Top 100 Best Strategy Games
A hundred of the best real-time strategy (RTS) and turn-based strategy (TBS) games that have been picked out based on user scores, critic reviews, and worldwide popularity.
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1
Overwatch (2016)
Strategy
Action
Shooter
PC (Windows)
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
Join the fight for the future in the world of Overwatch and choose your hero from a diverse cast of soldiers, scientists, adventurers, and oddities. Bend time, defy physics, and unleash a dizzying array of extraordinary powers and weapons.
2
Strategy
Real-Time Strategy (RTS)
Action
PC (Windows)
Mac
In the distant future, in the darkest reaches of space, the ghosts of the past whisper your name. You are Jim Raynor, a marshal-turned-rebel on a vigilante crusade to bring down the Dominion and its nefarious leader, Arcturus Mengsk.
3
Sid Meier's Civilization V (2010)
Simulation
Strategy
Turn-Based Strategy (TBS)
Grand Strategy (4X)
PC (Windows)
Mac
Linux
Sid Meier's Civilization V is a turn-based strategy game where the player leads a civilization from the stone-age all the way to future tech, there is more than one way to win, achieving one of a number of different victory conditions through re
4
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (2002)
Strategy
Real-Time Strategy (RTS)
PC (Windows)
Mac
Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos is an RTS made by Blizzard Entertainment. Take control of either the Humans, the Orcs, the Night Elves or the Undead, all with different unit types and heroes with unique abilities.
5
Sid Meier's Civilization VI (2016)
Simulation
Strategy
Turn-Based Strategy (TBS)
Grand Strategy (4X)
PC (Windows)
PlayStation 4
iOS (iPhone and iPad)
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
Mac
Linux
Civilization is a turn-based strategy game in which you attempt to build an empire to stand the test of time. Become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the Stone Age to the Information Age.
6
Hearthstone (2014)
Strategy
Turn-Based Strategy (TBS)
Card / Digital Board
PC (Windows)
Android
iOS (iPhone and iPad)
Mac
Sheathe your sword, draw your deck, and get ready for Hearthstone - the fast paced strategy card game that's easy to learn and massively fun. Start a free game on Battle.
7
L.A. Noire (2011)
Strategy
Action
Adventure
PC (Windows)
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
SteamVR
L.A. Noire is a neo-noir detective action-adventure video game developed by Team Bondi and published by Rockstar Games.
8
Plants vs. Zombies (2009)
Simulation
Strategy
Real-Time Strategy (RTS)
Action
Logic / Puzzle
PC (Windows)
Android
iOS (iPhone and iPad)
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Vita
Xbox 360
Mac
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Plants vs. Zombies is a tower defense video game developed and published by PopCap Games.
9
World in Conflict (2007)
Strategy
Real-Time Strategy (RTS)
PC (Windows)
World War III rages and a Soviet-led army has launched a surprise attack on the U.S.A. Command your troops into fast-paced battles fought on a fully destructible battle-field. Strategy meets intense action in this epic clash of Super Powers!
10
Cities: Skylines (2015)
Simulation
Strategy
PC (Windows)
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Xbox One
Xbox Series X
Mac
Linux
Google Stadia
Cities: Skylines is a modern take on the classic city simulation genre.
