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.
Havendock
Ocean colony sim with scavenging, settlers, and automated production
79% positive
1,963 reviews
Station to Station
Railway puzzles about linking stations across changing voxel landscapes
89% positive
1,962 reviews
Hello Neighbor Alpha 3
First-person stealth horror about uncovering a neighbor's basement secret
74% positive
Free
Shadow Empire
Turn-based sci-fi 4X wargame about governing and conquering a ruined planet
84% positive
1,956 reviews
CRYPTARK
Twin-stick roguelike shooter with tactical alien ship raids
82% positive
1,955 reviews
Ghost Master®
Strategy puzzle game where you command ghosts to scare townspeople
90% positive
1,955 reviews
Tropico 3
Cold War city builder about running a tropical dictatorship
89% positive
1,950 reviews
DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Empires
Single-player action and strategy with castle sieges and kingdom politics
49% positive
1,949 reviews
Warlord: Britannia
First-person strategy where you lead Roman troops into battle
88% positive
1,948 reviews
RIOT: Civil Unrest
Real-time strategy commanding police or protesters in real-world clashes
68% positive
1,947 reviews
Dungeon Tycoon
Fantasy dungeon management sim where adventurers pay to enter
76% positive
1,944 reviews
Altitude
2D multiplayer dogfights with Plane Ball and base destruction
92% positive
Free
My Suika – Kyo’s Fruit Merge
Drop and merge fruit in a score-chasing puzzle game
93% positive
1,940 reviews
Big Pharma
Pharmaceutical management sim about arranging machines and production lines
77% positive
1,939 reviews
Jagged Alliance 2 - Wildfire
Turn-based tactical RPG about hiring mercenaries to fight a drug cartel
80% positive
1,939 reviews
Hadean Tactics
Roguelike deckbuilder combining card plays with automatic squad battles
89% positive
1,938 reviews
Railbound
Track-laying puzzles link carriages without causing train collisions
94% positive
1,937 reviews
King's Bounty: Dark Side
Turn-based fantasy strategy RPG commanding armies from the dark side
74% positive
1,935 reviews
Honey, I Joined a Cult
Cult management simulation with base building and absurd comedy
72% positive
1,934 reviews
The Long Journey Home
Space exploration roguelike about getting a stranded crew home
59% positive
1,934 reviews
Predynastic Egypt
Turn-based strategy about guiding an Egyptian chiefdom through crises
92% positive
1,931 reviews
ICBM
Real-time nuclear strategy with research, defenses, and coordinated strikes
91% positive
1,930 reviews
ZEPHON
Combat-focused turn-based 4X strategy on a ruined, alien-scarred Earth
83% positive
1,926 reviews
The Jackbox Party Pack
Five same-room party games played with phones as controllers
91% positive
1,924 reviews