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
3,334 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
Yokai Art: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons
Grid-based tower defense against yokai with upgradeable units
89% positive
1,182 reviews
Line War
Real-time strategy game where drawn lines direct armies
80% positive
1,182 reviews
SHOGUN: Total War™ - Collection
Historical strategy mixing turn-based conquest with real-time samurai battles
89% positive
1,180 reviews
Ticket to Ride®
Turn-based board game about claiming routes and completing rail tickets
70% positive
1,179 reviews
Pile Up!
Strategic city builder about stacking buildings on small islands
73% positive
1,179 reviews
Nowhere Prophet
Post-apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with tactical combat and permanent follower losses
71% positive
1,175 reviews
Wayout
Minimalist tile-switching puzzles with varied mechanics and no timers
88% positive
1,175 reviews
蓝宝石般的被害妄想少女/Damsel with persecutory delusion
Detective visual novel about solving cases through clues and deduction
89% positive
1,174 reviews
Big Bang Empire
Free-to-play comic RPG about an adult film star's career
68% positive
Free
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Koi-Koi Japan [Hanafuda playing cards]
Japanese card game about scoring combinations and pushing for more
92% positive
1,171 reviews
Empire of the Ants
Third-person real-time strategy with ant armies and forest battles
76% positive
1,167 reviews
Nucleares
First-person power plant simulator about controlling a nuclear reactor
84% positive
1,167 reviews
Villages & Dungeons
Roguelite deckbuilding auto-battler with five-card decks and randomized dungeons
91% positive
1,166 reviews
Infectonator: Survivors
Squad-based zombie survival strategy with scavenging and permanent death
67% positive
1,165 reviews
WARMACHINE: Tactics
Turn-based battles with steam-powered warjacks and customizable squads
44% positive
Free
Through the Darkest of Times
Historical strategy game about organizing covert resistance in Nazi Berlin
84% positive
1,163 reviews
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood™
World War II shooter with squad commands and tactical firefights
87% positive
1,162 reviews
Troublemaker
Beat 'em up through an Indonesian high school's fighting tournament
87% positive
1,160 reviews
Dungeon Warfare 2
2D tower defense with physics-based traps against dungeon intruders
90% positive
1,160 reviews
SAELIG
Anglo-Saxon life and business simulation about building a family legacy
87% positive
1,160 reviews
RUNGORE
Real-time card battler with automatic fights and unrestricted card play
86% positive
1,159 reviews
小小侠客模拟器
Turn-based martial arts strategy with random events and character builds
87% positive
1,157 reviews
HoloParade
Side-scrolling tower defense with hololive characters and musical formations
85% positive
1,156 reviews
Sid Meier's Colonization (Classic)
Turn-based colonial strategy built around trade, expansion, and independence
96% positive
1,156 reviews