Best Strategy Games
1,169 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Planescape: Torment
Released: Dec 12, 1999
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
A CRPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons setting of Planescape in which The Nameless One, an immortal amnesiac, sets off on a quest across the infinite Planes and gathers a party of conflicted companions to find out who he is and reclaim his mortality.
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth
Released: Mar 12, 2015
Critic rating: 79.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth, developed by Media.Vision and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment, and based on the Digimon franchise.
Jagged Alliance
Released: Apr 15, 1995
Critic rating: 79.1 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS
Game modes: Single player
Jagged Alliance combines turn-based strategy and role-playing elements in a gripping mercenary-themed adventure.
Archon
Released: Nov 1, 1983
Critic rating: 79.1 / 100 • 31 votes
Genres: Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Atari 8-bit, PC-8800 Series, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Sharp X1, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga, Apple II, FM-7, Amstrad CPC
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Archon: The Light and the Dark was a game developed by Free Fall Associates which loosely modeled the game of Chess, with a number of additions to the gameplay.
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring
Released: Nov 8, 2003
Critic rating: 91.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The quest to destroy the One Ring continues in the first real-time strategy game based on The Lord of the Rings saga.
Shakes and Fidget
Released: Jul 22, 2009
Critic rating: 79.1 / 100 • 45 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Shakes and Fidget is a fun fantasy RPG satire and an award-winning role-playing game at the same time!
The Sims 3: World Adventures
Released: Nov 16, 2009
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
The Adventure is near...
Breath of Fire II
Released: Dec 2, 1994
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
The incredible sequel to the best-selling RPG hit Breath of Fire is here!
Age of Empires III: Complete Collection
Released: Jan 5, 2012
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Microsoft Studios brings you three epic Age of Empires III games in one monumental collection for the first time.
Cookie Clicker
Released: Aug 10, 2013
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Point-and-click, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Web browser, PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Cookie Clicker is a Javascript-based browser video game written by French programmer Julien Thiennot, better known as "Orteil".
Gears Tactics
Released: Apr 28, 2020
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Gears Tactics is the fast-paced, turn-based strategy game from one of the most-acclaimed video game franchises – Gears of War.
Angry Birds Space
Released: Mar 22, 2012
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Play over 300 interstellar levels across 10 planets!
Stacklands
Released: Apr 8, 2022
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 35 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3
Released: Nov 2, 2004
Critic rating: 83.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 is completely updated and redesigned to take the series to all-new heights.
Heat Signature
Released: Sep 21, 2017
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Fly your tiny defenceless pod up to larger ships, dock with their airlock, and sneak inside.
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Released: Apr 8, 2011
Critic rating: 84.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, PlayStation 3, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Anomaly Warzone Earth is an extraordinary mixture of action and strategy in a reversed tower defense formula.
Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Released: May 24, 2022
Critic rating: 87.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to LYNX, the galaxy’s leading ship-salvaging corporation!
Offworld Trading Company
Released: Apr 28, 2016
Critic rating: 89.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Offworld Trading Company is a real-time strategy game in which money, not firepower, is the player's weapon.
Buckshot Roulette
Released: Dec 28, 2023
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Buckshot Roulette is an indie tabletop horror game that reimagines Russian roulette using a pump-action shotgun instead of a revolver.
Cook, Serve, Delicious!
Released: Oct 5, 2012
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100 • 42 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Cook, Serve, Delicious is a hardcore restaurant sim, one of the few in its genre that gives the players total control over where they want to take their restaurant.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Released: Mar 6, 2007
Critic rating: 83.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Building on the foundation of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter, the sequel is a near-future warfare masterpiece.
NHL 98
Released: Oct 23, 1997
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Sport, Strategy
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
NHL 98 features much faster and refined gameplay (now using four action keys instead of two, removing the need to double-tap to perform some actions), along other new features such as "in-the-fly" tactics developed by Marc Crawford, then manager of the Colorado Avalanche and new commentary lines from Jim Hughson and Darryl Reaugh and a re-worked interface.
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf
Released: Feb 1, 1992
Critic rating: 78.7 / 100 • 66 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Strategy
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, DOS, Amiga, Game Boy Advance, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf, commonly known as Desert Strike, is a shoot 'em up video game released by Electronic Arts (EA) in February 1992 for Sega's Mega Drive.
Drawful 2
Released: Jun 21, 2016
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
The team behind the hit party games Fibbage, Quiplash, and YOU DON’T KNOW JACK presents Drawful 2, the game of terrible drawings and hilariously wrong answers!
Wargroove
Released: Jan 2, 2019
Critic rating: 84.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Wargroove is a turn-based strategy game for up to 4 players, in which each player takes control of an army and its commander unit to wage war on their enemies!