Best Strategy Games
1,169 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Master of Magic
Released: Sep 1, 1994
Critic rating: 89.9 / 100 • 33 votes
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS
Game modes: Single player
You came to the world of Arcanus as a fledgling wizard.
Startopia
Released: Jun 15, 2001
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
A once thriving network of space stations and planets have been left lifeless, redundant scars of the apocalypse.
Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty
Released: Dec 1, 1992
Critic rating: 89.8 / 100 • 109 votes
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, DOS, Amiga
Game modes: Single player
Dune II is often considered the first mainstream modern real-time strategy game and established many conventions of the genre.
StarCraft: Brood War
Released: Dec 18, 1998
Critic rating: 89.6 / 100 • 275 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In the distant future, the newly formed Terran Dominion faces the arrival of two hostile alien races: the savage Zerg and the enigmatic Protoss.
Limbus Company
Released: Feb 27, 2023
Critic rating: 89.5 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
Limbus Company is a darkly stylish turn-based strategy RPG from Project Moon, set in the same universe as Lobotomy Corporation and Library of Ruina.
Lemmings 2: The Tribes
Released: Dec 31, 1993
Critic rating: 89.5 / 100 • 36 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Sport, Strategy
Platforms: DOS, Amiga
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
By now, you'll probably be aware of the horrible plight the Lemmings face.
Mass Effect 3
Released: May 14, 2021
Critic rating: 89.4 / 100 • 32 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
A remaster of the original Mass Effect 3 included in the Mass Effect: Legendary Edition bundle.
Divinity: Original Sin II
Released: Sep 14, 2017
Critic rating: 91.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Divinity: Original Sin II is a single- and multiplayer top-down, party-based role-playing game with pen & paper RPG-like levels of freedom.
Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Released: Jul 26, 2019
Critic rating: 92.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Fire Emblem: Three Houses is a tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and Koei Tecmo for the Nintendo Switch.
Football Manager 2013
Released: Nov 2, 2012
Critic rating: 89.5 / 100
Genres: Sport, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Football Manager 2013 (often abbreviated to Football Manager 13, or more commonly FM13) is a 2012 football management simulation video game developed by Sports Interactive and published by Sega.
Rise of Nations: Thrones & Patriots
Released: Apr 27, 2004
Critic rating: 100.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Rise of Nations: Thrones and Patriots is the official expansion pack to the real-time strategy computer game Rise of Nations.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Released: Feb 29, 2024
Critic rating: 88.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is the second entry in the Final Fantasy VII remake project, which retells the story of the genre-redefining RPG across three distinct games.
Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
Released: Jun 22, 2001
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Bohemia Interactive's debut game published by Codemasters as Operation Flashpoint in 2001, became genre-defining combat military simulation and the No.
Space Rangers
Released: Dec 20, 2002
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS
Game modes: Single player
Space Rangers is a space combat strategy game where you control your own ship and eventually a fleet of ships to fight the evil alien race, Klissans.
Mass Effect Legendary Edition
Released: May 14, 2021
Critic rating: 87.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
One person is all that stands between humanity and the greatest threat it’s ever faced.
Sid Meier's Civilization
Released: Sep 30, 1991
Critic rating: 88.9 / 100 • 265 votes
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC-9800 Series, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga
Game modes: Single player
Sid Meier's Civilization is a turn-based strategy computer game created by Sid Meier for MicroProse in 1991.The game's objective is "...to build an empire that would stand the test of time".
Blue Prince
Released: Apr 10, 2025
Critic rating: 90.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac
Game modes: Single player
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Fire Emblem: Thracia 776
Released: Sep 1, 1999
Critic rating: 88.8 / 100 • 32 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Wii, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 is a Japanese tactical role-playing game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo, and the fifth installment in the Fire Emblem series.
Balatro
Released: Feb 20, 2024
Critic rating: 91.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Balatro is a deck-building roguelite in which players construct poker hands to earn chips and overcome enemy blinds.
Blood Strike
Released: Sep 15, 2023
Critic rating: 88.6 / 100 • 28 votes
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Battle Royale
Charge into fast paced combat in modes such as Battle Royale, Squad Fight or Hot Zone alone or with friends.
Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising
Released: Jun 24, 2003
Critic rating: 90.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising brings your GBA all-new strategic action and all-new fighting action!
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Released: Dec 5, 1995
Critic rating: 92.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is a Strategy video game published by Blizzard Entertainment released on 1995 for MS-DOS.
Mini Metro
Released: Oct 22, 2015
Critic rating: 100.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Mini Metro is a strategy simulation game about designing a subway map for a growing city.
Slay the Spire
Released: Jan 23, 2019
Critic rating: 92.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Slay the Spire is a single-player roguelike deck-building game.
Fire Emblem
Released: Apr 25, 2003
Critic rating: 90.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Wii U, Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player
It is the seventh game of the Fire Emblem series, the second game in the series to be released for the Game Boy Advance, and the first to be released in both North America and Europe.