Best Strategy Games
1,169 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Dwarf Fortress
Released: Dec 6, 2022
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
In this complex construction/management/roguelike simulation, every generated world brings a unique challenge, whether it’s dwarves with their own simulated personalities or aquifers.
The Sims 3: Supernatural
Released: Sep 4, 2012
Critic rating: 86.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Spooky surprises are in store for you in the world of The Sims 3: Supernatural, an expansion pack for The Sims 3.
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
Released: Dec 6, 2004
Critic rating: 83.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The players control the heroes or villians from the famous Lord of The Rings movies.
Wartales
Released: Apr 12, 2023
Critic rating: 86.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe.
NBA 2K12
Released: Oct 4, 2011
Critic rating: 84.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy
Platforms: OnLive Game System, PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
With over 5 million copies sold worldwide and over 20 Sports Game of Year awards, last year NBA 2K11 allowed you to BECOME THE GREATEST with MJ & the Jordan Challenge mode.
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Released: Sep 25, 2007
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The next chapter in the #1 rated RTS franchise thrusts players into a hellish war torn landscape to command two battle-hardened armies in relentless campaigns for honor and country.
Girls' Frontline 2: Exilium
Released: Dec 21, 2023
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100 • 40 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
GIRLS' FRONTLINE 2: EXILIUM is the official sequel to the mobile game Girls' Frontline.
Defense Grid 2
Released: Sep 23, 2014
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Oculus Rift, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Defense Grid 2, DG2, is the highly-anticipated sequel to Hidden Path Entertainment’s 2008 Defense Grid: The Awakening.
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Released: Jun 12, 2012
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Next Installment to the Award-Winning RTS.
The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Released: Mar 4, 2021
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A narrative-driven RPG set in a gritty world where a person's Lot is determined at birth, while the gods are real and preside over the fates of men.
SimCity 4
Released: Jan 12, 2003
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
SimCity 4 is a city-building simultor.
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
Released: Aug 24, 2000
Critic rating: 82.7 / 100 • 119 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion is the official add-on to the award-winning, best-selling real-time strategy game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings.
Atom RPG
Released: Dec 19, 2018
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100 • 36 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Atom RPG is a post-apocalyptic indie game, inspired by classic CRPGs: Fallout, Wasteland, System Shock, Deus Ex, Baldur's Gate and many others.
Worms Armageddon
Released: Jan 29, 1999
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100 • 367 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Those intrepid invertebrates return with a vengeance in the much-loved Worms Armageddon.
RollerCoaster Tycoon
Released: Mar 31, 1999
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
The premise of the game is to complete a series of preset scenarios by successfully building and maintaining amusement parks through business ownership as a theme park entrepreneur.
Suikoden III
Released: Jul 11, 2002
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2
Fifteen years after the events of Suikoden II, the stories of Hugo (the son of a village chief), Chris (the virtuous Knight of Zexen), and Geddoe (the rebellious unit commander) intertwine as they gather the 108 Stars of Destiny.
SpellForce 2: Shadow Wars
Released: Apr 5, 2006
Critic rating: 88.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The most beautiful, perfect and deadly of the Dark Races, the Dark Elves, in league with the mysterious Shadows are threatening to overrun the realm of men… Lead the Avatar and his band of heroes in forging new alliances to face the invasion and save the world of Eo !
Shadowrun: Dragonfall
Released: Feb 27, 2014
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
BERLIN.
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Released: Mar 28, 2007
Critic rating: 84.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
MultiplayerNote: As of June 2014, our friends at GameSpy have ended all hosted game services, which will affect the online multiplayer aspect of this game.
Age of Mythology: The Titans
Released: Sep 30, 2003
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Age of Mythology: The Titans is an expansion pack to the real-time strategy video game of Age of Mythology.
Heroes of Might and Magic 3.5: In the Wake of Gods
Released: Dec 31, 2001
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Heroes of Might and Magic 3.5: In the Wake of Gods or WoG is an extensive fan-made modification of Heroes of Might and Magic III.
Stronghold Crusader HD
Released: Oct 21, 2013
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II
Released: Sep 25, 2014
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II is the seventh installment in the main Trails series, serving as a direct sequel to the events of The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel.
Tyranny
Released: Nov 10, 2016
Critic rating: 81.2 / 100
Rating: PEGI 16
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Experience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Released: Aug 20, 1999
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100 • 170 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The sequel to 1995's genre defining Command & Conquer, Tiberian Sun takes place in a bleak future where the tiberium infestation has spread across the world, and made large regions uninhabitable, and the long dormant Brotherhood of NOD starting a surprise offensive against the GDI forces.