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Best Strategy Video Games of All Time

The Best Video Games of All Time list contains Strategy games with the highest composite score released in the last dozen or so years. Please take note that the scores of old and new games cannot always be compared. Unfortunately not every classic title still can be bought.

Current TOP 10 Best Video Games of All Time: Flashout 3D, Realpolitiks, Deep Diving Adventures, IL-2 Sturmovik: Flying Circus - Volume I, Yakuza 2, Ico, Yakuza: Kenzan!, Yakuza 5, Yakuza 1&2 HD Edition and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

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Genre: Strategy
Composite Score Editors Score Users Score
1
9.5
Total War: Rome II
Strategy
2
9.5
RimWorld
Strategy
3
9.5
Europa Universalis IV
Strategy
4
9.5
Black & White
Strategy
5
9.5
Sid Meier's Civilization IV
Strategy
6
9.0
Empire: Total War
Strategy
7
9.0
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Strategy
8
9.0
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Strategy
9
9.0
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Strategy
10
9.0
Company of Heroes 2
Strategy
11
9.0
Company of Heroes
Strategy
12
9.0
Sid Meier's Civilization VI
Strategy
13
9.0
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
Strategy
14
9.0
Napoleon: Total War
Strategy
15
9.0
Desperados III
Strategy
16
9.0
Rome: Total War
Strategy
17
9.0
Total War: Shogun 2
Strategy
18
9.0
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Strategy
19
9.0
Anno 2070
Strategy
20
9.0
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Strategy
21
9.0
Homeworld Remastered Collection
Strategy
22
9.0
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Strategy
23
9.0
Endless Space
Strategy
24
9.0
Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Strategy
25
9.0
Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World
Strategy
26
9.0
XCOM: Enemy Within
Strategy
27
9.0
This War of Mine
Strategy
28
9.0
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
Strategy
29
9.0
Wargame: AirLand Battle
Strategy
30
9.0
Space Rangers 2: Dominators
Strategy
31
9.0
Medieval: Total War
Strategy
32
9.0
Into the Breach
Strategy
33
9.0
Europa Universalis II
Strategy
34
9.0
Ghost Master
Strategy
35
9.0
Port Royale
Strategy
36
9.0
The Witcher Adventure Game
Strategy
37
9.0
Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Strategy
38
8.5
Total War: Warhammer III
Strategy
39
8.5
Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour
Strategy
40
8.5
Jagged Alliance 3
Strategy
41
8.5
Hearts of Iron IV
Strategy
42
8.5
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Strategy
43
8.5
Total War: Warhammer
Strategy
44
8.5
Might & Magic: Heroes VI
Strategy
45
8.5
Cities: Skylines
Strategy
46
8.5
XCOM 2
Strategy
47
8.5
Frostpunk
Strategy
48
8.5
Total War: Three Kingdoms
Strategy
49
8.5
Crusader Kings III
Strategy
50
8.5
Endless Space 2
Strategy
51
8.5
Age of Empires III
Strategy
52
8.5
This is the Police
Strategy
53
8.5
Stronghold: Crusader II
Strategy
54
8.5
Age of Wonders 4
Strategy
55
8.5
Total War: Warhammer II
Strategy
56
8.5
Anno 1404
Strategy
57
8.5
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Strategy
58
8.5
Crusader Kings II
Strategy
59
8.5
Northgard
Strategy
60
8.5
Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Strategy
61
8.5
Stellaris
Strategy
62
8.5
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Strategy
63
8.5
Imperator: Rome
Strategy
64
8.5
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
Strategy
65
8.5
Star Wars: Empire At War
Strategy
66
8.5
Total War: Shogun 2 - Fall of the Samurai
Strategy
67
8.5
Wargame: European Escalation
Strategy
68
8.5
Company of Heroes 3
Strategy
69
8.5
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth II
Strategy
70
8.5
Age of Mythology
Strategy
71
8.5
Endless Legend
Strategy
72
8.5
World in Conflict
Strategy
73
8.5
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Strategy
74
8.5
BattleTech
Strategy
75
8.5
Empire Earth
Strategy
76
8.5
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II
Strategy
77
8.5
Commandos 3: Destination Berlin
Strategy
78
8.5
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Strategy
79
8.5
Empire Earth II
Strategy
80
8.5
Planet Coaster
Strategy
81
8.5
Age of Wonders: Planetfall
Strategy
82
8.5
Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
Strategy
83
8.5
Gears Tactics
Strategy
84
8.5
Homeworld 2
Strategy
85
8.5
Patrician III: Rise of the Hanse
Strategy
86
8.5
Act of War: Direct Action
Strategy
87
8.5
King's Bounty: The Legend
Strategy
88
8.5
SpellForce: The Order of Dawn
Strategy
89
8.5
Stronghold
Strategy
90
8.5
Sins of a Solar Empire
Strategy
91
8.5
Earth 2160
Strategy
92
8.5
Ground Control 2: Operation Exodus
Strategy
93
8.5
Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings
Strategy
94
8.5
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
Strategy
95
8.5
Tropico (2001)
Strategy
96
8.5
Homeworld: Cataclysm
Strategy
97
8.5
Europa Universalis
Strategy
98
8.5
Medieval: Total War - Viking Invasion
Strategy
99
8.5
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Strategy
100
8.5
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords
Strategy
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