In this article you can find information about each column in our Strategy Game Database.
About
The Strategy Game Database contains only video games whose genre is strategy games. The list is not full but we update it constantly. You can use sorting and search possibilities to find games by title, date, genre, publisher, developer, platform, and tags. You also can use multiple filter combinations to get results like “all historical strategy games, released in 2022”.
Title and Grade
Titles of games with Grade color.
Grade Color
In our Strategy Game Database, we use a 3-grade system for games: A (gold), B (silver), C (bronze). We make our choice based on the criteria indicated in the table below (a game must meet one or more criteria).
| A Grade (gold) | B Grade (silver) | C Grade (bronze) | |
| Developer/publisher | Published/developed by a famous company | Published/developed by an indie company or solo developer | Published/developed by an indie company or solo developer |
| Popularity | A popular game that knows almost every strategy gamer | Moderately famous games | Moderately famous game or a game only a developer and their friends know about |
| Complexity | Complex gameplay and game features | Complex or casual gameplay and game features | Complex or casual gameplay and game features |
| Reviews | Positive or moderate reviews of critics and players | Positive, moderate, or predominantly negative reviews of critics and players | Positive, moderate, or predominantly negative reviews of critics and players |
| Technical implementation | Overall good quality, modern or advanced graphics at the time of release | Overall good or moderate quality, modern or advanced graphics at the time of release | Overall moderate or poor quality with many bugs, possibly very outdated or too simply graphics at the time of release |
Some games have no grade mark. It means that the grade is just not indicated for some reason.
It’s very difficult to classify games by grade and our classification is a bit subjective. The main purpose of this classification is to make your search easier: sometimes you don’t want to look at the hundreds of games and want to search only within AAA strategy games, for example. Not always A-grade games are better than B or even C-grade ones, but they are always more popular and famous.
Logo
Logos of games. We use original images of 460x215px size.
Came Out
Date in which a game was released or came out on early access. If the game was released after Early Access period, there is a full release date displayed.
Genre
Subgenres of the strategy genre. Include Main and Mixed genres.
Tags
Various tags for games. Tags can be divided into the following types: historical period, setting itself, gameplay, universe, countries, geography, wars, vehicles, famous races, and others.
Status
Status of a game. There can be the following statuses:
- Released – the game came out.
- Early access – an early version of the game is available.
- In development – the game is still in development and you can’t find its finished version right now.
- OBT – the game is in the open beta testing stage.
- Closed – the development of the game was canceled.
Developer and publisher
Game developer and publisher’s company name. It may be a single person, some indie studio, or a world-known company.
Platforms
Platforms on which you can play the game. Here are:
Details
Useful links witch where you can find more details about the game.
Mode
Single-player, multiplayer, or both modes can exist in the game.
Series
If the game belongs to a series (like Total War, Crusader Kings, etc.), the title of the series is displayed here.
Developed (in)
The country in which the studio that developed the game is located.