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Best RTS games on PC

Real-time strategy games center on making strategic decisions while action continues without fixed turns, often through controlling units, gathering resources, building bases, and directing combat.

Related: Strategy, Base Building, Multiplayer, War

1,318 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

1,318 games

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Dota 2
Dota 2
Free-to-play team MOBA with deep strategy and over 100 heroes
80% positive Free
Hearts of Iron IV
Hearts of Iron IV
World War II grand strategy with detailed national war planning
79% positive 355K reviews
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Historical real-time strategy spanning centuries of civilizations and warfare
94% positive 165K reviews
Frostpunk
Frostpunk
Survival city builder where heat, resources, and laws decide lives
92% positive 120K reviews
Total War: WARHAMMER III
Total War: WARHAMMER III
Fantasy grand strategy with turn-based campaigns and real-time battles
65% positive 115K reviews
Crusader Kings III
Crusader Kings III
Medieval grand strategy where dynasties outlive their rulers
84% positive 109K reviews
Kenshi
Kenshi
Open-world squad RPG about surviving and shaping a hostile wasteland
95% positive 104K reviews
Total War: WARHAMMER II
Total War: WARHAMMER II
Fantasy grand strategy mixing turn-based conquest with real-time battles
92% positive 91K reviews
Age of Empires II (Retired)
Age of Empires II (Retired)
Medieval real-time strategy built around civilizations, resources, and conquest
96% positive 88K reviews
Dyson Sphere Program
Dyson Sphere Program
Space factory automation sandbox about building star-enclosing energy megastructures
97% positive 86K reviews
Crusader Kings II
Crusader Kings II
Medieval grand strategy about dynasties, politics, war, and succession
85% positive Free
Manor Lords
Manor Lords
Medieval city builder mixing resource management with territorial conquest
84% positive 80K reviews
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Historical real-time strategy built around distinct civilizations and large battles
85% positive 75K reviews
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
Grand strategy in ancient China with turn-based rule and real-time battles
72% positive 75K reviews
Company of Heroes 2
Company of Heroes 2
World War II RTS built around cover and combined arms
80% positive 72K reviews
Minion Masters
Minion Masters
Real-time card battler built around quick tactical arena matches
89% positive Free
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition
Historical grand strategy with turn-based empire management and real-time battles
83% positive 61K reviews
Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
Difficult roguelite management sim about extracting energy from monsters
94% positive 58K reviews
Northgard: Definitive Edition
Northgard: Definitive Edition
Viking real-time strategy with territorial expansion and winter survival
85% positive 57K reviews
Age of History II
Age of History II
Turn-based grand strategy across history with extensive scenario editing
89% positive 55K reviews
They Are Billions
They Are Billions
Real-time colony defense against relentless post-apocalyptic zombie swarms
84% positive 48K reviews
Total War: SHOGUN 2 Demo
Total War: SHOGUN 2
Historical strategy mixing clan management with real-time samurai battles
89% positive 41K reviews
Banished
Banished
Single-player survival city builder about sustaining an exiled settlement
90% positive 39K reviews
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Historical real-time strategy built around civilizations and card-based Home Cities
83% positive 39K reviews