Stellaris

An entirely objective ranking of the 50 best PC strategy games ever made, now freshened up to include our favourites from 2017 and 2018. From intricate, global-scale wargames to the tight thrills of guerrilla squads, the broad expanse of the genre contains something for everyone, and we've gathered the best of the best. The vast majority are available to buy digitally, a few are free…

Tagged with AI War: Fleet Command, best games, Best Of Strategy, Best Strategy Games, bestest games, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension, Dune 2, Dune Legacy, Europa Universalis IV: Art of War, feature, Galactic Civilizations II, Gary Grigsby's War In The East, Ground-Control, Heroes of Might & Magic III – HD Edition, Imperialism 2, Jagged Alliance 2: Reloaded, Myth, Rise-of-Nations, RPS Recommended, rps-ultromegafeature, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Sid Meier's Civilization IV, Sid Meier's Colonization, Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, Wargame: AirLand Battle, Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War, Warlords II, Age Of Wonders III, Battle for Wesnoth, BattleTech, Company of Heroes, Crusader Kings II, Darkest Dungeon, Defcon, Distant Worlds: Universe, Endless Space 2, Frozen Synapse, Hearts of Iron IV, Homeworld Remastered Collection, Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, Into the Breach, Invisible Inc, King of Dragon Pass, Men Of War, Neptune's Pride, Northgard, Offworld Trading Company, Panzer Corps, Solium Infernum, StarCraft II: Wings Of Liberty, Stellaris, The Banner Saga, The Banner Saga 2, Total War: Warhammer, UFO: Enemy Unknown, Unity of Command, warcraft III, XCOM 2, XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

Civilization VI: Rise and Fall wants to solve a problem. That problem is perpetual growth, and it plagues many 4X games. Whether your aim is world conquest or cultural hegemony, victory in Civilization and many of its cohorts depends on domination. However peacefully you try to play, you're often straight-jacketed into a utilitarian-psychotic view where all resources and people are just raw material to be…

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I've made a lot of galaxies and star empires this last week, and I've thrown most of them in the bin. The Stellaris 2.0 update and the accompanying Apocalypse DLC have blown this 4X game to bits, along with my fleets as I've tried to wrap my head around the almost-new game built out of its chunks. Though I've racked up hundreds of hours of…

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Space games have experienced a rebirth over the past few years, particularly space sims, but as many in the comments pointed out, you don't need to be sitting in a cockpit to enjoy the stars. This updated list broadens our search for the best space games on PC, throwing strategy games, roguelikes and at least one RPG into the mix. Read on to see what…

Tagged with best games, Descent, feature, Freelancer, Freespace 2, FTL: Advanced Edition, HardWar, Independence War, Star Trek: Bridge Commander, Star Wars: TIE Fighter, Tachyon: The Fringe, Wing Command IV: The Price of Freedom, X3: Albion Prelude, Distant Worlds: Universe, Elite Dangerous, Evochron Legacy, FTL: Faster Than Light, Mass Effect 2, Rebel Galaxy, Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, Startopia, Stellaris.

Another year over, a new one just begun, which means, impossibly, even more games. But what about last year? Which were the games that most people were buying and, more importantly, playing? As is now something of a tradition, Valve have let slip a big ol' breakdown of the most successful titles released on Steam over the past twelve months. Below is the full, hundred-strong…

Tagged with Age of Empires II HD, Call of Duty®: Black Ops II, Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2, feature, Final Fantasy XIV Online, Left 4 Dead 2, NBA 2K17, NBA 2K18, Shadowverse CCG, Steam, The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited, The Sims™ 3, 7 Days To Die, Ark: Survival Evolved, Arma 3, Assassin's Creed Origins, Astroneer, Black Desert Online, Borderlands 2, Call of Duty: WW2, charts, Cities: Skylines, Conan Exiles, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Crusader Kings II, Cuphead, Dark Souls III, Darkest Dungeon, Dead by Daylight, Dishonored 2, Divinity: Original Sin 2, Don't Starve Together, Doom, Dota 2, Dying Light, Elite Dangerous, Endless Space 2, Euro Truck Simulator 2, Europa Universalis IV, Factorio, Fallout 4, Farming Simulator 17, Football Manager 2017, Football Manager 2018, For Honor, Friday the 13th: The Game, Garry's Mod, Grand Theft Auto V, Grim Dawn, H1Z1, Hearts of Iron IV, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hitman, Hollow Knight, Just Cause 3, Killing Floor 2, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, Middle-earth: Shadow of War, NieR: Automata, Northgard, Oxygen Not Included, Paladins, Path of Exile, Payday 2, Planet Coaster, Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, Prey, Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, RimWorld, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, Rocket League, Rust, Sid Meier's Civilization V, Sid Meier's Civilization VI, Smite, Sniper Elite 4, South Park: The Fractured but Whole, Stardew Valley, Stellaris, Subnautica, Tales of Berseria, Team Fortress 2, Tekken 7, Terraria, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, The Elder Scrolls Online, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, The Forest, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, theHunter: Call of the Wild, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege, Tom Clancy's The Division, Total War: Warhammer, Total War: Warhammer II, Wallpaper Engine, War Thunder, Warframe, Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War III, Watch Dogs 2, Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus, XCOM 2.

After a weekend of gorging yourself on turkey and elbowing people in the face to get that last discounted something or other in the shops, now it's time to settle in and continue those deal hunts from the comfort of your own home. For today is Cyber Monday, the day that's reserved for purely online-only deals following the shopping bonanza that was Black Friday. This year, we've done the hard work…

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The sale event to end all sale events is here. That's right, folks, Black Friday 2017 is here, and this year's sales frenzy is set to be bigger than ever as we head into the Christmas shopping period. In all honesty, they should just rename it Black November, as there have been deals going on throughout the month in preparation for the big day. To save you…

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Hi! I’m an incredibly charismatic space otter, and I love you! Not just you! I love everyone, be they otter analogues, bird people, or particularly advanced fungal infections! I even love murderous robots, which I’m aware is not a great idea because they’re murderous robots! At least that’s what Stellaris’ Scyldari would say, if they could do anything apart from bat their ears adorably on…

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