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.
SuperPower 2 Steam Edition
Real-time geopolitical simulation with diplomacy, economic policy, and warfare
79% positive
2,858 reviews
Commandos 2: Men of Courage
World War II stealth tactics with a squad of specialists
86% positive
2,830 reviews
Age of Conquest IV
Turn-based conquest strategy across historical maps and rival nations
82% positive
Free
Mashinky
Sandbox transport strategy with grid-built rail networks across evolving eras
85% positive
2,822 reviews
Kingdom Wars
Fantasy real-time strategy with persistent kingdoms and castle sieges
67% positive
Free
Game of Thrones Winter is Coming
Free-to-play MMO strategy about building and conquering in Westeros
61% positive
Free
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening
Historical grand strategy about commanding retainers and unifying Japan
74% positive
2,740 reviews
Stronghold Legends: Steam Edition
Fantasy castle-building strategy with magical armies and siege battles
88% positive
2,737 reviews
Ultimate General: Gettysburg
Real-time Civil War tactics across a changing Gettysburg battlefield
80% positive
2,708 reviews
Istrolid
2D space strategy battles with fleets of custom-built ships
87% positive
Free
Hades' Star
Persistent space strategy MMO built around gradual empire expansion
73% positive
Free
Medieval Kingdom Wars
Medieval grand strategy with real-time sieges and hands-on town building
76% positive
2,613 reviews
Battlestations Pacific
World War II naval action and strategy across rival campaigns
72% positive
2,606 reviews
Overlord™: Raising Hell
Third-person fantasy action adventure commanding minions across underworld realms
93% positive
2,603 reviews
Survivalist
Open-world survival RPG about building a community after civilization collapses
80% positive
2,567 reviews
The Red Solstice
Top-down squad survival on Mars with eight-player co-op
71% positive
2,558 reviews
Commandos: Origins
World War II real-time tactics built around coordinated stealth
79% positive
2,557 reviews
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess
Action strategy game mixing sword combat and nighttime tower defense
92% positive
2,555 reviews
Divinity: Dragon Commander
Fantasy strategy game mixing political choices, army battles, and dragon combat
74% positive
2,548 reviews
Age of Reforging: The Freelands
Open-world party RPG with survival systems and real-time tactical combat
72% positive
2,535 reviews
Empires Apart
Free-to-play medieval RTS with base building on generated maps
68% positive
Free
8-Bit Armies
Blocky real-time strategy with base building and fast military battles
81% positive
2,473 reviews
Medieval: Total War™ - Collection
Medieval grand strategy with turn-based conquest and real-time battles
71% positive
2,462 reviews
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Isometric Western tactics with six specialists and real-time stealth missions
88% positive
2,442 reviews