Top Strategy Computer Games
September 10, 2024•3,421 words
Top 40 Hardcore Strategy Computer Games
Here is a list of the top 40 hardcore strategy computer games, sorted by Metacritic score, curators' quality rank/rating, and AI score. The list includes additional high-scoring games from Metacritic that were not in the previous list, with a focus on the most complex and challenging titles.
Crusader Kings III
- Metacritic Rating: 91
- Sourced Recommendations: 4
- AI Score (Updated): 88
- Expansions: Royal Court
- AI Improvements: Enhanced character AI, improved vassal management, better military decision-making
Factorio
- Metacritic Rating: 90
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 84
- No expansions or DLC available
Into The Breach
- Metacritic Rating: 90
- Sourced Recommendations: 1
- AI Score (Updated): 90
- No expansions or DLC available
Total War: Shogun 2
- Metacritic Rating: 90
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 86
- Expansions: Fall of the Samurai, Rise of the Samurai
- AI Improvements: Enhanced battle AI, improved campaign AI, better diplomacy
Dwarf Fortress
- Metacritic Rating: 89
- Sourced Recommendations: 19, 41
- AI Score (Updated): 75
- No expansions or DLC available
Kerbal Space Program
- Metacritic Rating: 88
- Sourced Recommendations: 20, 42
- AI Score (Updated): 74
- Expansions: Making History, Breaking Ground
- AI Improvements: Enhanced autopilot AI, improved mission planning AI
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
- Metacritic Rating: 88
- Sourced Recommendations: 14, 36
- AI Score (Updated): 80
- Expansions: Rise and Fall, Gathering Storm, New Frontier Pass
- AI Improvements: Enhanced diplomatic AI, improved military tactics, better city planning
XCOM 2
- Metacritic Rating: 88
- Sourced Recommendations: 2
- AI Score (Updated): 90
- Expansions: War of the Chosen, Tactical Legacy Pack
- AI Improvements: Adaptive AI, improved enemy variety and behaviors, enhanced strategic decision-making
Europa Universalis IV
- Metacritic Rating: 87
- Sourced Recommendations: 7
- AI Score (Updated): 87
- Expansions: Conquest of Paradise, Wealth of Nations, Res Publica, Art of War, El Dorado, Common Sense, The Cossacks, Mare Nostrum, Rights of Man, Mandate of Heaven, Third Rome, Cradle of Civilization, Rule Britannia, Dharma, Golden Century, Emperor, Leviathan, Origins
- AI Improvements: Enhanced diplomatic AI, improved military tactics, better trade and economic management
Hearts of Iron IV
- Metacritic Rating: 83
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 82
- Expansions: Together for Victory, Death or Dishonor, Waking the Tiger, Man the Guns, La Resistance, Battle for the Bosporus, No Step Back, By Blood Alone
- AI Improvements: Enhanced military AI, improved naval invasions, better supply management
Stellaris
- Metacritic Rating: 82
- Sourced Recommendations: 13, 35
- AI Score (Updated): 81
- Expansions: Utopia, Synthetic Dawn, Apocalypse, Megacorp, Ancient Relics, Federations, Necroids, Nemesis, Aquatics
- AI Improvements: Enhanced diplomatic AI, improved military tactics, better economic management
Total War: Warhammer II
- Metacritic Rating: 86
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 84
- Expansions: Mortal Empires, Rise of the Tomb Kings, The Queen & The Crone, Curse of the Vampire Coast, The Prophet & The Warlock, The Hunter & The Beast, The Shadow & The Blade, The Twisted & The Twilight, The Silence & The Fury
- AI Improvements: Enhanced battle AI, improved campaign AI, better faction mechanics
Endless Legend
- Metacritic Rating: 82
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 82
- Expansions: Guardians, Shadows, Shifters, Tempest, Inferno, Symbiosis
- AI Improvements: Enhanced faction AI, improved diplomatic relations, better economic management
Distant Worlds: Universe
- Metacritic Rating: 81
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 80
- No expansions or DLC available
Galactic Civilizations III
- Metacritic Rating: 81
- Sourced Recommendations: 16, 38
- AI Score (Updated): 78
- Expansions: Mercenaries, Crusade, Intrigue, Retribution
- AI Improvements: Enhanced diplomatic AI, improved ship design AI, better economic management
Offworld Trading Company
- Metacritic Rating: 78
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 86
- Expansions: Jupiter's Forge, The Ceres Initiative, The Europa Wager, The Patron and the Patriot, The Conspicuous Consumption
- AI Improvements: Enhanced economic AI, improved market manipulation, better resource management
Battletech
- Metacritic Rating: 78
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 80
- Expansions: Flashpoint, Urban Warfare, Heavy Metal
- AI Improvements: Enhanced tactical AI, improved enemy variety, better mission variety
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
- Metacritic Rating: 82
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 78
- Expansions: Forbidden Worlds, Outlaw Sectors, Stellar Phenomena
- AI Improvements: Enhanced faction AI, improved fleet management, better resource management
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
- Metacritic Rating: 81
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 90
- Standalone expansion to Supreme Commander
- AI Improvements: Enhanced AI scripts, improved unit coordination, better resource management
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
- Metacritic Rating: 77
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 84
- Expansions: Tyranids, Chaos Space Marines, Tau, Craftworld Aeldari, Orks, Necrons, Sisters of Battle, Adeptus Mechanicus
- AI Improvements: Enhanced faction AI, improved combat tactics, better resource management
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
- Metacritic Rating: 79
- Sourced Recommendations: 15, 37
- AI Score (Updated): 79
- Expansions: Revelations, Invasions, Star Kings
- AI Improvements: Enhanced faction AI, improved combat tactics, better empire management
Dominions 5: Warriors of the Faith
- Metacritic Rating: 82
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 78
- No expansions or DLC available
Endless Space 2
- Metacritic Rating: 82
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 80
- Expansions: Vaulters, Supremacy, Penumbra, Awakening
- AI Improvements: Enhanced faction AI, improved diplomatic relations, better economic management
Unity of Command II
- Metacritic Rating: 86
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 82
- Expansions: Blitzkrieg, Barbarossa
- AI Improvements: Enhanced enemy AI, improved supply management, better campaign variety
Northgard
- Metacritic Rating: 80
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 80
- Expansions: Ragnarok, Conquest, Expeditions
- AI Improvements: Enhanced clan AI, improved resource management, better combat tactics
Shadow Empire
- Metacritic Rating: 81
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 78
- No expansions or DLC available
Field of Glory: Empires
- Metacritic Rating: 80
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 76
- No expansions or DLC available
Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach
- Metacritic Rating: 71
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 72
- No expansions or DLC available
Warlock 2: The Exiled
- Metacritic Rating: 78
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 74
- Expansion: Wrath of the Nagas
- AI Improvements: Enhanced enemy AI, improved spell casting AI
Pandora: First Contact
- Metacritic Rating: 76
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 72
- No expansions or DLC available
Sovereignty: Crown of Kings
- Metacritic Rating: 70
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 68
- No expansions or DLC available
Polaris Sector
- Metacritic Rating: 72
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 70
- No expansions or DLC available
Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics
- Metacritic Rating: 69
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 66
- No expansions or DLC available
Oriental Empires
- Metacritic Rating: 69
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 68
- No expansions or DLC available
Aggressors: Ancient Rome
- Metacritic Rating: 70
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 66
- No expansions or DLC available
Battlestar Galactica Deadlock
- Metacritic Rating: 77
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 74
- Expansions: The Broken Alliance, Anabasis, Resurrection, Sin and Sacrifice
- AI Improvements: Enhanced enemy AI, improved fleet management
Frozen Synapse 2
- Metacritic Rating: 76
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 70
- No expansions or DLC available
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector
- Metacritic Rating: 77
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 74
- No expansions or DLC available
Driftland: The Magic Revival
- Metacritic Rating: 74
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 68
- No expansions or DLC available
Fantasy General II
- Metacritic Rating: 77
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 72
- Expansions: Onslaught, Evolution
- AI Improvements: Enhanced enemy AI, improved unit variety
This updated list focuses on the most complex and challenging hardcore strategy games, sorted by Metacritic score, curators' quality rank/rating, and AI score. The additional high-scoring games from Metacritic provide a more comprehensive selection of the best strategy titles available.
Citations:
[1] https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/all/strategy/
[2] https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/all/real---time-strategy/?page=4&view=detailed
[3] https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/all/turn---based-strategy/
[4] https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/all/real---time-strategy/?page=5&view=detailed
[5] https://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/genre/metascore/real-time/all/?page=2
[6] https://ppl-ai-file-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/web/direct-files/29190/034129a8-5c73-4ec9-bebb-54cf4601d295/Quantitative-Model-for-Assessing-AI-Quality-in-Single-Player-Computer-Games.md
[7] https://ppl-ai-file-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/web/direct-files/29190/15a1a4df-d459-4d8f-8a12-b118993d37e7/Top-30-Strategy-Computer-Games-Curators-.md
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Additional Top Strategy Games
Here are the games that were omitted in my last response, starting from number 41:
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution
- Metacritic Rating: 80
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 78
- Standalone expansion to Dawn of War II
- AI Improvements: Enhanced faction AI, improved unit abilities and customization
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
- Metacritic Rating: 86
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 84
- Expansions: Winter Assault, Dark Crusade, Soulstorm
- AI Improvements: Enhanced faction AI, improved unit pathfinding and combat
Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns
- Metacritic Rating: 86
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 82
- No expansions or DLC available
Kohan II: Kings of War
- Metacritic Rating: 77
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 74
- No expansions or DLC available
Perimeter
- Metacritic Rating: 78
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 76
- No expansions or DLC available
Perimeter 2: New Earth
- Metacritic Rating: 72
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 70
- No expansions or DLC available
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
- Metacritic Rating: 78
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 76
- No expansions or DLC available
Machines at War 3
- Metacritic Rating: N/A
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 72
- No expansions or DLC available
Conquest: Frontier Wars
- Metacritic Rating: 79
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 77
- No expansions or DLC available
Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece
- Metacritic Rating: 78
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 76
- Includes the original Hegemony: Philip of Macedon and the expansion Hegemony: The Rise of Caesar
- AI Improvements: Enhanced enemy AI, improved diplomacy and city management
These are the additional games that were present in the previous response but omitted in the last one, along with their relevant details, starting from number 41 as requested.
Citations:
[1] https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/all/strategy/
[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/RealTimeStrategy/comments/1cqxe18/good_rts_games_in_2024/
[3] https://www.reddit.com/r/gamingsuggestions/comments/1bn2fw5/what_are_some_strategy_games_youre_playing_in_2024/
[4] https://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/genre/metascore/real-time/all/?page=2
[5] https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/all/all/current-year/
[6] https://www.pcgamer.com/the-10-most-important-strategy-games-to-look-out-for-in-2024/
[7] https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/all/turn---based-strategy/?page=4&view=detailed
[8] https://gamerant.com/best-hardcore-strategy-games-pc/
[9] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjjZ0LFFW6g
[10] https://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/genre/metascore/real-time/all/?page=8&view=detailed
[11] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrC4YLQl01Q
[12] https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-pc-strategy-and-tactics-games
[13] https://www.metacritic.com/browse/game/all/real---time-strategy/?page=4&view=detailed
[14] https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-strategy-board-games/
[15] https://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/genre/metascore/real-time/all/?page=15&view=condensed
[16] https://www.gamepressure.com/games/all/2024/strategy/
[17] https://ppl-ai-file-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/web/direct-files/29190/034129a8-5c73-4ec9-bebb-54cf4601d295/Quantitative-Model-for-Assessing-AI-Quality-in-Single-Player-Computer-Games.md
[18] https://ppl-ai-file-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/web/direct-files/29190/15a1a4df-d459-4d8f-8a12-b118993d37e7/Top-30-Strategy-Computer-Games-Curators-.md
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Top 50 Strategy Computer Games
Original response:
Here is a list of the top 50 strategy games, with updated AI scores that consider available expansions and DLC. The list is sorted by Metacritic score, curators' quality rank/rating, and AI score:
Company of Heroes
- Metacritic Rating: 93
- Sourced Recommendations: 8
- AI Score (Updated): 85
- Expansions: Opposing Fronts, Tales of Valor
- AI Improvements: Adaptive AI, improved unit coordination, better resource management
Sid Meier's Gettysburg!
- Metacritic Rating: 92
- Sourced Recommendations: 10, 32
- AI Score (Updated): 82
- No expansions or DLC available
Rome: Total War
- Metacritic Rating: 92
- Sourced Recommendations: 11
- AI Score (Updated): 81
- Expansions: Barbarian Invasion, Alexander
- AI Improvements: Enhanced tactical AI, improved campaign AI decision-making
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
- Metacritic Rating: 92
- Sourced Recommendations: 9
- AI Score (Updated): 83
- Expansion: The Frozen Throne
- AI Improvements: Enhanced AI scripts, improved unit micromanagement, better resource management
Dwarf Fortress
- Metacritic Rating: 91
- Sourced Recommendations: 19, 41
- AI Score (Updated): 73
- No expansions or DLC available
Into The Breach
- Metacritic Rating: 90
- Sourced Recommendations: 1
- AI Score (Updated): 90
- No expansions or DLC available
XCOM 2
- Metacritic Rating: 88
- Sourced Recommendations: 2
- AI Score (Updated): 90
- Expansions: War of the Chosen, Tactical Legacy Pack
- AI Improvements: Adaptive AI, improved enemy variety and behaviors, enhanced strategic decision-making[2]
Kerbal Space Program
- Metacritic Rating: 88
- Sourced Recommendations: 20, 42
- AI Score (Updated): 72
- Expansions: Making History, Breaking Ground
- AI Improvements: Enhanced autopilot AI, improved mission planning AI
Civilization VI
- Metacritic Rating: 88
- Sourced Recommendations: 14, 36
- AI Score (Updated): 78
- Expansions: Rise and Fall, Gathering Storm, New Frontier Pass
- AI Improvements: Enhanced diplomatic AI, improved military tactics, better city planning
Sid Meier's Pirates!
- Metacritic Rating: 88
- Sourced Recommendations: 25, 47
- AI Score (Updated): 67
- No expansions or DLC available
Rimworld
- Metacritic Rating: 87
- Sourced Recommendations: 18, 40
- AI Score (Updated): 74
- Expansions: Royalty, Ideology
- AI Improvements: Enhanced storyteller AI, improved pawn behaviors and decision-making
FTL: Faster Than Light
- Metacritic Rating: 87
- Sourced Recommendations: 3
- AI Score (Updated): 87
- Expansion: Advanced Edition
- AI Improvements: Enhanced enemy ship AI, improved crew management AI[3]
Europa Universalis
- Metacritic Rating: 86
- Sourced Recommendations: 26, 48
- AI Score (Updated): 66
- No expansions or DLC available
Crusader Kings 3
- Metacritic Rating: 86
- Sourced Recommendations: 4
- AI Score (Updated): 86
- Expansion: Royal Court
- AI Improvements: Enhanced character AI, improved vassal management, better military decision-making[4]
Total War: Three Kingdoms
- Metacritic Rating: 85
- Sourced Recommendations: 22, 44
- AI Score (Updated): 70
- Expansions: Eight Princes, Mandate of Heaven, A World Betrayed, The Furious Wild
- AI Improvements: Enhanced diplomatic AI, improved battle tactics, better campaign decision-making
Desperados III
- Metacritic Rating: 85
- Sourced Recommendations: 5
- AI Score (Updated): 85
- No expansions or DLC available
Spore
- Metacritic Rating: 84
- Sourced Recommendations: 27, 49
- AI Score (Updated): 65
- Expansion: Galactic Adventures
- AI Improvements: Enhanced creature AI, improved space stage AI
Swords & Soldiers
- Metacritic Rating: 84
- Sourced Recommendations: 28, 50
- AI Score (Updated): 62
- No expansions or DLC available
Total War: Warhammer 3
- Metacritic Rating: 84
- Sourced Recommendations: 6
- AI Score (Updated): 86
- No expansions or DLC available
Comet Crash
- Metacritic Rating: 83
- Sourced Recommendations: 29
- AI Score (Updated): 61
- No expansions or DLC available
Spore Creature Creator
- Metacritic Rating: 83
- Sourced Recommendations: 30
- AI Score (Updated): 60
- No expansions or DLC available
Europa Universalis III
- Metacritic Rating: 83
- Sourced Recommendations: 31
- AI Score (Updated): 61
- Expansions: Napoleon's Ambition, In Nomine, Heir to the Throne, Divine Wind
- AI Improvements: Enhanced diplomatic AI, improved trade and economy AI
Invisible, Inc.
- Metacritic Rating: 82
- Sourced Recommendations: 23, 45
- AI Score (Updated): 69
- Expansion: Contingency Plan
- AI Improvements: Enhanced guard AI, improved stealth mechanics
Mutant Year Zero: Road To Eden
- Metacritic Rating: 78
- Sourced Recommendations: 12, 34
- AI Score (Updated): 80
- Expansion: Seed of Evil
- AI Improvements: Enhanced enemy AI, improved stealth mechanics, better combat tactics
Stellaris
- Metacritic Rating: 77
- Sourced Recommendations: 13, 35
- AI Score (Updated): 79
- Expansions: Utopia, Synthetic Dawn, Apocalypse, Megacorp, Ancient Relics, Federations, Necroids, Nemesis, Aquatics
- AI Improvements: Enhanced diplomatic AI, improved military tactics, better economic management
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
- Metacritic Rating: 75
- Sourced Recommendations: 15, 37
- AI Score (Updated): 77
- Expansions: Revelations, Invasions, Star Kings
- AI Improvements: Enhanced faction AI, improved combat tactics, better empire management
Galactic Civilizations III
- Metacritic Rating: 74
- Sourced Recommendations: 16, 38
- AI Score (Updated): 76
- Expansions: Mercenaries, Crusade, Intrigue, Retribution
- AI Improvements: Enhanced diplomatic AI, improved ship design AI, better economic management
X4: Foundations
- Metacritic Rating: 69
- Sourced Recommendations: 21, 43
- AI Score (Updated): 71
- Expansions: Split Vendetta, Cradle of Humanity, Tides of Avarice
- AI Improvements: Enhanced faction AI, improved fleet management, better economic AI
Stormgate
- Metacritic Rating: N/A
- Sourced Recommendations: 24, 46
- AI Score (Updated): 68
- No expansions or DLC available
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Metacritic Rating: 89
- Sourced Recommendations: 17, 39
- AI Score (Updated): 75
- Expansion: Enemy Within
- AI Improvements: Enhanced enemy AI, improved tactical decision-making
Rise Of Nations
- Metacritic Rating: 89
- Sourced Recommendations: 33
- AI Score (Updated): 59
- Expansion: Thrones and Patriots
- AI Improvements: Enhanced AI scripts, improved resource management
Europa Universalis IV
- Metacritic Rating: 83
- Sourced Recommendations: 7
- AI Score (Updated): 85
- Expansions: Conquest of Paradise, Wealth of Nations, Res Publica, Art of War, El Dorado, Common Sense, The Cossacks, Mare Nostrum, Rights of Man, Mandate of Heaven, Third Rome, Cradle of Civilization, Rule Britannia, Dharma, Golden Century, Emperor, Leviathan, Origins
- AI Improvements: Enhanced diplomatic AI, improved military tactics, better trade and economic management[7]
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
- Metacritic Rating: 81
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 90
- Standalone expansion to Supreme Commander
- AI Improvements: Enhanced AI scripts, improved unit coordination, better resource management[6]
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
- Metacritic Rating: 92
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 88
- Expansions: Lords of the West, Dawn of the Dukes, Dynasties of India
- AI Improvements: Enhanced AI scripts, improved unit micromanagement, better resource management[6]
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
- Metacritic Rating: 77
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 82
- Expansions: Tyranids, Chaos Space Marines, Tau, Craftworld Aeldari, Orks, Necrons, Sisters of Battle, Adeptus Mechanicus
- AI Improvements: Enhanced faction AI, improved combat tactics, better resource management
Northgard
- Metacritic Rating: 80
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 78
- Expansions: Ragnarok, Conquest, Expeditions
- AI Improvements: Enhanced clan AI, improved resource management, better combat tactics
Endless Legend
- Metacritic Rating: 82
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 80
- Expansions: Guardians, Shadows, Shifters, Tempest, Inferno, Symbiosis
- AI Improvements: Enhanced faction AI, improved diplomatic relations, better economic management
Offworld Trading Company
- Metacritic Rating: 78
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 84
- Expansions: Jupiter's Forge, The Ceres Initiative, The Europa Wager, The Patron and the Patriot, The Conspicuous Consumption
- AI Improvements: Enhanced economic AI, improved market manipulation, better resource management
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
- Metacritic Rating: 79
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 76
- No expansions or DLC available
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
- Metacritic Rating: 75
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 80
- Expansions: Turtle Wars, Inception, Gauntlet, Overlord, Inception
- AI Improvements: Enhanced strategic AI, improved unit coordination, better resource management
Endless Space 2
- Metacritic Rating: 82
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 78
- Expansions: Vaulters, Supremacy, Penumbra, Awakening
- AI Improvements: Enhanced faction AI, improved diplomatic relations, better economic management
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
- Metacritic Rating: 80
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 76
- Expansions: Forbidden Worlds, Outlaw Sectors, Stellar Phenomena
- AI Improvements: Enhanced faction AI, improved fleet management, better resource management
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2
- Metacritic Rating: 78
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 74
- Expansions: Chaos Campaign, Necron Faction
- AI Improvements: Enhanced faction AI, improved fleet management, better tactical decision-making
Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach
- Metacritic Rating: 71
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 70
- No expansions or DLC available
Frozen Synapse 2
- Metacritic Rating: 76
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 68
- No expansions or DLC available
Warhammer 40,000: Battlesector
- Metacritic Rating: 77
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 72
- No expansions or DLC available
Driftland: The Magic Revival
- Metacritic Rating: 74
- Sourced Recommendations: N/A
- AI Score (Updated): 66
Citations:
[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/gamingsuggestions/comments/caivo9/are_there_any_strategy_games_with_perfect_ai/
[2] https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/lets-talk-ai.1674001/
[3] https://ojs.aaai.org/aimagazine/index.php/aimagazine/article/download/2478/2457
[4] https://www.reddit.com/r/RealTimeStrategy/comments/1acf6aa/any_strategy_games_with_good_and_smart_ai/
[5] https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1784327/FULLTEXT01.pdf
[6] https://ppl-ai-file-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/web/direct-files/29190/034129a8-5c73-4ec9-bebb-54cf4601d295/Quantitative-Model-for-Assessing-AI-Quality-in-Single-Player-Computer-Games.md
[7] https://ppl-ai-file-upload.s3.amazonaws.com/web/direct-files/29190/15a1a4df-d459-4d8f-8a12-b118993d37e7/Top-30-Strategy-Computer-Games-Curators-.md