Best Competitive Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated competitive games.

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Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe takes the classic game of Tic-Tac-Toe and adds a strategic layer to it. Game modes: classic, classic forget, ultimate, ultimate forget, ultimate forget total.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 28 Apr 2015
Koi-Koi Japan [Hanafuda playing cards] "Hanafuda" is a traditional Japanese card game. Now you can enjoy "Koi Koi," its most well-known variation, in a purely Japanese milieu with elegant and refined graphics. Online Multiplayer!!

Price -90% 1.00€
Rating 8.7
Release 27 Apr 2015
Dungeons 2 The Dungeon Lord is back – and this time he’s serious! In Dungeons 2, fulfil the Dungeon Lord’s insatiable quest for vengeance by recruiting fearsome new monsters from all corners of the underworld in order to undertake his evil bidding.

Price -96% 0.83€
Rating 7.9
Release 24 Apr 2015
Mortal Kombat X Experience the Next Generation of the #1 Fighting Franchise. Mortal Kombat X combines unparalleled, cinematic presentation with all new gameplay.

Price -96% 0.89€
Rating 8.4
Release 13 Apr 2015
Primal Carnage: Extinction Hunt humans, slay dinosaurs. It's chaotic prehistoric PvP, pick a side. Think fast, or you're extinct!

Price -70% 3.94€
Rating 8.1
Release 03 Apr 2015
DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Last Round: Core Fighters The free version of the final word in fighting entertainment - DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Last Round!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.8
Release 30 Mar 2015
THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002 UNLIMITED MATCH KOF 2002 UM is the 2nd title in the UM Series and a fully upgraded ver. of KOF 2002, a masterpiece of the KOF Series deserving its place of honor alongside KOF ’98. Based on THE NESTS CHRONICLES, 2002 UM includes the most characters of any title in the KOF Series, and fighting game history!

Price -74% 3.99€
Rating 9.1
Release 27 Feb 2015
Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat Battle other 2D stickfigures online while jumping around like a lunatic and getting blown up into smithereens. With over 70 weapons, Boring Man is the most chaotic and hilarious 2D online shooter on the internet.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 20 Feb 2015
Robot Roller-Derby Disco Dodgeball A futuresport FPS where you race around a skate park / dance club and nail each other with dodgeball trick shots. Singleplayer + Local Multiplayer + Online Multiplayer with 27 different objective-based game modes...or create your own!

Price -89% 1.18€
Rating 8.9
Release 19 Feb 2015
Grey Goo Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.

Price -78% 6.28€
Rating 6.6
Release 23 Jan 2015
THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION After “KOF '98”, often praised by the fans as the best installment in the “KOF” series, and “KOF ’98 UM” 10 years later, “KOF ’98” returns now on the Steam PC gaming platform in an ultimate and final version with THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION

Price -85% 2.26€
Rating 8.7
Release 16 Dec 2014
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend The second entry in the critically acclaimed BlazBlue franchise, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend adds a number of gameplay modes, story scenarios, new moves, and an all-new playable character to further enhance the BlazBlue experience and solidify its status as one of the all-time great 2D fighters

Price -94% 1.36€
Rating 8.6
Release 11 Dec 2014
Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest Galcon 2 is a demolition derby in space! Send swarms of ships from planet to planet to conquer the galaxy in this fast paced multiplayer strategy game!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.9
Release 05 Dec 2014
STARWHAL The local multi-player space narwhal fighting game that has rocked the internet is finally ready for its big debut in a fully loaded release! Flop it out with 1-4 players in a retro, epic narwhal battle in space! The heart-piercing action is furious and unrelenting. STARWHAL will change your life.

Price -88% 1.20€
Rating 8.4
Release 29 Sep 2014
Quake Live Experience the most exciting and fast-paced FPS gameplay while competing with players from around the world in over 100 arenas, a dozen game modes, and with persistent career stats tracking, in this online features-focused successor to Quake III Arena.

Price -78% 2.26€
Rating 8.5
Release 17 Sep 2014
SPACECOM SPACECOM – a strategic-to-the-bone, starfleet command game in which deception, smart movement, and choices to battle decide victory or defeat.

Price -95% 0.59€
Rating 6.6
Release 17 Sep 2014
Infinity Wars: Animated Trading Card Game Outplay your opponent with simultaneous turns and commander-driven deck-building in a fully free-to-play PvP experience. Build your deck from 1000+ cards across 8 unique factions, and face opponents on a truly level playing field. In Infinity Wars, skill is the only factor that determines victory!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.5
Release 05 Sep 2014
Lethal League Lethal League is a competitive projectile fighting game where you have to hit an anti-gravity ball into the face of your opponent to win. The ball speeds up with every strike, up to explosively extreme velocities. Play intense local matches with friends and foes, challenge yourself in the singleplayer mode or battle it out online.

Price -48% 6.29€
Rating 9.1
Release 27 Aug 2014
Ultra Street Fighter® IV The world’s greatest fighting game evolves to a whole new level with Ultra Street Fighter IV.

Price -98% 0.67€
Rating 8.8
Release 07 Aug 2014
Mount Your Friends Experience the extreme simulated sporting sensation that's sweeping our digital nation! Mount Your Friends is a fiercely competitive sporting event for you to play with your friends in the contextual security of your own home, assuming that your home is not composed of sexual innuendo.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 29 Jul 2014
Murder Miners The #1 rated Xbox Live Indie Game. Halo-inspired. Destructible/constructible environments. Vehicles. Zombie survival. Hookshots. Infection mode: Be the zombie & eat the dead to level up your zombie abilities. Community playdates are still hosted every week, join us!

Price 2.39€
Rating 8.4
Release 25 Jul 2014
Blade Symphony Prove you are the world's greatest swordsman! Engage in tactical 1 vs. 1 sword fighting, 2 vs. 2, or sandbox FFA, or capture Control Points in a tactical slash-em-up.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.5
Release 07 May 2014
Trials Fusion™ Trials Fusion is the gold-standard platform racer for the next-generation of gaming. Built upon the Trials franchise’s proven gameplay foundations, Fusion challenges players endlessly in both classic and all-new ways.

Price 19.99€
Rating 6.6
Release 24 Apr 2014
Call of Duty®: Ghosts Outnumbered and outgunned, but not outmatched.Call of Duty®: Ghosts is an extraordinary step forward for one of the largest entertainment franchises of all-time. This new chapter in the Call of Duty® franchise features a new dynamic where players are on the side of a crippled nation fighting not for freedom, or liberty, but simply to...

Price 59.99€
Rating 6.4
Release 25 Mar 2014

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