Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 827 critic lists from 134 publications.
Updated: October 26, 2025
Most Acclaimed Turn-Based Strategy Games of All Time
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#1 Sid Meier's Civilization IV (2005) (#103)
Firaxis Games | MAC, WIN | Turn-Based Strategy / 4X Strategy | ~13h | 30 lists
#2 Sid Meier's Civilization II (1996) (#130)
MicroProse Software, Inc. | MAC, WIN | Turn-Based Strategy | ~21h | 26 lists
#3 Advance Wars (2001) (#133)
Intelligent Systems | GBA | Turn-Based Strategy | ~16h | 30 lists
#4 Sid Meier's Civilization (1991) (#163)
MPS Labs | DOS, WIN | Turn-Based Strategy | ~13h | 23 lists
#5 Rome: Total War (2004) (#213)
The Creative Assembly | WIN | Real-Time Tactics / Turn-Based Strategy | ~34h | 18 lists
#6 Into the Breach (2018) (#220)
Subset Games | MAC, WIN, SW | Turn-Based Strategy | ~6h | 35 lists
#7 Sid Meier's Civilization V (2010) (#227)
Firaxis Games | MAC, WIN | Turn-Based Strategy / 4X Strategy | ~40h | 26 lists
#8 Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia (1999) (#350)
Loki Software, New World Computing | 3 | Turn-Based Strategy | ~56h | 12 lists
#9 Worms Armageddon (1999) (#417)
Infogrames, Team17 | WIN, PS, N64, DC | Turn-Based Strategy | ~8h | 10 lists
#10 Total War: Warhammer III (2022) (#545)
The Creative Assembly | 3 | Real-Time Tactics / Turn-Based Strategy | ~34h | 6 lists
#11 Medieval II: Total War (2006) (#564)
The Creative Assembly | WIN | Real-Time Tactics / Turn-Based Strategy | ~31h | 7 lists
#12 Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri (1999) (#628)
Firaxis Games | 3 | Turn-Based Strategy / 4X Strategy | ~26h | 6 lists
#13 Transistor (2014) (#681)
Supergiant Games | 3, PS4 | Action RPG / Turn-Based Strategy | ~6h | 9 lists
#14 Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars (1996) (#732)
New World Computing | 3 | Turn-Based Strategy | ~47h | 4 lists
#15 Advance Wars: Dual Strike (2005) (#749)
Intelligent Systems | DS | Turn-Based Strategy | ~24h | 4 lists
#16 Sid Meier's Civilization III (2001) (#781)
Firaxis Games, Westlake Interactive | MAC, WIN | Turn-Based Strategy | ~25h | 5 lists
#17 Master of Orion (1993) (#842)
Simtex, Take-Two Interactive | DOS, MAC | Turn-Based Strategy / 4X Strategy | ~14h | 4 lists
#18 Sid Meier's Civilization VI (2016) (#844)
Firaxis Games | 3 | Turn-Based Strategy / 4X Strategy | ~23h | 12 lists
#19 Empire: Total War (2009) (#853)
The Creative Assembly | WIN | Real-Time Tactics / Turn-Based Strategy / Grand Strategy | ~68h | 3 lists
#1
#103
#2
#130
#3
#133
Advance Wars
2001
#4
#163
#5
#213
Rome: Total War
2004
#6
#220
Into the Breach
2018
#7
#227
#9
#417
Worms Armageddon
1999
#10
#545
#11
#564
#12
#628
#13
#681
Transistor
2014
#14
#732
#15
#749
#16
#781
#17
#842
Master of Orion
1993
#18
#844
#19
#853
Empire: Total War
2009
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