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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Darwin Project
Survival battle royale with a player directing the arena's hazards
81% positive
Free
Tropico 6
Political city builder about managing a banana republic across islands
87% positive
21K reviews
ORION: Prelude
Sci-fi shooter with dinosaur hordes, vehicles, and co-op combat
77% positive
21K reviews
Monster Train
Roguelike deckbuilder with three-floor defense and mixed-clan synergies
96% positive
21K reviews
Demo Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Turn-based fantasy strategy with city building and creature armies
86% positive
20K reviews
Dragon Age™ Inquisition
Open-world fantasy RPG where choices shape a demonic war
75% positive
20K reviews
Mr.Mine
Idle mining game about upgrading drills and uncovering deeper secrets
92% positive
Free
Squad 44
World War II multiplayer shooter built around squad coordination
77% positive
20K reviews
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
First-person zero-gravity simulation about dismantling hazardous spaceships for salvage
88% positive
20K reviews
Demo DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS
Third-person hack-and-slash RPG with massive Three Kingdoms battles
92% positive
20K reviews
Demo Magicka
Satirical fantasy action adventure with chaotic co-op spellcasting
84% positive
20K reviews
Demo PlateUp!
Co-op restaurant roguelite built around planning, cooking, and automation
94% positive
20K reviews
Into the Breach
Turn-based mech tactics built around compact, predictable combat puzzles
94% positive
20K reviews
Demo Backpack Battles
Asynchronous auto battler built around strategic backpack organization
90% positive
20K reviews
Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Xianxia colony simulator about rebuilding and managing a cultivation sect
85% positive
20K reviews
Predecessor
Free-to-play third-person MOBA with vertical movement and shooter elements
70% positive
Free
Demo Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
Historical strategy combining turn-based campaigns with real-time Napoleonic battles
91% positive
19K reviews
Demo Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
A turn-based dungeon deckbuilder where longer card chains multiply effects
96% positive
19K reviews
Catan Universe
Turn-based digital board game about trading and settling an island
47% positive
Free
Demo Nubby's Number Factory
Plinko-style roguelike about building item combos to meet quotas
97% positive
19K reviews
Poly Bridge
Physics-based bridge-building puzzles with budgets, hydraulics, and collapsing cars
91% positive
19K reviews
Mechabellum
Tactical mech auto-battler built around positioning and unit counters
82% positive
19K reviews
Day of Infamy
World War II first-person shooter with lethal team-based objectives
84% positive
19K reviews
Toribash
Turn-based 3D fighting where you control every ragdoll joint
88% positive
Free