12 Best Military Strategy Games on Steam

Medieval II: Total War is a mix of Turn-based Strategy, Real-time Tactics, and Real-time Strategy elements developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It is the fourth entry in the series of Total War and takes place in the medieval setting world and centers on between the years 1080 to 1530. It offers the similar gameplay to its predecessors and introduces two new modes such as Single-player Campaign and battles. Battles mode can be played in historical scenarios and revolves around between two factions such as the Battle of Agincourt and the Battle of Arsuf. There are different factions, and you can select your squad to lead your nation and participate in the battlefield to win rewards. The gameplay comprises leading the military, social systems, military, and politics system of the faction. During your turn, you need to make your strategy and move on to the map to defeat your enemies or against faction. Medieval II: Total War includes cool features such as Twenty-two Factions, Turn System, Battle System, different Characters and more. Medieval II: Total War is the best game to play and enjoy.

Atom Zombie Smasher developed and published by Blendo Games is a Real-time Strategy Single and Multiplayer video game. The game casts the player in the role of the commander and takes place in the fictional land invaded by hordes of zombies. The story centers on the protagonist as he efforts to save as many cities as possible from hordes of zombies commanding helicopter rescue units and an alliance of military units to defend the cities and slaughter lots of zombies. Build the units, recruit the army to protect the city and defend the cities and equip them with deadly weapons. Control air, sea and land forces simultaneously and show off his commanding skills by defeating hordes of zombies. The game contains a variety of levels and each level offers destructible environments. The player can play alone in Single-player mode or can play with up to three friends in multiplayer mode. Atom Zombie Smasher offers prominent features such as the group of Snipers, Demolition Teams, Destructible Environment, Play with Friends and more. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.

Civilization VI combines the elements of Turn-based Strategy, Historical, Single and Multiplayer 4X video game created by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games. It is the sixth marvelous entry in the series of Civilization and offers enhanced gameplay, mechanics, and features. The game takes place in the historical-themed world and allows the player to lead his civilization from an early settlements and become a super power using one of different condition such as technology superiority, military power, and diplomacy leadership. In the beginning, you can start from a small tribe and your task is to explore the world, find new cities, build shelters, buildings, recruit your army, research new technologies, gather resources and train your force to defend your empire. Control the entire planet by defeat other players or AI-controlled Characters across different periods of development. Gather resources to survive longer, and conquer the land of other players to loot their resources. Civilization VI includes core features such as Expansive Empires, Active Research, Dynamic Diplomacy, Combined Arms, Enhance Multiplayer, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War – Game of the Year Edition combines the elements of Military, Science Fiction, and RTS (Real-time Strategy) created by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ. The game takes place in the fictional universe and lets the player create his units, troops and train them to protect the land.

He must gather resources to survive and unlock other units. It has a series of objectives that the player must complete at any cost to earn experience points that can be used to unlock other buildings, items, and resources. The game includes there different factions such as Space Marines, Eldar, and Orks. Create the team with other players and fight against evil enemies and rival players to dominate the massive map. It offers a dystopian planet known as Tartarus where the game takes place.

The ultimate task is to protect the world from enemies, accomplish levels and prove himself as the best leader. It has both single and multiplayer modes. There are different races and character classes to choose from. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay and superb controls, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War is the best game to play and enjoy.

XCOM is a Series Multi-genre video games and offers a versatility throughout the series. Strategy, RTS, turn-based tactics, Real-time Tactics, Simulations, Construction and Management, Military and War gaming, Space Flight, FPS, Third-person Shooting, Action, RPG, etc. are all the genres in which XCom offers games. XCom series was originally started back in 1994 by a company known as MicroProse. MicroProse published in total six games with two of them cancelled. The series rocked the markets but soon it lost the business until the series was rebooted in 2005 by 2K Games. The Series once again started with a mega hit XCOM: Enemy Unknown and broke all the previous records. With critically acclaim and commercial success, the company launched an Expansion pack named as XCOM: Enemy Within, back in 2013 and another title XCOM 2 in 2016. From the very beginning to the latest release of the series, XCOM has maintained the standard and the quality of content and is one of the most favorite series of games throughout the world. Players who typically love playing games with Sci-Fi and Action elements, can play the games in the series and enjoy.

Company of Heroes 2 is a popular RTS game that offers an amazingly addictive and quite immersive game-play similar to the popular Supreme Commander video game. This sequel to the original Company of Heroes lacks the allies feature and instead it takes you to the eastern frontiers in order to battle against the enemies and experience an extremely action-packed game-play ever. As usual the game sets you up into the character of a commander/lieutenant and allows you to focus on building your own base, gather up resources, and build immense man power by building and training troop units, and finally embarking on amazing journeys that will eventually lead you to huge battles against the enemies. Your task is to simply conquer the enemy bases, outposts etc. in order to eliminate the threat and to expand your reign. Every outpost and base capture awards you with points that you can use to buy more upgrades and stuff. Building, defending and occupying enemy territories are the main parts of the core game-play, so the more you are tactically strong, the more chances of success you get. The unique combat system allows you to use your amazing militaristic approach to cater with the armies, use heavy machinery, artillery, military grade vehicles and stuff to defeat your enemies and enjoy an amazing gaming experience.

Supreme Ruler: Cold War is an amazing Real Time Strategy video game by BattleGoat Studios. The game takes you to the Cold War Era and allows you to head USA or USSR, Engage yourself into the most epic Campaigns ever, Control the whole nations, Use your best skills like Diplomacy, Trade, Espionage, Influence the policies of other nations, Research and develop new technologies to have an edge over your rivals, Grow economies by the use of intellect and your best strategic approach, Train massive armies, develop military tech, etc. Alongside all the above mentioned responsibilities, you must ensure that your country gets through all difficulties, easily and safely. With superb visuals, a great addictive game-play and epic quests, Supreme Ruler: Cold War is one marvelous game to play and enjoy.

Total War: Rome 2 is an amazing Real-Time Strategy and MMO video game by The Creative Assembly, set in an alternative Historical setting of Rome. The game focuses basically on Real-time Combats, Battles and Faction-based conquering themes. With choices to select your character from a number of races, skill trees and experiences, Total War: Rome 2 allows you to be part of an enormously huge kingdom ranging from Spanish coasts to far-situated kingdoms of the east, get into a specific faction, lead your people, take part in epic wars, and show off your best commercial, statistical, military and democratic strategies and skills. Running whole kingdoms, making rules for the living, building cultures, controlling economies and constructing buildings, businesses etc. are the unique aspects of this wonderful game. Try it out and you’ll definitely feel like being part of the great Roman Empire.

Machines at War 3 by Isotope 244 is a great MMO-RTS and War based video game. The game lets you be a commander, command over a great number of military units, Military grade vehicles (Tanks, Humvees, Cruisers, Planes, choppers etc.) and make best strategies to either defend yourself against the enemies or to attack and conquer them. Machines at War 3 is played from a top down perspective and allows you to focus on every detail from above and manage it well. The game encourages you to attack and destroy most prominent enemy installations to disrupt their transport and operations. You can use heavy artillery, air strikes, battle ships and other available resources to conquer your enemies. The multiplayer gaming mode lets you be allies with your online friends and attack the enemy from multiple directions and with more power and force. Your Strategic, Diplomatic and Friendly relations with other settlements are the key elements in winning or losing the wars and expansion of your own lands, so you better be good at them in order to prove your supremacy and to dominate over the surrounding world. Machines at War 3 offers fantastic visuals, game-play and other characteristics.

XCOM 2 is a brand new Military Theme, Turn-based, Tactical Real Time Strategy and MMO video game by the popular Firaxis games. XCom 2 is the direct sequel to the 2012’s insanely popular XCom: Enemy Unknown and offers a similar gaming experience with enhanced mechanics and loads of new upgrades and perks. According to the story of the game, The aliens invaded again and this time the invasion was so strong and devastating that it sent the humanity in despair. The seized control over the major facilities and defeated the XCOM and surrendered with the Key operatives hiding in places nobody could know about. Alien’s Puppet ADVENT Administration prevailed, and Years later XCOM became a small resistance and started a new oppressive against the Aliens. This is where you get into the play as a Commander and the story takes another turn that writes the fate of Humanity. Now you must blow the soul back into XCOM and let the Aliens know about What XCOM is capable of. XCOM 2 is set in the future in the year 2035, after the events of XCOM: Enemy Unknown and allows you to get in the role of the Commander of an eponymous Tactical and Military Organization named as XCOM. XCOM 2 tasks you to take Charge of the New XCOM base named as Avenger, gather and train your forces and send them on a number of challenging missions in order to oppose the Alien enemies who have occupied a large area of the game world after the Invasion and are engulfing the world slowly but steadily. You must think strategically, deploy your forces on key spots, build new research and technological facilities, find and team up with Central Officer Bradford and launch a massive attack on Alien bases, gather up the resources such as Elerium Core, get Dr. Richard Tygan rescued and defeat the Aliens once and for all. XCOM 2 offers enhanced game mechanics, brilliant visuals, and a totally immersive gameplay along with all the brilliance it can offer. Do give it a go.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a Military Themed Tactical and Turn-Based RTS (Real Time Strategy) and MMO, Role Playing video game set in an era of Global Alien Invasion. The game is developed by Firaxis Games and allows you to control a technically advanced organization named as XCOM and defend the Earth. You are tasked to lead your troops in the field, fight off and capture the aliens, Build research labs, develop new technologies using alien technology, expand your Organization’s operations, manage XCOM’s assets, monitor alien activities and respond to wherever your assistance is required. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is an outstanding strategy video game with a lot of campaigns, action packed game-play, sleek and state of the art Graphics, great cinematic animations, a lot of fun filled mini games etc. XCOM: Enemy Unknown offers an amazing standalone expansion named XCOM: Enemy Within that adds tons of new stuff (Weapons, new missions, more upgrade options etc.) to the main game. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a great MMO and Strategy video game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.

Sid Meier’s Civilization V or shortly named as Civilization V is a wonderful 4X Turn-based MMO-RTS video game by Firaxis Games. The game is based on the player who leads a civilization from Primordial times to the future on a methodologically created map. The game lets you use your skills and experiences for the Research, Exploration, Diplomacy, Expansion of the lands, Economic and technological development, Governmental and Military Conquests etc. Civilization V inherits a lot of characteristics and mechanics from Civilization IV but a slight change is the absence of a lot of expansion packs. Unlike the previous versions of the game, Battle and combat characteristics are quite changed, Cities can now defend themselves by devastating the enemies situated nearby, and a lot of military restrictions are gone. Sid Meier’s Civilization V resembles Age of Mythologies a lot, story-line and game-play is quite overhauled and the game provides with Single and Multiplayer Campaigns so you can enjoy it more. Graphics are greatly enhanced as compared to the older versions of the game. With 2 expansion packs Civilization V: Gods and Kings and Civilization V: Brave New World, this game offers wonderful visuals, a brilliant game-play etc.