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
9,366 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition
Realistic open-world flight simulator with missions, racing, and multiplayer
86% positive
25K reviews
Farming Simulator 17
Open-world farming simulation with licensed machinery and farm management
93% positive
24K reviews
Chinese Parents
Chinese life sim about school, family expectations, and generations
91% positive
24K reviews
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Tactical first-person shooter with multiplayer matches and bot campaigns
90% positive
24K reviews
Demo Foundation
Gridless medieval city builder with organic roads and modular buildings
84% positive
24K reviews
GROUND BRANCH
Realistic tactical FPS with detailed loadouts and team-based operations
85% positive
24K reviews
PAYDAY™ The Heist
Co-op first-person shooter built around coordinated robberies and police shootouts
93% positive
24K reviews
Thronefall
Minimalist tower defense with daytime building and nighttime battles
96% positive
24K reviews
BATTLETECH
Turn-based mech tactics with mercenary contracts and unit customization
83% positive
24K reviews
Astral Party
Free-to-play online board game with cards, dice, and anime characters
54% positive
Free
STAR WARS Zero Company™
Turn-based squad tactics with customizable operatives in the Clone Wars
82% positive
24K reviews
HUMANKIND™
Historical 4X strategy built around changing cultures across eras
68% positive
23K reviews
Alien Swarm
Free top-down co-op shooter with marine classes and squad tactics
94% positive
Free
Demo Drug Dealer Simulator
First-person crime simulation about building an illegal drug operation
76% positive
23K reviews
Sniper Elite 3
Third-person World War II sniper action built around stealth and ballistics
82% positive
23K reviews
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Operation: Harsh Doorstop
Free tactical military shooter with bots, vehicles, and community mods
78% positive
Free
Demo The Riftbreaker
Base-building action RPG with alien hordes and tower defense
89% positive
23K reviews
Forts
Physics-based 2D strategy battles built around forts and destruction
92% positive
23K reviews
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BidKing
Four-player auction game where bluffing can make rivals overpay
33% positive
23K reviews
Demo Bopl Battle
2D multiplayer fighter where slimes combine abilities in chaotic matches
97% positive
23K reviews
Demo Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Eighteenth-century grand strategy with turn-based campaigns and real-time battles
89% positive
23K reviews
Star Trek Online
Free-to-play sci-fi MMORPG with customizable captains and starships
78% positive
Free
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Asymmetrical third-person horror where victims evade a murderous family
71% positive
22K reviews
Feed and Grow: Fish
Underwater survival simulation where eating fish makes you grow larger
78% positive
22K reviews