Discover the top strategy games of 2025, from epic 4X empire builders to innovative indie releases.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown offers challenging gameplay with rewarding combat encounters. Thronefall combines tower defense with real-time strategy in a minimalistic way. Slay The Spire is a modern classic ...

Originally from the UK Anthony is an avid reader and writer, now based in Finland. He graduated from the University of Nottingham with a BA in German with Dutch Studies and spent a semester each in ...

Forever ensnared in a love-fued between 1800s literature and modern gaming, Eman Fatima tries her best to appease both her hobbies by tapping away at her keyboard and writing about her favorite games ...

— -- Halo helped Microsoft establish the Xbox. Now the company hopes to spread the halo effect to a more esoteric genre: strategy games. Halo Wars, out today for Xbox 360 (rated T for teens 13-up ...

Dominate galaxies and engage in epic space battles with the best space strategy games. Whether it’s turn-based or real-time, small-scale skirmishes, or interstellar wars, if you want to dominate ...

Depending on your sensibilities, The Bearded Ladies’ Mutant Year Zero might not qualify for this list. It’s a turn-based tactics game in the vein of XCOM, but introduces real-time exploration elements ...

Ahmad is a video game fanatic. He always carries his PSVita with him wherever he goes so he can play Metal Gear Solid on the go, and his socials are filled with gaming news. He also lifts weights ...

Ahmad is a video game fanatic. He always carries his PSVita with him wherever he goes so he can play Metal Gear Solid on the go, and his socials are filled with gaming news. He also lifts weights ...

Adam is a lifelong gamer who enjoys RPGs, action adventure games and a healthy helping of VR to boot. He has written for countless sites in the gaming medium, and you can find him playing the newest ...

The Pacific is on fire, and so is the gameplay in Task Force Admiral.

Before World of Warcraft transformed the series into the MMORPG we know today, Warcraft games used a real-time strategy model. From the first game onwards, Warcraft gained a reputation for blending ...