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.
- Continuous strategic decision-making
- Unit and resource management
- Real-time tactical combat
Related: Strategy, Base Building, Multiplayer, War
1,214 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Rise of Industry
Industrial tycoon strategy built around production chains and city trade
74% positive
3,227 reviews
ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE
Turn-based historical strategy where any officer can shape events
51% positive
3,218 reviews
Cepheus Protocol
Open-world military strategy against a spreading zombie outbreak
76% positive
3,179 reviews
Evil Genius
Base-building strategy game where you trap agents and plot world domination
94% positive
3,157 reviews
Stronghold 3 Gold
Medieval castle-building strategy with combat campaigns and nighttime sieges
32% positive
3,156 reviews
Star Trek: Infinite
Space grand strategy with diplomacy, espionage, and Star Trek factions
47% positive
3,135 reviews
Planet S
Space strategy and city building across procedurally generated planets
91% positive
Free
Lessaria: Fantasy Kingdom Sim
Fantasy real-time strategy with heroes who act on their own
77% positive
3,068 reviews
Tooth and Tail
Real-time strategy with quick battles between warring animal factions
82% positive
3,056 reviews
Patron
Survival city builder balancing resources and citizens' social concerns
72% positive
3,054 reviews
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 7
Historical strategy RPG with large armies and officer-led tactical battles
79% positive
2,997 reviews
Game of Thrones Winter is Coming
Free-to-play MMO strategy about building and conquering in Westeros
62% positive
Free
Cartel Tycoon
Top-down cartel management sim built around production and smuggling chains
74% positive
2,995 reviews
Istrolid
2D space strategy battles with fleets of custom-built ships
87% positive
Free
Element TD 2 - Tower Defense
Elemental tower defense with branching upgrades and multiplayer battles
88% positive
2,988 reviews
Demo Regiments
Single-player Cold War tactics commanding platoons across German battlefields
87% positive
2,979 reviews
Nordhold
Nordic roguelite tower defense with village building and randomized upgrades
86% positive
2,958 reviews
Gnomoria
Sandbox colony sim with digging, crafting, and mechanical contraptions
75% positive
2,953 reviews
Cossacks: Back to War
Historical real-time strategy with massive battles across early modern Europe
88% positive
2,928 reviews
Hades' Star
Persistent space strategy MMO built around gradual empire expansion
75% positive
Free
Knights and Merchants
Medieval real-time strategy focused on village economies and battles
87% positive
2,898 reviews
The Great War: Western Front™
World War I strategy mixing frontline planning and trench battles
67% positive
2,872 reviews
Warstone TD
Fantasy tower defense where placement stones appear during battles
84% positive
2,854 reviews
SuperPower 2 Steam Edition
Real-time geopolitical simulation with diplomacy, economic policy, and warfare
79% positive
2,839 reviews