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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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
Zup! S
2D physics puzzles using explosions to position a blue ball
97% positive
19K reviews
Demo Empires of the Undergrowth
Ant colony RTS about building nests and commanding insect swarms
93% positive
19K reviews
Victoria II
Historical grand strategy built around politics, industry, and population
88% positive
19K reviews
Call to Arms
Modern warfare RTS with direct first- and third-person combat
80% positive
19K reviews
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Medieval real-time strategy built around desert castles and sieges
97% positive
19K reviews
Notes of Soul
Online horror matches pit survivors against a player-controlled ghost
78% positive
18K reviews
Blue Prince
First-person puzzle roguelite in a manor that resets each dawn
85% positive
18K reviews
Day of Defeat: Source
Class-based World War II FPS built around online team battles
90% positive
18K reviews