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.
Root
Asymmetric woodland board game adaptation with turn-based faction warfare
90% positive
5,575 reviews
Ratropolis
Real-time deckbuilding and tower defense for a besieged rat city
88% positive
5,544 reviews
King's Bounty II
Fantasy strategy RPG with army building and turn-based battles
62% positive
5,538 reviews
Last Train Home
Real-time tactics and train management amid the Russian Civil War
87% positive
5,536 reviews
Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
Roguelite dungeon management with traps and turn-based monster fights
79% positive
5,503 reviews
Pioneers of Pagonia
Fantasy colony sim with visible supply chains and four-player co-op
81% positive
5,497 reviews
Apocalypse Party
Top-down zombie roguelite with character builds and online co-op
74% positive
5,442 reviews
Void Bastards
First-person roguelite about planning raids on derelict spaceships
86% positive
5,437 reviews
Total War: PHARAOH
Bronze Age strategy with turn-based empires and real-time battles
63% positive
5,420 reviews
NEO Scavenger
Turn-based survival RPG with permadeath in post-apocalyptic Michigan
90% positive
5,419 reviews
Beholder: Conductor
Dystopian point-and-click simulation about policing passengers on a moving train
91% positive
5,398 reviews
Crown Trick
Turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler where enemies move when you do
85% positive
5,395 reviews
Pharaoh™: A New Era
Historical city builder about managing Ancient Egypt along the Nile
75% positive
5,394 reviews
Armored Warfare
Free-to-play online tank battles and cooperative story missions
63% positive
Free
Retail Royale
First-person battle royale where furniture doubles as a weapon
77% positive
5,385 reviews
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Sci-fi tower defense where tower placement shapes enemy routes
96% positive
5,375 reviews
Satellite Reign
Real-time cyberpunk tactics with four customizable agents and open-ended missions
71% positive
5,371 reviews
Necrosmith
Top-down tower defense with custom-built undead and roguelite runs
86% positive
5,361 reviews
Total Conflict: Resistance
Modern warfare strategy blending tactical command with first-person combat
74% positive
5,359 reviews
Neighbours back From Hell
Point-and-click puzzle comedy about pranking a neighbor without getting caught
95% positive
5,345 reviews
Hide and Shriek
Free-to-play first-person duels where invisible students trade jump scares
82% positive
Free
Card Hunter
Free-to-play tactical card RPG where equipment builds your deck
85% positive
Free
Stronghold: Warlords
Real-time castle-building strategy with East Asian sieges and recruitable warlords
65% positive
5,326 reviews
Firefighting Simulator - The Squad
Firefighting simulation with truck driving, rescues, and squad commands
81% positive
5,321 reviews