Ranking by genre

The best strategy games.

333 games compete in this selection. Dungeon Keeper tops it with 1,894 points: the ranking comes from player votes alone, and moves with every duel settled.

  1. 1 Dungeon Keeper 1997 · Strategy 1,894
  2. 2 Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings 1999 · Strategy 1,892
  3. 3 StarCraft 1998 · Strategy 1,882
  4. 4 Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia 1999 · Strategy 1,862
  5. 5 Sid Meier's Civilization V 2010 · Strategy 1,857
  6. 6 Frostpunk 2018 · Strategy 1,850
  7. 7 Sid Meier's Civilization IV 2005 · Strategy 1,849
  8. 8 XCOM: Enemy Unknown 2012 · Strategy 1,843
  9. 9 Command & Conquer 1995 · Strategy 1,830
  10. 10 Europa Universalis IV 2013 · Strategy 1,829
  11. 11 Into the Breach 2018 · Strategy 1,812
  12. 12 Stellaris 2016 · Strategy 1,810
  13. 13 Rome: Total War 2004 · Strategy 1,808
  14. 14 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 2000 · Strategy 1,804
  15. 15 Company of Heroes 2006 · Strategy 1,785
  16. 16 Pikmin 2001 · Strategy 1,784
  17. 17 Age of Mythology 2002 · Strategy 1,783
  18. 18 Homeworld 1999 · Strategy 1,782
  19. 19 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 1996 · Strategy 1,774
  20. 20 Crusader Kings III 2020 · Strategy 1,773
  21. 21 XCOM 2 2016 · Strategy 1,771
  22. 22 Total War: Shogun 2 2011 · Strategy 1,769
  23. 23 Commandos 2: Men of Courage 2001 · Strategy 1,763
  24. 24 Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos 2002 · Strategy 1,758
  25. 25 StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty 2010 · Strategy 1,756
  26. 26 Medieval II: Total War 2006 · Strategy 1,754
  27. 27 Age of Empires 1997 · Strategy 1,753
  28. 28 RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 2002 · Strategy 1,742
  29. 29 X-COM: UFO Defense 1994 · Strategy 1,717
  30. 30 Fire Emblem Awakening 2012 · Strategy 1,712
  31. 31 Theme Hospital 1997 · Strategy 1,707
  32. 32 StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm 2013 · Strategy 1,704
  33. 33 Total Annihilation 1997 · Strategy 1,698
  34. 34 Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition 2019 · Strategy 1,696
  35. 35 Fire Emblem: Three Houses 2019 · Strategy 1,687
  36. 36 Age of Empires III 2005 · Strategy 1,686
  37. 37 Game Dev Tycoon 2012 · Strategy 1,686
  38. 38 Sid Meier's Civilization VI 2016 · Strategy 1,683
  39. 39 Worms Armageddon 1999 · Strategy 1,680
  40. 40 Pikmin 2 2004 · Strategy 1,674
  41. 41 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 2008 · Strategy 1,670
  42. 42 Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together 1995 · Strategy 1,668
  43. 43 Plants vs. Zombies 2009 · Strategy 1,646
  44. 44 Overcooked! 2 2018 · Strategy 1,638
  45. 45 StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void 2015 · Strategy 1,638
  46. 46 Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines 1998 · Strategy 1,631
  47. 47 Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones 2004 · Strategy 1,620
  48. 48 Pokémon Stadium 2 2000 · Strategy 1,614
  49. 49 Town of Salem 2014 · Strategy 1,614
  50. 50 Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright 2015 · Strategy 1,613
  51. 51 Rise of Nations 2003 · Strategy 1,612
  52. 52 Warcraft: Orcs & Humans 1994 · Strategy 1,606
  53. 53 Worms 2 1997 · Strategy 1,606
  54. 54 Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness 1995 · Strategy 1,604
  55. 55 Empire: Total War 2009 · Strategy 1,595
  56. 56 Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest 2015 · Strategy 1,595
  57. 57 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II 2006 · Strategy 1,589
  58. 58 Worms World Party 2001 · Strategy 1,587
  59. 59 Dungeon Keeper 2 1999 · Strategy 1,583
  60. 60 Arknights 2019 · Strategy 1,580
  61. 61 Halo Wars 2009 · Strategy 1,578
  62. 62 Sid Meier's Civilization II 1996 · Strategy 1,575
  63. 63 Age of Empires II: HD Edition 2013 · Strategy 1,573
  64. 64 Crusader Kings II 2012 · Strategy 1,570
  65. 65 Total War: Warhammer 2016 · Strategy 1,568
  66. 66 Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars 2007 · Strategy 1,565
  67. 67 Hitman Go 2014 · Strategy 1,565
  68. 68 SimCity 3000 1999 · Strategy 1,564
  69. 69 Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi 2002 · Strategy 1,564
  70. 70 911 Operator 2017 · Strategy 1,564
  71. 71 Age of Empires IV 2021 · Strategy 1,562
  72. 72 Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty 1992 · Strategy 1,562
  73. 73 The Movies 2005 · Strategy 1,559
  74. 74 The Banner Saga 2 2016 · Strategy 1,558
  75. 75 Advance Wars 2001 · Strategy 1,558
  76. 76 Command & Conquer: Generals 2003 · Strategy 1,555
  77. 77 The Incredible Machine 2 1994 · Strategy 1,552
  78. 78 Worms W.M.D 2016 · Strategy 1,550
  79. 79 Medieval: Total War 2002 · Strategy 1,549
  80. 80 Warcraft III: Reforged 2020 · Strategy 1,549
  81. 81 Sim Theme Park 1999 · Strategy 1,547
  82. 82 StarCraft: Remastered 2017 · Strategy 1,546
  83. 83 Worms 1995 · Strategy 1,545
  84. 84 Two Point Hospital 2018 · Strategy 1,544
  85. 85 Hearts of Iron III 2009 · Strategy 1,543
  86. 86 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II 2009 · Strategy 1,541
  87. 87 Napoleon: Total War 2010 · Strategy 1,541
  88. 88 Pharaoh 1999 · Strategy 1,541
  89. 89 Fire Emblem Heroes 2017 · Strategy 1,540
  90. 90 Tropico 6 2019 · Strategy 1,539
  91. 91 Bloons TD 6 2018 · Strategy 1,538
  92. 92 Valkyria Chronicles Remastered 2014 · Strategy 1,536
  93. 93 Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth 2014 · Strategy 1,535
  94. 94 Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon 2008 · Strategy 1,535
  95. 95 Worms Reloaded 2010 · Strategy 1,535
  96. 96 Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance 2005 · Strategy 1,533
  97. 97 XCOM: Chimera Squad 2020 · Strategy 1,533
  98. 98 Heroes of Might and Magic V 2006 · Strategy 1,532
  99. 99 Theme Park 1994 · Strategy 1,530
  100. 100 The Sims Bustin' Out 2003 · Strategy 1,529

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