Best Strategy Games on Steam

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

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SWAT 3: Tactical Game of the Year Edition Uncompromised duty, honor and valor.

Price 9.99€
Rating 6.3
Release 18 Apr 2017
ONRAID Onraid is a challenging 2D shooter game, where you are free to develop your own play style and tactics to destroy your enemies.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.3
Release 18 Apr 2017
KROSMAGA Krosmaga is a game of skill where the Twelve Gods of the Krosmoz universe settle their differences by pitting creatures, mortals, and demi-gods against each other in a battle of truly epic proportions!

Price Free to play
Rating 7.2
Release 12 Apr 2017
A Rose in the Twilight A girl awakens in a castle void of color and time, affixed with the Curse of Thorns upon her back. After meeting a sleeping giant, the two work together to escape. Help them unravel the mystery of the thorns and the history behind the somber castle.

Price -81% 3.97€
Rating 8.0
Release 11 Apr 2017
Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition Uncover secrets of past lives in this story-rich, tactical roleplaying game set in Sigil, a dark fantasy city at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse. Explore the planes, survive combat alongside a party of bizarre companions, and solve puzzles unlike any ever seen in the genre.

Price -93% 1.48€
Rating 9.1
Release 11 Apr 2017
White Noise 2 Enjoy a 4vs1 asymmetric horror experience like no other. Be a part of the investigator team, or take control of the creature and devour them!

Price -83% 1.79€
Rating 7.7
Release 07 Apr 2017
Shardbound: Forge Your Path, Master Your Strategy Shardbound brings fast, fun, and tactical card strategy to the table! Build your deck, take control of the board, and face off in exciting battles that are as unpredictable as they are action-packed.

Price Free to play
Rating 7.0
Release 06 Apr 2017
Weed Shop 2 Weed Shop 2 is a first person recreational Marijuana dispensary simulator where you'll get to grow the hottest strains, expand your business, hire employees and much more!

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.2
Release 30 Mar 2017
Fallout Shelter Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from Vault-Tec. Build the perfect Vault, keep your Dwellers happy, and protect them from the dangers of the Wasteland.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.7
Release 29 Mar 2017
Bomb Squad Academy Save the world one wire at a time with Bomb Squad Academy, a puzzle game where you have to defuse bombs under a time constraint.

Price 4.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 27 Mar 2017
Therian Saga Therian Saga is a MMORPG that tries to stand out of the crowd by offering a compelling storytelling surrounded by a massive mathematical set of rules that define the world your hero will evolve in. It could be said that it borrows elements from old-time MUD games, strategy games and even tabletops RPG.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.8
Release 27 Mar 2017
Has-Been Heroes Has-Been Heroes is a challenging, lane-based roguelike game of strategy and action, featuring a band of heroes on a quest to escort the King's twin princesses to school!

Price -88% 2.46€
Rating 7.2
Release 27 Mar 2017
Battle Brothers Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.

Price -86% 4.49€
Rating 8.6
Release 24 Mar 2017
Afghanistan '11 Afghanistan '11 is the sequel to the highly praised and innovative Vietnam '65. It enhances and builds on it: Afghanistan '11 changes the paradigm of wargaming and manages to bring Counter-Insurgency and guerrilla warfare to your screen, properly represented thanks to a revolutionary gameplay formula!

Price -75% 7.49€
Rating 7.0
Release 23 Mar 2017
Train Mechanic Simulator 2017 Take your opportunity as real Train Mechanic. Find locomotives around game world that needs your help and repair them in one of 3 workshops localized in huge 25 km2 open world. You will be face all types of damages in all genres of trains: Diesel, Electric and even Old-School Steam units.

Price -75% 1.64€
Rating 6.5
Release 23 Mar 2017
Monster Slayers Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.

Price -96% 0.24€
Rating 7.6
Release 23 Mar 2017
Day of Infamy Experience close-quarters battles in iconic WWII settings. Defend the line, storm the beach, torch the enemy, or use a radio to call in fire support. Day of Infamy is a teamwork-oriented shooter that will keep you on your toes and coming back for more with its diverse game modes and authentic arsenal.

Price -90% 1.36€
Rating 8.1
Release 23 Mar 2017
Crisis in the Kremlin Don’t let the Soviet Union collapse, and fall in the darkness of history or lead the Union by a new path – democracy and free market! But before you decide something, think – wouldn’t it cause more harm than good?

Price -60% 1.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 20 Mar 2017
Cosmic Express Plan the train route for the universe's most awkward space colony!

Price -98% 0.39€
Rating 8.6
Release 16 Mar 2017
Pastelia Stories "Pastelia Stories" is a turn-based JRPG. You will be summoned into Pastelia world, and here begins your wonderful journey. Explore big world just like you want, pick any out of 30 companions, chose one of the story lines and factions to find your way back home.

Price 9.99€
Rating 6.2
Release 16 Mar 2017
Codex of Victory In this sci-fi turn-based strategy with real-time base-building elements, you’ll be defending human territories against the transhuman Augments. Expand your HQ, and manufacture and upgrade an army of advanced drones to wage interplanetary war for Humanity!

Price -98% 0.42€
Rating 6.6
Release 16 Mar 2017
aMAZE aMaze is a straight-forward and surprisingly-difficult celebration of the simple beauty of the maze.

Price -82% 0.37€
Rating 7.8
Release 14 Mar 2017
Monster Monpiece Collect and train over 100 "monster girls" that come to life in strategic, card-based battles! Strengthen your cards with the First Crush ❤ Rub mode, taking on a hands-on role to warm them up and gain more artwork!

Price -91% 0.89€
Rating 6.8
Release 14 Mar 2017
2Dark 2Dark is a stealth adventure game developed by Frédérick Raynal, the pioneer of survival horror games and creator of Alone in the Dark®. Make your way through the lairs of psychopaths, unravel intrigue where madness mingles with horror, and, above all, save the kids!

Price -98% 0.70€
Rating 7.4
Release 10 Mar 2017
Faeria With its unique living board, Faeria is also the only card game where you can gain all 300 cards in less than 50 hours.

Price -90% 2.11€
Rating 8.1
Release 08 Mar 2017
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon® Wildlands Create a team with up to 3 friends in Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Wildlands and enjoy the ultimate military shooter experience set in a massive, dangerous, and responsive open world.

Price 49.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 06 Mar 2017
Morphblade In Morphblade you move around a grid slicing, smashing and bursting waves of nasty red bugs. Each tile you move to transforms you into a different weapon: on a Blades hex you can slice enemies on either side of you, on an Arrow you can launch yourself through two enemies in a row.

Price -91% 0.46€
Rating 8.5
Release 03 Mar 2017
Deceit Test your instincts at trust and deception in an action-filled, multiplayer first-person shooter. You wake up in unknown surroundings to the sound of the Game Master’s unfamiliar voice, surrounded by five others. A third of your group have been infected with a virus, but who will escape?

Price Free to play
Rating 7.8
Release 03 Mar 2017
Belko VR: An Escape Room Experiment Exploring the themes in THE BELKO EXPERIMENT, the Belko VR – Escape Room Experiment provokes the question: “What does it take to survive at work?” Players are prompted to solve a series of challenging puzzles in order to escape from their office before a microchip in their head explodes.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.1
Release 02 Mar 2017
Torment: Tides of Numenera Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.

Price -93% 2.13€
Rating 6.9
Release 27 Feb 2017
Impulse of War Stop! You haven't captured the train yet? Didn't build a base and haven't mastered the planet? I won't jump from a springboard to take the flag! I'll be waiting for you!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.2
Release 24 Feb 2017
911 Operator Game about the difficult work of people that manage emergency lines and services. Answer incoming calls and react properly - give first aid instructions, advise, dispatch correct number of firemen / police / ambulances, or sometimes - just ignore the call. Play on ANY CITY in the world!

Price -97% 0.50€
Rating 8.7
Release 24 Feb 2017
Syrian Warfare Real Time Strategy with a high degree of realism. The game is based on a true story.

Price -92% 0.96€
Rating 8.4
Release 21 Feb 2017
Linked Relaxing, minimalistic 2d-puzzle game.

Price -97% 0.14€
Rating 8.6
Release 20 Feb 2017
Realpolitiks Become the leader of any contemporary country in this streamlined real-time grand strategy game. Use diplomacy, espionage, military and economic power to deal with other nations, while tackling issues such as terrorism, financial crises and medical epidemics, all in an effort to achieve global domination!

Price -96% 0.60€
Rating 6.0
Release 16 Feb 2017
Dropzone Dropzone is a game of action, strategy and skill. Win 15 minute battles by scoring points. Unlock gear, customize your squad of up to 3 Units and compete in Team 3v3, 2v2 or 1v1 matches. Lay claim to the riches of Europa!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.7
Release 15 Feb 2017

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