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
327 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
Historical grand strategy spanning World War I to the Cold War
90% positive
2,103 reviews
Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty
Historical strategy game commanding Han armies in real-time battles
67% positive
2,099 reviews
Driftland: The Magic Revival
Fantasy real-time strategy with floating islands and indirect unit control
72% positive
2,016 reviews
Europa Universalis III Complete
Historical grand strategy spanning centuries of trade, diplomacy, and war
83% positive
2,003 reviews
Fantasy General II
Hex-grid fantasy wargame where your army develops between battles
81% positive
1,983 reviews
Grand Ages: Medieval
Real-time medieval strategy centered on trade and empire expansion
48% positive
1,977 reviews
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition
Turn-based strategy board game of secret orders and shifting alliances
70% positive
1,968 reviews
Shadow Empire
Turn-based sci-fi 4X wargame about governing and conquering a ruined planet
84% positive
1,956 reviews
ZEPHON
Combat-focused turn-based 4X strategy on a ruined, alien-scarred Earth
83% positive
1,926 reviews
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 2
Historical strategy RPG with city management and real-time army battles
93% positive
1,919 reviews
City Game Studio: Your Game Dev Adventure Begins
Game development management sim with multiple studios across a city
92% positive
1,903 reviews
Distant Worlds: Universe
Pausable real-time space strategy with sprawling galaxies and automated commerce
75% positive
1,856 reviews
Dominions 6 - Rise of the Pantokrator
Turn-based fantasy 4X with customizable gods and automated battles
91% positive
1,781 reviews
Evil Bank Manager
Turn-based banking strategy about buying influence across a changing world
77% positive
1,766 reviews
Master of Orion 2
Turn-based space 4X about colonization, diplomacy, and tactical combat
96% positive
1,757 reviews
Solium Infernum
Turn-based strategy for Hell's throne through diplomacy and betrayal
88% positive
1,728 reviews
Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
Turn-based space strategy with rival civilizations and multiple paths to victory
77% positive
1,712 reviews
Spirit Island
Cooperative digital board game about driving colonizers from an island
92% positive
1,693 reviews
Ozymandias: Bronze Age Empire Sim
Turn-based Bronze Age empire building with short, objective-driven matches
88% positive
1,678 reviews
Hexarchy
Fast turn-based 4X strategy built around deckbuilding and short matches
82% positive
1,652 reviews
Command: Modern Operations
Detailed military simulation commanding postwar forces across air, land, and sea
85% positive
1,643 reviews
The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia
Fantasy grand strategy with recruitable heroes and territorial conquest
85% positive
1,623 reviews
AI War: Fleet Command
Real-time space strategy where aggression alerts a stronger AI
82% positive
1,611 reviews
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Turn-based colonial strategy about building an economy and winning independence
87% positive
1,581 reviews