Best Grand Strategy games on PC
Large-scale strategy games put players in control of nations, empires, or factions across extended campaigns. Players manage interconnected systems such as warfare, diplomacy, economies, politics, and territorial expansion.
- Large-scale strategic planning
- Long, system-driven campaigns
- Warfare and territorial expansion
Related: Strategy, Simulation, 4X, Historical
557 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
Historical turn-based strategy about exploring, settling, and conquering civilizations
90% positive
5,961 reviews
Command & Conquer™ 3: Kane’s Wrath
Sci-fi real-time strategy with base building and global conquest
93% positive
5,796 reviews
Hearts of Iron III
World War II grand strategy across diplomacy, industry, and combat
72% positive
5,706 reviews
Total Conflict: Resistance
Modern warfare strategy blending tactical command with first-person combat
74% positive
5,556 reviews
Demo Phoenix Point
Turn-based alien strategy with free aiming and global management
72% positive
5,542 reviews
Terraforming Mars
Turn-based digital board game about competing to terraform Mars
69% positive
5,324 reviews
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
Real-time medieval grand strategy with court management and tactical battles
76% positive
5,198 reviews
Xenonauts 2
Turn-based alien defense with global bases and tactical squads
80% positive
5,056 reviews
Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
Bronze Age strategy combining turn-based campaigns with real-time battles
77% positive
4,986 reviews
Supremacy: 1914
Real-time World War I grand strategy with massive multiplayer campaigns
74% positive
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Demo Sailing Era
Historical sailing RPG with trade, exploration, and naval combat
77% positive
4,820 reviews
Demo Creeper World 4
3D real-time strategy against a physics-driven flood of Creeper
94% positive
4,683 reviews
Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Complete Edition
Historical grand strategy with real-time battles for control of Japan
17% positive
4,619 reviews
Fantasy Map Simulator
Sandbox world simulator where fantasy nations rise, fight, and fall
88% positive
4,418 reviews
Demo NEBULOUS: Fleet Command
Real-time space fleet tactics with detailed sensors and electronic warfare
81% positive
4,305 reviews
Demo Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Turn-based historical 4X expansion focused on richer late-game strategy
96% positive
4,050 reviews
Demo Cataclismo
Base-building strategy with modular fortresses against nightly monster attacks
88% positive
4,045 reviews
Xenonauts
Turn-based alien defense strategy with squad combat and global management
86% positive
3,958 reviews
Dune: Imperium
Digital board game mixing deck-building, worker placement, and political rivalry
93% positive
3,955 reviews
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI with Power Up Kit
Historical turn-based grand strategy with city management and tactical battles
91% positive
3,863 reviews
Demo ENDLESS Legend™ 2
Turn-based fantasy strategy on an ocean world reshaped by cataclysms
82% positive
3,829 reviews
Total War: PHARAOH
Bronze Age strategy with turn-based empires and real-time battles
62% positive
3,763 reviews
Three Kingdoms The Last Warlord
Turn-based Three Kingdoms strategy with city management and sieges
68% positive
3,757 reviews
Carrier Command 2
Real-time carrier strategy with direct vehicle control and island conquest
80% positive
3,673 reviews