The Ultimate List Of 2024 & 2025 Strategy Games | Best New RTS Builders & Grand 4X Tactics

Oh you’re in for it now! There’s literally over a thousand in development strategy games across a multitude of subgenres but where to begin? How about this list. I’ve spent months researching all the upcoming strategy games with promise and compiled them here including new ones I’ve never mentioned before. Sit back, relax, and get ready to be in the know. If you want to support the channel, buy games using this GOG referral link: af.gog.com/?as=1715648857 Thank you!
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Upcoming New PC #Strategy 4X #RTS Tactics Games #2024
Intro | 0:00
TURN-BASED 4X | 0:28
1. Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator | 0:38
2. Songs of Silence | 2:35
3. Stellaris Nexus | 4:18
4. Alliance of the Sacred Suns | 6:14
5. ZEPHON | 8:00
6. Revival: Recolonization | 9:47
7. Songs of Conquest | 11:44
8. Yield! | 13:57
9. Rising Lords | 15:34
10. Ara: History Untold | 17:02
11. Solium Infernum | 19:24
12. Millennia | 22:30
13. Civilization 7 | 25:13
14. Elaborate Lands | 28:02
RTS | 29:33
15. Rogue Command | 29:43
16. Ablight | 31:14
17. Annihilate The Spance | 32:42
18. From Glory To Goo | 34:19
19. Nuke Them All | 36:08
20. Collapsed Galaxy 2 | 37:40
21. ZeroSpace | 39:16
22. Industrial Annihilation | 41:30
23. Godsworn | 43:00
24. Dinolords | 44:25
25. Age of Mythology: Retold | 45:50
26. Global Conflagration | 47:28
27. Red Chaos - The Strict Order | 48:52
28. Dying Breed | 50:25
29. DORF RTS | 52:22
30. Barkhan | 53:42
31. Liquidation | 54:43
32. Space Tales | 56:18
33. Heart Of Muriet | 57:37
34. TFC: The Fertile Crescent | 59:14
35. Empire of the Ants | 1:00:39
36. 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far | 1:02:16
37. Manor Lords | 1:04:00
38. BAR: Beyond All Reason | 1:05:55
39. Sanctuary: Shattered Sun | 1:07:24
40. Tempest Rising | 1:08:59
41. Homeworld 3 | 1:10:59
42. Stormgate | 1:12:25
43. Stronghold Unreal | 1:14:40
44. Battle Realms: Zen Edition | 1:15:57
REAL-TIME GRAND STRATEGY | 1:17:49
45. Gilded Destiny | 1:17:59
46. King's Orders | 1:19:37
47. Espiocracy | 1:21:22
48. Fragile Existence | 1:23:19
49. Ultimate General: American Revolution | 1:25:18
50. World Warfare & Economics | 1:27:19
51. Renaissance Kingdom Wars | 1:29:10
52. Small Kingdoms | 1:31:07
53. Terra Invicta | 1:32:55
54. Kaiserpunk | 1:35:37
TACTICAL TACTICS | 1:37:42
55. Capes | 1:37:52
56. Commandos: Origins | 1:38:45
57. Cyber Knights: Flashpoint | 1:40:28
58. Plague Lords | 1:41:39
59. Red Glare | 1:42:41
60. Arc Seed | 1:43:55
61. Crown Wars: The Black Prince | 1:45:11
62. Every Day We Fight | 1:46:14
63. Forgotten but Unbroken | 1:47:14
64. Ratten Reich | 1:48:10
65. End State | 1:49:03
66. HeatWave | 1:50:19
67. Classified: France '44 | 1:51:20
68. NEBULOUS: Fleet Command | 1:52:58
69. TANKOCRACY | 1:54:16
70. Broken Arrow | 1:55:33
71. WARNO | 1:57:08
72. Headquarters World War II | 1:58:44
73. Corsairs - Battle of the Caribbean | 2:00:23
74. Task Force Admiral | 2:01:59
75. Trident: Naval Doctrine | 2:03:42
76. Stargate: Timekeepers | 2:05:05
77. White Sands | 2:06:52
78. Mars Tactics | 2:08:06
79. XO | 2:10:06
80. Project Haven | 2:11:24
81. Neverdark | 2:12:40
82. Survive the Fall | 2:13:50
83. The Stone of Madness | 2:15:11
84. Inkulinati | 2:16:51
85. Hexxen: Hunters | 2:18:26
86. Anvil Empires | 2:20:09
87. Moonbreaker | 2:21:49
88. Space Gears | 2:23:19
89. MENACE | 2:24:46
90. Mechabellum | 2:26:41
91. Xenonauts 2 | 2:28:08
92. Men of War II | 2:29:38
BONUS Games You Asked About
- Arcane Wilds (aiming for 2026-28 release)
- Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance (Supposed to release in 2023, delayed last minute)
- Moduwar (Listed since 2018)
- StarSector (In dev for almost 15 years)
- 0AD (In dev for almost 15 years)
Upcoming strategy games in 2024 looks amazing and there is something for everyone. Turn-based, real-time, 4X, RTS, grand strategy, and tactical tactics games. Almost 100 games are listed here and this should give you the perfect overview of all the strategies you can deploy when looking for a new strategy game.
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[@GamerZakh]

Surely this video deserves a like, comment, and subscribe? Or maybe use the GOG referral link? af.gog.com/?as=1715648857 Thank you! This isn't all either, more upcoming games in the full playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLYVqUDxY6COh7bkuJoBb1koNRX7mAX2yp

[@DrydockDreamsGames]

Thank you for your kind mention of our game Zakh! You take good care in 2024 - stay healthy & happy! Cheers - The Task Force Admiral team

[@petrino]

Industrial Annihilation apparantly renamed themselves to Planetary Annihilation: TITANS

[@GamerZakh]

@@petrino Planetary Annihilation: TITANS is a 2015 game that's already released, so I don't think they renamed it to that.

[@petrino]

@@GamerZakh Now I am thoroughly confused because the game I found looks exactly like that game, and I cannot find Industrial Annihilation anywhere.

[@WojDestroyer]

82. Survive the Fall looks like mobile garbage so I am fully not on par with your opinion, to trashcan with it.

[@flyingspud]

Gone are the days of coming up with key words for google searching strategy games. For the past year Zakh has been my go to when it comes to looking for games, not only because of his calm and soothing voice. Or the sense of wisdom and serenity that Zakh transmits. It is because Zakh is thorough, he investigates the depths of the internet to find that one indie game nobody knows about. Let this vast list stand as a demonstration of the volume of his work. (Sorry for the grandiloquence, I've been reading too many warhammer novels)

[@GamerZakh]

I'm glad you find them useful! Thank you

[@crimroxs]

I've always been looking forward to the Strategy videos each year to know what is upcoming still and what is new. Stormgate and Zerospace are the two that's been on my mind for sometime. And copium, but hoping for a Red Alert 2 remaster if ever.

[@awrawrwar]

A two and a half-hour list!? You're spoiling us buddy, but don't mind if I do sit down and watch this massive list.

[@GamerZakh]

Glad you're liking the lists! Thank you!

[@feneq_games]

Hey, thanks for featuring Rogue Command! This video looks like an insane amount of work. Thanks for putting in the work.

[@uros.u.novakovic]

Oh my.... I am gonna need to make a lot of popcorn for this beast!

[@GamerZakh]

Hope you enjoy it!

[@dyingbreedRTS]

You did it again Zakh!! Thanks for the support!!

[@cyberpunkgirl7907]

we love this channel so much

[@ancletyinglet]

Zakh, if you're interested in learning more about Anvil: Empires and how it might turn out, you can also check out Foxhole, also by Siege Camp. The two games have a similar aspect of being massively multiplayer with hundreds of players battling and developing logistics lines. Foxhole has a pretty large and consistent playerbase, so I imagine Anvil will also perform quite well, in an emerging genre.

[@jjforcebreaker]

Oh MAN. Person can get dizzy just looking at the list... Awesome job, I'll try to get through it today, lol!

[@kuriea552]

Thanks so much for all the research you put into this. There were several that made it past my lists, not surprising, considering how many are coming out in the next year or 2.

[@GamerZakh]

Yeah it's hard even for me to keep up with all the new announcements. Then filtering through everything that exists. Glad you found it useful.

[@YellowNovaCO]

RTS player here. Mechabellum is a very fun game! I already have 100 hours in it, since I got it last august. It is my first autobattler and I love playing chess with all these different mechs. The game is still in development, but there's already enough now to really enjoy it.

[@reynanuy]

Awesome list, amazing compilation and editing. Thanks for making my day. 2024 is surely looking great for strategy fans!

[@GlobalConflagration]

Let's go boys! This year is definitely the year of RTS!

[@michibichi2212]

now that length is a reason to finally watch on the big screen

[@asve2369]

You watch Gamerzakh because of his amazing lists. I watch Gamerzakh because of his majestic voice. We are not the same.

[@victorvautrin4674]

amazing video, 2024 will be the year of the RTS!

[@MrTrollosan]

two and a half hours with timestamps!? instalike 👌

[@LordHog]

Fantastic job of the mega list! Very much appreciated

[@GamerZakh]

Thank you so much! That's really kind of you

[@NukeThemAllGame]

A lot of great RTS to wishlist! Lets Bring RTS back to glory in 2024!

[@rattlehead999]

RTS making a comeback!

[@Fletcher109]

Thanks GZ- wishlists and defs. Nice compilation.

[@GamerZakh]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@luisfbjunqueira5837]

Excellent list, thanks for putting this togethr!

[@deebee4575]

You maniac! Another great reference for future game purchases.

[@walterwhite8031]

Great video as usual. Thanks for this service it's always so informative. Also I was thinking that it might be a good idea, if you put a little icon or just a little notification on the games, you have an additional video on. Like Manor Lords for example... You have at least one video on that game specifically and I think it would be a nice quality of life thing for the viewer, that doesn't require too much work on your side.

[@GamerZakh]

Thanks! And that's the kind of thing I miss annotations for haha, would be great if I could put an on screen link to the video on every game.

[@Matt02209]

I admire your dedication for constant creation of these lists ;) this one has length of a good movie :D i'm gonna prep my popcorn and watch it tonight instead of Netflix :P

[@TheJakub345]

Cheers for the list, this kind of list is so helpful. By the way, there is an RTS you missed called Arcane Wilds. It just released a demo on steam. The graphics are a fairly basic but the gameplay is very good. The demo has heaps of content too. I've sunk a bunch of hours into it already lol. I feel the devs really deserve a shout out... maybe you could mention them in the future.

[@GamerZakh]

Glad you found it useful! And as I mentioned there's over 1000 Strategy games in development, so I basically didn't mention 1000 games here. Arcane Wilds is planning 2-4 years in early access and it hasn't begun, so even though it's a thing, it could be a 2028 game and 2026 earliest for a full release. Considering that, I'll probably only mention it for 2025 onwards if it goes into early access first.

[@TheJakub345]

@@GamerZakh That sounds very reasonable. Anyway keep up the good work and looking forward to more vids! 😀

[@NukeThemAllGame]

What an epic year for RTS! Thank you for including me, "Nuke Them All" is an exciting indie RTS game set to launch in 2024, and we've already released the Demo, which is why we're reaching out to Steamers. It's a unique game in the style of classic golden-era RTS titles like Z, KKND, and C&C Red Alert. The primary objective is to capture flags and territories, speeding up production, upgrading factories, and ultimately destroying the enemy fort! Our demo is finally LIVE on steam! Please wishlist! The new update is live

[@Vurt72]

That's some real effort Zakh! Appreciate it :)

[@dolmunk]

Thank you for your great work and insights. Much appreciated.

[@qasderfful]

I think the idea of districts in CivVI came from Fallen Enchantress rather than Endless Legend. In EL, they act as kind of a sphere of influence of the city, while in FE they actually play a role you build them for. CivVI builds further on that. EL districts, I think, went on to inspire Planetfall/AoW4 system of city expansion.

[@uros.u.novakovic]

I love that some RTS games are finally going back to the single player campaign side of things. I was never really into multiplayer aspect of these games and always preferred to play a fun campaign. As for TFC: The Fertile Crescent is that only multiplayer or will it have a single player component? That one looks interesting.

[@brandon8667]

I also love campaign rts too and I'm happy developers are putting the work there. But just want to say that competitive rts is not as bad as people say. Most games are like drunk toddlers in a fist fight.

[@andreread5056]

TFC dev here! We're currently hard at work on the Campaign Mode for the 1.0 release which will happen in 2024.

[@uros.u.novakovic]

@@andreread5056 Great news, glad to hear that! Thanks for the reply!

[@nrg1.gaming]

Thanks for this awesome collection!

[@Griexxt]

What about Manor Lor.... oh, I see. Thanks! 😁

[@SAS1122334455]

awesome list! 12 added to wishlist, thanks!

[@GamerZakh]

Thanks! Glad you found some new ones!

[@Watthef2024]

44:25 those pesky Danes and their meddling dinosaurs!

[@EssaBee]

FYI: Zephon is now warhammer 40k. Their previous game Gladius is. It's an epic war game, with some 4x elements. Try it if you haven't!

[@meluckycharms321]

What a mega list, thanks!

[@tyalikanky]

Amazing work to collect all these in one place.

[@GamerZakh]

Thank you!

[@TheAxebitten]

Please do a First Person Shooter list, including Manor Lords 😅

[@TheEndsJustifyTheMemes]

52:51 bro briefly channeled his inner Dr. Suess.

[@grey9526]

2,5 hours of new strategy games? NICE

[@dahelmang]

Annihilate the Spance looks like it is based on the Annihilate Everything games I played on Kongregate. Happy to see a sequel that doesn't require flash.

[@zeusapollo6504]

Holy Cow, this video is really huge and has so many good games included quite awesome work! I really recommend to check out Dominions 6. Most impressive game in my opinion play it since part 2, over 20 years ago. For the RTS genre, i really liked Rise of Nation, who whas designed by the same game director who allready did Civ2 and Alpha Centauri, Brian Reynolds, but i gladly look into Age of Mythology Retold, too hope the God system stays the same in the remake, that was the most interesting part in that game as this changed what spells and units you could use, so added MASSIVE replay value, which is a key element in all strategy games to stay relevant in the long run. Xenonauts 2 is on my radar, too if i only could carve out time to play all these games... Because i still enjoy Daggerfall Unity with the DREAM mod. :P

[@daft73games]

Great list. Really appreciate the time and effort you put towards this, *and your other lists* , @GamerZach!!

[@GamerZakh]

Thank you!

[@mikael8276]

Holy moly

[@Rhenium-f9c]

Tempest Rising, finally. Now please someone revive the emergency series.

[@EvilReFlex]

Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes (GOLD Edition) - Not a new game, but there is a remaster in work and its free on steam.

[@abrittishpanfish6269]

space gears looks like someone saw C&C4 and said "this could work"

[@HolyXerxes]

Where Manor Lord?? Joking aside, thanks for the list man, plenty of the games on the list flick my interest.

[@GamerZakh]

Haha thanks for clarifying, people are still demanding Manor Lords on lists and they aren't joking, so it can be hard to tell. Glad you're enjoying it!

[@tH4ttUs]

Dinolords looks awesome

[@nicolascoton6116]

Thats a lot of work for a video, liked and susbscribed mate, glad i found you

[@GamerZakh]

Thank you!

[@JAmonOfficial]

My oh my, so many strategy games, and to think that so many people still think this genre is over ...

[@GamerZakh]

Haha and this is when I've filtered out 1000 games. This is the top 10% and there's plenty in the 90% that's still worth checking out (of course not everything).

[@JAmonOfficial]

Nice one :) Crazy to think of there is so much going on outside AAA, but good job on doing so and filtering all, they all look really promising. btw Zakh, when is the next Morrowind Remastered episode coming out ? I love those and how you role play them. :) @@GamerZakh

[@GamerZakh]

@@JAmonOfficial I was really enjoying the new Morrowind playthrough but people just weren't watching, and unfortunately I gotta focus on better performing things for now because of financial reasons.

[@JAmonOfficial]

Understandable, first things first, still I enjoy all of your content so keep it up Zakh. @@GamerZakh

[@Ben_D.]

excellent overview

[@sweepingtime]

Jeez this is a great big chonk of a video.

[@GamerZakh]

They just keep announcing new games!

[@Oyster_Man]

Great video! Small note, Zephon isnt in the 40k universe. The developers just previously worked on a 40k game.

[@GamerZakh]

Thanks! Oh and yeah I didn't mean that was the 40k universe, but it's from devs of a 40k game and the setting is 40k-esque as it's a sci-fi future with biomechanical abominations. I meant to say 'like 40k', so fans of 40k would like this too.

[@Oyster_Man]

@GamerZakh oh man, thanks for the reply! I've been a big fan of yours for years- in particular I discovered Frostpunk and Planet Zoo through you. You yearly upcoming games videos are a bit of a yearly tradition at this point. Thanks for all you do!

[@sa5er1234]

At last RTS games are having a comeback here.

[@tH4ttUs]

so many work. thy soo much!

[@0-Seya-0]

I want a new Heroes Of Might and magic game. But made by a competent team, with lots of items to collect, buildings and units to crate in your town.

[@songsofsilencegame]

Hey Zakh! Just stumbled across this, thanks so much for covering our game Songs of Silence in this huge masterlist of great games! It means a lot to us to see fans hyped about this game! And we will have even more news soon. If you're interested in more, I've send you an E-mail :)

[@yutanarkavich]

yahooo new video!

[@JetfireQuasar]

Barkhan feels like they were making a Dune game tried to get a Licence to put the label on it but have so far failed to acquire it.

[@brandon8667]

5:56 That's Twilight Imperium 57:28 first thought was Spyro and other old platform fames. Same saturated color palates

[@RemusKingOfRome]

Task Force Admiral ! Best of the lot ! :D

[@dahelmang]

Wow, impressive

[@Smelly13]

YIELD looks like a graphical computer version of the handheld game ’Polytopia’ (which I can recommend)

[@stanislavvaldman8354]

Upd: Classified France 44, is not that challenging. Bought it at release. At first mechanics can be a bit overwhelming (though outdated), but once you get the hang of it, it's easy to complete with highest rate of success. To get a good ending, remember to conquer most influencing sectors and recruit FFP as much as possible at the main map. Additionally the most important skill for everyone is the addition of AP. That's about it

[@GamerZakh]

Thanks for the update! Always useful to see what people think of these games.

[@mesarthim640]

Thanks Zakh !!! What a list ! Amazing video... I hope those games won't be pushed back to 2025 but I have a bad feeling when most of those games do not have any precise release date when we are in 2024. I can't wait enough for Solium Infernum... Played the original quite a bit. (it seems this one has the "horror/hell" element toned down quite a lot though, graphically speaking) You should definitely play ARMEGGEDON EMPIRES, I was hooked even more on that one but no tutorial, only a pdf to read, a bit painful but worth it ! So many interesting titles... Keeping track of a bunch of them. There's also Moduwar, Q2 2024 Siege of Irdor, no date but 2024 most likely Ardent seas, same Cold Engine, unknown Grimstar: Crystal are the new oil! , Q1 2024 IAH: Internet War, 2024 Mythos: Build and Survive, 2024 Existence: The Outer Reach, coming soon (2024, most likely but who knows?) Dust Front RTS, thought that one to be 2024 but to be announced Agony: Lords of Hell... thought I saw 2024 somewhere And then, for a little new one I noticed during the solds "Exodus: Black Sun", set as coming soon, 2024-ish maybe? That title really came out of nowhere. Finally, I want to rage a little at Falling Frontier as that one was pushed to 2025 but trying to look for info about the game, the development seems like it is not going very well and the game would not be anything more than "an engine demo". With all this, you can make another video, right? right? Come on !!! Pretty please with a cherry on top !

[@GamerZakh]

Some of those are left out for various reasons, but some of them are going into the City Building list which I haven't finished yet.

[@mesarthim640]

@@GamerZakh City Building? Why not... I wouldn't have classed them as such but why not? What are the various reasons? You got info about them being delayed to 2025 or later? Or are most likely in development hell like falling frontier? Moduwar and Dust Front looked pretty okay for 2024 I thought. Also, I haven't heard about Sins of a Solar Empire 2 for a while now, weren't they supposed to release anytime soon? At least release on steam?

[@GamerZakh]

@@mesarthim640 For example, I listed Siege of Irdor in a mini city building list already. Mythos, that's been in development for many years now and no sign of it releasing, so it's not going in the main list anymore. Moduwar, another I've listed for years and even have a dedicated video 4 years ago, so it doesn't go in the main list anymore. I actually first listed Moduwar in 2018. Falling Frontier was set for 2023, then it last minute delayed to 2025, and I've listed it for many years and it keeps being pushed so I'm not listing it again until it gets a release date. Exodus: Black Sun is working on an Alpha, so it's not gonna be a 2024 game, might list it next year. Basically there's a lot of reasons for a lot of things, I could spend all day explaining the process of curating these videos. And like I say at the start of this video, there's literally over 1000 games upcoming with the 'Strategy' label on Steam. You could make infinite videos on that but I don't for many reasons.

[@mesarthim640]

@@GamerZakh Ah, makes sense ! Thanks for taking the time to answer :) I know what you mean with the "strategy" tag on steam, this is something that really irks me quite a bit because many of those titles do not deserve the "strategy" tag like city buildings and tactical which are totally different. Also, they should separate 4x, turn based, rts, ... into their own section instead of regrouping everything under strategy which would make searching a lot better. I get often hyped by the "strategy" tag then get very disappointed when I see it's not the genre I had hoped.

[@Apc7th]

this video is the greatest

[@Napoleonic_S]

you missed Tactical Breach Wizards, and some other games (I mean surely there are still more obscure titles hidden somewhere)... lol...

[@GamerZakh]

As I mentioned, there's over 1000 games in-development under 'Strategy', so I basically didn't mention 1000 games haha

[@cirusMEDIA]

Dude, you missed Moduwar. Thats a great looking RTS to be released soon.

[@GamerZakh]

I listed Moduwar for years, I even have a dedicated video on it from 2020. The last 2 years, development of Moduwar has been stalled and although it's picking up again now I'm not going to list it again until it's actually proven to be fully back in development.

[@cirusMEDIA]

@@GamerZakh okay, i understand.

[@jamescheek9770]

Good video, thank you.

[@voyteck7696]

God damn so many cool games ... I'll go broke :

[@GamerZakh]

The perpetual problem lol

[@stefanh4695]

D.O.R.F looks to me like an homage to KKND

[@Ragmatical]

Rising Lords has a 1/18/24 release date they gave out on 12/12.

[@keithrees4755]

out of this massive list one game i will look forward to seeing come out and thats Collapsed Galaxy 2 was hoping to see if there was any american civil war games coming out

[@nonusbusinissus5632]

Holy mother of megalists...

[@GamerbyDesign]

I dont know if Zakh spends more time playing Ceasars or making lists. Also you can use this video as a drinking game. You take a shot everytime he says free demo.

[@alkyr8808]

ny Wishlist is about to be doubled

[@JspoonG]

Uh that's a lot of information! I still pray for Warlords Battlecry 4...maybe someday...

[@oldencreek6587]

Arc Seed looks heavily based on Neon Genesis Evangelion (an anime).

[@pwillet]

Pretty sure Zephon is not set in Warhammer 40k unless i missed something

[@GamerZakh]

Oh yeah I didn't mean that was the 40k universe, but it's from devs of a 40k game and the setting is 40k-esque as it's a sci-fi future with biomechanical abominations. I meant to say 'like 40k', so fans of 40k would like this too.

[@marekkos3513]

niceeee

[@earlofdoncaster5018]

Paradox didn't kill Sim City, Sim City committed suicide.

[@GamerZakh]

SimCity got updates, removed the always online requirement, and expanded city size. It even got an expansion. They basically fixed all the main problems people had with it but it was too late. People moved on to Cities Skylines. If Cities Skylines was never made, it's likely people would've come back around to SimCity. Look at No Man's Sky, Cyberpunk 2077, and so many other games that release bad but eventually pull it back. But if during the recovery time another game gets made and it's better, people no longer wait for the broken game to be fixed. Paradox saw the opening and struck, which buried SimCity forever.

[@earlofdoncaster5018]

@@GamerZakh So that's what happened to Sim City. I stand corrected: It committed suicide, was rushed to A&E by a kindly neighbour where it was shocked back to life, then went through months' of rehab, only to go back home and find a better game had moved into its house, whereupon it crawled into a dark alley and drank itself to death on supermarket wine.

[@GamerZakh]

@@earlofdoncaster5018 Haha at some point the metaphor breaks down

[@earlofdoncaster5018]

@@GamerZakh Just don't mix those metaphors.

[@patienceetendurance7442]

Dominios 6 why play 16-bit game graphic megadrive 1990, when we have Totalwar and strategygame 2025 ?

[@GamerZakh]

Because apparently people hate the new Totalwar.

[@UheReasin]

What's with all of the Civilization Clones?

[@GamerZakh]

Civ 6 released 8 years ago and a lot of people don't like it, and Civ 7 hasn't been revealed at all. That spawns competition because they see an opening.

[@Joso997]

are there really going to be 92 strategy games coming out this year?

[@GamerZakh]

There's likely to be 1000 strategy games coming out this year, I didn't mention 90% of them.

[@AdornByFire]

Manor Lords?

[@jacksheldon8566]

Does that means terminator dark defiance doesn't promise, since it's not on the list? :P

[@GamerZakh]

I listed that a lot for 2023, they delayed last minute but unless they delay again it should be out soon.

[@ian3084]

Man how much time did this one video take???

[@LayerZeroDesign]

I'm worried about stormgate.. all that funding and backing... There are going to be a lot of people with their hand out, expecting big returns from this. Then they go and make it free to play. Just sell me the damn game, sell me an expansion down the road. Maybe a few DLCs. But nope, it's F2P which means no matter what they say there are going to be massive parts of the game locked off behind nickel and dime BS that is literally designed to make you spend more than what it would be to just buy the game and any DLCs and Xpacs directly. There is no way they're concerned about player numbers and building a healthy community, this is a fantasy RTS by ex blizzard devs... It's going to pull in people even if it was a $70 box price.

[@GamerZakh]

Thing is you can't make AAA budget money back by selling an RTS. There just aren't as many RTS players who would pay a premium price to buy an RTS. It's why StarCraft 2 went free to play and generally free to play with microtransactions just makes so much more money than sales, which is also why Overwatch went free to play. Once it came out that a single WoW mount microtransaction made more money than all of Wings of Liberty, it became clear that just selling an RTS doesn't even come close to making enough money. AA or indie RTS sure, you can make a decent profit on those by selling. But to make back $100-300 Million dollars? You need to sell 2.3 to 7 million copies at a $60 sale price just to break even.

[@LayerZeroDesign]

@@GamerZakh I know it makes more money, but it doesn't make a better game. That's my concern. Also I think the RTS genre has so much more potential than what it's been relegated too, the audience is there IMO. If we got a full fat AAA RTS with a deep and complex campaign and great replay value and maybe even a novelty game mode like some kind of roguelite RTS and multiplayer literally wasn't even an option.. I'd still pay AAA money for it. And mod support! BG3 should have proved to the industry, a good game is a good game and people will buy it. I'll reserve judgment until I see myself how they end up monetizing, but the fact it's F2P makes me significantly temper my expectations. At this point in my life, there are just too many amazing games to play and not enough time to play them all, I need to be discerning with the games I spend my time on. There is just no reason to play any game that isn't fantastic and doesn't respect your time. And F2P games typically are the worst culprits of everything I hate about modern games. We'll see.

[@anglosaxon5874]

paradox are killing [or at least reducing their fame and expenditure] their own games at the moment with cs2. Just as many are playing cs1 as they are 2 [infact 13:30 UK time, 11.4k are playing CS1 and 7.4k cs2]. Their [just like ea (TW: Pharaoh) etc.] constant poor and overpriced dlc's will kill some off too. Edit: Nice comprehensive list! Thanks. Got 8th March 2024 as the release date for Homeworld 3.

[@jancibaci007]

And what about Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic?

[@GamerZakh]

Thats a city building game.

[@밤하늘-z1p]

This is so good story.but,we have to know."storm gate is not star 3"

[@olebrommm]

so twilight imperium almost. in 1 hour.

[@Stukov961]

Not betting on a meaningful release of Sins of a Solar Empire 2 in 2024 I take it?

[@GamerZakh]

It already released in 2022, it's on the Epic store. Been out for over a year.

[@Stukov961]

@@GamerZakh Technically yes, but it's basically early access still.

[@GamerZakh]

@@Stukov961 It's not labelled early access. The Epic Store has a label for early access games just like Steam, so if it's still in early access it should be labelled as such. The developers have labelled it 'released' by not labelling it as 'early access', so it's released. The game is even version 1.X+, and marking a version as 1.0 or higher is another indicator that it's released. If the game isn't complete, then they're avoiding labelling it early access and it's false advertising. So either the game is released and it doesn't fit these lists, or the game is falsely mislabelling itself to trick buyers in which case I'm not sure if I want to promote it at all. Which do you think it is?

[@Stukov961]

@@GamerZakh Huh. Well to be fair I haven't really checked in on it since the first playtest. From a quick skim over their website, looks like the latest faction that was added was January 11th

[@Stukov961]

@@GamerZakh On a second look through the blog updates on their website, I can't see any posts about Advent, the third of three races from the original, and the second out of two subfactions for the Vasari was just added in mid-January, as mentioned. So it very much looks like they are still actively developing it, regardless of what the EGS tags say.

[@Zetler]

Holyshit 😳

[@Cyklonus]

👍👍💪🏼💪🏼

[@ramoncampos8518]

👍👍👍

[@oldencreek6587]

I didn't see Falling Frontier on this list. From reading the comments, I'm going to assume it's just another game that has been stalling forever.

[@GamerZakh]

Yeah it dalays last minute towards the end of every year. In December 2023 it was still saying '2023' as the release window. Then it delayed and on Steam it said '2025'. Now it just says 'Coming Soon'. It originally said it was going to release in 2022, now people are thinking maybe early access starts in 2025.

[@pastamethis]

holy crap that's a long list... I did not even hear of most of them

[@GamerZakh]

Glad you found some new ones!