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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Celestial Empire: Prologue
A city builder set in ancient China with divine powers
86% positive
Free
Command & Conquer Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™
Real-time strategy battles between Allied and Soviet armies, plus expansions
80% positive
440 reviews
Wing of Misadventure Retro
A free-to-play fantasy MMORPG with dungeons and pet companions
62% positive
Free
Demo Republic of Pirates
Pirate city builder with island management and real-time naval battles
70% positive
438 reviews
Demo 7 Days Blood Moons
Zombie survival shooter with base building and player-controlled hordes
41% positive
438 reviews
Reignfall
Real-time strategy with city building and direct third-person hero control
88% positive
434 reviews
Demo Xenopurge
Tactical auto-battler where you command alien-hunting troops through computer screens
85% positive
434 reviews
Close Combat - Gateway to Caen
World War II tactical wargame spanning battles and campaigns near Caen
68% positive
433 reviews
A Game of Thrones - Genesis
Real-time strategy where Westerosi houses compete through alliances and deception
34% positive
431 reviews
Graviteam Tactics: Operation Star
World War II wargame with detailed tank damage simulation
81% positive
431 reviews
Cosmic Trip
First-person VR strategy with robot armies and hands-on shooting
86% positive
431 reviews
Red Risk
Top-down survival shooter with hunger, thirst, and waves of monsters
56% positive
429 reviews
Fata Deum - The God Sim
God simulation where kindness or cruelty changes your followers and world
58% positive
427 reviews
The Wall
Team-based first-person shooter with base building behind a dividing wall
70% positive
Free
Hearthlands
Medieval fantasy city builder with self-directed citizens and diplomacy
83% positive
414 reviews
The Pioneers: Surviving Desolation
Space survival management with a small crew on volcanic Io
61% positive
414 reviews
Demo Deep Corp
Mining and logistics strategy with a governorship at stake
87% positive
414 reviews
Swarm Queen
Real-time strategy where alien bugs fight on their own
93% positive
412 reviews
Battlecruisers
Real-time naval strategy where you build and arm your warship
84% positive
409 reviews
Pixel Starships 2
Online starship strategy with custom layouts and programmable battle behavior
27% positive
Free
NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
Real-time grand strategy about uniting the states of ancient China
67% positive
406 reviews
Empires and Tribes
A medieval city builder with first-person role-playing and castle sieges
65% positive
406 reviews
Geo-Political Simulator 5
Real-time political simulation spanning economics, diplomacy, and military strategy
36% positive
405 reviews
WAR PARTY
Real-time strategy with tribal armies, dinosaurs, and ancient magic
68% positive
403 reviews