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Best Strategy games on PC
The 250 best Strategy games on PC, ranked from 15,094 critic and player ratings.
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 15,094 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Ranking, page 2
51
Desperados III
86
/100
52
S
Factorio
86
/100
53
B
Cities: Skylines
85
/100
54
Frostpunk
85
/100
55
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
85
/100
56
X-COM: UFO Defense
85
/100
57
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Winter Assault
85
/100
58
Europa Universalis IV
85
/100
59
S
Dispatch
85
/100
60
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
85
/100
61
SimCity 4
85
/100
62
Frozen Synapse
85
/100
63
Cookie Clicker
85
/100
64
StarCraft: Remastered
85
/100
65
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
84
/100
66
Portal Stories: Mel
84
/100
67
Lara Croft GO
84
/100
68
Civilization IV: Warlords
84
/100
69
Disciples II: Gallean's Return
84
/100
70
Darwinia
84
/100
71
The Movies
84
/100
72
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
84
/100
73
Hearts of Iron IV
84
/100
74
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
84
/100
75
Age of Empires
83
/100
76
D
Don't Starve Together
83
/100
77
This War of Mine
83
/100
78
Prison Architect
83
/100
79
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
83
/100
80
Planet Coaster
83
/100
81
Wargroove
83
/100
82
Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour
83
/100
83
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
83
/100
84
Anno 2070
83
/100
85
Angry Birds Space
83
/100
86
RollerCoaster Tycoon
83
/100
87
Anno 1800
83
/100
88
Sid Meier's Civilization II
82
/100
89
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
82
/100
90
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
82
/100
91
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
82
/100
92
ISLANDERS
82
/100
93
Halo Wars
82
/100
94
Bejeweled 3
82
/100
95
Anno 1404
82
/100
96
Tooth and Tail
82
/100
97
Command & Conquer Remastered Collection
82
/100
98
Meccha Chameleon
82
/100
99
Among Us
82
/100
100
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
81
/100
Desperados III
86
/100
52
S
Factorio
86
/100
53
B
Cities: Skylines
85
/100
54
Frostpunk
85
/100
55
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
85
/100
56
X-COM: UFO Defense
85
/100
57
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Winter Assault
85
/100
58
Europa Universalis IV
85
/100
59
S
Dispatch
85
/100
60
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
85
/100
61
SimCity 4
85
/100
62
Frozen Synapse
85
/100
63
Cookie Clicker
85
/100
64
StarCraft: Remastered
85
/100
65
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
84
/100
66
Portal Stories: Mel
84
/100
67
Lara Croft GO
84
/100
68
Civilization IV: Warlords
84
/100
69
Disciples II: Gallean's Return
84
/100
70
Darwinia
84
/100
71
The Movies
84
/100
72
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
84
/100
73
Hearts of Iron IV
84
/100
74
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
84
/100
75
Age of Empires
83
/100
76
D
Don't Starve Together
83
/100
77
This War of Mine
83
/100
78
Prison Architect
83
/100
79
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
83
/100
80
Planet Coaster
83
/100
81
Wargroove
83
/100
82
Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour
83
/100
83
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
83
/100
84
Anno 2070
83
/100
85
Angry Birds Space
83
/100
86
RollerCoaster Tycoon
83
/100
87
Anno 1800
83
/100
88
Sid Meier's Civilization II
82
/100
89
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
82
/100
90
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
82
/100
91
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
82
/100
92
ISLANDERS
82
/100
93
Halo Wars
82
/100
94
Bejeweled 3
82
/100
95
Anno 1404
82
/100
96
Tooth and Tail
82
/100
97
Command & Conquer Remastered Collection
82
/100
98
Meccha Chameleon
82
/100
99
Among Us
82
/100
100
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
81
/100