(I hate to break the hearts of any Ninja Village fans who thought the part of the game where you battle talking frogs was just part of Kairosoft’s grittily authentic simulation of 16th-century feudal Japanese warfare, but…)
HD Review Score – 4.0 Historically-based strategy has been enormously important in the history of the strategy genre as a whole but it’s still an underserved niche in mobile gaming, a field where fantasy, sci-fi, and humorous settings and premises dominate.
It’s great fun if you enjoy the Kairosoft formula for management sims, and the game is just so cute and cheerful that it’s hard to feel down when you’re playing it.ĭream House Days HD Review ( Free at Google Play) It’s free, and eminently playable without making any in-app purchases. It’s a business/life sim where you design and manage your own apartment complex while helping your tenants out with their lives through suitable furnishings and the occasional bit of timely advice. HD Review Score – 4.0 Every once in a while, it’s nice to feel like the world isn’t a bleak living nightmare from which death is the only release, and Kairosoft’s Dream House Days is just the thing for that. Templar Assault Elite HD Review ( $1.99 at Google Play) There’s a free version you can try out before paying for the complete Elite version, if you’re curious but want to test the waters first. The game’s look and premise is somewhat derivative of Warhammer 40,000 – and by “somewhat derivative of” I mean “nigh-identical to” – but that’s not necessarily a bad thing for a game like this.
Graphics are very low-fi, but there’s a great deal of complexity here for strategy fans.
You command a squad of heavily armed and armored elite troops through a series of missions fighting alien threats in the cramped confines of derelict starships and ancient ruins.
Templar Assault Elite is a turn-based strategy game with a science fiction setting. Hunters: Episode One HD Review ( $.99 at Google Play) The lack of any real campaign takes a toll on immersion, but it’s a solid strategy title in a subgenre that’s not well-represented on Android. Instead, there’s a variety of missions you can choose from, with new missions appearing each real-world day.
You command a squad of futuristic soldiers that you can customize and upgrade between missions. HD Score – 3.5 Hunters is a squad-based, turn-based strategy game in the vein of titles like XCOM. Ninja Village HD Review ( $4.99 at Google Play) Ninja Village combines familiar Kairosoft mechanics – designing your village of ninjas, making it pleasant and productive, and recruiting and developing new characters – with a surprisingly detailed battle system as you send your ninja out to challenge rival warlords fighting to rule Japan. However, it also turns out to be a pretty good idea. HD Score – 4.0 Who among us hasn’t looked at the cute cartoon graphics, silly humor, and infectiously cheerful atmosphere of Kairosoft’s library of games about running small businesses and thought, “Why hasn’t this formula been applied to the blood-soaked history of Japan’s Warring States Period?” The answer, of course, is “everybody,” because that’s an insane idea.
With that in mind, Hardcore Droid is happy to bring you this list of the top Android strategy games so far this year. Unfortunately, the sheer number of games released on mobile devices means that it’s not always a simple matter to tell the difference between General Issue Tower Defense #47649-B and games that are truly worth your time. 2013 has been a pretty good year for strategy games on Android so far, with worthwhile releases in subgenres ranging from squad-based combat tactics to business management to interstellar empires.