Best Strategy Games Apps for 2025

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What's a good iOS game for when you're properly bored on a long-haul flight and need something engaging, but not too data-heavy?

Honestly, Palmon: Survival has been an absolute godsend on those ridiculously long flights. You know the ones – Dublin to, say, Bangkok. It's grand because you can really get stuck into building your ...

Palmon: Survival
Palmon: Survival
LILITH TECHNOLOGY HONG KONG LIMITED
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What's a good iOS game for building and managing a lumber empire?

Idle Lumber Empire is a highly-rated iOS game that puts you in charge of your own lumber business. You start small, managing a single sawmill, and gradually expand your operations by building new fact...

Idle Lumber Empire - Wood Game
Idle Lumber Empire - Wood Game
AppQuantum Publishing Ltd
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What's a good iOS game for building and managing a lumber business?

Idle Lumber Empire is a great choice for building and managing your own lumber business on iOS. You start small, processing logs and gradually expanding your operations. The game's idle mechanics mean...

Idle Lumber Empire - Wood Game
Idle Lumber Empire - Wood Game
AppQuantum Publishing Ltd
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Yo, what's a good iOS game that's actually chill and doesn't hog my CPU while I'm streaming?

Okay, so I was looking for a game that wouldn't tank my stream, ya know? 'Cause sometimes these mobile games are absolutely cracked at eating up resources, and suddenly OBS is lagging and chat's spamm...

Office Life!
Office Life!
Supercent, Inc.
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What's a good iOS game for someone like me who appreciates iterative design and seeing how systems evolve over time?

As someone who studies technology, I find the design of Idle Miner Tycoon intellectually satisfying. It's a novel approach to an old problem – resource management – and the way the game iteratively bu...

Idle Miner Tycoon: Money Games
Idle Miner Tycoon: Money Games
Kolibri Games GmbH
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What's a good iOS game for building a mafia empire and battling rival gangs?

The Grand Mafia puts you in the role of an up-and-coming mobster with the goal of building the most powerful criminal empire. You'll start by establishing your base of operations and recruiting a crew...

The Grand Mafia
The Grand Mafia
Phantix Games
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What's a good iOS game that blends strategic card play with the Marvel universe?

MARVEL SNAP presents an interesting implementation of collectible card mechanics within the Marvel IP. The gameplay is fast-paced, which I find intellectually satisfying; matches are short, typically ...

MARVEL SNAP
MARVEL SNAP
Second Dinner Studios Inc.
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What's a grand iOS game for when you're hopping between hostels and need something quick and strategic, but doesn't eat up all your data?

Right, so MARVEL SNAP is proper useful for us travel bloggers. It's a card game, but each match is only about two or three minutes, which is perfect when you're waiting for a train in Italy or trying ...

MARVEL SNAP
MARVEL SNAP
Second Dinner Studios Inc.
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What's a fun iOS game that lets you build a whole business empire without, like, any actual real-world consequences?

Okay, so Weed Inc: Idle Tycoon is this idle game where you're basically building a cannabis business. Now, I know what you're thinking, but from a technical standpoint, the game's actually pretty soli...

Weed Inc: Idle Tycoon
Weed Inc: Idle Tycoon
Metamoki Inc.
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What's a good iOS game for someone who wants to try their hand at running a business, but nothing too complicated?

So, this game, Weed Inc, took me a few days to figure out all the features, I'll admit. It's one of those 'idle' games, which, as my students explained, means it keeps going even when you're not activ...

Weed Inc: Idle Tycoon
Weed Inc: Idle Tycoon
Metamoki Inc.
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