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Top 60 Most Played Strategy Games on Steam in 2026
474.8K people are playing Strategy games on Steam right now across our top 60 tracked titles. Slay the Spire 2 leads with 89.3K concurrent players, followed by Hearts of Iron IV and Total War: WARHAMMER III. 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
Factorio
Strategy
16.1K
▲ 20.2%
08
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Strategy
15.6K
▲ 23.5%
09
Crusader Kings III
Strategy
15.4K
▲ 16.2%
10
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Strategy
13.8K
▲ 12.8%
11
Cities: Skylines II
Strategy
11.4K
▲ 43.2%
12
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Strategy
10.9K
▲ 7.0%
13
Magic: The Gathering Arena
Strategy
10.3K
▲ 1.3%
14
Stellaris
Strategy
8.86K
▲ 19.6%
15
Cookie Clicker
Strategy
8.81K
▲ 4.6%
16
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Strategy
8.53K
▲ 40.8%
17
Europa Universalis IV
Strategy
8.51K
▲ 28.3%
18
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Strategy
8.27K
▲ 21.6%
19
Victoria 3
Strategy
7.89K
▲ 28.1%
20
Bloons TD 6
Strategy
7.46K
▲ 6.5%
21
Planet Zoo 2
Strategy
7.17K
▲ 23.4%
22
Balatro
Strategy
7.03K
▲ 3.6%
23
Company of Heroes 3
Strategy
5.90K
▲ 60.7%
24
Cities: Skylines
Strategy
5.62K
▲ 21.0%
25
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
Strategy
5.41K
▲ 1.4%
26
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
Strategy
4.46K
▲ 27.1%
27
Manor Lords
Strategy
4.33K
▲ 26.3%
28
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
Strategy
3.83K
▲ 29.5%
29
Timberborn
Strategy
3.63K
▲ 29.7%
30
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
Strategy
3.36K
▲ 29.8%
31
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Strategy
3.31K
▲ 29.6%
32
Space Engineers
Strategy
3.10K
▲ 22.2%
33
The Bazaar
Strategy
2.94K
▼ 29.4%
34
Total War: ATTILA
Strategy
2.85K
▲ 65.8%
35
X4: Foundations
Strategy
2.80K
▲ 28.8%
36
Age of Empires II (Retired)
Strategy
2.62K
▲ 22.8%
37
Eternal Return
Strategy
2.57K
▼ 40.4%
38
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Strategy
2.40K
▲ 50.7%
39
Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age
Strategy
2.37K
▲ 21.6%
40
RISK: Global Domination
Strategy
2.31K
▲ 43.5%
41
Teardown
Strategy
2.29K
▲ 45.8%
42
Barotrauma
Strategy
2.16K
▲ 33.3%
43
Frostpunk
Strategy
2.04K
▲ 8.9%
44
Broken Arrow
Strategy
2.02K
▲ 33.8%
45
Company of Heroes 2
Strategy
2.00K
▲ 28.9%
46
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
Strategy
1.96K
▼ 28.5%
47
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Strategy
1.92K
▲ 5.6%
48
Cult of the Lamb
Strategy
1.82K
▲ 13.1%
49
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Strategy
1.73K
▲ 28.5%
50
Anno 1800
Strategy
1.70K
▲ 54.4%
51
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
Strategy
1.66K
▲ 27.9%
52
WARNO
Strategy
1.65K
▲ 24.1%
53
Dyson Sphere Program
Strategy
1.63K
▼ 13.0%
54
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
Strategy
1.59K
▲ 17.5%
55
Railroader
Strategy
1.58K
▼ 5.0%
56
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Strategy
1.57K
▼ 25.2%
57
PlateUp!
Strategy
1.34K
▲ 3.5%
58
Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
Strategy
1.33K
▲ 47.2%
59
They Are Billions
Strategy
1.27K
▼ 15.8%
60
Farthest Frontier
Strategy
1.26K
▲ 32.4%