# The best strategy games

The best-reviewed strategy games according to OpenCritic, which aggregates reviews from major outlets (mostly games from about 2013 on).

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- Nov 9, 2025 · Jasmin Schmitz
- https://even.best/en/l/334/the-best-strategy-games

## Top 20

1. **Balatro** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released February 2024 (XBXS, PS5, Switch, PC, XB1, PS4). OpenCritic top critic average: 92.
2. **Dota 2** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released July 2013 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 91.
3. **Caves of Qud** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released December 2024 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 90.
4. **Slay The Spire** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released January 2019 (PC, Switch, PS4, XB1). OpenCritic top critic average: 89.
5. **Against The Storm** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released December 2023 (PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, XB1, XBXS). OpenCritic top critic average: 89.
6. **Fire Emblem: Three Houses** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released July 2019 (Switch). OpenCritic top critic average: 89.
7. **Timemelters** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released February 2024 (PC, PS5). OpenCritic top critic average: 88.
8. **Monster Train 2** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2025 (PC, XBXS, PS5). OpenCritic top critic average: 88.
9. **Unicorn Overlord** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2024 (XBXS, PS5, PS4, Switch). OpenCritic top critic average: 88.
10. **Battle Suit Aces** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2025 (PC, Switch, PS5). OpenCritic top critic average: 88.
11. **Pikmin 4** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released July 2023 (Switch). OpenCritic top critic average: 88.
12. **Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released March 2014 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 87.
13. **Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2023 (PC, Switch, XB1, PS4, PS5). OpenCritic top critic average: 87.
14. **Shogun Showdown** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2024 (PC, Switch, PS5, PS4, XB1, XBXS). OpenCritic top critic average: 87.
15. **Griftlands** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released July 2019 (Switch, XB1, PS4). OpenCritic top critic average: 87.
16. **Total War: Warhammer III** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released February 2022 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 86.
17. **Football Manager 2022** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2021 (XBXS, XB1, PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 86.
18. **13 Sentinels Aegis Rim** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2020 (PS4, PS5). OpenCritic top critic average: 86.
19. **Total War: Warhammer II** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released September 2017 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 86.
20. **Total War: Warhammer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released May 2016 (PC). OpenCritic top critic average: 86.
21. **RimWorld** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released October 2018 (PC, PS4, XB1). OpenCritic top critic average: 86.
22. **Football Manager 2020** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Released November 2019 (PC, Stadia). OpenCritic top critic average: 86.
23. **Sid Meier's Civilization VI** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Turn-based strategy game from Firaxis (2016) in which you lead a civilization from the Stone Age to the Space Age.

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