Strategy Game Recommendations

Users recommend and compare real-time strategy (RTS) games like StarCraft, Supreme Commander, and Total Annihilation with turn-based and grand strategy titles such as Civilization, Europa Universalis IV, Crusader Kings, and Total War, discussing mechanics like unit management, AI, and replayability.

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vermilingua β€’ May 26, 2022 β€’ View on HN

You may enjoy Grand Strategy games over RTS then. EU4, CK2/3, HOI4, are the Paradox titles; Total War games have that aspect as well.

alanthonyc β€’ Nov 28, 2009 β€’ View on HN

It's like a game of Civ come to life.

edgyquant β€’ Mar 24, 2021 β€’ View on HN

Civilizations isn’t an RTS, it is turn based

buzzardbait β€’ Feb 24, 2025 β€’ View on HN

I've been playing a game called Old World, which is basically Civ with decent UI and AI. The UI is intuitive and uses a nested tooltip system similar to Crusader Kings 3. The AI is pretty decent at war, it will flank you, use its strengths against your weaknesses, and will retreat to heal units that you don't finish off instead of fighting unwinnable battles.It's set entirely in the ancient time period instead of having multiple ages, which I find this to be a strength since un

skriticos2 β€’ Jan 22, 2013 β€’ View on HN

Try Warzone2100. It's quite fun RTS.

crop_rotation β€’ Nov 29, 2023 β€’ View on HN

RTS games like Starcraft or Age of Empires. Infinite replayability.

cletus β€’ Dec 26, 2021 β€’ View on HN

I yearn for the days of turn-based strategy games.I played HoMM2 and (even moreso) 3 a ton. I loved the tactical combat and that resource management didn't get out of hand. I played a ton of user-made maps. Loved it.The other two games of this genre I played a ton were Civ1 and Civ4.I can literally recall waking up at noon, starting up Civ1 and then looking out and it was dark. I didn't really play Civ2 and Civ3 as much. They just added isometric view and even more micr

fennecfoxen β€’ Jul 22, 2015 β€’ View on HN

I've given up on Civilization in favor of Europa Universalis IV. What it lacks in epic-scale from the ancient era, it makes up for with lovely detail. Attrition may kill more of your army than the enemy, peasant uprisings and revolts are common (rather than signs of epic mismanagement), papal elections and the Protestant Reformation are intricately structured gameplay mechanics... or you could play as the Aztecs and contend with a 'doom' countdown which can only be sated by occupy

gravitronic β€’ Feb 23, 2012 β€’ View on HN

Is this based on the classic digital evolution wargames? :D

akerro β€’ Oct 21, 2016 β€’ View on HN

It's more like Anno than Civ