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
1,215 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Operation: New Earth
Persistent sci-fi MMO strategy with base building and territorial warfare
61% positive
Free
Rome: Total War™ - Alexander
Historical strategy expansion following Alexander's conquest of Persia
74% positive
909 reviews
Demo Mud and Blood
Top-down World War II squad tactics across procedurally generated battlefields
86% positive
905 reviews
Command & Conquer Renegade™
First-person shooter with tank combat in a strategy game's world
83% positive
904 reviews
Destroyer: The U-Boat Hunter
World War II naval simulation defending convoys from U-boats
73% positive
902 reviews
Airborne Empire
Open-world city builder with a flying city and pirate battles
85% positive
902 reviews
Cultures - Northland
Viking city-building strategy with trade routes and mythological quests
86% positive
899 reviews
Mushroom Wars 2
Short real-time strategy battles with mushroom armies and hero skills
60% positive
897 reviews
Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
Medieval city-building strategy with real-time defense against large enemy armies
92% positive
Free
Battlezone: Combat Commander
First-person shooter and real-time strategy with tanks and base building
89% positive
891 reviews
Maia
Science-fiction colony management on a toxic, disaster-prone alien planet
40% positive
876 reviews
Power & Revolution 2022 Edition
Political strategy simulation where you govern nations amid global crises
60% positive
873 reviews
Outworld Station
Space factory builder with automated supply chains between planets
82% positive
872 reviews
The Settlers® : Heritage of Kings - History Edition
Medieval strategy game about building settlements and fighting real-time battles
83% positive
868 reviews
Praetorians - HD Remaster
Roman real-time strategy centered on positioning and unit combinations
92% positive
867 reviews
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence - Ascension
Historical grand strategy with officer careers and real-time battles
74% positive
865 reviews
Imperivm RTC - HD Edition "Great Battles of Rome"
Historical real-time strategy about commanding ancient armies and capturing territory
72% positive
864 reviews
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
World War II real-time strategy with British and German campaigns
90% positive
859 reviews
Tropico Reloaded
Caribbean city-building strategy with elections and pirate treasure hunts
88% positive
857 reviews
Vedelem: The Golden Horde
Real-time strategy with castle building and defense against Mongol invasions
89% positive
Free
Buoyancy
Ocean survival city-builder where your settlement travels in search of resources
57% positive
847 reviews
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Taishi
Historical grand strategy with diplomacy and simultaneous tactical battles
51% positive
835 reviews
Demo MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
Tower defense and base building against undead cosmonauts on Mars
77% positive
834 reviews
Urban Rivals
Free-to-play card battles where reading opponents shapes every move
69% positive
Free