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.

Zombies

2 Guys Games

Deads have escaped from their graves and they want to convert all people into Zombies, of course your mission is to finish them all. That is what you will have to do when playing this free game where you will have to show that your intelligence id good enough to pull the brake to the plague of zombies. Zombies is turn-based and you will have three movements per turn to approach the zombies or avoid their attacks. Take advantage of your armory and the ones around the scenery to kill them. Be careful, because if ou do not take care, you will face a dangerous double attack, zombies are more intelligent and fast than what you think. Zombies can be a bit bloody, but you can set the violence level.

Retaliation: Path of War

Xteam Software Solution

Retaliation: Path of War is a turn-based strategy game with mechanics that are very similar to the traditional war board games like risk, where you will have to direct your army against the enemy, which is always controlled by the computer. Retaliation: Path of War works just like a board game would. In fact, you have to throw virtual dice to determine the results of each confrontation, and the game always shows you the results so that you can see them for yourself. Unlike other games from the same genre, Retaliation: Path of War has a simple, thorough tutorial. Once you've finished it, you can start on the individual missions or the game campaign. Even though Retaliation: Path of War is based on a simple idea, there are a lot of different rules and variables that come into play during the game. These elements include the elevation of the terrain where you are fighting, how close certain squares are, and your support or flanks. All of these will be essential when it comes to determining the outcome of your battles. Retaliation: Path of War is a turn-based strategy game with a board game spin, and it has an extensive, fun campaign for players. The only problem with it right now is that it doesn't have a multi-player mode.

Dota 2

Blizzard Entertainment

ReversiFlex

N/A

ReversiFlex is a variant of the classic table game Reversi where we can play n customized tables. The goal of the game is to 'convert' our opponent's counters to our color and finish the game with more counters than him. In this version of the game we can create more complex scenarios, we can add walls or enlarge the table. ReversiFlex allows you to play versus the computer or versus your friend. We have to say that the AI of the program is not too brilliant, so you can win games even being a novice. If you like Reversi, this can be a good choice to play it with some extra ingredients.

Archon Classic

React Games

Archon Classic is an interesting twist to chess, where you control your pieces during 'confrontation'. This means that every time you are going to kill an enemy chess piece, you will have to control it in a real time battle field. The game supports up to four human players simultaneously and allows you to play in three different chessboards. Each team consists of eighteen pieces and each of them possesses a unique ability that can be used during combat. Besides the game mode with other users, Archon Classic includes an arcade version for a single player with more than sixty levels, lasting up to fifteen hours. Archon Classic is a very entertaining game that will definitely appeal to every chess fans.

Savage XR

S2 Games

Savage XR combines game genres as diverse as real-time strategy and first-person action. Initially launched as a commercial title in 2003 by the studio S2 Games, it was published as freeware in 2006, and has since been continually improved up to the current version, which has many upgrades compared to the original at no cost whatsoever. This is a cooperative game focused exclusively on multiplayer mode, where two teams of players must battle each other in massive levels where more than 100 people can participate simultaneously. There are two ways to play that offer completely different gaming experiences: each team has a commander, who will see the action from a distance, constructing buildings and managing resources for the construction of new units, as in a traditional strategy game. The remaining players will see the action in third person, controlling a single character on the battlefield and choosing from several classes, each with different skills. Depending on your commander's actions and your own ability to defeat enemies, you can also improve your equipment and weaponry. Savage XR is incontestably an original project that unifies two completely different genres, adding features from RPGs, such as leveling-up of characters, specialized classes, and even the social interaction that you'd find in an MMORPG.

Muamba Wars - Fight Against Piracy

N/A

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.

Widelands

The Widelands Team

Everything revolves around making roads in Widelands, a real time strategy game based on Settlers. Build efficient roads that optimize the flow of resources through your empire. Food, wood, iron, and gold are some of the materials that will be in transit. Widelands has two game modes: single player and multiplayer (using a local Internet connection). If you don't know how to play, don't worry: Widelands contains several introductory missions to help you learn. Widelands is constantly being developed and currently has two tribes, four different worlds, and basic fighting controls (attack, training, and defend).

Seven Worlds

ORIFINITY

«Семь миров» — это стратегическая пошаговая карточная игра, поддерживающая одиночный режим PVE, а также PVP-сражения с друзьями или случайными игроками. На дан

AlphaChess

Marc-André Lamothe

If you like chess, you should download and play AlphaChess. Although it offers several advanced functionalities it is really intuitive and easy to use. It is good for you whether you want to have fun with a friend or you want to hone your skills playing against the computer. You choose: play a local game (two players and one computer), play an online game or play against the computer's artificial intelligence. You can also access an online game as observer to learn new skills. Finally, we have to stand out that you can customize both the chessboard and pieces by choosing styles from a really large list.

Alien Assault

N/A

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.

Carcassonne

KOCH Media

If you like strategy games such as Risk or Settlers of Catan, you'll love Carcassone. The game is placed in the French town of Carcassonne, full of walls, castles and fileds. Our goal is to conquer most part of the territory and win the more points we can. One of the most remarkable pieces of news in this kind of games is that we will build the board game as we play. Risking on every throw to gain more points and avoiding our adversaries. If you want to have fun and try new games, Carcassonne is a good choice. It is really addictive, once you'll try it, you'll be addicted.

Bonsai Defense

N/A

Bonsai Defense is an unique tower defense game where you play a tree whose objective is to grow peacefully, add branches, and bear fruit without attracting too much attention from potential enemies. Enemies can appear in many different shapes and forms, but they always want the same thing: to feed off you and infect you. Your goal is to defend yourself with your fruits, being able to change their properties as you wish. For example, you can make fruit that gives you more juice (your vital life energy) or fruit that explodes and kills your enemies. You have to decide which fruits to make and where to place them. Your survival depends on this. The goal of the game is to survive. Although there are several different types of levels and difficulties, your goal is primarily to adapt and survive against all threats. Bonsai Defense is a strategy game with an original gameplay and beautiful graphics. Plus, it has tons of game modes to keep you entertained for hours on end.

Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries

Enlight Software

Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries is a real-time strategy game principally focused on combat where the players can select one of the seven available cultures to participate in a war of epic scale: facing off are the Japanese, Chinese, Mayans, Persians, Vikings, Greeks, and Normans. Unlike many other real-time strategy games, Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries doesn't place undue emphasis on resource management, minimizing much of this very workaday segment. In its place, all sights are trained on combat, where the game really shines – when dozens of units are clashing simultaneously on the screen. That said, it's not all war in Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries, since you can also initiate various diplomatic gambits with other cultures, such as making goodwill treaties, buying and selling food, exchanging technology, or even forming alliances to battle other, more powerful enemies. The possibilities are quite broad. Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries is an excellent strategy game that in spite of having been commercially released at the end of the nineties became free and open-source in the year 2009.

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.

HearthStone

Blizzard Entertainment Inc.

HearthStone is a collectable card game where you can face off against opponents from all over the world in exciting card battles where strategy and planning are the key to victory. The playing system in HearthStone is similar to other titles of the genre, like Magic: The Gathering. You receive an additional mana point each turn, which allows you to play more cards. You can call on creatures to attack your opponents, cast powerful spells, and combine all of your abilities to perform powerful moves that will finish off your enemy and all of their health points. You can play in individual duels over the Internet, or try your hand against the computer - but maybe the most interesting playing mode is the Arena, where you are assigned a random deck of cards and must try to survive the greatest number of duels using just that. The most important part of HearthStone may be the battles against other players, but it's not the only part of the game. Collecting the cards themselves is also very important, and you can even buy packs of cards to add to your deck. To get the money needed to buy more cards, you need to win your battles... or pull out your wallet and pay with real money. HearthStone is an outstanding collectable card game - maybe the best of its genre. In fact, the only problem it has is that it's so good, it will eat up all of your free time. Trust me, I'm speaking from experience.

Zero-K

Zero-K Team

Zero-K is an open source, free real time strategy game originally based on Total Annihilation (and its spiritual successor Supreme Commander) that branched out little by little until it became the real time strategy standard that it is today. Most confrontations in Zero-K will last for about a half-hour, with your objective being to finish off the rest of the bands out there (both human and artificial intelligence) so that you have total control of the map. You'll start each game with just one unit: the commander. From there, you'll need to collect resources (metal and energy) so that you can construct a series of factories to build all kinds of new units. There are more than fifty types in all, with land robots, ships, airplanes, and more. Zero-K includes various playing modes. There's the typical melee mode where you'll face off against other users over the Internet, as well as 'Chikens' mode, and the persistent world of 'Planet Wars'. Both are great and get you a lot of extra mileage out of the game. Zero-K is one of the best games out there in terms of real time strategy. Not only is the game totally free, but there are almost always players connected, so you won't have any trouble finding games to play.

Project Invincible

Project Invincible

Project Invincible is an open source chess game that allows you to test your skill against a friend or its own powerful AI. With 3D graphics, the perspective of which you can change using your keyboard, and controls just as easy as playing in real life, the only challenge with this program will be your opponent. You can adjust the program's artificial intelligence to be weaker so that players with little experience can practice without getting too frustrated. It's an excellent way to train and improve your game.

Wargames

N/A

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.

Battleships Forever

Wyrdysm Games

Battleships Forever is a realtime strategy game where you'll control a fleet of spaceships fighting against never-ending waves of enemy fighters. You can choose from more than a dozen different models of spaceships at the beginning of each battle. Ships will shoot automatically during combat, but you will have to guide them manually and establish attack formations. In addition to the traditional skirmish mode, Battleships Forever includes a story mode where you will need to complete missions with various objectives. Of course, as you progress through the adventure, how you set up and control your spaceships will become more and more important. Battleships Forever is a fun spaceship game that may remind you of the excellent Gratuitous Space Battles in many aspects, including visually.

Project FPTD

N/A

Project FPTD is a first person tower defense game in which the players have to make sure that different waves of mutant animals don't escape your attacks. To do so, not only will you have to place different types of towers in their path, but also use your machine gun. The players can build different types of towers. Giant machine guns, bombers, flame throwers, and others will help you keep the animals in line. However, in order to construct them you will have to spend the money that you get killing those very mutant animals. As often is the case in tower defense games, your enemies will come in waves. At first, there will be simple waves of mutant pigs or cows, but it won't take long to see how they create defensive shields or work together to make things more difficult. Even though Project FPTD players can control one of the turrets directly, you can also move freely around the map, shooting your machine gun at all of your enemies. Project FPTD is a good combination of the FPS and Tower Defense genres, which offers a crazy approach and a very fun gameplay. In addition, it has great graphics.

Lembitu

N/A

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.

Hegemony: Philip of Macedon

Longbow Games

Hegemony: Philip of Macedon is a real-time strategy game in which you have to lead the army of Philip II, King of Macedon and father of Alexander the Great. The battles are fought in real time, so you'll have to command your troops strategically if you want to defeat all the enemies you encounter as you play. Although in-combat decisions are the most important part of the game, you also have to manage resources and plan strategies beyond these battles. For instance, you can burn your enemies' fields so their soldiers starve to death, or use the sea to your advantage. Hegemony: Philip of Macedon is an entertaining strategy game. Interestingly, it was developed by a small team of only five people.

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.

UFO Alien Invasion

UFO Alien Invasion Team

It is year 2084 and aliens have given signals of life for fist time and their intentions are not good. UFO Alien Invasion is an Sci-Fi game where strategy is fundamental to beat the alien menace and where you will fight in turns. Yes, you have heard this name other times, it is based on the old X-Com sage. UFO Alien Invasion is divided into two main game modes: geoscape and tactical. The first one allows you to stock your bases with troops and armory; investigate new technologies and manage the money and accounts. In the second, you will go into action and fight versus the enemy in several scenarios full of aliens. Your goal, of course, is to win the battle, but you have to be a good strategist and admin the material and economic resources in this difficult battle.

Stronghold Kingdoms

FireFly Studios

Stronghold Kingdom is a resource management and strategy game where you will build a castle and its medieval city, govern according to your principles, and build relations with the rest of the feudal lords - whatever those relations may be. Stronghold Kingdoms is the first exclusively multiplayer game from the real-time strategy franchise Stronghold, so you can expect it to share some features with the rest of the games in the saga. For example, although you will need to manage your town and castle, it will also be very important to have a good garrison of warriors, as you'll need them more often than not. Sometimes you'll have to stop enemy attacks, and if you've planned well then you can use your castle's natural defenses. Other times, you'll be the one on the attack, and that's your chance to show off your military might. Another important part of the game deals with how you plan out the development of your village. You'll need to build all of the important buildings while keeping in mind how the future may play out, so you don't end up regretting any of your early decisions. Stronghold Kingdoms involves a unique element in the form of action cards. With these cards you can carry out some special moves that will give you an advantage during the game. Of course, you'll need to buy the cards - though the game is free, Stronghold Kingdom does include a complex system of optional in-game purchases. Stronghold Kingdoms is a massive strategy game that perfectly combines small doses of social gaming with solid real-time strategy.

Starcraft

Blizzard Entertainment Inc.

Starcraft is a video game that marked a generation. Launched by Blizzard Entertainment in 1998, it consecrated its field after the enormous success garnered by the sagas Warcraft and Diablo, released only a few years before. With the launch of the remastered version, the original title and its Broodwars expansion are now available for free. A real-time futuristic cut strategy game in which three factions, Terran, Zerg and Protoss face each other, throughout each individual campaign you'll participate in three chapters starring the different races through a story that tells the tale of the events that take place. This is a recurring classic at all levels in terms of the RTS genre, so you take control of your units, collect resources from each stage, build new buildings and train more units to take out rival bases. In addition to story mode, you can also participate in online multiplayer games, but in order to do so you'll have to register on Blizzard's BattleNet platform. In fact, Starcraft remains one of the top eSports in many Asian countries, an unmistakable mark of a legendary game, not only in terms of studio craftsmanship, but also in terms of the history of video games.

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Gunswords

One Button Studio

Gunswords is a turn-based strategy game where you face other players in intense PvP battles in a futuristic new sport called Gunswords. Whoever has the best strategy will win. You can choose from three different character classes: swordsmen, gunmen, and wizards. As you'd expect, each has advantages over the others. Swordsmen, for example, are unbeatable in hand-to-hand combat, while gunmen are the best choice for attacking from a distance. Wizards, on the other hand, are ideal as support units. When preparing for a battle, you can equip your troops with more than 15 different types of weapons, including swords, guns, giant hammers, assault rifles, chainsaws, sniper rifles, etc. – not to mention the various special skills and the wizards' spells, both offensive and defensive. Each weapon has up to 10 improvements that let you customize it and make it increasingly deadly. With some weapons, you can even do special moves to knock back your enemies. Gunswords is a fun turn-based strategy game. Behind its great visuals is a great gameplay that's sure to delight fans of this genre. If you like the combat system in games like Heroes of Might and Magic, this one is definitely worth your time.