Best Strategy games of 2026 — ranked by players

Ranking of Strategy releases from the last 12 months, built entirely from player reviews: 433 games analyzed, 13,508,928 Steam reviews aggregated. No editorial score — the "Player Score" is the percentage of positive reviews since launch, weighted by review volume in the ranking (a 95 % score on 300 reviews doesn't beat a 93 % score on 100 000). Updated continuously.

#1

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

May 5, 2009 · 154,052 reviews

99/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#2

The WereCleaner

May 7, 2024 · 12,947 reviews

100/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#3

Satisfactory

September 10, 2024 · 275,396 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#4

Factorio

August 14, 2020 · 232,034 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#5

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

April 1, 2021 · 151,724 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#6

Cult of the Lamb

August 11, 2022 · 126,252 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#7

STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack

May 25, 2010 · 42,831 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#8

Bloons TD 6

December 17, 2018 · 390,863 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#9

Balatro

February 20, 2024 · 194,978 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#10

Inscryption

October 19, 2021 · 146,879 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#11

Age of Empires II (Retired)

April 9, 2013 · 102,708 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#12

Patrick's Parabox

March 29, 2022 · 5,712 reviews

99/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#13

Baldur's Gate 3

August 3, 2023 · 847,267 reviews

96/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#14

Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

February 2, 2023 · 43,811 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#15

Baldi's Basics Plus

June 11, 2020 · 11,297 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#16

Schedule I

March 24, 2025 · 307,681 reviews

96/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#17

RimWorld

October 17, 2018 · 242,946 reviews

96/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#18

Monument Valley

July 12, 2022 · 8,642 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#19

Mini Motorways

July 20, 2021 · 24,178 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#20

Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)

October 21, 2013 · 20,969 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#21

Epic Battle Fantasy 5

November 30, 2018 · 6,068 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#22

Hexcells

February 19, 2014 · 5,913 reviews

98/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#23

Persona 3 Reload

February 1, 2024 · 59,592 reviews

96/100 · Very Positive

#24

Tactical Breach Wizards

August 22, 2024 · 11,965 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#25

Wandering Sword

September 14, 2023 · 43,742 reviews

96/100 · Very Positive

#26

Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense

July 25, 2016 · 10,604 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#27

Monster Prom 4: Monster Con

April 24, 2025 · 2,103 reviews

99/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#28

Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition

November 27, 2007 · 36,122 reviews

96/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive

#29

Kingdoms and Castles

July 20, 2017 · 31,264 reviews

96/100 · Very Positive

#30

Tower Wizard

June 19, 2025 · 8,693 reviews

97/100 · Overwhelmingly Positive