CATEGORY
Strategy & Mind
6 genre guides in this category.
8.7/10
Real-Time Strategy: Base, Army, and Tempo
Real-time strategy is a genre where you and your opponents act simultaneously, without turns, on a shared map.…
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4X Strategy Games: Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate
4X strategy is a turn-based or pausable grand-strategy genre built around four verbs: explore, expand, exploit…
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Deck-Building Games and Drafting Synergy
Deck-building games are a genre where your collection of cards is not just your arsenal but your character she…
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Puzzle Games and the Joy of the Aha Moment
Puzzle games are built around problems you must solve using logic, observation, and experimentation rather tha…
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City Builders and Systems That Feed Each Other
A city builder is a management game where you place structures on a map and watch the consequences ripple outw…
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Immersive Sims and Systems-Driven Play
An immersive sim is a first-person (usually) action game built around interlocking systems rather than scripte…
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