Top picks to prove your strategy prowess

Sometimes, brains are more important than brawn when it comes to achieving your goals. Use your tactical skills to analyze your circumstances, find the best possible scenario, then adapt to your environment to reap the rewards in these strategy games.

Lead your village to victory against enemies by training your troops, strategically building your town, and collecting victory spoils – like coins, gems, and more – in battle. You can even team up with other players to wage war and forge an epic empire.

Become the ruler of the world in this civilization strategy game. Pick your tribe and set out to discover new lands. Use your wits to build up your tribe and create new technologies that you can use to fend off those competing for your lands. Battle against your friend’s tribes online or set out to take over the lands solo.

Will you take funds from your country’s education system to empower your military? These are the complex questions you’ll have to ask in Rebel Inc., a game where your every strategy comes with consequences that will directly affect the very people you’re trying to protect. The insurgency must be stopped - but at what cost?

Build your own unique subway system by drawing out your maps between stations. As more and more people join your city, expand your subway network by relocating stations and tracks within the means of your limited amount of resources. The longer you last, the more difficult the system becomes to maintain. Could you be a public transport prodigy?

Your clan is in desperate need of your leadership following dangerous monster attacks. Help to rebuild your village in a new land and complete tasks, like building an infantry, to collect valuable supplies. You’ll also need to train your military to defeat ferocious beasts standing in your path, so you can explore the land beyond.