Best sci-fi strategy games, ranked

Best sci-fi strategy games, ranked


The only rule here is that this is a list of boots-on-the-ground strategy games; after all, the troops do the dying, the fleet just does the flying. We've been banging the 'Dawn of War is the best Warhammer 40K game of all time' drum for a while now, and we stand by it, but we're also comfortable saying it's among the best sci-fi strategy games ever, period. With the remaining XCOM forces now on the run, an alien craft becomes a mobile HQ, and inverting the dynamic of the war (making humans the 'invaders' trying to disrupt an established system) made for pretty fun story and gameplay changes.

Author: Fran Ruiz


Published at: 2025-11-06 22:00:00

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