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
9,395 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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12 Labours of Hercules II: The Cretan Bull
Time management and rebuilding during Hercules' hunt for a bull
90% positive
2,107 reviews
Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
World War I real-time strategy with tactical squad combat
69% positive
2,103 reviews
StarDrive 2
Turn-based space empire strategy with custom ships and real-time battles
55% positive
2,102 reviews
Miasma Chronicles
Turn-based tactical RPG with real-time exploration in ruined America
78% positive
2,100 reviews
Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty
Historical strategy game commanding Han armies in real-time battles
67% positive
2,099 reviews
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Ukrainian Warfare: Gostomel Heroes
Real-time strategy with persistent squads and damage to individual vehicle parts
90% positive
2,098 reviews
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
Age-of-sail strategy wargame combining naval and land battles
77% positive
2,096 reviews
First Strike
Real-time strategy where nuclear powers attack and defend worldwide
76% positive
2,095 reviews
Idle Spiral
Math-based idle game built around growing and battling spirals
79% positive
Free
Demo Hotel Architect
Hotel building and management simulation with career and sandbox modes
93% positive
2,083 reviews
Demo Idle Research
Free incremental management game built around research and automation
84% positive
Free
Aven Colony
Sci-fi colony builder balancing resources and hazards on an alien world
71% positive
2,078 reviews
Knock-knock
Side-scrolling horror adventure about surviving nights in a shifting cabin
87% positive
2,076 reviews
Hydrophobia: Prophecy
Third-person action adventure with flooding, floating cover, and environmental combat
59% positive
2,075 reviews
Rebooted Fate
FMV romance adventure about a graduate's chance to change fate
96% positive
2,068 reviews
March of Empires
Medieval MMO strategy with castle building and alliance warfare
62% positive
Free
Battle Nations
City-building strategy with turn-based battles and armies that include dinosaurs
72% positive
Free
Demo Waveform
A space action-puzzle game about reshaping a wave of light
82% positive
2,058 reviews
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Thea 2: The Shattering
Turn-based survival strategy with Slavic myth and card-based conflicts
77% positive
2,057 reviews
Carcassonne - Tiles & Tactics
Digital tile-placement strategy about building landscapes and claiming territory
82% positive
2,053 reviews
Deep Sky Derelicts
Turn-based sci-fi dungeon crawler with card-driven squad combat
73% positive
2,051 reviews
Demo Land of the Vikings
Viking settlement builder focused on villagers and surviving winter
72% positive
2,051 reviews
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Rock Bottom
Incremental mining through cave layers, with upgrades that last between runs
94% positive
2,051 reviews
Dungeon Warfare
Top-down tower defense with traps that hurl adventurers into pits
96% positive
2,050 reviews