The best strategy games of 2024

What’s better than watching the snow drift peacefully outside your window while sitting in your comfy chair than doing so while committing absolutely vile acts in the name of world conquest? That was a rhetorical question. From gripping and beautiful indie titles to a return to form of some of the most prolific developers of the genres, there have been a great many strategy and tactics games this year. I do not claim to have played them all, nor do I claim this to be a definitive list of any kind – but I wanted to share some of my personal favorites and highlights from 2024, because you may discover something to your taste that went under your radar or you simply didn’t have time for yet. Ranked in no particular order, here are my best strategy games of 2024. Tactical Breach Wizards is a marvelous little game – and I’m not just saying that because it uses the word “defenestration” in just about every second sentence, though it does earn bonus points for that. No, this is pretty much a pocket version of XCOM