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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

3,334 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

Sunrider: Liberation Day - Captain's Edition
Sunrider: Liberation Day - Captain's Edition
Turn-based space tactics with mecha squads and anime-style storytelling
83% positive 819 reviews
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®
Real-time space strategy with empire building and large fleet battles
78% positive 818 reviews
Citystate
Citystate
City-building sandbox where policy decisions shape a new nation
76% positive 815 reviews
The Jackbox Party Pack 9
The Jackbox Party Pack 9
Five phone-controlled party games mixing trivia, bluffing, and role-play
84% positive 814 reviews
MachiaVillain
MachiaVillain
Horror-themed management sim about building traps and feeding monsters
66% positive 810 reviews
Survival Machine
Survival Machine
Third-person survival adventure about building and defending a moving fortress
70% positive 808 reviews
Balrum
Balrum
Open-world isometric RPG with turn-based combat, crafting, and farming
79% positive 807 reviews
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 3
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 3
Three Kingdoms strategy RPG with custom generals and terrain-based battles
85% positive 805 reviews
Chess Evolved Online
Chess Evolved Online
Chess-inspired turn-based tactics with custom armies and online matches
91% positive Free
DPS IDLE
DPS IDLE
Idle card game where defeating monsters pays for card chests
63% positive Free
Kubifaktorium
Kubifaktorium
Voxel colony sim with island settlements and automated production
81% positive 800 reviews
Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
Tower defense with placeable tiles that reshape enemy paths
86% positive 799 reviews
FAIRY TAIL: DUNGEONS
FAIRY TAIL: DUNGEONS
Turn-based roguelike deckbuilder built around chaining skill cards
92% positive 798 reviews
Wild Bastards
Wild Bastards
Sci-fi Western FPS roguelite with outlaw squads and tactical shootouts
74% positive 798 reviews
Heroes of Annihilated Empires
Heroes of Annihilated Empires
Fantasy real-time strategy with hero progression and large army battles
85% positive 798 reviews
Mainframe Defenders
Mainframe Defenders
Turn-based robot squad tactics with procedural missions and item builds
88% positive 795 reviews
Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten
Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten
Party-based fantasy JRPG about searching for a supposedly dead father
81% positive 793 reviews
Indies' Lies
Indies' Lies
Turn-based roguelike deckbuilder with recruitable heroes and card upgrades
76% positive 792 reviews
Two Worlds II Castle Defense
Two Worlds II Castle Defense
Fantasy tower defense with playable villains and upgradeable units
58% positive 792 reviews
Zet Zillions
Zet Zillions
Space roguelike deckbuilder with card fusion and planet overpopulation
88% positive 791 reviews
Men of War: Condemned Heroes
Men of War: Condemned Heroes
World War II real-time tactics with a Soviet penal battalion
72% positive 790 reviews
Epic Auto Towers
Epic Auto Towers
Turn-based autobattler with stacking towers and placement-based combos
71% positive 789 reviews
Pirates Outlaws
Pirates Outlaws
Pirate roguelike deckbuilder with multiple heroes, maps, and bosses
82% positive 789 reviews
Wild West Saga: Idle Tycoon Clicker
Wild West Saga: Idle Tycoon Clicker
Wild West idle clicker about growing businesses across frontier towns
68% positive Free