Best Games in the Strategy genre of 2021 for PC
Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Futurism (Future), In real time, Construction, Simulation
Game released: PC → 9 November 2021
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
76/100
Jurassic World Evolution 2 is a continuation of the real-time economic strategy that will allow you to create your own “Jurassic Park”. The new game...
Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Crafting, Survival, Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: PC → 14 October 2021
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The Riftbreaker is a sci-fi action game with real-time strategy elements. You will take on the role of Captain Ashley Novak — Riftbreaker, an...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Medieval era, City Building, Survival
Early Access: PC → 1 June 2021; Game released: PC → 17 March 2026
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
76/100
A simulator of building and managing a medieval settlement, unfolding after a devastating plague that left only a small part of the population alive...
Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Isometric, Indie, Science fiction, Open world, Space, Construction
Early Access: PC → 21 January 2021; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
9/10
Steam:
96/100
Dyson Sphere Program is a sci-fi space simulator in which you build your galactic empire by exploring uncharted areas of extraterrestrial space. In...
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...
Action, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Side view, Survival
Game released: PC → 3 June 2021
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
63/100
Until We Die is an exciting action game with strategy elements and a side view, where you have to defend your base from the invasion of...
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Isometric, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Early Access: PC → 7 October 2021; Game released: PC → 15 January 2025
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
74/100
A real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy setting, where darkness becomes the main enemy of humanity. No one knows for sure what it is - the...
Business / Management, Strategy, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Futurism (Future), In real time, Simulation
Early Access: PC → 22 October 2019; Game released: PC → 16 November 2021
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
72/100
Surviving the Aftermath — a real-time management strategy game from the creators of Surviving Mars. The game allows you to build a colony of people...
Action, Strategy, Business / Management, Isometric, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Casual game, Simulation
Game released: PC → 23 March 2021
Steam:
70/100
Metacritic:
86/100
Overcooked! All You Can Eat is a cooperative management strategy with an isometric camera view. It features remastered versions of Overcooked and...
Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC → 23 July 2021
Players:
10/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Orcs Must Die! 3 is a continuation of the tactical action game with elements of “tower defense” and a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The new...
Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Strategy, Historical, First-person view, Online, Survival, Open world
Early Access: PC → 20 November 2019; Game released: PC → 20 October 2021
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
67/100
This Land is My Land is a dynamic stealth action game with a third-person view in the open world of the American Wild West. The main character is the...
Trains, Simulation, Strategy, Construction, Open world, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Business / Management
Early Access: PC → 1 October 2021; Game released: PC → 5 December 2024
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
75/100
The game takes place in a spacious open world, similar to the American Midwest during the golden age of steam locomotives. The gamer builds railroads...
Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Card game, Roguelike, Online, Strategy, Side view, Turn-based, Casual game, Adventure, Tactics
Early Access: PC → 8 April 2021; Game released: PC → 16 August 2022
Steam:
81/100
Across the Obelisk is a role-playing roguelike in a fantasy setting with turn-based battles, a side view and the ability to collect a powerful deck...
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...
Strategy, Simulation, Warships / Submarines, Isometric, Indie, Tactics, Construction, Grand strategy
Early Access: PC → 10 December 2021; Game released: PC → 25 January 2023
Players:
7.9/10
Steam:
62/100
A tactical simulator dedicated to naval battles. The game offers the unique opportunity to design and build countless variations of realistic-looking...
Role-playing game, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PC → 8 September 2021
Players:
7.1/10
Steam:
83/100
Metacritic:
85/100
Final Fantasy IV is a tactical turn-based strategy role-playing game with anime and fantasy RPG elements. Expect fully voiced dramatic cutscenes...
Role-playing game, Isometric, Turn-based, Roguelike, Fantasy, Strategy, Card game, Board / Group Game
Early Access: PC → 17 July 2019; Game released: PC → 20 October 2021
Players:
9.2/10
Steam:
81/100
Metacritic:
82/100
A tactical role-playing game with turn-based combat, based on the board game of the same name. Players embark on an exciting journey through...
Simulation, Strategy, In real time, Fantasy / Medieval, Historical, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Survival
Game released: PC → 10 August 2021
Players:
5.7/10
Steam:
74/100
Patron is a real-time city-building simulator with management elements and an isometric camera view in a medieval setting. In the game you have to...
Strategy, Simulation, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, City Building, Sandbox, Construction
Early Access: PC → 15 September 2021; Game released: PC → 12 March 2026
Players:
8.9/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
85/100
A city-building simulator set in a world after the disappearance of humanity. The Earth has changed, and a new civilization is being built by beavers...