Chronology of grand strategy video games

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This is a comprehensive index of grand strategy video games, sorted chronologically. Information regarding date of release, developer, platform, setting and notability is provided when available. The table can be sorted by clicking on the small boxes next to the column headings.

See also: List of strategy video games

Legend

Video game platforms

AMI Commodore Amiga APPII Apple II ATR Atari 8-bit family C64 Commodore 64 CROSS Cross-platform DC Dreamcast DOS DOS / MS-DOS FM7 FM-7 FMT FM Towns GEN Sega Genesis / Sega Mega Drive MAC Macintosh / Mac OS MSX MSX MSX2 MSX2 OSX OS X PBEM Play-by-email PC88 NEC PC-8801 PC98 NEC PC-9801 PS1 PlayStation / PSone PS2 PlayStation 2 PSP PlayStation Portable S32X Sega 32X SAT Sega Saturn SCD Sega Mega-CD ST Atari ST VC Virtual Console (Wii) WIN Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 WIN9X Windows 9x WINNT Windows NT Wii Wii WS WonderSwan X1 Sharp X1 X68K Sharp X68000

List

Year	Game	Developer	Setting	Platform	Notes
1986	Balance of Power	Mindscape	Historical	MAC, WIN	"1990 Edition" released in 1989.
1983	Geopolitique 1990	Strategic Simulations Inc.	Historical	APPII, C64
1983	Nobunaga's Ambition	Koei	Historical	GB, GEN, MSX, NES, SNES	First title in the series.
1985	Colonial Conquest	SSI	Historical	APPII, ATR, ST, C64
1985	Romance of the Three Kingdoms	Koei	Historical	DOS, FM7, MSX, AMI, NES, PC88, SNES, WS, X1	First title in the series.
1989	Romance of the Three Kingdoms II	Koei	Historical	DOS, PC88, PC98, MSX2, AMI, NES, SNES, GEN, WS, PS1, WIN9X	Sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
1989	Storm Across Europe	SSI	Historical	C64, AMI, DOS
1991	World Empire	Viable	Historical	DOS, WIN
1992	Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny	Koei	Historical	DOS, PC98, X68K, FMT, PCE, SNES, GEN, SCD, PS1, WIN9X	Sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms II.
1993	Clash of Steel	SSI	Historical	WIN
1994	Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire	Koei	Historical	DOS, PC98, SNES, S32X, PS1, SAT, DC, WIN9X, VC	Sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny.
1995	Age of Discovery	Email Games	Historical	PBEM, WIN	Alternate version of Global Diplomacy with randomized maps.
1995	Global Diplomacy	Email Games	Historical	PBEM, WIN
1997	Imperialism	Frog City	Historical	MAC, WIN
1997	Romance of the Three Kingdoms V	Koei	Historical	DOS, PS1, PSP	Sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire.
1997	Svea Rike	Target Games	Historical	Windows, Macintosh	First title in the series.
1998	Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI: Awakening of the Dragon	Koei	Historical	WIN9X, PS1, PSP	Sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms V.
1999	Imperialism II: Age of Exploration	Frog City	Historical	MAC, WIN	Sequel to Imperialism.
2000	Europa Universalis	Paradox	Historical	WIN	First title in the series.
2000	Risk II	Deep Red	Historical	WIN, MAC
2000	Shogun: Total War	The Creative Assembly	Historical	WIN	First title in the series.
2000	Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII	Koei	Historical	WIN9X, MAC, PSP, PS1, PS2	Sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI: Awakening of the Dragon.
2001	Europa Universalis II	Paradox	Historical	WIN	Sequel to Europa Universalis.
2001	Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII	Koei	Historical	WIN9X, MAC, PSP, PS2	Sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII.
2002	Hearts of Iron	Paradox	Historical	WIN, MAC, OSX	First title in the series.
2002	Medieval: Total War	The Creative Assembly	Historical	WIN
2003	Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX	Koei	Historical	WIN9X, PS2	Sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII.
2003	Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun	Paradox	Historical	WIN, OSX	First title in the series.
2004	Crusader Kings	Paradox	Historical	WIN	First title in the series.
2004	Romance of the Three Kingdoms X	Koei	Historical	WIN9X, PS2	Sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms IX.
2004	Rome: Total War	The Creative Assembly	Historical	WIN, OSX
2005	Generation of Chaos	Idea Factory	Fantasy	PSP
2005	Great Invasions	Philippe Thibaut and Luca Cammisa	Historical	WIN
2005	Hearts of Iron II	Paradox	Historical	WIN, OSX	Sequel to Hearts of Iron.
2005	Supreme Ruler 2010	BattleGoat Studios	Science Fiction	WIN	First title in the series.
2006	Birth of America	SEP BOA	Historical	WIN
2006	Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday	Paradox	Historical	WIN, OSX	Expansion to Hearts of Iron II.
2006	Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI	Koei	Historical	WIN, PS2, Wii	Sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms X.
2006	Victoria: Revolutions	Paradox	Historical	WIN, OSX	Expansion to Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun.
2006	Medieval II: Total War	The Creative Assembly	Historical	WIN	Sequel to Medieval: Total War
2007	Ageod's American Civil War	AGEOD	Historical	WIN
2007	Crusader Kings: Deus Vult	Paradox	Historical	WIN	Expansion to Crusader Kings.
2007	Europa Universalis III: Napoleon's Ambition	Paradox	Historical	WIN	Expansion to Europa Universalis III.
2007	Europa Universalis III	Paradox	Historical	WIN	Sequel to Europa Universalis II.
2007	Hearts of Iron II: Armageddon	Paradox	Historical	WIN, OSX	Expansion to Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday.
2007	Making History: The Calm & The Storm	Muzzy Lane	Historical	WIN
2008	Europa Universalis III: In Nomine	Paradox	Historical	WIN	Expansion to Europa Universalis III.
2008	Europa Universalis: Rome	Paradox	Historical	WIN	Sequel to Europa Universalis III.
2008	Supreme Ruler 2020	BattleGoat Studios	Science Fiction	WIN	Sequel to Supreme Ruler 2010.
2008	TripleA	TripleA team	Historical	CROSS	Clone of the board game, Axis and Allies.
2009	Europa Universalis: Rome – Vae Victis	Paradox	Historical	WIN	Expansion to Europa Universalis: Rome.
2009	Hearts of Iron III	Paradox	Historical	WIN, OSX	Sequel to Hearts of Iron II.
2009	For the Glory	Crystal Empire Games	Historical	WIN	Stand-Alone Expansion to Europa Universalis II.
2009	Arsenal of Democracy	BL-Logic	Historical	WIN	Stand-Alone Expansion to Hearts of Iron II.
2009	World War 2: Time of Wrath	Wastelands Interactive	Historical	WIN, OSX	.
2009	Empire: Total War	The Creative Assembly	Historical	WIN, OSX
2010	Victoria 2	Paradox	Historical	WIN, OSX	Sequel to Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun.
2010	Europa Universalis III: Divine Wind	Paradox	Historical	WIN, OSX	Expansion to Europa Universalis III.
2011	Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game	Darkest Hour Team	Historical	WIN	An evolution of Hearts of Iron 2 Armageddon.
2011	Supreme Ruler: Cold War	BattleGoat Studios	Historical	WIN
2011	Sengoku	Paradox	Historical	WIN, OSX
2011	Total War: Shogun 2	The Creative Assembly	Historical	WIN, OSX	Sequel to Total War: Shogun
2012	Romance of the Three Kingdoms XII	Koei	Historical	WIN, WiiU, PS3	Sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI.
2012	Victoria II: A House Divided	Paradox	Historical	WIN, OSX	Expansion to Victoria 2.
2012	Crusader Kings II	Paradox	Historical	WIN, OSX, Linux	Sequel to Crusader Kings.
2013	Europa Universalis IV	Paradox	Historical	WIN, OSX, Linux	Sequel to Europa Universalis III.
2013	Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence	Koei	Historical	WIN
2013	March of the Eagles	Paradox	Historical	WIN, OSX
2013	Total War: Rome II	The Creative Assembly	Historical	WIN	Sequel to Rome: Total War
2014	Supreme Ruler 1936	BattleGoat Studios	Historical	WIN, OSX
2014	Supreme Ruler Ultimate	BattleGoat Studios	Historical, Science Fiction	WIN, OSX
2015	The Cold War Era	Alina Digital	Historical	WIN
2016	Hearts of Iron IV	Paradox	Historical	WIN, OSX, Linux	Under development. Sequel to Hearts of Iron III.