Empire (Empire: Four Kingdoms for iOS and Android) throws you right into the heart of battle as your build the ultimate fortress, grow a powerful army, capture enemy outposts and create a thriving economy. At the heart of Empire is an MMORTS experience, a genre that is saturated with similar medieval themed titles. However, Empire offers a few unique perspectives on the genre (some good and some bad) to try offer something different in the market which has ensured the game is consistently ranked...[Read Review]
Game of Thrones Winter is Coming is an officially licensed browser game of the MMO variety that takes place within the exceedingly popular Game of Thrones universe. While the game itself can’t shake the basic gameplay and free to play traps that this genre is known for the visual presentation and tie in to popular culture propels Game of Thrones Winter is Coming far ahead of similar titles. The game is also available through the GTArcade micro desktop app. Playing as your very own lord wit...[Read Review]
Travian Legends (originally Travian) takes players back in time to an era of war where you’ll build up your settlement and take it to war as one of the game tribes. With the Romans, Gauls and Teutons at your disposal players have a historically accurate strategy MMO title to lay claim to their own virtual plot of land. Travian launched in 2004 and continues to receive regular game updates and like its spin off cousin (Travian Kingdoms) is free to play. Despite this age Travian still comman...[Read Review]
With its unique Mayan skin Tentlan stands out amongst the sea of other free to play MMO strategy titles that live in the browser landscape. While the fundamentals of core gameplay offer a similar build, fight and expand mentality to other titles in the genre it feels fresh as you command your own Mayan civilisation through trials of economy and war. Set deep in the rainforest players are greeted with their own historical landscape where they can build up their empire one brick at a time. Serving...[Read Review]
Elvenar joins the ranks of the extensive browser based strategy genre with a hybrid that leans more towards city building then its competitors in the strategy niche. As the game comes from InnoGames you’re guaranteed a well designed adventure even if it doesn’t try to innovate too much on the well known formula you’ve encountered in their other strategy themed titles. Starting your Elvenar journey players will get to choose to either develop a human or elven settlement which gives your cit...[Read Review]
Based on the real world civilisations of centuries past Rise of Cultures is a city building title for mobile phones and your browser that allows you to develop a thriving settlement with your own strategy. Building from basics where your need for survival trumps all other priorities to a prosperous city state where you have the flexibility to focus on expansion and optimisation instead Rise of Cultures joins the ranks of a diverse free to play genre with a high bar of production value much like ...[Read Review]
Grepolis is a free to play strategic based MMO that was originally designed for browser based play in 2009. With the growing mobile market though Grepolis made the successful leap to iOS and Android apps which has allowed the game to live on beyond its original design by captivating a solid portion of the MMORTS market on mobile. Pairing this with the successful browser experience Grepolis holds one of the most active and largest communities in the genre with a consistent track record for mainta...[Read Review]
Therian Saga offers players an intriguing mixture of MMORPG and sandbox gameplay as players create their unique hero while exploring, fighting, crafting, farming, hunting and other activities in the vast medieval era world. Those seeking something different from their gaming adventure will no doubt be hooked on this turn based like RPG that almost feels like a Dungeons & Dragons quest. While originally available through the browser on release the game has since transitioned to a downloadable...[Read Review]
The Settlers Online (The Settlers Online: Castle Empire) is a free to play browser based strategy game that utilises familiar mechanics from the core Settlers franchise. The result is a mixture of popular modern strategy games and the MMO strategy genre. The Settlers Online offers an accessible challenge which features a familiar gameplay loop of building a sprawling city, raiding bandits, achieving objectives and in time gaining levels that unlock additional content to expand your strategy opti...[Read Review]
The Star Trek universe is vast and it’s this vastness that Star Trek: Alien Domain tries to bring to players through a MMO strategy experience. With an accurate Star Trek skin there is high appeal to fans of the strategy genre who also love the Star Trek universe of science fiction in general. Star Trek: Alien Domain allows players to play as either the Federation or the Klingon Empire as they fight with their starships against a powerful advanced foe, Species 8472 from fluidic space. This choic...[Read Review]
Game of Emperors offers medieval themed real time strategy (RTS) browser gameplay with colourful graphics where you’ll advance your empire through constant development. Following the standard formula of creating your own empire through resource collection, raiding and research of technologies there is plenty to do on your way from tutorial to top of the leader board rankings against the tens of thousands of other active players in the community. This tutorial opening in Game of Emperors is...[Read Review]
Ikariam is a Greek inspired strategy MMO that players can play in their browser or mobile device as they conquer the land and seas of their similar themed Greek enemies (AI and other players). While other games in this game niche often take players into the future or back to the medieval ages Ikariam opts to take players back even further with a strong Greek setting that ensures a reasonable level of historical accuracy for building and troop designs. While Ikariam uses a rather simple 2D interf...[Read Review]
Vikings: War of Clans extends the Plarium franchise with another MMORTS game that takes the level of polish and strategy further than their past releases in this space. This time around as a departure from the medieval you’ll be taking control of your own Viking tribe on browser, iOS and Android. While this Viking adventure is not the first from Plarium it’s one of their better MMORTS experiences which has been achieved by taking the core success from their other titles while making a grea...[Read Review]
Imperia Online is a browser based strategy adventure that launched originally in 2005 and has since expanded its offering to span across iOS, Android and Steam while maintaining a solid community of gamers. This continued and sustained community is attributable to the multi-platform experience of Imperia Online which makes this strategy game accessible to all gamers regardless of their preferred gaming platform. Particularly quick to move into the realm of mobile ensured Imperia Online survived ...[Read Review]
Despite the saturated genre of massively multiplayer strategy titles Pirates: Tides of Fortune has one key advantage over the vast array of medieval, western and futuristic strategy adventures and that is the pirate theme which has remained relatively untouched by the genre. This makes Pirates: Tides of Fortune ideal for the fan of the genre who is sick of the same old settings and instead looking to travel the high seas while building up a pirate settlement. From a gameplay perspective Pirates:...[Read Review]
Now you can fight with the Spartans in Sparta: War of Empires, a real time strategy game that puts you in charge of the army against the Persian forces. It’s a title with clear inspiration from Spartan lore, legend, history and the popular 300 film. To drive this point home even further players will be treated to some impressive voice acting and strong visual presentation that bring this historic civilisation to life and puts you in the mood for battle against your Persian foes. Gameplay i...[Read Review]
Taking the Travian franchise to new heights is Travian Kingdoms, an improved, enhanced and upgraded version of one of the original city building MMORTS titles. Paired with crisp mobile apps for iOS and Android you can now access your kingdom from anywhere that you intend to play with your progress shared between your devices with ease. Travian Kingdoms does feature fairly similar gameplay to the original although most notably has received a graphical overhaul, this new UI is a welcome sight and ...[Read Review]
Story driven titles in the free to play strategy genre don’t usually go hand in hand but Stormfall: Age of War changes all that by introducing a strong storyline supported by voice acting to enhance your whole experience. Originally a browser game that has since been retired in favour of a Windows version available through Plarium Play the game continues to live on. A similarly named Stormfall: Rise of Balur is available on Android and iOS mobile devices which has a similar setting and mechanics...[Read Review]
Khan Wars is a medieval strategy game that combines competitive gameplay, in depth combat and a great learning curve into a browser adventure. Create a name for yourself as you make an empire and army to smite your opponents on the field of battle with plenty of mechanics to offer sufficient long term depth for fans of the MMORTS gaming genre. You’ll quickly realise that depth is the focus of Khan Wars as after registration you are faced with your first decision which involves choosing you...[Read Review]
Travel back in time as you build up your own thriving settlement, repair your time machine and conquer the savage armies that oppose you. Rage War takes the browser based MMORTS into a fun and unique direction with plenty of content to explore across periods of time rather than limiting itself to a single era in time. Starting your adventure in an air ship after a time travel disaster players claim an abandoned settlement for themselves while they hunt down pieces to the time machine to bring it...[Read Review]
Stronghold Kingdoms aims to change up the classic MMORTS formula by focusing on wars between medieval castles all across ancient Europe. With a focus on managing your castle the title has castle simulation elements while offering plenty of depth and strategy to explore for newcomers or fans of the Stronghold franchise. Available for Windows Stronghold Kingdoms is also available on iOS and Android which share the same game world. Like other games in the genre Stronghold Kingdoms features an array...[Read Review]
Throne: Kingdom at War has you playing as the Lord of a mighty kingdom as you take control of a strategy game with all the usual mechanics of the genre thrown in which gives you plenty of opportunity to grow your kingdom. Available in your web browser, Windows/Mac (with Plarium Play) and mobile (iOS/Android) Throne: Kingdom at War continues the growing collection of Plarium strategy titles with familiar game mechanics. Most comparable to Game of War: Fire Age Plarium has opted for a game that de...[Read Review]
Forge of Empires offers a browser and mobile strategy game experience with a medieval style theme that provides players all the tools they need to develop a thriving settlement and attack other players as they progress. Originally launched in 2012 as a browser based adventure the game was in time brought across to the respective iOS and Android mobile platforms where it continued to succeed with its high quality city building and strategy element blend. Despite the game age Forge of Empires the ...[Read Review]
Nords: Heroes of the North is Plarium’s next MMORTS adventure, taking the best parts of their other popular titles, tweaking the formula and adding a different setting the Nords is a challenging and visually pleasing addition to the saturated genre. Nords: Heroes of the North takes place in the land of Shingard, a land that is on the edge of being plunged into an eternal winter by the evil Ice Queen and her army of the undead. Standing between her and this almost inevitable fate are the Northmen...[Read Review]