Best Strategy Games
1,169 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
RimWorld
Released: Oct 17, 2018
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller.
Legends of Runeterra
Released: Apr 30, 2020
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Set in the world of League of Legends, Legends of Runeterra is the strategy card game where skill, creativity, and cleverness determine your success.
Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator
Released: Dec 4, 2017
Critic rating: 79.5 / 100 • 53 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Presenting a fun Five Nights at Freddy's adventure with a lighter touch for the holidays, Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator puts you in charge of developing your own restaurant!
The Void
Released: Apr 17, 2008
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
A first-person game in which after starving to death, the player wakes up in the Void, a dying land housing numerous Sisters and long-absent Brothers, all of whom subsist on Color, the essence of life in the Void.
Luftrausers
Released: Mar 18, 2014
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100
Rating: PEGI 7
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
The skies will be set aflame and the seas will overflow with wreckage in Vlambeer's stylish arcade shooter LUFTRAUSERS!
SpellForce: The Order of Dawn
Released: Nov 28, 2003
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In a world beyond imagination...
Evoland 2
Released: Aug 25, 2015
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Fighting, Music, Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Evoland 2 is the spiritual successor to the original Evoland with its graphics style changing as you travel through time and its gameplay evolving as you move along the storyline.
Dofus
Released: Sep 1, 2004
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Dofus is a tactical turn-oriented massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Ankama Games.
Total Annihilation
Released: Sep 30, 1997
Critic rating: 79.4 / 100 • 69 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
What began as a conflict over the transfer of consciousness from flesh to machines escalated into a war which has decimated a million worlds.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising
Released: Mar 11, 2010
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising you will take command of the Blood Ravens and defend the sector against the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion.
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Released: Mar 30, 2020
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord is the eagerly awaited sequel to the acclaimed medieval combat simulator and role-playing game Mount & Blade: Warband.
Anno 1503
Released: Oct 25, 2002
Critic rating: 79.4 / 100 • 36 votes
Rating: PEGI 3
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Lay claim to the New World in an epic saga of adventure and discovery.
Batman: Return to Arkham
Released: Oct 18, 2016
Critic rating: 76.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Batman: Return to Arkham sees the combination of two classic entries in the Batman: Arkham series make a return to modern consoles (PS4 and Xbox One) with improved graphics.
Constructor
Released: Dec 31, 1997
Critic rating: 79.4 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In a town where anything goes, you can’t rise to the top without taking a few others down.
Scorched Earth
Released: Dec 31, 1991
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100 • 22 votes
Genres: Strategy
Platforms: DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Blast your enemies from the face of the Earth together with Earth itself.
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
Released: Jan 17, 2001
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100 • 66 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The destiny of a galaxy hangs in the balance, and you are in command.
Dorfromantik
Released: Apr 28, 2022
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Dorfromantik is a peaceful building strategy and puzzle game where you create a beautiful and ever-growing village landscape by placing tiles.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Pool of Radiance
Released: Oct 1, 1988
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100 • 25 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PC-8800 Series, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Sharp X1, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Located on the northern shore of the Moonsea in the Forgotten Realms, the fabled city of Phlan had been overrun by monsters led by a mysterious leader.
Gorky 17
Released: Nov 30, 1999
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
November 2008.
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Released: Feb 27, 2017
Critic rating: 82.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Torment: Tides of Numenera is a game set in the world of Monte Cook's new tabletop RPG setting, Numenera.
Azur Lane
Released: May 25, 2017
Critic rating: 79.3 / 100 • 44 votes
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Azur Lane is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game created by Chinese developers Shanghai Manjuu and Xiamen Yongshi, released in 2017 for the iOS and Android operating systems.
Dragon Age: Inquisition - Jaws of Hakkon
Released: May 26, 2015
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Discover the fate of the last Inquisitor and the powerful dragon he hunted.
ActRaiser
Released: Dec 16, 1990
Critic rating: 79.2 / 100 • 70 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Arcade, Satellaview, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii, Wii U, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
ActRaiser is a 1990 platform and city-building simulation game for the Super Nintendo, combining traditional side-scrolling platforming with urban planning god game sections.
Battlerite
Released: Nov 8, 2017
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Fighting, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, MOBA
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Battlerite is a Team Arena Brawler focused on adrenaline-fueled player vs player combat.
The Long Dark
Released: Aug 1, 2017
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to The Long Dark, the innovative exploration-survival experience Wired magazine calls "the pinnacle of an entire genre".