metagame

The highest level of strategy in many complex games, metagame refers to any aspect

of strategy that involves thinking about what your opponent is thinking you are thinking.

Metagame comes into play in any game where no single strategy is dominant and
opposing sides are aware of multiple strategies that can succeed dependent upon
opponents' actions. In order to perform at the highest level, it then becomes necessary
to think about what your opponent thinks you will do (which may depend on what he
thinks you think he thinks he will do, etc.) and to make decisions based
on clues regarding what level they are thinking on.

This term is most commonly used to refer to poker and other complex card games, but
is increasingly being used in relation to video games with complicated player vs player
elements and even traditional sports.
Normally I would raise the flop with this hand as a semi-bluff, but I've been so
aggressive lately that taking metagame into consideration I think he will go all-in with
any pair, so instead I'm going to fold.

This guy thinks that I'm going to zergling rush which means he will waste resources
defending early. Instead I am going to focus on resource development for mid game,
and metagame will win me this match.