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.
Puzzle Pirates
Pirate MMO where every job plays out as a puzzle
80% positive
Free
SteamWorld Build
Casual city builder where mining fuels a robot town
85% positive
2,275 reviews
Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation
Colony survival sim with tactical battles against invading demons
81% positive
2,266 reviews
Quiplash
Same-room party game where written answers compete for votes
89% positive
2,265 reviews
Pathway
Turn-based squad tactics against Nazi forces on randomized desert expeditions
77% positive
2,263 reviews
Land of the Vikings
Viking settlement builder focused on villagers and surviving winter
74% positive
2,260 reviews
Tales & Tactics
Roguelike autobattler with untimed runs and fantasy squad building
78% positive
2,258 reviews
Caesar™ 3
Roman city-building strategy centered on trade, industry, and defense
93% positive
2,258 reviews
Beltmatic
Factory automation game where conveyor belts move numbers through calculations
95% positive
2,256 reviews
The Pale Beyond
Story-driven survival management on an icebound polar expedition
89% positive
2,249 reviews
TerraScape
Medieval city-building puzzle where nearby buildings shape your score
89% positive
2,248 reviews
Pizza Possum
Top-down arcade stealth with food raids and dog patrols
93% positive
2,246 reviews
Wildmender
Open-world survival gardening where you restore a desert oasis
84% positive
2,243 reviews
Star Realms
Turn-based space card battles with decks built as you play
87% positive
Free
METAL SLUG DEFENSE
Free-to-play 2D tower defense with unlockable units and multiplayer battles
57% positive
Free
Shoppe Keep 2
Fantasy shop management with thieves and open-world supply runs
56% positive
2,235 reviews
Orb of Creation
Active incremental puzzle game about rebuilding a world through magic
84% positive
2,231 reviews
Embr
Co-op firefighting game about paid rescues in burning buildings
86% positive
2,231 reviews
Basement
Crime management strategy about funding game development through drug dealing
70% positive
2,231 reviews
Warsim: The Realm of Aslona
Text-based fantasy kingdom sim about ruling through war, trade, and court
96% positive
2,222 reviews
Sheltered 2
Post-apocalyptic survival strategy with shelter management and rival factions
45% positive
2,221 reviews
英雄群侠传II
Wuxia role-playing game with martial arts training and party battles
89% positive
2,215 reviews
Unity of Command II
Turn-based World War II wargame centered on supply lines
80% positive
2,213 reviews
Persona 5 Tactica
Turn-based tactical RPG with the Phantom Thieves in grid battles
73% positive
2,208 reviews