Best Strategy Games
1,192 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Tag Force 3
Released: Dec 28, 2008
Critic rating: 81.6 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Strategy, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
TAG FORCE is back in the hot third installment featuring cards up to the Crossroads of Chaos Set.
The Oregon Trail
Released: Dec 3, 1971
Critic rating: 81.6 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: HP 2100, CDC Cyber 70
Game modes: Single player
The Oregon Trail is a computer game originally developed by Don Rawitsch, Bill Heinemann, and Paul Dillenberger in 1971 and produced by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC) in 1974.
SoulCalibur III
Released: Oct 25, 2005
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 2
Soulcalibur III is a fighting game produced by Namco as a sequel to Soulcalibur II and the fourth installment in the Soul series.
Puyo Puyo Tetris
Released: Feb 6, 2014
Critic rating: 84.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
"Two puzzle game juggernauts collide as Tetris, one of the largest-selling and recognized brands in gaming history, and Puyo Puyo from SEGA have combined to create a fun-to-play, fast-paced, competitive party game like no other!
Teardown
Released: Apr 21, 2022
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Prepare the perfect heist in this simulated and fully destructible voxel world.
Two Point Hospital
Released: Aug 29, 2018
Critic rating: 86.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Design stunning hospitals, cure peculiar illnesses and manage troublesome staff as you spread your budding healthcare organisation across Two Point County.
Aliens: Dark Descent
Released: Jun 20, 2023
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise.
Natural Selection 2
Released: Oct 30, 2012
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer
Natural Selection 2 is an immersive, multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival.
Top Spin 4
Released: Mar 15, 2011
Critic rating: 73.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
The game features licensed professional players, venues and equipment.
Operation Flashpoint: Resistance
Released: Jun 28, 2002
Critic rating: 81.4 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Operation Flashpoint: Resistance is an expansion to the original game that adds a new campaign, new 100km sq.
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Released: Nov 13, 2014
Critic rating: 82.1 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy
Platforms: Wii U
Game modes: Single player
The intrepid Captain Toad sets off on his own adventure for the very first time through a wide variety of tricky, enemy-infested, maze-like stages to find hidden gems and nab elusive gold stars.
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
Released: Oct 23, 2018
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Join in The Witcher universe’s favorite card game, available for free!
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II
Released: Mar 2, 2006
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Wage war in the North and assume command of the most storied civilizations in all of Middle-earth history - the Elven and Dwarven armies - or fight on the side of Evil with heroes and creatures that have never been seen in The Lord of the Rings films.
Worms 2
Released: Dec 31, 1997
Critic rating: 81.4 / 100 • 96 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Worms 2 is a turn-based strategy game, with each team moving in a randomly determined sequence across two-dimensional terrain.
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Released: Nov 27, 2012
Critic rating: 78.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Running on an upgraded and improved version of the Infinity Engine, Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition includes the entire Baldur's Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion pack, and never-before-seen content including a new adventure and three new party members: the Calishite monk Rasaad yn Bashir, Neera the wild mage, and Dorn Il-Khan, the evil blackguard.
Cassette Beasts
Released: Apr 26, 2023
Critic rating: 100.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Grab your cassette player - it's time to transform!
Guild Wars: Nightfall
Released: Oct 26, 2006
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
In Guild Wars Nightfall, the third campaign in the award-winning Guild Wars universe, you will never face danger alone.
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Released: Oct 15, 2020
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition completes the celebration of one of the most beloved real-time strategy franchises with remastered graphics and music, all previously released expansions and brand-new content to enjoy for the very first time.
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes
Released: Dec 1, 2009
Critic rating: 84.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Scattered across five different regions, five special heroes must travel their own dangerous paths to grow in strength, unravel a demonic plot & ultimately save the world from chaos.
BattleTech
Released: Apr 24, 2018
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
BattleTech is a turn-based tactical 'Mech combat set in the classic 3025 era of the BattleTech Universe.
This War of Mine
Released: Nov 14, 2014
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
Released: Oct 9, 2006
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade is a real-time strategy game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Released: May 23, 2019
Critic rating: 82.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Total War: Three Kingdoms is the first in the series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China.
Frozen Synapse
Released: May 26, 2011
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Frozen Synapse is a thrilling PC, Mac, Linux and tablet (iOS/Android) strategy game.
Football Manager 2006
Released: Oct 21, 2005
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Sport, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Football Manager 2006 is the second installment in the Football Manager series by Sports Interactive.