The Best Squad strategy Games

Update, : The Valiant added at rank #10.
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XCOM: Chimera Squad (2020)

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PC Windows

XCOM: Chimera Squad offers an engaging turn-based tactical combat experience in a post-invasion world where humans and aliens cooperate to build a new civilization. You will lead an elite force to combat underground threats in City 31, where you'll deploy unique agents with complementing abilities for devastating combos. This game features a strategic layer to manage your headquarters, offering a great challenge to test your skills.


Pros:
  • Lightweight game with basic XCOM elements
  • Cool new villains
  • Replayable with different characters
  • Comfortable difficulty
  • Good additions to X-COM formula
Cons:
  • Weak troops hinder the game's fun
  • Poor tactical and movement mechanics
  • Cringe story with preset agents
  • Breach mechanic doesn't work well

  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • squad
  • aliens
  • strategy
  • cover
  • combat
  • war
  • battle

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012)

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PC Windows maybe-IOS iPhone vita Xbox One Android Linux Mac OS Xbox 360 Playstation 3

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a turn-based strategy game that puts you in charge of saving the Earth from a global alien invasion by managing resources, advancing technology, and planning combat strategies. With over 70 missions worldwide and customizable soldiers, this game provides an immersive experience that appeals to players who enjoy turn-based strategy games.


Pros:
  • Engaging and strategic turn-based combat system
  • Variety of classes and abilities to customize soldiers and build squad
  • Impressive graphics and sound design
  • Strategic depth and replayability
  • Long War mod adds even more gameplay
Cons:
  • Long War mod can be frustrating with high difficulty

  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • aliens
  • squad
  • strategy
  • cover
  • combat
  • battle
  • war

3

Pikmin 3 (2013)

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wii u

Pikmin 3 is an engaging RTS game about time management, forward planning, and multitasking. With gorgeous graphics and a satisfyingly long campaign mode, you'll be challenged to manage a limited number of Pikmin to collect fruit, battle nocturnal creatures, and explore the alien planet. With its new characters, witty banter, and varied Pikmin powers, the game is a complete package filled with different control options. You'll be emotionally attached and haunted by the scarring Pikmin deaths in the narrative. Overall, Pikmin 3 is a must-play game that offers an intricate gameplay experience despite its cons.


Pros:
  • Varied Pikmin powers and exploration
  • Good pacing and addicting gameplay
  • Satisfying, long campaign mode
  • Gorgeous graphics and emotional attachment with Pikmin
  • Challenging mission mode with leaderboards and trackable stats
Cons:
  • Lack of content and replayability
  • Weak final enemy faced
  • Controls not well-optimized for hardware
  • Missing subtle humor from previous games due to lack of Piklopedia
  • Some textures not up to the mark

  • strategy
  • real-time
  • card
  • exploration
  • boss-fight
  • competitive
  • squad
  • boss
  • plant
  • puzzle
  • multiplayer
  • battle
  • time-management
  • cooperative
  • controller-support

4

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters (2022)

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80
Review score
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PC Windows

Lead the Grey Knights in a turn-based RPG against chaos in Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters. With precision targeting, customised warriors, and evolving environments, engage in cinematic slaughter against mutated monstrosities and their minions. Follow the journey of elite warriors in a narrative penned by acclaimed author, Aaron Dembski-Bowden.

Buy

Pros:
  • Cover system is well-designed
  • Environmental damage adds more fun
  • Warhammer 40K fans will enjoy storyline, callbacks and lore
  • Mechanics are fine-tuned and better than other turn-based games.
Cons:
  • Randomized events generation can ruin a game
  • Difficulty slopes with the early game being hardest
  • Repetitive gameplay
  • Lack of basic info regarding enemies.

  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • strategy
  • squad
  • battle
  • xcom
  • warhammer-40k
  • combat
  • cover

5

Valkyria Chronicles 4 (2018)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Experience a gripping tale of war, friendship, and sacrifice in Valkyria Chronicles 4. Take command of an intrepid squad determined to save their homeland from the Empire's wrath. With the 'BLiTZ' battle system and the stunning CANVAS Graphics Engine, immerse yourself in a world overflowing with colorful emotion. Join Squad E, and journey through a beautiful and expressive world like an interactive painting.


Pros:
  • Good story
  • Great art style
  • New graphical enhancements are beautiful
  • Quality of Life changes like uncapped frame rate and speeding up enemy's turn
  • Amount of content is crazy
Cons:
  • Story is somewhat formulaic
  • Not as trigger-happy as some other games in the genre

  • tactical
  • rpg
  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • japanese
  • war
  • squad
  • tanks
  • anime
  • battle
  • jrpg
  • real-time
  • third-person
  • combat
  • tps

6

Ancestors Legacy (2018)

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PC Windows maybe-Xbox One IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4

Lead your army to victory in Ancestors Legacy, a medieval real-time strategy game with breathtaking visuals and intensive gameplay mechanics. Choose from one of four nations and fight for control of medieval Europe through tactical planning, resource management and strategic advantages. The game's outstanding animations and cinematic camera create an immersive experience not to be missed. Play an extensive single player campaign or take on intense multiplayer battles with cross-play support. Ancestors Legacy offers a polished, historically rich RTS that is a treat for both genre newcomers and veterans alike.


Pros:
  • Nice animations
  • Great setting
  • Well-balanced RTS
  • Cool historical stuff
  • Day and night cycles
Cons:
  • Super boring gameplay
  • Destroying walls with handheld balista doesn't make sense
  • Lack of content
  • AI needs improvement
  • Units randomly stop and get slaughtered by archers

  • real-time
  • strategy
  • historical
  • medieval
  • battle
  • squad
  • tactical
  • multiplayer

7

Starship Troopers - Terran Command (2022)

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PC Windows

In Starship Troopers: Terran Command, you take command of the Mobile Infantry and fight in an exciting military campaign against the Arachnid threat. With immersive storyline campaign, deep tactical gameplay, and explosive action, you'll experience the heroic war against the Bug and ensure human civilization dominates the galaxy. Get ready for lots of Bugs, gore, and thrilling gameplay in this real-time strategy game set in the Starship Troopers universe.


Pros:
  • Fun and immersive gameplay
  • Faithful to the movies and lore
  • Simple and tactical squad shooter gameplay
  • Shows love to the community
  • Based on the Starship Troopers universe
Cons:
  • Difficult to control units without micromanaging
  • Scorpion bug is too strong
  • No base building or resource gathering

  • real-time
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • squad
  • sci-fi
  • war
  • military

8

XCOM 2 (2016)

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PC Windows Playstation 4 Xbox One Mac OS Linux

XCOM 2 puts you in a fight for the survival of humanity against an alien force. Your job is to lead a squad of soldiers to liberate Earth. The game has an exciting blend of tactical, strategy, and RPG elements that will keep you glued to your screen.


Pros:
  • Fantastic turn-based tactics and strategy game
  • Highly engaging gameplay for all players
  • Great customization options for soldiers
  • Strict time pressure in most missions
  • Revamped soldier classes offer more game-changing abilities
Cons:
  • Long load times in and out of missions
  • Storyline is straightforward

  • turn-based
  • tactical
  • aliens
  • squad
  • strategy
  • cover
  • stealth
  • combat
  • sci-fi
  • war
  • mobile
  • dice
  • customization

9

Heavenstrike Rivals (2016)

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Embark on an epic adventure in Heavenstrike Rivals, a strategy role-playing game with collectible card game elements. Battle fierce monsters, take on challenging quests and explore a vast open world filled with secrets and treasures. With a variety of weapons, armor, and skills at your disposal, you'll need to use strategy to defeat powerful bosses. The game combines CCG and strategy elements brilliantly, with lavish presentation and deep, highly compulsive gameplay.

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Pros:
  • Unique mix between board game, card game, and tactical RPG
  • Great character development
  • Impressive plot
  • Decent strategy elements
  • Fast forward option to speed up battles
Cons:
  • Plagued by pay walls
  • Not deep strategy
  • Designed to milk players of money
  • Energy system limits gameplay time
  • Confusing metagame

  • war-torn
  • player-vs-player
  • card
  • tactical
  • rpg
  • mobile
  • squad
  • strategy
  • easy-to-learn
  • battle
  • free-to-play
  • tacticians
  • fighter
  • turn-based
  • well-polished

10

The Valiant (2022)

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PC Windows

Join Theoderich von Akenburg and his team of warriors on an epic journey filled with adventure and danger in The Valiant. Experience immersive squad-based RTS gameplay with a variety of units, each with unique skills to unlock. With multiple game modes, including PvP and co-op, and 15 hand-crafted single-player missions, The Valiant offers endless possibilities for strategy and combat.


Pros:
  • Good story
  • Well-designed characters
  • Solid graphics and music
  • Focus on tactics and decision-making
  • Infantry charges and cavalry trample abilities are great
Cons:
  • Slow and dull gameplay
  • Short length of gameplay
  • Lackluster multiplayer
  • Linear story with almost no choices
  • Awful replayability

  • real-time
  • strategy
  • medieval
  • squad
  • competitive
  • tactical
  • multiplayer

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