Strategy games on PC
Strategy games center on planning, decision-making, and managing objectives. They range from turn-based empire building and tower defense to real-time warfare, city or colony management, automation, and survival.
- Long-term planning or tactical choices
- Management, warfare, or survival systems
- Turn-based and real-time formats
Related: Turn-Based Strategy, Grand Strategy, Management, Tower Defense
3,020 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare
Sandbox strategy shooter combining squad command with first-person firefights
64% positive
12K reviews
Aniimo
Open-world creature-collecting RPG with transformation, combat, and exploration
70% positive
Free
Kingdom: New Lands
Side-scrolling survival strategy across islands threatened by nightly attacks
85% positive
12K reviews
Scribblenauts Unlimited
2D puzzle adventure where typed objects solve open-ended challenges
94% positive
12K reviews
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1
Turn-based anime JRPG with gaming jokes and an amnesiac goddess
94% positive
12K reviews
Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator
Sandbox battle simulator for staging huge, mismatched army fights
77% positive
12K reviews
ASKA
Viking survival colony sim built around managing working villagers
80% positive
12K reviews
Tactical Breach Wizards
Turn-based wizard tactics with spell combos and window shoves
98% positive
12K reviews
Starship Troopers: Terran Command
Single-player sci-fi RTS about holding ground against endless bug swarms
87% positive
12K reviews
Wingspan
Turn-based card strategy about building bird-filled wildlife preserves
94% positive
12K reviews
Tempest Rising
Base-building RTS about rival factions fighting over mysterious vines
87% positive
12K reviews
Bloons TD 5
Colorful tower defense with upgradeable towers and online co-op
95% positive
12K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
Sci-fi real-time strategy with squad combat, cover, and morale
95% positive
12K reviews
Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)
Open-world fantasy RPG with turn-based battles shaped by elemental spells
92% positive
12K reviews
Dicey Dungeons
Turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where dice rolls power your equipment
89% positive
12K reviews
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD
Fantasy tower defense with two heroes fighting on every stage
88% positive
12K reviews
ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest
Battle royale matches where tribes command dinosaur armies
66% positive
12K reviews
Baldi's Basics Plus
First-person stealth roguelike in a procedurally changing horror schoolhouse
98% positive
12K reviews
60 Seconds!
Survival strategy with a timed scramble before nuclear fallout
85% positive
12K reviews
Captain of Industry
Single-player factory simulation with dynamic terrain and complex logistics
90% positive
12K reviews
Ghostrunner 2
First-person cyberpunk action with katana combat and motorcycle sections
80% positive
12K reviews
Luck be a Landlord
Slot-machine roguelike deckbuilder about building synergies to pay rising rent
93% positive
12K reviews
Stranded: Alien Dawn
Alien-world colony simulation with survival, base building, and defense
84% positive
11K reviews
Learn to Fly 3
Arcade flight game about upgrading ships to reach space
95% positive
Free