Stars in Shadow
Stars in Shadow is an Action, Space, Strategy, Turned-based Tactics, and Single-player video game offered by Ashdar Games. The game takes place in the world of Galaxy, where several civilizations set in a war called the Great War and ruined the galaxy. The galaxy was at its golden times, but the Great War ended everything and destroy the prosperity of the space.
The main objective of the player is to restore the galaxy’s empire by creating new colonies and protects the self-created galaxy. The player can also set in a fleet war to defeat the aliens and protect the galaxy from theses, harmful enemies. Firstly, the player needs to ask enemies to surrender, and it does not work, then combat with enemies to achieve the main task.
The game offers more than seven factions where each of the faction contains humans and different alien species. There are four species of monsters that the game introduced, such as Phidi, Orthin, Arsdar, and Gremak. The player can interact with the aliens to make them friends and asks the aliens to help him in regaining the lost charm of the galaxy.
The player must follow the tactics and the traits from the alien creations to gain success in the mission. Stars in Shadow has core features, such as Seven Factions, Six Alien Races, NPC Interaction, Combat, Several Enemies, and Strategy-based Gameplay.
#1 Hearts of Iron IV
Hearts of Iron IV is an Action, Strategy, War, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by Paradox Development Studio. The game is centered on WWII, and features various nations and lets the player choose one of them in 1936 or 1939 and leads his army to win. There are three major powers such as the Axis, the Comintern, and the Allice. Lead your nation, make strategies, and fight against other nations using weapons and win the battle.
The game rewards the player with experience points that can unlock further content. Protect your units on land, sea, and air and take down enemies. Hearts of Iron IV offers core features such as Total Strategic War, Control any Nation, Online Combat, Control Planes, Tanks, etc. With a detailed environment, impressive gameplay, and brilliant mechanics, Hearts of Iron IV is a superb game to play.
#2 Darwinia
Darwinia is an Action, Real-time Strategy, War and Single-player video game created by Introversion Software. The game takes place in the randomly generated world populated with AI (Artificial Intelligence). It combines the elements of Puzzle, god games, and strategy. You can get into the role of the protagonist, and you can run multiple programs similar to units used in RTS games. You must lead your army, research and upgrade weapons and fight against foes and virus. The game includes a series of objectives and different scenarios. Explore the game world, complete levels, earn experience points and destroy harmful viruses. Unlock other features, weapons, and levels using your points and dominate the computer world. The ultimate task is to fend off virus, spam e-mails by destroying your programs. The game is played from a top-down perspective. It offers fast-paced gameplay and lets you immerse yourself in RTS experience. With detailed environment, exciting gameplay, superb soundtracks, and brilliant controls, Darwinia is the best game to play and enjoy.
#3 Ultimate General: Gettysburg
Ultimate General: Gettysburg combines the elements of Strategy, Military and War developed and published by Game-Labs. The game takes place in the fictional world and includes various nations to play and enjoy. It focuses on the tactical battle and lets the player select his nation and start to fight against other faction. Lead thousands of soldiers during the war and command them to attack other nation. Make the strategies, explore the massive map, protect sea, land and air units. Complete a series of challenging missions and prove himself as the best commander. It rewards the player with reputation points as progress and can use these points to unlock further content in the game. Control aircraft, ships and land armies to fend off enemies. The game lets the player to play solo in the single-player campaign against AI and can play against other players in multiplayer mode. Ultimate General, Multiday Battle, Easy Controls, Detailed Map, Advanced Line, Tactical Factors, Historical Scenarios, etc. are the prominent features of the game. Try it out.
#4 Defcon
Defcon is a Real-time Strategy and Multiplayer video game developed by Introversion Software. The game takes place in the vector graphics of old computer themed the world and offers a variety of nuclear weapons. It comprises different nations and it allows you to select your nation and get into the game world where you have to destroy as much population of enemies as possible to score the highest points. Protect your land by defeating enemies and other players and gain experience points. The game rewards you with 2 points as you defeat your enemies and can lose one point as you lose or death in the game. There are different levels in the game and each level has its own time challenge. The game includes six different countries such as Latin America, Africa, North America, Russia, Europe and Asia. All countries contain over 1 billion population. It has a set of modes such as Offline mode, Diplomacy mode, Multiplayer mode as well as units. Nuclear missiles, aircraft, ships, and ground units are also features in the game. Try it out and you’ll enjoy it.