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Top 60 Most Played Strategy Games on Steam in 2026
370.9K people are playing Strategy games on Steam right now across our top 60 tracked titles. Slay the Spire 2 leads with 48.9K concurrent players, followed by Total War: WARHAMMER III and Hearts of Iron IV. Player counts are steady across the top of the genre today.
TOP 6 MOST PLAYED STRATEGY
RANKS 7 THROUGH 60
ranked by current players07
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Strategy
13.1K
▼ 9.4%
08
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Strategy
12.3K
▲ 8.0%
09
Crusader Kings III
Strategy
11.5K
▼ 1.9%
10
Factorio
Strategy
11.1K
▼ 3.6%
11
Stellaris
Strategy
9.79K
▼ 1.4%
12
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Strategy
9.72K
▼ 2.7%
13
Cookie Clicker
Strategy
7.99K
▼ 0.2%
14
Cities: Skylines II
Strategy
7.65K
▼ 6.0%
15
Europa Universalis IV
Strategy
6.65K
▼ 2.7%
16
Cities: Skylines
Strategy
6.31K
▼ 4.4%
17
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Strategy
6.05K
▼ 6.8%
18
Magic: The Gathering Arena
Strategy
6.04K
▼ 2.5%
19
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Strategy
6.03K
▼ 4.3%
20
Balatro
Strategy
5.27K
▲ 0.4%
21
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
Strategy
5.08K
▲ 7.3%
22
Bloons TD 6
Strategy
5.00K
▲ 0.8%
23
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
Strategy
4.36K
▼ 7.2%
24
Victoria 3
Strategy
4.19K
▼ 2.8%
25
Manor Lords
Strategy
3.87K
▼ 5.1%
26
Timberborn
Strategy
3.30K
▼ 7.6%
27
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Strategy
2.81K
▼ 5.2%
28
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
Strategy
2.77K
▼ 5.9%
29
Company of Heroes 3
Strategy
2.73K
▼ 7.3%
30
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
Strategy
2.39K
▼ 0.5%
31
Age of Empires II (Retired)
Strategy
1.89K
▼ 4.3%
32
X4: Foundations
Strategy
1.88K
▼ 9.0%
33
Space Engineers
Strategy
1.74K
▼ 5.8%
34
RISK: Global Domination
Strategy
1.30K
▼ 1.0%
35
Teardown
Strategy
999
▼ 18.6%
36
Farthest Frontier
Strategy
998
▼ 10.0%
37
Broken Arrow
Strategy
998
▼ 41.4%
38
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Strategy
997
▼ 30.8%
39
Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite
Strategy
996
▼ 31.0%
40
Dota Underlords
Strategy
996
▲ 0.0%
41
Idling to Rule the Gods
Strategy
992
▼ 12.8%
42
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
Strategy
989
▼ 28.1%
43
Total War: ATTILA
Strategy
989
▼ 9.7%
44
Hydroneer
Strategy
980
▼ 8.2%
45
Hotel Architect
Strategy
977
▲ 0.0%
46
Anno 1800
Strategy
973
▼ 7.5%
47
Panzer Corps 2
Strategy
972
▲ 0.0%
48
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
Strategy
971
▼ 3.8%
49
Catan Universe
Strategy
962
▲ 0.0%
50
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Strategy
955
▲ 0.0%
51
PlateUp!
Strategy
951
▼ 5.8%
52
BATTLETECH
Strategy
947
▼ 30.1%
53
Blue Prince
Strategy
944
▼ 24.2%
54
The Sims™ 3
Strategy
932
▼ 21.8%
55
Total War: ROME REMASTERED
Strategy
931
▲ 0.0%
56
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Strategy
908
▼ 53.6%
57
Songs of Syx
Strategy
896
▲ 0.0%
58
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Strategy
891
▼ 54.2%
59
Dyson Sphere Program
Strategy
883
▼ 38.7%
60
Amazing Cultivation Simulator
Strategy
882
▲ 0.0%