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Best strategy games for iphone

Action games are a lot of fun to play when you just want to sit back and beat up baddies. Sometimes though, you want some more serious, something more involved to play. Here are some of the best strategy games for your iPhone.

List of the best apps

1.Plague Inc.

Paid: $0.99 with in-app purchases

Plague Inc. is a simulation game that requires strategic skills and revolves around the idea of survival of the fittest. Player's aim is to put an end to human history by infecting a disease and eventually make it a plague.

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  • David Peters

    by David Peters

    This is really one of the best strategy games for the iPhone that I have ever played. The graphics look nice and while the gameplay might seem simple, More

  • Michael Morris

    by Michael Morris

    Plague Inc. is one of the best games on mobile devices and it has really earned the amount of downloads it has, I can't recommend it enough.

  • Danielle Fowler

    by Danielle Fowler

    Nice strategy game. Good graphics and interesting game play. If strategy is your game, this one is worth checking out.

2.Plants vs Zombies 2

with in-app purchases

Plants vs Zombies 2 is the sequel of the award-winning action-strategy game Plants vs Zombies. This is a free and casual adventure game offered by Electronic Arts. This is available for Android devices and iOS that requires 8.0 or later.

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  • Anna Hernandez

    by Anna Hernandez

    It's been out for a while now but it is still one of the best strategy games for iOS out there. It's simple enough that anyone can pick up and play it More

  • Samuel Collins

    by Samuel Collins

    Well of course! The answer was right their in front of our faces all this time! The Plants! The plants are our friends, and will help put an end to th More

  • Bobby Tucker

    by Bobby Tucker

    Plants vs Zombies 2 is a great little strategy game for the iPhone. Not only is it very strategic and in depth but also very addicting since you are a More

3.Clash of Clans

with in-app purchases

Clash of Clans is a great strategic, and multiplayer game for Android and iOS. It was offered by Supercell. The game allows you to build your tower, play with other player and declare war to destroy their camp.

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  • Nicholas Obrien

    by Nicholas Obrien

    It is a good game that has addictive properties. However, it has a toxic community around it, and there are some elements that make it a "pay to win." It is a good game hampered by the model that is marketed by.

4.Rush Wars

with in-app purchases

Rush Wars is a mobile strategy game which is the sixth game release of the developers Supercell, the creator of games such as Hay Day and Clash of Clans. The casual game lets players raid gold mines, unlock troops, team up, and battle.

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  • Justin West

    by Justin West

    I can't say my full thought about this game yet because it's really new but so far, I've been playing it for hours and it's pretty neat!

5.Kingdom Rush

Paid: $9.99 with in-app purchases

Kingdom Rush is a real-time single-player tower defense game developed by Ironhide Game Studio. Published by Armor Games and originally released on July 28, 2011, it is the first of third games in the Kingdom Rush game series.

  • Linda Zheng

    by Linda Zheng

    A nice little game to pass the time. It's a tower defense game with some strategy mixed in. It's more of a casual game so anyone could try this out and have fun.

6.Hoplite

Paid: $2.99 With in-app purchases.
Hoplite is a turn-based rogue-like strategy game that focuses on tactical grid-based movement, all on small single screen-sized maps. This game aims to make you think before you act. With procedurally generated levels give a new experience every play.
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  • Roy Patterson

    by Roy Patterson

    The graphics aren't the best. They look like an 80s arcade game. But that's not the point. This is a great strategy game that forces one to think befo More

  • Roy Barnes

    by Roy Barnes

    This is a good old fashioned challenge, for us old gamers who don't want to do the whole pay-to-win game dance. I love the complexity and the replayab More

  • Gary Shaw

    by Gary Shaw

    This is a good old fashioned challenge, for us old gamers who don't want to do the whole pay-to-win game dance. I love the complexity and the replayab More

7.Tentacle Wars

with in-app purchases

Tentacle Wars is a singleplayer strategy game based on the popular flash game. Enter a microscopic world with DNA tentacles and save the entire species from extinction. Includes 80 missions and a random level generator. 

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  • Adriana Cisneros

    by Adriana Cisneros

    This game looks like it is definitely good fro this category. The game play requires making moves that are beneficial and very much strategy needed. T More

  • Raymond Ferguson

    by Raymond Ferguson

    Tentacle Wars if a great strategy game for the iphone. It requires a lot of thinking and the random level generator will keep you playing for hours.

8.Universal Paperclips

Paid: $1.99

Universal Paperclips is an addictive idle/management/simulator game where you must use your unstoppable intelligence to create a massive paperclip empire.

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    This is a fun and interesting little game for the iPhone. Your goal is to create a paperclip empire. It's fun, smart, intriguing, and makes you think. More

  • Brian Cook

    by Brian Cook

    I have played Universal Paperclips. This is an idle progression game and doesn't really require any strategy. It is fun though, and a good time waster More

  • Julio César Colín

    by Julio César Colín

    I was looking for a simple game to play on my iPhone. Universal Paperclips is as simple as it get. I never knew creating a paperclip empire would be t More

9.Breach & Clear

Paid: $14.99

Breach & Clear is a strategy game in which you have to choose your squad and take on a variety of foes with different skill-sets abilities. Build your arsenal and plan your missions step by step.

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  • Daniel Lewis

    by Daniel Lewis

    I like Breach & Clear for strategy games on the iphone. I get to choose my own squad and fight all kinds of battles with varied skill sets. I am a More

  • by Alice Jacobs

    Don't have an iPhone.

10.EMPIRE: Deck Building Strategy

Paid: $2.99
EMPIRE is a quick, easy-to-learn yet difficult to master strategy/tactics game. You can found a new empire and explore a dying land. Develop and expand your Empire till the end, where every battle is a unique tactical challenge. 
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  • by Margaret Watson

    This was a fun gaming app to stumble upon. It is not very difficult to play, and I did have to make some important decisions regarding strategy. It wa More

  • Brittany Wade

    by Brittany Wade

    This game made me feel like I was really searching for that lost empire. I was able to play it at my own pace and it was not extremely difficult for m More

  • Jean Jacobs

    by Jean Jacobs

    I disliked this game with all the exploring. I lost interest after the first 30 minutes of playing.

11.First Strike

Paid: $1
First Strike is a strategy game located in a nuclear armageddon that combines a snappy gameplay with an intuitive interface. Choose one of the big nuclear players and plan your strategy wisely.
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  • by Patrick Jimenez

    First Strike is a great game to play if you're looking to kill some time or just want a fun distraction. The game is gorgeous on any device, and the g More

  • Jacqueline Jones

    by Jacqueline Jones

    There are a lot of strategy games out right now for iPhone. Sifting through the trash can be an actual challenge! I happened to see First Strike on th More

12.Star Traders 4X Empires Elite

Paid: $4.99 with in-app purchases
Star Traders 4X Empires Elite is a 4x strategy game. Players take control through the strategic use of spies, economics, politics, technology and advanced weaponry in the most engaging, expansive and intense turn-based sci-fi title. 
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  • Bobby Butler

    by Bobby Butler

    A friend was asking for one of the best strategy games that I've played on iphone. I told him about Star Traders 4X Empires Elite and he really loved  More

  • Helen Elliott

    by Helen Elliott

    Star Traders is a great building strategy game. As long as you like the world it's set in and what it deals with, it is a very engaging sci-fi game.

13.Tactics Maiden RPG

with in-app purchases

Tactics Maiden is medieval fantasy game which story connects 85 scenarios and 36 character classes. The players are carried from scenario to scenario and each battle represents new challenges for them. 

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  • Austin Cunningham

    by Austin Cunningham

    This is an advanced strategy game revolving around medieval times. If that's your kind of thing, it's probably perfect

  • Liliana Valadez

    by Liliana Valadez

    Tactical turn based game that requires strategy. Good critical thinking game and it's entertaining too.

DID YOU KNOW?

The root of strategy games traces back to table and board games such as Risk? They transitioned over to other platforms such as computers and consoles before long. With this transition though, they felt somehow familiar despite the change. This is because early games were ports, and sometimes, exact copies of the same games. One example of this is the game, Invasion, released for the Magvanox Odyssey. It was like Risk that features Pong-like battles. With the advent of microprocessors and computers allowed for further development of games. By the 1980s, strategy games covered a wider set of themes and topics. From war-based games to sci-fi themed games. Reach for the Stars was a prime example of the latter at the time. This game exemplified the concept of 4X-style games before it was even coined.

That basic concept has persisted and remained the main basis for strategy games. Throughout the years all the way to today. Strategy games have had a sort of slump in recent years. Then came heavy-hitters that would revitalize the ailing genre. Games like Sid Meier's Civilization, Command & Conquer, and Warcraft. All these games played a major role in the reviving popularity of strategy games. The same happened in the mobile space. There are plenty of great strategy game titles on smartphones like the iPhone. There are plenty of strategy games for the iPhone that you can play for free. Most of them are of high-quality as well.

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