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Best Trending Strategy Games on Steam (July 2026)

The Strategy games gaining Steam followers fastest right now — our 7-day momentum signal, updated daily.

Updated daily · July 17, 2026

The fastest-growing Strategy games on Steam right now are Rogue Carrier, Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000, Esports Manager 2026, ranked by how many Steam followers each gained in the last 7 days (per SteamDB), as of July 17, 2026. The full ranked list is below.
#GameFollowers7d GrowthSimilar
1Rogue Carrier 🔥4,207+4,207
2Total War: WARHAMMER 40,000 🔥116,197+3,436similar →
3Esports Manager 2026 ▲13,029+2,724
4Dota 2 ▲2,523,311+2,606similar →
5Cat Chess ▲4,095+1,886
6Stronghold 4 ▲31,440+1,727
7Backyard Baseball ▲4,148+1,597
8Machinefall ▲2,637+1,582
9Frozen Ship ▲3,517+1,348
10Imperial Ambitions ▲3,719+1,342
11Warhammer 40000 Dawn Of War Iv ▲83,106+1,316similar →
12Corsair Cove ▲25,853+1,259
13Planet Zoo 2 ▲20,229+1,244
14Bergfried ▲10,882+1,176
15The Alters ▲105,434+1,069
16Hearts Of Iron Iv ▲491,543+969similar →
17Dust Front RTS ▲50,626+948
18Warhammer 40,000: Dark Heresy ▲57,792+895similar →
19Total War Warhammer Iii309,584+725similar →
20RimWorld641,695+696similar →
21Ea Sports College Football 273,303+667
22Strikers Club1,974+663
23Rock Bottom1,203+652
24Beyond Astra11,317+647
25Goblin Camp4,388+622
26Age Of Empires Ii Definitive Edition291,195+608similar →
27Crusader Kings Iii323,527+596similar →
28Subway Builder1,041+596
29Vampirium: 1997623+586
30Marvel Tōkon Fighting Souls17,326+563
31Active Soccer 31,373+558
32Architect of Ruin6,328+539
33Cult Of The Lamb267,375+482similar →
34Squad731,226+478similar →
35Empires Of The Undergrowth88,513+478
36Warp to Sector One695+475
37Security 513,461+468
38Gilded Destiny12,526+436
39Three Kingdoms Alias792+430
40Factory Town 2: Paradise3,167+427

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