Unleash Your Inner Strategist With The Best Selling Strategy Games On The Steam Summer Sale 2025
The Steam Summer Sale 2025 has arrived with some pretty amazing deals and tons of savings for all of your favorite strategy games! For strategy game enthusiasts, this is the prime opportunity to expand your digital library and conquer new challenges. From grand strategy epics and real-time tactics to intricate city builders and turn-based masterpieces, I have gathered the best selling strategy games on Steam for you to peruse and take a look at what other players are buying as well! Dive in with me as I reveal the top 20 must-have strategy game deals from this year’s hottest summer gaming event and make sure you don’t miss out on any of the games you want to buy!
20 – Tempest Rising
I think the return of what is considered the classical real-time strategy (RTS) experience with Tempest Rising to be a major event in the strategy gaming sphere, and seen as it quickly became a top-selling real-time strategy (RTS), it’s reason enough to have us believe there’s plenty of players out there wanting to give this one a go. It masterfully blends the nostalgic formula of Command & Conquer games—base-building, resource gathering, and combat —but brings it up to modern standards with a lot of polish. If you’re searching for a new strategy game on Steam that delivers intense tactical combat and a massive single-player campaign, and a satisfying return to form for the genre, Tempest Rising is a standout pick this Steam Summer Sale 2025. Don’t miss this highly-rated title praised for its classic feel and engaging gameplay.
19 – Manor Lords
The best medieval game ever created and one of the best-selling strategy games of the last decade, Manor Lords is an eclectic mix of medieval city-building simulation with large-scale, tactical real-time strategy (RTS) battles in the vein of Total War. Published by Hooded Horse and developed by Slavic Magic, it became one of the most anticipated strategy games ever. As Lord of an emergent town, it’s your job to lead your people to prosperity, decide on what kind of corps and economic activities to focus on, and how you are going to defend your land against opposing Lords. Praised for its stunning historical authenticity (even by myself), organic town development, and visually impressive real-time engagements, Manor Lords offers an incredibly immersive experience and a fantastic way to learn about medieval history. It’s the perfect game for players looking for a new city builder with a pinch of combat, and it earned its spot as one of the best selling strategy games of the Steam Summer Sale 2025.
18 – Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
We don’t get enough strategy games focusing on the conflicts of ancient China, but Total War: Three Kingdoms critically acclaimed entry in the legendary Total War strategy game series- did its best to shine a light on it. What an amazing title this one is. It masterfully blends grand-scale turn-based empire management with spectacular real-time battles, but shifts its focus from having players exclusively manage countries or empires, to managing their iconic warlords as well. Players can choose to engage with the historically authentic “Records” mode or the hero-centric “Romance” mode, where legendary generals boast superhuman martial prowess, straight out of a Kung-Fu movie. With its deep diplomacy system, rich character relationships, and stunning recreation of the Three Kingdoms era, this game is for fans of the Total War series looking for a very unique setting, and for historical strategy game fans in general. With one of its lowest prices ever recorded, Total War: Three Kingdoms is an unmissable Steam Summer Sale 2025 deal.
17 – Europa Universalis IV
It’s still amazing to see that there are so many people still buying the base edition of Europa Universalis IV (EU4). Even more than a decade after its release, it’s still topping sales charts. One of the most complex and intricate historical strategy games to ever come out of Paradox, the game lets you guide any nation through centuries of global history, from the Age of Discovery to the Age of Revolutions. Players will engage in diplomacy, nation building, wage wars, create empires, research new technologies, and navigate the intricate political landscape of almost 500 years of human history. With countless nations to play as, and an incredible amount of great DLC, Europa Universalis IV (EU4) still stands as one of the best grand-strategy games ever made, and one every strategy game player should have in their library.
16 – Age of Empires IV
The legendary Age of Empires series struck gold with the release of Age of Empires IV (AoE4), a game that kept players waiting for decades, but managed to deliver on the high expectations player set for it, and as living proof of that, it’s one of the best selling strategy games in the Steam Summer Sale 2025. It brought the celebrated real-time strategy (RTS) series to a whole new level, by keeping its basics the same, but adding a whole bunch of new mechanics, such as active abilities, different age progression, different units, amazing historical campaigns, and amazingly colourful 3D graphics. With ongoing support including new civilizations and modes, Age of Empires IV (AoE4) offers both familiar gameplay for long-time fans of the games and an accessible entry point for newcomers. For those seeking a top-tier historical RTS with a competitive community with plenty of players, Age of Empires IV is a highly recommended purchase during the Steam Summer Sale 2025. If you can, don’t miss out on some of the discounted DLC as well.
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