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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Toy Soldiers: Complete
Tower defense across miniature wars with player-controlled guns and vehicles
78% positive
1,082 reviews
SHOGUN: Total War™ - Collection
Historical strategy mixing turn-based conquest with real-time samurai battles
89% positive
1,078 reviews
S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster
Real-time tank battles between rabbits and pigs, without base building
93% positive
1,076 reviews
Kingdom Under Fire: The Crusaders
Fantasy action strategy mixing army commands with hands-on combat
91% positive
1,075 reviews
Infectonator: Survivors
Squad-based zombie survival strategy with scavenging and permanent death
68% positive
1,071 reviews
Rogue Command
Real-time strategy roguelite with army drafting and on-demand slow motion
89% positive
1,070 reviews
Demo Jagged Alliance - Back in Action
Isometric tactical strategy with pausable combat and mercenary squads
71% positive
1,067 reviews
Demigod
Real-time arena strategy with demigod battles and capturable objectives
75% positive
1,061 reviews
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
Tank Arena:Total Operation
Free-to-play military vehicle combat built around team-based PvP matches
88% positive
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War Hospital
Top-down hospital management with wartime triage and hard choices
58% positive
1,052 reviews
The Settlers® 7 : History Edition
Medieval city-building strategy with trade, research, and military paths to power
62% positive
1,046 reviews
Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty
Real-time World War II stealth tactics across eight missions
88% positive
1,045 reviews
AI War: Fleet Command
Real-time space strategy where aggression alerts a stronger AI
85% positive
1,036 reviews
Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
Real-time space tactics with customizable ships and varied missions
84% positive
1,035 reviews
SuperPower 3
Geopolitical strategy simulation with real-world scenarios and global military planning
11% positive
1,033 reviews
Formata
Army strategy with shield walls and assaults on enemy castles
64% positive
1,025 reviews
Warlords Battlecry III
Fantasy real-time strategy with persistent heroes and varied armies
83% positive
1,001 reviews
Touhou Monster TD ~ 幻想乡妖怪塔防
Tower defense with a controllable hero and movable units
91% positive
997 reviews
Demo Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
Three Kingdoms strategy with real-time army battles and diplomacy
64% positive
991 reviews
9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
Real-time strategy with base building and land, sea, and air combat
81% positive
979 reviews
Demo Empire of the Ants
Third-person real-time strategy with ant armies and forest battles
74% positive
978 reviews
Startopia
Space station management sim with alien residents and terraforming
90% positive
973 reviews