Best Strategy Games
1,169 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Insaniquarium! Deluxe
Released: Sep 1, 2004
Critic rating: 75.3 / 100 • 33 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Dive into wild arcade action as you feed fish and fight aliens in the craziest aquarium around!
Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Released: Oct 17, 2006
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Sway fierce battles in your favor with the powerful WarChief and lead one of three great Native American civilizations.
Total War: Attila
Released: Feb 17, 2015
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The next installment in the turn-based strategy game with real-time tactics, Total War: Attila casts players back to 395 AD.
Solasta: Crown of the Magister
Released: Oct 20, 2020
Critic rating: 77.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Discover the shattered world of Solasta: explore ruins and dungeons for legendary treasures, learn the truth of an age-old cataclysm - and stop it from happening again.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Rise and Fall
Released: Feb 7, 2018
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
"The Civilization VI: Rise and Fall expansion brings new choices, strategies, and challenges for players as they guide a civilization through the ages.
State of Decay
Released: Jun 5, 2013
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The end is here.
Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
Released: Sep 23, 2008
Critic rating: 78.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway brings the critically acclaimed squad-based WWII shooter into the next generation of gaming with amazing graphics and sound, new cutting-edge gameplay features and a totally redesigned online component.
Clash of Clans
Released: Aug 2, 2012
Critic rating: 75.2 / 100 • 213 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Clash of Clans is an addictive mixture of strategic planning and competitive fast-paced combats.
Tomb Raider I•II•III Remastered
Released: Feb 14, 2024
Critic rating: 72.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Tomb Raider I•II•III Remastered is a collection of the first three Tomb Raider games, originally released between 1996 and 1998, updated with enhanced visuals and modern controls.
Endless Legend
Released: Sep 18, 2014
Critic rating: 81.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Another sunrise, another day of toil.
The Sims 2
Released: Sep 14, 2004
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
In The Sims 2, your Sims will be more lifelike, more responsive, and more complex than ever before.
Anno 2070
Released: Nov 17, 2011
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Anno 2070 is a city-building and economic simulation game, with real-time strategy elements.
Tropico 6
Released: Mar 29, 2019
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
El Presidente is back!
Magic Duels
Released: Jul 8, 2015
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Join tens of millions of Magic: The Gathering fans playing the world’s best strategy card game with Magic Duels!
Viva Piñata
Released: Nov 9, 2006
Critic rating: 74.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Attract and tame your favourite Piñatas.
Populous: The Beginning
Released: Nov 30, 1998
Critic rating: 75.1 / 100 • 39 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Populous: The Beginning is a strategy and god-style video game.
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution
Released: Jun 13, 2008
Critic rating: 80.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Experience the journey of a civilization's birth to it's rise of power.
Paladins
Released: May 2, 2017
Critic rating: 78.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Join 25+ million players in Paladins, the free-to-play fantasy team-based shooter sensation.
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut
Released: May 21, 2014
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut is the definitive version of the brain-twisting first-person puzzler.
Once Human
Released: Jul 9, 2024
Critic rating: 84.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Once Human is a multiplayer open-world survival game set in a strange, post-apocalyptic future.
World of Tanks
Released: Apr 12, 2011
Critic rating: 72.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Jump into the free-to-play team-based shooter with an ever-expanding roster of historical vehicles, stunning graphics, spectacular locales, and orchestral scores.
Impossible Creatures
Released: Dec 29, 2002
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Genetically-alter animals to create scientific marvels in "Impossible Creatures", the 2003 classic RTS.
Plants vs. Zombies
Released: May 5, 2009
Critic rating: 70.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Nintendo DSi
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Plants vs.
Hell Let Loose
Released: Jun 6, 2019
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Multiplayer
Fight in the most iconic battles of the Second World War, including El Alamein, Stalingrad, Omaha Beach, and Foy!
Sanctum 2
Released: May 15, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In Sanctum 2, you will have to utilize elements of multiple gameplay genres to succeed.