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.
Ballionaire
Pachinko roguelike where falling balls trigger money-making chains
84% positive
2,674 reviews
Pixel Puzzles: Japan
Japanese-themed jigsaws with larger puzzles unlocked by a monk's concentration
81% positive
Free
Tower of Time
Isometric party RPG with pauseable real-time battles inside a mysterious tower
82% positive
2,663 reviews
Automation Empire
Factory-building simulation about automating production and routing resources
66% positive
2,647 reviews
Warlock - Master of the Arcane
Turn-based fantasy empire building with spells and army combat
86% positive
2,643 reviews
Guild of Dungeoneering Ultimate Edition
Turn-based dungeon crawler where you place rooms around wandering heroes
77% positive
2,633 reviews
Silent Hunter® III
World War II submarine simulation with unscripted naval patrols
88% positive
2,631 reviews
Rail Route
Railway dispatching strategy game about building and automating train networks
88% positive
2,628 reviews
Menace from the Deep
Lovecraftian roguelike deckbuilder with card-based travel and combat
84% positive
2,615 reviews
Medieval Kingdom Wars
Medieval grand strategy with real-time sieges and hands-on town building
76% positive
2,613 reviews
Pool Nation FX Lite
Free pool simulation with online matches and unlockable modes
73% positive
Free
Galactic Civilizations IV
Turn-based space 4X with custom civilizations and starship design
72% positive
2,608 reviews
Lost But Found
Top-down airport lost-and-found simulator combining sorting and hidden-object searches
73% positive
2,607 reviews
Battlestations Pacific
World War II naval action and strategy across rival campaigns
72% positive
2,606 reviews
Overlord™: Raising Hell
Third-person fantasy action adventure commanding minions across underworld realms
93% positive
2,603 reviews
Hammerting
Dwarven colony sim about mining deeper to supply wartime allies
57% positive
2,602 reviews
Welcome to the Game
Deep web horror puzzle game with hidden keys and kidnappers
84% positive
2,595 reviews
Pharaoh + Cleopatra
Historical city-building strategy shaped by Nile floods and monument projects
92% positive
2,587 reviews
Maelstrom
Free-to-play fantasy naval combat with PvP and sea monsters
83% positive
Free
Definitely Not Fried Chicken
Isometric management sim running a drug trade behind storefronts
73% positive
2,578 reviews
Survivalist
Open-world survival RPG about building a community after civilization collapses
80% positive
2,567 reviews
Dead State: Reanimated
Turn-based zombie survival RPG with scavenging and shelter management
73% positive
2,564 reviews
The Red Solstice
Top-down squad survival on Mars with eight-player co-op
71% positive
2,558 reviews
Commandos: Origins
World War II real-time tactics built around coordinated stealth
79% positive
2,557 reviews