The Best Squad strategy Games

Update : No Plan B added at rank #35.
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Heavenstrike Rivals (2016)

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PC Windows

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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What we like:
  • 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
What could be improved:
  • 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
  • squad
  • strategy
  • easy-to-learn
  • battle
  • tacticians
  • fighter
  • turn-based
  • well-polished

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Door Kickers (2015)

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early access PC Windows Android IOS iPhone Xbox One Linux

Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.


  • tactical
  • top-down
  • strategy
  • real-time
  • squad
  • pause

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012)

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PC Windows Playstation 3 Xbox 360 Mac OS Linux Android Xbox One vita

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.


What we like:
  • 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
What could be improved:
  • Long War mod can be frustrating with high difficulty

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

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Chroma Squad (2015)

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IOS iPhone Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One

In Chroma Squad, you become the leader of a group of five stunt actors who create their own Power Rangers-inspired TV show. Customize your studio, craft weapons, upgrade equipment, and fight in turn-based battles. Enjoy a branching storyline, skill trees, and a chiptune soundtrack.


What we like:
  • Simple mechanics
  • Charming pixel art style
  • Great soundtrack, Management sim elements
  • Entertaining story
What could be improved:
  • Random crafting system
  • Repetitive boss fights
  • Luck-based mecha battles
  • Lack of tutorial, Underwhelming difficulty for experienced strategy game players

  • tactical
  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • battle
  • squad
  • mech
  • strategy
  • crafting
  • combat
  • boss
  • superhero
  • isometric
  • management
  • fight
  • pixel

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VenusBlood FRONTIER International (2020)

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PC Windows

VenusBlood Frontier International is a strategy RPG, visual novel and adult content game in which you play as Loki, the grandson of Dark Lord Surt. Your goal is to conquer the floating island of Yggdrasil and bring back a powerful item that has been hidden there. You have various choices to make throughout the game, from corruting goddesses or letting them remain pure, to playing the game on normal or hard mode.

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What we like:
  • Extensive amount of choice
  • Clear story
  • Intuitive management system
  • High quality CGs
  • Variety of battle options
What could be improved:
  • Poor tutorials
  • Unintuitive path to unlock the story arc you want

  • visual-novel
  • strategy
  • rpg
  • turn-based
  • battle
  • tactical
  • simulation
  • demons
  • multiple-endings
  • squad

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Angel Legion (2019)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows

Idle or play whenever and wherever you want. Customize the looking of your favorite Angels. Automatically accumulate resources all the time.


  • idler
  • mature
  • rpg
  • strategy
  • character
  • squad
  • anime
  • adventure
  • customization
  • mmo
  • multiplayer

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Pikmin 4 (2023)

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Nintendo Switch

Pikmin 4 is a highly engaging and enjoyable game that focuses on exploration and the feeling of being small in a human world. The addition of Oatchi, a playable character who can jump, swim, and carry the Pikmin army, fundamentally changes the gameplay and adds a new dynamic to the series. Pikmin 4 is a near flawless game that offers a rewarding and enjoyable experience.

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What we like:
  • Engaging gameplay with new dynamic
  • Unique abilities and challenges with new Pikmin species
  • Strategic night missions
  • Helpful rewind feature
  • Dandori Battles and Challenges add competition and efficiency
What could be improved:
  • Limited co-op mode
  • Constant mention of Dandori can become tiresome
  • Minor issues with Pikmin getting stuck in the environment

  • strategy
  • real-time
  • cooperative
  • puzzle
  • exploration
  • battle
  • plant
  • tower-defense
  • squad
  • dungeon
  • split-screen
  • earth
  • adventure
  • resource
  • competitive

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Bug Heroes 2 (2014)

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Android

Scavenge for food and junk, fortify your base, build turrets, level up your heroes, equip weapons and armor, and survive! MOBA-like competitive & cooperative multiplayer Tons of single player content, including missions, an endless mode, and a base vs base skirmish mode 25 unique heroes to master - form your team of two Innovative squad based gameplay - control two heroes simultaneously Level up your Bug Heroes, increase their skills, and buy weapons, armor, and gear Scavenge for food, then defend your Food Stash with turrets and upgrades Complete missions, earn stars, and unlock a host of powerful upgrades Master both melee and ranged combat.

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  • moba
  • entertainment
  • twin-stick
  • competitive
  • multiplayer
  • strategy
  • action
  • cover
  • battle
  • squad
  • cooperative
  • endless
  • skill
  • combat
  • adventure

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Pikmin 3 (2013)

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wii u

Pikmin 3 is a simple and visually appealing game that combines real-time strategy and exploration mechanics. Command an army of helpful creatures called Pikmin to gather resources and solve puzzles. Enjoy cleverness, well-crafted design, and serene atmosphere. A reason to buy a Wii U console. Limited time constraint of each in-game day.

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What we like:
  • Cleverness
  • Well-crafted design
  • Serene atmosphere
  • Reason to buy a Wii U console
What could be improved:
  • Limited time constraint of each in-game day

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

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XCOM 2 (2016)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS Xbox One Playstation 4

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.


What we like:
  • 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
What could be improved:
  • Long load times in and out of missions
  • Storyline is straightforward

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

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