Perhaps hardcore strategy games are a little too cerebral for you and action games are a little too mindless. If so, check out the Action Strategy genre which represents those games which contain some action but also deal with the overall strategic picture.
Enter a San Francisco shrouded in toxic fog in The Killing Cloud, plot your route around a galaxy in Space Rogue or manage a base and pilot vehicles in Armour-Geddon.
View the full list of Action Strategy games.
Space Rogue