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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.

Bee Island
Tower defense and base building around a besieged bee hive
87% positive 1,710 reviews
SpellForce 3 Versus Edition
Free fantasy RTS battles with heroes and limited faction access
75% positive Free
Spellsworn
Free-to-play PvP arena battles with spell loadouts and shifting hazards
89% positive Free
Tower Factory
Tower defense driven by conveyor-belt factories on procedurally generated maps
90% positive 1,257 reviews
Attack on Toys
Toy-soldier shooting and real-time strategy with base building
93% positive 1,218 reviews
Home Wars
Toy soldier strategy against invading bugs with first-person battles
79% positive 1,185 reviews
Line War
Real-time strategy game where drawn lines direct armies
80% positive 1,182 reviews
Empires Mod
Team-based shooter and real-time strategy with commanders and tanks
87% positive Free
9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
Real-time strategy with base building and land, sea, and air combat
81% positive 1,038 reviews
Touhou Monster TD ~ 幻想乡妖怪塔防
Tower defense with a controllable hero and movable units
91% positive 1,019 reviews
Gord
Dark fantasy colony sim where settlers risk losing sanity
54% positive 1,013 reviews
Mud and Blood
Top-down World War II squad tactics across procedurally generated battlefields
87% positive 892 reviews
Gods and Idols
Online space strategy game about governing followers as a god
69% positive Free
Urban Rivals
Free-to-play card battles where reading opponents shapes every move
67% positive Free
奕剑江湖
Top-down PvP battles with eight players and customizable hero skills
87% positive Free
Multiwinia
Fast-paced top-down strategy battles with armies and random events
82% positive 602 reviews
ASTRAL TALE-星界神話
Fantasy MMORPG with switchable classes and a customizable traveling cottage
39% positive Free
GUILTY GEAR 2 -OVERTURE-
3D action strategy battles with frontline combat and troop commands
75% positive 535 reviews
WARCANA
Fantasy base defense strategy with deckbuilding and rival armies
63% positive 508 reviews
Darfall
Fantasy real-time strategy with daytime building and nighttime undead attacks
72% positive 504 reviews
No Creeps Were Harmed TD
3D tower defense with maze building and movable player weapons
89% positive 501 reviews
Undead Horde 2: Necropolis
Action RPG with undead armies you raise and command
82% positive 500 reviews
Ancient Wars: Sparta Definitive Edition
Ancient-world real-time strategy with customizable troops and naval battles
75% positive 496 reviews
Worbital
Real-time space strategy with planetary artillery and shifting gravity
89% positive 485 reviews