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
3,325 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Age of Wonders 4
Fantasy 4X strategy with custom empires and tactical turn-based battles
81% positive
23K reviews
Sands of Salzaar
Open-world strategy RPG with desert factions and city conquests
82% positive
23K reviews
Monster Train
Roguelike deckbuilder with three-floor defense and mixed-clan synergies
96% positive
23K reviews
Kingdom: Classic
Side-scrolling strategy where coins build defenses against nightly raids
91% positive
Free
Wasteland 3
Post-apocalyptic squad RPG with tactical combat and consequential choices
85% positive
22K reviews
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
First-person zero-gravity simulation about dismantling hazardous spaceships for salvage
89% positive
22K reviews
Into the Breach
Turn-based mech tactics built around compact, predictable combat puzzles
94% positive
22K reviews
Arma 2: Operation Arrowhead
Tactical military simulation across large battlefields with infantry and vehicles
92% positive
22K reviews
Day of Infamy
World War II first-person shooter with lethal team-based objectives
82% positive
22K reviews
Feed and Grow: Fish
Underwater survival simulation where eating fish makes you grow larger
78% positive
22K reviews
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist
Third-person stealth action with flexible lethal and nonlethal approaches
79% positive
22K reviews
Aliens vs. Predator™
Three-sided sci-fi FPS with distinct Marine, Alien, and Predator campaigns
91% positive
22K reviews
Bellwright
Open-world medieval survival RPG about building towns and leading rebellion
80% positive
22K reviews
Alien Swarm
Free top-down co-op shooter with marine classes and squad tactics
95% positive
Free
Astral Party
Free-to-play online board game with cards, dice, and anime characters
55% positive
Free
Dragon Age™ Inquisition
Open-world fantasy RPG where choices shape a demonic war
76% positive
21K reviews
Going Medieval
Medieval colony sim with multilevel building and siege defense
89% positive
21K reviews
Star Trek Online
Free-to-play sci-fi MMORPG with customizable captains and starships
79% positive
Free
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Medieval real-time strategy built around desert castles and sieges
97% positive
21K reviews
Drug Dealer Simulator
First-person crime simulation about building an illegal drug operation
86% positive
21K reviews
Operation: Harsh Doorstop
Free tactical military shooter with bots, vehicles, and community mods
78% positive
Free
Backpack Battles
Asynchronous auto battler built around strategic backpack organization
91% positive
21K reviews
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Post-apocalyptic turn-based tactics with real-time stealth and mutant companions
90% positive
21K reviews
Brutal Legend
Open-world action adventure mixing heavy metal and troop battles
93% positive
20K reviews