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.
Cavalry Girls
Top-down mech shooter with customizable loadouts and city defense
89% positive
1,988 reviews
Grand Ages: Medieval
Real-time medieval strategy centered on trade and empire expansion
48% positive
1,977 reviews
Circle Empires Rivals
Top-down real-time strategy built around conquering procedurally generated circles
90% positive
1,975 reviews
RIOT: Civil Unrest
Real-time strategy commanding police or protesters in real-world clashes
68% positive
1,947 reviews
ICBM
Real-time nuclear strategy with research, defenses, and coordinated strikes
91% positive
1,930 reviews
Border Pioneer
Pixel-art city builder with cards and monthly enemy waves
87% positive
1,923 reviews
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 2
Historical strategy RPG with city management and real-time army battles
93% positive
1,919 reviews
Iron Marines
Sci-fi real-time strategy with troops that change roles mid-battle
78% positive
1,886 reviews
March of Empires
Medieval MMO strategy with castle building and alliance warfare
62% positive
Free
Conan Unconquered
Real-time strategy with base building and escalating enemy waves
68% positive
1,862 reviews
Distant Worlds: Universe
Pausable real-time space strategy with sprawling galaxies and automated commerce
75% positive
1,856 reviews
Impossible Creatures Steam Edition
Real-time strategy where you combine animals to build armies
96% positive
1,848 reviews
Nebuchadnezzar
Mesopotamian city builder centered on trade and supply chains
79% positive
1,837 reviews
From Glory To Goo
Sci-fi base-building RTS about defending a colony from alien Goo
96% positive
1,833 reviews
Jagged Alliance - Back in Action
Isometric tactical strategy with pausable combat and mercenary squads
73% positive
1,772 reviews
Executive Assault 2
Space RTS with asteroid bases and direct first-person combat
83% positive
1,768 reviews
Lords of the Realm II
Medieval strategy blending turn-based rule with real-time castle battles
96% positive
1,713 reviews
Bee Island
Tower defense and base building around a besieged bee hive
87% positive
1,710 reviews
Dwarfs - F2P
Arcade strategy game steering miners through randomly generated caves
86% positive
Free
Unholy Heights
Apartment management and tower defense with monsters fighting heroes
89% positive
1,653 reviews
Command: Modern Operations
Detailed military simulation commanding postwar forces across air, land, and sea
85% positive
1,643 reviews
Warzone 2100
Post-apocalyptic real-time strategy with custom vehicles and artillery warfare
90% positive
Free
SpellForce 3 Versus Edition
Free fantasy RTS battles with heroes and limited faction access
75% positive
Free
AI War: Fleet Command
Real-time space strategy where aggression alerts a stronger AI
82% positive
1,611 reviews