Best Action RTS games on PC
Action RTS games are strategy games centered on real-time combat, with players directing units and making quick battlefield decisions. Many also involve building bases, managing resources, or organizing defenses.
- Real-time unit control
- Combat-focused strategic decisions
- Base building or tactical deployment
Related: RTS, Strategy, Base Building, Real Time Tactics
224 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Frontline Crisis
Top-down tower defense with direct mech control and base building
86% positive
363 reviews
Prime & Load : 1776
American Revolution shooter with player-led companies of AI infantry
78% positive
354 reviews
Fire Commander
Real-time firefighting strategy with squad management and limited water supplies
68% positive
334 reviews
Demo The Hive
Fantasy real-time strategy where defeated enemies fuel your swarm’s evolution
70% positive
326 reviews
Leave No One Behind: Ia Drang
Real-time strategy about holding landing zones in the Vietnam War
42% positive
321 reviews
Legendary Hoplite: Arachne’s Trial
Tower defense with direct hero combat and army upgrades
79% positive
Free
The Mims Beginning
A god game about building colonies on floating islands
76% positive
Free
Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes (GOLD Edition)
Fantasy real-time strategy mixing army battles with role-playing elements
85% positive
Free
永生之庭
A strategy RPG where enemies can become romantic partners
58% positive
309 reviews
Battleplan
World War II strategy with drawn plans and autonomous troops
68% positive
301 reviews
Control Craft 3
Real-time strategy about capturing bases with waves of soldiers
77% positive
300 reviews
Anno 1602 History Edition
Island colony-building strategy with economic management and varied scenarios
76% positive
294 reviews
Demo Circle Empires 2
Real-time strategy across randomly generated worlds of connected circles
71% positive
286 reviews
KallaX
Co-op furniture assembly where only one player can read instructions
84% positive
283 reviews
Demo Forest Heroes
Roguelike deckbuilding and tower defense with animal armies and mushroom magic
81% positive
283 reviews
Stargate: Timekeepers
Sci-fi stealth tactics with specialists behind enemy lines
62% positive
281 reviews
策马守天关
Tower defense with controllable heroes and randomized tactical skill cards
97% positive
Free
BURGGEIST
Real-time action strategy where terrain and elevation shape your tactics
97% positive
264 reviews
Demo Five Nations
Space real-time strategy with base building and fleet micromanagement
81% positive
258 reviews
Demo Roma Invicta
Roman conquest strategy mixing turn-based planning with real-time battles
83% positive
247 reviews
Demo Welcome Back, Commander
Squad-based real-time tactics in a plague-stricken city with lasting choices
81% positive
246 reviews
Anno 1701 History Edition
3D city-building strategy with economic planning and campaign missions
83% positive
244 reviews
Operation: Polygon Storm
Military real-time strategy with automated combat and direct troop orders
68% positive
241 reviews
Dragon Princess is Hungry
Action RPG about hunting ingredients for a hungry dragon princess
91% positive
233 reviews