Editing Strategy game (section)

{{Short description|Type of game}}
{{About||the video game genre|Strategy video game}}
[[File:chess set.jpg|right|upright=1.2|thumb|[[Chess]] is one of the most well-known and frequently played strategy games.]]
[[File:TSR's Divine Right Strategy Game.jpg|thumb|The 1979 strategy wargame ''[[Divine Right (game)|Divine Right]]'']]
A '''strategy game''' or '''strategic game''' is a [[game]] in which the players' [[coercion|uncoerced]], and often [[autonomous]], decision-making skills have a high significance in determining the outcome. Almost all strategy games require internal [[decision tree]]-style thinking, and typically very high [[situational awareness]].

Strategy games are also seen as a descendant of [[war games]], and define strategy in terms of the context of war, but this is more partial. A strategy game is a game that relies primarily on strategy, and when it comes to defining what strategy is, two factors need to be taken into account: its complexity and game-scale actions, such as each placement in the ''[[Total War (video game series)|Total War]]'' video game series. The definition of a strategy game in its cultural context should be any game that belongs to a tradition that goes back to war games, contains more strategy than the average video game, contains certain gameplay conventions, and is represented by a particular community. Although war is dominant in strategy games, it is not the whole story.<ref name="multiple">{{Cite journal|last=Dor|first=Simon|date=April 2018|title=Strategy in Games or Strategy Games: Dictionary and Encyclopaedic Definitions for Game Studies|url=http://gamestudies.org/1801/articles/simon_dor|journal=Game Studies|volume=18|issue=1|issn=1604-7982}}</ref>