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.
Frostpunk
Survival city builder where heat, resources, and laws decide lives
93% positive
138K reviews
Europa Universalis IV
Historical grand strategy sandbox where any nation can reshape history
88% positive
137K reviews
Space Engineers
Open-world space sandbox for building and breaking physics-driven machines
89% positive
134K reviews
Buckshot Roulette
Dark first-person shotgun roulette with items that manipulate the odds
95% positive
126K reviews
Stick Fight: The Game
Physics-based stick-figure fighter with weapons and interactive arenas
93% positive
125K reviews
Insurgency
Tactical first-person shooter built around lethal, objective-based team combat
92% positive
125K reviews
The Long Dark
First-person survival sandbox against cold, hunger, and wildlife
89% positive
124K reviews
Total War: WARHAMMER II
Fantasy grand strategy mixing turn-based conquest with real-time battles
93% positive
121K reviews
The Isle
Open-world dinosaur survival where growing up means avoiding other players
80% positive
121K reviews
SMITE®
Third-person MOBA battles starring gods from world mythology
79% positive
Free
Limbus Company
Free-to-play turn-based RPG with tactical clashes and a dystopian story
88% positive
Free
Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
Open-world action RPG about building an army and conquering fortresses
89% positive
117K reviews
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands
Open-world tactical shooter built around stealth, squad raids, and co-op
78% positive
115K reviews
Company of Heroes 2
World War II RTS built around cover and combined arms
79% positive
113K reviews
Splitgate
Free-to-play sci-fi arena shooter built around player-placed portals
91% positive
Free
XCOM® 2
Turn-based tactical strategy against alien rulers on occupied Earth
85% positive
110K reviews
Elite Dangerous
Open-world space simulation with a full-scale Milky Way sandbox
77% positive
108K reviews
Age of Empires II (Retired)
Medieval real-time strategy built around civilizations, resources, and conquest
96% positive
103K reviews
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Free-to-play digital card game centered on competitive online duels
71% positive
Free
World of Tanks
Team-based tank combat mixing arcade action with tactical positioning
80% positive
Free
Planet Zoo
Single-player zoo management simulation with piece-by-piece habitat construction
91% positive
98K reviews
This War of Mine
Civilian survival simulation shaped by scarcity and moral choices
94% positive
98K reviews
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Historical real-time strategy built around distinct civilizations and large battles
86% positive
96K reviews
Black Desert
Sandbox MMORPG combining combo combat, life skills, and guild wars
74% positive
94K reviews