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Anon·04/25/25 19:59·No.2019657

/vst/ is a place to discuss all types of strategy video games, including both turn-based and real-time strategy, turn-based and real-time tactics, single-player and multi-player (including MOBAs). All platforms are welcome. Does this mean discussion of strategy games is banned on other video game b...

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Anon·10/21/26 23:12·No.2508156

Shadow Empire

Did the AI controversy kill this game for good?

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Anon·09/26/26 15:36·No.2495272

FM27 Preorder party

Steam page is live! The countdown to the most highly anticipated lolcow-ware in sports management history has begun. The question on everyone's lips - Just how shit will it be?

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Anon·09/20/26 12:48·No.2492103

/oxce/ - OpenXCOM

>OXCE? OpenXcom is a free open-source game engine for the original 1994 X-Com: UFO Defense (aka UFO: Enemy Unknown) and 1996 X-Com: Terror from the Deep games. OXCE extends OXC modding capabilities and is home to megamods like X-Piratez, X-Com Files, 40k ROSIGMA and more. >Game https://www.gog.com/...

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Anon·09/20/26 00:54·No.2491901

>Kingdom Underfire never ever again Why doesn't anybody make spiritual successor? Nobody did this mix of strategy and action in this way again and I'm tired of replaying Heroes.

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Anon·09/10/26 18:50·No.2486090

/mbg/ - Mount and Blade General

Return to Form edition >(looted): >>2459968 >M&B Wiki https://antifandom.com/mountandblade/wiki/Mount_&_Blade_Wiki > BANNERLORD >Latest Patch Notes - WS v1.1.1 / BL v1.3.13 https://steamcommunity.com/games/261550/announcements/detail/517481543704250508?snr=2___ >Pastebin https://pastebin.com/tAvc...

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Anon·10/12/26 03:15·No.2503347

/aoeg/ - Age of Empires General

This is RTS, this is MODERN RTS you're seeing Starcraft, Command and Conquer, Warcraft They're all DEAD AOE2 REMAINS, you understand? AOE2 REMAINS AS THE FACE OF MODERN RTS >>2492784 [/vst/thread/2492784#p2492784]

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Anon·09/21/26 16:07·No.2492772

Troubleshooter: Abandoned Children

Based Carter Edition General Guide Mastery Set Effects, Mastery Drop List etc: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1349483727 Finding Masteries, Modules, and Troublemakers: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1971619284 Mastery/Module Descriptions: https://steam...

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Anon·10/24/26 15:47·No.2509458

Starsector Thread

TOTAL PHASE DEATH edition

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Anon·09/27/26 15:12·No.2495650

how would you rank the wallace and gromit trilogy? what game would you like to see next?

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Anon·09/25/26 14:57·No.2494889

/stg/ - STELLARIS General

hotfix THIS Devs back from STD collector vacation and fixing shit they broke before. >https://steamcommunity.com/games/281990/announcements/detail/708909893000627535 what else is new? well for starters, the giant Pop ethics changes only the Empra knows how this will go wrong.

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Anon·10/23/26 23:25·No.2509192

/eu5/ - Europa Universalis V General

It's never been more over edition # News Across the Pillars releases Wednesday, 28th October https://store.steampowered.com/app/3698990/Europa_Universalis_V_Across_the_Pillars/ Trade range bug (supposedly) fixed, but nobody actually plays the game so we just don't know https://forum.paradoxplaza...

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Anon·10/22/26 21:42·No.2508660

Why is chess so popular, but there are no popular chess variants on steam?

If I develop chess variants, what should I pay attention to that other games tend to get wrong? Is it even worth trying to break into this space?

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Anon·06/30/26 19:27·No.2440556

/HTW/ Historical Total War thread

Summer as hot as Cleopatra edition. Thread about historical Total War games and their mods. previous thread >>2324264

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Anon·10/19/26 12:47·No.2507226

TWbros have learn nothing from this

>Sega / CA removes Sh2 demaster >TWbros: "WE WON!!!" >Sega / CA's text clearly says they're still working in the CE >aka, they will re-remove OG Sh2 and bring back the cuck edition How can this community fell for the same trick AGAIN? >learn nothing from Empire, 2009 - the original sin (the awful ...

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Anon·10/24/26 16:07·No.2509466

Tower Defense

Is tower defense /vst/? What are the best tower defense games?

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Anon·10/16/26 22:34·No.2505828

TNO thread (great purge edition)

Nothing and no one is beyond reworking. Not even lead devs. https://www.youtube.com/@ThomasLands - Videos of nearly finished scrapped TNO builds. https://files.catbox.moe/6kc2dc.png - German space plans. https://files.catbox.moe/4p0tpa.pdf - Goering design doc. https://files.catbox.moe/pwkheh.png -...

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Anon·10/13/26 16:15·No.2504040

/v3g/ - Victoria 3 General

Germanys rightful borders edition New patch coming 5th November https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/developer-diary/victoria-3-dev-diary-192-not-yet-lost.1944771/

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Anon·08/19/26 14:42·No.2470745

EU4 Anbennar Thread

Previous: >>2426335 Cheese means victory in Surakeši

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Anon·06/02/25 18:35·No.2057168

Cyber Knights: Flashpoint just got out of the EA. It's an xcom-like cyberpunk turn-based tactics. Thoughs?

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Anon·10/01/26 18:55·No.2497916

Yikes

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Anon·10/18/26 22:10·No.2506999

/gsg/ — Grand Strategy General

If you see a gibberish post, it was made by raiders, ignore it. No, Vic 3 is not good yet. In fact it never will be. Neither will EU5. How fares your empire, /gsg/? On this day in history, the 20th of October: 1448 – The second battle of Kosovo ends when the larger army of the Ottoman Empire defe...

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Anon·10/25/26 04:54·No.2509689

11 years Just saying

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Anon·07/03/26 06:43·No.2442221

Sea Power: Naval Combat in the Missile Age

Is anyone else playing this game? Really fun cold war sim. The gameplay revolves around radar and detection.

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Anon·06/07/26 13:37·No.2423701

*Flashbangs your garrisoned 3 story building*

why are the jewSA overpowered in every game?

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Anon·10/24/26 14:30·No.2509427

Men of War

Why was this not received as warmly as the earlier games? Are there any alternative franchises?

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Anon·10/14/26 15:34·No.2504491

Songs of Syx

I've just discovered this game and I'm having a blast, how is your city faring? My first city got destroyed by raiders and I'm trying a multi-culti city this, going well so far at 1300 people. I'm trying to build up a military this time not to go down the same way but that shit is expensive

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Anon·09/13/26 23:42·No.2488400

STARCRAFT IS RETURNING As an open-world shooter On a scale of Over to Over, how Over is it for RTS?

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Anon·10/04/26 20:54·No.2499675

when can we get a Red Alert 2, Tiberian Sun remaster? Also why won't blizzard faggots put warcraft 3 on steam?

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Anon·10/18/26 11:11·No.2506565

Do someone wanna play EU4 with my friend?

My frend Gabriel is so lonely he wants someone to play Europa Universalis 4 with him

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Anon·10/06/26 10:38·No.2500490

Are city builders /vst/?

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Anon·10/23/26 20:36·No.2509116

Do people actually enjoy planet zoo? They are so fucking autistic and focus way more on the building aspects instead of the animals. I enjoy Jurassic world evolution much more because of the heavier emphasis on dinosaurs instead of building.

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Anon·10/22/26 18:43·No.2508525

Can you "reverse engineer" an AI?

For example: can you have a WW2 strategy game, and painstakingly recreate WW2 with troop movements, builds, production, policy decisions, etc, and have the in game engine/AI remember it, thus creating an AI that will naturally replicate WW2 and naturally replicate how WW2 could have gone as a reacti...

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Anon·10/12/26 21:17·No.2503698

Master of Orion 2 open source engine rebuild is out >focused on win95 binary but with fixed bugs >larger galaxies >modern multiplayer >optionally includes 1.50 patch >interface is hardcoded to 640x480 resolution but there's an ongoing effort to improve it https://github.com/orion2re/orion2re

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Anon·10/16/26 18:17·No.2505665

DOminion of Darkness - Dark Lord Simulator

It’s time for more news about my game - a totally free RPG/strategy simulator in which you take on the role of a Dark Lord attempting to conquer or destroy a fantasy world through schemes, dark magic, and military might. I’ve rolled out another major update. I’ve finally acted on the suggestions th...

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Anon·04/15/26 22:49·No.2379335

Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

Previous thread: >>2187019 What are people's ideas/hopes/wants for the next DLC? Do you strive to expand across the entire map, or build a singular megacity? What's your largest republic population to date?

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Anon·09/23/26 14:10·No.2493718

Dawn of War thread

This game looks like shit. I'm sticking to DoW1.

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Anon·09/03/26 12:40·No.2481061

Forgotten Strats

What are some forgotten strategy games hat only you remember? Pic related might not be too unpopular, but I find it quite surprising that it's still not on GOG or anywhere else and why there are no "retrospectives" using it to farm clicks. In fact, it's completely overshadowed by some shitty tablet...

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Anon·10/23/26 21:15·No.2509143

Here's one comfy freebie

In case this wasn't posted before, feel free to grab one of the best colony-sims ever made: https://opennorthland.org Also, while it says you need one of the games installed to play and I do own the games on GOG, the Linux appimage version does not seem to check for those, as I can play without havi...

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Anon·10/23/26 20:47·No.2509127

>Think of replaying a strategy game campaign >Imagine getting to that one particular part and immediately stop wanting to replay it

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Anon·10/19/26 21:39·No.2507571

Next Fest

What demos are you playing today, bros?

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Anon·10/11/26 00:12·No.2502789

Am I just retarded or is this game really difficult? I feel like I can never get shit to work the way I need it to

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Anon·10/23/26 07:39·No.2508820

M2EX/REX

>Full RAM utilization, no need for 4GB Patch >Lightning Fast Turn Times, Load Times and Menus >Pike, firearm & 2-Handed Units Fixed >Modernized Camera Controls >Improved AI & Diplomacy >Sharper graphics >More informative UI >No Faction Limit >No Region Limit >No Unit Limit >Reduced limits in general...

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Anon·10/18/26 18:18·No.2506851

It's Always "Medieval City Builder." It Should Be 18th Century City Builder

Why the fuck aren't theses "historically literate" game devs making cit builders in the appropriate time period?!? >I made a medieval historical city builder!!!! Congratulations, you have two rows of houses and some farms. >I made a wild west historical city builder!!!! Congratulations, you have two...

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Anon·09/21/26 14:17·No.2492701

Transport Fever 3

It's coming lads, are you ready? https://youtu.be/lq2oJCoVk6s

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Anon·10/14/26 21:19·No.2504690

Total War: Star Wars when?

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Anon·10/17/26 17:12·No.2506165

The Snowball Question

With so many gsg and 4X games, it's way too easy to translate an early game victory into continued success. Games like stellaris are basically decided by who can grab the most territory in the first twenty years. This renders the rest of the game redundant. Win one war, and you can pretty easily win...

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Anon·08/15/26 00:37·No.2468146

The Campaign Trail

dead game edition CTS: campaigntrailshowcase.com/campaign-trail/index.html NCT: newcampaigntrail.com/campaign-trail/index.html

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Anon·10/24/26 01:26·No.2509224

MOOG -- Master of Orion General

>endgame fleet edition >mfw continuing old savegame https://archive.org/details/msdos_Master_of_Orion_1993#

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Anon·09/12/26 19:41·No.2487592

Warcraft III Reforged: Forsaken Kingdom

After 23 years Warcraft 3 got a new campaign. https://youtu.be/I1kXClUCyuA https://youtu.be/m-C20pyrvjk

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Anon·08/26/26 11:36·No.2475345

Anno Thread

Everything about the Anno Series

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Anon·06/27/26 18:23·No.2438243

its the best civ game ever and its not even close

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Anon·09/11/26 07:49·No.2486496

CoH3

I feel like this one never got any loving from the fans, I mean the second one set in Russia was a stunning success, what is it that they did, for it to be forgotten so quickly, memoryholed? It's not like Italy was a forgettable front so it has to be something gameplay related right?

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Anon·06/01/26 00:23·No.2418680

>Starcraft 1 >Tassadar breaks away from tradition and cooperates with the dark templars and the terrans to defeat a common enemy oooh so heckin based this is the only way we must embrace diversity >Starcraft 2 >Artanis breaks away from tradition and cooperates with the Zerg and the terrans to defeat...

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Anon·10/18/26 18:10·No.2506848

>mogs AoE >mogs paraslop >mogs crusader kings >mogs total war >mogs starcraft KNEEL BEFORE YOUR KING

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Anon·10/18/26 00:23·No.2506366

Total Annihilation Is Now Open Source

I've been waiting for this for 10 years. Tried decompiling this myself back in 2016, but it was too much work without AI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNLHKnZfS0w

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Anon·06/27/26 23:37·No.2438480

>mine is the song of life How did we go from old AOW kino to what we have now

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Anon·10/12/25 15:52·No.2170163

Empire at War: are Sith not that good?

All guides i find online write that Darth Vader is one man army super unit that can take planets in ground battle at his lonesome, but i found him to be too underwhelming. what he is great blaster magnet and that's it. Emperor is kinda weak as well. Jedi hero on other hand are all fucking OP as hell...

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Anon·05/15/26 16:56·No.2404243

Calling all /vst/ users! I need data! What was the first RTS game you ever played?

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Anon·04/03/26 21:42·No.2372849

Gates Of Hell: Ostfront/Liberation/Finest Hour

Finest Hour is a pretty fine update, but I really have no idea how you are supposed to take out the Churchill MK VII. Especially as germany. The only units with enough armor penetration are the 10.5 artillery and the Jagdpanther - which is kind of a problem if there are three of these assholes. How...

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Anon·01/16/26 10:58·No.2322499

/asd/ - Amateur Strategy Development

An awful thread for devs and no-devs to post their awful ideas for strategy games that will never see the light of day, etc. previous thread: >>2032893 >Useful resources for making games Free icons: https://game-icons.net/ Free HQ textures: https://ambientcg.com/ Kanban for organization: https://w...

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Anon·10/20/26 02:40·No.2507678

Bring on the memes.

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Anon·08/29/26 19:30·No.2478064

Anyone back to Manor Lords? I skipped a few updates to pile up some content

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Anon·08/31/26 22:18·No.2479539

Terra Invicta

Is it good?

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Anon·10/03/26 04:44·No.2498674

Warno vs Regiments (singleplayer)

Which one is the better option for a 30 year old boomer with glacial reflexes and sternutative lumbago? I just want to have big epic battles against bots without having to get too sweaty into the micro or unit statistics. On one hand Regiments is supposedly tailored for players like me who want to j...

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Anon·08/19/26 06:26·No.2470535

yup

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Anon·08/04/26 00:27·No.2462073

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri or SMAC Picked it up recently and really enjoying it even if it takes a lot to get into and the unit designer is a chore. Anyone have any advice on economic victory? The other ones seem to be 10x easier, at least with their designated factions, but the fact that mind cont...

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Anon·04/14/26 17:19·No.2378765

TOTAL FANTASY WAR - WARHAMMERED EDITION

Total war - warhammer is on sale Any of them worth getting? Why do they still have denuvo 20 years after release?

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Anon·10/15/26 20:34·No.2505221

Apologize

At least this never got delisted

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Anon·09/18/26 09:36·No.2490925

Another common and massive L for the TWbros

Remember the fiasco that was R1 remaster in 2021? Well, get ready for its 2026 sequel: Shogun 2. >"The Complete Edition implies that for 15 years CA has been selling us an incomplete game." Shogun 2's Steam page and Workshop have suffered a Carthago Delenda Est. Forget about the Empire 2 and LotR ov...

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Anon·10/17/26 08:06·No.2505985

battleplan

what went wrong?

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Anon·06/18/26 19:13·No.2431755

/eu4/ - Europa Universalis IV thread

Polish tourism edition. Why wait ten years for EU5 to be finished when you can play EU4 right now?

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Anon·10/18/26 02:29·No.2506412

Travian

Anyone here play Travian?

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Anon·01/21/26 13:41·No.2325576

Graviteam Tactics/Combat Mission - Eternal Rivalry Edition

Thread to discuss Graviteam Tactics and Combat Mission games. Screenshots and AAR's welcome.

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Anon·08/26/26 23:34·No.2476026

/dfg/ - Dwarf Fortress General

We manage to live long enough edition Previous: >>2454744 Avaliable for free at https://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ or as a paid premium version on Steam or Itch.io >What is the difference? Both are the same game on the same version (53.xx). The free version uses ASCII as a tileset (but you can mo...

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Anon·10/18/26 15:59·No.2506733

Tropico 7

gameplays up, gather around https://youtu.be/o9G7qqBkTHg

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Anon·10/10/26 13:52·No.2502414

What did Sid Meier mean by this?

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Anon·06/20/26 14:39·No.2433256

Sins of a Solar Empire

do you like this franchise? I heard Rebellion is good

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Anon·07/05/26 03:29·No.2443716

brood war

let's talk about the game, your favorite custom maps, what you've been playing, what units you love/hate, pro matches and tournaments, and more.

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Anon·10/10/26 15:02·No.2502447

Car Park Capital

Has anyone else played this yet? I'm having fun, but I don't know how much depth there is to it. Feels like the rules for people's needs and where you build stuff are so loose that there isn't much of a logistical challenge. No political sperging thanks

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Anon·07/29/26 03:18·No.2458677

/eu123/ Europa Universalis Classic General:

Thread for discussion of Europa Universalis, Europa Universalis II (and it's expansion pack Asia Chapters), Europa Universalis III(and it's expansion packs Napoleon's Ambition, In Nomine, Heir to the Throne, and Divine Wind) and anything else regarding the first three games in the series.

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Anon·07/26/26 10:56·No.2456969

ITT: /vst/ games with NO possibility of remastering

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Anon·05/18/26 03:19·No.2406473

You right click on units to select them and move them by using right click. On the top right there are what your units can do, and by holding right click on a walled settlement you recruit units. It is an extremely simple, intuitive game to play but the templeOS aesthetic tricks you into thinking i...

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Anon·10/21/26 22:48·No.2508141

new zombie rts game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59f_XjUgFdE

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Anon·10/20/26 05:45·No.2507703

Game I've been working on

I've been working on this puzzle strategy game about creating chain reactions for the past ~10 or so months with a friend doing the art. It's my first commercial game. Can I have feedback on the steam store page? What do you all think of it? https://store.steampowered.com/app/5423040/Ashes_of_the_S...

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Anon·07/24/26 03:23·No.2455576

Age of empires 3 chads we are so back

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Anon·08/17/26 15:49·No.2469664

Starcraft Brood War - Terrannies Are NOT Ok Edition

Reigning champion Park Sang Hyun, Zerg Gigachad Soma, has won ASL 21 against the now disgraced Terranny, securing his second title and the SIXTH ASL in a row for Zerg Chads, contributing to a Historic Zerg Chad performance, the best ever so far. In light of this fact, it's safe to say that Terrannie...

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Anon·08/27/25 06:01·No.2130728

Any good Vicky 2 mods come out recently?

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Anon·10/17/25 02:53·No.2174434

Tactics RPG's

Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre, and any derivatives in this thread! The Final Fantasy Tactics remaster is out, as well as the Tactics Ogre remaster. Also shilling the excellent One Vision mod for the PSP version of Tactics Ogre, which rivals and even exceeds the Reborn remaster, depending on t...

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Anon·10/14/26 13:57·No.2504451

MENACE

Balancing update is out now. Bags n' Belts becomes even more overwhelmingly powerful. Carda's buffed First Aid now means it's viable to make her a cheap bundle of stats for the team. Most useless perks reworked to be much better. Grenade Tech stocks through the roof.

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Anon·08/10/26 15:25·No.2465366

Quasimorph

1.0 is out. How are you runs going?

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Anon·09/13/26 11:20·No.2487931

Decisive Campaigns: Barbarossa

Did ANYONE play this fucking game?

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Anon·09/16/26 00:10·No.2489634

Fire Emblem

Time to talk about the new installment.

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Anon·08/28/26 20:13·No.2477401

HoI3

Why is this game considered both the worst and simultaneously most complicated game paradox put out? Im playing it and it is genuinely fantastic. The "dreaded" order of battle system is awesome if you spend 3 minutes to understand basic military structure and rewards deep autism. The only things I m...

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Anon·10/10/26 08:23·No.2502312

New vibe coded RTS holy shit

https://play.steelti.de/

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Anon·07/16/26 15:48·No.2451411

Hearts of Iron III Thread

I've played Darkest Hour for years and am trying to get into Hearts of Iron III again, let's have a HoI3 thread. I've picked up my Germany save again that I started last year. Currently at the start of Barbarossa.

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Anon·07/16/26 09:55·No.2451257

FTL

Does anyone want to talk abou it?

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Anon·08/13/26 05:13·No.2466972

Japanese Strategy Games

I'll like to find out how many JP strategy games are there, so I'll dump covers in this thread. I'll start with the oldest and most recognizable franchise from Koei.

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Anon·10/08/26 18:40·No.2501519

Yet another EU5 thread

i dont get why eu5 is so hated on 4channel.com this is the first paradox game in over a decade that's reversed the trend of simplifying and casualizing their games, as such i love it, i love the interconnected mechanics, i love popmaxxing, i love prosperity spamming, i love production efficiency, i ...

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Anon·10/07/26 06:41·No.2500903

The fatherland chronicle of Park Chung Hee

https://store.steampowered.com/app/5035220/For_the_Fatherland_Chronicle_of_Park_Chunghee/ Has anyone played this, is it peak?

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Anon·10/18/26 09:10·No.2506531

Forget the Cum Eating Edition! This is all you need to enjoy Shogun 2 in 2026.

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Anon·10/16/26 15:14·No.2505583

Perry Rhodan Operation Eastside

Anyone play this? It's a german-only 4x game set in the Perryverse

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Anon·09/29/26 16:44·No.2496718

Tempest Rising new DLC

Tempest Rising now has a third faction, the Veti, on the game with a new-released DLC today. >You can play it online and on skirmish with no need to pay >DLC is just the 11-mission campaign, which most players said its a good campaign. Having fun with it, anons?

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Anon·10/17/26 14:33·No.2506109

I hate it, when strategy games do this. >unit is one of the most effective units in the game for it's intended role >nothing in it's stats indicate that it should be as effective as it is >look_inside.mp4 >the entire balance of the game is built on the never actually communicated mechanic that knock...

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Anon·05/26/26 22:19·No.2414786

Heroes of MIGHT and MAGIC: OLDEN ERA

Now that the dust has settled, was the PvP focused design a good choice? >Download https://1337x.to/torrent/6636239/Heroes-of-Might-and-Magic-Olden-Era/ Previous: >>2389871

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Anon·10/15/26 23:27·No.2505307

Shogun 2 REMASTERED

It's dead, Jim.

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Anon·03/27/26 02:53·No.2368725

/domg/ - Dominions 6: Rise of the Pantokrator General

Gigachad edition Post about Illwinter Game Design's Dominions series

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Anon·10/15/26 07:56·No.2504886

Rate the war im in

>Be me >Buy HOI4 >"Hmmm let me play as USA during the cold war" >"How could I prevent the cuban missile crisis?" >*Invades cuba* >500k USA casualties conpared to 77K cuban casualties >*Cuba tanks 5 nukes* >Finally annexed cuba after creating 24.1% of world tension You guys r proud right?

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Anon·08/26/26 02:38·No.2475188

Niche Strategy Games Thread

Has any living soul played this game? Is there even any game similar to it? Besides Advance Wars and Panzer Corps.

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Anon·09/11/26 07:38·No.2486490

Post games that were shit BUT had an interesting mechanic you still remember Flooding the map and terraforming it for the alien side, turning it into naval combat was cool

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Anon·07/31/26 11:34·No.2460053

Master of Cummand

Anyone playing this?

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Anon·09/17/26 21:32·No.2490770

EL2

Endless Legend 2 is out of early access. How is it?

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Anon·09/22/26 15:41·No.2493204

When are they going to remake this? It was always the best Battletech game. HBS Battletech was okay. MWO has always been slow and boring.

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Anon·09/28/26 18:14·No.2496197

Recommend me some comfy city or country builder with economy management.

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Anon·09/17/26 14:11·No.2490478

Any games which simulate the Robert Moses experience?

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Anon·10/10/26 22:00·No.2502736

This sucks. I was expecting a good survival city builder like Frostpunk, but it's just been very grindy and repetitive with lots of micromanaging.

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Anon·10/14/26 20:32·No.2504669

Shogun 2 - Shartlete Edition

THERE IS NOTHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT AND YOU'RE A WEIRDO IF YOU DO God, I pray modders make 64 bit mods for ETW/NTW and Shogun 2 like the one for RTW/M2TW

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Anon·10/03/26 11:18·No.2498751

Crusader Kings 3 Thread: Adelheid edition

The previous one is hitting bump limit. So here's a new one. RIP in peace Adelheid Salian, you have been already forgotten. >Previous thread >>>2484817 >Patch notes for the By God Alone release https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/by-god-alone-1-20-0-crozier-free-update-available-now.1943128...

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Anon·08/26/26 19:18·No.2475783

Tim Curry Has Passed Away

Pay your respects, /vst/.

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Anon·08/16/26 11:29·No.2468959

/rts/

Where is the general for games that have no general

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Anon·08/23/26 19:09·No.2473413

Why did Paradox have the balls to make a cold war game 12 years ago but wouldn't today?

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Anon·07/16/26 02:47·No.2451127

Distant Worlds 2 Thread

The Galaxy thus far... Technical details: >Irregular Galaxy Shape >Dense Nebulae Density >2000 Star Systems >10x10 Sectors >21 Starting Empires >Aggression = Chaos >Difficulty = Extreme >Research Speed = Slow >Pirates = Very Many >Space Creatures = Normal And the details not mentioned in the save fi...

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Anon·10/14/26 19:44·No.2504641

DoW 4 x TW:40k

Why can't both be the same game? The best mechanics of DoW combined with the best ones of TW.

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Anon·10/13/26 01:01·No.2503778

BRAVO CA! THEY HAVE DONE IT AGAIN!

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Anon·08/26/26 11:34·No.2475344

Homm3 Remake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXeEv1y8A6M This is so stupid. If you want to make a game like heroes of might and magic 3, you can just make another heroes of might and magic. Like 4, 5, 6, 7 and most recently olden era did. and If you don't have the IP, then make Songs of Conquest. You're not ca...

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Anon·10/11/26 22:08·No.2503242

One of my childhood traumas is that nobody but me had ever heard of a game called Metal Fatigue.

Even though it was the best strategy game of its era, packed with innovations and surprising depth. It felt like this brilliant game existed only in my head, like an amazing imaginary friend that only I knew.

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Anon·10/10/26 13:31·No.2502401

>Dude you're not actually supposed to ""play"" the game, you're supposed to skip it Why is it so difficult to just make fights less numerous and low level enemies less onerous? This isn't just for TW, all the HOMM likes, even jarpigs

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Anon·04/04/26 21:35·No.2373364

What happened?

I've been completely out of the loop on what happened to PM for the last couple of years. More or less gave up on them with the launch of Limbus, and the old mongolian basketweaving forum alongside it. Has anything good happened in the last three years, or is Director just coasting on whales? Got a ...

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Anon·09/26/26 10:57·No.2495230

Now that the dust has settled, is Mechabellum any good?

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Anon·07/12/26 21:18·No.2449255

Europa Universalis 5

>Heard that a new patch recently came out >Decide to dive back in to try it out >Starting building up buildings and RGOs based on their potential tax income to starting bolstering my funds >None of these fucking buildings seem to have increased my income one fucking red cent, the only thing that see...

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Anon·09/29/26 19:51·No.2496800

Airmech

Anybody still play this game? I've been trying to get back into it and its been getting some updates lately. Airmech is kind of a Lite RTS where you take control of a transforming mecha to directly air drop and give orders to units in a simple battle for control of the map. Eventually ending when o...

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Anon·07/11/26 15:29·No.2448382

How is Solium Infernum? You never hear anyone talk about it when 4X games are discussed.

/vst/

Anon·10/11/26 18:02·No.2503121

What went wrong?

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Anon·10/04/26 14:26·No.2499428

Hearts of Iron IV / Hoi4 Modding

Kaiser edition. Previous edition: >>2486163 ——-MODDING RESOURCES——— >bit dot ly 3GPdwPD General Index of tutorials for photoshop, GFX, scripting, etc. This is a google doc, so be aware. >https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/Modding General article hub on modding, also has a lot of info in general on all p...

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Anon·09/10/26 17:05·No.2485969

Chronicles: Medieval

Saar! SAR! The new Mount and Blade mogger has arrived. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJCCMXYnv-U

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Anon·08/18/26 20:05·No.2470312

Drone-centric warfare strategy game

How do you go about and make one? I'm not aware of any games that simulate it properly besides adding some static modifiers and the like. Maybe RTS games are better suited for this kind of thing.

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Anon·09/22/26 19:07·No.2493313

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

22 September 2004. 22 years ago.

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Anon·07/19/26 23:41·No.2453059

Enemy Nations

Enemy Nations, the open source RTS+City builder with online multiplayer is in pre release for it's next major update. Open Source version 3 brings cross-platform (64 Bit Windows+Linux+Mac), a new Stellaris-inspired edict system, improved ai, and lots of bug fixes. https://youtu.be/Bgl7CNl3iAg htt...

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Anon·10/07/26 13:31·No.2501004

Are management games /vst/?

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Anon·05/22/26 18:25·No.2410700

Darkest Hour A Hearts of Iron Game

Still the best WW1 and WW2 simulator. Mods Summarizes and Links: https://pastebin.com/3UwV79Pq Official Patch 1.05.2 (works on the gog installer) https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/darkest-hour-patch-1-05-2-hot-fix-release.1530186/

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Anon·09/11/26 20:38·No.2487114

Squad Strategy

Can someone please recommend me RTS games where you lead small scale operations? Like just a few squads and maybe a vehicle here and there. Kinda like some small scale operations in Men of war or Dawn of war 2 or anything similar to that.

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Anon·09/29/26 20:34·No.2496827

yeah sure put a heavy AA unit that can't be flared/distracted in the mod you fucking retards

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Anon·09/14/26 01:46·No.2488464

Dungeon Keeper kinos

Any hidden DK gems or upcoming titles you're optimistic about? Pic rel is Infamous Keepers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftnwPOTrPD8

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Anon·09/22/26 06:17·No.2493061

Corporate Exploitation Sims

What is the best game for playing as a ruthless international corporation? Think United Fruit Company, Nestle, HBC, and so on. Bonus points if you can be extremely exploitative and evil. Closest thing I've found so far is playing megacorporations in Stellaris, but it's not particularly great at sell...

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Anon·08/27/26 14:05·No.2476337

What's a good fantasy city builder?

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Anon·10/06/26 16:36·No.2500632

Foundation DLC dropping soon

34 bucks is a little steep for the base game tho? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zASkx6kKu0

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Anon·04/29/26 02:43·No.2388632

What're they cooking up

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Anon·09/13/26 12:07·No.2487946

4X / Grand-strategy recommendations

I already played Vic2 and CK2, and I got burnout from both for how boring they were, are the other PDX games equal in terms of gameplay or not? The worst part of both games was >80% is looking at the screen seeing the time past in max. speed >5% is the notification spam-nuking of the same 5 events /...

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Anon·08/27/26 03:55·No.2476146

Today

Exp rel Faster move The map itself 7 quick no options

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Anon·09/21/26 12:08·No.2492645

Should I get Civ5 or Civ6?

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Anon·07/06/26 14:52·No.2444485

ITT we post IPs which deserve a strategy game.

>picrel >PAIZO! GIVE ME A STRATEGY GAME SET IN GOLARION AND MY LIFE IS YOURS! >(no the crusade mode of wotr does not count) FOR THE THRICE-DAMNED HOUSE OF THRUNE!