Strategy Games

About strategy games

Strategy games are about planning ahead and weighing your options before you commit. The largest group here is board games from around the world: regional chess like Makruk: Thai Chess, Tavreli: Russian Chess and the animal game Chess - Jungle, checkers variants such as Pillar checkers, duel, and ancient games like Ludus: Roman checkers. Most let you play the computer, a friend on the same device or an opponent online.

There's real-time strategy too: tower defense games where you place and upgrade defenders, and quick battles like Battle of Towers, where you send troops between towers. Whatever the format, the habit that wins is the same — think about your opponent's best reply before you move. Our post on the benefits of strategy games covers what this kind of play trains.