Best Strategy Games
1,169 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
The Sims 3: Pets
Released: Oct 18, 2011
Critic rating: 78.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Bring excitement and surprise into your Sims' lives with pets in The Sims 3: Pets, an expansion pack for The Sims 3!
Hand of Fate
Released: Feb 17, 2015
Critic rating: 82.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Inspired by tarot and fantasy, all bets are off as you create your own journey by building a collection of cards used to deal out a boardgame-like dungeon teeming with enemies, treasure, and adventure.
Victoria 3
Released: Oct 25, 2022
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Paradox Development Studio invites you to build your ideal society in the tumult of the exciting and transformative 19th century.
Shining Force
Released: Mar 20, 1992
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100 • 55 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Shining Force is a turn-based tactical RPG.
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords
Released: Jul 24, 2006
Critic rating: 75.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords is the first expansion pack for the award-winning game that has become an instant world-wide hit.
Tom Clancy's The Division
Released: Mar 8, 2016
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Tom Clancy’s The Division is a revolutionary experience that combines robust RPG customization with tactical action combat.
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Released: Nov 23, 1994
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100 • 173 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC-9800 Series, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first game in the Warcraft series developed by Blizzard Entertainment.
Starlink: Battle for Atlas
Released: Oct 16, 2018
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Starlink: Battle for Atlas is an all-new action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Toronto.
Terra Nil
Released: Mar 28, 2023
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem.
Mount & Blade: Warband
Released: Mar 31, 2010
Critic rating: 68.6 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray.
Bejeweled 3
Released: Dec 7, 2010
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game.
Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest
Released: Aug 31, 1995
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Heroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic Quest is a turn-based strategy game developed and published by New World Computing in 1995 for DOS.
Grey Goo
Released: Jan 23, 2015
Critic rating: 83.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Grey Goo is a real-time strategy game features three factions -- the Beta, Humans and Goo -- each with its own style, strategies and epic units (very powerful, rare combatants that tower over the battlefield).
Curious Expedition
Released: Sep 2, 2016
Critic rating: 75.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century.
Mir Korabley
Released: Oct 12, 2022
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100 • 23 votes
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Mir Korabley is a free to play online naval combat game by Lesta Games.
Anno 1701
Released: Oct 30, 2006
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Anno is a real-time strategy video game series with business simulation and city building elements.
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
Released: Oct 24, 2014
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth is a new science-fiction-themed entry into the award-winning Civilization series.
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
Released: Nov 6, 2007
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Forged Alliance is a stand-alone expansion to the critically acclaimed RTS game Supreme Commander.
Friday the 13th: Killer Puzzle
Released: Jan 19, 2018
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
"From the makers of Slayaway Camp—the award-winning “Bloodiest Puzzle Game Ever”—comes an even more frightening puzzler starring one of horror’s most iconic killers.
Football Manager 2007
Released: Oct 18, 2006
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Football Manager 2007 (sold in the United States and Canada as Worldwide Soccer Manager 2007) is the third game in the Football Manager series of football management simulation games by Sports Interactive, published by Sega.
BurgerTime
Released: Aug 25, 1982
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 41 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: ColecoVision, Arcade, PC-8800 Series, Sharp X1, Intellivision, DOS, Apple II, Sharp MZ-2200, Texas Instruments TI-99, MSX
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
BurgerTime is a 1982 arcade game created by Data East for its DECO Cassette System.
Don't Starve Together
Released: Apr 21, 2016
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100 • 267 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
Northgard
Released: Mar 7, 2018
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Northgard is a strategy game based on Norse mythology in which you control a clan of Vikings vying for the control of a mysterious newfound continent.
NBA 2K13
Released: Oct 2, 2012
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Wii U, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
With more than 5 million copies sold worldwide and more than 25 Sports Game of the Year awards won, NBA 2K12 was another monster release for the biggest NBA video game simulation franchise in the world.
Slime Rancher
Released: Aug 1, 2017
Critic rating: 77.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Slime Rancher is a charming, first-person, sandbox experience.