StrategyBest Strategy Games of 2018, page 4
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StrategyNinja Tycoon
Endless Loop StudiosFor:Strategy players who want to build a village and train an armySkip if:Players seeking a story-focused experience rather than a cycle of village management and missions
StrategyThe Operational Art of War IV
Matrix GamesFor:Historical wargame players who want scenarios spanning the early 20th century to modern conflictsSkip if:Players looking for a short, tightly scripted campaign rather than a collection of more than 200 scenarios
StrategyNonogram - The Greatest Painter
Hook GamesFor:Nonogram fans who want a large set of hand-crafted picture logic puzzlesSkip if:Players seeking a story-driven structure or character progression
StrategyOF MICE AND SAND -REVISED-
ARC SYSTEM WORKSFor:Players who want a science-fiction desert adventure centered on a traveling vesselSkip if:Players seeking a large-scale combat strategy game with armies or squad battles
StrategySwords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
AtariFor:Strategy players who want side-scrolling base assaults rather than a conventional top-down battlefieldSkip if:Players seeking a broad grand-strategy structure with large-scale maps and many simultaneous fronts
StrategyAlien Hostage
Conglomerate 5For:Players who enjoy difficult UFO-control challengesSkip if:Players seeking a relaxed or forgiving progression, since the stages become harder and the game centers on difficult UFO control
StrategyThe Spectrum Retreat
RipstoneFor:Players who want a first-person puzzle game with a narrative mysterySkip if:Players looking for a format other than first-person gameplay
StrategySYMMETRY
IMGN.PROFor:Players who want survival management with crew needs and resource collectionSkip if:Players seeking direct combat may hit a wall because the core play centers on managing survivors and repairing a spacecraft.
StrategyaMAZE Classic
Blender GamesFor:Maze-game fans who want a sequence of progressively larger puzzlesSkip if:Players seeking varied activities may find the game narrow because its central task remains maze navigation
StrategyMaking History: The Second World War
Factus GamesFor:Grand strategy players who want to manage a nation across a World War II campaignSkip if:Players seeking short, self-contained matches rather than a campaign spanning a global war
StrategyAggressors: Ancient Rome
Kube GamesFor:Strategy players who want long campaigns combining war, diplomacy, and domestic managementSkip if:Players seeking short, action-focused sessions rather than campaigns spanning warfare, politics, trade, and research
StrategyThe Spatials: Galactology
Weird and WryFor:Space-colony simulation fans who want to manage crew needs alongside station constructionSkip if:Players seeking a focused building game may find the interconnected management systems demanding attention.
StrategyPotion Explosion
Horrible GuildFor:Puzzle-board-game fans who want ingredient-matching turns and potion objectivesSkip if:Players seeking a broad range of activities may find the experience centered on completing potions through ingredient selection.
StrategyTrapper's Delight
Shrimpcave IndustriesFor:Groups of 2–4 friends looking for local party playSkip if:Players seeking a story-driven campaign or character progression
StrategyFrozen Synapse 2
Mode 7For:Strategy players who want squad-level combat with simultaneous order resolutionSkip if:Players seeking continuous real-time combat rather than planning and watching simultaneous orders resolve
StrategyCastle Must Be Mine
TheMiddleGrayFor:VR players who want tower defense with direct physical attacksSkip if:Players seeking a story-led campaign rather than repeated tower-defense battles
StrategyMy Colony
Ape AppsFor:Strategy players who want to develop a space settlement over timeSkip if:Players seeking a tightly scripted campaign rather than sandbox colony development
StrategySudoku Killer / 杀手数独
Hook GamesFor:Sudoku fans who want sum-based cage constraints in addition to standard grid rulesSkip if:Players seeking varied gameplay modes beyond solving Killer Sudoku grids
StrategySudoku Jigsaw / 拼图数独
Hook GamesFor:Sudoku fans who want irregular-region puzzles instead of standard rectangular blocksSkip if:Players seeking several puzzle formats rather than one Jigsaw Sudoku variant
StrategySudoku Zenkai / 数独全卡
ImaginationOverflowFor:Sudoku players who want difficulty settings from beginner-level practice to demanding puzzlesSkip if:Players seeking a story, character progression, or varied puzzle types beyond Sudoku
StrategyLast Resort Island
rokaplayFor:Players who want settlement building combined with combat and puzzlesSkip if:Players seeking a focused survival game rather than a mixture of construction, puzzles, side quests, and Solitaire
StrategyFear Effect Sedna
Square EnixFor:Action players who want stealth and tactical planning alongside direct combatSkip if:Players seeking uninterrupted action may find the stealth, fear management, and tactical pauses slow the combat flow
StrategyIstanbul: Digital Edition
Acram DigitalFor:Board-game fans who want a digital merchant raceSkip if:Players seeking combat, character progression, or a story-driven adventureNothing matches. Loosen a filter.