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.
Crusader Kings II
Medieval grand strategy about dynasties, politics, war, and succession
91% positive
Free
Prison Architect
Top-down prison management sim built around design and crisis control
89% positive
74K reviews
Planet Coaster
Single-player theme park simulation with detailed coaster and scenery building
91% positive
72K reviews
The Scroll of Taiwu : Beyond The Dome
Open-world wuxia RPG about martial arts, lineage, and village management
65% positive
70K reviews
Eternal Return
Top-down MOBA battle royale built around looting and crafting
77% positive
Free
Northgard: Definitive Edition
Viking real-time strategy with territorial expansion and winter survival
85% positive
69K reviews
Ghostrunner
Fast first-person sword combat built around parkour and one-hit kills
91% positive
67K reviews
Plague Inc: Evolved
Global outbreak strategy simulation about evolving a world-ending pathogen
94% positive
66K reviews
Minion Masters
Real-time card battler built around quick tactical arena matches
89% positive
Free
Persona 3 Reload
Story-driven JRPG balancing daily life with turn-based dungeon battles
94% positive
64K reviews
Hitman: Absolution™
Third-person stealth action built around disguises and improvised assassinations
93% positive
64K reviews
Sniper Elite 4
Third-person World War II sniper shooter with open-ended stealth missions
91% positive
63K reviews
Ultimate Custom Night
Free first-person survival horror built around customizable animatronic attacks
95% positive
Free
Clicker Heroes
Idle clicker RPG about hiring heroes and resetting for power
90% positive
Free
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Turn-based historical 4X strategy across three evolving ages
47% positive
62K reviews
Victoria 3
Historical grand strategy centered on economics, politics, and social change
70% positive
61K reviews
Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 (2009)
Military first-person shooter with campaign, co-op missions, and multiplayer
93% positive
61K reviews
Battlerite
Free-to-play arena brawler built around short, skill-based team fights
85% positive
Free
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Turn-based sci-fi strategy balancing squad combat and base management
93% positive
59K reviews
Arma Reforger
Cold War military sandbox built around realistic tactical combat
80% positive
58K reviews
Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
Difficult roguelite management sim about extracting energy from monsters
94% positive
57K reviews
Car Mechanic Simulator 2018
Single-player car repair simulation about restoring and selling vehicles
91% positive
57K reviews
NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER
Third-person ninja action with custom characters and four-player teams
84% positive
57K reviews
Liar's Bar
First-person multiplayer bluffing games where failed lies can kill
90% positive
56K reviews