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Top 60 Most Played Strategy Games on Steam in 2026
362.8K people are playing Strategy games on Steam right now across our top 60 tracked titles. Slay the Spire 2 leads with 59.4K concurrent players, followed by Hearts of Iron IV and Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI. Player counts are steady across the top of the genre today.
TOP 6 MOST PLAYED STRATEGY
RANKS 7 THROUGH 60
ranked by current players07
Stellaris
Strategy
12.4K
▼ 0.7%
08
Crusader Kings III
Strategy
12.2K
▼ 1.2%
09
Factorio
Strategy
11.6K
▲ 1.1%
10
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Strategy
10.7K
▼ 2.1%
11
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel
Strategy
10.5K
▲ 4.1%
12
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
Strategy
8.81K
▲ 2.2%
13
Cookie Clicker
Strategy
8.51K
▲ 0.6%
14
Cities: Skylines II
Strategy
7.51K
▼ 1.7%
15
Bloons TD 6
Strategy
7.40K
▲ 14.6%
16
Cities: Skylines
Strategy
7.02K
▼ 1.9%
17
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Strategy
6.43K
▼ 1.1%
18
Europa Universalis IV
Strategy
6.13K
▼ 1.1%
19
Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Strategy
6.00K
▲ 1.1%
20
Balatro
Strategy
5.83K
▲ 0.5%
21
Cell to Singularity - Evolution Never Ends
Strategy
4.46K
▼ 5.9%
22
Victoria 3
Strategy
4.32K
▼ 1.4%
23
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
Strategy
3.62K
▼ 1.6%
24
X4: Foundations
Strategy
3.21K
▼ 1.0%
25
Timberborn
Strategy
3.01K
▲ 1.8%
26
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
Strategy
2.95K
▼ 0.8%
27
Company of Heroes 3
Strategy
2.63K
▼ 1.0%
28
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Strategy
2.60K
▼ 0.3%
29
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
Strategy
2.47K
▼ 1.1%
30
Dyson Sphere Program
Strategy
2.46K
▼ 6.9%
31
Barotrauma
Strategy
2.37K
▼ 1.7%
32
Cult of the Lamb
Strategy
2.32K
▲ 2.0%
33
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Strategy
2.29K
▲ 7.2%
34
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
Strategy
1.97K
▼ 4.0%
35
Space Engineers
Strategy
1.92K
▲ 2.3%
36
Manor Lords
Strategy
1.91K
▲ 2.0%
37
They Are Billions
Strategy
1.79K
▼ 8.3%
38
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms
Strategy
1.72K
▼ 3.6%
39
Teardown
Strategy
1.72K
▼ 4.6%
40
Age of Empires II (Retired)
Strategy
1.68K
▼ 1.2%
41
Company of Heroes 2
Strategy
1.59K
▼ 9.1%
42
Broken Arrow
Strategy
1.47K
▼ 5.8%
43
Everything is Crab: The Animal Evolution Roguelite
Strategy
1.24K
▼ 2.5%
44
RISK: Global Domination
Strategy
1.17K
▲ 0.7%
45
Total War: ATTILA
Strategy
1.15K
▼ 5.0%
46
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Strategy
1.15K
▲ 2.2%
47
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
Strategy
1.07K
▼ 1.9%
48
Farthest Frontier
Strategy
998
▼ 10.0%
49
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Strategy
997
▼ 30.8%
50
Dota Underlords
Strategy
996
▲ 0.0%
51
Idling to Rule the Gods
Strategy
992
▼ 12.8%
52
Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete
Strategy
989
▼ 28.1%
53
Hydroneer
Strategy
980
▼ 8.2%
54
Hotel Architect
Strategy
977
▲ 0.0%
55
Anno 1800
Strategy
973
▼ 7.5%
56
Panzer Corps 2
Strategy
972
▲ 0.0%
57
Catan Universe
Strategy
962
▲ 0.0%
58
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Strategy
955
▲ 0.0%
59
PlateUp!
Strategy
951
▼ 5.8%
60
BATTLETECH
Strategy
947
▼ 30.1%