Best Strategy Games
1,192 Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Cult of the Lamb
Released: Aug 11, 2022
Critic rating: 88.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, 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, Split screen
Cult of the Lamb casts players in the role of a possessed lamb saved from annihilation by an ominous stranger, and must repay their debt by building a loyal following in his name.
Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
Released: Oct 20, 2022
Critic rating: 88.5 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Team up with Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, Rabbid Peach, Rabbid Luigi, and their friends on a galactic journey to defeat a malevolent entity and save your Spark companions.
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Released: Jul 31, 1998
Critic rating: 84.5 / 100 • 224 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Engage in the ultimate battle of wits and wills with the most ruthless military force in history.
Wildermyth
Released: Jun 15, 2021
Critic rating: 89.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Wildermyth is a character-driven, procedurally-generated tactical RPG.
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Released: Dec 6, 2016
Critic rating: 86.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Skillfully hide from and sneak past the enemies fields of view, take their formations apart and hide their bodies to cover your tracks.
Portal Stories: Mel
Released: Jul 25, 2015
Critic rating: 84.4 / 100 • 62 votes
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
Portal Stories: Mel is a community made, free modification for Portal 2 based in the Portal universe.
Wasteland 3
Released: Aug 27, 2020
Critic rating: 87.1 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
As the sole survivor of Team November, a Ranger squad dispatched to the icy Colorado wastes, you find this is a land of buried secrets, lost technology, fearsome lunatics, and deadly factions.
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance
Released: Mar 26, 2015
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 4
Game modes: Single player
Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance is a tactical role-playing video game.
Darkest Dungeon II
Released: May 8, 2023
Critic rating: 83.2 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The eagerly awaited follow-up to Red Hook's smash hit gothic horror RPG!
Football Manager 2016
Released: Nov 13, 2015
Critic rating: 83.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Simulator, Sport, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Football Manager is the most realistic, in-depth and immersive football management simulation available – it’s the closest thing to doing the job for real.
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire
Released: Nov 21, 2014
Critic rating: 88.3 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
During your adventure, you will battle Team Magma in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Team Aqua in Pokémon Alpha Sapphire.
Praetorians
Released: Feb 28, 2003
Critic rating: 83.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Your destiny awaits you on the battlefield.
Mini Motorways
Released: Sep 19, 2019
Critic rating: 85.8 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Puzzle, Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Mini Motorways is a strategy simulation game about designing the road map for a growing city.
Satisfactory
Released: Sep 10, 2024
Critic rating: 95.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Satisfactory is a first-person factory simulation game set on an alien planet.
Command & Conquer Remastered Collection
Released: Jun 5, 2020
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Contains the complete Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert games, plus all three expansion packs (Covert Operations, Counterstrike, and The Aftermath), completely remastered music and graphics, UI improvements, and tons of bonus features and improvements.
Transistor
Released: May 20, 2014
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Adventure, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Transistor is an action role-playing game presented from an isometric perspective.
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
Released: Mar 16, 2010
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening is the only expansion for Dragon Age: Origins.
Inscryption
Released: Oct 19, 2021
Critic rating: 82.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Puzzle, Strategy, Adventure, Indie, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie.
Command & Conquer
Released: Sep 26, 1995
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100 • 340 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Experience the game that started it all!
Diablo
Released: Dec 31, 1996
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100 • 607 votes
Rating: M
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative, Split screen
Diablo is an isometric strategy RPG and one of the most well-known examples of the action-RPG subgenre.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Released: Mar 2, 2010
Critic rating: 87.2 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Shooter, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 brings the award-winning Battlefield gameplay to the forefront of PC gaming with best-in-class vehicular combat and unexpected "Battlefield moments." New vehicles like the ATV and a transport helicopter allow for all-new multiplayer tactics on the Battlefield. With the Frostbite-enabled Destruction 2.0 system, you can take down entire buildings and create your own fire points by blasting holes through cover. You can also compete in four-player teams in two squad-only game modes, fighting together to unlock exclusive awards and achievements. Battles are set across expansive maps, each with a different tactical focus. The game also sees the return of the B Company squad in a more mature single-player campaign.
Empire: Total War
Released: Mar 3, 2009
Critic rating: 89.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Empire: Total War introduces a host of revolutionary new features, including true 3D naval combat.
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
Released: Jun 21, 2001
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100 • 93 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
A storm of chaos and destruction thunders across the Sword Coast.
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Firestorm
Released: Mar 7, 2000
Critic rating: 83.9 / 100 • 50 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Firestorm is the official Expansion pack for Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and was released in March 2000 by Westwood Studios.
Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
Released: Feb 13, 2019
Critic rating: 85.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In Gathering Storm, the second expansion to Civilization VI, the world around you is more alive than ever before.