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.
Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
2D starship-building strategy with physics-driven combat and galactic exploration
94% positive
13K reviews
Moonbase Alpha
Cooperative moonbase repair simulation with a ticking oxygen deadline
91% positive
Free
From the Depths
Physics-based combat sandbox for building customizable ships and aircraft
89% positive
13K reviews
MechWarrior Online™ Legends
Tactical online mech shooter with weighty combat and detailed customization
80% positive
Free
Age of Wonders III
Turn-based fantasy 4X with empire building and tactical battles
80% positive
13K reviews
Tropico 4
Caribbean city builder mixing economic management with political satire
92% positive
13K reviews
Do Not Feed the Monkeys
Point-and-click surveillance sim balancing deduction, choices, and daily survival
94% positive
13K reviews
Freestyle 2: Street Basketball
Online street basketball built around teamwork and freestyle moves
72% positive
Free
Anno 2070™
Near-future city builder centered on island economies and environmental choices
60% positive
13K reviews
Monster Sanctuary
Pixel-art creature-collecting Metroidvania with tactical turn-based team battles
91% positive
13K reviews
Wall World
Mining roguelite with mobile base defense on a vertical wall
91% positive
13K reviews
Diplomacy is Not an Option
Medieval base-building RTS against relentless hordes of enemies
86% positive
13K reviews
Party Hard
Pixel-art stealth strategy about killing partygoers without getting caught
90% positive
13K reviews
Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location
First-person horror as a night technician among active animatronics
90% positive
13K reviews
Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare
Sandbox strategy shooter combining squad command with first-person firefights
64% positive
12K reviews
Kingdom: New Lands
Side-scrolling survival strategy across islands threatened by nightly attacks
85% positive
12K reviews
Scribblenauts Unlimited
2D puzzle adventure where typed objects solve open-ended challenges
94% positive
12K reviews
Ultimate Epic Battle Simulator
Sandbox battle simulator for staging huge, mismatched army fights
77% positive
12K reviews
Tactical Breach Wizards
Turn-based wizard tactics with spell combos and window shoves
98% positive
12K reviews
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Third-person squad shooter confronting aliens in Cold War America
70% positive
12K reviews
Life is Feudal: Your Own
Medieval survival sandbox with terraforming, crafting, and private worlds
66% positive
12K reviews
Mitos.is: The Game
Free-to-play multiplayer survival game where cells grow by eating others
81% positive
Free
Starship Troopers: Terran Command
Single-player sci-fi RTS about holding ground against endless bug swarms
87% positive
12K reviews
Wingspan
Turn-based card strategy about building bird-filled wildlife preserves
94% positive
12K reviews