Strategy games on Steam: market size, sales and what works

64 games on Steam carry the Strategy tag as one of their main tags. The median one has 84,274 reviews and 80% pass 1,000.

Games released per year

2 2015
5 2016
3 2017
6 2018
3 2019
3 2020
2 2021
3 2022
3 2023
5 2024
2 2025
20 2026

2026 is the year so far.

What games make

Percentile	Reviews	Estimated owners
Median game	84,274	about 3.4M
Top 25%	240,154	about 6.3M
Top 10%	509,891	about 11M

75% of games get over 50 reviews and over 70% positive. Owners are modeled from review counts, see how the estimates work.

Pricing

Median paid price $19.99

Free 14%
Under $5 8%
$5 to $15 30%
$15 to $30 21%
$30 to $60 27%
$60 and up 0%

Most reviewed Strategy releases of the last 24 months

Upcoming Strategy games 85 on Steam

Cardopolis Oct 26, 2026
Cardtographer Oct 26, 2026
Forged Cards Oct 26, 2026
Kleromancy Oct 26, 2026
Evoruption Oct 27, 2026
DaiDee 大弟 Oct 28, 2026
Balingo Oct 29, 2026
CLOCKHEART The Dead Hour Oct 29, 2026
Cyber Neon: Core Protocol Oct 29, 2026
Phoning It In Oct 29, 2026
The Zibbo Show Oct 29, 2026
FACTORIZE: 1 Oct 30, 2026

Tags these games also carry

Singleplayer 33
Multiplayer 24
Simulation 24
Action 20
Co-op 19
Survival 19
2D 18
Difficult 17
Indie 16
Roguelike 16

What good store pages do

Medians across the 50 most reviewed Strategy games.

Screenshots: 11.5
Trailers: 2
Description length: 4,593 characters

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