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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

71 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Historical real-time strategy built around distinct civilizations and large battles
86% positive 96K reviews
Company of Heroes 3
World War II RTS combining tactical battles with campaign command
57% positive 40K reviews
Thronefall
Minimalist tower defense with daytime building and nighttime battles
96% positive 24K reviews
Age of Mythology: Retold
Mythological real-time strategy with base building and god powers
90% positive 24K reviews
Mechabellum
Tactical mech auto-battler built around positioning and unit counters
84% positive 19K reviews
Cossacks 3
Historical real-time strategy with vast armies and economic management
82% positive 16K reviews
Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
Top-down real-time tactics built around planning close-quarters raids
96% positive 14K reviews
Diplomacy is Not an Option
Medieval base-building RTS against relentless hordes of enemies
86% positive 13K reviews
Tempest Rising
Base-building RTS about rival factions fighting over mysterious vines
87% positive 12K reviews
Age of Darkness: Final Stand
Dark fantasy RTS about building defenses against massive hordes
74% positive 11K reviews
下一站江湖Ⅱ
Open-world martial arts RPG with branching stories and faction wars
72% positive 9,466 reviews
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™
Sci-fi real-time strategy with three campaigns and live-action storytelling
90% positive 9,356 reviews
Sudden Strike 4
World War II real-time tactics with limited forces and commanders
78% positive 8,356 reviews
The Battle of Polytopia
Fast, minimalist 4X strategy built around competing tribes
94% positive 6,010 reviews
Xenonauts 2
Turn-based alien defense with global bases and tactical squads
81% positive 5,841 reviews
Total Conflict: Resistance
Modern warfare strategy blending tactical command with first-person combat
74% positive 5,359 reviews
Rising Front
World War I battle sandbox with first-person combat and army command
88% positive 4,246 reviews
Kingdom Eighties
1980s side-scrolling tower defense with kids protecting their town
75% positive 3,339 reviews
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
Real-time strategy with four factions battling to control Ghur
52% positive 3,148 reviews
The Lost Village
Cultivation sect management with base building and roguelite battles
71% positive 3,143 reviews
Medieval Kingdom Wars
Medieval grand strategy with real-time sieges and hands-on town building
76% positive 2,613 reviews
March of Empires
Medieval MMO strategy with castle building and alliance warfare
62% positive Free
From Glory To Goo
Sci-fi base-building RTS about defending a colony from alien Goo
96% positive 1,833 reviews
Executive Assault 2
Space RTS with asteroid bases and direct first-person combat
83% positive 1,768 reviews