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%

Infested Planet (2014)
Infested Planet (2014)

Action

Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart…
Hexcells Plus (2014)
Hexcells Plus (2014)

Casual

Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Hexcells (2014)
Hexcells (2014)

Casual

Hexcells is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Banished (2014)
Banished (2014)

Indie

In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land.…
Takedown: Red Sabre (2014)
Takedown: Red Sabre (2014)

Action

TAKEDOWN is a thinking-person’s shooter; brutal, hardcore and deadly - like the real thing. Not for the faint hearted, Takedown requires you…
Original War (2014)
Original War (2014)

Indie

An American geological expedition, under a UN mandate, assesses the natural resources in a distant part of Siberia, deep in the trackless…
Insurgency (2014)
Insurgency (2014)

Action

Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply…
The Banner Saga (2014)
The Banner Saga (2014)

Indie

Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with…