All Strategy Games with Pre-Orders (2023)

Based on the fantasy world of Warhammer, take part in the most brutal game of American football in Blood Bowl 3. Developed by Cyanide Studio and published by Nacon, Blood Bowl 3 is an exhilarating turn-based sports game where the traditional rules of American football are upheld with just a few changes here and there. The major difference being this time you have to stop your rival from making a touchdown by any means necessary, with injuring maiming and even killing rivals all being part of the game.

Blood Bowl 3 will be available to play on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows this Winter.

Compete in gory matchups as either orcs, humans, elves or any of the other creature types available in the game and chop down your opponents numbers in the most heinous ways possible.

The game features up to 16 players in each team with 11 of them being actively involved in play at any given time with the goal being to score more touchdowns than the opponent.

Matchups are satisfyingly brutal as the game lets you hop into games armed to the teeth ready to subdue your rival using punches, kicks, crude weapons and even spells.

Select your race from either of the 12 available to you, with each race having a special attribute that will give them a unique advantage during battles (matches).

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The era of peace is threatened once more with the coming awakening of the Fell Dragon in Fire Emblem Engage, The land of Elyos houses four kingdoms that fought In a great war 1000 years ago to imprison the Fell Dragon using a powerful seal with help from the emblems. As the years passed the seal grew weaker threatening the safety of the citizens of Elyos once again.

Fire Emblem Engage is a turn-based action role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo Switch and will be playable on Nintendo Switch this autumn.

Emblems are legendary warriors from other worlds that are capable of taking on the dragon and fought alongside the citizens of Elyos in the first battle.

As a Divine Dragon, embark on a journey to find and collect Emblem Rings to summon the other emblems to assist you in your battles.

The game brings back the thrilling turn-based combat it is known for, implementing a new system known as “Engage” which allows you to inherit the powers, weapons and skills of past characters

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Taking Place on the Italian and North African fronts of World War II, Company of Heroes 3 is a real-time tactical strategy game developed by Relic Entertainment and published by SEGA. Company of Heroes 3 brings exceptional action, strategy, and tactical gameplay to your doorstep as the legendary strategy franchise returns for another round this time in the Mediterranean theatre.

Command troops on the ground as a general and oversee all your plans and tactics unfold in real-time in the beautiful Mediterranean front riddled with untold war stories yet to be experienced.

The beautiful terrain offers new gameplay opportunities outside of just visuals as the sandy deserts and the beautiful coastal vistas pose a significant strategic challenge and require different approaches to ensure victory.

With the new Essence engine, environments become more dynamic and respond to damage which you can use to your advantage as buildings are collapsible, causing damage to the enemy and allowing you to occupy them for cover.

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Experience a lovingly crafted reimagining of the classic tactical RPG, Tactics Ogre, in Tactics Ogre Reborn. The story takes place after the death of the Dynast King, Dorgalua Oberyth. During his time peace prevailed, but following his passing, a civil war broke out leading to a power struggle between 3 factions with our main character-Denim Powell, right at the center of it all.

Developed by Quest Corporation and published by Square Enix, Tactics Ogre Reborn will be available to play on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, and Windows PC.

Tactics Ogre Reborn lets you take command of battles from a top-down perspective allowing you to equip units with weaponry and armor before leading them into battle.

This remake stays true to the original gameplay with quality of life improvements such as remastered graphics, fully voiced cutscenes, plus a full re-recording of the soundtrack to enhance the experience for old and new fans.

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Shape a world of your choosing. Make choices that either elevate or destroy humanity in Humankind. Humankind is a historical strategy game stemming from the great minds at Amplitude Studios and published by SEGA. With over 60 cultures included, combine each of their strengths and shortcomings to mould a prosperous civilization. Steer humanity by actively taking part in historical events and making decisions that will make your people thrive.

Differentiate yourself from others through the endless possibilities this Autumn when Humankind arrives on Windows PC.

Flex your tactical capabilities in warfare with a combat system where terrain elevation and city building can give you a leg up or drag you down in times of war.

The game has a fame meter to compare players’ progress, with every battle won and every moral choice made making a difference.

Rewrite history to create a civilization that is unique to you and show just how far you are willing to go to further mankind.

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Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp is an upcoming collection of the two classic Advance War games. Both “Advance Wars” and “Advance Wars 2 Black Hole Rising” have been remade to today’s standard. The game is developed by WayForward and published by Nintendo. The game will be released on Nintendo Switch.

The Orange Star Nation is under attack and you’re tasked to defend it from the attacking forces. You’ll be working with commanding officers in a turn-based battle. With their help, you’ll be in various battlegrounds including naval, air, and land battles.

You’ll also be reliving the events of Advance Wars and Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising.  In the battles, you’ll get to know your commanding officers like Andy, Max, Sami well. Each officer has their own specialties and CO Powers. For example, Alex has a CO power named “Hyper Repair” which gives every unit 20% of the HP back.

Additionally to the campaigns, the game comes with Versus Mode. This mode lets you and three of your friends duke it out and find out who is the superior strategist. You can play on dozens of maps and customize the game rules that bring unique experiences.

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With over 15 years in the making, Age of Empires finally makes its return in the form of Age of Empires 4. Age of Empires takes you back in time to some of the most important points in human history while also putting you at the center of it all. Developed by Relic Entertainment and published by Xbox Game Studios, see your kingdom through prosperity and peril in this real-time strategy game.

Play as one of eight civilizations each with unique attributes and cultures from the Holy Roman Empire to the Mongols. Locate resources and establish your kingdom’s economy and architecture. Age of Empires 4 will be playable on Microsoft Windows and will be available this autumn.

The game features 4 story campaigns, each campaign focuses on a different historical figure and plays out events they encountered throughout their reign. Campaigns feature succession and will see you playing as the descendants of the leaders you have chosen as well.

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Humankind is a 4X turn-based strategy game from Amplitude Studios and SEGA. In the style of Civilization, players lead their people from humble origins as a Neolithic tribe to the Modern Age, researching technologies, constructing wonders, and waging wars along the way.

Humankind offers intriguing means of customization to ensure that each playthrough is unique. Not only the player’s avatar is customizable, but their civilization can freely adopt any of the 60 historical cultures from the Ancient to the Modern Age, which according to the developer, results in one million possible combinations.

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Port Royale 4 is a trading and city-building sim set in 17th-century Caribbean. The player takes control of a small colony and grows it into a bustling city by developing production chains, creating trade routes across the sea, battling fleets of rival nations, and fending off pirates.

In a departure from the previous installments, PR4 features turn-based naval battles. The player may choose to represent England, France, Spain, or the Netherlands, each providing different benefits and gameplay styles. The game includes over 60 cities, 50 different buildings, and 18 historically authentic ship types.

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13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim is a cross-genre game developed by Japanese studio Vanillaware of Odin Sphere and Dragon’s Crown fame. It combines side-scrolling adventure with real-time strategy combat in an original sci-fi setting.

The adventure segments lean on dialogue and exploration, and feature thirteen protagonists with intertwining storylines. The combat involves controlling up to six chosen characters, who pilot Sentinel mechs and defend humanity from giant monsters, the kaijuu.

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V1 Interactive, an independent development studio led by Halo‘s co-creator Marcus Lehto, is preparing to launch their debut project: Disintegration. This sci-fi shooter is set in Earth’s near future where scarcity and pandemic have driven humanity to the brink of extinction, forcing them to transfer their brains to robotic bodies through the process of Integration. It wasn’t long before the majority of the Integrated decided to eliminate the remnants of humanity altogether. Standing in their way is a small resistance group of Outlaws with gravcycle pilot Romer Shoal at the helm.

Disintegration plays like a mashup between a first-person shooter and a real-time strategy game: the player rides a heavily armed gravcycle while commanding legions of troops. In addition to its single-player campaign, the game features three team-based 5v5 multiplayer modes.

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Developed by Flashback Games and published by Slitherine, Panzer Corps 2 is a turn-based strategy game set during World War II. The player may take control of any major power in the European theatre. The game boasts complex in-game mechanics like spotting, encirclements, and capturing of enemy equipment, as well as over 1,000 authentic units.

Panzer Corps 2 offers a branching solo campaign that includes 60 scenarios, as well as hot seat and online multiplayer with both pre-made scenarios and randomly generated maps. Like the original Panzer Corps, it includes a Scenario Editor for creating your own scenarios and maps.

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Phoenix Point is developed by an independent Bulgarian studio Snapshot Games, which is headed by a maker of the cult-classic X-COM. As X-COM‘s spiritual successor, Phoenix Point combines a strategic world view called Geoscape with tactical turn-based battles. It features destructible environments, extensive soldier customization, and plenty of weapons and gear acquired through trading, conflict, or research.

Phoenix Point takes place in a post-apocalyptic Earth devastated by a virus that mutated most of its life forms into alien monsters. Notably, these aliens evolve and adapt to the player’s tactics through procedural generation. The remains of humanity broke up into factions that the player may ally with to gain access to their resources and unique technologies.

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Kingdom Under Fire II is a game by Korean developer Blueside that blends MMORPG and RTS elements. It is being published in North America and Europe by GameForge. While known for their portfolio of free-to-play MMOs, GameForge is choosing a premium pricing model for Kingdom Under Fire II – which is to say, a one-time upfront payment, and perhaps higher drop rates than in regular F2P titles.

Notably, the game was announced all the way back in 2008, and languished in development hell for years. Several publishers have released it in Asia and Russia, where its success was mixed at best.

Three editions of KUF2 are available for pre-order, each offering exclusive bonuses for doing so. The game can be purchased through the official GameForge website.

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Age of Wonders: Planetfall is a 4X turn-based strategy game developed by Triumph Studios and published by Paradox Interactive. In a departure from its fantasy roots, Planetfall is sci-fi themed and involves up to six factions with unique units and technologies vying for control over alien worlds.

Planetfall offers several diverse game modes: the single-player story campaign, randomly-generated maps, and multiplayer (online, hotseat, and asynchronous). The matches have multiple paths to victory by employing conquest, diplomacy, or doomsday technologies.

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Total War: Three Kingdoms is a strategy game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. Like the previous titles in the franchise, it combines turn-based empire building with massive real-time battles.

Set in ancient China, Total War: Three Kingdoms puts the player into the shoes of one of eleven legendary warlords – such as Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Jian – aiming to unite the fractured land under their rule and establish the next great dynasty. The default campaign is based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a highly romanticized account of the time period, which means plenty of character drama and heroes who can turn the tide of battle using nigh-supernatural abilities. On the other hand, there is also a Classic Mode option for those who prefer a more realistic experience closer in spirit to the past historical Total War installments.

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Imperator: Rome is a grand strategy game from the masters of the genre at Paradox Interactive. Set in the tumultuous time period from Wars of Alexander’s Successors to the founding of the Roman Empire, the game invites the player to change the course of history in the Mediterranean.

In order to do so, the player will have to govern their provinces and command their armies and fleets while ensuring that their diverse population – made up of ctizens, freemen, tribesmen, and slaves, each with their own culture – remain content with their rule.

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Tropico 6 is a construction and management simulator that puts the player into the role of a dictator of an island nation, and tasks them with building up the economy, keeping the citizens happy, and staying in power. It is the first entry in the Tropico series to be developed by German studio Limbic Entertainment.

New in Tropico 6 is the ability to manage an entire archipelago of islands, and connect them with bridges starting in later eras. The citizens are now fully simulated, each having their own life and expectations, resulting in a more realistic simulation.

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GWENT, the strategic card game set in The Witcher universe, is getting its first expansion this month. Titled GWENT: Crimson Curse, it brings more than a 100 new cards – 31 neutral and 14 faction cards per faction – and includes new archetypes as well as status effects like Bleed or Poison.

While GWENT is free-to-play excluding the usual in-game purchases, players may buy the Crimson Curse pre-order pack for bonus goodies – more on those after the jump.

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PixelJunk Monsters 2 is a tower defense game developed by Q-Games and published by Spike Chunsoft in the West. Much like its predecessor, the upcoming title involves building towers to repel waves of evil monsters invading the Tiki forest. Players may use magic, and upgrade their towers to strengthen their attacks.

PixelJunk Monsters 2 also features both local online co-op modes, the latter accommodating up to four players.

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