Grand strategy for PC — top best games in the Grand strategy genre / Page 3

The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia - a game in the Grand strategy genre

Tactics, Turn-based, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Grand strategy, Strategy

Early Access: PC → 14 October 2020

Players: 6.1/10

Steam: 85/100

The Heroic Legend of Eagarlnia is a turn-based tactical fantasy strategy game with an isometric view. This game takes place on the imaginary continent of Igarlna...

Empire of the Ants

Strategy, In real time, Grand strategy, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 6 November 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 76/100

A game in which the gamer controls a colony of ants in a French forest. An important task is the development of the anthill and its protection from attacks by...

Arms Trade Tycoon: Tanks

Simulation, Business / Management, Historical, Sandbox, Tanks, Grand strategy

Early Access: PC → 6 February 2024; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 64/100

The player acts as the head of a small arms trading company, specializing in the production and sale of tanks around the world. To grow a business, it is necessary...

ICBM: Escalation

Strategy, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 21 November 2024

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 85/100

A large-scale game set in a world immersed in global conflict. The gamer commands a huge army and develops technology to bring his victory closer. Up to 10 people...

Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence

Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 1 September 2015

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

A historical grand strategy game set during Japan’s Sengoku period, in which daimyō vie for power and seek to unify the country. The player oversees domestic...

Stellaris: Infernals

Strategy, Simulation, Sandbox, Science fiction, Space, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 25 November 2025

Steam: 41/100

Players can explore burning worlds — a new type of planet with its own districts, events, and archaeological sites. The developers have also added two origins...

Galactic Civilizations 4

Strategy, Online, Isometric, Turn-based, Science fiction, Grand strategy, Space, Simulation

Early Access: PC → 27 April 2023; Game released: PC → 19 October 2023

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 69/100

Humanity has discovered the technology of superluminal travel and is now competing with aliens for dominance in the galaxy. The player begins to conquer the...

Age of Wonders 4: Empires & Ashes

DLC, Isometric, Turn-based, Strategy, Tactics, Online, Fantasy, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 7 November 2023

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 81/100

Formidable corsairs are trying to seize the domain of Godir in order to completely conquer the Astral Sea. Combining magic and steel with new technologies, they...

PlanetX

Online, Strategy, In real time, City Building, Science fiction, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 18 April 2025

Steam: 66/100

A multiplayer game set on a spherical planet. The gamer expands his territory, constructs buildings and manages resources to develop his empire. You need to capture...

Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game

Strategy, Grand strategy, Historical

Game released: PC → 8 April 2011

Steam: 88/100

Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game is a grand historical strategy game spanning the period from the outbreak of the First World War to the onset of the Cold War...

Crusader Kings

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 28 September 2004

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 62/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This historical strategy game focuses on the feudal kingdoms of medieval Europe from 1066 to 1453. The player leads a dynasty and seeks to expand its lands and...

NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Souzou

Grand strategy, Strategy, Historical

Game released: PC → 27 August 2014

Steam: 86/100

This historical strategy is set in Japan’s Warring States period, where the player takes the role of a daimyo seeking to unite the country. The 14th entry in the...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 7

Strategy, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 31 August 2000

Steam: 68/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A turn-based strategy game set during the Three Kingdoms period of ancient China. Romance of the Three Kingdoms 7 lets players take the role of any character and...

Iron Order 1919

Online, Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Steampunk, Simulation, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 24 August 2022

Players: 6.3/10

Steam: 68/100

Iron Order 1919 is a real-time strategy game with an isometric view. 1919 — The “Great War” continues. Europe is trapped in a bitter struggle for dominance...

Buggos

Strategy, Indie, Top-down view, In real time, Futurism (Future), Simulation, City Building, Grand strategy, Science fiction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 17 March 2022

Steam: 87/100

Buggos is a top-down, auto-battler real-time strategy game set in a sci-fi setting where you create an invincible army of bugs. In the game, you control a young...

Heart of the Machine

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Science fiction, City Building, Construction, Procedural generation, Grand strategy

Early Access: PC → 31 January 2025; Game released: PC → 6 March 2026

Steam: 92/100

A city planning simulator in which artificial intelligence tries to take control of an entire city. No one knows about its existence (yet), which allows the AI to...

Xenonauts

Strategy, Indie, Grand strategy, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 31 May 2013

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 77/100

A turn-based strategy game about an international military organisation defending Cold War-era Earth from an alien invasion. Persistent soldiers fight in small...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 14 December 2016

Steam: 71/100

This turn-based historical strategy game is set during the Three Kingdoms period in ancient China. The player takes the role of a warlord and seeks to unite the...

Secret Government

Simulation, Strategy, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Indie, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 15 April 2021; Early Access: PC → 22 June 2020

Players: 7/10

Steam: 52/100

Secret Government is a global turn-based strategy about secret societies, where you have to manage a powerful organization that influences the whole world. You will...

The Last Exodus

Free game, Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Top-down view, Grand strategy, Science fiction, Cyberpunk

Game released: PC → 3 September 2023

Steam: 71/100

Free space strategy with turn-based battles. As players progress, they create an invincible space fleet, the heart of which is a large mothership. On it you can...

Age of Wonders 4: Thrones of Blood

Strategy, Online, DLC, Isometric, Turn-based, Tactics, Fantasy, Grand strategy, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 11 November 2025

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 71/100

The expansion takes you to a world of eternal night, where ancient vampires rise over the dark lands. A new ruler type, the Ancient Vampire, opens the way to the...

Supremacy: Call of War 1942

Strategy, Online, In real time, Historical, Free game, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 21 October 2017

Steam: 64/100

Multiplayer global strategy, where matches can last several days or weeks of real time. Depending on the map, up to 100 players can participate in one...

Europa Universalis 3

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 11 February 2009

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 83/100

This global historical strategy game puts the player in control of a historical nation and lets them guide it across several centuries while expanding its influence...

Europa Universalis: Rome

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Historical, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 6 May 2009

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 73/100

This grand strategy game covers the ancient Mediterranean from the Punic Wars to the beginning of the Roman Empire. Players choose from more than 53 factions...

For the Glory: A Europa Universalis Game

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Simulation, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 10 November 2009

Steam: 76/100

This global historical strategy game follows the rule of a nation from 1399 to 1836. The player shapes domestic and foreign policy and responds to historical events...

Nobunaga no Yabou: Tendou with Power-Up Kit

Strategy, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Grand strategy, Historical

Game released: PC → 17 December 2010

Steam: 81/100

Nobunaga no Yabou: Tendou with Power-Up Kit is a strategy game with an anime/manga twist from the masters at Tecmo Koei. The main publisher of the game is Koei...

Hearts of Iron 2

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Historical, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 4 January 2005

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 80/100

Metacritic: 83/100

This grand strategy game focuses on World War II and lets players govern a country in a conflict spanning the globe. Players handle diplomacy, production and...

Hearts of Iron 3: Semper Fi

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 7 June 2010

Steam: 100/100

Metacritic: 65/100

This expansion for Hearts of Iron 3 puts players in command of any nation during World War II, guiding it through scenarios spanning 1936 to 1948. Command can be...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake

Remake, Tactics, Strategy, Turn-based, Historical, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 24 October 2024

Steam: 71/100

A remake of the historical strategy Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8. The game recreates the events of the Three Kingdoms era of China, where powerful warriors and...

Supremacy: 1914

Strategy, Online, Historical, Free game, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 16 July 2019

Steam: 68/100

The game is dedicated to World War I. It is a global multiplayer strategy from the creators of Supremacy: Call of War 1942, where matches last for several weeks of...

Romance of the Three Kingdoms 9

Strategy, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Turn-based, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 4 March 2003

Players: 10/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This turn-based historical strategy game is set in ancient China during the civil wars of the 2nd and 3rd centuries, following the fall of a once-great empire. The...

To End All Wars

Strategy, Simulation, Historical, Tactics, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 29 August 2014

Steam: 59/100

Metacritic: 71/100

A grand strategy game set during World War I, in which the player leads one of the major powers fighting for control of Europe. Armies can build lines of trenches...

Arms Race - TCWE

Strategy, In real time, Historical, Tactics, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 5 October 2017

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 68/100

A strategy game about the Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union, spanning the 1950s to the 1990s. Arms Race can be played in real-time or...

Hero Generations: ReGen

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Turn-based, Roguelike, Side view, Grand strategy, Open world

Game released: PC → 19 August 2016

Steam: 56/100

Hero Generations: ReGen is a cartoon strategy with role-playing game elements and turn-based battles in a fantasy setting. You will go explore a procedurally...

Victory at Sea Pacific

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Historical, Open world, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 14 September 2018

Players: 10/10

Steam: 61/100

Victory at Sea Pacific is a global strategy game about World War II with sandbox elements dedicated to sea and air combat, set in the Pacific Ocean. Your task is to...

Airship: Kingdoms Adrift

Strategy, Simulation, Tactics, Steampunk, Adventure, Business / Management, Grand strategy, Sandbox, Role-playing game, Action

Game released: PC → 21 September 2023

Steam: 75/100

The game takes place in the steampunk world of Sfeara shortly after the end of the Great Celestial War. An unstable truce has developed between the Atzerlian...

Solium Infernum

Strategy, Grand strategy, Turn-based, Fantasy, Demons

Game released: PC → 22 February 2024

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Satan has mysteriously disappeared. The player chooses one of eight archdemons to lead Hell. You need to command legions, recruit champions, carry out sinister...

Frontline: World At War

Turn-based, Historical, Strategy, Top-down view, Grand strategy, Tactics

Game released: PC → 5 January 2024

Steam: 66/100

The game takes place during the Second World War. The gamer takes control of one of the parties to the conflict and participates in large-scale battles. More than...

Making History 2: The War of the World

Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Turn-based, Simulation, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 15 June 2010

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 81/100

A turn-based grand strategy game set in the years leading up to and during World War II, where the player takes control of a nation. This includes managing its...

Sengoku

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Historical, Simulation, Grand strategy

Game released: PC → 13 September 2011

Players: 10/10

Steam: 57/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A character-driven strategy game about rival Japanese lords vying for power in 16th-century Japan during the Sengoku period. The player leads a nobleman seeking to...

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Best Games in the Grand strategy genre for PC