Category: Mobile Strategy

Cards and Castles

In Cards and Castles, battles play out like a tabletop skirmish brought to life, you build a deck, draw into options each turn, then spend coins to deploy units, structures, and spells onto a grid. It is a free-to-play hybrid of collectible card game and tactics, built around five distinct factions that encourage different approaches, from aggressive melee pushes to slower, defensive setups.

Publisher: Bit Mass, LLC
Playerbase: Medium
Type: CCG Strategy
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Pros: +Distinct factions support varied strategies. +Plays across multiple platforms. +Polished interface with appealing sound and visuals.
Cons: -Occasional freezing and stability hiccups. -Slow card acquisition for free players. -Familiar mechanics that echo other CCGs.

VEGA Conflict

VEGA Conflict is a free-to-play sci-fi strategy MMO built around base construction, fleet design, and real-time raids across a shared star map. You expand a command center among asteroid fields, gather resources, and clash with both the VEGA Federation and rival commanders, with battles that reward planning and smart ship loadouts as much as raw numbers.

Publisher: KIXEYE
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Strategy
PvP: Open World
Release Date: December 13, 2015
Pros: +Play seamlessly across devices. +Lots of ship and base detail for a strategy MMO. +Raids and defenses can be genuinely tense and tactical.
Cons: -Monetization can tilt competition. -Late-game timers and travel can feel sluggish.

Game of Dice

Game of Dice is a free-to-play mobile board strategy title built around quick, competitive matches where three players race around a board, claim properties, and try to bankrupt the opposition. It borrows the broad shape of classic property-trading board games, then layers in character abilities, collectible cards, and flashy anime presentation to keep each session feeling lively, even when you are grinding for upgrades.

Publisher: Joycity Games
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile Strategy Game
Release Date: October 14, 2015
Pros: +Striking anime-inspired visuals and smooth animations. +Strong music and sound effects that add energy to matches. +Simple ruleset that is easy to learn quickly.
Cons: -Matches can start to feel samey over time. -Monetization can create a pay-to-win advantage.

Mobile Strike

Mobile Strike is a free-to-play mobile MMO strategy title built around modern military base management, timed upgrades, and large-scale alliance warfare. You expand a headquarters, train troops, research upgrades, and compete with a massive global population for server dominance, including the coveted Head of State role that can bolster friends while inconveniencing rivals.

Publisher: Epic War
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile Strategy
Release Date: November 11, 2015
PvP: World
Pros: +Deep base building with lots of upgrade paths. +Commander gear creation and progression. +Built-in chat translation for global alliances. +Very active community.
Cons: -Familiar genre loop that can feel formulaic. -Strong pay-to-win pressure in competitive play.

Dynasty War

Dynasty War is a mobile strategy MMO that draws on the Three Kingdoms era of ancient China, letting players align with Wei, Shu, or Wu. Its core loop revolves around expanding a home base, managing resources, and launching raids where unit placement and timing decide whether you walk away with loot or leave empty-handed.

Publisher: NGames
Playerbase: Medium
Type: City-Building/Strategy
Release Date: July 7, 2015
Pros: +Thoughtful raid battles with real tactical choices. +A large roster of collectible heroes to build around. +Clean visuals for a mobile strategy MMO.
Cons: -Monetization can create power gaps. -Voice work is inconsistent and often unconvincing.

Vikings: War of Clans

Vikings: War of Clans is a strategy MMO that drops you into a Norse-themed world where you lead a growing settlement as its Jarl. Your day-to-day play revolves around expanding a fortified town, gathering and spending resources efficiently, and turning that economy into an army that can compete on a persistent world map. It is built around clan play and competitive rankings, so long-term progress is closely tied to alliances, coordinated wars, and keeping pace with an active server.

Publisher: Plarium
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile / PC MMORTS
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Pros: +Striking visuals and strong art direction. +Satisfying blend of hero progression and RTS-style planning. +Polished presentation and feature set.
Cons: -Noticeable pay-to-win pressure in competitive play.

Tactile Wars

Tactile Wars is a mobile-focused online strategy game that blends base defense with quick, hands-on battles. It wraps familiar “build a layout, protect your loot, raid other players” ideas in a playful paint-and-toy-soldier presentation, then adds direct troop control, formation drawing, and faction-based color warfare to keep matches feeling more active than a typical set-and-forget attack.

Publisher: Ankama Mobile
Playerbase: High
Type: Mobile Strategy
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Pros: +Fast, tactical battles with direct control. +Strong base layout and customization options. +Plenty of traps, defenses, and upgrades to work toward.
Cons: -Can feel repetitive over longer sessions.

Grepolis

Grepolis is a free-to-play, browser-based strategy MMO with an Ancient Greece theme, and it also has iOS and Android versions for playing on the go. You start with a single polis, then expand by upgrading production buildings, balancing resources, and raising an army and navy, while interacting with surrounding villages for steady income and growth. As your influence spreads across islands, the long-term loop becomes managing multiple cities through colonization or by taking territory from other players, which is where the MMO strategy and diplomacy really come into focus.

Publisher: InnoGames
Playerbase: High
Type: Browser/Mobile MMORTS
Release Date: December 8, 2009
Pros: +Multiple cities to manage and specialize. +Both naval and ground warfare. +Lively, competitive community.
Cons: -Premium advantages can feel pay-to-win. -Chat and social UI feel dated. -Visuals are serviceable but not impressive.

Clash of Clans

Clash of Clans is an isometric strategy and village-building game built around a simple loop, gather resources, expand your settlement, train troops, then test your layout and army in battles. You can push through a light single-player campaign against goblin bases, but the real hook is raiding other players for loot and joining a clan for coordinated wars. It is easy to learn, quick to check in on, and surprisingly tactical once you start thinking about base design and troop deployment.

Publisher: Supercell
Playerbase: High
Type: City-Building/Strategy
Release Date: August 2, 2012 (iOS)/October 7, 2013 (Android)
Pros:+High production value and clean UI. +Rewarding base-building and battle tactics. +Strong clan and war-focused multiplayer.
Cons: -Progress can feel pay-to-skip due to in-app purchases. -Farming resources and timers can become repetitive.

Transport Empire

Transport Empire is a free-to-play 2D mobile economic strategy game that revolves around building up a transport company and turning it into a nationwide powerhouse. You expand by moving cargo between towns using trains, steamboats, and airships, while steadily improving infrastructure and production to keep contracts flowing.

Publisher: Game Insight
Playerbase: Medium
Type: Mobile City-Building/Strategy
Release Date: April 09, 2014
Pros:+Colorful, polished 2D presentation. +Playable without an internet connection. +Story-driven structure that adds context to progression.
Cons: -Progress can feel slow due to real-time timers. -Core loops can become repetitive over longer sessions.