Best Strategy Games
1,169 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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.
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.
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 • 41 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.
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.
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.
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.
Mindustry
Released: Oct 17, 2017
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 22 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.
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.
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.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Released: Feb 19, 2009
Critic rating: 81.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
With a focus on fast-action RTS gameplay, Dawn of War II brings to life the science fiction universe of Warhammer 40,000 like never before.
Craft the World
Released: Nov 24, 2014
Critic rating: 79.6 / 100 • 25 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress.
Football Manager 2009
Released: Nov 14, 2008
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Sport, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Football Manager 2009 (abbreviated to Football Manager 09 or FM09) is a football manager simulation video game.
Marvel Snap
Released: Oct 18, 2022
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Multiplayer
Marvel Snap: The fastest card battler in the multiverse!
The Jackbox Party Pack 3
Released: Oct 18, 2016
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The threequel to the party game phenomenon features the deadly quiz show Trivia Murder Party, the say-anything sequel Quiplash 2, the surprising survey game Guesspionage, the t-shirt slugfest Tee K.O., and the sneaky trickster game Fakin' It.
Hidden & Dangerous
Released: Jul 29, 1999
Critic rating: 79.6 / 100 • 33 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The player play four Allied commandos in operations during World War 2.