Best Strategy Games
1,192 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire
Released: Sep 25, 2007
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In The Settlers - Rise of an Empire, players build lively, bustling towns in a medieval world.
Phoenix Point
Released: Dec 3, 2019
Critic rating: 82.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Google Stadia, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Phoenix Point is the new strategy game from the creator of the original X-COM series.
R.E.P.O.
Released: Feb 26, 2025
Critic rating: 72.1 / 100 • 164 votes
Genres: Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
R.E.P.O.
Caesar IV
Released: Sep 26, 2006
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Starting as governor of a newly formed province in the Roman Empire your goal is simple: advance up the empire's political ladder to become the next Caesar.
Planetary Annihilation
Released: Sep 5, 2014
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Colonize solar systems, annihilate homeworlds, and exterminate your foes in epic interplanetary battles with multiple players and thousands of units.
Mercenary Kings
Released: Mar 25, 2014
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In this frantic 2D action game, you are part of the Mercenary Kings, the most skilled team of warriors-for-hire on Earth, but when your comrades have fallen and the fearsome forces of CLAW have seized an island-wide top secret Laboratory Base, you must do what it takes to stop them.
Surviving Mars
Released: Mar 15, 2018
Critic rating: 73.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Surviving Mars is a sci-fi city builder all about colonizing Mars and surviving the process.
Dr. Mario
Released: Jul 27, 1990
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100 • 208 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy
Platforms: Arcade, Family Computer, Wii U, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
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Kirby's Avalanche
Released: Feb 1, 1995
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100 • 23 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy
Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
King Dedede has challenged Kirby and other members of Dream Land to an Avalanche Competition in the Dream Fountain.
The Sims 3: Generations
Released: May 31, 2011
Critic rating: 68.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Enjoy a whole spectrum of rich life experiences with your Sims in The Sims 3: Generations.
Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Winds of War
Released: Feb 25, 2003
Critic rating: 71.9 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Winds of War is the second and final expansion for Heroes of Might and Magic IV.
Cloverpit
Released: Sep 26, 2025
Critic rating: 62.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade, Card & Board Game
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
You wake up in a rusty, narrow cell, standing over a dangerously unstable grate.
Pokémon Colosseum
Released: Nov 21, 2003
Critic rating: 71.8 / 100 • 132 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player
Pokemon fans can now battle their favorite Pokemon on the grand stage.
GreedFall
Released: Sep 9, 2019
Critic rating: 70.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
GreedFall is a single-player action RPG set in a fictional world inspired by 17th-century Baroque Europe.
The Sims: Vacation
Released: Mar 25, 2002
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The Sims: Vacation, known as The Sims: On Holiday in the Republic of Ireland, the UK, China and Scandinavia, is the fourth expansion pack for The Sims.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath
Released: Sep 24, 1997
Critic rating: 62.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Command & Conquer: Red Alert: The Aftermath is the second of two expansion packs for Command & Conquer: Red Alert, and was released in 1997.
Armello
Released: Jan 22, 2015
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Quiz/Trivia, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Armello is a grand swashbuckling adventure that combines three styles of play; The deep tactics of card games with the rich strategy of table top board games, combined with a character role-playing system.
Kingdom Rush Origins
Released: Nov 7, 2014
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The third installment in the popular tower defense series Kingdom Rush.
SimCity
Released: Oct 3, 1989
Critic rating: 58.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, BBC Microcomputer System, PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), Acorn Electron, Mac, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga, Amstrad CPC
Game modes: Single player
SimCity, later renamed SimCity Classic, is a city-building simulation video game, first released on February 2, 1989, and designed by Will Wright for the Macintosh computer.
Jurassic World Evolution 2
Released: Nov 9, 2021
Critic rating: 72.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is the much-anticipated sequel to Frontier’s ground-breaking 2018 management simulation, Jurassic World Evolution, offering an all new narrative campaign voiced by cast members from across the Jurassic World film franchise, exciting new features, four engaging game modes, and an expanded roster of awe-inspiring dinosaurs.
Punch Club
Released: Jan 8, 2016
Critic rating: 68.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Sport, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo 3DS, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Train hard, fight crocodiles and find love.
Wii Party U
Released: Oct 25, 2013
Critic rating: 60.7 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Arcade, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Wii U
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
It's time to party with Wii U Enjoy board games and mini-games on the TV, play familiar tabletop games using the Wii U GamePad Controller, or transform your living room into a game show floor.
Bloons TD 5
Released: Dec 14, 2011
Critic rating: 71.6 / 100 • 55 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Web browser, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability.
Hard West
Released: Nov 4, 2015
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Welcome to the Wild West like you’ve never seen it before.
The Escapists 2
Released: Aug 22, 2017
Critic rating: 75.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Escapists 2 is the forthcoming sequel to the sandbox prison-escape game which will include, in a first for the series, drop in/drop out play for up to four players in both local and online play.