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.
Albion Online
Open-world sandbox MMORPG with player crafting and full-loot PvP
78% positive
Free
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
Grand strategy in ancient China with turn-based rule and real-time battles
82% positive
94K reviews
Cookie Clicker
Incremental idle game about building an ever-growing cookie economy
96% positive
93K reviews
Cities: Skylines II
Single-player city builder with economies, seasons, and citizen life paths
56% positive
93K reviews
Manor Lords
Medieval city builder mixing resource management with territorial conquest
84% positive
92K reviews
Dyson Sphere Program
Space factory automation sandbox about building star-enclosing energy megastructures
97% positive
92K reviews
Dota Underlords
Free-to-play auto battler about building crews and stacking alliances
82% positive
Free
Barotrauma
2D co-op submarine survival horror built around teamwork and betrayal
94% positive
90K reviews
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
Historical grand strategy with turn-based empire management and real-time battles
88% positive
88K reviews
Totally Accurate Battlegrounds
Free battle royale shooter with wobbly physics-based combat
88% positive
Free
Persona 4 Golden
Story-rich turn-based JRPG about friends investigating serial murders
97% positive
87K reviews
Overcooked! 2
Chaotic cooperative cooking across shifting kitchens for up to four players
90% positive
84K reviews
Fallout Shelter
Free-to-play vault management sim about surviving the post-apocalypse
88% positive
Free
Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy
Punishing physics platformer about climbing a mountain with a hammer
82% positive
83K reviews
Battlefield 4™
Large-scale military FPS with vehicles and destructible battlefields
85% positive
82K reviews
Black Squad
Free-to-play military FPS with varied weapons, maps, and modes
76% positive
Free
Papers, Please
Dystopian document-checking simulation where every stamp carries consequences
97% positive
81K reviews
Business Tour - Board Game with Online Multiplayer(大富翁)
Free online board game about buying property and bankrupting rivals
60% positive
Free
Ravenfield
Single-player FPS sandbox with AI armies, vehicles, and mods
97% positive
80K reviews
FTL: Faster Than Light
Space roguelike strategy built around crew management and permadeath
95% positive
79K reviews
Farming Simulator 19
Open-world farming simulator with licensed machinery and online co-op
94% positive
76K reviews
Golf With Your Friends
Multiplayer mini golf with simultaneous shots, power-ups, and collisions
87% positive
76K reviews
PlanetSide 2
Free-to-play MMO shooter built around persistent, continent-wide faction wars
80% positive
Free
Tabletop Simulator
Tabletop sandbox for playing and creating board games online
96% positive
75K reviews