$ best strategy & 4x games
← all gamesThe top-rated Strategy & 4X games on PC and PlayStation, 2015→today, ranked by a blend of Metacritic critics and real player sentiment. Showing the top 25. Open in the interactive ranker →
| # | Game | Year | Platform | Tier | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balatro◆LocalThunk | 2024 | PCPS | S | 97.8 |
| 2 | Schedule I◆TVGS | 2025 | PC | S | 97.8 |
| 3 | Dispatch◆AdHoc Studio | 2025 | PCPS | S | 97.5 |
| 4 | Satisfactory◆Coffee Stain Studios | 2024 | PC | S | 97.3 |
| 5 | Baldur's Gate IIILarian Studios | 2023 | PCPS | S | 96.9 |
| 6 | Dorfromantik◆Toukana Interactive | 2022 | PC | S | 96.3 |
| 7 | Cult of the Lamb◆Massive Monster | 2022 | PCPS | S | 95.9 |
| 8 | Divinity: Original Sin 2Larian Studios | 2017 | PCPS | S | 95.4 |
| 9 | Buckshot Roulette◆Mike Klubnika | 2024 | PC | S | 95.1 |
| 10 | PlateUp!◆It's happening | 2022 | PC | S | 94.8 |
| 11 | RimWorld◆Ludeon Studios | 2016 | PC | S | 94.6 |
| 12 | Against the StormEremite Games | 2023 | PC | S | 94.4 |
| 13 | Persona 3 ReloadAtlus | 2024 | PCPS | S | 94.3 |
| 14 | Slay the Spire◆Humble Bundle | 2019 | PCPS | S | 94.1 |
| 15 | Inscryption◆Daniel Mullins Games | 2021 | PCPS | A | 93.6 |
| 16 | Oxygen Not Included◆Klei Entertainment | 2017 | PC | A | 93.5 |
| 17 | A Monster's Expedition◆Draknek & Friends | 2020 | PC | A | 93.4 |
| 18 | Factorio◆Wube Software | 2020 | PC | A | 93.2 |
| 19 | Into the Breach◆Subset Games | 2018 | PC | A | 92.9 |
| 20 | Monster TrainGood Shepherd Entertainment | 2020 | PC | A | 92.9 |
| 21 | Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun◆Daedalic Entertainment | 2016 | PCPS | A | 92.7 |
| 22 | Orcs Must Die! UnchainedRobot Entertainment | 2016 | PCPS | A | 92.6 |
| 23 | Desperados IIIMimimi Productions | 2020 | PCPS | A | 92.6 |
| 24 | Mini Motorways◆Dinosaur Polo Club | 2021 | PC | A | 92.3 |
| 25 | Age of Empires II: Definitive EditionForgotten Empires | 2019 | PC | A | 91.9 |