Multiplayer Strategy and MOBA Games

Top 28 multiplayer strategy games

1. 1

   Dota 2

   Each player controls one hero who levels up and buys items during the match, and the team pushes down three lanes to destroy the enemy base. Every hero is unlocked from the start.

   2–10 onlineFree

2. 2

   Bloons TD 6

   The goal is to pop waves of balloons before they reach the end of a track, placing monkeys and other towers along it. Each tower has three upgrade paths, and cash is split between players.

   2–4 online · 4 on one screen

3. 3

   Hearts of Iron IV

   Each player runs a country from 1936 onward, managing industry, researching technology, designing divisions and drawing battle plans. National focus trees let you follow World War II history or rewrite it.

   2–32 online

4. 4

   Pokémon Unite

   Each of you controls one Pokémon that evolves during the match, defeating wild Pokémon to collect energy and scoring it in the enemy goals. The team with more points when time runs out wins.

   2–10 onlineFree

5. 5

   League of Legends

   Two teams of champions with unique abilities push down three lanes guarded by turrets to destroy the Nexus, the enemy base. During the match you level up and buy items with the gold you earn.

   2–10 onlineFree

6. 6

   Teamfight Tactics

   You buy champions from a shop each round and place them on a board, where they fight automatically against another player's team. Three copies merge into a stronger one, and the last player standing wins.

   2–8 onlineFree

7. 7

   Hearthstone

   Duels are turn-based, fought with thirty-card decks featuring Warcraft characters, and you spend mana on minions and spells until the opponent's health runs out. In Battlegrounds you recruit minions that fight on their own.

   2–8 onlineFree

8. 8

   StarCraft II

   Commanding Terran, Zerg or Protoss, you harvest minerals and gas, build a base and an army, and destroy the enemy base. In Co-op you pick commanders with their own units for missions against the AI.

   2–8 onlineFree

9. 9

   Sid Meier’s Civilization VI

   Each player leads a civilization from ancient times to the space age in turns, founding cities and researching technology. You win through science, culture, religion or conquest, and cities spread across several tiles as districts.

   2–12 online · 12 on one screen

10. 10

    Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

    You command troops and fight in person, on foot or horseback, in medieval battles and sieges. The conquest campaign is single-player, and multiplayer offers battles with or without AI troops.

    2–12 online

11. 11

    Sid Meier's Civilization V

    Each player guides a civilization from ancient times to the future in turns, founding cities, researching technology and negotiating or fighting with rivals. The map uses hexes, and only one military unit fits per tile.

    2–8 online · 8 on one screen

12. 12

    Stellaris

    Each player designs a species and runs its space empire in pausable real time, exploring systems, colonizing planets, researching and building fleets. The galaxy is randomly generated, and late-game crises threaten everyone.

    2–32 online

13. 13

    Slay the Spire 2

    Climbing the spire means choosing a route through turn-based card battles, shops and events and building a deck from the cards you win. Each player brings their own deck against the same enemies.

    2–4 online

14. 14

    Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

    Each player picks a medieval civilization, gathers food, wood, gold and stone with villagers, advances through four ages and raises armies to destroy the enemy. Over fifty civilizations have their own units and bonuses.

    2–8 onlineCrossplay

15. 15

    Total War: WARHAMMER III

    Each of you leads a faction from the Warhammer fantasy world, managing provinces and moving armies turn by turn, then fighting battles in real time with soldiers, monsters and magic. Campaign turns are simultaneous.

    2–8 online

16. 16

    Total War: WARHAMMER II

    Each of you leads a Warhammer race such as High Elves or Skaven, managing cities and armies in turns and fighting battles in real time. The campaign is a race to control the Great Vortex.

    2–8 online

17. 17

    Crusader Kings III

    Each of you rules a medieval dynasty across generations, arranging marriages, plotting, going to war and inheriting titles to grow your realm. When your character dies, you continue as their heir.

    2–32 online

18. 18

    Europa Universalis IV

    Between 1444 and 1821, each player runs a country, handling diplomacy, trade, colonies and armies to expand across the world. It runs in real time with pause, and any nation of the era is playable.

    2–32 online

19. 19

    Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition

    Each of you leads an ancient faction such as Rome or Carthage, managing provinces and armies turn by turn on a Mediterranean map and fighting battles in real time. Battles can combine armies and fleets.

    2–8 online

20. 20

    Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition

    Each of you leads a medieval civilization such as the English or Mongols, gathering resources, building a town and training armies to destroy the enemy. Civilizations play differently, and you age up by building landmarks.

    2–8 onlineCrossplay

21. 21

    Company of Heroes 2

    On the Eastern Front of World War II, you command Soviet or German armies and capture points that pay for more troops. Infantry takes cover behind walls and craters, and tanks are weaker from behind.

    2–8 online

22. 22

    STAR WARS Empire at War - Gold Pack

    You command the Rebellion, the Empire or the Zann Consortium in real-time Star Wars battles in space and on the ground. In conquest mode you move fleets between planets on a galactic map.

    2–8 online

23. 23

    Total War: SHOGUN 2

    Each of you leads a clan in 16th-century Japan, managing provinces and armies turn by turn and fighting real-time battles with samurai and cavalry. The goal is to take Kyoto and become shogun.

    2–8 online

24. 24

    Total War: THREE KINGDOMS

    Each of you leads a warlord in 2nd-century China, managing territory and armies turn by turn and fighting battles in real time. Generals have friendships and rivalries, and they can duel each other.

    2–8 online

25. 25

    Total War: ATTILA

    As the Roman Empire falls, you lead a faction, running provinces turn by turn and commanding real-time battles with thousands of soldiers. Some factions can abandon their cities, migrate as a horde and raze settlements.

    2–8 online

26. 26

    Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition

    You lead an 18th-century nation in a turn-based campaign spanning Europe, the Americas and India, with real-time battles fought with muskets and cannons. There are also naval battles between fleets of sailing ships.

    2–8 online

27. 27

    Eternal Return

    Each of you picks a character with their own skills and roams Lumia Island gathering materials to craft gear while fighting wild animals and rival teams. The last team alive wins.

    2–18 onlineFree

28. 28

    Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era

    You move heroes around a map in turns to gather resources, capture mines and upgrade your town, recruiting creatures for tactical battles on a hex grid. It's a prequel to the series with six factions.

    2–8 online · 8 on one screen