Strategy 2020 for PC — top best games in the Strategy genre

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord - a game in the Strategy genre

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Online, Third-person view, Open world, Medieval era, Strategy

Early Access: PC → 30 March 2020; Game released: PC → 25 October 2022

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Mount & Blade 2: Bannerlord is a continuation of the series of role-playing action games set in a fictional medieval world filled with battles. Horns are sounding...

Crusader Kings 3

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

Game released: PC → 1 September 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Metacritic: 86/100

Crusader Kings 3 is the latest installment in Paradox’s series of grand strategy games set in the Middle Ages. The game was created with the historically accurate...

Warcraft 3: Reforged

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval

Game released: PC → 29 January 2020

Players: 4/10

Metacritic: 59/100

Warcraft 3: Reforged is a remaster of the legendary real-time strategy WarCraft 3. The game will allow you to find yourself back in Azeroth. The updated strategy...

Age of Empires 3: Definitive Edition

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical, Online, City Building

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Age Of Empires 3: Definitive Edition is a re-release of the classic real-time strategy game Age Of Empires 3. It features new visuals, 4K support, improved...

Factorio

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Sandbox, Crafting

Early Access: PC → 25 February 2016; Game released: PC → 14 August 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 90/100

Factorio is a top-down sci-fi management strategy game. You have to prepare an alien planet for comfortable living of earthly inhabitants. You will be able to mine...

The Sims 4: Star Wars - Journey to Batuu

Business / Management, Strategy, God Simulator, Third-person view, In real time, Casual game, Simulation

Game released: PC → 8 September 2020

Steam: 48/100

Metacritic: 70/100

The Sims 4: Star Wars — Journey to Batuu is an add-on to the real-time management simulation game The Sims 4, in which you can create your own story in the...

Frostpunk: The Last Autumn

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Steampunk, Survival, Simulation

Game released: PC → 21 January 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Frostpunk: The Last Autumn is a management strategy add-on from the creators of This War of Mine. It will tell you what tragic events led to the emergence of the...

Frostpunk: On The Edge

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Steampunk, Survival, Simulation

Game released: PC → 20 August 2020

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 47/100

Frostpunk: On The Edge is a management strategy add-on from the creators of This War of Mine. The add-on tells the story of the residents of New London who are sent...

Spiritfarer

Simulation, Business / Management, Side view, Adventure, Indie, Strategy, Cooperative (co-op), Construction

Game released: PC → 18 August 2020

Players: 8.2/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Spiritfarer is a fun management simulator with a side view that tells the story of death. You take on the role of a ferryman for the dead and build your own ship to...

Desperados 3

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

Game released: PC → 16 June 2020

Players: 9.5/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 84/100

Desperados 3 is the continuation of the popular tactical strategy series Desperados from the creators of Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun. The game allows you...

Command & Conquer: Remastered

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

Game released: PC → 5 June 2020

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 91/100

Metacritic: 82/100

Command & Conquer: Remastered is a re-release of the legendary real-time strategy series. To convey the spirit of the original game, the authors left the strategy...

Survivalist: Invisible Strain

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Stealth, Simulation, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 1 June 2020; Game released: PC → 25 April 2025

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 88/100

A grim survival simulator where every day becomes a struggle not only against hunger and cold, but also against other people. Ten years after the epidemic, the...

Kingdoms Reborn

Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), City Building, Online, Business / Management

Early Access: PC → 3 November 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 8/10

Steam: 89/100

Kingdoms Reborn is a city builder with an open, procedurally generated world in which you can cooperate or compete with other players. Here you can follow an...

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager

Role-playing game, Strategy, Horror, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Roguelike, Side view, Dungeons

Early Access: PC → 20 March 2020; Game released: PC → 29 April 2021

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager is a dark role-playing roguelike with turn-based combat and a side view in a fantasy setting. You have to build a...

Legends of Runeterra

Online, Top-down view, Board / Group Game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Free game, Strategy, Card game

Game released: PC → 29 April 2020

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Legends of Runeterra is a free-to-play strategy card game set in the world of League of Legends. Both familiar champions and completely new characters await you...

Empire of Sin

Strategy, Isometric, Turn-based, Business / Management, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 1 December 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 51/100

Metacritic: 56/100

Empire of Sin is an isometric strategy game with turn-based combat, set in Chicago in the 1920s. You will take on the role of one of 14 bosses of organized crime...

Partisans 1941

Strategy, Isometric, Historical, Tactics, Stealth

Game released: PC → 14 October 2020

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 74/100

Partisans 1941 is a historical tactical strategy game with an isometric camera view. The events of the game will tell about Russian partisans who fought battles...

Arknights

Strategy, Tactics, Turn-based, Role-playing game, Futurism (Future), Anime / Manga

Game released: PC → 15 January 2020

Players: 9.1/10

Arknights is a tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat in a sci-fi setting. In the game, you take on the role of a member of the Rhodes Island...

Dungeon of the Endless

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 11 June 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 87/100

Metacritic: 79/100

A hardcore roguelike in which a group of prisoners suddenly become explorers of a hostile world. After a prison ship crashes on the mysterious planet Auriga, the...

Townscaper

Strategy, Arcade, Puzzle, Indie, Simulation, Construction, Sandbox, Casual game, City Building

Game released: PC → 26 August 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Townscaper is a vibrant casual strategy game in which the player builds a city on an island. The player selects colors and creates blocks of houses on a grid, and...

Ancient Cities

Strategy, Historical, Simulation, Business / Management, Indie, In real time, City Building, Survival

Early Access: PC → 17 December 2020; Game released: PC → 25 March 2023

Players: 6.7/10

Steam: 64/100

Beginning in the Mesolithic era, players try to lead their people through generations, discovering and improving technology, managing resources and populations, and...

XCOM: Chimera Squad

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Turn-based, Science fiction

Game released: PC → 23 April 2020

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 73/100

Metacritic: 77/100

XCOM: Chimera Squad is an independent spin-off of the tactical strategy XCOM 2, released in 2016. The game takes place 5 years after the events of the second part...

Commandos 2: HD Remaster

Strategy, Stealth, In real time, Isometric, Tactics

Game released: PC → 24 January 2020

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 56/100

An updated version of the cult real-time strategy from 2001. In the modern edition you will find improved graphics and artificial intelligence, a user-friendly...

Hello Guest

Action, Horror, Stealth, First-person view, Free game, Adventure, Strategy, Puzzle

Game released: PC → 13 June 2020

Players: 7.3/10

Steam: 87/100

Hello Guest is a free-to-play dark spin-off of the Hello Neighbor series, in which the player guards the abandoned Golden Apple amusement park from vandals. The...

Gears Tactics

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Tactics

Game released: PC → 28 April 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 81/100

Gears Tactics is a top-down tactical strategy game set in the futuristic Gears of War universe. The game takes place 12 years before the events of the original...

Total War Saga: Troy

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Turn-based, Historical, Simulation

Game released: PC → 13 August 2020

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Total War Saga: Troy is a spin-off for the Total War series of global historical strategies. The game is dedicated to the war between Greece and Troy. You will be...

Stoneshard

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Early Access: PC → 6 February 2020; Game in development: PC → 2027

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 74/100

Stoneshard is a tactical RPG with roguelike elements and an open world from the creators of 12 is Better Than 6. You will embark on a grand journey across the...

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms

Free game, Arcade, Strategy, Fantasy / Medieval, Adventure, Action, Role-playing game

Game released: PC → 25 March 2020

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 76/100

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is a shareware arcade clicker with role-playing elements and a side view in a fantasy setting. In the game you have to...

Endzone - A World Apart

Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), In real time, City Building, Survival

Early Access: PC → 3 April 2020; Game released: PC → 18 March 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 76/100

Metacritic: 72/100

Endzone — A World Apart is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view. In 2021, a group of terrorists blew up nuclear power...

Iratus: Lord of the Dead

Role-playing game, Action, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Roguelike, Strategy, Indie

Early Access: PC → 24 July 2019; Game released: PC → 23 April 2020

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 78/100

Iratus: Lord of the Dead — a party-based RPG with roguelike elements and a side view, inspired by the popular Darkest Dungeon and Dungeon Keeper. An enraged...

Space Haven

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Roguelike, Survival, Space

Game released: PC → 13 May 2026; Early Access: PC → 21 May 2020

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 84/100

Space Haven is a management simulator with roguelike elements in a sci-fi setting. You have to assemble your own team and go into outer space in search of a new...

1971 Project Helios

Strategy, Tactics, Post-apocalyptic, Turn-based, Indie

Game released: PC → 9 June 2020

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 33/100

1971 Project Helios is a turn-based tactical strategy game. In the world of the game, firearms and vehicles are very rare. The battle for resources does not stop...

Iron Harvest

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

Game released: PC → 1 September 2020; Beta testing: PC → 30 July 2020

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Iron Harvest is a sci-fi real-time strategy game with an isometric camera view. The events of the game take place in the “1920+” universe, based on the work of the...

Through the Darkest of Times

Simulation, Strategy, Adventure, Historical, Indie

Game released: PC → 30 January 2020

Players: 8/10

Steam: 85/100

Metacritic: 71/100

Through the Darkest of Times is a historical strategy with elements of a management simulator. You will become the leader of a resistance group in Berlin during the...

Cepheus Protocol

Action, Shooter, Strategy, Horror, In real time, First-person view, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Survival, Sandbox, Zombies

Early Access: PC → 15 May 2020; Game in development: PC → 2026

Players: 7/10

Steam: 77/100

Cepheus Protocol is a tactical real-time strategy game with first-person shooter elements. The Pangu virus has been released in San Francisco, turning thousands of...

Beyond All Reason

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op)

Early Access: PC → 25 May 2020; Game in development: PC → 2027

Steam: 70/100

A large-scale free strategy inspired by Total Annihilation and Supreme Commander. The game transports players to futuristic wars between massive mechanized...

Kingdom Rush Vengeance

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: PC → 15 October 2020

Players: 8.5/10

Steam: 90/100

Kingdom Rush Vengeance is a continuation of a series of strategies with tower defense elements in a fantasy setting. Unlike previous games, Vengeance invites you to...

The Unexpected Quest

Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy, Exploration, City Building

Game released: PC → 27 November 2020

Players: 10/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 49/100

A colorful strategy in a fantasy world inspired by Warcraft 3 and The Settlers series. In the game, you need to construct buildings, participate in battles...

Dota Underlords

Online, Fantasy / Medieval, Chess game, Free game, Tactics, Strategy, Casual game

Early Access: PC → 20 June 2019; Game released: PC → 25 February 2020

Players: 7.8/10

Steam: 84/100

Dota Underlords is a free-to-play multiplayer tactical game that features chess with heroes from the famous Dota universe. Victory is achieved through the proper...

Door Kickers 2: Task Force North

Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics

Game released: PC → 10 February 2025; Early Access: PC → 4 November 2020

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 96/100

A top-down tactical real-time strategy game about special forces conducting operations against terrorists in the Middle East. The game offers full squad deployment...

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Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2020 for PC