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.
Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
Civil War grand strategy with national management and tactical battles
75% positive
2,413 reviews
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
World War II real-time strategy expansion with direct unit control
92% positive
2,402 reviews
Knights of Honor
Medieval grand strategy with knight management and real-time battles
93% positive
2,392 reviews
SpellForce 3 Soul Harvest
Fantasy RPG and real-time strategy with customizable heroes and armies
85% positive
2,334 reviews
Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure
Fantasy automation adventure with creature-run workshops and wilderness expeditions
83% positive
2,289 reviews
Basement
Crime management strategy about funding game development through drug dealing
70% positive
2,231 reviews
Prime World: Defenders 2
Fantasy tower defense with collectible cards and rival players
79% positive
Free
EMERGENCY 20
Real-time rescue strategy with limited crews and remade classic missions
84% positive
2,181 reviews
Zombie Defense
Zombie tower defense with movable soldiers and permanent upgrades
84% positive
Free
Original War
Sci-fi real-time strategy with scarce soldiers who persist across missions
95% positive
2,174 reviews
Port Royale 4
Caribbean trade strategy with colony building and turn-based naval battles
57% positive
2,147 reviews
Ultimate Admiral: Age of Sail
Age-of-sail strategy wargame combining naval and land battles
79% positive
2,147 reviews
Taur
Sci-fi tower defense with a cannon you control directly
80% positive
2,110 reviews
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
Historical grand strategy spanning World War I to the Cold War
90% positive
2,103 reviews
Battle of Empires : 1914-1918
World War I real-time strategy with tactical squad combat
69% positive
2,103 reviews
Ancient Warfare: The Han Dynasty
Historical strategy game commanding Han armies in real-time battles
67% positive
2,099 reviews
Screeps: World
Persistent multiplayer strategy sandbox where your JavaScript controls a colony
86% positive
2,098 reviews
East Trade Tycoon: Inheritance
Merchant simulation about trading across cities and growing a family business
94% positive
2,098 reviews
EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe
Real-time emergency response strategy with police and rescue teams
93% positive
2,085 reviews
Radio Commander: Vietnam '64
Real-time tactics game commanding Vietnam War troops by radio
72% positive
2,068 reviews
Desynced
Sci-fi automation strategy built around programmable drones instead of belts
80% positive
2,062 reviews
First Strike
Real-time strategy where nuclear powers attack and defend worldwide
75% positive
2,037 reviews
Driftland: The Magic Revival
Fantasy real-time strategy with floating islands and indirect unit control
72% positive
2,016 reviews
Europa Universalis III Complete
Historical grand strategy spanning centuries of trade, diplomacy, and war
83% positive
2,003 reviews