Best Strategy games on PC
Games where planning, positioning, resource use, or long-term decisions play a major role in achieving objectives, from turn-based campaigns and tower defense to survival and competitive team play.
- Planning and tactical decision-making
- Managing resources or positioning
Related: Tactical, Turn-Based Strategy, Grand Strategy, Multiplayer
8,604 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Counter-Strike 2
Free-to-play tactical FPS built around competitive team matches
86% positive
Free
Dota 2
Free-to-play team MOBA with deep strategy and over 100 heroes
80% positive
Free
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Competitive 5v5 tactical shooter built around breaching and destruction
83% positive
Free
Baldur's Gate 3
Party-based fantasy RPG with turn-based combat and consequential choices
95% positive
787K reviews
Dead by Daylight
Asymmetrical horror where four survivors evade one player-controlled killer
79% positive
767K reviews
Geometry Dash
Rhythm-based precision platformer built around timing and player-made levels
92% positive
669K reviews
PAYDAY 2
Co-op first-person heists with stealth, shootouts, and custom builds
90% positive
493K reviews
Marvel Rivals
Free-to-play third-person hero shooter with destructible Marvel battlefields
75% positive
Free
Don't Starve Together
Difficult open-world survival crafting built for cooperative play
95% positive
411K reviews
Bloons TD 6
Cartoon tower defense with upgradeable monkeys and four-player co-op
97% positive
381K reviews
Paladins®
Free-to-play fantasy hero shooter with customizable champions and team objectives
85% positive
Free
Hearts of Iron IV
World War II grand strategy with detailed national war planning
79% positive
355K reviews
Raft
First-person ocean survival crafting on an expandable floating home
92% positive
350K reviews
Demo Schedule I
Open-world crime simulation about building and automating a drug operation
98% positive
302K reviews
7 Days to Die
Open-world zombie survival sandbox built around crafting and base defense
86% positive
296K reviews
Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Turn-based historical strategy with expanding cities and five victory paths
85% positive
290K reviews
SCP: Secret Laboratory
Free-to-play multiplayer horror shooter with rival human and monster roles
91% positive
Free
Satisfactory
First-person factory builder about automating an alien open world
97% positive
247K reviews
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Medieval sandbox RPG combining personal combat with army command
86% positive
244K reviews
Cities: Skylines
Single-player city builder about growth, budgets, traffic, and public services
89% positive
240K reviews
RimWorld
Sci-fi colony sim where an AI storyteller drives survival
97% positive
221K reviews
Slay the Spire 2
Roguelike deckbuilder with changing runs and four-player co-op
59% positive
219K reviews
theHunter: Call of the Wild™
Open-world hunting simulation built around tracking, stealth, and ballistics
88% positive
Free
Demo Factorio
Factory-building strategy game about automating production and defending your industry
97% positive
206K reviews