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
612 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
DG2: Defense Grid 2
Sci-fi tower defense with changing maps and replayable challenges
87% positive
3,464 reviews
Fly Corp
Airline network strategy where one overcrowded airport ends the run
85% positive
3,419 reviews
Wargame: European Escalation
Cold War real-time strategy commanding tanks and helicopters across Europe
78% positive
3,400 reviews
Nordhold
Nordic roguelite tower defense with village building and randomized upgrades
87% positive
3,385 reviews
Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
Military real-time strategy with three factions and base-building battles
67% positive
3,326 reviews
Dungeons 4
Dungeon-building strategy with real-time surface raids and online co-op
87% positive
3,322 reviews
My Lands: Black Gem Hunting
Free online fantasy strategy game with city-building and clan warfare
83% positive
Free
The Great War: Western Front™
World War I strategy mixing frontline planning and trench battles
66% positive
3,300 reviews
Dummynation
Real-time grand strategy about conquering countries through war and diplomacy
88% positive
3,270 reviews
War on the Sea
World War II naval strategy across a dynamic Pacific campaign
75% positive
3,259 reviews
Bio Inc. Redemption
Medical strategy game where you cause illness or treat patients
87% positive
3,251 reviews
Element TD 2 - Tower Defense
Elemental tower defense with branching upgrades and multiplayer battles
90% positive
3,235 reviews
Patron
Survival city builder balancing resources and citizens' social concerns
72% positive
3,196 reviews
Supreme Commander
Sci-fi real-time strategy with large armies and base building
89% positive
3,164 reviews
Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
Real-time strategy with four factions battling to control Ghur
52% positive
3,148 reviews
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 7
Historical strategy RPG with large armies and officer-led tactical battles
80% positive
3,064 reviews
Infested Planet
Top-down strategy and tower defense against mutating alien hordes
94% positive
3,048 reviews
Miasma Chronicles
Turn-based tactical RPG with real-time exploration in ruined America
80% positive
3,045 reviews
Oriental Empires
Turn-based empire strategy in ancient China with tactical battles
81% positive
3,009 reviews
Cossacks: Back to War
Historical real-time strategy with massive battles across early modern Europe
89% positive
2,992 reviews
Regiments
Single-player Cold War tactics commanding platoons across German battlefields
88% positive
2,948 reviews
SpellForce - Platinum Edition
Fantasy action RPG and real-time strategy hybrid with hero-led armies
88% positive
2,923 reviews
GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath
Dark fantasy tower defense built around crafting and combining gems
89% positive
2,876 reviews
Minecraft Legends
Open-world action strategy where you lead mobs against piglins
58% positive
2,872 reviews