War

It’s chess, but longer. Play up to 99 simultaneous boards at once, throw four armies into a chaotic skirmish, add a fifth for good measure, or take the battle into 3D with six-way Cube Chess. Classic rules, pushed to a ridiculous scale.

Lead a militia through a realm in turmoil. Build your settlement, manage resources, recruit troops, and defend your people when night falls. This single-player game combines settlement management with real-time strategy combat.

Lead heroes and soldiers to reclaim their homelands in a tactical RPG blending army management with hex-based battles. Use support and encirclement to seize victory, and follow ten young heirs on their journey to become the heroes of an ancient age.

Command United Nations or Communist forces in the first major conflict of the Cold War. Fight across a vast, highly detailed map of Korea, master new units and mechanics, and reshape the course of the war from the Pusan Perimeter to the Chosin Reservoir and beyond.

A fast-paced roguelite card battler where you raid villages. Deploy your army, cast wild spells and build the perfect deck to crush every kingdom in your path.

This is a turn-based strategy game built around resource management, leader progression, exploration and territorial competition. Lead an goblin faction across a hex-based map, develop your territory, organize your forces and compete with other rulers for wealth, influence and room to grow.

A round castle town: the keep at its centre, four seasonal wards around it, one rampart, four gates. You hold one ward; the rest lie under darkness until you last long enough. Four tower schools, eight fusion towers, free-form mazes, 1-4 player online co-op.

Build by day. Hold the line by night. Shape an auto-battling army with branching classes, randomized equipment and powerful relics in this pixel-art roguelite defense game. Survive 28 nights on each expedition, and turn defeat into permanent progress.

Sad Damn is hiding. Use your fortress to blast your way to him. Tear through his generals' defenses, get better weapons, and try not to get blown up first.

Fronts of Steel is a pausable real-time operational wargame on WWII's Eastern Front. Draw battle plans on a staff map and command divisions to break enemy lines, cut supply routes and close encirclements. Exploit terrain, keep troops supplied and choose when to advance or withdraw.

A turn-based tactics roguelike where your aircraft can never stop moving. Fly straight to gain momentum, spend it on devastating attacks, and keep your armoured train alive deep in machine-held territory. Every enemy shows its next strike, can you find the perfect attack run?

Other strategy games hand you a 280-page manual. OVERREACH 2126 hands you one page — then 1–6 of you fight for the world on one screen. Grimdark hotseat strategy: recruit, dig in, counter-attack. One evening. One game. One winner.