My 10 Suggestions Of The Best Strategy Games To Buy During The Hooded Horse Steam Sale 2026

1 – Against the Storm

Just in case you haven’t heard about one of the best-rated strategy games of all time, Against the Storm is a roguelike city-builder where the player acts as a vice-roy for the Scorched Queen and must constantly be expanding into new territories to send newfound riches to the Capital. Its roguelike nature is synonymous with starting new settlements from scratch, over and over again. Yes, Against the Storm built a game around the most exciting parts of a city-builder, which is the starting of something new, figuring out how your city fits together, and making sure food, materials, and luxury goods are being delivered. You’ll constantly be building new towns in several different biomes, each with its own challenges to tackle. Against the Storm is not only one of the best city-builders ever, but it’s also one of the best roguelites and one of the best strategy games of all time.  

Conclusion

Hooded Horse has become one of gaming’s most prolific and successful publishers. Driven by what I can only describe as high-quality and unique experiences, whenever I see that a title is being published by Hooded Horse, I automatically take it seriously. The fact that 2026 is starting off with this really cool sale is great, and I really hope this list has helped you find out about some cool new titles to start the game with!

Remember that the sale is running until January 22nd, so make sure you don’t miss it.

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9 responses to “My 10 Suggestions Of The Best Strategy Games To Buy During The Hooded Horse Steam Sale 2026”

  1. Okay. I seem to be of the unpopular opinion that the best part of a city builder is the late game when everything is nearly automated and you can watch your hard work fend for it’s self. Behold your grand society endure indefinitely as you check in to make grand expenditures occasionally, by dipping your fingers into it’s nigh limitless recourse pools. So it always gives me pause me when I see people praise Against the Storm for it’s short form resets. I may actually grab it while it’s on sale, as it obviously has more going for it than, “indefinitely early game”. I just want my mindset to be right before I go into it. I’m worried that my love of the end-game will spoil the experience. Any thoughts?

    1. Try it out, it’s very unique. I really liked all games recommended here that I’ve played, but Against the storm remains my favourite and it’s 1st place here is so well deserved. Even if it isn’t YOUR jam, you won’t regret it.

      One thing that hasn’t been mentioned is how extraordinarily polished, tightly designed, and balanced it is. So many interesting systems that fit together perfectly. And before it gets predictable, it throws higher difficulties at you that keep it challenging and fresh.

      1. With so many people saying that, I’m sure he already went and got the game!

    2. If that’s worth something, if you can stabilize your settlement before the victory bar is filled, for a little while it does feel like that, at least to me.
      Also, you can always just keep playing your settlement after winning the scenario, although I have never tried that yet. Game is very addictive and you always want to see what curveball the next stage is waiting to throw at you, so I just keep hitting “back to the map”, instead of “keep playing”.

      It is certainly not for everyone and I have seen city builder diehards bash it for “not being a true city builder”, but personally for me it quickly became my number 1 strategy game and remains my top played title for the second month in a row. Because of this I definitely encourage everyone to at least give it an honest try.

      1. Thank you for helping a fellow player make his decision!

    3. The guys have given you a lot of opinions! Looks like you should give it a go!

  2. As someone whose played a ton of against the storm and loves it I’d say your perception is correct, against the storm is essentily the early part of a city builder on steroids. If you like stringing together supply chains to meet population needs than it might be fun but you rarely get to sit back and admire your creation- basically there’s a victory and loss timer and once those fill up the game ends and you move on to your next game. There’s nothing like civs one more turn where you can sit back and just watch your settlement. Might be worth trying but won’t give you the end game feeling your looking for.

    1. Thank you! You’re absolutely right!

  3. […] I’m leaving this one here just in case you haven’t noticed it yet, but Hooded Horse (high-profile strategy games publisher that has games like Manor Lords and Terra Invicta under its banner) is currently running a Steam Sale on its catalogue, with some great deals you can take advantage of, just in case you haven’t spent enough money already during the Steam Winter Sale. If you want to know my recommendations, you can check them out here. […]

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