Strategy video games are one of the most intelligent and fascinating areas of the game industry. They require the player to have good planning, management skills and to develop a suitable strategy to achieve a particular goal (destroying the enemy base, winning by the number of collected resources and dominance on the map, etc.).

There are several main subgenres of strategy games – turn-based strategy (TBS) and real-time strategy (RTS). In turn-based gameplay, the player has to perform all necessary actions within a certain time (while the opponent, be it another player or an artificial intelligence, waits his turn), alternating his moves with those of his opponent. In real time, all players interact with the game world simultaneously, without any time limits.

Also, games of this genre, can vary in scale, goals and features. Some offer a “creator” mode, where the player must build and maintain the life of the created world or city. Games can vary in the depth of economic, diplomatic and social relationships with the game environment.

As a rule, strategic games are mainly based on the management of a few playing units or a whole detachment of different kinds of game characters (except perhaps town-building simulators). In the course of the game, the player must develop through the extraction of resources, the construction of various buildings, the creation of new combat and peace units and many other internal game elements (economic and diplomatic relations).

Turn-based strategy games have been the foundation of the birth of the genre of strategy games, but now are not very popular because of the rather leisurely and measured gameplay. The brightest representatives of this genre are Heroes of Might & Magic series, Disciples and Civilization. Each of them still has its army of millions of fans, who are not afraid of any outdated graphics, or lack of attention from the developers. These games from the beginning were famous for its multifaceted and exciting gameplay, where the variability and richness of features is most important.

Real-time strategies, are flourishing and adding new game brands much faster than turn-based strategies. This is largely because real-time allows the developers to attract more attention to the game, to organize all sorts of tournaments and competitions. Also the games of this genre are more dynamic and spectacular, because of the rapid change of the situation. As a rule, their essence is to destroy the enemy’s base and his army, at the expense of their own resources. All this requires players to develop a certain approach, strategic techniques and tricks to win over a rival or rivals.

With the era of rapidly growing Internet technology, a great development and popularity of online multiplayer strategy in real time. For example, the most prominent representative of the MMORTS-genre is the legendary StarCraft series from the company Blizzard. From single-player and cooperative strategies, they differ in the presence of the possibility to play on the Internet with many other players from around the world. They are one of the main disciplines in eSports.

Strategy games like to develop in almost all developed countries. For example, in countries such as: Canada, UK, USA, Germany, Ukraine, France, China, Poland, Japan, Finland, India, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Greece, Australia, Iran, Turkey, Cuba, Georgia, Brazil, Philippines, Indonesia, Estonia, Moldova, Latvia, Belarus, Tunisia, Malaysia, Libya, Egypt, Singapore, Israel, Vietnam, Bulgaria, South Ossetia, Austria, North Ossetia, Croatia, Montenegro, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Kyrgyzstan, Abkhazia, Dominican Republic, Czech Republic, Thailand, Switzerland, Armenia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and European Union (EU) countries.

It is worth noting that some strategies include registered prototypes of popular car brands, such as Mazda, VAZ, UAZ, Opel, Renault, Audi, Toyota, Kia, BMW, Nissan, Ford, Chevrolet, Volkswagen, Mercedes.

In addition, in games of this genre is often seen analogues of real-life items, etc.: Yachts, Cars, Phones, Dogs, Diamonds, online games, real estate.