Best Strategy Games
1,192 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Chess.com
Released: May 1, 2007
Critic rating: 79.9 / 100 • 35 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Web browser, Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Chess.com is an online chess platform where players can compete against others or computer opponents in real-time and correspondence matches.
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
Released: Oct 13, 2015
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
From the Producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2, the sequel to the first-ever post-apocalyptic computer RPG.
Icewind Dale: Heart of Winter
Released: Feb 21, 2001
Critic rating: 79.9 / 100 • 33 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Heart of Winter is an expansion pack to Icewind Dale, and allows your characters to continue their adventures in the snow-swept north of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting.
Arcade Paradise
Released: Aug 11, 2022
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Welcome to Arcade Paradise, the 90’s retro arcade adventure game.
Super Bomberman 2
Released: Apr 28, 1994
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 39 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Strategy, Tactical, Arcade
Platforms: Satellaview, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Super Bomberman 2 is the second of five games in the Super Bomberman series developed by Produce and Hudson Soft and released on the Super Nintendo.
Door Kickers: Action Squad
Released: Sep 10, 2018
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side scroller action with retro graphics and retro sensibilities.
Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
Released: Mar 21, 2000
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 32 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Majesty is a fantasy kingdom simulation game where players build, tax, and manage their kingdom, but the units control themselves.
Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
Released: Jun 24, 2022
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Prepare for a different story set in the same universe as Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
Renowned Explorers: International Society
Released: Sep 2, 2015
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Take command of a hand-picked group of unalike explorers and travel across the globe in search of legendary treasures while staying ahead of your rivals.
Griftlands
Released: Jun 15, 2020
Critic rating: 83.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Griftlands is a deck-building rogue-like where you fight and negotiate your way through a broken-down sci-fi world.
Homeworld 2
Released: Sep 16, 2003
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Homeworld 2 is the third game in the Homeworld series.
Dune 2000
Released: Sep 1, 1998
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 87 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Real-time strategy taking place in Frank Herbert's "Dune" universe.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist
Released: Jul 30, 2015
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Relive past Dueling glory against Yu-Gi-Oh!
PlateUp!
Released: Aug 4, 2022
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 42 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Hectic single-player and co-op restaurant management: cook and serve your dishes, upgrade and customise your restaurants, and expand your culinary kingdom with each procedurally-generated location.
Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal
Released: Dec 1, 1995
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 116 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal is an expansion pack for Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness.
League of Legends
Released: Oct 27, 2009
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, MOBA
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
League of Legends is a fast-paced, competitive online game that blends the speed and intensity of an RTS with RPG elements.
Silent Storm
Released: Nov 7, 2003
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
1943: The world seems to face its destruction in all parts; war is raging like never before.
Cossacks: European Wars
Released: Mar 30, 2001
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Cossacks: European Wars is a real-time strategy computer game for Windows made by the Ukrainian developer GSC Game World.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2
Released: Mar 18, 2008
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - the sequel to the award-winning next-generation first-person shooter - returns to Sin City.
Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
Released: Sep 30, 1998
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Amiga
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Control ultra-powerful mecha that run, jump, duck, strafe, swim, and stomp on enemy personnel.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Power of Chaos: Joey the Passion
Released: Jul 2, 2004
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 27 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
The third Yu-Gi-Oh!
Caesar III
Released: Sep 15, 1998
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 95 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Caesar III is part of Sierra's City Building Series and was released in October 1998.
Mindustry
Released: Oct 17, 2017
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Mindustry is a hybrid tower-defense sandbox factory game.
Tetris DS
Released: Mar 20, 2006
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
You can rediscover the timeless puzzle game Tetris on your Nintendo DS with Tetris DS.
Battle Brothers
Released: Mar 24, 2017
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Battle Brothers is a turn based strategy RPG mix which has you leading a mercenary company in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world.