Best Strategy Games
1,169 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Drakengard 3
Released: Dec 19, 2013
Critic rating: 56.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player
Drakengard 3 transports players to a medieval world where six goddess-like sisters known as "Intoners" have brought peace to the earth with their power to manipulate magic through song.
Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder
Released: Aug 28, 2017
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
The greatest "giant rocks rolling through historical/artistic ages" tower defense game is back with Rock of Ages II: Bigger and Boulder.
Boom Beach
Released: Mar 26, 2014
Critic rating: 65.3 / 100 • 24 votes
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Multiplayer
Storm the beach and win the day!
SimCity
Released: Mar 5, 2013
Critic rating: 60.1 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
This is a new SimCity that delivers unprecedented depth of simulation.
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
Released: Oct 30, 2012
Critic rating: 69.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation Vita
Game modes: Single player
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation is a PlayStation Vita game released on October 30, 2012.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
Released: Mar 12, 2009
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Red Alert 3: Uprising features four new mini-campaigns, giving players a deeper dive into the storyline's of the Soviets, the Allies, the Empire of the Rising Sun and a unique campaign centered on the origins of everyone’s favorite psionic Japanese schoolgirl commando, Yuriko Omega.
This Is the Police
Released: Jul 27, 2016
Critic rating: 60.6 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Jack Boyd, beloved police chief of Freeburg, has 180 days before he's forced to retire.
Sanctum
Released: Apr 15, 2011
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
An inventive tower defense/ first person shooter hybrid that pits elite soldier Skye against various forms of alien life on a small set of unique maps.
Pacify
Released: Feb 22, 2019
Critic rating: 65.1 / 100 • 75 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
An indie, multiplayer, horror game with fast paced game play for up to 4 players.
Conqueror's Blade
Released: May 30, 2019
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100 • 29 votes
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Master the art of medieval warcraft in this free-to-play tactical action MMO.
Worms: Ultimate Mayhem
Released: Sep 28, 2011
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Worms: Ultimate Mayhem is a 3D turn-based strategy game featuring content from both Worms 3D and Worms 4: Mayhem.
The Sims 3: Showtime
Released: Mar 6, 2012
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Live the rags to riches story with your Sims while connected to your friends with The Sims 3: Showtime.
Tenchu Z
Released: Oct 5, 2006
Critic rating: 55.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Tenchu Z is an action-adventure stealth video game.
The Witcher: Adventure Game
Released: Nov 27, 2014
Critic rating: 73.7 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Quiz/Trivia, Adventure
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Witcher Adventure Game takes players on a journey across the world of The Witcher as they assume the roles of four distinct characters known from the books and video games: Geralt of Rivia, Triss Merigold, Yarpen Zigrin and Dandelion.
Code Name S.T.E.A.M.
Released: Mar 13, 2015
Critic rating: 68.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player
Launch S.T.E.A.M., an elite team of steam-powered special-forces soldiers, to save the world from an alien menace.
Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator
Released: Oct 25, 2016
Critic rating: 62.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
The parrot is back from the dead bringing countless new insults for your disposal, Sir!
Age of War
Released: Oct 31, 2007
Critic rating: 64.6 / 100 • 21 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Web browser, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
In this game, you start at the caveman age, then evolve!
Rise of Industry
Released: May 2, 2019
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Rise of Industry is a strategic tycoon game that puts you in the shoes of an early 20th-century industrialist.
Last Day on Earth: Survival
Released: May 25, 2017
Critic rating: 64.5 / 100 • 33 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Last Day on Earth is a free multiplayer zombie survival strategy game, where all survivors are driven by one target: stay alive and survive as long as you can and shoot walking dead zombies.
Bomberman
Released: Dec 20, 1985
Critic rating: 57.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Strategy, Arcade
Platforms: Family Computer Disk System, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System
Game modes: Single player
Bomberman is a robot engaged in the production of bombs.
Heroes of Might and Magic V: Hammers of Fate
Released: Nov 14, 2006
Critic rating: 50.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Take part in a thrilling new adventure in the world of Ashan with the Hammers of Fate expansion.
Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road
Released: Mar 20, 2007
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The plot of "Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai - Another Road" is a brand-new story revolving around Majin Buu being released in Future Trunks' Alternate Timeline.
Zoo Tycoon
Released: Nov 22, 2013
Critic rating: 62.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Zoo Tycoon is a business simulation video game developed by Frontier Developments and published by Microsoft Studios.
The Sims: House Party
Released: Mar 26, 2001
Critic rating: 64.3 / 100 • 26 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The Sims: House Party is the second expansion pack for The Sims and is all about, well, parties.
Free Fire
Released: Dec 4, 2017
Critic rating: 64.3 / 100 • 75 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Strategy
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Multiplayer, Battle Royale
Free Fire is the ultimate survival shooter game available on mobile.