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.
Blue Prince
First-person puzzle roguelite in a manor that resets each dawn
86% positive
20K reviews
Victoria II
Historical grand strategy built around politics, industry, and population
92% positive
20K reviews
Real Pool 3D - Poolians
Online billiards simulation with solo, multiplayer, and team matches
76% positive
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FINAL FANTASY® XIII
Linear science-fantasy JRPG with fast, strategic party combat
75% positive
20K reviews
LOCKDOWN Protocol
First-person social deduction where teamwork hides sabotage and betrayal
86% positive
20K reviews
Witch It
Multiplayer hide-and-seek where witches disguise themselves as everyday objects
89% positive
20K reviews
911 Operator
Emergency dispatch simulation with real-time calls and resource management
88% positive
20K reviews
Wargame: Red Dragon
Large-scale Cold War RTS with land, air, and naval combat
89% positive
20K reviews
Sniper Ghost Warrior 3
Open-world first-person shooter built around sniping, stealth, and assault
67% positive
20K reviews
Orcs Must Die! 2
Third-person action tower defense with traps and co-op
92% positive
20K reviews
60 Seconds! Reatomized
Post-apocalyptic survival strategy built on scavenging and hard choices
94% positive
20K reviews
Nubby's Number Factory
Plinko-style roguelike about building item combos to meet quotas
97% positive
20K reviews
Mechabellum
Tactical mech auto-battler built around positioning and unit counters
84% positive
19K reviews
ENDLESS Legend™
Fantasy 4X strategy with asymmetric factions and dynamic winters
83% positive
19K reviews
Project Winter
Multiplayer survival and social deduction with hidden traitors in the snow
82% positive
19K reviews
Dungeon Defenders
Tower defense action RPG with direct combat and cooperative play
93% positive
19K reviews
Empires of the Undergrowth
Ant colony RTS about building nests and commanding insect swarms
94% positive
19K reviews
Poly Bridge
Physics-based bridge-building puzzles with budgets, hydraulics, and collapsing cars
91% positive
19K reviews
Aliens: Dark Descent
Real-time squad tactics where every marine death is permanent
88% positive
19K reviews
Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™
Class-based third-person shooter pitting customizable plants against zombies
71% positive
19K reviews
Age of History 3
Single-player grand strategy across history and the far future
85% positive
19K reviews
Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2
First-person military shooter focused on stealth and long-range sniping
76% positive
19K reviews
Company of Heroes
World War II RTS built around cover and destructible battlefields
94% positive
19K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
Combat-focused turn-based 4X warfare in the Warhammer 40,000 universe
82% positive
19K reviews