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.
City of Gangsters
Turn-based crime management through Prohibition-era booze production and distribution
73% positive
1,564 reviews
AI War 2
Real-time space strategy where careless expansion draws a stronger AI's attention
87% positive
1,563 reviews
Railroad Corporation
Historical railroad management sim about building routes and balancing profits
74% positive
1,499 reviews
STAR WARS™ Rebellion
Real-time galactic strategy with diplomacy, covert missions, and fleet battles
90% positive
1,496 reviews
ICBM: Escalation
Global real-time strategy with diplomacy, invasions, and nuclear escalation
86% positive
1,452 reviews
Dominions 4: Thrones of Ascension
Turn-based fantasy strategy where rival gods vie for ascension
91% positive
1,449 reviews
Buggos
Real-time strategy auto battler where evolving bugs overwhelm human bases
88% positive
1,435 reviews
中华三国志 the Three Kingdoms of China
Free turn-based strategy with fog of war and historical terrain
86% positive
Free
Plutocracy
Historical business strategy sandbox for takeovers and political influence
80% positive
1,377 reviews
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms
Real-time Three Kingdoms strategy with city management and army battles
92% positive
1,328 reviews
Power & Revolution
Political strategy simulation about governing countries or leading opposition movements
56% positive
1,295 reviews
War Hospital
Top-down hospital management with wartime triage and hard choices
61% positive
1,280 reviews
Supreme Ruler Ultimate
Real-time grand strategy controlling nations from World War II onward
77% positive
1,255 reviews
Power & Revolution 2019 Edition
Political strategy simulation about governing countries and shaping global events
59% positive
1,248 reviews
Realpolitiks
Real-time grand strategy about leading a nation through global crises
62% positive
1,245 reviews
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Souzou
Historical grand strategy about governing and conquering Sengoku Japan
87% positive
1,244 reviews
Master of Magic
Fantasy 4X strategy with spell-driven battles across parallel worlds
71% positive
1,231 reviews
Attack on Toys
Toy-soldier shooting and real-time strategy with base building
93% positive
1,218 reviews
Home Wars
Toy soldier strategy against invading bugs with first-person battles
79% positive
1,185 reviews
Line War
Real-time strategy game where drawn lines direct armies
80% positive
1,182 reviews
SHOGUN: Total War™ - Collection
Historical strategy mixing turn-based conquest with real-time samurai battles
89% positive
1,180 reviews
Empire of the Ants
Third-person real-time strategy with ant armies and forest battles
76% positive
1,167 reviews
Ymir
City-building strategy with Pigmen civilizations and simulated economies
76% positive
1,115 reviews
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence - Ascension
Historical grand strategy with officer careers and real-time battles
71% positive
1,101 reviews