Classification Archive

Strategy

927 titles indexed

Titles indexed

122

Avg Steam rating

84%

Median reviews

24.5k

Avg Metacritic

79

Avg playtime

30h

Avg price

$7.26

Genre leaders

Most-reviewed

  1. #1Bloons TD 6354.0k reviews
  2. #2Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI349.9k reviews
  3. #3Sid Meier's Civilization® V204.3k reviews
  4. #4Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition162.5k reviews
  5. #5Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition139.9k reviews

Highest-rated

  1. #1Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition98% · 139.9k
  2. #2STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack98% · 39.4k
  3. #3Nubby's Number Factory98% · 9.4k
  4. #4Bloons TD 697% · 354.0k
  5. #5Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense97% · 14.8k

Most-played

  1. #1Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition169 h avg
  2. #2Sid Meier's Civilization® V149 h avg
  3. #3Shadowverse CCG140 h avg
  4. #4Master of Orion140 h avg
  5. #5Total War: ATTILA107 h avg

Rating distribution

  • Overwhelmingly 90+25 · 20.5%
  • Very positive 80–8943 · 35.2%
  • Mostly positive 70–7943 · 35.2%
  • Mixed 60–698 · 6.6%
  • Negative <603 · 2.5%

Release cadence

  • 7
    2011
  • 4
    2012
  • 5
    2013
  • 3
    2014
  • 6
    2015
  • 9
    2016
  • 6
    2017
  • 9
    2018
  • 7
    2019
  • 10
    2020
  • 7
    2021
  • 2
    2022
  • 5
    2023
  • 5
    2024
  • 4
    2025

Prolific studios in this genre

Relic Entertainment

5 titles · avg 93%

Team17 Digital Ltd

5 titles · avg 87%

Firaxis Games

5 titles · avg 80%

Ironhide Game Studio

3 titles · avg 96%

CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)

3 titles · avg 93%

Gas Powered Games

3 titles · avg 91%

Paradox Development Studio

3 titles · avg 84%

Firaxis Games, Aspyr (Mac), Aspyr (Linux)

3 titles · avg 81%

Mad Games Tycoon 2 (2023)
Mad Games Tycoon 2 (2023)

Casual

Start your own game development studio in 1976. Build your own offices, production facilities and server rooms. Develop the games of your…
Railway Empire 2 (2023)
Railway Empire 2 (2023)

Simulation

Don the coat of a clever entrepreneur, take over a small railway company in the early 1800s and turn your steam engines…
Miasma Chronicles (2023)
Miasma Chronicles (2023)

Action

From the creators of Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden comes a beautifully crafted tactical adventure you won’t forget. Embark on a…
Fly Corp (2023)
Fly Corp (2023)

Indie

Develop your own transport network in different regions and cities: open new routes, buy and upgrade new planes, and increase airport capacity!
Darkest Dungeon® II (2023)
Darkest Dungeon® II (2023)

Indie

Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the…
Retail Royale (2023)
Retail Royale (2023)

Action

A chaotic Battle Royale inside a furniture store where everything is a weapon.
Silica (2023)
Silica (2023)

Action

Silica blends FPS and RTS in epic, photorealistic battles. Choose to fight on the ground or command from above as humans or…
Age of Wonders 4 (2023)
Age of Wonders 4 (2023)

RPG

Rule a fantasy realm of your own design! Explore new magical realms in Age of Wonders’ signature blend of 4X strategy and…
Stranded: Alien Dawn (2023)
Stranded: Alien Dawn (2023)

Simulation

Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your…
Total Conflict: Resistance (2023)
Total Conflict: Resistance (2023)

Action

Total Conflict: Resistance is a unique symbiosis of global strategy, tactics and first-person action. Realistic mass battles, many types of armored vehicles,…