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.
Battle Realms: Zen Edition
Martial arts fantasy RTS where terrain and weather shape battles
89% positive
4,410 reviews
Dune: Imperium
Digital board game mixing deck-building, worker placement, and political rivalry
94% positive
4,399 reviews
HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed
Toy-scale shooter with wave defense and local co-op
90% positive
4,393 reviews
StarVaders
Roguelike deckbuilder with grid-based mech combat against alien invaders
97% positive
4,386 reviews
Zero-K
Free real-time strategy with physics-driven combat and terrain manipulation
94% positive
Free
Football, Tactics & Glory
Turn-based soccer strategy with player development and club management
87% positive
4,383 reviews
Cliff Empire
Sci-fi city builder managing three cities atop cramped cliffs
87% positive
4,379 reviews
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Isometric science-fantasy RPG shaped by dialogue and player choices
70% positive
4,377 reviews
Teeworlds
Free-to-play 2D arena shooter with team matches and custom maps
89% positive
Free
Supremacy: 1914
Real-time World War I grand strategy with massive multiplayer campaigns
74% positive
Free
Fantasy Map Simulator
Sandbox world simulator where fantasy nations rise, fight, and fall
89% positive
4,346 reviews
Cataclismo
Base-building strategy with modular fortresses against nightly monster attacks
89% positive
4,346 reviews
Spacebase DF-9
Space colony management sim with asteroid mining and alien settlers
18% positive
4,341 reviews
Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure
Detective visual novel solving supernatural murders by comparing case documents
94% positive
4,339 reviews
Grey Goo
Sci-fi real-time strategy with base building and a mobile faction
68% positive
4,335 reviews
DEFCON
Cold War strategy matches of nuclear strikes and fragile alliances
87% positive
4,333 reviews
Farmer's Dynasty - Final Harvest Edition
Open-world farming and life sim about rebuilding a family farm
75% positive
4,319 reviews
Of Guards And Thieves
Top-down multiplayer stealth shooter pits guards against elusive thieves
85% positive
Free
Heroes of Might & Magic V
Turn-based fantasy strategy with city building and tactical army battles
88% positive
4,308 reviews
Spellcaster University
Magic school management sim with card-based building and student outcomes
83% positive
4,304 reviews
Dig or Die
2D survival crafting with nightly monster raids and building physics
90% positive
4,290 reviews
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 2
3D ninja fighter with team attacks and a story campaign
89% positive
4,271 reviews
Rising Front
World War I battle sandbox with first-person combat and army command
88% positive
4,246 reviews
EmergeNYC
Open-world emergency response simulation with fire trucks and randomized fires
63% positive
4,246 reviews