Best Strategy Games
1,169 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Quiplash
Released: Jun 30, 2015
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Strategy, Quiz/Trivia, Indie
Platforms: Amazon Fire TV, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Quiplash is a gut-busting, say-anything, no-rules party game!
SimCity BuildIt
Released: Dec 16, 2014
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player
Welcome, Mayor!
Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword
Released: May 3, 2011
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In an open sand box world you choose your allies, your enemies, what provinces to conquer, what castles to siege and what quests to embark on.
Gods Will Be Watching
Released: Apr 30, 2013
Critic rating: 64.0 / 100
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Gods Will Be Watching is a minimalistic “point and click thriller” centered on despair, commitment, and sacrifice as players face narrative puzzles and moral dilemmas that will affect both the lives of your team and the people you’re are sworn to protect.
Star Wars: Empire at War - Forces of Corruption
Released: Oct 24, 2006
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
You’ve played the light side.
NieR
Released: Apr 22, 2010
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Nothing is as it seems in Square Enix's latest action adventure game, set in a crumbling world plagued by disease and dark, unrecognizable creatures.
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.
SimCity 2000
Released: Dec 1, 1993
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Windows Mobile, PC-9800 Series, PlayStation 3, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Legacy Computer, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Game Boy Advance, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
It has all the features, flexibility, art, animation, and power you need to create an environment of your dreams.
F1 2012
Released: Sep 17, 2012
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
As well as the new young driver test mode, F1 2012 features a new "Champions Mode", in which the six World Champions competing in the 2012 season — Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso and Michael Schumacher — will be styled after traditional end-of-level video gaming bosses, with the player challenged to beat them while racing in conditions that suit each driver.
Yes, Your Grace
Released: Mar 6, 2020
Critic rating: 77.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
In this kingdom management RPG, petitioners will arrive in the throne room each turn to ask for your advice and assistance.
Black & White
Released: Mar 25, 2001
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100 • 142 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Play the role of a deity in a land where the surroundings are yours to shape and its people are yours to lord over.
Rock of Ages
Released: Aug 31, 2011
Critic rating: 74.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
A rock-solid combination of rock-rolling action, deep strategy, and captivating art and music from different ages of history, this is a game of crush or be crushed!
PUBG Mobile
Released: Mar 19, 2018
Critic rating: 87.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Strategy
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Battle Royale
PUBG Mobile is the mobile version of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, a battle royale game where up to 100 players parachute onto an island, scavenge for weapons and equipment, and fight to be the last person or team standing as the playable area gradually shrinks.
Five Nights at Freddy's
Released: Aug 25, 2014
Critic rating: 74.7 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Windows Phone, Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to your new summer job at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, where kids and parents alike come for entertainment and food as far as the eye can see!
Orcs Must Die! 3
Released: Jul 14, 2020
Critic rating: 76.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Orc Must Die!
Neighbours back From Hell
Released: Oct 8, 2020
Critic rating: 74.7 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
There goes the neighborhood!
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Released: Oct 28, 2008
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is set in an alternate reality from World War II, in which the Western Allies fought the Soviet Union.
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Released: Oct 6, 2009
Critic rating: 79.4 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is a game about a fictitious conflict on one of the Sakhalin islands, a conflict that is in danger of erupting onto a global scale.
Angry Birds
Released: Dec 11, 2009
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Angry Birds is a 2009 physics-based casual puzzle video game developed by Finnish video game developer Rovio Entertainment.
Shadowverse
Released: Jun 17, 2016
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
"Shadowverse: the next evolution in collectible card games!
Arma 3
Released: Sep 12, 2013
Critic rating: 72.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Arma 3 is a truly massive military simulation sandbox game.
Hexcells Infinite
Released: Sep 1, 2014
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100 • 29 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Hexcells Infinite is the third game in the series of ambient logic puzzle games.
Clash Royale
Released: Jan 4, 2016
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100 • 203 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Multiplayer
Enter the Arena!
They Are Billions
Released: Jun 18, 2019
Critic rating: 75.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet.
Aion
Released: Nov 25, 2008
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
A massively multiplayer online role-playing game released by NCSOFT.