Best Strategy Games
1,192 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Massive Chalice
Released: Jun 1, 2015
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Massive Chalice is a single player turn-based tactics game within a multi-generational strategy campaign where you must unite your kingdom under a powerful dynasty as an immortal King or Queen to eliminate the demonic threat, and reforge the Massive Chalice.
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.
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.
Magicka: Wizard Wars
Released: May 27, 2014
Critic rating: 68.0 / 100
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer
Magicka: Wizard Wars is a sandbox action PvP game that utilizes the humor and dynamic spellcasting system of Magicka, tasking players to form teams of four and blaze their way across the battlefield together, combining elements to cast hundreds of different spells to generate a broad variety of offensive and defensive effects.
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.
Age of War
Released: Oct 31, 2007
Critic rating: 64.6 / 100 • 22 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 • 76 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.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Released: Aug 6, 2013
Critic rating: 69.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear.
The Sims Castaway Stories
Released: Jan 29, 2008
Critic rating: 65.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Help your Sims thrive and survive when they wash ashore on an uncharted island.
The Sims: Unleashed
Released: Sep 23, 2002
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
The Sims: Unleashed is the fifth expansion pack for The Sims, designed to offer truly lively animal friends, with all the fun and responsibility that comes with pet ownership.
Dota Underlords
Released: Jun 20, 2019
Critic rating: 64.1 / 100 • 73 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Tactical, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In Dota Underlords, strategic decisions matter more than twitch reflexes.