List of strategy video games, listed alphabetically with photos of the game's cover art when available. Spanning the entire history of the genre, these strategy video games have been enjoyed by millions. This list includes all strategy video games that have ever hit the shelves, so it doesn't necessarily have all the more obscure, future or new strategy video games. Various bits of information are available for these top strategy video games, such as when the game was released and who developed the game. In some instances you can click on the names of the games to get an even more in-depth description of them. These aren't necessarily the best strategy video games, but there are a lot of popular strategy video games listed here.
List below includes The Sims, Diablo II and more games.
This list answers the questions, "What are the best strategy video games?" and "What are the most popular strategy video games?"1
Midwinter
1989Developer: Maelstrom Games
Midwinter is a post-apocalyptic first-person action role-playing game with strategy and... more
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Oil Barons
1983Developer: Epyx
Oil Barons is both a strategy and simulation-type, turn-based game, published by Epyx in 1983.... more3
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
2008Developer: Square Enix
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift is a tactical role-playing game developed and... more4
Band of Bugs
2007Developer: NinjaBee
Band of Bugs is a turn-based tactics video game developed by NinjaBee. The game includes a... more5
Hacker
1985Developer: Activision Blizzard, Steve Cartwright
Hacker is a 1985 computer game by Activision. It was designed by Steve Cartwright, produced by... more6
Vanguard Bandits
2000Developer: Working Designs, Human Entertainment
Vanguard Bandits, known in Japan as Epica Stella, is a tactical role-playing game for the... more7
Developer: Square Enix, Tose Co., Ltd.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions is a tactical role-playing game developed and... more8
Metal Gear Acid
2005Developer: Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, Konami
Metal Gear Acid, stylized as METAL GEAR AC!D, is a turn-based collectible card video game... more9
Developer: Rockstar Vancouver, Barking Dog Studios
Homeworld: Cataclysm was originally developed in 2000 as an expansion of Homeworld, but was... more10
Developer: Firaxis Games
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Developer: Elixir Studios
Republic: The Revolution is a computer game produced by Elixir Studios, founded by Demis... more12
Developer: Firaxis Games
Sid Meier's Pirates! is a 2004 strategy/action/adventure computer game developed by Firaxis... more13
Developer: MicroProse
UFO: Enemy Unknown is a science fiction strategy video game developed by Mythos Games and... more14
Advance Wars
2001Developer: Intelligent Systems
Advance Wars, later released in Japan as Game Boy Wars Advance is a turn-based tactics video... more15
Worms 2
1997Developer: Team17 Software
Worms 2 is an artillery strategy game developed by Team17 as part of the Worms series. The... more16
Developer: Capcom
Mega Man Battle Network 2, known as Battle Network Rockman EXE 2 in Japan, is a video game... more17
Napoleon Senki
1988Developer: Lenar, Brøderbund Software
Napoleon Senki is a real-time tactics strategy video game developed by Lenar and published by... more18
Developer: MicroProse, Microprose Software, Inc
Sid Meier’s Pirates! is a video game created by Sid Meier and developed and published by... more19
Sacrifice
2000Developer: Shiny Entertainment
Sacrifice is a real-time strategy video game published by Interplay Entertainment in 2000 for... more20
Developer: Mike Singleton
Lords of Midnight: The Citadel is the second and final sequel to the classic ZX Spectrum,... more21
Developer: Climax Entertainment, Climax Group
Battlezone: Rise of the Black Dogs is a tank based strategy game released in 2000 for the... more22
Dark Legions
1994Developer: Silicon Knights
Dark Legions is a 1994 action strategy game for DOS. It was developed by Silicon Knights and... more23
The Horde
1994Developer: Silicon Knights, Toys for Bob
The Horde is a hybrid action-strategy video game that was originally released on the 3DO... more24
Strike Fleet
1987Developer: LucasArts
Strike Fleet is a 1987 computer game developed by Lucasfilm Games and published by Electronic... more25
Developer: 4J Studios
Star Trek: Conquest is a video game set in the Star Trek universe. The game features both... more
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