Best Strategy 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 strategy games.

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甜点恋人 / Pastry Lovers Pastry Lovers is an adventure simulation game that sets in a fantastic Pastry Kingdom. Sakura, the main character, grows into a pastry master and gains romantic love.

Price 4.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 21 Jul 2017
Einar The player takes on the role of Einar, who is on a quest to kill the inhabitants of a Norse fishing village who are infected by a mysterious material. Use different weapons such as the bow, hammer and axe to clear the village of the monsters.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.0
Release 20 Jul 2017
Wrestling Revolution 3D The original 3D wrestling sim takes you either side of the curtain in one epic shared universe - where you can either take shots in the ring as a wrestler or call the shots backstage as a booker!

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.1
Release 20 Jul 2017
Ultrawings Ultrawings is an aerial-themed, open-world flight game where you use your virtual hands to fly multiple aircraft to complete a variety of missions across a beautiful, island-themed world!

Price 12.49€
Rating 8.2
Release 20 Jul 2017
Kingdoms and Castles Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

Price 14.79€
Rating 9.1
Release 20 Jul 2017
Endless ATC Endless ATC is a realistic air traffic control simulator with a simple, easy to use interface. The goal is to guide as many planes as possible safely to the runways. Find out how many flights you can manage to control!

Price 7.79€
Rating 8.9
Release 19 Jul 2017
Children of Zodiarcs A story-driven, tactical RPG set in the fantasy realm of Lumus; a world divided by affluence and poverty. Take control of Nahmi and her fellow outcasts, utilising a brand new deck and dice based combat system to strike a blow to the noble Lords’ and Ladies’ unquenchable thirst for profit.

Price -83% 3.11€
Rating 6.8
Release 18 Jul 2017
Flow:The Sliding Enjoy the rhythmic music and beat the SCORE!!!

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 16 Jul 2017
Rusted Warfare - RTS {{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 14 Jul 2017
Ultimate General: Civil War Ultimate General: Civil War is a tactical real time strategy war-game. Experience the bloodiest period of U.S. history - the American Civil War of 1861-1865.

Price 28.99€
Rating 8.7
Release 14 Jul 2017
Star Trek Timelines Explore the Final Frontier in the ultimate sci-fi strategy RPG, Star Trek Timelines! Join Starfleet and overcome challenges as you boldly go where no game has gone before – across the entire history of Star Trek.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.4
Release 12 Jul 2017
Brigand: Oaxaca Brigand: Oaxaca is a highly difficult post-apocalyptic RPG/FPS set in Mexico. Emphasis is on challenge, a branching story with multiple endings, and total freedom of action (kill friendly characters, rob stores, jump across roofs, etc.).

Price 9.75€
Rating 8.9
Release 11 Jul 2017
Antihero Run a Thieves Guild in a gas-lit Victorian city! Antihero is a fast-paced digital board game with an (Oliver) Twist. Recruit street urchins, hire thugs, start a gang, upgrade your guild, steal everything... and bribe, blackmail, and assassinate your way to victory.

Price -88% 1.89€
Rating 8.3
Release 10 Jul 2017
SAELIG SÆLIG is a game that blends together elements of simulation, strategy, RPG, and business management. Centred around the life of you and your family, you must try to survive and bring wealth and prosperity to your household.

Price -20% 9.99€
Rating 8.0
Release 30 Jun 2017
Race for the Galaxy Explore, Settle, Develop, Trade, Consume, or Produce? Which do you need most? Which of Earth's former colonies will be most successful at settling the galaxy, now that JumpDrive exists? Who will discover the secrets of the mysteriously vanished Alien Overlords? Your goal: to build the most prosperous and powerful space empire!

Price -30% 6.29€
Rating 8.6
Release 27 Jun 2017
Chess Ultra Introducing Chess Ultra; the most breathtaking chess game ever made. Experience stunning 4K visuals, seamless online multiplayer, Grandmaster approved AI and full VR compatibility.

Price -84% 2.11€
Rating 7.2
Release 21 Jun 2017
CRYPTARK Cryptark is a 2D sci-fi shooter where you take on the role of a heavily armed privateer seeking to earn government contracts by boarding deadly alien space-hulks. It's up to you to strategize a plan of attack, pick an equipment loadout, and destroy the central core to be victorious.

Price -98% 0.41€
Rating 7.9
Release 20 Jun 2017
Orake Classic Orake Classic is an old school, 2D tile-based ORPG featuring a variety of skills, monsters, bosses, quests, and extensive lands to explore.

Price Free to play
Rating 6.8
Release 16 Jun 2017
Colony Survival Colony Survival is a unique first-person strategy game developed by a two-man team. Build your own colony in a voxel world. Command guards, farmers, miners and other colonists. Defend your colony against the horde of monsters that attacks every night!

Price 24.95€
Rating 8.9
Release 16 Jun 2017
Realm Grinder Grow your realm, build alliances, and explore one of the deepest idle RPGs ever!

Price Free to play
Rating 8.5
Release 15 Jun 2017
Kindergarten Welcome to Kindergarten! Have fun trying to learn and share...and not die. That's important too. In a school that's just not quite right, it's important to be friendly...and take out those that aren't.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.4
Release 15 Jun 2017
Carrier Deck Carrier Deck is a fast paced time management game where you play as the Air Boss on board the CVN-76 in the midst of active war.

Price -73% 2.68€
Rating 8.4
Release 15 Jun 2017
Pathfinder Adventures Pathfinder Adventures translates the best-selling Pathfinder Adventure Card Game into an entirely new breed of digital card game, where players adventure collaboratively to battle monsters and villains, and acquire new feats, items, weapons, and allies.

Price -87% 1.37€
Rating 6.2
Release 15 Jun 2017
Home Wars Do you hate bugs and arachnids? Seeing them creeps you out? Would you like them to disappear off the face of the Earth? GOOD! This is the right game for you! In HW you’ll play as a General of a toy soldiers army, with the sole purpose of saving the owner’s house from the invasion of those damn Bugs.

Price 9.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 13 Jun 2017

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