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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11
Total War: Shogun 2 (2011)
Simulation
Strategy
Turn-Based Strategy (TBS)
Real-Time Strategy (RTS)
PC (Windows)
Mac
Linux
In Total War: Shogun 2 you choose from one of 9 (10 with Ikko-Ikki dlc) clans, each with their own unique traits and skills and each with their own RPG-style warlord to lead them.
12
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.
13
Company of Heroes (2006)
Strategy
Real-Time Strategy (RTS)
Action
PC (Windows)
iOS (iPhone and iPad)
Command the company that changed the face of history! Battle your way across Europe as your troops make intuitive use of the terrain and buildings for cover and mount attacks on an equally intelligent enemy. Your Mission. Your Men. Your Decisions.
14
God of War (2005)
Strategy
Action
Adventure
Logic / Puzzle
PlayStation 2
Similar to franchises like Devil May Cry, Rygar, and Castlevania, the game draws its inspiration from ancient Greek mythology and boasts a heavy emphasis on exploration and battle strategy.
15
The Swapper (2013)
Strategy
Action
Adventure
Logic / Puzzle
Platformer
PC (Windows)
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Wii U
PlayStation 3
PlayStation Vita
Mac
Linux
The Swapper is a short puzzle platformer where you must complete every puzzle and collect 124 orbs, in groups of 3 and 9 later on, to complete the game.
16
Empire: Total War (2009)
Strategy
Turn-Based Strategy (TBS)
Real-Time Strategy (RTS)
Grand Strategy (4X)
PC (Windows)
Mac
Linux
Empire: Total War introduces a host of revolutionary new features, including true 3D naval combat.
17
Strategy
Real-Time Strategy (RTS)
PC (Windows)
PlayStation 2
Mac
Take control of a powerful civilization. Lead them through 1000 years of the Middle Ages to riches and greatness. Will you Intimidate the world into following you by using military force?
18
Total War: Warhammer II (2017)
Strategy
Real-Time Strategy (RTS)
Action
PC (Windows)
Mac
Linux
Total War: Warhammer II is a strategy game of titanic proportions. Choose from four unique, varied factions and wage war your way, mounting a campaign of conquest to save or destroy a vast and vivid fantasy world.
19
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (2010)
Simulation
Strategy
Action
Shooter
Adventure
PC (Windows)
iOS (iPhone and iPad)
PlayStation 3
Xbox 360
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.
20
Sid Meier's Civilization IV (2005)
Simulation
Strategy
Turn-Based Strategy (TBS)
Grand Strategy (4X)
PC (Windows)
Mac
Sid Meier and Firaxis Games will take this incredibly fun and addictive game to new heights by adding new ways to play and win, new tools to manage and expand your civilization, all-new easy to use mod capabilities and intense multiplayer modes and o
