All articles tagged with #strategy games
A curated roundup of standout turn-based strategy games for XCOM fans, highlighting how titles like The Banner Saga, Hard West 2, Expeditions: Rome, Phantom Brigade, and Kriegsfront Tactics Prologue bring new twists to the formula with persistent progression, varied settings, and innovative combat mechanics, underscoring the genre’s ongoing vitality.
Rock Paper Shotgun’s Rally Point previews Xenonauts 2 as a granular, simulationist take on the UFO‑X‑COM lineage: it replaces rigid classes with flexible skills, uses Time Units for detailed turns, adds an air‑combat minigame, and ties base and regional management to Operations Points and panic. It’s in early access with promising depth but rough edges such as map design quirks, UI annoyances, and a shallow flavor research layer—enough to excite strategy fans willing to wait for a more polished final product.
Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick publicly accepts responsibility for Civ VII’s disappointing launch, calling the push to “envelope-push” features a bridge too far and promising ongoing fixes. The piece argues the deeper issues aren’t solved by patches alone: Civ VII doubled down on a heavy city-building meta and unfamiliar systems, while diplomacy faltered and online hardcore fans were catered to at the expense of casual players. The author suggests Civ VIII must take bold swings again—rethinking design while preserving what fans love about Civilization rather than chasing a vocal minority.
The Steam Spring Sale 2026 runs March 19–26, featuring a curated list of 15 top strategy titles. Highlights include Master of Command, Xenonauts 2, Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector, Age of Empires 2: Definitive Edition, and Tactical Breach Wizards, offering a mix of real-time and turn-based experiences for fans of strategy and wargaming.
A Strategy and Wargaming site highlights Steam Next Fest 2026, which features around 4,000 game demos, and curates 10 must-try strategy demos. Highlights include Ancient Wars: Sparta HD, Kriegsspiel ~ 7 Years’ War, and 1492 – Colonization of the New World, with the festival running February 23 to March 2.
A 2026 RTS roundup arguing that the genre is in a renaissance, blending classic base-building with bold new tactical titles. It highlights Company of Heroes 3’s dual campaigns, Age of Empires IV’s cinematic historical campaigns, and Sins of a Solar Empire II’s hybrid grand‑strategy, as part of a list that defines the current RTS meta.
A Steam wishlist-based ranking lists the 10 most-wanted strategy games for 2026, highlighting Star Wars Zero Company at the top and including titles like Transport Fever 3 and Prison Architect 2, reflecting strong interest in tactical, simulation, and management experiences set to release in 2026.
The article highlights 20 discounted turn-based RPGs and strategy games available during the Steam Winter Sale, including popular titles like The Banner Saga Trilogy, Total War: Warhammer II, Expeditions: Rome, Persona 5 Tactica, and more, with discounts up to 85%, making it a great opportunity for gamers to expand their libraries over the holidays.
The article reviews the best space-themed board games for Christmas, categorizing them into heavyweight, mediumweight, and lightweight options, highlighting popular titles like Twilight Imperium, Gaia Project, Nemesis, Terraforming Mars, Apiary, Expeditions, Pulsar 2849, Catan: Starfarers, and Twilight Imperium: Twilight Inscription, emphasizing their gameplay complexity, themes, and suitability for different player groups.
The article highlights a curated list of the best board games for the 2025 holiday season, including new favorites and classics across various genres and complexities, emphasizing games suitable for families, couples, and game enthusiasts, with options ranging from quick two-player games to complex strategy and cooperative experiences.
Xbox Game Pass has added three new games: StarCraft: Remastered, StarCraft 2: Campaign Collection, and Metal Slug Tactics. StarCraft: Remastered includes the original game and its Brood War expansion with enhanced visuals and audio, while StarCraft 2 offers over 70 missions across its main campaign and expansions. Metal Slug Tactics combines tactical RPG and rogue-like elements, allowing players to assemble a team to battle the Rebel Army. StarCraft games are available on PC, while Metal Slug Tactics is accessible on cloud, console, and PC.
Marvel's Midnight Suns, a highly acclaimed strategy game, is available for free on the Epic Games Store starting today, June 6, for a limited time. This leak comes from a reliable insider, bibil-kun. Fans should act quickly to download the game before it is removed.
A study by Quantic Foundry reveals that gamers are increasingly losing interest in video games that require deep strategic thinking, with a 67% decline in interest over the past nine years. This trend is attributed to various factors, including potential cognitive overload from social media. Despite this, new strategy games are still being developed and released.
Paradox-published Star Trek: Infinite has been announced as dead, with no further updates planned, leading to overwhelmingly negative reviews and disappointment from fans. This adds to a string of misfires for Paradox, including troubled developments and a C-suite shuffle, indicating a challenging time for the gaming company.
PC gamers can snag a bundle of eight Steam games worth $303 for just $12 through Humble Bundle, featuring titles like The Callisto Protocol, Victoria 3, Fashion Police Squad, Terraformers, Humankind, Symphony of War, Coromon, and The Excavation of Hob's Barrow, offering a mix of horror, strategy, and adventure games.