strategic games
Thinking person's pastimes
Strategic games are games where success depends on planning, foresight, and decision-making rather than chance or physical skill.
Chess and Go are classic examples; modern instances include real-time strategy video games and complex board games.
The term distinguishes games requiring tactical thinking from those based on luck or reflexes: She prefers strategic games to party games.
- StarCraftBlizzard's interstellar strategy franchise
- Command and ConquerMilitary strategy phrase
- Age of EmpiresHistorical real-time strategy series
- GoTerritory-capturing board game
- StrategoMilitary capture-the-flag board game
chess · Civilization · Settlers of Catan · SimCity · Factorio · resource management · shogi · Oregon Trail · Hearthstone
strategic gamesarcade games
Quarter-fed video amusements
button mashers · rhythm games · fighting games · first-person shooters · platformers
strategic gamesgames of chance
Contests determined by randomness
slot machines · roulette · dice games · lottery · casino games
strategic gamescasual games
Simple, accessible interactive entertainment
party games · children's games · idle games · clicker games · time-wasters
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