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
8,605 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
8,605 games
AI filter: hide games with AI content
Customize
A Game of Dwarves
Underground settlement builder with dwarves, mining, and dangers below
63% positive
389 reviews
Demo Terraformental
Text-based incremental adventure about surviving and learning through time loops
96% positive
389 reviews
Demo March of the Eagles
Napoleonic grand strategy about war, logistics, and European dominance
68% positive
388 reviews
Deep Space Battle Simulator
First-person space battles fought both inside and outside capital ships
79% positive
388 reviews
Nova Empire
Multiplayer space strategy with customizable fleets and alliance territory wars
59% positive
Free
Vectorio
Base-building tower defense with drone supply chains in cyberspace
75% positive
388 reviews
Demo Bombe
Minesweeper-style puzzle game where your rules automate future solutions
95% positive
388 reviews
Love Chase
Live-action dating mystery about tracking down an escaped AI
83% positive
388 reviews
Pic-Me!
Multiplayer picture card game built around clues and bluffing
81% positive
388 reviews
Embark
Colony management with multi-level building and simulated water systems
58% positive
387 reviews
Ajax’s Trial
Lane-based tower defense with a hero fighting alongside your army
83% positive
Free
Demo All Aboard! The Train Defense Express
Top-down tower defense with upgradeable train cars and endless waves
85% positive
387 reviews
Citadels
Medieval real-time strategy built around fortress construction and siege warfare
13% positive
386 reviews
Hell Architect
A colony management sim balancing sinners' needs with torture
65% positive
386 reviews
World Seed
Sandbox MMORPG where danger increases with distance from the center
73% positive
Free
Craft Hero
Turn-based survival sandbox with village building and tower defense
81% positive
386 reviews
RollScape
Dice-rolling strategy roguelike about reaching the end before rolls run out
85% positive
386 reviews
KnightShift
Fantasy RPG and real-time strategy, from dungeons to battlefields
77% positive
385 reviews
Shift
A grid-based puzzle game where longer lines earn more points
78% positive
385 reviews
United Penguin Kingdom
Penguin city builder with resource management and animal raids
72% positive
385 reviews
Rentlord
Roguelike property management built around rent collection and upgrade combinations
71% positive
385 reviews
Demo Loopstructor
Top-down tower defense with vehicles patrolling tracks you build
83% positive
384 reviews
Here Comes The Swarm
Survival real-time strategy about building settlements and repelling insect swarms
84% positive
384 reviews
Dungeon Tycoon: Prologue
Dungeon management sim where you build challenges for visiting heroes
97% positive
Free