Strategy Game Hub publishes rankings, guides, reviews and news about strategy games. This page explains how we decide what to cover, how we build a ranking, how we check facts, and how to tell us when we get something wrong.
How we choose what to cover
Three editors own the site’s coverage. Cody runs the mobile and MOBA desk. Joey covers PC and console strategy. Serena is managing editor and owns tabletop, economic and city-building coverage along with the news desk and reviews. Each editor picks topics from their own beat, so the person writing a ranking is the person who follows that genre week to week.
We cover a game when it is playable today on a platform our readers own, when its systems are deep enough to reward planning, and when we can verify its current state from the developer, the store page or patch notes. We do not cover games on the strength of a trailer alone.
How we rank
Every ranked list on this site is scored against the same five criteria:
- Depth of systems. How many meaningful decisions the game asks for, and whether those decisions interact.
- Current state of the game. What the game is now, at its latest version, not what it was at launch. Abandoned games and broken live services drop.
- Platform performance. How the game actually runs and controls on the platform the list is about, including handhelds and phones.
- Value. Price against hours of real play, and whether monetization interferes with the strategy.
- Longevity. Replay value, mod and DLC support, and whether the game still holds up after the first ten hours.
When two games score evenly, we break the tie in this order: the game in better current condition wins, then the game that performs better on the platform the list covers, then the game that costs less for the same amount of play. If a tie still stands, the editor who owns the list makes the call and says why in the entry.
How we verify
- Every checkable fact is confirmed against a developer page, a store listing, official patch notes or a major outlet, and the source is linked in the text.
- Numbers carry the year they refer to. Release dates, version numbers and player counts are dated.
- Every ranking is reviewed by a named editor before it publishes. The byline on a post is the editor accountable for it.
- We update a post’s date only when the picks or the facts change. Fixing a typo or swapping an image does not move the date.
Images
Entries use real gameplay images: screenshots from the game’s Steam page, App Store or Google Play listing, or captures taken by the team. Publisher press art is used for hero images at the top of a post, and for a game that has no usable gameplay screenshot. Author avatars on this site are illustrations, not photographs.
Corrections
If something on this site is wrong, tell us through the contact page and put “Correction” in the subject. Send the URL and, where you can, a link to the correct source. We aim to review every correction request within two business days.
When we correct a factual error, we fix the text and add a dated correction note at the top of the post saying what changed. We do not quietly rewrite a claim and leave the page looking untouched. Small fixes that do not change the meaning, such as a misspelled developer name, are corrected without a note.
Independence
No one can buy a place in a ranking on this site. We do not accept payment, review keys, review units or any other consideration in exchange for a position on a list, a score or a recommendation. Receiving a review key does not guarantee coverage, and a game that gets covered because of a key is identified as such in the post.
We currently run no affiliate links. If that changes, affiliate links will be disclosed at the top of any post that contains them, and they will never affect the order of a ranking.
Strategy Game Hub is published by Austin, founder and publisher. Questions about this policy go to Serena, managing editor, through the contact page.