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RimWorld
RimWorld is a sci-fi colony simulation game by Ludeon Studios and Tynan Sylvester, in early access from 2013 and version 1.0 on October 17, 2018, driven by an AI Storyteller that paces events to generate stories.
Rise of Nations
Rise of Nations (2003) is a Big Huge Games real-time strategy game published by Microsoft, designed by Brian Reynolds, with 18 civilizations, 8 ages, borders, attrition, and Conquer the World; not to be confused with the Roblox game.
Roguelike deck-building game
Roguelike deck-building game: genre fusing in-run deck construction with permadeath runs, defined by Dream Quest (2014) and Slay the Spire (2019); key titles include Monster Train and Balatro (5M sales, 2024).
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (三國志, Sangokushi) is Koei Tecmo's turn-based grand strategy series on Three Kingdoms-era China, launched December 1985, spanning 37 titles, over 9 million shipped copies, and the Dynasty Warriors spin-off.
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (SMAC) is Firaxis's 1999 turn-based 4X strategy game published by EA, a Civilization spin-off set on Planet/Chiron with seven ideological factions, social engineering, mindworms, and the Alien Crossfire expansion; PC Gamer rated it 98%.
Smite (video game)
Smite is a free-to-play third-person MOBA by Titan Forge Games and Hi-Rez Studios, released March 25, 2014, where players control 100+ mythological gods; a Unreal Engine 5 sequel, Smite 2, entered alpha in 2024.
Star Wars: Empire at War
Star Wars: Empire at War (EaW) is a 2006 Petroglyph real-time strategy game for PC set between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope, with galactic conquest, space and land battles, and the Forces of Corruption expansion.
StarCraft
StarCraft (Blizzard Entertainment, March 31, 1998) is a real-time strategy game with three asymmetric races, Terran, Zerg, Protoss; best seller of 1998, Brood War expansion, and the foundation of South Korean professional esports.
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void (2015) is Blizzard's stand-alone Protoss campaign expansion concluding the StarCraft II trilogy, starring Artanis against Amon, with Co-op Missions, Archon Mode, and a major multiplayer overhaul.
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Blizzard's 2010 terran-focused RTS sequel with a 29-mission Jim Raynor campaign, scored 93 on Metacritic and went free-to-play in November 2017.
Stellaris (video game)
Stellaris is a 2016 sci-fi grand strategy and 4X game by Paradox Development Studio; sold 200,000+ units in 24 hours, 1.5 million by 2018, still updated with expansions like Nomads.
Strategy game
Strategy game: video game genre of planning and resource management over reflexes; subgenres include RTS, 4X, grand strategy, MOBA, tower defense; named with Dune II (1992); mobile strategy earned $9.1bn in H1 2026.
Strategy video game
Strategy video game genre: planning-focused games of resource and unit management against human or AI opponents. Subgenres include RTS (Dune II, StarCraft), turn-based, 4X, and grand strategy; 10,796 Mobygames titles as of 2015.
Stronghold (2001 video game)
Stronghold (FireFly Studios' Stronghold) is a 2001 PC real-time strategy castle sim by London's Firefly Studios, blending siege combat with village management, 21-mission campaign vs the Rat, Snake, Pig, and Wolf, 8-player multiplayer.
Super Auto Pets
Super Auto Pets is a free-to-play asynchronous auto battler by Team Wood Games, first released on browser April 14, 2021, then Steam, Android, and iOS. Players buy pets and food with 10 gold per turn and win 10 arena battles; a Plaid Hat Games card version followed.
Tactical role-playing game
Tactical role-playing game (TRPG, also strategy RPG or SRPG, Japanese simulation RPG): an RPG subgenre combining character progression with turn-based, grid-based positional combat. Founding titles Tactics Ogre (1995) and Final Fantasy Tactics (1997); Fire Emblem and Disgaea are other pillars.
Technology tree
Technology tree (tech tree): branching progression structure in strategy games, first in the 1980 Civilization board game and Sid Meier's 1991 Civilization video game; directed graphs of research prerequisites gating units, buildings, and abilities.
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II, also known as Battle for Middle-earth II, is a 2006 real-time strategy game by EA Los Angeles for Windows and Xbox 360.
Total War (video game series)
Total War, also known as the Total War series, is a strategy game series by The Creative Assembly and Sega that combines turn-based campaigns with real-time battles.
Total War: Attila
Total War: Attila is a 2015 Creative Assembly strategy game for PC, set in 395 AD Late Antiquity on the Rome II engine, featuring Huns, horde migration, razing, climate mechanics, and 14 playable factions.
Total War: Rome II
Total War: Rome II (Rome 2, ROME II) is Creative Assembly's 2013 PC grand strategy game, the best-selling Total War, set from 272 BC; troubled launch, later improved in Emperor Edition with Empire Divided and Rise of the Republic DLC.
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Total War: Three Kingdoms (2019) is Creative Assembly's turn-based strategy and real-time tactics game set in 190 CE China, with Romance and Records modes, the Guanxi relationship system, 12 warlords, and Mandate of Heaven, Eight Princes, and A World Betrayed DLC; support ended in 2021.
Total War: Warhammer
Total War: Warhammer is a Creative Assembly strategy trilogy (2016, 2017, 2022) published by Sega, adapting Warhammer Fantasy into turn-based campaigns with real-time battles; a sci-fi successor, Total War: Warhammer 40,000, is in development.
Total War: Warhammer II
Total War: Warhammer II (2017) is a Creative Assembly strategy game for PC combining turn-based campaigns and real-time battles, with High Elves, Lizardmen, Dark Elves, and Skaven, the Great Vortex campaign, and the Mortal Empires combined map.
Total War: Warhammer III
Total War: Warhammer III (2022, Creative Assembly/SEGA) is the concluding fantasy strategy game of the Total War: Warhammer trilogy, with Chaos factions, Kislev, and Cathay, survival battles, and the Immortal Empires combined-map mode.
Tower defense
Tower defense (TD) game genre: static towers stop enemy waves along paths or player-built mazes; from Rampart and Warcraft III mods through Flash Element TD, Desktop Tower Defense, and Plants vs. Zombies to mobile hits like Bloons TD 6.
Triangle Strategy (トライアングルストラテジー)
Triangle Strategy (トライアングルストラテジー) is a Square Enix HD-2D tactical RPG by Artdink and the Asano team, released on Switch March 4, 2022 and later PC, PS5, Xbox, and Meta Quest, set in Norzelia with the Scales of Conviction voting system.
Victoria 3
Victoria 3 is a grand strategy society simulation by Paradox Development Studio, released 25 October 2022. Set 1836-1936, it models a full global economy across 700+ regions, with politics, trade, and prestige-based diplomacy, unlike character-focused Crusader Kings or war-focused Hearts of Iron.
Victoria II
Victoria II (Vic 2) is Paradox Development Studio's 2010 grand strategy game covering 1836–1935, simulating over 200 countries with a POP population system, and expanded by A House Divided and Heart of Darkness.
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995) is Blizzard Entertainment's real-time strategy sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, with Horde and Alliance campaigns, land-sea-air combat, fog of war, seven-player multiplayer, and the Beyond the Dark Portal expansion.