Best Strategy Games
1,169 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
PC Building Simulator
Released: Jan 29, 2019
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
PC Building Simulator lets players get to grips and experiment with building their very own gaming PC, without the associated risks and costs.
Little Nightmares: The Hideaway
Released: Nov 9, 2017
Critic rating: 69.5 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
The Hideaway is the second area the Runaway Kid passes through in Little Nightmares's DLC, Secrets of the Maw.
Liar's Bar
Released: Jan 28, 2025
Critic rating: 69.3 / 100 • 31 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Liar's Bar is a 2-4 player multiplayer deception game set in a shady bar where bluffing and outsmarting your opponents is key to survival.
Angry Birds Star Wars
Released: Nov 8, 2012
Critic rating: 63.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
Join an epic adventure with the Angry Birds in the legendary Star Wars universe, re-mastered for gaming systems!
Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
Released: Jan 12, 2026
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
"Papers, Please" meets zombie apocalypse.
King's Bounty: Crossworlds
Released: Sep 17, 2010
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
King’s Bounty: Crossworlds is the expansion for the famous King's Bounty: Armored Princess role-playing game.
Back to Bed
Released: Aug 6, 2014
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Ouya, Linux, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Wii U, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Back to Bed is an artistic 3D puzzle game with a surreal twist.
Awesomenauts
Released: May 1, 2012
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Platform, Strategy, Indie, MOBA
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Two teams battle each other to take down the opposing sides turrets and base.
ShellShock Live
Released: Mar 7, 2019
Critic rating: 69.2 / 100 • 39 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
ShellShock Live is a strategic online multiplayer artillery game currently in active development by kChamp Games.Fight Alongside your Friends (Or blow them up...
MU Online
Released: Nov 1, 2001
Critic rating: 69.1 / 100 • 29 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
MU Online is a highly involved fantasy RPG based on the legendary Continent of MU.
Reus
Released: May 16, 2013
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
In Reus, you control powerful giants that help you shape the planet to your will.
Age of Empires: Online
Released: Aug 16, 2011
Critic rating: 68.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Age of Empires Online is a multiplayer online real-time strategy game developed by Robot Entertainment and Gas Powered Games, which released on August 16, 2011.
Transformice
Released: May 1, 2010
Critic rating: 69.0 / 100 • 42 votes
Genres: Platform, Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Transformice is a multiplayer game, where you are a small mouse out to get a cheese and bring the cheese back to the hole.
Heavenly Bodies
Released: Dec 7, 2021
Critic rating: 68.9 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Wrangle the hands and arms of a 1970s space cosmonaut and push, pull and twist your way through an increasingly precarious range of physically-simulated stellar scenarios, where without gravity, nothing is still, nothing is secure, and nothing is simple.
Dead by Daylight
Released: Jun 14, 2016
Critic rating: 67.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Strategy
Platforms: Google Stadia, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Trapped forever in a realm of eldritch evil where even death is not an escape, four determined Survivors face a bloodthirsty Killer in a vicious game of nerve and wits.
The Sims 3: Ambitions
Released: Jun 1, 2010
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Imagine a world where you can make your Sim anything they want to be.
Myst V: End of Ages
Released: Sep 20, 2005
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Myst V: End of Ages is a 2005 adventure video game, and the fifth and final installment in the Myst series.
Party Hard
Released: Aug 25, 2015
Critic rating: 68.9 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Party Hard is a tactical game about stopping parties.
Super Bomberman
Released: Apr 28, 1993
Critic rating: 68.7 / 100 • 57 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: Satellaview, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Legacy Mobile Device, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Super Bomberman is the first video game in the Bomberman series to appear on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
Monster Hunter Freedom
Released: Dec 1, 2005
Critic rating: 68.7 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Known as "Monster Hunter Portable" in Japan, Monster Hunter Freedom is essentially a PSP version of the preceding expansion to the original game, Monster Hunter G.
Five Nights at Freddy's
Released: Aug 8, 2014
Critic rating: 71.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Point-and-click, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
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!
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket
Released: Oct 27, 2024
Critic rating: 68.7 / 100 • 50 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket lets you easily collect Pokémon cards.
Worms Revolution
Released: Oct 9, 2012
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Worms Revolution is the latest game in the classic turn-based strategy series to come to the PC, featuring exciting new features and beautiful 3D graphics whilst retaining the classic 2D gameplay that fans love.
Fire Emblem Heroes
Released: Feb 2, 2017
Critic rating: 74.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Android, iOS, Legacy Mobile Device
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
"Take part in strategic turn-based battles streamlined for on-the-go play with maps that fit in the palm of your hand!
Star Control: Origins
Released: Sep 20, 2018
Critic rating: 69.8 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Star Control: Origins is a science fiction action-adventure game that combines planetary exploration, diplomacy with alien races, and one-on-one ship-to-ship space battles.