Tactics Games Are More Accessible Than Ever, From Free Mobile Titles to Deep PC Strategy
A survey of tactics games reveals the genre is flourishing, with many fine titles worthy of the player's attention.
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Tag: turn-based strategy
Game Reviews5.5/10
Omerta: City of Gangsters Review — A Great Setting, a Thin Execution
A criminal empire rises in 1920s Atlantic City, built shop by shop, fight by fight — a tale of greed and ruin.
Game Reviews6.8/10
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics Review — A Competent Tactics Game That Does Its Job
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics review — 80 turn-based battles, Gelfling squad building, and a 6.8/10 verdict on BonusXP's 2020 tactics tie-in.
Game Reviews6.3/10
Dice placement in space, and the tension of knowing you cannot save everyone
Tharsis review: Choice Provisions' dice-driven Mars game scores 6.3/10, a harsh board game about loss, cannibalism, and a signal nobody can explain.
Game Reviews8/10
Age of Wonders III Review: A 4X Strategy Game That Merges Genres Cleanly
Age of Wonders III review: Triumph Studios' 2014 4X fantasy strategy revival, its six races, six classes, hero leveling, alignment rework, and campaign.
Game Reviews7.9/10
Deck-building dungeon crawler hands you the rooms instead of the hero
Guild of Dungeoneering review: Gambrinous builds a dungeon crawler where you place the cards, not the hero. Turn-based combat, card mechanics, 7.9/10.
Game Reviews7.3/10
Armello Review: A Crown Worth Chasing, a Randomness Problem Worth Naming
Armello review: League of Geeks' 2015 digital board game mixes cards, dice, and betrayal across four clans. A cunning throne chase undone by bad rolls.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Civilization V traded stacks of doom for hexes, and the series never went back
Civilization V review: Firaxis swaps squares for hexes, bans unit stacking, and adds city-states and five victory paths — a strategy classic that still holds.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Civilization VII Splits Each Campaign Into Separate Ages, and That Changes How You Play
Civilization VII review: Firaxis' turn-based strategy game scores 8.2/10, with a new age system that reshapes how a campaign unfolds.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Duelyst Mixed Tactical Card Play With a Chessboard, and It Still Holds Up
Duelyst, Counterplay Games' 2016 card-and-grid strategy hybrid, scored 8.2/10, shut down in 2020, and went open-source under CC0 in 2023.
Game Reviews8.2/10
BattleTech (2018): A Mercenary’s Game of Scarcity, Debt and Salvage
BattleTech review: Harebrained Schemes' turn-based mech tactics game, its 3025 Aurigan Reach campaign, and why every pre-battle decision matters. Score: 8.2/10.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth review — 8.2/10
Civilization: Beyond Earth takes the 4X formula off-world with sponsors, alien planets and tough choices, but stays familiar. Our 8.2/10 review.