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.
Mech Engineer
Mech-building strategy simulation with resource management and semi-automated battles
74% positive
967 reviews
miniBONG
Idle roguelike RPG built around loot and character customization
80% positive
964 reviews
Battlezone: Combat Commander
First-person shooter and real-time strategy with tanks and base building
90% positive
956 reviews
BattleGroupVR
First-person VR space strategy commanding fleets from a flagship
92% positive
951 reviews
Airborne Empire
Open-world city builder with a flying city and pirate battles
87% positive
940 reviews
Rome: Total War™ - Alexander
Historical strategy expansion following Alexander's conquest of Persia
76% positive
930 reviews
Men of War: Red Tide
World War II real-time strategy with amphibious assaults and direct control
85% positive
925 reviews
World War III: Black Gold
Near-future real-time strategy with base building and reshaped terrain
63% positive
912 reviews
Eufloria HD
Relaxed space strategy about growing colonies across contested asteroids
89% positive
896 reviews
Mud and Blood
Top-down World War II squad tactics across procedurally generated battlefields
87% positive
892 reviews
Creeper World IXE
Side-view real-time strategy commanding ships against a spreading fluid
70% positive
886 reviews
Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest
Multiplayer space strategy where ship swarms conquer planets in real time
83% positive
Free
Combat Mission Shock Force 2
Modern tactical wargame with real-time or simultaneous-turn combat in Syria
81% positive
868 reviews
The Settlers® : Heritage of Kings - History Edition
Medieval strategy game about building settlements and fighting real-time battles
84% positive
855 reviews
Outworld Station
Space factory builder with automated supply chains between planets
85% positive
850 reviews
Operation: New Earth
Persistent sci-fi MMO strategy with base building and territorial warfare
60% positive
Free
Power & Revolution 2021 Edition
Political strategy simulation where you govern nations or seize power
55% positive
834 reviews
Reshaping Mars
Mars colony simulation about building bases and terraforming the planet
84% positive
833 reviews
Trench Lord: Eastern Front
Top-down World War II shooter with Eastern Front squad tactics
83% positive
831 reviews
Grand Ages: Rome
Roman city-building strategy with trade, land battles, and naval warfare
75% positive
820 reviews
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®
Real-time space strategy with empire building and large fleet battles
78% positive
818 reviews
Heroes of the Three Kingdoms 3
Three Kingdoms strategy RPG with custom generals and terrain-based battles
85% positive
805 reviews
Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
Tower defense with placeable tiles that reshape enemy paths
86% positive
799 reviews
Heroes of Annihilated Empires
Fantasy real-time strategy with hero progression and large army battles
85% positive
798 reviews