Top rated free Strategy games from 2016

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OpenRA

Recreates the classic Command & Conquer titles with a Free/Libre engine.

OpenRA developers

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(103 total ratings)

Strategy

Age of Conquest IV

Age of Conquest is a turn-based grand strategy wargame.

Noble Master ᴳᵃᵐᵉˢ

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(33 total ratings)

Strategy

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Highgrounds

Highgrounds is a FREE multiplayer strategy game with 200+ collectible units.

Heart Shaped Games

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(16 total ratings)

Strategy

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Pax Britannica

A one-button real-time strategy game.

Matthew Gallant

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(17 total ratings)

Strategy

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Rations, Please!

Moral dilemmas galore!

Cosmic Adventure Squad

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(247 total ratings)

Simulation

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Doraleous & Associates: The Video Game

Let's go save the world!

Mega Dwarf Inc.

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Strategy

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Castle Defense

Tiny strategy game about defending a castle. Please read the description on the game page

watabou

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(129 total ratings)

Strategy

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Mushroom Towers

Tower defense with mushrooms!

CowThing

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(39 total ratings)

Strategy

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General Room

No tactics required, just 👌those pesky units off the board!

jeroenwimmers

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(30 total ratings)

Strategy

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The Ooze

My entry for Ludum Dare 35, "Shapeshift". Won 2nd place for Overall, Fun, and Mood!

Daniel Mullins

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(15 total ratings)

Strategy

TrafficWorlds

A traffic management game

ThetaGames

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(21 total ratings)

Strategy

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Wizards of Lezama

Wizards of Lezama is an online multiplayer turn-based strategy game in which two armies led by wizards fight each other

papacorps

Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Strategy

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Birth of the Empires

A 4x Turn Based strategy game similar to classics like Master of Orion 2 or Birth of the Federation

blotunga

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(12 total ratings)

Strategy

CircL

What would you do ? What would you say? Just to survive.

Christopher Yabsley

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(13 total ratings)

Strategy

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The Archwizard's Arena

Made in 72 hours for the Ludum Dare game jam.

Heartbeast

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(28 total ratings)

Strategy

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Dungeon of Zaar

a Fast paced tactical.

Dungeon of Zaar

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(25 total ratings)

Strategy

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Arachne

A roguelike set on a dynamically deforming spiderweb

PNJeffries

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(9 total ratings)

Strategy

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OAK

Keep darkness at bay... if you can.

Fire Horse

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(29 total ratings)

Strategy

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Earthquake Survival

Help your family survive after an earthquake!

Thousand Tonic

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(19 total ratings)

Simulation

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Mined

Off World Mining Simulator

Doooooom

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(30 total ratings)

Strategy

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Card Defense

Tower defense meets card game

Bamboy

Rated 4.2 out of 5 stars

(10 total ratings)

Strategy

Lew Pulsipher's Doomstar

The hidden unit board game of strategy and cunning

LargeVisibleMachine

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(28 total ratings)

Strategy

About Trade

Build your trade empire!

Tortue

Rated 4.0 out of 5 stars

(27 total ratings)

Strategy

Play in browser

Sky Kaiser

solo turn-based strategy game

Sammy Minh

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Strategy

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Anti Chess

The objective of this free, chess variant is for each player to lose all their pieces.

Anti Chess Devs

Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars

(7 total ratings)

Strategy

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Place of Power

flazm

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

Strategy

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L'employé parfait

A game about a cop who does everything at (literally) the last minute.

Ryad Godard

Rated 4.4 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Strategy

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Love March

March to victory and romance leading your band by formation!

squiddingme

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

Action

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Three Minutes to Midnight

A moody textual stategy game about political tensions.

Thibaut Mereu

Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars

(33 total ratings)

Strategy

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Soundcraft

Procedural audio meets real time strategy.

keyboardkommander

Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Strategy

Space Ships War

Amazing 3D tower defense game in space with massive hardcore space ships battles!

Yurii Tkachenko

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Strategy

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Island Gods

A tiny strategy game made in pico-8

J⌬-əl

Rated 4.1 out of 5 stars

(8 total ratings)

Strategy

Play in browser

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Earth Liberation

sci-fi dynamic RTS

porovozstudios

Rated 3.8 out of 5 stars

(11 total ratings)

Strategy

Lazy Village

An idle game with lots of activity

danctheduck

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

Strategy

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Tiler

A simple, turn-based tile flipping strategy game

Sciman101

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

(6 total ratings)

Strategy

Play in browser

cr@sh

2016 7DRL

Picardy Third Entertainment

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars

(5 total ratings)

Strategy

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