There are both Single player and Multiplayer modes available with up to four players online or local hotspot.

Worms Forts: Under Siege is an artillery strategy game. It was designed by Team17. Like the previous Worms game, it is in complete 3D and showcases new features, such as buildings. While the primary method of victory is to destroy the opposing team, victory can also be achieved by destroying the opposing Stronghold, the most important building in the game. It is the second game in the series to carry both a T rating from the ESRB and a 3+ rating from PEGI.

Worms Collection is a collection of three video games in the Worms series developed by Team17. It contained Worms (2007), Worms 2: Armageddon and Worms Ultimate Mayhem. It also contained six bonus DLCs. The collection was released on 31 August 2012 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Worms Clan Wars is an artillery strategy game developed by Team17 and is part of the Worms series. It was released exclusively on Windows on August 15, 2013, but is now also available on Mac OS X and Linux.

Worms Battlegrounds is an artillery strategy video game developed and published by Team17. It was released on 30 May 2014 for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and is largely a console port of the PC game Worms Clan Wars. Set within a world history museum, the single-player story follows the player's worms attempt to retrieve the concrete donkey's stone carrot from Lord Crowley-Mesmer, a worm who is using it to try to take over the world. The game is narrated by Tara Pinkle, who is voiced by Katherine Parkinson.

Worms Armageddon is an artillery strategy game developed by Team17 and part of the Worms series. The player controls a team of up to eight worms in combat against opposing teams.

Worms 4: Mayhem is an artillery strategy game in the Worms series developed by Team17. It is much like its 3D predecessor Worms 3D, except that players can customize their worm's appearance (hats/helmets, glasses, facial hair, gloves/hands) as well as create their own unique weapons in a new feature called "The Weapon Factory." The game also contains a shop where players can buy various items, using points won by completing story missions, challenges or unlocking trophies. Shop items include new maps, new accessories and attire, personality banks (voices) and game styles. There are several new weapons and utilities included in the new game such as Bubble Trouble, Icarus Potion, Poison Arrow, Sniper Rifle, Inflatable Scouser, Tail Nail and Starburst (which, in fact, only replaces the Kamikaze).

Worms 3D is an artillery strategy game in the Worms series. It was developed by Team17. The game was the first in the series to be in 3D and also featured several new weapons. Additionally, some of the weapons operations are substantially different from previous Worms titles. And while it is rated T by the ESRB, which is a first for the series, it is rated 3+ by PEGI, which is also a first for the series. (Before, the games were rated 7+ or 12+) It is unknown why the ESRB chose the higher rating while PEGI chose the 3+ rating. The OS X version of the game was released in April 2004 by Feral Interactive.

Worms 3 is an artillery strategy game in the Worms universe developed and published by Team17 for the IOS on August 8, 2013, and released for Android devices on May 28, 2014 via the Play Store.

Worms 2: Armageddon is an artillery strategy game developed by Team17 and part of the Worms series, released on July 1, 2009 on Xbox Live Arcade. An expanded version of this game titled Worms Reloaded was released for the PC on August 26, 2010. It was released for PlayStation 3 on September 8, 2010 for Europe, and September 13, 2010 for North America.

Worms 2 is an artillery strategy game developed by Team17 as part of the Worms series. The game was released in 1997. The player controls a team of up to eight worms in combat against opposing teams. The game features the same premise as the original game, and involves controlling an army of worms and using a collection of eclectic weaponry such as bazookas, dynamite, grenades, cluster bombs, homing missiles, banana bombs and the infamous holy hand grenade. These are among the basic weapons used to eliminate the opposing team(s) of worms. It features a completely new graphics system, going for a cartoon style, which has remained for the rest of the series.

Worms is a series of artillery strategy computer games developed by British company Team17. Players control a small platoon of worms across a deformable landscape, battling other computer- or player-controlled teams. The games feature bright and humorous cartoon-style animation and a varied arsenal of bizarre weapons.

Worms is an artillery strategy game developed by Team17. It is available on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and iOS platforms and is one of the many installments of the Worms series created by Team17. The game was known as Worms HD during development, but Microsoft renamed it to just Worms.

Worms is an artillery strategy video game developed by Team17 and released in 1995. It is the first game in the Worms series of video games and was initially only available for the Amiga. Later it was ported to other platforms.

Warfare 1917 is a strategy Flash game set during World War I, developed by programmer ConArtist and published by Armor Games.

War and Peace: 1796–1815 is a video game released in 2002. It was developed by Microïds for Microsoft Windows based PCs.

Wachenröder (バッケンローダー, Bakkenrōdā?) is a tactical role-playing game for the Sega Saturn developed by TNS Co., Ltd. and released on August 6, 1998. It was only released in Japan.

Virus: The Game is a strategy/action video game by Sir-Tech. The game levels take place in the user's hard drive, with files and directories being represented by 3D rooms through which the player navigates.

Vampire Rush is a Tower Defense/Survival Horror video game developed by Lithuania-based A-Steroids.

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Ultima Ratio Regum (Latin for the last argument of kings) is a roguelike created by Mark R Johnson. It was started in 2011 and is intended to be a ten-year project. The game takes place in a procedurally generated world around the time of the scientific revolution. It is about "uncovering an intellectual conspiracy to rewrite history in the most culturally, religiously and socially detailed procedural world ever generated", and the game's core technical objective is "nothing short of the procedural generation of culture".

UFO: Enemy Unknown (marketed as X-COM: UFO Defense in North America) is a science fiction strategy video game developed by Mythos Games and MicroProse. It was published by MicroProse in 1994 for DOS and Amiga computers and the Amiga CD32 console, and in 1995 for PlayStation. Its European PlayStation release is titled X-COM: Enemy Unknown.

Trapt, stylized as TЯAPT and released in Japan as Kagero II: Dark Illusion (影牢II: Dark Illusion?), is an action video game with strategy game elements by Tecmo for the PlayStation 2. The game includes a number of features that are also used in Deception, an earlier game from Tecmo.

Trap Gunner: Countdown to Oblivion (トラップガンナー, Torappu Gannā?), known in Europe as Trap Runner, is a PlayStation video game published by Atlus in 1998. It is a strategy, arcade-style game for one or two players.

Toy Soldiers: War Chest is an action/strategy video game developed by Signal Studios and published by Ubisoft. The game was released on August 11, 2015, for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Toy Soldiers: Cold War is Signal Studios' follow-up sequel to the action/strategy video game, Toy Soldiers. Toy Soldiers: Cold War features 1980s-era military technology, and is based around the idea of military aggression escalating between the United States and the USSR. Toy Soldiers: Cold War features a blend of third-person action and strategy, similar to the original Toy Soldiers, but with added features and gameplay mechanics.

Toy Soldiers is an action and strategy video game by Signal Studios released on Xbox Live Arcade on March 3, 2010. It is featured in the Windows 8 Consumer Preview Store. It has been available since February 29, 2012, debuting alongside the Windows 8 Consumer Preview beta release. The game was officially released for Windows on April 27, 2012.

Total War: Arena is an upcoming strategy game under development by The Creative Assembly. According to the developers, Total War: Arena is a new free-to-play game currently in development, and it will be the first title in the series that has a free-to-play model. Total War: Arena will focus entirely on online multiplayer, mixing elements of real-time strategy and multiplayer online battle arena gameplay. The game will feature 10 versus 10 battles, with each player controlling 3 units, each containing up to 100 men.

Titan Empire is a 1983 computer strategy/action game developed and published by MUSE Software. It was developed for the Apple II.

They Stole a Million is a strategy computer game released by Ariolasoft in 1986. The objective of the game is to plan robberies and execute the crime. The player first purchases blueprints of the house where the soon-to-be-stolen object is kept. Then several specialists can be hired which disable alarms, open locks or drive the getaway car.

Terrorist is a real-time, two player strategy game developed by Steven Pederson of Edu-Ware Services in 1980 for the Apple II. One player plays the government authority, while the other plays a terrorist organization in three scenarios: the capture of a building and taking of hostages, air piracy, and nuclear blackmail. Players make their moves at the same time through the use of game paddles. Winner and loser is judged by an elaborate scoring system based upon the government player's societal values and the terrorist player's goals.

Tegel's Mercenaries is a computer game developed by Mindcraft and released in 1992 for DOS. The game is an early (and poorly reviewed) entry in the strategy game subgenre of squad-based tactical command.

Tecmo's Deception: Invitation to Darkness, usually referred to simply as Deception, is a video game released by Tecmo in 1996 for the original PlayStation. Deception was released as Kokumeikan (刻命館) in Japan, and as Devil's Deception in Europe. The game is the first in the Deception series.

Sword of the Samurai is an action and strategy video game developed and published by MicroProse in 1989 for the DOS platform. It features role-playing, strategy, and arcade elements set in feudal Japan. The player begins the game as a little-known vassal samurai; his ultimate goal is to replace Oda Nobunaga as the daimyō responsible for reunifying sengoku Japan.

Supremacy: Your Will Be Done, released as Overlord in the US, is a strategy video game designed by David Perry & Nick Bruty and produced by Probe Software.

Summoner Wars is a game developed by Plaid Hat and Playdek, Inc. The iOS version was released on July 4, 2014. The Android version was released on May 15 2014.

Sujin Taisen: Number Battles (数陣タイセン, Sūjin Taisen?), also known as Number Battle in North America, is a puzzle/strategy video game developed by Mitchell Corporation for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console. By the end of 2007, Sujin Taisen sold 21,996 copies.

The Strength of Nations is a 3-player world domination shareware DOS game created in 1988.

Strategy Defense is a series of Flash browser-based Strategy games created by Belugerin Studios. There are currently 13 games in the series, however many of the latter titles are not widely hosted on third-party websites. These games are Strategy Defense 1-6, Strategy Defense 3.5, Strategy 7-8, Strategy Defense Tactic, Strategy Defense 9-11.

The Sting! is a strategy/adventure video game developed by Neo Software and released by JoWooD Entertainment on 1 July 2001. It is the sequel to 1994's The Clue! (known as Der Clou! in Austria).

Starscape is a 2D space combat shoot 'em up game developed by Moonpod games and published in 2003 as shareware. The plot provides a framework for the action: The player is the sole remaining fighter pilot on the space station Aegis after its warp drive is influenced by aliens, ripping it into another dimension. The objective is naturally to survive and to return.

Starlord is a science-fiction strategy game developed by Third Millennium Software and published by MicroProse in 1993. It was designed by Mike Singleton in a similar vein to his previous titles Midwinter and Lords of Midnight.

Square Deal: The Game of Two Dimensional Poker (known in Japan as Cadillac II (キャデラックII, Kyaderakku II?)) is a video game developed by Hect for the Game Boy. The Japanese version serves as the sequel to the Family Computer game Cadillac. In 1999, Cadillac was also released for the PlayStation.

Splice is a puzzle game developed by Philadelphia-based independent game studio Cipher Prime. Splice was released in 2012, and is available for PC, Mac, Linux, iPad, and Android.

Spellcross: The Last Battle (Spellcross: Poslední bitva in Czech; Spellcross: Ostatnia bitwa in Polish) is a turn-based DOS strategy game for the PC, developed by a slovak company Cauldron HQ and published by SCi in 1997/1998. For a variety of reasons (notably, a relatively nonexistent marketing budget and the emergence of games dominated by the demands of 3D-graphics cards), unfortunately for its designers, the game had little mass appeal, sold poorly, and has remained obscure.

Space Tanks – Gladiatoren im All is an artillery strategy game developed by the German-based YawThrust Software Labs. (now: Black Blowfish - Interactive Imbeciles) and published by Pepper Games (Germany) in Summer 2003. Re-Released in 2006 by Alten8, the game pits players against one another or against the computer, utilising tanks in a futuristic setting. Assuming the role of a tank commander on a tiny planet, the player attempts to win each stage by knocking the opposing player off their planet.

Sorcerer Lord is turn based strategy-fantasy game published and developed by now defunct Personal Software Services. It was first released in 1987 for ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. During next 2 years game was also released for Commodore 64, Atari ST, MS-DOS and Amiga.

Sky Burger is a strategy video game developed by NimbleBit for iOS and Android devices. The game was originally released in 2009.

Sissyfight 2000 (stylised as SiSSYFiGHT 2000) is a turn-based strategy online game developed by the Word online magazine staff, including executive producer Marisa Bowe, producer Naomi Clark, lead programmer Ranjit Bhatnagar, and art director Yoshi Sodeoka, with game designer Eric Zimmerman. The original Shockwave version launched in 2000 but went offline in early 2009. A successful Kickstarter campaign was launched in early 2013 by some members of the original development team, who announced the re-release of the game as open source in HTML5. The original date for the game's relaunch was September 2013, but was delayed. An open beta test, started on 30 July 2014, is currently underway.

SimPark is a 1996 video game by Maxis. The object of the game is to cultivate and manage a successful park. Similar to SimTown, it is targeted more towards children than the average player. SimPark attempts to show the importance of ecological balance. It could well be considered a 'lite' version of SimIsle.

Shining Force III (シャイニング・フォースIII, Shainingu Fōsu III?) is a video game designed for the Sega Saturn by Camelot Software Planning. It is a continuation of the Shining series. Comprising three separate but overlapping storylines, the Japanese version of Shining Force III was released in three volumes, known as: Scenario 1 | "God Warrior of the Kingdom" Scenario 2 | "Target: Child of God", and Scenario 3 | "Bulzome Rising". For players who collected all three volumes, Camelot Soft also issued a Premium Disc featuring artwork, a character model viewer, and additional extras.

Sheep is a strategy puzzle video game released for PlayStation, Microsoft Windows and Game Boy Advance. In 2001 it was released for OS X by Feral Interactive.

Cover of the Commodore 64 version

The Settlers Online (known as The Settlers Online: Castle Empire in the United States) is a freemium, online browser-based version inspired by the The Settlers.

The Settlers is a video game series. The first game in the series is The Settlers (1993). There are eight games in the series, including remakes. All the games were developed by the German studio Blue Byte Software, and were published by either Blue Byte or Ubisoft, the company that later acquired Blue Byte. The tablet version of the game is developed by Gameloft.

Sentinel: Mars Defense is an iOS sci-fi strategy game developed by Origin8 Technologies and released on February 27, 2009. It was followed by the sequels Sentinel 2: Earth Defense (2009), Sentinel 3: Homeworld (2010), and Sentinel 4: Dark Star (2014).

Sea Battle is a multiplayer strategy game released by Mattel for its Intellivision video game system in 1980. In the game, players command fleets of naval vessels attempting to invade the harbor of their opponent.

Scoops — Ice Cream Fun for Everyone is a strategy video game developed by NimbleBit for IOS devices. The game features in-app purchases and was initially released on August 1, 2009. The point of the game is for the player to stack their ice cream cone as high as they can, eventually past the moon.

Saving the Port (Persian: نجات بندر‎‎) is a computer game developed in Iran by the Multimedia Office of Tebyan.

Santa Paravia en Fiumaccio is a video game in which each player becomes the ruler of a fledgling Italian city-state around the year 1400. The goal of the game is to become king or queen; to do so the player must manage their city-state so that it may grow.

Sangokushi Internet (三國志 Internet) is Koei's first online video game based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series.

ROCKETSROCKETSROCKETS is a game created by Radial Games and was released in 2015. The game was released for PC and is being developed for PlayStation 4.

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is a platform adventure game created and developed by Ratloop for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation Vita. Thanks to Humble Bundle, the game was also ported to OS X and Linux in September 2013. Hardboiled Chicken is a cinematic adventure game with full single and co-op campaigns and stereoscopic 3D support.

Rockstar Ate My Hamster is a management strategy computer game developed by Codemasters in 1988 and originally released on their full-price Gold label for the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga and Atari ST. The game was written by Colin Jones, later to become known as author/publisher Colin Bradshaw-Jones.

The Rise & Rule of Ancient Empires is a 1996 empire-building strategy game developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra On-Line. In it, the player is able to choose from six civilizations: the Celts, Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks, Indians, and Akkadians. Much of the focus of the game was building cities and armies. Each city had several buildings that could be upgraded, including a temple, a barracks, and a wall. Like the Civilization franchise, each city produced military units that would take turns exploring the map. It was considered "somewhat slower-paced than Civilization II and gets a bit dull on occasion", but easier for novice gamers as an introduction to the empire-building format. After release, it appeared in best-seller lists for the United States from the week ending 27 April to the week ending May 25.

Rings of Medusa is a role-playing/strategy/trading video game developed and published by the German video game developer Starbyte Software (based in Bochum) for the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and PC DOS in 1989. An enhanced remake titled R.O.M. Gold: Rings of Medusa was released in 1994 for the Amiga and DOS. The game was followed by a sequel, The Return of Medusa, in 1991.

Return Fire 2 is a computer game developed by Silent Software and published for the PC by Ripcord Games in 1998.

Reset Generation (formerly known under the code name Project White Rock) is a cross-platform action-puzzle video game by RedLynx for Windows and N-Gage 2.0 compatible devices. Soundtrack for the game was composed by 8 Bit Weapon. The Windows version of the game is available free whereas the N-Gage version costs £8/€10 for the full game - with limited-time licenses available at lower prices and a free trial version.

Reassembly is an open world space shooter PC game, created by video game developer Anisoptera Games. The game is available on Steam or from the developer's website via Humble Widget. Native versions are available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and Linux. It was released on February 19, 2015. Although no longer in beta, there are still plans for future development.

QuantZ is a puzzle and strategy game released by publisher and developer Gamerizon, a small company out of Montreal, on September 3, 2009. The object of the game is to shoot differently colored marbles one at a time at a cube with other colored marbles on it. If a combination of three marbles of the same color or more is formed, those marbles will disappear, similar to Collapse.

Quake Minus One is a real-time strategy video game published for the Commodore 64 by Monolith/Beyond in 1985 and was written by Warren Foulkes and Mike Singleton.

Primitive Wars is a real time strategy computer game developed by Wizard Soft and published by Arxel Tribe. The game is set in a fictional island known as Primitive Island, in what is called the Primitive Era, Primitive Wars is a quarter-view 2D strategy game featuring 4 factions battling for domination of the Island.

Police Quest: SWAT is the fifth game in the Police Quest and SWAT series. It is an interactive movie strategy video game released in 1995 that suffered the same fate as most titles of similar genres released during the so-called multimedia explosion in the mid-nineties. With extensive use of FMV videos for its basic gameplay, the game required four CD-ROMs. As the game and its predecessor were not commercially successful, it would be three years until a new game in the Police Quest series would be released (Police Quest: SWAT 2).

Pokémon Stadium (ポケモンスタジアム2, Pokemon Sutajiamu Tsū?, lit. "Pokemon Stadium 2"), is a strategy video game developed by Nintendo EAD with the assistance of Creatures and HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 video game console. It was released on April 30, 1999 in Japan, February 29, 2000 in North America, and April 7, 2000 in Europe.

Planets Under Attack is a strategy video game inspired by Galcon and developed by Targem Games. The game offers a depth of gameplay, while its controls allow casual gamers to pick it up. A cast of characters exists in this world. Everything has an essence of its own, with a soundtrack and comical sound effects.

PixelJunk Monsters is a second game in the PixelJunk series developed by Q-Games for the PlayStation 3. It was released worldwide on the PlayStation Store on January 24, 2008. The game has also been released for the PlayStation Portable under the title PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe.

Sid Meier's Pirates! is a 2004 strategy/action/adventure video game developed by Firaxis Games and published by Atari. The game is a remake of Sid Meier's earlier 1987 game, also named Sid Meier's Pirates!. Overall, the gameplay remains similar to the original game, though it features a 3D game engine (NDL's Gamebryo). Some elements such as sun sighting have been removed, but other features have been added, such as a ballroom dancing mini-game and an improved turn-based land combat system.

Sid Meier’s Pirates! is a video game created by Sid Meier and developed and published by MicroProse in 1987. It was the first game to include the name "Sid Meier" in its title as an effort by MicroProse to attract fans of Meier's earlier games, most of which were combat vehicle simulation video games. The game is a simulation of the life of a pirate, a privateer, or a pirate hunter in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.

Pikmin 2 (ピクミン2, Pikumin Tsū?) is a 2004 real-time strategy video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube video game console. The game is the direct sequel to the 2001 game Pikmin and is the second game in the Pikmin series.

Pikmin (ピクミン, Pikumin?) is a real-time strategy video game series created by Shigeru Miyamoto and developed by Nintendo. The games focus on directing a horde of plant-like creatures called Pikmin, which are used to collect items, destroy obstacles, and fight giant monsters.

Pikmin (Japanese: ピクミン, Hepburn: Pikumin?) is a real-time strategy video game developed and published by Nintendo for the GameCube in 2001. It was created and produced by Shigeru Miyamoto, and is the first game in the Pikmin series. The player controls Captain Olimar, an astronaut who crash-lands on a mysterious planet. Olimar befriends creatures he calls "pikmin", and utilizes their abilities to collect the missing parts of his spaceship he lost during the crash. The player has 30 days to recover the pieces and repair the ship.

Phantom Dust (ファントムダスト, Fantomu Dasuto?) is a 2004 action strategy video game developed and published by Microsoft Game Studios and produced and directed by Yukio Futatsugi (director of Panzer Dragoon for Sega Saturn) for the Xbox console. The game was released in Japan on September 23, 2004 and in North America on March 15, 2005, licensed for release in the U.S. by Majesco.

Paris Nights is a game developed and released by Gameloft for the J2ME Platform (which was released in 2008). This game is part of the Night series by Gameloft.

Panzer Commander is a computer tank-driving simulator released in 1998. Developed by Ultimation Inc. and published by Strategic Simulations Inc.. The game is set in World War II as a tank simulator. In the game the player takes command of an armored fighting vehicles (AFV). There are over 20 driveable tanks from Germany, Russia, the United States, and Britain and 28 support vehicles.

Over the Reich is a 1996 strategy computer game for personal computers operating the Microsoft Windows operating system. The game was released in North America and Europe.

Outzone is an Action / Strategy game developed by Lankhor in 1991. In this game, the player controls a spacecraft whose role is to escort and protect a smaller one. The small spacecraft is moving at a constant speed right in front of the player's craft, which must destroy or avoid obstacles. The game requires both thought and reflexes.

Orgarhythm is a video game developed by Acquire and Neilo and published by Xseed Games for the PlayStation Vita. It is a hybrid between god simulation, rhythm and strategy. The game would also be available on Nvidia Tegra 3 tablet devices.

Onlineworms is an artillery game, which is a type of strategy game. Team17 had Wizgate adapt and tailor the game specifically for the Asian markets in 2001. In 2002 the game had as many as 20,000 simultaneous users playing at any given time.

Oil Barons is both a strategy and simulation-type, turn-based game, published by Epyx in 1983. It was released in versions compatible with the Apple II series, Commodore 64 and DOS computers. It is considered to be one of the rarest of all Epyx games.

Node.Hack is a tap and play-style strategy game available for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and Kindle Fire, developed by 4gency and originally released in 2012.

Neocolonialism is a strategic computer game in which players take over different regions all over the world. It is turn-based, and allows three to six players at once. It is produced by Subaltern Games, and designed by Seth Alter.

Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation (official title), also known as Neighbours from Hell: On Vacation and Neighbours from Hell 2, is a comedy strategy video game for Microsoft Windows.

Neighbours from Hell is a strategy video game for Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Windows, and Xbox. In Europe, it was released for Windows on June 20, 2003, and the GameCube and Xbox on March 4, 2005. The game was released for Windows in the United States on September 22, 2003.

Navy Blue (Japanese: ネイビーブルー?) is a series of Japan-exclusive battleship-based video games produced by Use Corporation.

NATO Commander is a commercial computer strategy game designed by Sid Meier and released in 1983 by MicroProse. The game ran on 8-bit home computers of its day such as the Atari 8-bit family, Apple II and Commodore 64.

NarcoGuerra (which translates as 'Drug Wars' from the Spanish) is a strategy based newsgame developed by GameTheNews.net. The game was released in June 2013 for Android, PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

Nage Libre: Seijaku no Suishin (ナージュリーブル 〜静寂の水深〜?, lit. "Promotion of silence NAGE LIBRE") is a 1995 Japan-exclusive video game for the Super Famicom.

Mytheon was a free to play massive multiplayer online video game developed by Petroglyph Games. The game incorporated action, roleplaying, and strategy elements. Players advanced through the game's Greek-mythology-themed dungeons using a deck of collectible spells called power stones.

Mystic Inn is a casual game developed by the team formerly known as Funpause, now part of Big Fish Studios, and distributed by Big Fish Games.

Muzzle Velocity was a computer tactical wargame released by Digi4fun in 1997. The program was a unique hybrid of standard two-dimension map-based tactical gaming, and first person action. It is set in World War II

Monkey Puncher (さるパンチャー, Saru Panchā?) is a video game for the Game Boy Color, developed by Taito Corporation, and released in December 2000. The game's goal is to train a monkey to fight in organised boxing matches in order to save the main character's father and sibling.

Mobile Suit Gundam: Zeonic Front (known as Zeonic Front: Kidou Senshi Gundam 0079 in Japan) is a game for the PlayStation 2, which revolves around a Zeon Special Commando Unit during the One Year War, called the Midnight Fenrir Corp. This MS team was created by Kycilia Zabi and participated in the capture of the California Base during the 2nd Earth Invasion Plan.

Mission Omega is a computer game published in 1986 by Incentive Software for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC home computers. It was programmed by Stephen Ward.

Minions is a free Flash-based browser game created by Paul Preece and David Scott, who are the founders of the Casual Collective and developers of Desktop Tower Defense and Flash Element TD, respectively. The game has been featured by gaming reviewer The Escapist for winning an award at the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco. As of 2011, the game has been played millions of times at Kongregate.com It is based on the Warcraft III mod Defense of the Ancients.

Mini Metro is a transport simulation video game being developed by Dinosaur Polo Club for Windows, OS X and Linux. The game is about creating an efficient subway network for a rapidly growing city. It was released out of Early Access on Steam on November 6, 2015.

Millennium 2.2 is a resource management computer game by Ian Bird, released in 1989 for Atari ST, Amiga and DOS. The DOS version of the game was released as Millennium: Return to Earth. It is the forerunner to Deuteros, which is in many ways a similar resource management game but many times larger and harder than Millennium 2.2.

Military Madness: Nectaris is a turn-based strategy game developed for WiiWare, Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network by Hudson Soft. It is the latest game in the Nectaris series, and an enhanced remake of the first game.

Might and Magic Heroes Online is a free-to-play MMORPG released in September 2014, developed by Ubisoft Blue Byte and Related Designs, not to be confused with Heroes of Might and Magic Online game made for Chinese market (released in 2008). It is part of the Heroes of Might and Magic franchise.

Might and Magic: Heroes Kingdoms (originally Heroes of Might and Magic Kingdoms) is a real-time strategy massively multiplayer online game based on the Heroes of Might and Magic series. The game was announced in 2007 with closed betas running until 2009. It was released in France on 3 November 2009.

Midwinter is a post-apocalyptic first-person action role-playing game with strategy and survival elements for the Atari ST, Amiga and PC. It was designed by Mike Singleton and was released in 1989 by Microplay Software. The game was critically acclaimed and commercially successful enough to get a sequel titled Flames of Freedom in 1991. A remake is currently in development.

Merchant Prince II is a 2001 turn-based strategy game of economic, political, and military conquest. The game is developed by Holistic and published by Take-Two Interactive.

MEG: RVO is a mobile Action-adventure / strategy video game from Skunkwerks Kinetic, a video game company based in Vancouver, Canada.

Mecho Wars is a turn-based strategy video game developed by Oyaji Games and designed by Luc Bernard which is set in the same world as Eternity's Child. It was released for the iPhone OS on June 13, 2009. It will be released for DSiWare and WiiWare in future. It was released on PlayStation Minis on January 10, 2012 in North America and January 25, 2012 in Europe. It was also released on December 11, 2010 on PC and Mac.

Massive Chalice is a turn-based strategy video game for Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux and Xbox One by Double Fine Productions, which was funded through Kickstarter. The project leader of the game is Brad Muir, who was previously the project leader of Iron Brigade. It was expected to be released in September 2014 until the game was delayed. The beta version of the game, for people who backed the game at a high enough pledge level to get beta access, was released on October 21, 2014. It was released on Steam Early Access on November 11, 2014. It was released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One on June 1, 2015 for $20 or free for Xbox Live Gold subscribers.

Mail Order Monsters is a 1985 computer game created by Paul Reiche III, Evan Robinson and Nicky Robinson and published by Electronic Arts (Ariolasoft in Europe) for the Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit family home computers.

Maia is an upcoming sci-fi strategy simulation game by Simon Roth. The game has been described by Roth as "Dungeon Keeper meets Dwarf Fortress on a primordial alien world". Roth also cites Theme Hospital, The Sims, Black & White and Space Station 13 amongst its influences.

Machines at War 3 is a real-time strategy video game developed by Isotope 244 and published in September 2012 for Windows and in November 10, 2012 for Mac OS X. The game has currently beta status. It is the direct successor of Land Air Sea Warfare and is the third part of Machines at War.

Machines at War is a real-time strategy video game developed by Isotope 244. It is the predecessor of Land Air Sea Warfare.

Lords of the Rising Sun is a 1989 video game by Cinemaware, game design and art by Doug Barnett, released for the Amiga among other systems. Like the earlier Defender of the Crown, it was a mix of map-based strategy and arcade-style mini games as the player, playing as one of the famous Japanese generals Yoshitsune or Yoritomo, fights to pacify Japan by force. In the short documentary "The Total War Story", Mike Simpson, studio director for the company Creative Assembly said that the company's Total War series of games had been influenced by Lords of the Rising Sun.

Lords of the Earth (LOTE) is a play-by-email strategy game, first developed by Thomas Harlan in 1983 to entertain and confound his friends. The earliest version of the game was inspired by SPI's game Empires of the Middle Ages with the intent of overcoming the geographic and stylistic limits of that game by adding the rest of the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and a distinct battle system. This early campaign covered only Eurasia and a short rulebook, but provided the basis for future expansion to cover the entire globe.

The Lords of Midnight is an award winning adventure video game, written by Mike Singleton, and released in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum. Very well received from the beginning, it was soon converted for the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64. The game featured an innovative 3-D effect that Singleton called landscaping, which served to bring the player into the game much more than usual. Lords of Midnight is often named with Elite as among the top role playing games of the 1980s.

Legends of War is a turn-based strategy video game series franchise created in 2010 by the Spanish development company Enigma Software Productions.

Legends of Eisenwald is a single-player tactical role-playing game published by Aterdux Entertainment. The game was initially released in early access in October 2013 after a successful Kickstarter campaign, and it was officially released on Steam July 2, 2015.

Legendary Wars is an iOS shooter strategy game developed by Liv Games and released on Jan 27, 2011. It was followed by Monster Wars in 2012, and Stellar Wars in 2013.

Land Air Sea Warfare (abbreviated as LASW) is a real-time strategy game developed by Isotope 244. It is the sequel to Machines at War and the predecessor of Machines at War 3. LASW was released in 2010 for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, iOS (iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad) and Windows Mobile. It features gameplay similar to other RTS titles like Command & Conquer: Red Alert, Age of Empires, StarCraft, Warcraft, and Supreme Commander.The game is going to be ported on Ouya on Q1 2015.

Konpeki no Kantai (紺碧の艦隊?, lit. Deep Blue Fleet) is a Japanese alternate-history original video animation series produced by J.C.Staff. The series focuses on a technologically advanced Imperial Japanese Navy and a radically different World War II that was brought about by Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's revival in the past due to unexplained circumstances. The series is also notable for using the Imperial Japanese calendar instead of the Roman calendar in denoting the years where the events of the series take place. It also spawned a 1997 OVA side story called Kyokujitsu no Kantai (旭日の艦隊?, lit. Fleet of the Rising Sun), one manga sequel, and two turn-based strategy games for the PC-FX and the SNES.

Kingory is a strategic browser based web game,with game elements similar to Evony. Although, unlike Evony, which is set in medieval Europe, Kingory is set in Ancient China. It has a similar gaming style to Zoo Tycoon, and others. The game brings players into the three kingdoms period of Ancient China. The player assumes the role of a lord, who starts from a small city and over time, and politically, and technologically advances his city, eventually creating more domains. Every city has 9 types of buildings in Town and 4 types of resource fields in Rural. They are responsible for managing military construction, resources production, politics, diplomatic affairs and research. Expand the realm of your power starting from your city.

King Arthur's World is a 1993 side-scrolling strategy video game for the SNES. It was developed by Argonaut Games and published by Jaleco.

Kaiser is a West German simulation strategy video game developed and published by Ariolasoft.

J. R. R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan is a computer video game from 1991 based upon the fictional War of the Ring set in the Middle-earth world created by J. R. R. Tolkien, centered in the Lord of the Rings novels. The massive-scale simulation takes part in the realm of Rohan and the player controls the forces of Good during the onslaught of the forces of Evil, namely centered on the conflict with Saruman of Isengard. It was published by Konami and Mirrorsoft.

Ironclad Tactics is a strategy-based video game created by independent developer Zachtronics Industries. The game takes place in an alternate history at the onset of the American Civil War where robot-like "ironclad" machines are used alongside human troops by both sides in the war. The game incorporates elements of collectible card games, whereby the player constructs a deck of cards earned from previous matches for the deployment, outfitting, and tactics of human and ironclad tropes to achieve specific victory conditions. The game features single player and co-operative multiplayer campaign modes as well as skirmishes between two players. The game was released on September 18, 2013 for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux-based computers.

IndustryPlayer and the webserver-based version IndustryMasters are business simulation games, -multiplayer on-line business strategy games based on a simulation of real world economy, developed by Tycoon Systems Ltd.

Impire is a three-dimensional single-player and co-operative real-time strategy video game developed by Cyanide Studios and published by Paradox Interactive, and released for the PC on February 14, 2013.

Illyriad is a free to play massively multiplayer online persistent browser-based strategy game developed by the UK software company Illyriad Games Ltd, the company's first full online strategy game, first released in beta in 2010, and launched in 2011.

I of the Dragon is a role-playing video game where the player plays as a dragon. It was published by Strategy First and developed by Primal Software.

Hundred Swords is a fantasy based on-line strategy game developed for the Sega Dreamcast. The game was also released on PC, and was compatible with Windows 95, 98, and Me. It was produced by SEGA's Smilebit Studio.

The Horde is a hybrid action-strategy video game that was originally released on the 3DO platform, but was soon after ported to the Sega Saturn and MS-DOS. It was an unusual hybrid of action and strategy game for the time. It also featured full-motion video sequences featuring a number of actors including Kirk Cameron as Chauncey and Michael Gregory as Kronus Maelor. Video sequences were reduced to slideshows (with full sound) in some versions.

Hoard (trademarked as HOARD) is an action-strategy video game developed by Big Sandwich Games Inc. It was released in November 2010 in North America on PlayStation Network, and April 4, 2011 for the PC and Mac on Steam and was released in June 2, 2011 on the PAL PlayStation Network regions.

Highway to the Reich was a highly detailed simulation "monster" board wargame published by Simulations Publications, Inc. (SPI) in 1977, and reprinted by Decision Games in 2008. It was designed by Jay A. Nelson, Irad B. Hardy and Eric Goldberg, with a second edition of the rules published in July 1977.

High Seas Trader is a naval strategy video game. The player runs trade routes, fends off pirates, collects artifact and offers transport to fellow countrymen in need, all for the sake of climbing up the games ranking ladder, which in turn allows the player to buy bigger ships, more firepower and larger cargo holds to progress quickier in the ranks.

Herzog (German: "Duke") is a strategy video game released by TechnoSoft in Japan for the MSX and NEC PC-88 computers in 1988. It was a real-time tactics and tactical shooter game with real-time strategy elements. The game served as the prototype for its sequel Herzog Zwei, which was released in 1989 for the Sega Mega Drive and is often considered the first true real-time strategy game.

Hero's Heart is a computer strategy game that was included in Microsoft Windows. It is similar to the game Chip's Challenge.

Herdy Gerdy is a strategy puzzle video game for the PlayStation 2 console released in 2002. It is developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. The game involves herding animals, navigating obstacles, and solving puzzles. The player has to collect a variety of herding tools, and there are alternate pathways to reach the end.

Helldorado is a strategy video game released on April 30, 2009. It is the sequel to the 2006 game Desperados 2: Cooper's Revenge, continuing a plot development introduced in the final sequence of that game.

Heart of Africa is an adventure game for the Commodore 64 and unofficial sequel to The Seven Cities of Gold. Created by Ozark Softscape and published by Electronic Arts in 1985, it casts the player as an adventurer searching for the Lost Tomb of Pharaoh Ankh Ankh in Africa during the late 19th century.

Head Buster (ヘッドバスター?, Headbuster) is a Game Gear video game that involves robots fighting in combat sequences.

Hay Day is a freemium mobile farming game developed and published by Supercell. Hay Day was released for IOS on June 21, 2012 and Android on November 20, 2013. According to a 2013 report, Supercell earned $30 million a month from Hay Day and Clash of Clans, another game made by Supercell. In 2013, Hay Day was the 4th highest game in revenue generated.

Gunship 2000 is a helicopter combat flight simulator and is the sequel to Gunship by MicroProse. It was released in 1991 for DOS. Amiga, Amiga CD32 and PlayStation versions were released in 1993, 1994 and 1996 respectively. The PlayStation version was retitled as simply Gunship, but was sometimes still referred to as Gunship 2000.

Gunrox is a multiplayer-only turn-based strategy "squad tactics" game that went live in 2008. The game was created by Enkord, a company known for their flash games.

Gravity Wars is a video game originally for the Amiga personal computer system by Ed Bartz. It was developed in 1986 or 1987. It is a turn-based artillery game, which is a subgenre of strategy game.

Gorillas is a video game first distributed with MS-DOS 5 and published in 1991 by IBM corporation. It is a turn-based artillery game. The game consists of two gorillas throwing explosive bananas at each other above a city skyline. The players can adjust the angle and velocity of each throw, as well as the gravitational pull of the planet. Written in QBasic, it is one of the programs included as a demonstration of that programming language. The others are Nibbles (another game), Money (a very simple financial calculator), and REMLINE (a program to remove line numbers from old BASIC programs).

Global Conquest is a computer game developed by Microplay Software in 1992 for the PC (DOS).

Ghost Master (released as Ghost Master: The Gravenville Chronicles on the Xbox and PlayStation 2) is a puzzle/strategy game for the PC. It is among a small selection of games that put the player in the role of the enemy. In this case, the player assumes the role of a Ghost Master, a bureaucratic spirit tasked to perform certain duties. While the bulk of a Ghost Master's duties consist of hauntings, a Ghost Master may also be "called in" to increase belief in the supernatural, avenge deaths, and conscript renegade ghosts. Because a Ghost Master cannot directly interfere in the world of mortals, the Ghost Master is given a team of subordinate ghosts to do so. When not haunting, the Ghost Master is responsible for the training of the ghosts under his/her command.

Genjū Ryodan (幻獣旅団?, "Beast Brigade") is a strategy video game developed by Crea-Tech and published by Axela, which was released exclusively in Japan in 1998.

Generation of Chaos Exceed (ジェネレーション　オブ　カオス　イクシード, Jenereeshon Obu Kaosu Ikushiido?) is a strategy video game released in 2003 by Idea Factory.

Game of Thrones Ascent is a strategy video game developed by Disruptor Beam for iPad, Facebook, Kongregate. as well as iPhone and Android. The game was a 2013 Facebook Game of the Year in the Staff Picks category and a winner of a 2013 Friendie Award. The game is an adaptation of the novel series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin and the HBO TV series Game of Thrones, and is the first such social network game. According to Martin, the game features "alliance building, treachery, marriages, murders, and most of all the constant struggle to be the greatest house in Westeros." The game includes the ability to engage in the dynamic political and social intrigue featured in the books and television show. The game has over 9 million players.

A Game of Thrones: Genesis is a strategy video game developed by Cyanide and published by Focus Home Interactive released exclusively for Microsoft Windows on September 28, 2011 in North America, September 29, 2011 in Europe and October 13, 2011 in Australia.

Galaxy Angel (Japanese: ギャラクシーエンジェル, Hepburn: Gyarakushī Enjeru?) is a bishōjo sci-fi/comedy anime, manga and dating sim series by BROCCOLI. It was created in July 2000, when Broccoli launched the multi-platformed project called Project G.A. The anime and Galaxy Angel Party manga comprise a comedy story in an alternate universe, while the games and the regular manga have a serious and involved romance/action plot.

Galactica: Anno Dominari is a space-themed strategy computer game by independent game company Sacred Tree Software. Version 3.0, also called Galactica Anno Dominari 3.0: Fog of War was released April 18, 2006. The game was first released over 15 years ago. The current version is 3.0.2.

Forge of Freedom: The American Civil War is an award-winning computer turn-based strategy game, combining both a strategic level and a tactical level by means of letting the player(s) raise, equip and move armies and then fight out battles on a randomized map when encountering the enemy. This game was made by Western Civilization Software, whose headquarters is located just outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and uses the same game engine as the company's 2005 release, "Crown of Glory: Europe in the Age of Napoleon" and 2009 expansion "Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition," which likewise features a combination of grand strategy and tactics.

Floor 13 is a single-player computer game set in the United Kingdom, where the player is the director of a secret governmental agency involved in clandestine domestic operations. The headquarters is hidden on the thirteenth floor of a building in London Docklands, hence the title. The game was developed in 1991 by Virgin Interactive, a now-defunct division of the Virgin Group.

Excalibur is an early resource-management strategy video game for the Atari 8-bit computers. It was designed by Chris Crawford, developed with the help of Larry Summers and Valerie Atkinson, and published by Atari Program Exchange in 1983.

Everest Ascent is a text and graphics adventure game for the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 computers. It was published by Richard Shepherd Software in 1984. The goal of the game is to reach the top of Mount Everest in 20 days. The player has limited funds to keep his or her sherpas well fed and supplied in order to reach the summit.

Epidemic! is a real-time strategy game in which the player stands in control of a world on the brink of extinction.

Endorfun is a single-player, arcade-style computer game released in 1995. It is notable for its use of new age messages throughout its soundtrack.

Empire! is a space combat and trading video game designed by Andrew Glaister and published by Firebird Software in 1986 for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC.

Elven Legacy is a turn-based strategy video game developed by 1C:Ino-Co and published by Paradox Interactive. Released in April 2009 for Microsoft Windows the game is a sequel to Fantasy Wars. On October 11, 2011, Virtual Programming released Elven Legacy Collection, which includes the original game and its three expansion packs, for Mac OS X.

Elemental is an action-strategy video game developed and designed by Erick Dupuis in 1988. In this game, the player controls a green ball which freely evolves on the stage and which is pursued by two other balls. The first one is invincible and the player can only evade it using the environment to put some distance between them or by staying on one of the four "safe point" of the stage. The other follow the same rules but it can also be stuck in holes present in the stage while following the green ball. In this case, another one will appear and continue following the player.

Echo Delta is a hybrid strategy game designed by Clever Trick shown the year 2000 at Nintendo’s Spaceworld event. The game has players rush to raise a sunken ship with an armored submarine called Scout. Using Scout the player can pick up resources and defend the core which mines resources at a faster rate. If a player collects enough energy the ship will be raised and everything is golden. Although mostly complete, Nintendo chose to cancel this game’s release on the Nintendo 64.

Dynasty is a text-based resource-management game for the Apple II family of computers, written in BASIC in December 1978 by Weyman Fong and distributed by San Francisco-based Apple Core. The game is an expanded version of the earlier Hamurabi.

Dungeons 2 is a strategy/simulation video game developed by Realmforge Studios and published by Kalypso Media. It has been released on DVD and on the Steam digital distributor April 24, 2015. It is the sequel to Dungeons.

Dungeons is a strategy/simulation video game developed by Realmforge Studios and published by Kalypso Media. It was officially announced August 12, 2010 and was released on January 27, 2011 in Germany and February 10, 2011 in North America.

Dukedom is a turn-based strategy computer game about land management and was created as an expanded version of Hamurabi.

Duel Masters (fully titled Duel Masters Nettou! Battle Arena) is a strategy video game released on December 18, 2003 by Takara. The game was only released in Japan for GameCube. It was later released for PlayStation 2 in North America, the PAL region, and Japan. The game is based on the Duel Masters trading card game franchise. It was published and developed by the video game company Takara.

Drugwars is a turn-based strategy computer game in which the player assumes the role of a drug dealer engaged in arbitrage. The object of the game is to deal the most drugs to pay off the "loan shark" (who charges interest) by the end of the game and make a profit. Drugwars was originally a DOS program created by John E. Dell in 1984.

Drive on Moscow is an iOS strategy game by Shenandoah Studio and released November 21, 2013.

Doomdark's Revenge is a role-playing and strategy video game developed by Mike Singleton and published by Beyond Software for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 and Amstrad CPC in 1985. It is a sequel to Singleton's 1984 seminal The Lords of Midnight and has similar game mechanics but adds more detail and complexity with the number of characters and locations increased.

Diner Dash 5: BOOM! is the 5th installment of the Diner Dash series, it also features voice-acting to give more life to the characters. It was developed by PlayFirst and released to the public on March 16, 2010.

Destiny of Spirits was a free-to-play online social strategy game with RPG elements exclusively for the PlayStation Vita, developed jointly by SCE Japan Studio and Q Entertainment for Sony Computer Entertainment. The game was divided into three online regions, namely Asia, the Americas, and Europe, each with a separate server. The game's servers were closed down on June 30, 2015 following an announcement made a few months prior.

Dekitate High School (できたてハイスクール?) is a Super Famicom video game that was released to an exclusively Japanese market in 1995 and was considered to be the first "high school simulation" video game to be released for the Super Famicom. Famed Japanese illustrator Nishiki Yoshimune would draw the cover art for the game while the actual character design was done by the in-house staff at C-Lab.

Defender of the Crown is a strategy computer game designed by Kellyn Beck. It was Cinemaware's first game, and was originally released for the Commodore Amiga in 1986, setting a new standard for graphic quality in home computer games.

The Deception games are a series of console Action-Style strategy-RPGs created and published by Tecmo for Sony's line of PlayStation consoles. They have an emphasis on passive combat via the use of traps. There are currently five games in the franchise.

Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess, known in Japan as Kagero: Another Princess (影牢 ～もう1人のプリンセス～), is a strategy game developed by Tecmo Koei. The Nightmare Princess is an updated version of Deception IV: Blood Ties, which was originally released on February 27, 2014 in Japan.

Deception IV: Blood Ties, known in Japan as Kagero: Dark Side Princess (影牢 ダークサイド・プリンセス?), is a strategy game for the PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3 by Tecmo Koei, and sequel to Kagero II: Dark Illusion within the Deception series. The game was released in Japan on 27 February 2014, and the western localization of the game was released in North America on 25 March 2014, and Europe on 28 March 2014.

Dead Block is a third-person action-strategy video game by developer Candygun Games and publisher Digital Reality, in which three survivors of a zombie outbreak attempt to keep zombies out of a safehouse. It was released on the Xbox 360 on July 6, 2011 via Xbox Live Arcade, and on the PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network on July 19, 2011 in North America and July 27, 2011 in Europe. A Microsoft Windows release followed on January 26, 2012.

Dark Sceptre is a strategy adventure video game by Mike Singleton's design team Maelstrom Games, for Beyond Software. It was published by Firebird Software for the ZX Spectrum in 1987 and for the Amstrad CPC in 1988.

Cultures is a series of video games developed by Funatics Development. It includes the following games:

Crisis in the Gulf is a Xbox 360 video game created by Super Boise Games.

Crimson: Steam Pirates is a strategy iOS game developed by Bungie Aerospace Corporation and released on September 1, 2011.

Cradle of Rome (released in some regions as Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome) is the first in a series of tile-matching puzzle and strategy video games developed by cerasus.media and published by D3 Publisher on November 18, 2008 for the Nintendo DS handheld game console. The Wii version was released on March 31, 2009.

Corsairs: Conquest at Sea is a 1999 strategy/action/adventure game for the PC, developed and published by Microïds (known for Syberia and its continuation Syberia II). The game is a simulation of the life of a privateer employed by either England, France, The Netherlands or Spain in, most likely, the 17th century. The player can take part in either the campaign, which consists of several scenarios with a specific goal, or adventure mode, where the goal is simply to capture all the ports on the map for your nation.

The Continuum was an online strategy game that combines turn-based war gaming with role-playing game-like character development and the collectability of a tabletop miniatures game. It takes place in the Crossworld, a new reality formed from the collapse of several formerly separate worlds that became unhinged in the space/time continuum. The game was developed by Seven Lights and launched on June 25, 2008. It has been discontinued as of 2011.

Containment, is a term used in real-time strategy's to describe the act of controlling an enemy player's advancement, while often expanding oneself.

Conqueror A.D. 1086 is a medieval strategy computer game released in 1995 by Sierra On-Line, Inc.

Conflict is a hex-based NES war game where the player is a commander who must lead his forces to victory. The player can earn fame points by occupying cities and airports and destroying units of the opponent's army; fame points are lost by losing units of one's army in battle or retreating from battles. The goal of each of the 16 scenarios is to destroy the enemy's flag tank. The first player controls the blue (Western Bloc) forces while the computer (or second player) controls red (Eastern Bloc) troops.

Colony is an arcade adventure and strategy computer game released in 1987 for several 8-bit computer formats by Mastertronic on their Bulldog label.

Colobot (Colonize with Bots) is an educational real-time strategy video game featuring 3D graphics. The objective of the game is to find a planet for colonization by the human race by establishing a basic infrastructure on the surface and eliminating any alien life forms endangering the expedition. The game takes place on the Earth, Moon, and 7 fictional planets. The main feature of the game which makes it educational is the ability of the player to program his or her robots using a programming language similar to C++ or Java.

The Cold War Era is a grand strategy video game developed by Alina Digital. The game is the second game made by Alina Digital

Clonk is a computer game developed by RedWolf Design. The game features a mix of the action, real-time strategy and platform game genres. The games of the series are traditionally released as Shareware; however, currently (2013-10-3) all available versions are Freeware. Using the integrated developer mode, experienced players are able to create their own modifications or "extensions" to the game.

Civilization World was a massively multiplayer online Flash game in the Civilization game series, developed by Sid Meier and Firaxis Games. It was launched on July 6, 2011 on Facebook with the original name Civilization Network; the game title was officially changed to Civilization World on January 6, 2012. On February 28, 2013, it was announced that the game would be discontinued and was shut down on May 29, 2013.

The Castle Doctrine is a 2014 strategy video game developed and published by Jason Rohrer for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux via Valve's Steam platform. The game was released on January 29, 2014 for all platforms. Set in the early 1990s, it pits players against one another as they invade others' houses and attempt to steal money from their vaults, while also setting up traps and other obstacles to keep their own vaults safe.

Cannon Fodder 3 is an action-strategy PC game developed and published – originally in Russia – by Game Factory Interactive (GFI), along with developer Burut CT. The game is the second sequel to Cannon Fodder, a commercially and critically successful game released for multiple formats in 1993. Jon Hare and his company Sensible Software, the developers of Cannon Fodder and its prior sequel, were uninvolved with Cannon Fodder 3. GFI instead licensed the intellectual property from now-owner Codemasters.

Cannon Fodder 2: Once More unto the Breach, also known as Cannon Fodder 2 is an action-strategy shoot 'em up game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive for the Amiga and DOS in November 1994. The game is the sequel to Cannon Fodder, a successful game released for multiple formats in 1993. The game is a combination of action and strategy involving a small number of soldiers battling through a time-travel scenario. The protagonists are heavily outnumbered and easily killed. The player must rely on strategy and heavy secondary weapons to overcome enemies, their vehicles and installations.

Campaign '84 is a game developed in 1983 by Sunrise Software Inc. and released for the ColecoVision. It is a political simulator in which the player must run for president in the 1984 American presidential elections.

Burntime is a strategy/RPG video game for DOS and Amiga computers produced by Max Design in 1993.

Broadsides is a 1983 videogame that simulated naval combat in the Age of Sail for the Atari 8-bit, Apple II, and Commodore 64. Giant warships circled each other, waiting for the best time to unleash a broadside upon the enemy. Cannons could be loaded with various types of ordnance; cannonballs to destroy the hull, chain shot to destroy the sails, and grape shot to kill the enemy crew.

Breach 2 is a science fiction strategy video game developed by Omnitrend Software in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST and DOS. It is the sequel to the 1987 game Breach, and was itself followed by Breach 3 in 1995. The game is set in the universe of Omnitrend's Universe and Rules of Engagement, and is compatible with both Rules of Engagement games.

Bomberman Party Edition, known in Japan and Europe as Bomberman, is a PlayStation version of the 1983 game Bomberman. In addition to vintage graphics for single player mode, an option for enhanced graphics is added. The game was released to the PlayStation Network as a PSone Classic on September 24, 2008 in Japan and December 10, 2009 in North America.

Bokosuka Wars (ボコスカウォーズ?) is a 1983 action-strategy role-playing video game developed by Kōji Sumii (住井浩司) and released by ASCII for the Sharp X1 computer, followed by ports to the MSX, FM-7, NEC PC-6001, NEC PC-8801 and NEC PC-9801 computer platforms, as well as an altered version released for the Nintendo Famicom console and later the Virtual Console service. It revolves around a leader who must lead an army in phalanx formation across a battlefield in real-time against overwhelming enemy forces while freeing and recruiting soldiers along the way, with each unit able to gain experience and level up through battle. The player must make sure that the leader stays alive, until the army reaches the enemy castle to defeat the leader of the opposing forces.

The Biz is a ZX Spectrum management simulation/strategy computer game from 1984 where the player got to manage his own rock band. The price of the game on release was £6.95, which is equivalent to £19.95 today.

Battles in Time was a PC video game and was the only product co-developed by Quantum Quality Productions and American Laser Games. The game was a time travel-based strategy game.

BattleFleet is a campaign-based naval warfare series and is a strategy series based on the well known game Battleship. It is developed and published by Strategy Lights Systems. BattleFleet is publicized alongside Guns Girls Lawyers Spies, Guns Girls Lawyers Dollars, and Fashion Tycoon - War Edition. These are also productions from Strategy Lights Systems.

BattleTanks II is a combination action/strategy tank combat game created by John Judnich for the Caiman Easter 2006 Game Programming competition, where it won 1st prize.[1]"In BattleTanks II, you can battle against up to 4 other teams of computer-controlled tanks, in one of 5 unique battlefields. BattleTanks II features three tank types to choose from, each with their own strengths and weaknesses.There are many ways to win a war in BattleTanks II. If you like being the commander of your army, you can sit back away from the action, directing your army's actions strategically. However, if you prefer action, there's nothing stopping you from helping your tanks out and join the fight. You can make sneak attacks, massive assaults, try weakening your enemy with artillery, and much more."

Barcode World (バーコードワールド?) is a video game developed by Epoch and published by Sunsoft.

At the Gates is an upcoming strategy video game by Jon Shafer, who was lead designer for Civilization V.

Army Corps of Hell is an action-strategy video game developed by Entersphere and released by Square Enix for the PlayStation Vita.

Army Attack is a social networking strategy video game developed by Digital Chocolate. In Army Attack, the world has been attacked by the evil Crimson Empire, and the player's mission is to build military alliances for their army with other players to reclaim it. In 2012, for the Academy of Interactive Arts & Science's 15th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, Army Attack was nominated for "Social Networking Game of the Year." According to App Data, in 2011, Army Attack was one of the top 5 Facebook Player vs. Player Games.

Armour-Geddon is a 3D computer game developed and published in 1991 by Psygnosis for the Amiga, DOS and Atari ST platforms.

Archon Ultra is an action-strategy video game developed by Free Fall Associates and released by Strategic Simulations, Inc. in 1994 for the PC DOS. It is a remake of the 1983 game Archon: The Light and the Dark.

Ant War is computer game for Windows published by Anarchy Enterprises in 2003.

Andromeda Conquest is a 1982 strategy game for the personal computer. It is notable for its influence on the 4X game genre.

AmoebArena is a strategy computer game, written by Jason Regier and distributed by Casady & Greene for the Macintosh in 1994 and 1995. In the game, the player must defeat a human or computer opponent with amoebas in an arena. AmoebArena is based in the year 2309. In the registered version of the game tournaments and a scenario editor are available.

Amazing Alex was a physics-based puzzle game created by Rovio Entertainment, the developer of popular multiplatform strategy puzzle video game Angry Birds. Initially it was announced by Rovio's CEO Mikael Hed on Yle's breakfast television. The game was based on Casey's Contraptions, a game created by Noel Llopis (Snappy Touch) and Miguel Ángel Friginal (Mystery Coconut), whose rights were acquired by Rovio. The game featured educational elements and revolved around Alex, described as a curious boy with interest in building things. The goal of the game was to make various Rube Goldberg-type chain reaction machines work. The game was very similar to The Incredible Machine, originally released in 1993.

Alien is a hybrid strategy/adventure video game developed by Concept Software and published by Argus Press Software for the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum in 1984, and later ported for the Amstrad CPC in 1985. It is based on the science fiction horror film Alien.

Airheart is a 1986 video game for the Apple II. It was designed and programmed by Dan Gorlin and published by Brøderbund. It requires an Apple IIe enhanced (or later) to run, as it uses double hi-res graphics.

Air Support is the name of two distinct video games, one released in 1984 and another released in 1992.

Age of Empires is a series of personal computer games developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Studios. The first title of the series was Age of Empires, released in 1997. Since then, seven titles and three spin-offs have been released. The titles are historical real-time strategy games, and their gameplay revolves around two main game modes: Single player and campaign. They competed with another popular strategy series, Civilization, and are set amidst historical events.

The 7th Guest: Infection is an abstract strategy mobile game which originally appeared as the Microscope Puzzle in the 1993 computer game The 7th Guest. It is based on the Ataxx family of board games, whose lineage began with a 1988 computer game called Infection.

4X is a genre of strategy-based video and board games in which players control an empire and "eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate". The term was first coined by Alan Emrich in his September 1993 preview of Master of Orion for Computer Gaming World. Since then, others have adopted the term to describe games of similar scope and design.

12 Labours of Hercules is a series of casual strategy / time management games developed by Zoom Out Games and published by Jetdogs Studio. It shows a humorous and loose variation on the ancient Greek mythology, in particular some of the 12 labours of Hercules. Contrary to the common perception of the myth, Hercules is depicted in a light-hearted way as not only heroic, but also a lazy and simple-minded man, while Cerberus, Hydra, and Scylla look almost as cute as pets.

Strategy video game is a video game genre that focuses on skillful thinking and planning to achieve victory. It emphasizes strategic, tactical, and sometimes logistical challenges. Many games also offer economic challenges and exploration. They are generally categorized into four sub-types, depending on whether the game is turn-based or real-time, and whether the game focuses on strategy or tactics.