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.
Deathtrap
Tower defense with action RPG heroes and upgradeable traps
84% positive
2,277 reviews
Dominion
Digital deck-building strategy with changing card pools each match
87% positive
Free
Puzzle Pirates
Pirate MMO where every job plays out as a puzzle
80% positive
Free
SteamWorld Build
Casual city builder where mining fuels a robot town
85% positive
2,275 reviews
Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Colony survival sim with tactical battles against invading demons
81% positive
2,266 reviews
Quiplash
Same-room party game where written answers compete for votes
89% positive
2,265 reviews
Pathway
Turn-based squad tactics against Nazi forces on randomized desert expeditions
77% positive
2,263 reviews
Land of the Vikings
Viking settlement builder focused on villagers and surviving winter
74% positive
2,260 reviews
Galaxy on Fire 2™ Full HD
Space shooter with open-ended trading, mining, and ship upgrades
77% positive
2,259 reviews
Tales & Tactics
Roguelike autobattler with untimed runs and fantasy squad building
78% positive
2,258 reviews
Caesar™ 3
Roman city-building strategy centered on trade, industry, and defense
93% positive
2,258 reviews
Beltmatic
Factory automation game where conveyor belts move numbers through calculations
95% positive
2,256 reviews
Junkyard Simulator
Open-world junkyard sim about collecting, crushing, and restoring scrap
65% positive
2,256 reviews
The Pale Beyond
Story-driven survival management on an icebound polar expedition
89% positive
2,249 reviews
TerraScape
Medieval city-building puzzle where nearby buildings shape your score
89% positive
2,248 reviews
Wildmender
Open-world survival gardening where you restore a desert oasis
84% positive
2,243 reviews
Star Realms
Turn-based space card battles with decks built as you play
87% positive
Free
Shoppe Keep 2
Fantasy shop management with thieves and open-world supply runs
56% positive
2,235 reviews
Orb of Creation
Active incremental puzzle game about rebuilding a world through magic
84% positive
2,231 reviews
Embr
Co-op firefighting game about paid rescues in burning buildings
86% positive
2,231 reviews
Basement
Crime management strategy about funding game development through drug dealing
70% positive
2,231 reviews
Warsim: The Realm of Aslona
Text-based fantasy kingdom sim about ruling through war, trade, and court
96% positive
2,222 reviews
Sheltered 2
Post-apocalyptic survival strategy with shelter management and rival factions
45% positive
2,221 reviews
Inferna
Free-to-play open-world MMORPG with permanent progression and risky gear upgrades
63% positive
Free