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Best Strategy games in 2026
The 250 best Strategy games, ranked from 9,478 critic and player ratings.
Also covers 4x, moba, real time strategy, real-time strategy, rts, tactical.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Each game is ranked in one genre only, the one that defines it best, so the same title never tops two different genre charts.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 9,478 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Ranking, page 5
201
Hogs of War
74
/100
202
Surviving Mars
74
/100
203
Organ Trail: Director's Cut
73
/100
204
MASSIVE CHALICE
73
/100
205
Project Highrise
73
/100
206
Domina
73
/100
207
Turmoil
73
/100
208
Worms Blast
73
/100
209
A
R.E.P.O.
73
/100
210
Hexcells
73
/100
211
Dr. Mario
72
/100
212
A
Dead by Daylight
72
/100
213
Hitman GO: Definitive Edition
72
/100
214
Neighbours from Hell
72
/100
215
Dawn of Discovery
72
/100
216
Skulls of the Shogun
72
/100
217
Worms 3D
72
/100
218
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
72
/100
219
Cities in Motion 2
72
/100
220
Anno 2205
72
/100
221
MouseCraft
72
/100
222
Five Nights at Freddy's
72
/100
223
Hexcells Plus
72
/100
224
SimCity 2000
71
/100
225
Warlock - Master of the Arcane
71
/100
226
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
71
/100
227
Plants vs. Zombies
71
/100
228
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
70
/100
229
Ultimate Custom Night
70
/100
230
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
70
/100
231
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
70
/100
232
Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East
70
/100
233
Bad North
70
/100
234
Democracy 3
70
/100
235
Commandos 3: Destination Berlin
70
/100
236
Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation
70
/100
237
Neighbours from Hell: Revenge Is a Sweet Game
69
/100
238
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
69
/100
239
Farming Simulator 17
69
/100
240
D
Phasmophobia
69
/100
241
Banished
68
/100
242
Farming Simulator 19
68
/100
243
Age of Empires II HD
68
/100
244
911 Operator
68
/100
245
Five Nights at Freddy's 3
68
/100
246
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
68
/100
247
Nova-111
68
/100
248
Lemmings
68
/100
249
This is the Police
66
/100
250
Worms Ultimate Mayhem
66
/100
Hogs of War
74
/100
202
Surviving Mars
74
/100
203
Organ Trail: Director's Cut
73
/100
204
MASSIVE CHALICE
73
/100
205
Project Highrise
73
/100
206
Domina
73
/100
207
Turmoil
73
/100
208
Worms Blast
73
/100
209
A
R.E.P.O.
73
/100
210
Hexcells
73
/100
211
Dr. Mario
72
/100
212
A
Dead by Daylight
72
/100
213
Hitman GO: Definitive Edition
72
/100
214
Neighbours from Hell
72
/100
215
Dawn of Discovery
72
/100
216
Skulls of the Shogun
72
/100
217
Worms 3D
72
/100
218
Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp
72
/100
219
Cities in Motion 2
72
/100
220
Anno 2205
72
/100
221
MouseCraft
72
/100
222
Five Nights at Freddy's
72
/100
223
Hexcells Plus
72
/100
224
SimCity 2000
71
/100
225
Warlock - Master of the Arcane
71
/100
226
Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War
71
/100
227
Plants vs. Zombies
71
/100
228
Planetary Annihilation: TITANS
70
/100
229
Ultimate Custom Night
70
/100
230
Assassin's Creed III: Liberation
70
/100
231
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
70
/100
232
Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East
70
/100
233
Bad North
70
/100
234
Democracy 3
70
/100
235
Commandos 3: Destination Berlin
70
/100
236
Neighbours from Hell 2: On Vacation
70
/100
237
Neighbours from Hell: Revenge Is a Sweet Game
69
/100
238
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
69
/100
239
Farming Simulator 17
69
/100
240
D
Phasmophobia
69
/100
241
Banished
68
/100
242
Farming Simulator 19
68
/100
243
Age of Empires II HD
68
/100
244
911 Operator
68
/100
245
Five Nights at Freddy's 3
68
/100
246
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
68
/100
247
Nova-111
68
/100
248
Lemmings
68
/100
249
This is the Police
66
/100
250
Worms Ultimate Mayhem
66
/100