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Best Strategy Game Apps for iPhone (2026)

40 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Last War:Survival is the top-ranked of 40 strategy game apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 451,339 ratings.

  1. 1
    Last War:SurvivalS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 451,339 ratings · score 98
  2. 2
    State.io - Conquer the WorldS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 251,687 ratings · score 96
  3. 3
    Supremacy: World War 3S
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 76,117 ratings · score 96
  4. 4
    Forge of Empires: Build a CityS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 168,217 ratings · score 96
  5. 5
    Boom Beach: War Strategy GameS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 299,248 ratings · score 95

What belongs in this list

Plan and outmaneuver opponents by managing resources and armies in a strategy game.

Not here: An action or fighting game alone; A strategy RPG alone; A war-themed shooter alone; A board game rules reference alone; A strategy guide alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
Last WarState.ioSupremacy: World War 3ForgeBoom BeachConquerKingshotWorld Conqueror 4Tower WarSupremacy 1914
A
The BattleSupremacy: Call of War 1942Age of Conqu…Country BallsGame of Thro…Grand WarTotal BattleRise of King…Art Of War 3Colonies atCommandMillion Lords
B
FightKingdom ClashArmy CommanderWorld Conqueror 3Dead AheadKiss of WarArea ConquerSea WarDomiNationsMushroomMafia CityGreat
C
Top WarWarhammerPuzzlesDummynationColor ClashIsland War
D
None at D yet
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Last War:SurvivalS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 451,339 ratings · score 98 · best in class
  2. 2
    State.io - Conquer the WorldS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 251,687 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  3. 3
    Supremacy: World War 3S
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 76,117 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  4. 4
    Forge of Empires: Build a CityS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 168,217 ratings · score 96 · best in class
  5. 5
    Boom Beach: War Strategy GameS
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 299,248 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  6. 6
    Conquer CountriesS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 79,152 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  7. 7
    KingshotS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 231,003 ratings · score 95 · best in class
  8. 8
    World Conqueror 4S
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 20,642 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  9. 9
    Tower War - Tactical ConquestS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 183,649 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  10. 10
    Supremacy 1914 - World War 1S
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 31,392 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  11. 11
    The Battle of PolytopiaA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 15,501 ratings · score 92 · excellent
  12. 12
    Supremacy: Call of War 1942A
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 29,813 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  13. 13
    Age of Conquest IVA
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,545 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  14. 14
    Country Balls: Battle WorldA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 4,608 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  15. 15
    Game of Thrones: Conquest ™A
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 89,617 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  16. 16
    Grand War: Rome Strategy GamesA
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,640 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  17. 17
    Total Battle: War StrategyA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 69,474 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  18. 18
    Rise of KingdomsA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 187,777 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  19. 19
    Art Of War 3:RTS Strategy GameA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 9,718 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  20. 20
    Colonies at WarA
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 3,756 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  21. 21
    Command & Conquer™: Rivals PVPA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 43,104 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  22. 22
    Million Lords: World ConquestA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 7,999 ratings · score 88 · excellent
  23. 23
    Fight For America: Country WarB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 147,173 ratings · score 88 · good
  24. 24
    Kingdom Clash:Medieval DefenseB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 17,402 ratings · score 87 · good
  25. 25
    Army CommanderB
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 40,553 ratings · score 87 · good
  26. 26
    World Conqueror 3B
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 4,060 ratings · score 86 · good
  27. 27
    Dead Ahead: Zombie WarfareB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 60,202 ratings · score 86 · good
  28. 28
    Kiss of WarB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 45,606 ratings · score 86 · good
  29. 29
    Area Conquer: Tower Battle WarB
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 5,375 ratings · score 86 · good
  30. 30
    Sea War: Uboat RaidB
    Free download · ★ 4.8 · 37,860 ratings · score 86 · good
  31. 31
    DomiNationsB
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 39,141 ratings · score 86 · good
  32. 32
    Mushroom Wars 2: RTS StrategyB
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 26,563 ratings · score 86 · good
  33. 33
    Mafia City: War of UnderworldB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 126,618 ratings · score 85 · good
  34. 34
    Great Conqueror: RomeB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 4,715 ratings · score 85 · good
  35. 35
    Top War: Battle GameC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.1 · 104,047 ratings · score 85 · situational
  36. 36
    Warhammer: Chaos & ConquestC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 6,794 ratings · score 85 · situational
  37. 37
    Puzzles & ConquestC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 7,411 ratings · score 85 · situational
  38. 38
    DummynationC
    Free download · ★ 3.9 · 3,256 ratings · score 84 · situational
  39. 39
    Color Clash ArenaC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 79,375 ratings · score 84 · situational
  40. 40
    Island War: RaidC
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 25,201 ratings · score 84 · situational

Beyond the top 40

153 more, not ranked yet

  1. War Commander: Rogue Assault
  2. Stick War: Saga
  3. Warpath: Ace Shooter
  4. Hustle Castle・Medieval Kingdom
  5. Raid Rush: Tower Defense TD
  6. Puzzles & Chaos: Frozen Castle
  7. Kingdom Maker: Build Strategy
  8. Game of Thrones: Dragonfire
  9. Nightfall: Kingdom Frontier TD
  10. War Planet Online: MMO Battle
  11. Sea of Conquest: Pirate War
  12. We Are Warriors!
  13. Avatar: Realms Collide
  14. Art of Conquest : Airships
  15. World War Armies: RTS Game
  16. Dawn of Ages: Medieval Warfare
  17. Royal Revolt 2: Tower Defense
  18. Kingdoms of HF - Dragon War
  19. Star Trek Fleet Command
  20. Top Force: Commander
  21. Age of Empires Mobile
  22. Country Balls: World Battle
  23. Vikings: War of Clans PvP
  24. War and Peace: Civil War
  25. Lord of Seas
  26. KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
  27. European War 6: 1914
  28. Thronefall - A Little Kingdom
  29. War and Order
  30. War Regions - Tactical Game
  31. Age of Origins:Tower Defense
  32. Trench Warfare 1917: WW1 Game
  33. Battle 3D - Strategy game
  34. Empire Four Kingdoms
  35. Iron Marines RTS Strategy Game
  36. Bloons TD 6
  37. Age of Apes
  38. Doomsday: Undead Bride
  39. Bloons TD 6+
  40. Warhammer 40,000: Tacticus ™
  41. Viking Rise
  42. Infinity Kingdom
  43. Rebel Inc.
  44. Dino Bash - Defend & Fight
  45. City Takeover
  46. Warcraft Rumble
  47. Trench Warfare WW1: Army War
  48. DC: Dark Legion™
  49. Bloons TD Battles
  50. Transformers: Earth Wars
  51. Wolf Game: Wild Animal Wars
  52. Top Heroes: Kingdom Saga
  53. Game of Vampires: Twilight Sun
  54. Battle Bag: War Zone
  55. Smashing Four: Real-time PvP
  56. Real Time Shields
  57. Mecha Fire
  58. Iron Order 1919: Mech Warfare
  59. Through the Ages
  60. Dune: Imperium
  61. Into the Breach
  62. Warzone Commander
  63. Kingdom Rush Battles: TD Game
  64. SIEGE: World War II
  65. To The Trenches: WW1 Army RTS
  66. Dead Empire: Zombie War
  67. Chief Almighty
  68. Lordrush
  69. Godzilla x Kong: Titan Chasers
  70. Lords Mobile x Transformers
  71. TFT: Teamfight Tactics
  72. The Grand Frontier
  73. Last Echo
  74. Base Commander
  75. War Alliance - Squad Tactics
  76. Game of Khans - Horde Battle
  77. Star Hunter-Infinite Lagrange
  78. Nova: Space Armada
  79. Total War: MEDIEVAL II
  80. Hearthstone
  81. Northgard
  82. WW2 Countries At War
  83. Draw Army: 3D Battle Simulator
  84. Marsaction 2: Space Homestead
  85. Country Balls: State Takeover
  86. War Dragons
  87. Armor Age: Tank Wars
  88. The Grand Mafia
  89. Stay Room: SilentCastle Origin
  90. Game of Sultans
  91. Glory of Generals 3: WW2
  92. 270 | Two Seventy US Election
  93. Mighty Party: Battle Heroes
  94. War Heroes Strategy Card Games
  95. Marsaction: Infinite Ambition
  96. Ragdoll Battle Simulator
  97. Nova Empire: Space Wars MMO
  98. Risk of war - Wartime Glory
  99. Medieval: Defense & Conquest
  100. Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD
  101. Tower Clash
  102. European War 4: Napoleon
  103. Invasion: Aerial Warfare
  104. Olympus Rising: Hero Defense
  105. Draw Arena: Battle Tactics
  106. March of Empires: War Games
  107. Last Empire - War Z: Strategy
  108. Airline Manager - 2026
  109. Evolution Board Game
  110. Blaze of Battle
  111. Last Shelter: Survival
  112. Two Spies
  113. Battle Warship: Naval Empire
  114. Crazy Defense Heroes: RPG TD
  115. The Elder Scrolls: Castles
  116. Clash of Kings - CoK
  117. First Strike - Nuclear RTS
  118. Border Wars: Army Games RTS
  119. Town Rush
  120. Tower Madness 2: #1 in Great Strategy TD Games
  121. Country Balls Io: Battle Arena
  122. WW2: Strategy World War Games
  123. Hades' Star
  124. Tiny Clash!
  125. Heroes and Castles 2
  126. Refantasia: Charm and Conquer
  127. War Troops: Military Strategy
  128. Master Duel: Strategy Games
  129. Company of Heroes
  130. WW2: World War Strategy Games
  131. Fortress of Gears
  132. ROME: Total War
  133. 1917 Trench War - War Troops
  134. Stronghold Kingdoms Castle Sim
  135. Dictator 2: Political Game
  136. Age of History II
  137. Game of War - Fire Age
  138. Kingdom Wars Defense!
  139. Hex Takeover
  140. Motorsport Manager Mobile 3
  141. Push Tower
  142. Monster Wars 3D
  143. Door Kickers
  144. Stickman History Battle
  145. Era of Conquest: Warfare
  146. Gang Clash
  147. Battle Simulator Counter Stick
  148. The Army
  149. Game of Warriors
  150. Dictator - Rule the World
  151. Tentacle Wars ™
  152. Tactile Wars
  153. Catan Classic

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Questions people ask

What is the best strategy game app for iPhone?
Last War:Survival, S tier, ranked #1 of 40, rated 4.7 by 451,339 people.
Which strategy game apps are free?
40 of 40 are free to download: Last War:Survival (S), State.io - Conquer the World (S), Supremacy: World War 3 (S), Forge of Empires: Build a City (S) and more. 21 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which strategy game app has the best App Store rating?
Island War: Raid at 4.9 from 25,201 ratings.
How many strategy game apps reach S or A tier?
22 of 40. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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