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Best 1 Crusader Kings III
Crusader Kings III

Crusader Kings III excels in its character-driven gameplay, where your dynasty's survival and success hinge on the actions and relationships of your rulers. The games intricate web of intrigue, marria...

9.50 Brilliant
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2 Dune: Spice Wars
Dune: Spice Wars

Dune: Spice Wars combines 4X elements with real-time strategy, set on the iconic desert planet of Arrakis. Players choose from various factions, vying for control of spice production and dominance. Th...

9.40 Excellent
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3 No Game, No Life
No Game, No Life

Sixteen sentient races inhabit Disboard, a world overseen by Tet, the One True God. The lowest of the sixteen—Imanity—consists of humans, a race with no affinity for magic. In a place where everything...

9.40 Excellent
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4 Rise of Kingdoms
Rise of Kingdoms

Rise of Kingdoms delivers a visually stunning and strategically engaging empire-building experience. Players choose a civilization and expand their territory, develop their cities, train troops, and e...

9.20 Excellent
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5 XCOM 2: Collection
XCOM 2: Collection

XCOM 2: Collection brings the critically acclaimed turn-based strategy game to iPhone, offering a deeply challenging and rewarding experience. Players must manage a global base, research new technolo...

9.20 Excellent
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6 Civilization VI
Civilization VI

Firaxis Games' *Civilization VI* is a turn-based strategy game where players lead a civilization from its humble beginnings to global dominance. Players manage resources, build cities, research techno...

9.20 Excellent
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7 Steel Division 2
Steel Division 2

Steel Division 2 is a realistic real-time strategy game focusing on the Eastern Front of World War II. It emphasizes tactical depth and historical accuracy, featuring detailed unit models and realisti...

9.00 Excellent
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8 XCOM 2
XCOM 2

XCOM 2 remains a benchmark for turn-based tactical combat, tasking players with leading a global resistance against an alien occupation. The games permadeath system creates intense pressure and meanin...

9.00 Excellent
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9 March Comes In Like a Lion 2nd Season
March Comes In Like a Lion 2nd Season

Now in his second year of high school, Rei Kiriyama continues pushing through his struggles in the professional shogi world as well as his personal life. Surrounded by vibrant personalities at the sho...

8.90 Very Good
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10 Songs of Conquest
Songs of Conquest

Songs of Conquest is a turn-based strategy game inspired by classic titles like Heroes of Might and Magic. It combines tactical combat with kingdom management, set in a vibrant fantasy world. The game...

8.80 Very Good
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11 Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a challenging real-time tactical game set in feudal Japan. Players control a team of specialized agents, utilizing stealth and cunning to overcome obstacles and...

8.80 Very Good
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12 Northgard
Northgard

Northgard is a real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Players control a Viking clan vying for control of a procedurally generated island. The game emphasizes resource management, explorati...

8.80 Very Good
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13 They Are Billions
They Are Billions

They Are Billions is a challenging real-time strategy game where players build and defend colonies against hordes of zombies. The game features a unique steampunk setting and a focus on base-building...

8.70 Very Good
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14 Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Baneshire
Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Baneshire

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Baneshire is a real-time tactics game set in Nazi-occupied Belarus during World War II. Players control a squad of Soviet partisans, utilizing stealth and cunning to sabotage...

8.60 Very Good
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15 Distant Worlds 2
Distant Worlds 2

Distant Worlds 2 is a complex and detailed 4X space strategy game where players build and manage interstellar empires. The game features a vast, procedurally generated galaxy with realistic star syste...

8.50 Very Good
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16 Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes

Experience intense, squad-based combat during World War II with dynamic environments and strategic depth.

8.50 Very Good
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17 Chihayafuru 3
Chihayafuru 3

Winning the high school team tournament was a great accomplishment for the Mizusawa members. Each of them has made great strides in improving themselves, and the victory symbolizes how far they have c...

8.50 Very Good
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18 Minecraft Legends
Minecraft Legends

Lead your forces in epic battles against invading forces in a tactical setting. Great for creative players.

8.50 Very Good
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19 March Comes In Like a Lion
March Comes In Like a Lion

Having reached professional status in middle school, Rei Kiriyama is one of the few elite in the world of shogi. Due to this, he faces an enormous amount of pressure, both from the shogi community and...

8.40 Very Good
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20 Chihayafuru 2
Chihayafuru 2

Chihaya Ayase is obsessed with developing her school's competitive karuta club, nursing daunting ambitions like winning the national team championship at the Omi Jingu and becoming the Queen, the best...

8.40 Very Good
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21 Wargroove 2
Wargroove 2

Wargroove 2 builds upon the foundation of its predecessor, offering a charming turn-based strategy experience with enhanced tactical depth and a vibrant fantasy setting. Players command armies of uniq...

8.30 Very Good
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22 Total War: Warhammer III
Total War: Warhammer III

Wage war across a vast, fantastical world, combining turn-based empire management with epic real-time battles.

8.30 Very Good
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23 Kaiji: Against All Rules
Kaiji: Against All Rules

Owing to an increasing debt, Kaiji Itou ends up resuming his old lifestyle. One day, while walking on the street, he stumbles upon Yuuji Endou, who is hunting Kaiji due to the money he owes to the Tei...

8.30 Very Good
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24 Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor
Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor

After one of his coworkers fails to repay a debt, apathetic bum Kaiji Itou is pressured by loan sharks to settle the large sum of cash. Since Kaiji has little money and no future prospects of his own,...

8.30 Very Good
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25 Iron Harvest
Iron Harvest

Iron Harvest is a real-time strategy game set in an alternate 1920s Europe, where the First World War never ended. Players command squads of soldiers and powerful mechs, utilizing tactical positioning...

8.20 Very Good
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26 Hikaru no Go
Hikaru no Go

While searching through his grandfather's attic, Hikaru Shindou stumbles upon an old go board. Touching it, he is greeted by a mysterious voice, and soon after falls unconscious. When he regains his s...

8.10 Very Good
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27 Age of Empires IV
Age of Empires IV

Build and command historical empires through four distinct civilizations, engaging in strategic resource management and warfare.

8.00 Very Good
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28 Akagi
Akagi

While mahjong is a game that is often played with family and friends, it is also a game that is played in the darkest corners of society. Nangou is a compulsive gambler who has accumulated debt over t...

8.00 Very Good
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29 Hikaru no Go: Hokuto Hai e no Michi
Hikaru no Go: Hokuto Hai e no Michi

Hikaru is given a phone call asking him to appear in the Japan/China/Korea Junior's Tournament but he finds out he will have to take place in a preliminary tournament to choose Japan's three contestan...

7.90 Good
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30 Saki - Episode of Side A Specials
Saki - Episode of Side A Specials

The semifinal round of the Inter-High Mahjong Championship is still in full swing. After witnessing the extraordinary might of the champion Teru Miyanaga of Shiraitodai High School, the girls of Achig...

7.70 Good
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