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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

1,214 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

1,214 games

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Wandering Sword
Wandering Sword
2.5D wuxia RPG with tiled turn-based or real-time combat
93% positive 39K reviews
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
Men of War: Assault Squad 2
World War II real-time tactics with direct unit control
91% positive 38K reviews
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
Galactic strategy with real-time battles on planets and in space
97% positive 38K reviews
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
World War II real-time tactics with direct unit control
83% positive 35K reviews
Against the Storm Demo
Against the Storm
Roguelite city builder about adapting settlements to endless storms
94% positive 34K reviews
Total War: WARHAMMER
Total War: WARHAMMER
Fantasy grand strategy with turn-based campaigns and real-time battles
78% positive 34K reviews
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
Classic real-time strategy with mythic armies and destructive god powers
93% positive 33K reviews
Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection
Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection
Two classic base-building RTS games remastered with expansions and multiplayer
90% positive 33K reviews
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Demo
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Isometric stealth tactics with five specialists and coordinated takedowns
96% positive 32K reviews
Kingdoms and Castles
Kingdoms and Castles
Medieval city builder with modular castles and Viking raids
93% positive 32K reviews
Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow
Modern real-time tactics with customizable armies and combined-arms battles
53% positive 31K reviews
Anno 1800
Anno 1800
Industrial-era city builder focused on production chains and global trade
80% positive 31K reviews
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition Demo
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
Medieval grand strategy with turn-based rule and real-time battles
95% positive 29K reviews
Total War: ATTILA
Total War: ATTILA
Historical grand strategy of Roman survival and real-time warfare
81% positive 28K reviews
UBOAT
UBOAT
World War II submarine simulator centered on crew survival and command
81% positive 27K reviews
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic Demo
Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic
Soviet-themed city builder with detailed logistics and planned-economy management
90% positive 27K reviews
Mindustry
Mindustry
Factory-building strategy with automated supply lines and wave defense
95% positive 27K reviews
Company of Heroes 3
Company of Heroes 3
World War II RTS combining tactical battles with campaign command
58% positive 26K reviews
War Selection
War Selection
Free-to-play base-building RTS spanning the Stone Age to heavy tanks
84% positive Free
Farthest Frontier
Farthest Frontier
Medieval city builder with physical logistics, farming, and frontier survival
84% positive 25K reviews
Foundation Demo
Foundation
Gridless medieval city builder with organic roads and modular buildings
84% positive 24K reviews
The Riftbreaker Demo
The Riftbreaker
Base-building action RPG with alien hordes and tower defense
89% positive 23K reviews
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition Demo
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Eighteenth-century grand strategy with turn-based campaigns and real-time battles
89% positive 23K reviews
Age of Mythology: Retold
Age of Mythology: Retold
Mythological real-time strategy with base building and god powers
89% positive 22K reviews