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Popular, well-rated games with a strong strategy score.
Explore play styles & combinations ↓+5 Strategy affinity
Review scores are shown out of 100
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+4.0
Cat Chess
Classic chess gameplay requires strategic thinking and planning.
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+4.0
Dungeon Defenders II
Requires planning tower placements, hero abilities, and team synergy to overcome waves and bosses.
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+4.0
Elite Dangerous
Players engage in complex planning, ship engineering, trading strategies, and tactical combat requiring analytical…
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+4.0
Executive Assault
High strategic depth in base building, resource management, unit customization, and tactical combat.
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+4.0
Full Mojo Rampage
Requires tactical planning in character builds, item management, and combat approaches to succeed.
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+4.0
Gunlocked
Requires planning weapon synergies, positioning, and build choices to overcome challenges effectively.
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+4.0
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander
Requires planning and problem solving in combat, resource allocation, and base management.
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+4.0
Happy's Humble Burger Cult
Players must plan and coordinate tasks, manage resources, and adapt strategies to shifting conditions.
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+4.0
IdleOn
Requires planning, optimization, and problem solving across multiple complex systems.
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+4.0
Joint Task Force
Emphasizes tactical planning, resource management, and problem solving in combat scenarios.
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+4.0
Maid of Salvation
Combat and boss fights require tactical thinking, build planning, and pattern recognition.
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+4.0
Mars Horizon
Strong emphasis on strategic planning, resource management, and problem solving.
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+4.0
Motel Manager Simulator
Requires planning, resource allocation, and problem solving to optimize business performance.
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+4.0
MotoGP™24
Requires planning race strategy, bike setup, and adapting to weather and AI behavior.
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+4.0
Nioh: Complete Edition
Requires planning builds, managing stamina, choosing stances, and tactical combat decisions against varied enemies.
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+4.0
Nodes Escape
Strong emphasis on mental challenge, reasoning, and problem solving.
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+4.0
Nomad Survival
Requires planning builds, adapting to RNG, and tactical decision-making during runs and boss fights.
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+4.0
Oh My Gore!
Requires planning tower placement, unit deployment, and resource management to succeed.
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+4.0
PANICORE
Game requires strategic planning, stealth, resource management, and team coordination.
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+4.0
PIT OF GOBLIN
Requires planning, resource management, and tactical decision-making.
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+4.0
Propagation: Paradise Hotel
Players must plan resource use, combat tactics, and puzzle solutions requiring mental challenge.
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+4.0
Signs of the Sojourner
Requires planning deck composition and travel routes to optimize conversational success.
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+4.0
Soulash 2
Players engage in planning, problem solving, and tactical combat requiring reasoning and decision making.
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+4.0
Startup Company
Requires strategic thinking, planning, and problem solving to optimize business operations.
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