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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Bloodsports.TV
Co-op hero defense where gladiators protect a missile silo
84% positive
281 reviews
Stargate: Timekeepers
Sci-fi stealth tactics with specialists behind enemy lines
62% positive
281 reviews
Void Destroyer
Space combat and real-time strategy with direct control of every ship
64% positive
280 reviews
Delivery INC
Real-time delivery management with timed jobs on real-world city maps
70% positive
276 reviews
Distant Star: Revenant Fleet
Real-time space strategy with small fleets and changing encounter outcomes
63% positive
271 reviews
Nuclear War Simulator
Sandbox simulation of nuclear conflicts and their human cost
69% positive
271 reviews
Divided We Fall: Play For Free
Real-time World War II tactics with a military command hierarchy
56% positive
Free
SQUIDS FROM SPACE
Team-based top-down shooter where gathered resources unlock better weapons
86% positive
Free
World War I
Real-time strategy across 1914–1918 Europe with cavalry and armor
73% positive
267 reviews
El Dorado: The Golden City Builder - Prologue
Mayan city builder where sacrifices keep the gods appeased
74% positive
Free
Dragon Throne: Battle of Red Cliffs
Historical real-time strategy combining kingdom management and battlefield warfare
83% positive
266 reviews
Empire Earth: Gold Edition
Real-time strategy taking civilizations from prehistory to the Space Age
89% positive
265 reviews
Rising Kingdoms
Fantasy real-time strategy with faction wars and hero-led adventures
91% positive
265 reviews
BURGGEIST
Real-time action strategy where terrain and elevation shape your tactics
97% positive
264 reviews
Demo Star Ruler
Real-time space empire strategy where even stars can be destroyed
85% positive
263 reviews
Orbi Universo
Abstract civilization strategy built around interconnected management nodes
71% positive
262 reviews
Line Strike
Tactical army auto-battler with troop placement and battlefield commanders
68% positive
Free
Demo Chromosome Evil 2
Top-down survival strategy with squad combat and convoy management
83% positive
259 reviews
Demo Five Nations
Space real-time strategy with base building and fleet micromanagement
81% positive
258 reviews
Ooglians
Tower defense where building more machinery draws more attackers
63% positive
258 reviews
There Came an Echo
Real-time squad strategy built around customizable voice commands
69% positive
257 reviews
Demo The Gate Must Stand
Roguelite tower defense where you fight alongside your recruited allies
71% positive
255 reviews
Anomaly Korea
Reverse tower defense about routing a convoy through alien defenses
74% positive
253 reviews
Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries
Real-time strategy with city management, trade, espionage, and conquest
95% positive
253 reviews