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.
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence - Ascension
Historical grand strategy with officer careers and real-time battles
71% positive
1,101 reviews
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders
Fantasy action strategy mixing army commands with hands-on combat
92% positive
1,093 reviews
Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
Real-time space tactics with customizable ships and varied missions
86% positive
1,089 reviews
Surviving the Abyss
Underwater colony sim balancing crew survival against deep-sea darkness
65% positive
1,083 reviews
Tom Clancy's EndWar™
Real-time military strategy with voice orders and third-person battles
81% positive
1,077 reviews
Empires Mod
Team-based shooter and real-time strategy with commanders and tanks
87% positive
Free
Swords and Soldiers HD
Side-scrolling strategy battles with armies, spells, and rival castles
78% positive
1,059 reviews
Dice Legacy
Roguelike survival city builder where dice serve as subjects
68% positive
1,054 reviews
9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
Real-time strategy with base building and land, sea, and air combat
81% positive
1,038 reviews
The Settlers® 7 : History Edition
Medieval city-building strategy with trade, research, and military paths to power
63% positive
1,032 reviews
Warlords Battlecry III
Fantasy real-time strategy with persistent heroes and varied armies
84% positive
1,022 reviews
Touhou Monster TD ~ 幻想乡妖怪塔防
Tower defense with a controllable hero and movable units
91% positive
1,019 reviews
Earth 2150 Trilogy
Sci-fi real-time strategy with base building and tunnel attacks
79% positive
1,016 reviews
Gord
Dark fantasy colony sim where settlers risk losing sanity
54% positive
1,013 reviews
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Taishi
Historical grand strategy with diplomacy and simultaneous tactical battles
50% positive
997 reviews
Tropico Reloaded
Caribbean city-building strategy with elections and pirate treasure hunts
88% positive
994 reviews
Creeper World: Anniversary Edition
Top-down tower defense against a floodlike enemy that spreads across maps
97% positive
987 reviews
War Planet Online: Global Conquest
Free-to-play MMO strategy with bases and real-time world conquest
62% positive
Free
Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
Three Kingdoms strategy with real-time army battles and diplomacy
59% positive
981 reviews
Mushroom Wars 2
Short real-time strategy battles with mushroom armies and hero skills
62% positive
977 reviews
Battlestations: Midway
World War II fleet strategy with direct air and sea combat
78% positive
974 reviews
Startopia
Space station management sim with alien residents and terraforming
90% positive
973 reviews
Imagine Earth
Real-time planetary city builder balancing expansion against climate damage
82% positive
971 reviews
Power & Revolution 2022 Edition
Political strategy simulation where you govern nations amid global crises
59% positive
969 reviews