Strategy 2003 for PC — top best games in the Strategy genre

Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour - a game in the Strategy genre

Action, Strategy, Online, DLC, Isometric, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PC → 26 September 2003

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Command & Conquer: Generals — Zero Hour — each of the three factions has its own strengths. The USA is technologically advanced; some buildings...

Railroad Tycoon 3

Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Trains

Game released: PC → 4 May 2007

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This railway business strategy simulator challenges players to recreate events from railroad history across 25 scenarios. They lay track, including...

Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne

Role-playing game, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 8 April 2009

Players: 8.2/10

Metacritic: 88/100

This expansion to Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos is a real-time fantasy strategy game that opens a new chapter in the history of Azeroth. Its...

Command & Conquer: Generals

Action, Strategy, Online, In real time, Isometric

Game released: PC → 14 February 2003

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Command & Conquer: Generals is a real-time strategy game with an isometric view. The plot takes place in 2020. Global Liberating Army (GLA) troops...

Stronghold Crusader

Action, Strategy, DLC, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, City Building, Construction

Game released: PC → 25 September 2002

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 97/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A real-time strategy game with city-building elements, Stronghold Crusader focuses on battles and sieges during the Crusades. Players lead either the...

Caesar 3

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building

Game released: PC → 16 February 2010

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Caesar 3 is the third part of the popular real-time economic strategy with an isometric camera view. As in previous parts, you have to build an...

Zuma Deluxe

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle, Logic, Match-3 (Three in a row), Arcade

Game released: PC → 8 December 2003

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Zuma Deluxe is a fun logic puzzle game with match-3 elements and a top-down view. Simple and interesting gameplay awaits you. While controlling the...

Space Colony

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), City Building, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 30 April 2015

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Space Colony is a management simulator with real-time strategy elements and an isometric camera view from the creators of the Stronghold series. You...

Railroad Pioneer

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Trains, Simulation

Game released: PC → 3 December 2003

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 61/100

Railroad Pioneer is a business strategy and transport-management game about building railroads across 19th-century America. Its ten-mission campaign...

Commandos 2: Men of Courage

Action, Strategy, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Tactics

Game released: PC → 30 August 2002

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 82/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Commandos 2: Men of Courage is a real-time tactical action and strategy game about an elite commando unit operating behind enemy lines during World...

Dune 2000

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 2 September 2003

Players: 8.2/10

Dune 2000 — top-down real-time strategy game. Emperor Frederic Corrino 4 issued a decree that the House that could produce the most spice would...

Praetorians

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical

Game released: PC → 7 December 2007

Players: 9/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 78/100

This real-time strategy game is set amid the political struggles of the emerging Roman Empire. Battles take place in Egypt, Gaul and Italy as rival...

Worms 3D

Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 11 March 2004

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Worms 3D is a continuation of the competitive action game about worms in full 3D. As before, you will have to fight in battle against a team of enemy...

Blitzkrieg

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 4 March 2005

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 74/100

This real-time strategy game is set during the decisive battles of World War II, with campaigns for the Allies, Germany, and the Soviet Union. The...

Medieval: Total War

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Turn-based, Action

Game released: PC → 24 March 2004

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Medieval: Total War is a legendary global historical strategy in a medieval setting. From the lush grasslands of Western Europe to the arid deserts...

Hearts of Iron

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

Game released: PC → 13 January 2009

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Hearts of Iron is a real-time tactical management strategy based on the historical events of World War II. You will be able to take control of any...

Rise of Nations

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Sandbox, Online

Game released: PC → 14 May 2003

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 89/100

This real-time strategy game follows civilizations from the Ancient Age to the Information Age. The player starts with a single city, gathers...

Disciples 2: Rise of the Elves

Strategy, Isometric, Collection, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 6 July 2006

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 80/100

This turn-based fantasy strategy game follows the elves as they seek to reclaim the forests of Nevendaar from the world’s four main powers. Driven to...

Master of Orion 3

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Space

Game released: PC → 4 May 2010

Steam: 55/100

Metacritic: 64/100

A space strategy about guiding an entire galactic civilization. The player shapes its economy and administration while using political skills and...

Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Stealth

Game released: PC → 23 January 2009

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 66/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood is a real-time tactical strategy game with an isometric camera dedicated to the legendary Robin Hood. England...

Age of Mythology: The Titans

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric

Game released: PC → 15 October 2003

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Age of Mythology: The Titans — One of the biggest new additions is a new civilization, the Atlanteans. The Atlanteans don't have any special...

Homeworld 2

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → 16 June 2005

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Homeworld 2 — A new threat is approaching the Hiigarans. Warlike Vaygrs want to take over the entire galaxy. As before, the player controls a...

SimCity 4

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Construction, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 22 January 2003

Players: 8/10

Metacritic: 84/100

SimCity 4 — As in previous games in the SimCity series, the player plays the role of a mayor (or several mayors), tasked with the settlement...

Commandos 3: Destination Berlin

Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Historical, Action, Tactics

Game released: PC → 31 January 2008

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 61/100

Metacritic: 72/100

A real-time tactics game about an elite special forces unit operating behind enemy lines during World War II. The campaign spans several parts of the...

Sudden Strike 2

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Sandbox

Game released: PC → 13 May 2005

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 68/100

A real-time strategy game set during World War II, where players command German, Russian, British, American, or Imperial Japanese forces on...

Galactic Civilizations

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Grand strategy, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 27 August 2004

Players: 10/10

Steam: 47/100

Metacritic: 83/100

Galactic Civilizations — strategy in the futuristic genre. The game takes place in 2178. Humanity has established contacts with the five major...

StarCraft: Brood War

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future)

Game released: PC → May 2003

Players: 9.5/10

StarCraft: Brood War — the game takes place in the 26th century. In a region of the Milky Way remote from Earth — the Koprulu sector...

S2: Silent Storm

Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Turn-based

Game released: PC → 20 January 2004

Players: 10/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 83/100

S2: Silent Storm — The key features of the game are a completely destructible 3D world, the use of ragdoll physics and non-linear gameplay. You...

Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis

Simulation, Action, Strategy, Educational game (Education), First-person view, Third-person view, Isometric

Game released: PC → 31 July 2003

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 72/100

A dinosaur park management simulator in which the player fulfills Dr. John Hammond’s dream by designing and developing a Jurassic Park theme park...

Rebels Prison Escape

Strategy, Stealth, In real time, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 14 November 2003

Metacritic: 47/100

Rebels Prison Escape is a strategy/adventure game where you control 5 characters trying to escape from prisons scattered across the country. Each...

Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring

Role-playing game, Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, The Lord of the Rings

Game released: PC → 18 March 2005

Players: 8.8/10

Metacritic: 67/100

A real-time strategy game based on The Lord of the Rings, in which the forces of light and darkness battle for control of Middle-earth. The player...

Impossible Creatures

Strategy, Futurism (Future), Online, In real time

Game released: PC → 16 March 2006

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Set in the 1930s, this real-time strategy game follows a campaign against a madman across a chain of remote islands. To protect an unsuspecting...

Space Empires: Starfury

Simulation, Action, Strategy, Flight Simulator, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Space, Business / Management

Game released: PC → 13 July 2006

Steam: 63/100

Space Empires: Starfury — action game with a first person view. You go on a crazy intergalactic journey through the Space Empires universe. You...

Knights of the Cross

Strategy, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Adventure

Game released: PC → 2005

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 74/100

Knights of the Cross — In a single player game, the player acts as a knight with his own army. During the game's campaign, he fights against...

Championship Manager 4

Simulation, Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Sports game

Game released: PC → 11 April 2003

Players: 10/10

Championship Manager 4 is a top-down simulation game with elements of strategy, business simulation and sports game from Sports Interactive Limited...

Project Nomads

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Flight Simulator, In real time, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PC → 25 April 2003

Players: 7/10

Metacritic: 62/100

Project Nomads — the main gameplay takes place in real time and is a typical action game with a first-person view, but the action of the game...

Medieval: Total War - Viking Invasion

Strategy, DLC, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical

Game released: PC → 7 May 2003

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 84/100

An expansion for Medieval: Total War focused on the struggle for control of the British Isles. Players lead one of eight factions, including the...

Empires: Dawn of the Modern World

Action, Strategy, In real time, Educational game (Education), Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 30 August 2007

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 81/100

This real-time historical strategy game spans the period from the Middle Ages to World War II. Players command one of several civilizations...

Pharaoh

Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building

Game released: PC → 16 May 2003

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 91/100

Pharaoh — Real-time city planning simulator with isometric camera view. You will be transported back to the time of the existence of Egypt as a...

Battle Mages

Role-playing game, Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 16 May 2008

Players: 10/10

Steam: 76/100

A real-time strategy game with role-playing elements, Battle Mages follows a graduate of the Imperial School of Magic sent to face the trials of the...

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Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2003 for PC