XCOM
XCOM is a Series Multi-genre video games and offers a versatility throughout the series. Strategy, RTS, turn-based tactics, Real-time Tactics, Simulations, Construction and Management, Military and War gaming, Space Flight, FPS, Third-person Shooting, Action, RPG, etc. are all the genres in which XCom offers games. XCom series was originally started back in 1994 by a company known as MicroProse. MicroProse published in total six games with two of them cancelled. The series rocked the markets but soon it lost the business until the series was rebooted in 2005 by 2K Games. The Series once again started with a mega hit XCOM: Enemy Unknown and broke all the previous records. With critically acclaim and commercial success, the company launched an Expansion pack named as XCOM: Enemy Within, back in 2013 and another title XCOM 2 in 2016. From the very beginning to the latest release of the series, XCOM has maintained the standard and the quality of content and is one of the most favorite series of games throughout the world. Players who typically love playing games with Sci-Fi and Action elements, can play the games in the series and enjoy.
#1 XCOM: Enemy Within
XCOM: Enemy Within is a Downloadable Content Pack for the XCOM: Enemy Unknown released for multiple platforms developed by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games. The DLC pack introduces new gameplay elements, as well as features new themes of transhumanism. The gameplay and plot remain the same like the original title with some extra features. In the game, the player needs to manage the headquarters of XCOM in real-time, but most of the gameplay comprises turn-based combats against rogue human faction and invading aliens. The game includes the Meld (the new resource), the player must lead his army to fight enemies while securing Meld. Single-player campaign consists of forty-seven maps and introduces thirteen maps in multiplayer mode. XCOM: Enemy Within offers core features such as New Soldier Abilities, New Equipment, and Weapons, Strategic Resources, Multiplayer (Maps, Units, and Abilities), etc. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#2 Battle World: Kronos
Battle World: kronos is an MMO and Turn-Based Real time Strategy and a war-based video game that lands you into a militaristic setting. The game allows you to engage yourself into campaigns, skirmishes and wars against your enemies from the Yerla Faction. You get to control your own troop units, train them and use the most sophisticated weaponry against your enemies. Battle World: kronos lets you explore the game world, assault your enemies using transporting vehicles, Air Support and via troops, seize their properties and loot their resources etc. You can play the game online with your friends in multiplayer gaming mode and make alliances to defeat your enemy with the greatest force, tactical advantage and might. Battle World: kronos is a great strategy and war based MMO video game to play and enjoy. try it out if you haven’t yet and enjoy the ultimate fun.
#3 The Banner Saga
The Banner Saga by Stoic is an amazingly engaging Tactical, Strategy, RPG and Free-to-Play MMO video game. The game allows you to get into the role of Viking who is destined to make strategic choices, make allies and travel to unknown distances in order to eliminate an epic new threat that is about to vandalize a whole civilization. You must find the ones who will accompany you in the harshest of conditions and on unforgiving landscape in a world where everything that’s not you, wants to kill you. This wonderful game provides with a Final Fantasy Tactics and game of Throne type game-play in which you can get attached to anyone emotionally in order to make the game more interesting. The Banner Saga provides with unique aesthetics, a well-written story, an action oriented game-play etc.
#4 Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia
Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia is a Turn-based Strategy, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by New World Computing and published by The 3DO Company. The game serves as the 3rd title in the series of Heroes of Might and Magic. The story of the game is first referred throughout the title Might and Magic IV: The Mandate of Heaven and acts as the prequel to Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor. In the game, the player can select to play through seven different campaigns, unfolding the storyline, or play in the scenario against human or AI-controlled opponents. It offers the similar gameplay to its predecessors, in which the player commands a party of heroes that command an army of creatures inspired by legend and myth. The entire gameplay is split into two different parts such as Turn-based Combat and Tactical Overland Exploration. In the game, the player recruit an army by spending his collected resources at one of the eight towns. The gameplay mainly revolves around strategic exploration on the huge map and tactical combat. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and stunning visuals, Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia is the wonderful game to play.
#5 Shadowrun Returns
Shadowrun Returns is a Turn-based Tactical RPG and Sci Fi video game by Harebrained Schemes. The game allows you to choose your character from five different races, such as trolls, orcs, elves, dwarves and humans. You can choose to play as one of the six given classes such as Street Samurai, Decker, Rigger, Mage, Shaman or Physical Adept, or you can play without choosing any class. You can explore the game world by going through the strategic combats while completing different quests. You can customize your character at different stages of the game by getting different upgrades and skills including weapons. You will find different items to use or sell while interacting with the environment. Shadowrun Returns is a superb game to play and enjoy.
#6 Skulls of the Shogun
Skulls of the Shogun by Microsoft Studios is an amazing Turn-based Strategy and Tactics video game that lets you set up yourself into the character of General Akamoto who gets stabbed to death on the day of becoming a Shogun. In the land of Dead he realizes that he’ll have to wait for centuries in order to go to the afterlife and becomes frustrated. He battles his way to the afterlife only to find out that his killer Lieutenant Karakawa has stolen his identity and is living in the afterlife as General Akamoto. Karakowa teams up with the protectors and a whole new series of battles starts up between the two sides. Your task is to defeat all the demonic forces, reach to the Karakowa and kill him in order to get back your identity and to enter in the afterlife. Skulls of the Shogun provides with a different touch but same mechanics and game-play as all the other games of the similar type and it’ll definitely make you enjoy and entertain yourself to the limits.
#7 Front Wars
Front Wars is a Turn-based, Strategy, Single and Multiplayer video game by Homemade Games. The game offers an exciting gameplay where you have to select your nation and fight against other nations. It takes place in WWII and lets you compete against your friends on Facebook. It offers massive maps consists of two armies, and the ultimate task is to create units and buildings and expand it further and further. The game has a set of levels, and each level is challenging as compared to last one. You can defeat your enemies by destroying their units or capturing their headquarters. The game rewards you with experience points that you can use to unlock powerful units, upgrades and more. Front Wars offers core features such as over Twenty-Six Missions, Fifteen different Units (Ships, Planes, Tanks, etc.), Three different Level Types, Multiplayer and more. Try it out.
#8 Breach and Clear
Breach and Clear is an Action Role-playing, Turn-based Strategy, and Single-player video game created by Mighty Rabbit Studios and published by Gun Media. The game takes place in the beautiful world and lets the player assume the role of the protagonist who is a leader of four Special Forces units. The primary objective of the player to get into the corrupt area and kill all foes within time. It takes place in the real location around the world and allows the player create his unique team contains up to four players, plan out his missions and dominate the battlefield. There are multiple squads available such as US Army Rangers, Canada’s JTF2, US Navy Seals and more. Multiple enemy varieties with various skill sets and abilities. Through customization features, the player can build his arsenal with hundreds of gun combinations, and equip each soldier with a different mixture of perks, armor and more. Breach and Clear offers core features such as different Modes, exciting and Strategic Gameplay, high-quality Graphics, and more. Breach and Clear is the best game as compared to other Turn-based Strategy games.
#9 The Banner Saga 2
The Banner Saga 2 is a Tactical Role-playing and Single-player video game created by Stoic and published by Versus Evil for multiple platforms. The game serves as the sequel to The Banner Saga and introduces enhanced gameplay and new features. It revolves around the turn-based combat and offers new units, new enemies, new talents, new objectives and interactive objects. The game comes with The Horse-born race. The favourite heroes are available in the game from the original title return as playable characters. It embarks the player on an emotional journey around a breathtaking world, where the player must lead his team, use his resources wisely, and participate in skilful battles to experience the turn-based gameplay. It takes place in the beautifully 2D hand-drawn world and offers story-driven gameplay. The Banner Saga 2 includes core features such as Build and Manage Caravan, Travel the Landscapes, Improved Strategic Combat, and more. With impressive gameplay, superb mechanics, and smooth controls, The Banner Saga 2 is the wonderful game to play.
#10 Invisible, Inc. Console Edition
Invisible, Inc. Console Edition is a Stealth-based, Turn-based Tactics, and Single-player video game with an emphasis on Rogue-like elements, created and published by Klei Entertainment. In the game, the player takes on the role of the protagonist, a remote operator for an agency that has threatened by multinational companies. The agency sets out the agents on a secret missions to collect resources and support to enable the relocation of the computer system of the agency to the secure heaven within the time limit. The game focuses on an epic gameplay inspired by X-Com, incorporating elements of espionage and stealth. In the game, the player controls the character to perform various missions around the world to retrieve valuables, information, personnel, equipment and more. The environment of the game takes place in the futuristic year 2074, after multinational companies have overthrown the national governments of the world and taken control of the globe. Character Selection, Deep Customization, Five different Modes, Animated Cutscenes, etc. are prominent features of the game.
#11 Arma Tactics
Arma Tactics (Stylized as ARMA TACTICS) is a Turn-based Strategy, and Single-player Simulation developed and published by Bohemia Interactive. Unlike the previous titles, the game focuses on turn-based tactical elements where the player commands the team of several operatives. There are four members each with unique abilities in the team of the player. The game has two different modes such as regular campaign and user created missions. Lots of levels available in the game with increasing difficulty. The player needs to command his team and battle against rival enemies in a turn-based system with a task to eliminate the operatives of opposing team to score the points. During the gameplay, the player can use a variety of weapons and can purchase new using his earned points. The game offers complex gameplay, as the player advances through it. Arma Tactics includes core features such as Two Modes, Four-operator Team, Strategy Gameplay, Purchase Upgrades and Gadgets, and more. Try it out, if you love playing Strategy Games.
#12 Great Big War Game
Great Big War Game is a wonderful Turn-based Strategy and 2D video game that offers almost 50 Military and hardcore battles focused missions and campaigns. With the cross-platform support and multiplayer options, Great Big War Game is one of the best games to play. The games focuses on an ongoing conflict between the Blue Army and Red Army. As the lieutenant Jenkins of Blue Army, your task is to take order from the high command and lead the Blue Army and engage in hardcore Action and thrill filed battles with the Red Army, capture their outposts, basses and assassinate their generals and hoist the flags of Blue Army over their graves. The turn-based game-play allows you to build defensive structures wherever you go, continuously upgrade them in order to make them impenetrable and train more troops, generate resources and buy more weapons and stuff. With 30 amazing troop units, over 70 maps for skirmishes against the enemies, online Cross Platform multiplayer support, great visuals and an immersive game-play, Great Big War Game is a fun game to play and enjoy.
#13 Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions is a great Tactical-RPG from Square Enix and provides with a similar game-play experience to its predecessors. The game focuses on an ongoing conflict known as The War of the Lions between the kingdom of Ivalice and Ordalia. The Death of Ivalician Monarch, King Ondoria leaves the Prince Orinus in charge but he is an infant so a poll occurs between the Duke Larg and Duke Goltanna, Duke Goltanna gets elected as the king Regent and an internal conflict starts up between the two sides. Final Fantasy Tactics: The War lets you be on a side of your choice and act accordingly by engaging yourself into the political matters, class warfare, murders, and a number of quests throughout the game. Being a loyalist and a warrior, political advisor, etc. at the same time makes this game a bit more complex but quite engaging and addictive as well. With a wonderful setting, great visuals, a well-written storyline and an immersive game-play, Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions is a great Tactical and RPG game to play and enjoy.
#14 Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition
Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition is an amazing inclusion to the Dungeons and Dragons series. This remake of Baldur’s Gate II: Shadow of Amn is super fantastic Action-Adventure, RPG and Hack and Slash video game that takes you to an amazing setting of Frogotten Realms and lands you in the continent of Faerun. Baldur’s Gate II: Enhanced Edition lets you be any one of the given characters (Neera The Wild Mage, Dorn II-Khan The Blackguard, Rasaad The Monk etc.) and lets you fight against a Wizard named as Irenicus who kidnaps, imprisons and tortures you to strip you off of your unique powers. Your task in the game is to be resistant to all the evil forces, get up and unleash the Hero inside yourself and destroy all the ultimate dark powers to defeat the Evil Wizard. You must go to the limits of destruction if you have to, if the destruction swallows up the realms, let it be. Baldur’s Gate 2: Enhanced Edition offers a fantastic Story, realistic and enhanced visuals, sounds and mechanics along with a very immersive game-play.
#15 Great Little War Game
Great Little War Game (also known as GLWG) is a Military-based, Turn-based Strategy and 3D video game created by Rubicon Developments and published by Viacom Games. The game takes place in three kinds of environments such as Desert, Regular and Snowy. It has two different modes such as Campaign Mode and Call of Booty Campaign Mode. The Campaign comprises up to twenty levels while Call the Campaign mode has ten levels. In the game, you must command an army and battle against enemies on the land, air and sea but be sure you make the accurate decision as you progress through the game. In battlefield, you must deploy your soldiers to take advantage of terrain, choke points, and defensive walls. There are a series of levels and the game has four difficulty settings. There are lots of units which you can use and control to conquer the land. Great Little War Game includes exciting features such as high Replayability, Simple Controls, Lots of Terrain Types, Units, Lush Visuals, and more. Try it out, and you’ll like it.
#16 N.O.V.A 3
N.O.V.A 3 or Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance 3 developed and published by Gameloft is another superbly created game like Deus Ex: The Fall. The game covers Action-Adventure, Sci-Fi and First Person Shooter categories and is available to play on Android, iOS, BlackBerry PlayBook, BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8. The game kicks off with a distress call to Commander Kal Wardin from Yelena (AI) on Earth. Commander Kal Wardin crash lands on earth in the area of San Francisco and meets up with Sergeant Becker. Upon reaching to N.O.V.A Squad, he finds out that the N.O.V.A has stolen the Judger’s Artifact the only thing that can transform earth to its oldest habitable form. Commander Kal vows to get back the artifact and returns back to base in space. After the necessary preparations, sets out in search of the Judgers and finds them in a distant quadrant, engages in a hardcore and destructive battle and finally acquires back the Judgers Artifact. N.O.V.A 3 presents a hardcore action game-play along with a superbly written and acted upon storyline. Because of the Sci-Fi nature of the game, you’ll surely enjoy what this game has to offer you.
#17 Neon Shadow
Neon Shadow is a wonderful shooting video game with similarities to the popular Shadowgun and it provides with a game-play similar to the popular Doom too. The game tasks you to go to a run-down weapons facility and investigate about it. You must go to the factory premises, kill all the dangerous AIs and save the people stranded in the facility. You must use your great stealth tactics to counter attack the enemy and enjoy competing in a totally Sci-Fi environment. Neon Shadow offers multiplayer gaming mode along with super awesome visuals, an amazingly Action-packed and hardcore combat oriented gameplay and a great storyline to follow. Play it out and you’ll definitely be blown away by the level of details and an amazing old school setting of the game. Neon Shadow is a great source of entertainment for all those who love playing games with Sci-Fi and Shooting elements.