Discover the top strategy games of 2025, from epic 4X empire builders to innovative indie releases.

Strategy games can struggle to find an audience, but one free-to-play title still has extremely dedicated fans even decades ...

It's been nearly a decade since Starcraft 2's last DLC, and 15 years since the base game launched. In the time since, there have been plenty of great entries to the RTS genre, like Dune: Spice Wars, ...

Traditional strategy games feature single-player campaigns & multiplayer components. Sandbox gameplay is increasingly popular in strategy games like RimWorld & Kenshi. Unique strategy games like ...

In the years since StarCraft launched, we've had one real-time strategy after another trying to crack the genre open for new audiences. But there's been very little attempt made to wrest away those ...

Uncapped Games showed off gameplay for Battle Aces, its action real-time strategy (RTS) game for PC and is launching a new closed beta test. The company’s ambition is to unlock the core fun of RTS ...

Anthony is a writer who's worked in the games industry for four years. He's a competitive gamer with a soft spot for retro titles. Anthony enjoys speedrunning a few titles, but Simpson's Hit & Run is ...

Some strategy games, like Quasimorph, offer immediately challenging gameplay with little room for easy victories. Games like XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Darkest Dungeon ...

While Battlestar Galactica Deadlock no longer sits in the exclusive club that is our best turn-based strategy games list, it's still one of the finest interactive takes on the iconic sci-fi universe.

Strategy games are very fun to play, but sadly, many titles are only available from second-hand sellers these days. Here are a few of them.