Spring

Spring Team

Spring is an engine for real-time strategy (RTS) games that lets you create war scenarios with up to 5,000 units, or even more (or less) depending on how powerful the computer that runs it is. Spring can generate large 3D maps that change as the battle goes on, trees that set on fire as you approach them, moving water with reflections, etc. Spring has different camera modes that allow you to engage in land, air, and sea combat. The trajectory of all projectiles also respond to the laws of physics. Spring includes a series of games that you can play on the Internet or a local network (as long as you install the program's server, called Lobby server). They are PURE, Gundman, Star Wars: Imperial Winter, Evolution, Kernel Panic, and Expand and Exterminate. It also includes a few mods for Annihilation, although you need the original game to access them. Don't forget to check the mods verification option during the program installation, otherwise you won't be able to play any of the games.

TripleA

TripleA Developers

Risk is one of the most played boardgame in history. The goal of the player in Risk is to conquer all the territories in the map. TripleA is a Risk-like game developed in Java that allows you to play against the computer or against other player through Internet or intranet. Throw those famous dices that decides what will happen in the battle, place your warriors, defend yourself, place your companies and move them on the map with the only goal of conquering all the territories. Be the emperor of the TripleA world. TripleA features several kind of battle teams, and it even includs some kind of army which are not included in Risk, because you can even use the oceans to attack and defend your territories. Choose the map among the different one included and the kind of match. The war is about to start and you'll be in it, so prepare yourself, catch the dices and try to be the new emperor of the TripleA world.

Advanced Strategic Command

Advanced Strategic Command Tea

Most current strategy games lean on fantastic or mythological beings to populate their cast of characters. However, Advanced Strategic Command employs all kinds of military resources. Submarines, tanks, soldiers, airplanes, and missile launchers are just a few examples of the more than 100 different vehicles and characters at your disposal during gameplay. Advanced Strategic Command is a 2D turn-based strategy game that lets you choose who you want to play against and how. You can play alone against the computer, against a friend on the same computer, via email, or online via Project Battle Planets' multiplayer universe. In addition, Advanced Strategic Command has a level editor that gives you the freedom to create your own battle scenarios.

The Battle for Wesnoth

David White

The Battle for Wesnoth is a completely free project created in 2003 by David White, in collaboration with more than 50 people throughout the years, which remains in constant development. It is a strategic turn-based game on a grid set in medieval times in the imaginary land of Wesnoth. The game was originally inspired by 16-bit games of the genre, such as Master of Monsters, Shining Force, or Warsong, although with time many game modes, units, and stories have been added, so it now has an incredible amount of content. The gameplay consists of moving your troops through a set divided in a grid with different types of terrain and geographic elements that require some strategic thinking. Your army is formed by different types of characters, each one with special abilities. Depending on the campaign you are playing and what point in the story you are in, you can make them level up and recruit new units as you encounter or rescue them. These units cost money to maintain, so you'll have to manage your resources with care as you advance in each story. Still, the game's rules will depend on what campaign you are playing. Besides more than fifteen available campaigns, the game also lets you play multiplayer matches on local networks and on LAN, making The Battle for Wesnoth a comprehensive strategy game in constant growth and development, which is now considered one of the icons of freeware games for PC.

FoxGame

Ramiro Aparicio

Chocolatier

Big Splash Games

Have you ever wondered how those chocolates you´re eating came to be? Want to learn more about chocolate production and the manufacturing process? Well, now you can be a part of this world. Chocolatier is a game where you have to create the biggest chocolate monopoly in the whole world. You start as a rookie in San Francisco, where you will learn how to get ahead in the world of chocolate. You will visit luxury chocolatiers, giant factories and cocoa fields, and learn the process of making chocolate from harvesting the plant right up to putting the finished thing in your mouth. The ultimate aim is to get rich by making the best chocolate in the world. If you like chocolate, you will really enjoy Chocolatier, which can end up as addictive as the chocolate itself.

GunBound World Champion

Softnyx.net

GunBound World Champion is a very funny game developed with the only purpose of offering the user a very funny time in front of the PC. It is very similar to the classical Worms. Your aim is very clear. You have to win the combats versus the enemies, and in order to do that, you have to use a tank. Aim, shoot and kill your opponents. GunBound World Champions is an on-line game and to play it, you have to register (it takes less than one minute) online. By this way, you will meet people from all over the world while playing GunBound, and you will have access to your statistics (points, victories,...) You can select nearly everything about your team: your avatar armory, characters,... And all this with a very interesting graphic environment.

Trash

Inhuman Games

Trash is an spectacular real-rime strategy game (RTS game) based in a post-apocalyptic future, where humans and mutant battle for control the only resource available: Trash. Inspired by games like Warcraft, Age of Empires or Comand&Conquer, Trash place you into a battle between two races, and. how will you win? It’s clear, you have a really big arsenal and you jave to use it versus your enemy. On one hand we find Human, heirs to the Earth and specialized in construction of assault machines. Their forces are based on armory and technology. On the other hand we find the mutants, creatures born from the nuclear radiations effects. They have a clear mission, they want to make humans to be mutants too. They don’t use so much armory, because mutation give them special powers. And those two races are located into a destroyed place, whee trash is the only available resource which can mantain them alive. Graphically attractive, Trash is really playable and the map is really good. In addition, it is addictive and you can play it online for free. Choose your band and have fun.

Fish Tycoon

LDW Software

Fish Tycoon is another of those games in which you will have the opportunity to simulate the management or development of a company or activity. What´s interesting in this game is what we control: a virtual aquarium. After an environmental disaster, our mission is not to allow the harmed fish to become extinct, so we will breed them in captivity in our own aquarium, feeding and taking care of their health. As they grow, we will be able to sell them in the shop and earn money to invest in products, eggs or in another fish tank. There are a variety of items we can buy to decorate our aquarium and improve its functionalities.

Legion Arena

Slitherine

Gate 88

Queasy Games

TEGNet

TEGNet

Praetorians

Pyros Studios

Tiny Soldiers 2

N/A

Tiny Soldiers 2 is a funny game that places you in World War II in charge of a group of soldiers who must fiercely fight the Nazis. Your goal is to go forward and reach the end of the 2D scenario. An environment full of enemies who fire you and launch grenades. Luckily, our soldiers also have weapons to fight: guns and grenades are the main ones. There are different kinds of missions placed in different environments as well as different enemies. The graphic aspect of the game is not amazing, but it gives the game a retro look that game lovers will appreciate. Tiny Soldiers offers a light and short learning curve which will make you get into the game within some minutes. If you want to relax by shooting enemies, catch your weapon, reload it and get started.

Flotilla

Blendo Games

Flotilla is a space exploration and war strategy game that takes place all over the galaxy. Each time you begin a game of Flotilla, the universe and the planets are generated at random, so you'll never find yourself in the same place or fighting against the same enemies more than once. As you advance in the game, you can upgrade your spaceship fleet. Your fleet is pretty basic in the beginning, but as you progress in this adventure, you can make it the terror of the galaxy. Flotilla includes several interesting game modes such as cooperative mode (where you can play with a friend via a split screen) or skirmish mode (where you play against your friend). The characters you'll meet on this adventure are sure to be strange, like intergalactic chickens or cats at the helm of other spaceships. Indeed, a big part of the fun of this game is its sense of humor. Flotilla is a very entertaining game, ideal for anyone who enjoys space exploration games or turn-based strategy.

Mindrider

ByteRealms

The Oil Blue

Vertigo Gaming Inc.

The Oil Blue is a strategy game in which you're the head of an important petroleum company whose main objective is, of course, to sell petroleum and raise the price as high as possible. To get the petroleum, you'll need to use a series of drilling machines to extract the precious black gold from the marine floor. This is something that's done almost exclusively with the mouse, and while you'll need to watch a few tutorials to understand how it works, it's pretty easy and fun to do. Either way, extracting the petroleum is only the beginning, since the aim of the game is to sell barrels of the stuff. To play well, you'll want to try to take advantage of the moments in which you can get more money for each barrel. And, as you play, you'll get experience points and improvements that will make your work more fun and complex. The Oil Blue is a very interesting game. If you love strategy and management games, you should definitely check it out.

C-Evo

C-Evo Team

When a game becomes a symbol for a lot of gamers, usually we see how lots of similar games come out from development quarters. In this case, C-Evo is based on the successful Civilization. C-Evo has the same good flavour of Civilization, but this one is free. In C-Evo your goal is to lead your empire to the top, evolve, discover new power sources, new tecnics and communications, etc. Make your empire more powerful than the rest of empires surrounding you and lead it to victory. Put your stratedy skills to the test and check if you would be as good as Napoleon. Build buildings and factories, invest in new technologies, lead your troops to war, have realtions with other empires,... Graphics are good enough to make the gaming experience to be satisfactory. If you need an strategy game but you don't want to spend any money, C-Evo can suit your needs perfectly.

Styrateg

Rake in Grass

Styrateg is a turn-based strategy game with touches of RPG where you embark on a dangerous adventure to save the Kingdom. At the beginning of the game you select your hero from a series of adventurers with different abilities: warriors, wizards, etc. But as you progress through your adventure, you can add new characters to your group, which will end up being a proper band of heroes. Like in other games from this genre, the gameplay has you carefully choose your characters' actions in order to minimize the damage done in battles. After every battle you get experience points, which let you level up your characters' abilities and even teach them new magic powers. Styrateg is a very entertaining game that brings you more than 10 hours of adventure. Its excellent soundtrack and solid artistic design make playing this game a great pleasure.

Gamebiz II

Velocigames

Gamebiz is a turn-based strategy game where your objective is to create a video game from its beginning stages up to its release. Of course, for that you'll have to oversee a software company and manage each of its departments. To develop your video game you'll have to choose the genre, which platform you'll launch it on, and its name. You can also create or buy an engine for the game, hire employees to help you develop it more quickly, and talk to distributors and your company shareholders. This process is turn-based, meaning you won't get overwhelmed and can make unhurried decisions, choosing which course of action is best for your game and following through or trying to straighten everything out with layoffs, pay raises, etc. Gamebiz ll is a comprehensive strategy and management title that gamers will like and fans of turn-based strategy will love. Ideal for people who know which games belong to which studios and who are interested in game development.

SAGA Online

Silverlode Interactive

SAGA Online puts you in charge of a fantasy universe full of elves, orcs, giants and all kinds of epic creatures that help you find your way around your kingdom. Construct your own online kingdom and nourish it with an army that you'll build from the ground up with the help of over 100 different units that you'll get to strengthen. There are 6 different camps within your kingdom: light, nature, machines, undead, magic and war—each with their own characteristics. Choose yours and find allies to fight with and battle your enemies to pass your objectives. Negotiate with players from around the world so your SAGA Online kingdom becomes the most powerful. Exchanging cards, group missions, troop improvements, and over a thousand different challenges plus a lot more are the main ingredients that make SAGA Online into one of the biggest online communities. If you like online strategy games, SAGA Online might take first place when it comes to your favorite computer games.

Revenge of the Titans

Puppygames

Revenge of the Titans is a good mix of real time strategy and tower defence game in which we'll have to place different units of our army not to let any intruder pass the barrier. The game includes a wide variety of units to combat those enemies. How many enemies? Ok, lots of them, in fact, hundreds of enemies are trying to kill you. Laser turrets, missile launchers,... all weapons will be necessary to beat those enemies whose size can be enormously giant. That's funny. Although playability is quite good, the best part of the game are its amazing graphics in a childish style that will create a really good environment and a very attractive map. Revenge of the Titans is an amusing game which will be loved by both veterans and newbies, just adjust difficulty level and enjoy.

Atom Zombie Smasher

Brendon Chung

Atom Zombie Smasher is a curious strategy game in which you have to evacuate humans from a city infected of zombies. Choose the landing area for helicopters and the defensive elements to survive. You'll view the city from above, s you'll be able to control all the city. Graphics and playability are really peculiar. A colorful scene and funny characters take part of the interface of the game, although all those zombies will try to kill the citizens. Atom Zombie Smasher is a funny game that can have you hours and hours hooked as long as you go further and unlock new elements.

Auralux

War Drum Studios

Auralux is a minimalist real-time strategy game in which you only manage one type of unit. Your objective is to conquer, bit by bit, all the nearbye nebulae. To do this, you must wait for your initial nebula to generate sufficient units (colored dots). Once you have a few, you should send them to conquer new nebulae, which might be 'free' or conqured by an enemy color. To snatch a nebula you just have to send enough units to destroy the enemies and the resistance of the nebula itself. Auralux is a beautiful game, with very simple but beautiful graphocs; a very relaxing soundtrack, and extremely simple and fun gameplay.

Entropia Universe

MindArk

Entropia Universe offers you a new virtual world where you can chat and interact with the rest of users as well as trade with them and create new things. You play the role of a colonialist in a new planet, Calypso, and there you'll have to live with other people and have fun. Remember that although the game is in a virtual world , the money you use is real. 10 PED = 1 USD.

Empires & Dungeons 2

Niels Bauer Games

Empires & Dungeons 2 is an amusing role and strategy game in which you'll have to build your own castle and lead troops at the same time you control the protagonist. The game includes 8 different sets apart from randomly generated dungeons, so you'll experience different battle each time you play. It mixes turn-based strategy and real time rpg that may be loved by fans of the sage Heroes of Might & Magic or Disciples. Empires & Dungeons 2 is a good game although it is not the game of the year.

DigiTanks

Lunar Workshop

DigiTanks is an strategy game in which you'll have to build up your army of digital tanks and dominate the enemy territory. During the game you'll be able to control an squadron of tanks and manage it. Choose weapons and your strategy and take the control of the enemy territory after defeating them.

Fail Deadly

Josh Sutphin

Fail Deadly is an interesting strategy game whose main news is that you don't control the battling sides but you control an enterprise which supplies weapons, so your goal is to make the war bigger an bigger to sell more weapons. The goal of the game is to make the battle to be as big and long as possible. How do you achieve it? You'll have to assign weapons and units to both sides so they will fight but no one of them can beat the other easily. The graphics of the game are not extremely good, but that is not important if we take into account it reminds the well-known Advanced Wars. In short, Fail Deadly is an amusing game which is perfect if you want to play for short whiles. Easy mechanics and innovative concept, that's what it offers you.

Jagged Alliance - Back in Action

Coreplay GmbH, Bigmoon Studios

Jagged Alliance returns after more than a decade with 'Back in Action', a sequel developed by a different company, which attempts to modernize one of the best turn-based strategy games in history without damaging the game's essence. The result of those changes is that combat is no longer turn-based. Instead, action takes place in realtime, though you can always pause if you need to plan your next move. At first glance, it may remind you of Frozen Synapse... but a lot simpler. Besides combat, you'll see a lot that's similar to earlier installments of the saga: a 'realistic' setting that combines a story of revolutions and mercenaries with serious weaponry, tons of enemy soldiers, resource-management, etc. The game's graphics aren't its strong point, but they don't detract from the experience either. The best part of playing isn't seeing your mercenaries kill their enemies, but rather knowing that they're succeeding thanks to your good decisions. Jagged Alliance - Back in Action is a sequel that's well worth your time to play. If you liked the other games in the series, you shouldn't miss out on this update.

Age of Empires Online

Robot Entertainment

Age of Empires Online is the fourth official entry in one of the most famous and successful real time strategy games in the history of video gaming. The main difference from the three previous entries in the series is that this time it's completely free to play. The game includes four different civilizations with their own armies and unique buildings: the Greeks, Egyptians, Persians and Celts. Each of them requires a new way of playing, and dealing with different items. This means that every time you play, the experience is entirely different. One of the most interesting features in Age of Empires Online, is that you can play against both the computer by joining up with friends to play online duels against the computer, or play in a continual world in pure MMO-style . While you can play for free, but if you want to fully enjoy the game, you must buy some special content packages, although these are not strictly necessary to enjoy Age of Empires Online. Graphically, the game is a real joy. The almost cartoon style fits perfectly with the fun gameplay, and what´s more, the graphics are good enough to be perfectly acceptable without requiring a super powerful machine. Age of Empires Online is a title with the potential to provide you with dozens of hours of gameplay. Whether solo, in co-op on, or on a server with lots of other people, you can enjoy its fun gameplay without handing over any of your cash.