Strategy

Outthink, Outplay, Outlast - The Best Strategy Games Across PC, Console and Mobile

Strategy games reward a specific kind of player - one who finds satisfaction in planning, adapting, and outthinking opponents rather than outperforming them mechanically. The genre is as old as gaming itself, rooted in the tradition of chess and war games, and it has produced some of the most intellectually demanding experiences in all of gaming.

Real-time strategy games like StarCraft 2 and Age of Empires 4 combine strategic depth with mechanical execution - managing resources, building bases, and commanding armies simultaneously. Turn-based strategy games like Civilization 7 and XCOM remove the time pressure, giving players space to think - but the decisions are no less consequential. 4X games like Stellaris let you build empires across entire galaxies over sessions that can last dozens of hours.

The tactical strategy sub-genre - games like Into the Breach, Invisible Inc, and Battletech - focuses on smaller-scale combat with extreme attention to positioning and resource management. Grand strategy games like Crusader Kings 3 and Hearts of Iron 4 operate at historical scale, simulating centuries of politics, war, and diplomacy. Find the best strategy games of 2026 - RTS, 4X, tactical, grand strategy, and beyond - on GAMES.GG.