Strategy Games
54Strategy games ask you to win before the battle starts — through positioning, build order, or long-term resource planning. Tower defense, turn-based tactics, and management puzzles all land here. The web has a deep bench of indie strategy experiments, often more honest about their mechanics than bigger-budget cousins because there is no tutorial budget to hide behind.
13C Defense
A 13KB tower defense against the Mongol army — defend the gate, pick your upgrades.
Defense of the 13th City
A 2023 js13kGames entry by Kimbatt — under 13KB of pure craft.
Castle wars
A 2023 js13kGames entry by Mefistofel — under 13KB of pure craft.
Exit the Castle
A 2023 js13kGames entry by Oliver Smith — under 13KB of pure craft.
Terror Defense
A 2022 js13kGames entry by Adrien Guéret — under 13KB of pure craft.
13C Defense
A 2023 js13kGames entry by Kang Jung Min — under 13KB of pure craft.
Defense of the 13th City
A 2023 js13kGames entry by Kimbatt — under 13KB of pure craft.
Necromancer's Dungeon
A 2022 js13kGames entry by svntax — under 13KB of pure craft.
Dungeon Of Curse
A 2024 js13kGames entry by Himanshu Bisht — under 13KB of pure craft.
Castle wars
A 2023 js13kGames entry by Mefistofel — under 13KB of pure craft.
Escape 13th floor dungeon
A 2024 js13kGames entry by Slava — under 13KB of pure craft.
Exit the Castle
A 2023 js13kGames entry by Oliver Smith — under 13KB of pure craft.
Terror Defense
A 2022 js13kGames entry by Adrien Guéret — under 13KB of pure craft.
Critter Defense
A 2013 js13kGames entry by olsn — under 13KB of pure craft.
Mor Chess
A 2025 js13kGames entry by Emre Guneyler — under 13KB of pure craft.
chess arena
A 2022 js13kGames entry by Alexander Dunin — under 13KB of pure craft.
Network Defense
A 2018 js13kGames entry by Gabriel Erbetta — under 13KB of pure craft.
alchemist defence
A 2014 js13kGames entry by Arthur Brongniart — under 13KB of pure craft.
4 elements tower defense
A 2014 js13kGames entry by qw3n — under 13KB of pure craft.
ChessPursuit
A 2015 js13kGames entry by Saturnyn — under 13KB of pure craft.
Element War
A 2014 js13kGames entry by John Kilmister — under 13KB of pure craft.
Critter Defense
A 2013 js13kGames entry by olsn — under 13KB of pure craft.
Mor Chess
A 2025 js13kGames entry by Emre Guneyler — under 13KB of pure craft.
13s Tactics
A 2024 js13kGames entry by Igor Estêvão — under 13KB of pure craft.