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 require power to...

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 frog, you need...

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 Crusaders or...

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 single-player campaign...

Space Colony

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

Game released: PC → 30 April 2015

Players: 5.8/10

Steam: 79/100

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 will take on...

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 ancient Roman city...

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 tunnels and...

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 stage a terrorist...

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 control its...

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 battle by the...

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 forces contend...

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 player commands...

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 War II. The team...

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, Anno Domini 1190...

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 worms. You...

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, including China...

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 is limited to...

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. The game offers...

Delta Force: Land Warrior

Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Third-person view

Game released: PC → 18 June 2009

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 74/100

This tactical shooter follows members of the US Army’s elite anti-terrorist unit as they engage enemies across expansive outdoor areas and large indoor...

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 of North Africa...

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 — there was...

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 European...

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 Battle Mages...

SpellForce: The Order of Dawn

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

Game released: PC → 3 November 2009

Players: 9.1/10

Metacritic: 74/100

SpellForce: The Order of Dawn — 6 races lived in a flourishing world: humans, elves, gnomes, trolls, orcs and drow (dark elves). Some representatives of these...

Uplink

Role-playing game, Simulation, Cyberpunk, Indie, Strategy

Game released: PC → 23 August 2006

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 89/100

This cyberpunk hacking simulation follows an independent hacker who takes on dangerous contracts and breaks into secure systems. The protagonist steals corporate...

Railroad Pioneer

Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Trains, Simulation

Game released: PC → 3 December 2003

Players: 9.8/10

Steam: 61/100

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 resources, develops...

Disciples: Sacred Lands (Gold Edition)

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

Game released: PC → 4 October 1999

Steam: 86/100

Set in the fantasy world of the Sacred Lands, this turn-based strategy game with role-playing elements follows four races fighting for survival and dominance. The...

Europa Universalis 2

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Educational game (Education), Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical

Game released: PC → 7 December 2006

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 87/100

This historical strategy spans four centuries, beginning in 1419 during the Hundred Years’ War between France and England and ending in the era of Napoleon. The...

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 and development...

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. The game is...

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 huge mother ship...

Sudden Strike 2

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

Game released: PC → 13 May 2005

Players: 6.6/10

Steam: 85/100

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 battlefields around the...

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 star powers...

WWI: The Great War

Shooter, Strategy, Warships / Submarines, Flight Simulator, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Historical, Tanks

Game released: PC → 16 May 2008

Players: 10/10

Steam: 47/100

WWI: The Great War is a third-person shooter with elements of strategy, warship simulator, flight simulator, historical game and tank simulator from developers from...

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 state that...

American Conquest: Fight Back

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

Game released: PC → 4 July 2003

Players: 7.2/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 66/100

This real-time historical strategy game spans wars across the American continent from 1517 to 1804. Its campaigns cover the search for El Dorado, Pontiac’s uprising...

Hexic

Strategy, Puzzle

Game released: PC → July 2003

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Hexic is a puzzle game about matching hexagonal tiles by color. The player rotates groups of three tiles to form clusters, while bonus pieces and starflowers can...

Hoyle Majestic Chess

Strategy, Isometric, Top-down view, Chess game

Game released: PC → 14 August 2003

Metacritic: 80/100

This chess game combines traditional matches with alternative play styles, learning tools and chess-based challenges. Hoyle Majestic Chess offers options for...

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition

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

Game released: PC → 20 July 2010

Players: 6/10

Steam: 81/100

SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition is an expanded edition of the city-planning simulator SimCity 4 with previously released additions and updates. In the game you have to...

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Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2003 for PC (Game released)