War
17 games reviewed, ranked by score.
XCOM 2
Concealment and turn timers punish every cautious instinct
ENDLESS Space 2
The 4X where your factions actually feel alien
IRON NEST: Heavy Turret Simulator
Hand-cranked artillery that thunders, thin on what comes next
Mechabellum
Draft, counter, predict: auto-battling where reading beats reacting
Terra Invicta
The deepest strategy game nobody bothered to explain
Valkyria Chronicles
Watercolor war with a brutal trial-and-error streak
Heroes' Vow: Three Kingdoms
Live your own Three Kingdoms epic. Endure its clumsy wars.
Tabletop Tavern
Total War skirmishes in roguelike runs, slack AI and all
Heroes of Science and Fiction
A sharp HoMM3 heir that chokes on its own AI turns
Tears of Metal
Crisp clan warfare, marginal upgrades and no mid-run save
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Wobbly Armies, Real Comedy, Strategy That Barely Holds Together
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Faithful Heroes 3 combat, hobbled by AI and a flat campaign
OpenFront
A compelling wargame, sold as a clumsy web port.
Sir, We Have an Orc Problem
Fluid orc hordes shine, then the upgrade tree runs on empty
GROUND BRANCH
Gunsmithing to lose yourself in, wall-hacking AI to fight
Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II
Tighter tactics, but the tech-priest tinkering is gone
Wild Assault
Sharp gunplay stranded by bot lobbies and a predatory store