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Best Strategy games on PC
The 250 best Strategy games on PC, ranked from 24,427 critic and player ratings.
The best Strategy game on PC right now is Satisfactory, with a critic score of 95/100 — updated September 2026.
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 24,427 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Top 50
01
Satisfactory
Satisfactory is an FPS open-world factory building sim. You play as an engineer on an alien planet tasked to complete ‘Project Assembly’ - a massive machine for a mysterious purpose. Conquer nature, build multi-story factories, and automate to satisfaction!
95
/100
02
Company of Heroes
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.
95
/100
03
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
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 options
94
/100
Satisfactory
Satisfactory is an FPS open-world factory building sim. You play as an engineer on an alien planet tasked to complete ‘Project Assembly’ - a massive machine for a mysterious purpose. Conquer nature, build multi-story factories, and automate to satisfaction!
95
/100
02
Company of Heroes
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.
95
/100
03
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
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 options
94
/100
04
Command & Conquer
Experience the game that started it all! Enter a gritty, high-tech world and take advantage of electronic intelligence and covert surveillance to determine who reigns supreme. Join either the forces of the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) or the Brotherhood of Nod as you build bases, muster forces and dominate your enemies. All for the love of power. Play as the Brotherhood and obey the charismatic Kane’s every command or take control of GDI forces as they seek to save the world from Kane’s ambition. Gather Tiberium to produce tanks, infantry and more to decide the fate of the world.
94
/100
05
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
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.Play the story driven single player campaign, go online to play default- or custom maps against people around the world or create your own maps with the map creation tool.
93
/100
06
StarCraft II
93
/100
07
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is a Strategy video game published by Blizzard Entertainment released on 1995 for MS-DOS. Warcraft 2 is a successor of the popular Warcraft real-time strategy game. The game contains many improvements over the previous version in graphics, sounds and playability. The Multiplayer was also greatly improved allowing up to 8 players in the marvelous multiplayer skirmish.
92
/100
08
Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos
92
/100
09
D
Age of Empires II: Age of Kings
92
/100
10
Rome: Total War - Collection
92
/100
11
Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition
92
/100
12
Rise of Nations
92
/100
13
F
Dota 2
90
/100
14
Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
90
/100
15
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
90
/100
16
Empire: Total War
90
/100
17
Medieval II: Total War
90
/100
18
Theme Hospital
90
/100
19
MineSweeper (Microsoft)
90
/100
20
Dune II: Battle For Arrakis
90
/100
21
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
90
/100
22
S
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
89
/100
23
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
89
/100
24
Monument Valley
89
/100
25
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
89
/100
26
Sid Meier's Civilization
89
/100
27
StarCraft
88
/100
28
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
88
/100
29
Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne
88
/100
30
Medieval II: Total War
88
/100
31
ROME: Total War
88
/100
32
Total War: Shogun 2
88
/100
33
StarСraft II: Legacy of the Void
88
/100
34
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
87
/100
35
RimWorld
87
/100
36
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
87
/100
37
Orcs Must Die! Unchained
87
/100
38
A
World of Goo
87
/100
39
S
Sid Meier's Civilization V
87
/100
40
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
86
/100
41
Baba Is You
86
/100
42
Oxygen Not Included
86
/100
43
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition
86
/100
44
XCOM: Enemy Within
86
/100
45
Total War: WARHAMMER II
86
/100
46
Supreme Commander
86
/100
47
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge
86
/100
48
Homeworld Remastered Collection
86
/100
49
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
86
/100
50
Overcooked! All You Can Eat
86
/100
Command & Conquer
Experience the game that started it all! Enter a gritty, high-tech world and take advantage of electronic intelligence and covert surveillance to determine who reigns supreme. Join either the forces of the Global Defense Initiative (GDI) or the Brotherhood of Nod as you build bases, muster forces and dominate your enemies. All for the love of power. Play as the Brotherhood and obey the charismatic Kane’s every command or take control of GDI forces as they seek to save the world from Kane’s ambition. Gather Tiberium to produce tanks, infantry and more to decide the fate of the world.
94
/100
05
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
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.Play the story driven single player campaign, go online to play default- or custom maps against people around the world or create your own maps with the map creation tool.
93
/100
06
StarCraft II
93
/100
07
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is a Strategy video game published by Blizzard Entertainment released on 1995 for MS-DOS. Warcraft 2 is a successor of the popular Warcraft real-time strategy game. The game contains many improvements over the previous version in graphics, sounds and playability. The Multiplayer was also greatly improved allowing up to 8 players in the marvelous multiplayer skirmish.
92
/100
08
Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos
92
/100
09
D
Age of Empires II: Age of Kings
92
/100
10
Rome: Total War - Collection
92
/100
11
Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition
92
/100
12
Rise of Nations
92
/100
13
F
Dota 2
90
/100
14
Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
90
/100
15
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
90
/100
16
Empire: Total War
90
/100
17
Medieval II: Total War
90
/100
18
Theme Hospital
90
/100
19
MineSweeper (Microsoft)
90
/100
20
Dune II: Battle For Arrakis
90
/100
21
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
90
/100
22
S
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
89
/100
23
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
89
/100
24
Monument Valley
89
/100
25
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
89
/100
26
Sid Meier's Civilization
89
/100
27
StarCraft
88
/100
28
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI
88
/100
29
Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne
88
/100
30
Medieval II: Total War
88
/100
31
ROME: Total War
88
/100
32
Total War: Shogun 2
88
/100
33
StarСraft II: Legacy of the Void
88
/100
34
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
87
/100
35
RimWorld
87
/100
36
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
87
/100
37
Orcs Must Die! Unchained
87
/100
38
A
World of Goo
87
/100
39
S
Sid Meier's Civilization V
87
/100
40
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
86
/100
41
Baba Is You
86
/100
42
Oxygen Not Included
86
/100
43
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition
86
/100
44
XCOM: Enemy Within
86
/100
45
Total War: WARHAMMER II
86
/100
46
Supreme Commander
86
/100
47
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge
86
/100
48
Homeworld Remastered Collection
86
/100
49
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
86
/100
50
Overcooked! All You Can Eat
86
/100
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Strategy game on PC?
Satisfactory currently tops the ranking with a score of 95/100 across 355 ratings. Ranking updated September 2026.
How is this ranking built?
Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.