Best Strategy/Simulation Game of 2018

VGChartz's Thomas Froehlicher: "Strategy is all about calculation, thinking in advance, and setting up the perfect plan that will lead you to certain victory. Strategy titles often don't require a large budget to engage players' critical faculties in this way, but they usually do require original and well-crafted game systems in order to be successful. That might in part explain why none of the games that made it onto our shortlist this year are AAA blockbusters. Even the most graphically minimalist of titles, like this year's Into the Breach, can deliver unique and memorable brainstorming experiences. In fact all of our other shortlisted titles - Valkyria Chronicles 4, Overcooked 2 and Artifact  - run on old engines, but each remains true to the roots of the genre."