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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.

FPS Chess
Competitive chess matches where captures become first-person shooter duels
84% positive Free
For The King
Turn-based roguelite RPG with dice-driven combat and cooperative runs
88% positive 44K reviews
Banished
Single-player survival city builder about sustaining an exiled settlement
90% positive 43K reviews
Metaphor: ReFantazio
Fantasy JRPG blending turn-based battles, real-time action, and time management
90% positive 43K reviews
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
Galactic strategy with real-time battles on planets and in space
98% positive 43K reviews
Timberborn
Beaver colony builder centered on water engineering and survival
96% positive 42K reviews
RISK: Global Domination
Turn-based digital board game of armies, alliances, and conquest
79% positive Free
Far Cry® Primal
First-person Stone Age action in an open world of predators
86% positive 41K reviews
DCS World Steam Edition
Military flight simulator with detailed aircraft systems and online combat
85% positive Free
PAYDAY™ The Heist
Co-op first-person shooter built around coordinated robberies and police shootouts
93% positive 41K reviews
Company of Heroes 3
World War II RTS combining tactical battles with campaign command
57% positive 40K reviews
Kingdom Two Crowns
Side-scrolling kingdom builder with co-op and nightly monster attacks
90% positive 40K reviews
EVE Online
Player-driven space MMO built around trade, exploration, and warfare
73% positive Free
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Isometric stealth tactics with five specialists and coordinated takedowns
96% positive 38K reviews
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Eighteenth-century grand strategy with turn-based campaigns and real-time battles
91% positive 38K reviews
Legend of Mortal
Choice-driven wuxia RPG where personality reshapes stories and combat
77% positive 38K reviews
Total War: ATTILA
Historical grand strategy of Roman survival and real-time warfare
82% positive 38K reviews
Verdun
First-person World War I shooter built around trench attacks
86% positive 38K reviews
Against the Storm
Roguelite city builder about adapting settlements to endless storms
94% positive 38K reviews
L.A. Noire
Third-person detective adventure about solving crimes in 1947 Los Angeles
86% positive 37K reviews
Shakes and Fidget
Casual fantasy idle RPG with comic humor and player competition
92% positive Free
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
Medieval grand strategy with turn-based rule and real-time battles
96% positive 36K reviews
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
Classic real-time strategy with mythic armies and destructive god powers
93% positive 36K reviews
Town of Salem
Multiplayer social deduction built on lies, accusations, and public trials
88% positive 36K reviews