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
1,318 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Nordhold
Nordic roguelite tower defense with village building and randomized upgrades
86% positive
2,958 reviews
Gnomoria
Sandbox colony sim with digging, crafting, and mechanical contraptions
75% positive
2,953 reviews
Cossacks: Back to War
Historical real-time strategy with massive battles across early modern Europe
88% positive
2,928 reviews
Hades' Star
Persistent space strategy MMO built around gradual empire expansion
75% positive
Free
Knights and Merchants
Medieval real-time strategy focused on village economies and battles
87% positive
2,898 reviews
AI
Frostrain
Train-building roguelike deckbuilder about leading passengers through a frozen world
92% positive
Free
The Great War: Western Front™
World War I strategy mixing frontline planning and trench battles
67% positive
2,872 reviews
Warstone TD
Fantasy tower defense where placement stones appear during battles
84% positive
2,854 reviews
SuperPower 2 Steam Edition
Real-time geopolitical simulation with diplomacy, economic policy, and warfare
79% positive
2,839 reviews
Minecraft Legends
Open-world action strategy where you lead mobs against piglins
62% positive
2,831 reviews
Distant Worlds 2
Pausable real-time space 4X built around simulated galactic logistics
66% positive
2,802 reviews
Kingdom Wars
Fantasy real-time strategy with persistent kingdoms and castle sieges
67% positive
Free
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
Sci-fi real-time strategy with large armies and resource-point battles
76% positive
2,796 reviews
DG2: Defense Grid 2
Sci-fi tower defense with changing maps and replayable challenges
86% positive
2,778 reviews
Wargame: European Escalation
Cold War real-time strategy commanding tanks and helicopters across Europe
75% positive
2,767 reviews
GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath
Dark fantasy tower defense built around crafting and combining gems
88% positive
2,767 reviews
Empires Apart
Free-to-play medieval RTS with base building on generated maps
68% positive
Free
Satellite Reign
Real-time cyberpunk tactics with four customizable agents and open-ended missions
75% positive
2,715 reviews
Oriental Empires
Turn-based empire strategy in ancient China with tactical battles
80% positive
2,674 reviews
Medieval Kingdom Wars
Medieval grand strategy with real-time sieges and hands-on town building
76% positive
2,613 reviews
R.U.S.E.™
World War II RTS built around bluffing and battlefield deception
94% positive
2,576 reviews
Act of Aggression - Reboot Edition
Military real-time strategy with three factions and base-building battles
65% positive
2,569 reviews
Demo Mashinky
Sandbox transport strategy with grid-built rail networks across evolving eras
83% positive
2,562 reviews
The Red Solstice
Top-down squad survival on Mars with eight-player co-op
71% positive
2,558 reviews