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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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+5.0
MARDEK
Combat and party building require careful planning, skill mastery, and tactical thinking.
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+5.0
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
Requires careful planning, coordination, and problem solving to complete heists successfully.
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+5.0
Pot's On!
Core gameplay revolves around strategic inventory management, synergy planning, and tactical decisions.
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+5.0
Queens Casino
Core gameplay revolves around strategic planning, skill use, and adapting to unique opponent rules.
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+5.0
Recursed
High emphasis on logical reasoning, planning, and abstract problem solving.
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+5.0
Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
Highly strategic gameplay requiring planning, chess knowledge, and tactical decision-making.
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+5.0
Tekken 6
Requires mental challenge, timing, and strategic use of combos, counters, and positioning.
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+5.0
Thief II: The Metal Age
Requires careful planning, problem solving, and tactical decision-making.
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+5.0
Valorant
High strategic depth involving map control, economy management, ability synergy, and team tactics.
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+5.0
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
Deep strategic gameplay requiring planning, coordination, and tactical problem solving.
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+5.0
Captain of Industry
Requires careful planning, problem solving, and strategic decision making to succeed.
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+5.0
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Core gameplay revolves around complex tactical planning, problem solving, and strategic execution.
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+5.0
Curious Expedition
Heavy emphasis on planning, risk management, and tactical dice-based combat
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+5.0
Five Nights at Freddy's 3
Requires complex mental challenge managing multiple systems, timing, and anticipating threats.
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+5.0
GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-
High emphasis on mental challenge, planning, mind games, and tactical decision-making in combat.
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+5.0
Knights of Honor
High emphasis on strategic planning, diplomacy, resource management, and tactical battles.
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+5.0
Skullgirls 2nd Encore
Requires deep mental challenge, planning, and problem solving in combos, resets, and team composition.
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+5.0
SpaceChem
High emphasis on planning, logic, and problem solving; players must devise complex strategies.
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+5.0
Wargame: Red Dragon
Core gameplay revolves around complex strategic and tactical problem solving.
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+5.0
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
High emphasis on tactical combat, planning, resource management, and problem solving.
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+5.0
D&D Lords of Waterdeep
Core gameplay revolves around strategic resource management, planning, and tactical decision-making.
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+5.0
Dicevaders
High mental challenge with deep strategic planning, resource management, and problem solving.
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+5.0
FOOTSIES Rollback Edition
Core gameplay revolves around mental challenge, spacing, timing, and strategic decision-making.
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+5.0
Hidden & Dangerous 2: Courage Under Fire
Core gameplay revolves around tactical planning, problem solving, and strategic squad management.
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