Sherwood Smackdown

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Sherwood Smackdown is a turn based strategy game in which players can take part in a series of battles set in a fantasy world where problems are solved using magic, and the blade of a sword. At the beginning of the game you'll have to choose between one of the two opposing sides: the good guys and the bad guys. In the first group you'll find a noble knight, an old magician, and a healer girl; while the other side has a dark warrior, a dark sorcerer, and a jester. Combat is turn-based and set on a scenario that is divided into squares. Each character can use a certain number of action points which can be split between his movements and attacks. For example, you could make a character not move and invoke three spells instead, or just make him move a lot. Before every battle you'll have to enlist the units you want to participate in it. You can choose if you want to take more knights than magicians, or more healers, etc. It’s all up to you. Sherwood Smackdown is a fun turn based strategy game with colorful graphics and a rather simple gameplay which will be very much appreciated by fans of the genre who are looking for something light to pass the time with.

Muamba Wars - Fight Against Piracy

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Muamba Wars - Fight Against Piracy is a game focused on the concept of muambeiros, which are smugglers who try to cross the border between Brazil and Paraguay to sell their smuggled merchandise. The gameplay is the typical of tower defense games. You control the forces of order in Brazil, and try to stop smugglers from coming in, managing different units that you can deploy to defend your position. The available units are not that varied. There are policemen, special agents, and the military, who all shoot the same rubber bullets, just at different speeds. The more expensive the unit, the faster it shoots. Besides these three basic defensive units, you can also acquire barricades, which slow down the movement of enemy units; giant bombs, which scare away the smugglers; and even new columns to deploy more units. Muamba Wars - Fight Against Piracy is a pretty basic tower defense game, in which some more types of units are lacking, as well as some additional objective. As it is now, you just have to repel hordes of enemies without stopping.

Reprisal

Feral Interactive

Reprisal is a real-time strategy game that pays homage to certain aspects of the brilliant Populous by Peter Molyneux. In it, you'll have to lead your tribe of little pixelated people to victory. As you probably guessed, this means that other little tribes will have to perish. The way you control your tribe is through indirect orders. You can command various actions, but your tribe will ultimately do whatever they want. For example, you can order your citizens to be hostile so that they'll attack the other tribes they come across ... but you can't tell them to attack a specific enemy. Besides the different orders you can give, you can also alter the territory, creating forests, mountains, or bridges to connect different points on the map. Visually Reprisal is a lovely game, and everything is very carefully designed. If you love pixel art, this game is great eye candy. Reprisal is a fun strategy game. Behind its simple interface and relatively limited options is a wealth of complexity waiting to be discovered.

Deadbuild

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Deadbuild is a game that includes various elements normally found in realtime strategy with a 'tower defense' game, all of which is then mixed up with zombies. A typical tower defense game involves creating units and towers to stop enemies from arriving and attacking your base. In Deadbuild, however, this is just one part of the game. During the day, your mission is to use your hero and the different units you create to find resources and improve the landscape to your advantage. Later, when night falls, the zombies arrive. That's when you need to do your best to fend off their attack. And, to make things even more complicated, some of the special zombies don't come by the normal route - they take a shortcut. Deadbuild has an extensive campaign mode that allows you to choose between three different characters and follow an established storyline. It also includes battle mode, which you can play to instantly enjoy the tower defense aspect of the game. Deadbuild is a different tower defense, and an original and fun game despite its mediocre graphics.

Dungeon Door

The Dynamic Gorilla Team

Dungeon Door is a turn-based strategy game where you control a group of anthropomorphic adventurers: a panda warrior, a rabbit archer, a hedgehog wizard, and an otter thief. They are trying to steal treasure from a dungeon, fighting all the enemy creatures they meet inside. The combat system is turn-based and very similar to other games like Final Fantasy Tactics and Disgaea. Each character has its own abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. The warrior, for example, can block attacks to minimize damage. The wizard, on the other hand, can teleport from one place to another and cast harmful spells from a distance. The game has a fairly simple story with a very short plot, but it makes up for this with detailed graphics that show off the modeling and drawing of each character. Dungeon Door is a fun role-playing and strategy game that fans of SRPG will especially enjoy, given that there aren't too many options like this for PCs.

Gaia Dreams

Gaia Dream Creation

Gaia Dreams is a god game in which players have total power over a primordial world and must create their own ecosystem. At the beginning of the game, the world is just earth and water, which you can change to be however you want. Once you have the kind of world you want, you can start creating life, for which you'll have a ton of options. To start, you can form little water droplets that will create swamps. Once you have water, you can create fish as well as little crabs that clean up the sea floor. Here is when you'll start earning points. The main objective in Gaia Dreams's is to create a sustainable ecosystem in which everything can live together in harmony. This sounds easy at first, but it will be harder than you think.

Alien Assault

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Alien Assault is a turn-based strategy game played in an overhead view. In it, players lead different squads of space marines in their fight against a relentlessly murderous alien race. The battles almost always take place inside spacecraft or other enclosed spaces filled with corridors and small rooms. These conditions are ideal for the aliens, who – despite their use of guns – are particularly lethal in hand-to-hand fighting. Luckily, the space marines have attributes that the aliens do not: discipline and sacrifice. The key to victory generally lies in the correct use of your units, including the willingness to sacrifice some of your men when necessary. You find several different types of unit in Alien Assault, each with its own unique advantages and disadvantages. Marines armed with flamethrowers, for example, are ideal for clearing out alien-infested rooms from a distance. On the other hand, units with power hammers may slow the advance of an enemy force in a narrow hallway. Alien Assault has five different campaigns with more than a dozen missions in each one. It also comes with tons of configuration options to leave the game exactly the way you want it. Alien Assault is an outstanding turn-based strategy game. Cleverly inspired by the legendary board game Space Hulk, it creates an almost-perfect gaming experience that fans of the genre will love.

Lix

Simon Lix

Lix is a strategy and puzzle game that features a gameplay that is identical to that of Lemmings, the classic game from the early nineties. You have to guide a group of little people from one point to the next, making them perform different tasks. You can assign them different tasks depending on the level you’re in at the time: they can dig a tunnel through the setting, jump, build bridges, use baseball bats to attack enemy Lix, etc. Lix can be played in single player mode with the goal of getting all your people to their destination, but it can also be played in multiplayer mode through the Internet or using a LAN network. If you play this mode, besides safeguarding your own Lix, you'll also have to exterminate those of your opponent. Lix is a very fun combination of strategy and puzzle, and it keeps all the magic from the original Lemmings while adding a competitive multiplayer element that works perfectly within the game.

Wargame Project

Dark Ambassador Studios

Wargame Project is a turn-based strategy game set in an original fantasy world, where players take charge of armies and wage war against their enemies. The game features a single player campaign in which you can control different factions. Each of these factions has its own troops, so you'll have to learn how to make the most of your warriors, archers, knights, etc . The gameplay is very simple: in each turn you get a set number moves to move your troops around the map. You can do all sorts on the map, from interacting with other characters or creatures, to attacking forts. Where Wargame Project sets itself apart is in its combat system. When you go into battle with your enemies, the battles will be resolved automatically just by calculating the value of your troops, so you don´t have to do a thing. Wargame Project is a pretty standard turn-based strategy game, which besides having an interesting and entertaining campaign mode, also comes with a multiplayer mode using the classic 'hotseat' system, made popular by other titles such as Heroes of Might and Magic.

Royal Defence

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Royal Defense is a traditionally-styled tower defense game in which you need to use different types of towers to defend your castle from attacking hordes of supernatural creatures. These creatures, which include werewolves, orcs, and trolls, always follow the same path, so your objective is to build your defensive towers along that route to try to destroy them before they reach your castle. You'll be able to construct any of more than a dozen different types of towers, which you can then upgrade with the money that you earn from killing monsters. Royal Defense includes two campaigns with different settings, each with twenty missions. If that weren't enough, you also have three levels of difficulty to choose from. Royal Defense is an entertaining real time strategy game with polished graphics - and did we mention it's free? It's an excellent tower defense game for all ages.

Dungeon Colony

Sebastian Wolfram

Dungeon Colony is a strategy game in real time where you take on the role of the Dungeon Lord, who has to try to explore the nearby caverns with the help of his loyal minions and, over all, save his dungeon from destruction. The game mechanics are relatively similar to those of Dungeon Keeper. The only difference is that, instead of controlling an omnipresent being, you can only control your demonic lord directly. Other than that, it's quite similar: your troops can carry out tasks such as setting traps, mining resources or attacking enemies, and they will receive a wage for doing so. You, on the other hand, can create all kinds of elements, as long as you use the appropriate materials and diagrams to do so. You can create things that range from torches to traps, including doors or shelves of books to teach your creatures. Dungeon Colony is an excellent strategy game with complex and very fun mechanics, as well as very nice graphics. In the end, it's like a modern version of Dungeon Keeper with some extra splashes of action.

Wargames

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Wargames is a real-time strategy game where you build silos to launch nuclear missiles, bomb shelters to protect yourself, and roads to link to other sites. In fact, building these three things on the map is practically all you can do – and meanwhile you'll have constant pressure from your rivals, located on the other side of the world with the same resources and skills. Your aim, of course, is to try to save your own population and kill the enemy. That simple. The interface is distraction-free: you just see your resources and the option to attack your enemy. Wargames is a very simple real-time strategy game with a simple interface and control system (it only has three buttons) that will make you feel like you're living in a nuclear apocalypse.

Warcraft Remake

Blizzard Entertainment

Warcraft Remake is, as its name indicates, a remake of the first Warcraft by Blizzard, developed with its own engine, the Lion Engine, which allows the game to work well on both full screen, on a window, and even on a browser. Gameplay is identical to the original: you have to erect buildings, obtain resources, train units and, of course, use all of your resources to finish off your enemies. The game uses exactly the same graphics and sounds as the original Blizzard game; so fans of Warcraft will feel right at home as soon as they start playing Warcraft Remake. Warcraft Remake only allows single players games in which you can set up which side you want to begin the game with (humans or orcs), the side you want to play against, the type of map, and if the map starts off completely visible or not. Because it is a game that is currently in development, Warcraft Remake, only has two different dueling scenes. On these scenes you can try to beat the artifice intelligence by being quicker and more intelligent than it is. Warcraft Remake is a real-time strategy game in which players must try to defeat their enemies in the never-ending battle between humans and orcs.

Knights of War

Vedran Drazeta

Knights of War is a turn-based strategy game in which you control one of the provinces of England, from which you will try to unite the whole island. Starting from just your own province, you will need to conquer neutral lands through the art of war, as well as confront other feudal lords while giving diplomacy a shot. Of course, there's nothing like a good battle to get any rival to raise the white flag. When you configure the game, you'll have the chance to choose the difficulty level for each of your rival lords. In fact, you can even assign other human players to the roles, and play the game with up to two other friends. When you are on the map of England screen, you can construct buildings in your province, recruit troops, trade for resources, or negotiate with other provinces. Once you're on the battle field, however, you'll be controlling your units directly. Knights of War is a turn-based strategy game with very simple graphics but complex and addictive gameplay. It's an excellent title for fans of the genre.

Lembitu

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Lembitu is a turn-based strategy game where you play a historical character named Lembitu. In this game, it is your responsibility to unite the territories and provinces of Estonia, which are occupied by German troops. Each turn, you can construct different buildings in the provinces, such as blacksmiths, farms, houses, mills, and so on. Each of these buildings will give you resources or access to new units and equipment. Each turn, you can also move your units around the map, send spies into enemy territory to do reconnaissance, and launch attacks. The attacks can be designed to conquer territories or just loot them for resources. During combat, you don't control anything. Instead, the game decides the winner depending on each side's units. The combat system is very similar to that of the brilliant King of Dragon Pass. Lembitu is a great turn-based strategy game, and despite having a kind of strange setting (13th-century Estonia), it offers an outstanding gaming experience.

Conquests

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Conquests is a turn-based strategy game along the same lines as Civilization; in it, players will put themselves at the helm of one of ten available civilizations and lead it towards world conquest...or at least to survive over the course of the centuries. Gameplay is almost identical to other similar games, such as FreeCiv or C-Evo, both also available on Uptodown. Basically, players have to build cities and manage them while taking into account factors such as population, labor, money, etc. Once a city is founded, you have to build different types of buildings or recruit units in order to continue improving. You will also need to build military units to defend your civilization from attacks from your rivals; or, if you deem necessary, to attack other civilizations with your units. You can thus occupy their cities and keep their resources. An average game on Conquests can last about ten hours, but they'll be ten hours of pure strategy in which you must take all elements from your civilization into account to make the most of them. Conquests is a truly fascinating 4X real time strategy game which will especially appeal to fans of the Civilization saga.

Twigs

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Twigs is a real-time strategy game where you play a pair of beavers whose goal is simply to survive, as unfortunately when night falls, wolves and bears from the woods will come out and try to eat them. Your aim is to collect wood during the day and build up your defenses. You can give commands to each of the beavers separately, so one of them can cut trees to get wood, while the other builds barricades so the wolves can't attack them. The gameplay is relatively similar to a tower defense, since you have to hold your position while you build your defenses. And if you build one defensive barrier on top of another one, you can upgrade it so it becomes more resistant to enemy attack. Twigs is a really nice strategy game with really fun graphics. The whole idea of the game is so crazy that you'll find yourself smiling at the sight of your two beavers trying not to be devoured by wolves.

Micronations

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Micronations is a 3D strategy and management game where players have to build their own city starting basically from scratch. You start with nothing more than a house, and on it you'll have to expand your domain. Players have dozens of elements available for expanding their city. The first and most basic are highways, of which you'll have different types depending on where you want to construct them. Once you've created a good network of roads you can start raising all types of buildings: different kinds of housing, leisure venues, shopping malls, farms, and offices buildings. You can build all these buildings and elements with just a click of the mouse. And maybe this is Micronations' main problem: that building anything new is no harder than clicking on a free space on the map. Micronations is a very entertaining real-time management game that also includes very solid 3D graphics. Its main problem is that it doesn't have well-defined playability, meaning there are no objectives for winning... nor any possibility of losing.

Rum Isle

Panic Art Studios

Rum Isle is a real-time strategy game in which players will have to control a group of pirates, gather resources, erect different buildings, and of course fight against other pirates, both at sea and on land. The first step in Rum Isle, just as in any strategy game, is to gather resources. Your main resources will be bananas, which are necessary to recruit more pirates, gold, which is useful for many things, and wood, which is indispensable for constructing buildings. Of course, later on you will be able to gather many other types of resources, such as stones and metals. During the strategy phase of Rum Isle, players will have to get ahold of resources and erect different buildings. Towers will be used to defend your town, sawmills can be used to make wooden planks from wood. In addition, from time to time, you will have to participate in sea battles that will be carried out in a manner very similar to that of the classic board game Battleship. You will have to take turns trying to sink the enemies' ships, without knowing where, exactly, they are. Rum Isle is a fun real-time strategy game that is relatively deep, with enchanting graphics. The best part? It's absolutely free.

Open Imperium Galactica

Open IG Development Team

Open Imperium Galactica (Open-IG) is an open source reimplementation of the classic Digital Reality game Imperium Galactica, one of the most popular 4X strategy games of the 90s. The project automatically downloads all of the files that it needs to run, which means that you don't have to have the original game in order to play this one. Like in all games of its genre, your objective in Open Imperium Galactica is to expand your civilization, exploit all resources within reach, explore the universe, and of course exterminate enemies of your civilization... of which there are many. Keeping track of all the elements at play in Open Imperium Galactica is hard work. The game has dozens of different menus that you need to navigate to manage the different aspects of your empire. Everything from the small details of your different intergalactic colonies to command of your army is in your hands. You will play a one player campaign in Open Imperium Galactica, where you will control your civilization while facing off against other species and civilizations that you will find in all corners of the galaxy. Open Imperium Galactica is a real time 4X strategy game. Although its graphics are a bit old-fashioned, it provides you with a playing experience that is deeper and more complex than that of the majority of current strategy games.

CaesarIA

dalerank

CaesarIA is a real time strategy game in which players build a Roman city from scratch and then go on to lead an empire to glory by fighting against barbarians, Egyptians and Carthaginians. Players start the game with nothing but the ability to build; and build you must. Building houses allows you to attract citizens, but in order to keep them happy (and alive) you need to create different types of buildings: guard posts, wells, amphitheaters, temples, and much more. You must build a true Roman metropolis if you want to survive. On CaesarIA you must remember to take into account several different key areas of your city. Houses for your citizens to live in are very important, but water and highways, for example, are also essential. That's why you'll have to build roads and aqueducts that connect your city’s most important points. During combat on CaesarIA you won’t give your soldiers orders directly; instead, you'll point to where you want your troops to go and they will, depending on their discipline, enter combat or do something else. CaesarIA is a free and open source remake of Caesar III that offers great gameplay and amazing graphics from the nineties which, even today, are still very nice.

GearCity

Visual Entertainment and Technologies, LLC

GearCity is a strategy and management game where you will have to lead your own automobile company, controlling all the different parts of the assembly line that produces your vehicles. At the beginning of a GearCity game, you have to choose a number of very important starting factors. First, you have to choose the city where you will start your business adventure. You can choose to be in any of the five continents and in dozen of different countries. Once you have chosen where you want to start, you need a name for your businessman and, more importantly, a name and a logo for your company. Once you have chosen them, you can sit in your office and start directing the company. In GearCity you will have to control a number of different factors, ranging from establishing factories and assembly lines in different parts of the world to designing the very vehicles that you will be selling. From the very beginning, you must be clear about what your 'target' is so that you can adjust your prices and, above all, not lose out to the competition, which will always be fierce. GearCity is a very full-featured strategy game that actually has so many different possibilities that you might feel overwhelmed. However, if you have a little bit of patience and review the tutorial, you will be able to create an automobile company that is successful all around the world.

Imperia

pirobase

Imperia is a turn-based strategy game that, despite its place in the 4X subgenre (alongside Civilization, Master of Magic, Age of Wonders), makes sure to add an additional X, and in doing so, becomes the first-ever 5X. The '4X' refers to 'eXploring, eXpanding, eXploiting, and eXterminating,' to which Imperia adds 'eXisting.' Why? Well, in Imperia players assume the role of a young intergalactic emperor who not only carries the full weight of humanity on his shoulders but also must deal with some personal issues of his own. Usually in this genre it's the player who controls a omniscient being who can do virtually anything. In Imperia, however, your main character has a limited number of administration points that he'll need to use wisely. Misdirecting your empire will not just destroy it, but might also mean that your character gets assassinated. Political machinations aside, Imperia players will have to manage entire planets. Their inhabitants' wellbeing, technology, agriculture, and culture... all of this depends on the decisions you make. Imperia is a turn-based strategy game with huge potential, and despite having somewhat crude graphics, it has an original concept that really brings something new to the table.

Heroes of the Storm

Blizzard Entertainment

Heroes of the Storm is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) where you can play some of the characters from the enormous Blizzard universe, including games like World of Warcraft, Diablo, and Starcraft. In Heroes of the Storm you'll find characters like Tychus, Kerrigan, Raynor, Kael'Thas, Thrall, Muradin, Tyrael, Azmodan, and even Diablo himself. In total there are more than 35 characters from some of the best video games in history organized into four different classes: warriors, assassins, support, and specialists. Gameplay in Heroes of the Storm will be familiar to anyone who's played LOL or DOTA 2: several players fight in teams on the Internet, in duels of normally no longer than 15 minutes. The key to victory in these battles is not so much individual strength, but the ability to work in teams. Synergy between team members is crucial to achieve victory. The settings in Heroes of the Storm also play an important role in the game. You can find allied towns that will help your team, as well as mercenary towns that offer their swords to the most astute player. Each setting, in fact, has unique events that make it a completely different experience from the rest. Heroes of the Storm is a Blizzard game, and that says it all. It will have strong competition, considering that is so similar to League of Legends and DOTA 2, but if there's a company that can do it, it's Blizzard.

Legends of Honor

Goodgame Studios

Legends of Honor is a medieval game where you play the lord of a feudal castle ravaged by war. At a time when different battles have left the entire known world in ruins, you have to recover quickly if you want to defend your kingdom from your neighbors' attacks. The gameplay is pretty simple, and a tutorial guides you through the beginning of the game so you can start developing your strategy right away. You begin with a few resources to invest in buildings that let you extract more resources and gain some stability. Nonetheless, if you can't develop a strategy to extract more resources, you must create an army to sack your enemies and get what you need. Apart from planning your strategy, you can make alliances to help you move forward in your conquest by joining forces with other kingdoms. Developing your own strategy implies going into the woods, hills, and plains to take full advantage of them and adapt your strategy to your needs.

SSuite Tetris 2D

Van Loo Software™

SSuite Tetris 2D is a revamped version of the classic arcade game from 1984, Tetris. Retro and arcade game fans can relive the good old times they had with Tetris in this mobile version which can also be played without being installed. Open the program and start to collect points by getting rid of lines to reach the top of the scoreboard with SSuite Tetris 2D, a version which manages to perfectly capture the emotions produced by the original game in its day. SSuite Tetris 2D has more than 20 levels of difficulty which you can adjust using a combination of two parameters: 'speed of blocks' and 'player skill,' in order to create an experience which is completely customized and adapted to your personal preferences. Have as much fun as you did in the 80's with SSuite Tetris 2D, a game which is still incredibly entertaining despite the passing of the years.

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Ihar Hubchyk

Dune II - The Maker

Stefan Hendriks

Dune II - The Maker is an open-source remake of Dune 2, one of the fathers of modern real-time strategy games. The original title came out back in 1992 for MS-DOS, so not only does it have serious compatibility problems on modern computers, but as usual, the native resolution of the game is very, very low. This remake will allow you to solve all that and much more instantly. Running Dune II - The Maker is as simple as unzipping the zipped file to any folder and double-clicking on the executable. Thus, without the need for installation, you can play on full screen with the native resolution you have set. You will not need anything else. Everything you need to enjoy the game is already inside the download. In Dune II - The Maker, you will have two different game modes at your disposal. On the one hand, in the campaign mode, you will have to complete the various missions that comprise the game's main adventure and follow (more or less) the book's story. On the other hand, you find the skirmish mode, where you can choose one of the many settings available and face the AI. Dune II - The Maker is a great way to enjoy one of the great real-time strategy games. Thanks to this version, you will not have any compatibility or resolution problems, or anything like that. Playing it will be as simple as unzipping and clicking.

Commander Wars

Robosturm

Commander Wars is an open source turn-based strategy game that tries to translate the experience of playing the legendary Advance Wars saga to computers with Windows. And it achieves its goal with flying colors. This game features gameplay that's practically identical to the gameplay that made the Intelligent Systems saga so popular. You'll find tons of options when you create a new game. Creating a new scenario includes many variables, from randomizing the terrain's layout to choosing the number of opponents controlled by the AI that you'll fight against. So you can play either a 1v1 duel against the AI or a battle against four generals, each of which is represented by a different color. If you've ever played a game in the Advance Wars saga, gameplay in Commander Wars will be familiar to you. Your objective at the beginning of each game is always the same: capture the closest buildings, which will provide you with resources. With these resources, you can recruit more and more troops, which you can use to capture more land while also attacking your enemies. The battles between units also follow the same structure as Advance Wars. The success or failure of your attacks depends on several factors, including the position of your units (for example, if they're on higher ground, they'll be more effective) and their type (for example, mortars are especially effective against tanks). If you can keep all this in mind, you'll improve your chances of winning. Commander Wars is an excellent adaptation of one of the most beloved turn-based strategy sagas. The game is free and open source, supports mods, and features beautiful and colorful graphics which are openly inspired by the saga.