Best Strategy Games
1,169 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Released: Nov 13, 2001
Critic rating: 68.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Red Army is back.
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
Released: Oct 15, 2002
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Stretch your imagination further to build bigger parks and higher coasters!
Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure
Released: Sep 24, 2013
Critic rating: 73.6 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, Windows Phone, PC (Microsoft Windows), Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure is a puzzle video game developed by 5th Cell and published by Warner Bros.
Uplink
Released: Oct 1, 2001
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
You play an Uplink Agent who makes a living by performing jobs for major corporations.
Pokémon Unite
Released: Jul 20, 2021
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Strategy, MOBA
Platforms: Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Team up and take down the opposition in Pokémon’s first 5-on-5 strategic team battle game!
Schedule I
Released: Mar 24, 2025
Critic rating: 71.1 / 100 • 117 votes
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Schedule I is a first-person open-world crime simulation game where players build and manage a drug trafficking operation in the fictional city of Hyland Point.
Overlord: Raising Hell
Released: Feb 15, 2008
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Overlord: Raising Hell is the expansion to the 2007 action role-playing game Overlord, which adds an extension to the game's single player with new levels, plot, enemies and weapons.
2048
Released: Mar 9, 2014
Critic rating: 71.1 / 100 • 59 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
Created by Italian web developer Gabriele Cirulli, 2048 is a single-player sliding tile puzzle video game that challenges players to combine numbered tiles on a 4x4 grid to create a tile with the number 2048.
Ticket to Ride: Classic Edition
Released: Jun 25, 2008
Critic rating: 63.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Connect more than cities!
SpellForce 3
Released: Dec 7, 2017
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
SpellForce 3 is the perfect blend between RTS and RPG!
Stronghold 2
Released: Apr 18, 2005
Critic rating: 70.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Tax, torture or treat your peasants!
Fire Emblem Warriors
Released: Sep 28, 2017
Critic rating: 78.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
"Clash with legions of soldiers and fierce monsters as Marth, Xander, Corrin, and other Fire Emblem heroes unleashing over-the-top-powerful Dynasty Warriors-style moves.
Turmoil
Released: Jun 2, 2016
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100 • 55 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Turmoil is a simulation game set during the 19th century oil rush in North America.
Worms Battlegrounds
Released: May 30, 2014
Critic rating: 67.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Worms Battlegrounds is an artillery strategy video game developed and published by Team17.
Agar.io
Released: Apr 28, 2015
Critic rating: 70.9 / 100 • 84 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Agar.io is a massively multiplayer online game where players control a cell in a colorful, grid-like environment.
Reventure
Released: Jun 4, 2019
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Reventure could be described as a "choose your own adventure" book in the shape of a 2D platformer.
140
Released: Oct 16, 2013
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Music, Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Wii U, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
140 is an indie 2D rhythm puzzle-platformer.
Pokémon Puzzle League
Released: Sep 25, 2000
Critic rating: 70.9 / 100 • 49 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy
Platforms: Wii, Nintendo 64
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Discover the most frantic, frenzied, fun-filled Pokémon challenge ever--Pokémon Puzzle League!
HuniePop 2: Double Date
Released: Feb 8, 2021
Critic rating: 70.9 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Take a trip to an exotic island paradise for a steamy new adventure in this long awaited sequel to the popular dating sim / puzzle game hybrid, HuniePop!
Tom Clancy's EndWar
Released: Nov 4, 2008
Critic rating: 77.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In addition to traditional RTS controls, EndWar goes beyond other Real Time Strategy games by letting you use your own voice to control your units, offering you true control at the speed of thought.
Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
Released: Apr 26, 2018
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
A remake of the first Utawarerumono title featuring remastered artwork and battle sections are now in 3D.
Dawn of Man
Released: Mar 1, 2019
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Command a settlement of ancient humans, guide them through the ages in their struggle for survival.
Magicka
Released: Jan 25, 2011
Critic rating: 69.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Magicka is a satirical action-adventure game set in a rich fantasy world based on Norse mythology.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
Released: Apr 27, 2017
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In Dawn of War III you will have no choice but to face your foes when a catastrophic weapon is found on the mysterious world of Acheron.
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Tribes of the East
Released: Oct 11, 2007
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Tribes of the East is the second expansion pack to the turn-based strategy game Heroes of Might and Magic V.