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
1,319 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Circle Empires Rivals
Top-down real-time strategy built around conquering procedurally generated circles
90% positive
1,679 reviews
Impossible Creatures Steam Edition
Real-time strategy where you combine animals to build armies
96% positive
1,672 reviews
Spellsworn
Free-to-play PvP arena battles with spell loadouts and shifting hazards
89% positive
Free
ERA ONE
Space real-time strategy with modular ships and a mobile base
84% positive
1,640 reviews
Grand Ages: Medieval
Real-time medieval strategy centered on trade and empire expansion
48% positive
1,624 reviews
Grim Nights
Side-scrolling survival strategy with village building and nightly undead attacks
87% positive
1,587 reviews
Demo Europa Universalis III Complete
Historical grand strategy spanning centuries of trade, diplomacy, and war
80% positive
1,557 reviews
Blitzkrieg Anthology
World War II real-time strategy with historical battles and side missions
88% positive
1,537 reviews
STAR WARS™ Rebellion
Real-time galactic strategy with diplomacy, covert missions, and fleet battles
89% positive
1,536 reviews
Disintegration Technical Beta
First-person vehicle combat paired with ground-squad tactics in multiplayer matches
77% positive
1,532 reviews
Command: Modern Operations
Detailed military simulation commanding postwar forces across air, land, and sea
83% positive
1,523 reviews
Crystal Clash
Tug-of-war strategy with deckbuilding, tower defense, and two-player teams
83% positive
Free
Demo Driftland: The Magic Revival
Fantasy real-time strategy with floating islands and indirect unit control
74% positive
1,494 reviews
Distant Worlds: Universe
Pausable real-time space strategy with sprawling galaxies and automated commerce
71% positive
1,492 reviews
Nebuchadnezzar
Mesopotamian city builder centered on trade and supply chains
79% positive
1,487 reviews
StarDrive
Real-time space strategy with custom ships and galactic conquest
45% positive
1,485 reviews
Demo Ground of Aces – The World War II Airbase Builder
A World War II base builder focused on aircraft and crews
82% positive
1,482 reviews
Port Royale 4
Caribbean trade strategy with colony building and turn-based naval battles
57% positive
1,446 reviews
Frontline 1942: Battles of the World War 2
Free-to-play World War II shooter centered on team objectives
56% positive
Free
SpellForce 3 Fallen God
Real-time strategy and role-playing about a troll tribe's survival
86% positive
1,392 reviews
Army Men RTS
Real-time strategy battles between plastic soldiers across household spaces
88% positive
1,388 reviews
Executive Assault
Real-time strategy with first-person control of robots, tanks, and aircraft
85% positive
1,379 reviews
ZeroSpace
Sci-fi real-time strategy mixing army battles with role-playing choices
79% positive
1,366 reviews
Toy Shire: Room One
Tower defense with toy soldiers and attacks on enemy territory
94% positive
Free