Strategy games give a group time to think, plan and scheme, together or against each other. These strategy games on Steam include classic real-time battles, long turn-based campaigns and calmer co-op games about building and defending.
1. Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
The classic real-time strategy game with 42 civilizations, 229 campaign missions and co-op, multiplayer and cross-play. Friends can team up against the AI or fight each other in long matches. A safe pick for groups who grew up with RTS games.
Play together: Online co-op, Online PvP
2. Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI
Expand your empire, advance your culture and go head-to-head against history’s greatest leaders. Multiplayer games take time, which makes it ideal for long sessions with friends who like to negotiate, form alliances and break them.
Play together: Online PvP, Remote Play Together
3. Total War: WARHAMMER II
A strategic turn-based campaign combined with real-time battles in the world of Warhammer. You choose a Legendary Lord, build armies and forge alliances. Friends can play the campaign together or fight each other’s armies.
Play together: Online co-op, Online PvP
4. Factorio
A game about building automated factories in an infinite 2D world, combining simple parts into complex production chains and protecting them from hostile creatures. In multiplayer, friends work on the same factory, and the planning never really stops.
Play together: Online co-op
5. Northgard: Definitive Edition
A real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. You lead a clan, explore a newly found continent and defeat rivals to claim the throne. Matches are shorter than many strategy games, which suits a group with one evening to spare.
Play together: Online co-op, Online PvP
6. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
An enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic Halo Wars, updated to run natively on PC and including all of its DLC. Its straightforward controls make it an approachable RTS for friends who are new to the genre.
Play together: Online co-op, Online PvP
7. Mindustry
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements. Friends can build supply lines together and defend them against waves, or compete in PvP. It is easy to start and grows into a deep logistics puzzle.
Play together: Online co-op, Online PvP
8. Kingdom Two Crowns
A micro-strategy and tower defense game in an atmospheric pixel world. You gather coins, build defenses and protect your crown against Greed monsters that attack at night. In co-op, two players share the kingdom and have to agree on how to spend every coin.
Play together: Online co-op, Remote Play Together
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