Best Strategy Games
1,192 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
DEFCON
Released: Sep 29, 2006
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
You play the role of a military commander hidden deep within an underground bunker.
Persona 5 Tactica
Released: Nov 17, 2023
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
After a strange incident, the Phantom Thieves wander into a bizarre realm where its citizens are living under tyrannical oppression.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor 2
Released: Jul 28, 2011
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player
When a new website that shows the manner of people's deaths in advance makes the rounds amongst Japanese high schoolers, a trio of students is shocked to witness their own deaths in a terrible subway accident just minutes away.
Invisible, Inc.
Released: May 12, 2015
Critic rating: 85.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations.
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy
Released: Apr 24, 2025
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A new adventure from the creators of the Danganronpa and Zero Escape series!
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
Released: Dec 4, 2018
Critic rating: 81.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
From a team including former designers of HITMAN and PAYDAY comes Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, a tactical adventure game that combines the turn-based combat of XCOM with a real-time stealth and exploration of a post-human world reclaimed by nature… and Mutants.
Frostpunk 2
Released: Sep 20, 2024
Critic rating: 82.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Frostpunk 2 is the sequel to the highly acclaimed, BAFTA-nominated society survival game.
Cannon Fodder
Released: Jan 9, 1993
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100 • 64 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Strategy
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, Amiga CD32, BlackBerry OS, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Linux, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Atari Jaguar, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player
Cannon Fodder is an action-strategy shoot 'em up game developed by Sensible Software and published by Virgin Interactive.
Elite: Dangerous
Released: Dec 16, 2014
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), SteamVR, Mac, Oculus Rift, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
The next game in the Elite series - an amazing space epic with stunning visuals, incredible gameplay, breath-taking scope and award-winning sound.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Counterstrike
Released: Apr 3, 1997
Critic rating: 80.9 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Command & Conquer: Red Alert: Counterstrike is the first of two expansions for Command & Conquer: Red Alert, released in 1997 with some new missions for both the Allies and the Soviets.
Fire Emblem Fates: Revelation
Released: Jul 9, 2015
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Fire Emblem Fates is split into three story paths.
Catherine: Full Body
Released: Feb 14, 2019
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Catherine: Full Body is an enhanced remaster of the adult-oriented puzzle-platformer Catherine.
The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary
Released: Sep 1, 2006
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: PEGI 7
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary is a remake of the original "The Settlers II" game.
Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms
Released: Aug 28, 2007
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms is the official expansion to last year's award-winning Medieval II: Total War, presenting players with all-new territories to explore, troops to command, and enemies to conquer.
Darkwood
Released: Aug 17, 2017
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Darkwood is a unforgiving survival horror with a procedurally generated, open world.
Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Released: Oct 23, 2007
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties is the second expansion pack for the massively popular Age of Empires III.
Pillars of Eternity
Released: Mar 26, 2015
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny.
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Released: Apr 18, 2001
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100 • 101 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Play six Desperados, lead by the hero John Cooper in the hardest and wildest Wild West Game of all times.
SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle
Released: Nov 23, 1999
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100 • 31 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
SWAT 3: Close Quarters Battle (also known as SWAT3 or SWAT3:CQB) is a tactical squad-based first-person shooter, developed by Sierra Northwest and published by Sierra Entertainment for Windows-based PCs.
Reverse: 1999
Released: May 31, 2023
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100 • 38 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
Reverse: 1999 sets in the retro style world in the west.
The Settlers: Fourth Edition
Released: Mar 30, 2001
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100 • 40 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Romans, the Mayans, the Vikings, and the Trojans are the four industrious little races you'll be settling with.
Islanders
Released: Apr 4, 2019
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Islanders is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
Sunless Sea
Released: Feb 6, 2015
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Play as the captain of a steamship on an underwater ocean surrounding the fictional city of Fallen London.
Napoleon: Total War
Released: Feb 23, 2010
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Napoleon: Total War is the new chapter in the critically acclaimed Total War series and opens up a new narrative layer to the genre-defining franchise.
Pokémon Moon
Released: Nov 18, 2016
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon will be the first games in the Pokémon series to allow players to choose from nine languages to play in.