
Best Strategy Games of 2016
54 Strategy games from 2016 ranked by critic score
The highest-rated Strategy games released in 2016, ranked by critics on CriticDB. Scores are aggregated from leading gaming publications worldwide.
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Stardew Valley
9117 critic reviews·Feb 25, 2016·Chucklefish GamesPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +1Stardew Valley is an open-ended country-life RPG! You’ve inherited your grandfather’s old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new…
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Overwatch
8832 critic reviews·May 23, 2016·Blizzard EntertainmentPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchJoin the fight for the future in the world of Overwatch and choose your hero from a diverse cast of soldiers, scientists, adventurers, and oddities. Bend time, defy physics, and unleash a dizzying…
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Total War: Warhammer
8719 critic reviews·May 23, 2016·SegaPCA unique combination of colossal real-time battles and an addictive turn-based sandbox campaign game of statecraft, politics and empire building, Total War: WARHAMMER will deliver hundreds of hours…
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Planet Coaster
8616 critic reviews·Nov 16, 2016·Frontier DevelopmentsPCPlanet Coaster is a construction and management simulation video game. Similar to its spiritual predecessor, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 (also developed by Frontier), the game allows players to build…
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XCOM 2
8628 critic reviews·Feb 3, 2016·2K GamesPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchXCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite…
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Sid Meier's Civilization VI
868 critic reviews·Oct 19, 2016·2K GamesPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchCivilization is a turn-based strategy game in which you attempt to build an empire to stand the test of time. Become Ruler of the World by establishing and leading a civilization from the Stone Age…
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
8519 critic reviews·Dec 5, 2016·Daedalic EntertainmentPCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1Skillfully hide from and sneak past the enemies fields of view, take their formations apart and hide their bodies to cover your tracks. Quick Save will enable you to execute your plans perfectly.…
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Darkest Dungeon
8424 critic reviews·Jan 18, 2016·Red Hook StudiosPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchDarkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors,…
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The Banner Saga 2
8219 critic reviews·Apr 18, 2016·Versus EvilPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchThe award winning and BAFTA nominated saga continues in The Banner Saga 2. Continue your journey soon after the climactic events of The Banner Saga. The choices you made in the first game will affect…
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RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic
826 critic reviews·Dec 19, 2016·Atari, Inc.PCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +3"RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic is a new RCT experience, combining the best features from two of the most successful and beloved RCT games in the series’ history – RollerCoaster Tycoon and…
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Overcooked!
828 critic reviews·Aug 2, 2016·Team17PCPS4Xbox OneSwitchOvercooked! is a co-op cooking game for 1-4 players. Working as a team, you and your fellow chefs must prepare, cook and serve up a variety of tasty orders before the baying customers storm out. Take…
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Dandy Dungeon: Legend of Brave Yamada
818 critic reviews·Jan 14, 2016·Onion GamesPCSwitchA puzzle RPG about a game developer that loses his job and finds true love in his quest to make his first independent game.
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Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
819 critic reviews·Jan 19, 2016·Gearbox SoftwarePCBefore you can find your Homeworld, you must first unlock the secrets of the desert. Blackbird Interactive and Gearbox Software invite you to visit the deserts of Kharak in this new Homeworld story,…
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Tyranny
8015 critic reviews·Nov 9, 2016·Paradox InteractivePCExperience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.
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Worms W.M.D
8012 critic reviews·Aug 22, 2016·Team17PCPS4Xbox OneSwitchThe worms are back in their most destructive game yet! With a gorgeous, hand-drawn 2D look, brand new weapons, the introduction of crafting, vehicles and buildings plus the return of some much-loved…
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Offworld Trading Company
796 critic reviews·Apr 27, 2016·StardockPCOffworld Trading Company is a real-time strategy game in which money, not firepower, is the player's weapon. Players lead their developing companies in cutthroat economic warfare against other…
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Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
7911 critic reviews·Apr 20, 2016·Focus EntertainmentPCBattlefleet Gothic: Armada is the RTS videogame adaptation of Games Workshop's classic tabletop game, pitting the Chaos, Imperium, Eldar, and Orks against each other in visceral space-battles.…
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Atlas Reactor
795 critic reviews·Oct 3, 2016·Trion WorldsPCAtlas Reactor is a 4v4 team-based tactical/strategic PvP game that uses simultaneous turns with 4 action phases during combat. Prep -> Dash -> Blast -> Move. Players can't Move after a Dash action.…
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Icey
795 critic reviews·Nov 16, 2016·X.D. Network Inc.PCPS4SwitchIcey is a 2D side-scrolling action game and a meta game in disguise. As you follow the narrator's omnipresent voice, you will see through Icey's eyes and learn the truth about her world. The narrator…
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Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma
798 critic reviews·Jun 27, 2016·Spike ChunsoftPCPS4Xbox OneZero Time Dilemma is the third and final entry in the Zero Escape series. It is a story focused mystery/thriller visual novel with multiple endings that involves player choices and puzzle rooms.
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Tom Clancy's The Division
7818 critic reviews·Mar 7, 2016·Ubisoft EntertainmentPCPS4Xbox OnePS5After a deadly pandemic sweeps through New York, it's up to Agents to save what remains. Complete missions, explore the Dark Zone, and fight back enemy factions alone or with 3 friends. Experience a…
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Stellaris
7820 critic reviews·May 8, 2016·DMM GAMESPCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand…
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Space Run Galaxy
785 critic reviews·Jun 16, 2016·Focus EntertainmentPCSpace Run Galaxy is the sequel to Space Run, the game from one-man studio Passtech, which seduced hundreds of thousands of players with its dynamic and original game play. By twisting the…
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Duelyst
785 critic reviews·Aug 22, 2016·Counterplay Games Inc.PCDuelyst is a competitive strategy game focused on tactical combat, squad building, and ranked ladder play. Each battle is a 1v1 match between two online opponents. Gameplay in Duelyst is turn-based,…
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Mushroom Wars 2
786 critic reviews·Oct 12, 2016·Zillion WhalesPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchSequel to one of the hit RTS games of the last generation, Mushroom Wars 2 introduces hero characters with customizable skins, reimagined campaigns for each race of Mushroom folk, even wilder…
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Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk
758 critic reviews·Jun 22, 2016·Nippon Ichi SoftwarePCPS4SwitchLabyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk is a first-person dungeon-crawler RPG using a party of 5 characters chosen from 6 classes. Later it seems like you can have 5 groups of 3 characters acting as one…
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A Rose in the Twilight
747 critic reviews·Apr 25, 2016·Nippon Ichi SoftwarePCIn A Rose in the Twilight, use Rose’s power to absorb blood and transfer it to static objects. By doing so, colorless objects become red and regain the essence of time. You will also need to make use…
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Batman: Return to Arkham
746 critic reviews·Oct 17, 2016·WB GamesPS4Xbox OneBatman: Return to Arkham sees the combination of two classic entries in the Batman: Arkham series make a return to modern consoles (PS4 and Xbox One) with improved graphics. Warner Bros. is…
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Dead by Daylight
7413 critic reviews·Jun 13, 2016·505 GamesPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch +2Dead by Daylight is an asymmetrical multiplayer (4vs1) horror game where one player takes on the role of the savage Killer, and the other four players play as Survivors, trying to escape the Killer…
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Earthlock: Festival of Magic
748 critic reviews·Aug 31, 2016·Snowcastle GamesPCPS4Xbox OneAn original turn-based role-playing game set in a world of machines and magic, a world that stopped spinning thousands of years ago.
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Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey
7216 critic reviews·Nov 1, 2016·Koei Tecmo EuropePCPS4The second entry in the 'Mysterious' saga follows the adventures of the enthusiastic Firis Mistlud and her loving older sister Liane Mistlud. The sisters have lived their entire lives in the isolated…
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Mary Skelter: Nightmares
7210 critic reviews·Oct 12, 2016·Compile HeartPC"Beware! The Nightmare monster stalks you as you navigate this dungeon-crawling RPG. Stand your ground, or use traps to slow down the insatiable monsters and escape to fight another day. You’ll fight…
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Beholder
728 critic reviews·Nov 8, 2016·Alawar EntertainmentPCA totalitarian State controls every aspect of private and social life. Laws are oppressive. Surveillance is total. Privacy is dead. You are a State-installed manager of an apartment house. The State…
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Battleborn
7119 critic reviews·May 2, 2016·2K GamesPCPS4Xbox One"Battleborn is a next-gen hero-shooter brought to you by the creators of the award-winning and best-selling Borderlands franchise. In Battleborn’s distant future, the only hope for the last star in a…
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Ashes of the Singularity
7111 critic reviews·Mar 30, 2016·StardockPCAshes of the Singularity is a real-time strategy game set in humanity’s not-so-distant future. What it means to be human has changed with the coming of the singularity. In the post-human economy,…
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Hitman Go: Definitive Edition
718 critic reviews·Feb 22, 2016·Crystal DynamicsPCPS4Hitman Go is a simple to play, but difficult to master turn-based strategy game set in a stunning interpretation of the Hitman universe. You will strategically navigate fixed spaces on a grid to…
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Hearts of Iron IV
717 critic reviews·Jun 5, 2016·Paradox InteractivePCVictory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging…
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Rogue Wizards
705 critic reviews·Sep 26, 2016·Spellbind StudiosPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchBattle creatures, collect loot, master magic, and build your very own Wizard Tower sanctuary in this rogue-like, dungeon-crawling RPG.
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Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth
709 critic reviews·Sep 20, 2016·AquaplusPCPS3PS4Switch"The epic story of Utawarerumono comes to an end in Mask of Truth, as the fate of the world will be determined by warring nations. The game features exciting SRPG battles, a colorful cast of…
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII
7011 critic reviews·Jan 26, 2016·Koei TecmoPCPS4Xbox OneSwitch"The ultimate depiction of the Three Kingdom. A heroic drama of a gathering of Legends." Based on this concept for Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13, we have compiled an experience that will immerse…
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Champions of Anteria
695 critic reviews·Aug 29, 2016PCChampions of Anteria is an epic real-time strategy extravaganza invites you to unleash the powers of five Champions to defeat the enemy, reclaim the kingdom, and make it back home in time for dinner.
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Fortified
6910 critic reviews·Feb 2, 2016·ClapfootPCXbox OneFortified is an explosive strategy shooter where players will defend the Earth against a menacing Martian invasion in the 1950s. Play as one-of-four pulp inspired heroes as they fight swarms of…
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Punch Club
677 critic reviews·Jan 7, 2016·tinyBuildPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchTrain hard, fight crocodiles and find love. Earn your place in the Punch Club ranks, and discover who brutally murdered your father, in this choose your own adventure boxing management tycoon. Punch…
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Masquerada: Songs and Shadows
6611 critic reviews·Sep 29, 2016·Ysbryd GamesPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchMasquerada: Songs and Shadows is a tactical action RPG developed by Witching Hour Studios.
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Crush Your Enemies
666 critic reviews·Jul 12, 2016·Vile MonarchPCSwitchStrategy games have become too stuffy, bogged down with diplomacy, endless repositioning, waiting....ugh, so much waiting. Crush Your Enemies is a RTS distilled down to the basics - foul-mouthed…
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Dynasty Warriors: Godseekers
659 critic reviews·Aug 2, 2016·Koei Tecmo America CorporationPS3PS4Dynasty Warriors: Godseekers unfolds during the chaotic end days of the Han dynasty, when ancient China was overwhelmed by uprisings and internal strife within its imperial court. The story follows…
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Root Letter
648 critic reviews·Jun 15, 2016·PQubePCPS4Root Letter (stylized √Letter) is a visual novel adventure video game that is developed and published by Kadokawa Games as the first title in their Kadokawa Game Mystery brand. In the game, the…
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Oriental Empires
638 critic reviews·Sep 19, 2016·Iceberg InteractivePCTurn based 4X strategy game, recreating the civilizations of ancient China. Develop your land, build great cities, raise huge armies and fight epic battles, with hundreds of soldiers fighting right…
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Lost Sea
618 critic reviews·Jun 28, 2016·EastasiasoftPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchLost Sea is an explorative action-adventure game set inside the perilous environment of the Bermuda Triangle. Select your hero and recruit a ragtag crew of survivors who can help you navigate the…
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This Is the Police
6112 critic reviews·Jul 26, 2016·EuroVideo MedienPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchJack Boyd, beloved police chief of Freeburg, has 180 days before he's forced to retire. But Jack won't be going out quietly. Over the next six months, he'll be going all out to fulfill a dream: earn…
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Dungeon Rushers
575 critic reviews·Sep 5, 2016·Plug In DigitalPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchDungeon Rushers is a Heroic-Parody tactical RPG combining dungeon crawler’s gameplay and turn-based fights. Manage your team, loot dusty dungeons, crush armies of monsters and craft mighty equipment.…
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Dark Rose Valkyrie
578 critic reviews·Jul 20, 2016·Compile HeartPCPS4"Defend humanity from the Chimera Virus as the new leader of Japan’s covert military agency (ACID) in Dark Rose Valkyrie! Featuring work from “Tales of” scenario writer Takumi Miyajima and “Tales of”…
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The Tomorrow Children
548 critic reviews·Sep 5, 2016·Sony Interactive EntertainmentPS4The Tomorrow Children is the story of a future re-imagined from the after-effects of an experiment in 1960s Russia. In an attempt to 'sublime' the human race by melding all human minds into one…
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Alekhine's Gun
326 critic reviews·Feb 8, 2016·Maximum GamesPCPS4Xbox OneAlekhine’s Gun takes you deep into the tense, complex heart of the mid-20th century Eastern Bloc conflict, where you’ll encounter double-crossing, treachery, and looming nuclear threats. Unravel the…