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Top 60 Most Played Strategy Games on Steam in 2026
469.3K people are playing Strategy games on Steam right now across our top 60 tracked titles. Slay the Spire 2 leads with 67.2K concurrent players, followed by Hearts of Iron IV and Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI. The genre is trending up today, with the top titles adding players.
TOP 6 MOST PLAYED STRATEGY
RANKS 7 THROUGH 60
ranked by current players07
Crusader Kings III
Strategy
18.3K
▲ 27.2%
08
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Strategy
16.4K
▲ 12.9%
09
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Strategy
15.8K
▲ 39.8%
10
Factorio
Strategy
15.5K
▲ 25.2%
11
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Strategy
11.6K
▲ 19.5%
12
Stellaris
Strategy
10.9K
▲ 19.1%
13
Cities: Skylines II
Strategy
9.90K
▲ 21.4%
14
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Strategy
9.62K
▲ 38.1%
15
Europa Universalis IV
Strategy
8.92K
▲ 22.9%
16
Cities: Skylines
Strategy
8.91K
▲ 21.5%
17
Cookie Clicker
Strategy
7.52K
▲ 3.4%
18
Bloons TD 6
Strategy
7.31K
▲ 11.4%
19
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Strategy
7.22K
▲ 29.7%
20
Balatro
Strategy
6.58K
▲ 7.3%
21
Victoria 3
Strategy
5.72K
▲ 24.2%
22
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
Strategy
5.13K
▲ 39.8%
23
Company of Heroes 3
Strategy
5.01K
▲ 36.0%
24
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
Strategy
4.96K
▼ 2.5%
25
Manor Lords
Strategy
4.48K
▲ 26.2%
26
Cult of the Lamb
Strategy
4.40K
▲ 47.8%
27
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
Strategy
3.95K
▲ 29.6%
28
Timberborn
Strategy
3.59K
▲ 25.2%
29
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
Strategy
3.53K
▲ 20.8%
30
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Strategy
3.51K
▲ 30.9%
31
X4: Foundations
Strategy
3.49K
▲ 24.9%
32
Dyson Sphere Program
Strategy
3.42K
▲ 28.9%
33
Broken Arrow
Strategy
3.24K
▲ 32.1%
34
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Strategy
3.09K
▲ 5.5%
35
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
Strategy
2.76K
▲ 22.4%
36
They Are Billions
Strategy
2.71K
▲ 32.1%
37
Barotrauma
Strategy
2.61K
▲ 14.0%
38
Space Engineers
Strategy
2.57K
▲ 24.5%
39
Company of Heroes 2
Strategy
2.19K
▲ 30.0%
40
Age of Empires II (Retired)
Strategy
2.13K
▲ 19.5%
41
Total War: ATTILA
Strategy
1.80K
▲ 25.2%
42
Teardown
Strategy
1.69K
▲ 5.8%
43
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Strategy
1.66K
▲ 17.5%
44
RISK: Global Domination
Strategy
1.46K
▲ 7.0%
45
Farthest Frontier
Strategy
998
▼ 10.0%
46
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Strategy
997
▼ 30.8%
47
Dota Underlords
Strategy
996
▲ 0.0%
48
Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite
Strategy
996
▼ 31.0%
49
Idling to Rule the Gods
Strategy
992
▼ 12.8%
50
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
Strategy
989
▼ 28.1%
51
Hydroneer
Strategy
980
▼ 8.2%
52
Hotel Architect
Strategy
977
▲ 0.0%
53
Anno 1800
Strategy
973
▼ 7.5%
54
Panzer Corps 2
Strategy
972
▲ 0.0%
55
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
Strategy
971
▼ 3.8%
56
Catan Universe
Strategy
962
▲ 0.0%
57
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Strategy
955
▲ 0.0%
58
PlateUp!
Strategy
951
▼ 5.8%
59
BATTLETECH
Strategy
947
▼ 30.1%
60
Blue Prince
Strategy
944
▼ 24.2%