Best Strategy Games
1,192 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
XCOM 2 Collection
Released: Feb 1, 2018
Critic rating: 77.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The XCOM 2 Collection includes the award-winning strategy game XCOM 2, the War of the Chosen expansion, and four DLC packs (Resistance Warrior Pack, Anarchy’s Children, Alien Hunters, Shen’s Last Gift, Tactical Legacy Pack) for a bundled discount.
Monster Sanctuary
Released: Dec 7, 2020
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A pixel art monster collecting game featuring sideview visuals, metroidvania like exploration and challenging turn based combat.
Kingdom Two Crowns
Released: Dec 11, 2018
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100 • 69 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Kingdom Two Crowns is a side-scrolling micro strategy game with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Monument Valley
Released: Apr 3, 2014
Critic rating: 89.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows Phone, Android, iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
In Monument Valley, the player leads the player-character princess Ida through mazes of optical illusions and impossible objects, which are referred to as "sacred geometry" in-game, as she journeys to be forgiven for something.
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.
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, Adventure
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
GIRLS' FRONTLINE 2: EXILIUM is the official sequel to the mobile game Girls' Frontline.
Warlords Battlecry III
Released: May 17, 2004
Critic rating: 82.8 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Warlords Battlecry III further expands the Battlecry tradition of featuring persistent RPG-like fantasy heroes with its retinue of loyal followers fighting massive battles in the Warlords' world of Etheria.
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.
Look Outside
Released: Mar 21, 2025
Critic rating: 82.7 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Explore the warped interior of the apartment building you are stuck in.
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.
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.
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 • 37 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 • 369 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.
Monument Valley II
Released: May 30, 2017
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Guide a mother and her child as they embark on a journey through magical architecture, discovering illusionary pathways and delightful puzzles as you learn the secrets of the Sacred Geometry.
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, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
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