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  1. #1 Tactical Breach Wizards (2024) SWAT-tactics meets fantasy wizards. From the Gunpoint dev. Strategy
  2. #2 Tropico 6 (2019) El Presidente's dictator simulator. Simulation Strategy
  3. #3 Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (2015) The mobile SW gacha that's been minting EA money for a decade. Strategy RPG
  4. #4 Star Wars: Empire at War (2006) The 2006 SW RTS. Modded heavily, still played. Strategy
  5. #5 Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (2022) The sequel that opened up the worlds. Strategy
  6. #6 Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (2017) Mario and Rabbids meet XCOM. Surprising critical hit. Strategy
  7. #7 🎮 Pikmin 1 + 2 (2023) The 2023 Switch ports of the original two Pikmin games. Strategy
  8. #8 Manor Lords (2024) The 2024 one-developer medieval-village builder phenomenon. Strategy Simulation
  9. #9 Marvel Snap (2022) The 3-minute Marvel-themed CCG by Hearthstone's lead designer. Strategy
  10. #10 Hearthstone (2014) Blizzard's Warcraft-themed digital card game. Innovated the digital-CCG space. Strategy
  11. #11 Clash Royale (2016) Real-time card-deck 1v1 mobile arena. Strategy
  12. #12 Clash of Clans (2012) The base-building mobile-RTS phenomenon. Made a single-developer-team-of-five billionaires. Strategy
  13. #13 Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time (2013) The 2013 sequel that went F2P-mobile. Strategy
  14. #14 Plants vs. Zombies (2009) The 2009 tower-defense classic. Sunflowers vs. the undead horde. Strategy
  15. #15 Heroes of the Storm (2015) Blizzard's ultimately-deprioritised MOBA. Mounts, shared XP. Strategy
  16. #16 🎮 Smite (2014) Third-person MOBA where you play as a mythological god. Strategy
  17. #17 Dota 2 (2013) The Defense of the Ancients DotA reboot. Free-to-play, free-to-everyone-heroes, The International. Strategy
  18. #18 League of Legends (2009) The MOBA juggernaut. 15+ years of patches, 160+ champions, the entire esports industry. Strategy
  19. #19 Balatro (2024) The 2024 poker-roguelike phenomenon. Joker stacks, ridiculous combos. Roguelike Strategy
  20. #20 Slay the Spire (2017) The deck-building roguelike that defined a sub-genre. Roguelike Strategy
  21. #21 Europa Universalis IV (2013) Real-time grand strategy from 1444 to 1821. Maps and trade routes. Strategy
  22. #22 Stellaris (2016) Sci-fi grand strategy. Customisable empires, end-game crisis events. Strategy
  23. #23 Crusader Kings III (2020) The 2020 sequel. 3D character portraits, accessible UI, all the medieval scheming. Strategy
  24. #24 Crusader Kings II (2012) The medieval-monarchy generation-spanning RPG-strategy hybrid. Strategy
  25. #25 XCOM 2 (2016) The sequel that perfected the formula. Turn-timer pressure, customizable soldiers. Strategy
  26. #26 XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2012) The 2012 reboot of the squad-tactics franchise. Save scumming will-they-hit. Strategy
  27. #27 Total War: Warhammer III (2022) The trilogy-capping Warhammer Total War. Immortal Empires combined map. Strategy
  28. #28 Total War: Warhammer (2016) The franchise pivot into licensed fantasy. Massive success. Strategy
  29. #29 🎮 Total War: Medieval II (2006) The medieval Total War that's still actively modded today. Strategy
  30. #30 Total War: Rome (2004) The 2004 grand-strategy + real-time-tactics that defined the franchise. Strategy

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