Strategy games
Explore the top 25 Strategy games, ranked by Metacritic score.
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Games are ordered by Metacritic score, highest first. Games without a Metacritic score appear last.
1. Baldur's Gate 3
~67.9 hours to beat · Metacritic 96
2. Cobalt Core
~20.6 hours to beat · Metacritic 94
3. Sid Meier's Civilization IV
~11.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 94
4. Sid Meier's Civilization IV
~11.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 94
5. Company of Heroes
~19 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
6. Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition
~0.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
7. Dwarf Fortress
~75 hours to beat · Metacritic 93
8. Blue Prince
~21.7 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
9. Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition
~19 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
10. Out of the Park Baseball 17
~34 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
11. Rome: Total War
~35 hours to beat · Metacritic 92
12. Against the Storm
~30 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
13. Caves of Qud
~26.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
14. Crusader Kings III
~74.8 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
15. Satisfactory
~96.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
16. Tumblestone
~22.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
17. UFO 50
~42 hours to beat · Metacritic 91
18. Balatro
~6.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
19. Braid
~5 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
20. Dota 2
~955.1 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
21. Factorio
~47.8 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
22. Factorio Demo
~1 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
23. Freedom Force
~15.5 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
24. Into the Breach
~5.2 hours to beat · Metacritic 90
25. Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete
~21 hours to beat · Metacritic 90