There is no surprise to see that strategy games are very popular on mobile devices. They challenge your mind and offer interesting puzzles that you can solve while on the roam.
You control the action. Your decisions shape the results and any small move can lead to disasters. However, if you make it, you can easily claim that you are great at strategy games, even if they are played on an Android smartphone.
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2019 was filled with great mobile strategy games that can be played. All of them are still available now and you can try them whenever you want to. These have to be on the list of the top mobile strategy games of 2019.
Project Highrise
- Available on: Android & iOS
- Price: $3.99
The game was an instant hit since it came to the table with something new. You build a skyscraper in Project Highrise. The game actually first appeared on PC and then moved to mobile devices. Your goal is to build, develop and manage your very own highrise tower. Hours of gameplay appear as you can add offices, apartments, stores and restaurants.
While you play, the difficulty comes from balancing your budget as tenants stay happy. Various story scenarios are available together with the standard and expected sandbox mode. After you pay and download, you can also use the PC content, including Las Vegas, Miami Malls and Tokyo Towers, which are expansion packs.
Invisible, Inc.
- Available on: iOS
- Price: $4.99
This cyberpunk infiltration strategy game is a beautiful mix of puzzle and strategy gameplay. You lead fugitive agents and you have to fight against the technology behind mega corporations from around the world. The player infiltrates strongholds to gather resources, tools and information. This is only possible if you carefully plan everything that the agents do in the game. You calculate risk and have to deal with time restrictions. It is practically impossible to get bored if you like the game as there are endless game modes available. You can also unlock hacking programs, gear and agents.
Lost Frontier
- Available on: Android and iOS
- Price: $2.99
Lost Frontier by Mika Mobile is a turn-based strategy game that is inspired by different classic games, like Advance Wards, but with a different Wild West theme. The player commands riders and gunslingers. You also have access to steampunk inventions and Gatling guns. Bonuses are offered by carefully choosing a “Living Legend”. There are over 20 mission campaigns, challenges and even a pretty good skirmish mode in which you can play against other gamers or an AI.
Subterfuge
- Available on: Android and iOS
- Price: Free
This multiplayer strategy game involves diplomacy and much more. You command steampunk nations that fight each other in order to harvest resources that are found underwater. All the games are played in real-time but some of the actions you have to do, like sending some submarines to attack an outpost will take hours. Inter-player diplomacy and coordination between players are mandatory for success.
Clash Royale
- Available on: Android and iOS
- Price: Free
Clash Royale is very interesting because it is very popular and known. Along the time, the game did do well and kept its player base. The mix of lane pushing and tower defense is attractive. You have to be careful with defense and offense. In the quick play round you can lose when you do any small mistake and the only real problem with the game is you need to grind to be strong. You do this to get reward chests. Obviously, you can also pay money for that.
Templar Battleforce
- Available on: Android and iOS
- Price: $9.99
Trese Brothers, an indie game designer studio is responsible for this squad tactics turn-based game combined with RPG elements. It is set in a created universe named Star Traders. You command Templars and need to fight human and alien factions. The campaign has 45 missions and the actual battles are diverse. Some are actually very tactical and you have to be really careful what you do. What is interesting is that you can easily customize the team in order to suit your personal play style.
Door Kickers
- Available on: Android and iOS
- Price: $4.99
In this mobile strategy game, you control a SWAT team and have to go through different tactical interventions. This ranges from hostage situations to drug busts. You meticulously plan everything with the use of a control scheme that is really intuitive. You draw paths and then see if it works. While the actions are performed, you can adjust movements as you pause and input brand new orders. Players can enjoy many scenarios, campaigns and maps. There are many gameplay challenges and there are also some randomized elements that make things challenging. Replayability is high with Door Kickers.
XCOM: Enemy Within
- Available on: Android and iOS
- Price: $12.99
This is a mobile port of XCOM: Enemy Unknown by Firaxis so you can easily expect a great experience. What is interesting is that the game is actually considered to be better by players. You get new things to experience in a beautiful blend of R&D, tactical firefights and crisis management combo. Longtime players will enjoy the fact that there is a brand new enemy in the game that can be fought, EXALT, which is a human faction that tries to exploit modern alien technology.
Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
- Available on: iOS and Android
- Price: Free
Literally everyone in the gaming world knows Hearthstone as one of the most successful games launched by Blizzard. The game is really fun and you can easily enjoy hours of gameplay as you go through different campaigns and play people from around the world. The game is simple and although it takes a lot of time to get all the cards you need it is definitely fun.
Final Fantasy Tactics: War of the Lions
- Available on: Android and iPhone
- Price: $13.99 on iPhone and Android and $15.99 on iPad
The classic fantasy turn-based game is now brought to mobile. It combines strategy and RPG, making you fight for hours as you deal with a civil war. The English translation was revised and the plot is better-written. This led to a strategy game with RPG elements that is challenging and engaging.
FTL: Faster Than Light
- Available on: iOS
- Price: $9.99
If you are among those that did not try this strategy space game, do yourself a huge favor and just pick it up. At first glance, you will think it is simple. You are just the captain of a ship and you move around, managing everything and helping your crew. However, as you keep going, you quickly get hit by numerous challenges. The ship needs repair and many of the ships you meet will want to destroy you.
