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Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense
Roguelite incremental tower defense where expansion is survival. Execute Command Cards, build towers, and create land tile by tile to defend the last Node.
WindowsTBA
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Citrus & Stone
Citrus & Stone is Oort's cozy pixel-art base builder. Build a camp by day as Tony Grapefruit or Sherry, hire survivors, and defend your campfire from nightly mushroom raids.
WindowsTo be announced
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County of Fortune
County of Fortune is a medieval county builder by Nepos Games. Found whole settlements, master river trade and production chains, and outmaneuver rival noble houses.
Windows, Linux$24.99 (Early Access launch: $22.49)
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Hull Rupture
Hull Rupture by Konfa Games is a tower-defense roguelite aboard a moving spaceship. Build modules, funnel aliens into kill zones, and treat your crew as fuel.
Windows, Mac$9.99
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Corpus et Spiritus
A roguelite alchemy deckbuilder with no combat. Break a demonic pact by transmuting metals into cards and talismans before the Homunculus drains your life.
Windows, Linux$12.49, 25% launch discount to $9.36 (ends Nov 13)
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Nocthra
Nocthra is a dark fantasy strategy game with roguelike waves and auto-battler combat. Raise fallen attackers into a minion army, empower them with sigils and defend your graveyard.
WindowsTo be announced
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WarSlice
WarSlice by Deep Strike Games is turn-based tactics in the spirit of Advance Wars. Charge your CO's Ultimate, capture the Nexus, and beat a 30-mission campaign.
WindowsPrice to be announced; free demo on Steam
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Gear Up Einstein!
Gear Up Einstein! is a tactical roguelite auto-battler where 1-3 players recruit historical figures through time travel, gear them up, and fight monstrous invaders.
WindowsTBA
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Battle Bot Tactics
Battle Bot Tactics by OddEngine is an asynchronous PvP auto-battler where you build combat bots on a chassis grid, assign AI modules, and send squads into ranked arena battles.
Windows, MacTBA
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Every Day We Fight
Every Day We Fight is a timeloop tactics game by Signal Space Lab. Turn-based positioning meets real-time aiming, skills persist across loops, and civilians become soldiers.
Windows$11.99
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Beyond These Stars
Build a city on the back of Kewa, a giant space whale, and journey across a hand-crafted galaxy. Manage peeps, supply chains, biomes and outposts in this cozy city builder.
Windows$29.99
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Dog in the Machine
A tactical turn-based roguelite about training an AutoDog to escape a dystopian mecha-city. Preview every move, merge Tricks, and trigger chain reactions across Automatown.
Windows, Mac$17.99 with 20% off in the first two weeks
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The Gambit Lost to Time
A time-travelling roguelike tactical RPG. Serve three warring factions, cast spells that alter time and terrain, and restore a town to past glories across timelines.
WindowsTBA
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Jarred Defense
A maze-building tower defense about Yuki, a snarky cat trapped in a teleporting jar. Place towers anywhere, bend enemy paths through lava, and endure her commentary.
Windows, Macos$9.99 USD
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Packed Lair
Pack a cramped evil lair with buildings, breed monster armies, and repel hero waves in this roguelike mashup of Tetris-style packing, base building, and auto-battler combat.
Windows$7.99 USD / S$8.59
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Fool King
A tactical autobattler from Loot Donkey with async PvP. Build armies from three factions, 120+ upgrades and godly relics, and dethrone the immortal Fool King.
WindowsPrice to be announced
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Dunebound Tactics
A roguelite turn-based tactical RPG about leading a caravan of survivors across Imperial-controlled deserts. Destroyable terrain, 15 classes, 50+ modules, past-defeat progression.
WindowsTo be announced; free demo on Steam
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The Zibbo Show
A dice-placement game show roguelite. Fill a 3x3 board against rival contestants, bet chips, stack 48 unlockable cards, and survive 12 rounds to face the host Zibbo in the finale.
Windows, MacTo be announced
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Wishseeker
A turn-based tactics roguelite where a party of four dives into the ever-changing Hollow Vault. Fast grid combat, 8 characters, 20+ unique skills, artifacts, and 4-player co-op.
Windows, MacosPrice to be announced
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Forsworn
Turn-based tactics roguelite about stacking game-breaking synergies to slay gods. Six heroes, three subclasses, 150+ items, 200+ abilities, online co-op. Out September 10, 2026.
Windows, LinuxTo be announced
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Warlord: Awaji
Immersive first-person strategy from Darkmatter Games, studio behind Warlord: Britannia. Lead a samurai invasion of feudal Awaji: recruit warriors, build camps. Sept 9, 2026.
Windows$24.99 USD one-time purchase, no microtransactions
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Hellcrown
A side-view roguelite strategy game where a dead monarch builds a fortress around their own grave. Demons act on their own; your ghostly hand intervenes at the decisive moment.
Windows, LinuxTBA
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Mandate Order
Mandate Order is an ancient Chinese war city-builder in the Warring States period. Build a stronghold, manage logistics, recruit retainers, and command real-time battles.
Windows$16.99
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Precinct IX
A cyberpunk police management and turn-based combat game. Run a broke future precinct, dispatch cybernetic officers, interrogate suspects, and uncover the rot beneath the city.
Windows, MacosTBA
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D.O.R.F. Real-Time Strategic Conflict
D.O.R.F. is an RTS where you command one of three unique factions in a twisted future. Build sprawling bases, refine resources, and field armies of land, air and sea units.
Windows, MacosTo Be Announced
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Spiritstead
A cozy city builder in an enchanted land. Build homes, assign villagers, unlock hidden spirits, and restore the Grand Spirit Sanctuary.
Windows$8.99
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Open The Gate: Just A Little
A tiny medieval Tower Defense and RTS hybrid. Command units on a bridge, capture towers, unlock promotions with titles, and conquer four legions before the dragon breaks through.
Windows, Mac$5.99 USD
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Slumber Realm
A '90s-soaked dice roguelike where one die roll triggers your build. Battle childhood fears, chain combos across 150+ equipment cards, fight broccoli, and decorate your bedroom.
WindowsTBA
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Dear Magical Girls
A story-driven defense game about an overworked magical girl. Reshape a magical barrier by moving vertices, unlock modules, and survive waves of monsters. Free to play.
WindowsFree
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Thveit
Thveit is a cozy Norse settlement builder where seasons and folklore creatures shape your village. Manage resources and build a community for humans and mythical beings together.
Windows, SteamTo be announced (Early Access 2027)
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Fogpiercer
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder where you command a train through deadly fog. Turn-based tactical battles, positioning, and explosive chain reactions determine survival.
Windows, Mac$14.99
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Montabi
Montabi is a creature-collector roguelike deckbuilder. Tame unique Montabi creatures, assemble your team, and fight in tactical turn-based combat to save the city.
Windows, MacComing Soon
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Scourge of the Necromancer
Scourge of the Necromancer is a co-op tactical board game for 1–6 players. Six heroes, three counter-type pairs — no one is self-sufficient. Coordinate or die.
Windows, Linux$9.99
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Handmancers
Handmancers is a Rock, Paper, Scissors Roguelite deckbuilder with a first-person twist. Craft your deck, equip artifacts, and fight enemies in strategic turn-based duels.
Windows, Mac$11.99
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Renz Tower Defense
Fast-paced minimalist tower defense with upgradeable towers, economy management, and escalating waves. Build, upgrade, and strategize to survive.
Windows$6.79
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RUPTURR
Develop your nation, command your army, and dominate the world in this real-time strategy game blending economic management, diplomacy, technology, and military conquest.
Windows$5.99
About Strategy Games
Strategy games reward planning over reflexes. Ruins of Enreggel asks you to manage a nomadic settlement, dismantle buildings for resources, and evacuate villagers before the mist consumes everything — every decision compounds.
Guides in this section explain resource priorities, build orders, risk management, and the strategic frameworks that turn a losing run into a successful evacuation.
Current guides include Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense, Citrus & Stone, County of Fortune, Hull Rupture, Corpus et Spiritus, Nocthra, WarSlice, Gear Up Einstein!, and more. We add another title only after its controls, platform details, pricing, and official play destination have been checked.
How to choose a Strategy game
Strategy games differ in pace and punishment. Real-time survival rewards quick prioritization, while turn-based systems allow deeper calculation. Check whether progress persists between runs before choosing.
Skills these games reward
- Resource prioritization
- Risk management
- Planning under pressure