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
9,409 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Demo World of Goo
2D physics puzzles where living goo becomes bridges and towers
94% positive
5,103 reviews
The Battle of Polytopia
Fast, minimalist 4X strategy built around competing tribes
94% positive
5,097 reviews
Sol Cesto
Turn-based roguelike dungeon crawler where you manipulate random odds
90% positive
5,069 reviews
ARK: The Survival Of The Fittest
Battle royale matches where tribes command dinosaur armies
73% positive
5,066 reviews
BOOK OF HOURS
Combat-free occult library RPG about restoring rooms and decoding lore
84% positive
5,065 reviews
Demo Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition
World War II strategy with cover-based squads and destructible terrain
92% positive
5,064 reviews
Xenonauts 2
Turn-based alien defense with global bases and tactical squads
80% positive
5,056 reviews
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Third-person squad shooter confronting aliens in Cold War America
67% positive
5,048 reviews
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
Isometric fantasy RPG about an amnesiac searching across planes
94% positive
5,032 reviews
Command & Conquer™ 4 Tiberian Twilight
Sci-fi real-time strategy with mobile bases and class-based armies
16% positive
5,016 reviews
Of Guards And Thieves
Top-down multiplayer stealth shooter pits guards against elusive thieves
85% positive
Free
Beholder: Conductor
Dystopian point-and-click simulation about policing passengers on a moving train
92% positive
5,011 reviews
The Pirate: Caribbean Hunt
Open-world pirate game with ship battles and fleet building
83% positive
Free
Pharaoh™: A New Era
Historical city builder about managing Ancient Egypt along the Nile
73% positive
4,999 reviews
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3on3 FreeStyle: Rebound
Free-to-play arcade street basketball built around fast 3v3 matches
62% positive
Free
Steel Division: Normandy 44
Real-time strategy commanding World War II divisions in Normandy
73% positive
4,990 reviews
Total War: PHARAOH DYNASTIES
Bronze Age strategy combining turn-based campaigns with real-time battles
77% positive
4,986 reviews
Axis & Allies 1942 Online
Turn-based World War II board game with asynchronous online matches
77% positive
4,984 reviews
Antimatter Dimensions
Idle incremental strategy with multiple layers of unlocks and prestige
92% positive
Free
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Sci-fi 4X strategy with empire building and tactical turn-based battles
78% positive
4,973 reviews
Deducto
Office social deduction with hidden killers and proximity voice chat
89% positive
Free
Pioneers of Pagonia
Fantasy colony sim with visible supply chains and four-player co-op
81% positive
4,943 reviews
Halo: Spartan Assault
Top-down sci-fi shooter with 30 missions against the Covenant
78% positive
4,930 reviews
Demo Tavern Keeper 🍻
A fantasy tavern management sim with decorating and branching stories
94% positive
4,899 reviews