StrategyBest Strategy Games of 2017, page 15
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StrategyAya's Journey
Boogygames StudiosFor:Players who enjoy dark puzzle-platforming adventures with environmental hazardsSkip if:Players seeking combat systems, character progression, or role-playing mechanics
StrategyMultishop Tycoon Deluxe
Maulidan GamesFor:Tycoon fans who want a food-business settingSkip if:Players looking for a complex or highly detailed business simulator
StrategyTanks vs Aliens
K Bros GamesFor:Strategy players who want tank-focused base defenseSkip if:Players seeking a large-scale strategy game with extensive battlefield management may find the 30-level tank-focused structure limited.
StrategyWarpaint
LADDERFor:Chess players who want turns built around movement, captures, and siege weaponsSkip if:Players looking for a large roster of unit types may find the battlefield limited to three kinds of dwarves and catapults.
StrategyYeah Jam Fury: U, Me, Everybody!
McLeodGamingFor:Puzzle-platform fans who want fast character switching and physics-based movementSkip if:Players seeking combat-focused progression, role-playing systems, or a story-driven campaign
StrategyCastle Defender
Mihai MorosanuFor:Arcade-strategy players who want fast-paced castle defenseSkip if:Players seeking slower, more deliberate strategy rather than fast-paced defense
StrategyPeninsular War Battles
Hunted Cow GamesFor:Napoleonic War enthusiasts who want campaigns from British, French, or Spanish viewpointsSkip if:Players seeking a compact game will encounter six campaign groupings and 40 missions
StrategyMegaton: Total Destruction
TotalDistractionFor:Players who enjoy artillery games centered on demolishing urban environmentsSkip if:Players seeking a campaign driven by characters, story, or conventional combat objectives
StrategyBACK TO THE EGG! Tower Defense
JaudaLabsFor:Tower-defense fans who want action-RPG combat alongside defensive buildingSkip if:Players seeking a finished, fixed-scope game may bounce off the early-development state and planned expansion
StrategyClad in Iron: Philippines 1898
Strategy FirstFor:Players of naval strategy games who want campaign management and tactical battlesSkip if:Players seeking a single time scale may not enjoy the split between turn-based planning and real-time battles
StrategyPuzzle Tactics
Robert AlvarezFor:Players who enjoy turn-based, grid-based tactics in small levelsSkip if:Players seeking large-scale battles rather than small-level encounters
StrategyStrategic Command Classic: WWI
Matrix GamesFor:World War I enthusiasts who want campaigns across several historical theatersSkip if:Players seeking small-scale tactical battles may find the grand-strategy scope too broad
StrategySentinels
MindWalker GamesFor:Tower defense fans who want direct shooting alongside automated defensesSkip if:Players seeking a story-led campaign rather than repeated combat encounters
StrategyNorthern Regime
Axel AndersonFor:Survival-game players who want hunger, water, energy, and cold to govern explorationSkip if:Players seeking a polished, content-complete survival game may hit the wall at the Early Access bugs and reduced content
StrategyViking Saga: Epic Adventure
QumaronFor:Players who enjoy resource management and want building and ship tasks within a level-based adventure.Skip if:Players seeking an open-ended management simulation may find the fixed 44-level quest structure limiting.
StrategyThe Astonishing Game
Turbo Tape GamesFor:Dream Theater fans who want an interactive version of The AstonishingSkip if:Players seeking lethal combat, large-scale warfare or direct unit control
StrategyYesterday
indienovaFor:Puzzle players who enjoy spatial route planningSkip if:Players seeking puzzles without route changes caused by rotating connected cubes
StrategyBattles of the Ancient World
Hunted Cow GamesFor:Strategy players who want battles based on ancient and classical historySkip if:Players seeking settings outside the ancient and classical historical period
StrategyRomance of the Three Kingdoms III
KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.For:Strategy players who want city management tied to military expansionSkip if:Players seeking small-scale encounters rather than a campaign involving 46 major cities
StrategyAvalon Legends Solitaire
Anawiki GamesFor:Solitaire players who want a level-based fantasy card adventure rather than open-ended card play.Skip if:Players seeking broad strategic systems beyond card sequencing and combo scoring may find the gameplay narrow.
StrategyTechnotron Defense
CASGamesFor:Tower-defense players who prefer building defenses against waves over controlling individual unitsSkip if:Players seeking unit-level tactical control, since the described play centers on building and upgrading towers
StrategyPro Farm Manager
ExponeFor:Farm simulation players who want detailed livestock care and crop planningSkip if:Players seeking a fast-paced game may stall during the repeated cycles of feeding animals, tending fields, and waiting for crops.
StrategyAdelantado Trilogy. Book Three
QumaronFor:Players who enjoy story-led exploration and want a continuing chapter in Don Diego’s quest.Skip if:Players seeking a large, open-ended campaign may find the 10-level structure limited in scope.Nothing matches. Loosen a filter.