Survey: What are your top 5 strategy games?

[Green Raven]

I ask here because... here's where strategy gamers are likely to see it!
Im posting this question on the forums of my own top 5 strategy games: Warhammer 2; XCOM 2; Invisible, inc; Age of Empires 2; and Wargroove (which is standing in for Advance Wars 2)
Thanks for answering!

[Benkyo]

On Steam, off the top of my head:
Twilight Struggle
Invisible Inc.
Through the Ages
Slay the Spire
Into the Breach

[sumhavok]

In no particular order:

Xcom 2
Warhammer 2
Mordheim: City of the Damned
Invisible Inc.
Into the Breach

Honorable mention: Fell Seal Arbiter's Mark

[FraGmenToR]

not in order:

Heroes of Might & magic III
Civilisation IV Beyond the sword
Xcom
Lords of magic
Warcraft III Tides of Darkness

[Maliboo]

Invisible Inc (almost my most-played game)
Crusader Kings 2 (3rd most-played)
XCOM 1 with Enemy Within dlc
Alpha Centauri
Original War (very old game, but liked it)

[bureau44]

XCOM / Enemy Within / Long War
Battle Brothers
Dungeon of the Endless
Frozen Synapse / Frozen Cortex
The Darkest Dungeon

[Benkyo]

Originally posted by bureau44:

Dungeon of the Endless
Frozen Synapse

Good choices. I actually felt a sense of achievement the first time I won a "standard" difficulty Dungeon of the Endless run.

[bureau44]

Originally posted by Benkyo:

Good choices. I actually felt a sense of achievement the first time I won a "standard" difficulty Dungeon of the Endless run.

I guess you meant the 'easy' difficulty ;) It took me also over 30 hours.
I'm quite happy they didn't provide us with "normal" difficulty.

I beleive this game stays at closest to Invisible Inc. in many aspects: difficulty, length, endless mode, etc. But first of all because of the set of charming characters which have distinct skills and traits, which strongly influence the playthrough.
I dare to say this is the best designed bunch of characters in the whole indie/roguelike/strategy industry.

[Hekateras]

I'm actually not much of a strategy fan outside of Invisible Inc so my list is a little more random/obscure. Here goes:

1. Invisible, Inc.
2. Desperados: Wanted Dead Or Alive
3. XCOM: Enemy Within
4. Warlords Battlecry II. I played this a ton when I was a kid.
5. Dungeon Keeper I

Never got into "pure" strategy games like Civilisation or Heroes of Might and Magic, oddly enough, though they're a big part of my childhood. But that was mostly just messing around and playing with the map editor for HoMM, not playing it "properly".

[TripSin]

1. Invisible Inc, solving how to survive through Day 20 missions was like trying to work out a crazy puzzle and was the most satisfaction I've ever gotten from a strategy game
2. X-Com 1
3. Dawn of War 2
4. Slay the Spire
5. Fire Emblem: Three Houses

[Tux]

I dont have 5 but I will make the note that I think Hearts of Iron is the most in depth I have played, its well beyond my intellectual paitence. think my personal fav at the time is ONI.

Technically speaking by the way, this is a tactical game. I know the industry doesnt make that distinction and that is fair enough but tactics is more about field actions, stradegy is more top level.

so on that note, still to this day Silent Storm is my favorite tactical game