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
9,366 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Total War: WARHAMMER II
Fantasy grand strategy mixing turn-based conquest with real-time battles
92% positive
91K reviews
Goose Goose Duck
Free-to-play social deduction where ducks sabotage a flock of geese
86% positive
Free
War of the Three Kingdoms
Multiplayer card battles with hidden roles in ancient China
14% positive
Free
Business Tour - Board Game with Online Multiplayer(大富翁)
Free online board game about buying property and bankrupting rivals
59% positive
Free
Age of Empires II (Retired)
Medieval real-time strategy built around civilizations, resources, and conquest
96% positive
88K reviews
Elite Dangerous
Open-world space simulation with a full-scale Milky Way sandbox
75% positive
87K reviews
Planet Zoo
Single-player zoo management simulation with piece-by-piece habitat construction
90% positive
86K reviews
Dyson Sphere Program
Space factory automation sandbox about building star-enclosing energy megastructures
97% positive
86K reviews
Eternal Return
Top-down MOBA battle royale built around looting and crafting
73% positive
Free
Crusader Kings II
Medieval grand strategy about dynasties, politics, war, and succession
85% positive
Free
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Punishing physics platformer about climbing a mountain with a hammer
81% positive
84K reviews
Ravenfield
Single-player FPS sandbox with AI armies, vehicles, and mods
96% positive
84K reviews
XCOM® 2
Turn-based tactical strategy against alien rulers on occupied Earth
83% positive
83K reviews
PlanetSide 2
Free-to-play MMO shooter built around persistent, continent-wide faction wars
80% positive
Free
Manor Lords
Medieval city builder mixing resource management with territorial conquest
84% positive
80K reviews
Papers, Please
Dystopian document-checking simulation where every stamp carries consequences
97% positive
80K reviews
Persona 4 Golden
Story-rich turn-based JRPG about friends investigating serial murders
97% positive
77K reviews
Battlefield 4™
Large-scale military FPS with vehicles and destructible battlefields
84% positive
77K reviews
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Historical real-time strategy built around distinct civilizations and large battles
85% positive
75K reviews
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
Grand strategy in ancient China with turn-based rule and real-time battles
72% positive
75K reviews
Ultimate Custom Night
Free first-person survival horror built around customizable animatronic attacks
94% positive
Free
Company of Heroes 2
World War II RTS built around cover and combined arms
80% positive
72K reviews
Minion Masters
Real-time card battler built around quick tactical arena matches
89% positive
Free
Cities: Skylines II
Single-player city builder with economies, seasons, and citizen life paths
55% positive
70K reviews