Best Strategy Games
1,192 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
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!
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.
Super Bomberman
Released: Apr 28, 1993
Critic rating: 69.0 / 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.
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.
This Is the Police 2
Released: Jul 31, 2018
Critic rating: 63.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie, Visual Novel
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Interpret the law as you see fit in This Is the Police 2, sequel to the acclaimed noir drama This Is the Police!
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.
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.
Company of Heroes 3
Released: Feb 23, 2023
Critic rating: 76.7 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The legendary strategy franchise is back!
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.
Town of Salem
Released: Dec 15, 2014
Critic rating: 68.6 / 100 • 57 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Web browser, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Town of Salem is a game that challenges players on their ability to convincingly lie as well as detect when other players are lying.
Anno 2205
Released: Nov 2, 2015
Critic rating: 62.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In Anno 2205, you join humankind‘s next step into the future with the promise to build a better tomorrow.
Sniper Elite V2 Remastered
Released: May 14, 2019
Critic rating: 68.8 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In the dark days of the end of World War 2 amidst the ruins of Berlin, one bullet can change history… Elite sniper Karl Fairburne returns to the front line in the remaster of this award-winning stealth-action experience.
Kingdoms and Castles
Released: Jul 20, 2017
Critic rating: 67.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Inspired by the SimCity series, Banished, and Stronghold, Kingdoms and Castles is a game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle.
Democracy 4
Released: Oct 6, 2020
Critic rating: 68.4 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...
Bodycam
Released: Jun 7, 2024
Critic rating: 68.4 / 100 • 21 votes
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer
Bodycam is an ultra-realistic multiplayer, first-person shooter game made using the latest technologies of the next-gen game engine Unreal Engine 5.
Cossacks: The Art of War
Released: Mar 31, 2002
Critic rating: 68.4 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Cossacks: The Art of War – continues the history of the great battles of XVII–XVIII centuries, and introduces five new campaigns, two nations, some new units and much more.
Madden NFL 21
Released: May 28, 2020
Critic rating: 67.2 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Go all out in Madden NFL 21 where a fearless new generation of rising NFL stars is poised to change the game.
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Released: Nov 1, 2011
Critic rating: 66.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North is a co-op Action RPG that immerses you and your friends in a brutal new chapter in the War of the Ring.