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.
Men of War: Condemned Heroes
World War II real-time tactics with a Soviet penal battalion
72% positive
790 reviews
Roman Triumph: Survival City Builder
Roman survival city builder with barbarian raids and mythical beasts
84% positive
771 reviews
Constructor
City-building strategy with tenant demands and sabotage against rivals
77% positive
765 reviews
Territory: Farming and Warfare
Village-building strategy with independent workers, trade, and monster battles
85% positive
764 reviews
The Settlers® : Rise of an Empire - History Edition
Medieval city-building strategy where citizens follow daily routines
77% positive
761 reviews
Gods and Idols
Online space strategy game about governing followers as a god
69% positive
Free
Boid
Real-time strategy battles where mutating swarms capture key positions
79% positive
Free
Star Wolves 3: Civil War
Real-time space strategy with squadron tactics and free roaming
81% positive
739 reviews
Toy Shire
Tower defense with toy soldiers that can attack enemy bases
87% positive
739 reviews
Exogate Initiative
Underground base-building strategy with teams exploring alien worlds through portals
76% positive
736 reviews
IDUN - Frontline Survival
Sci-fi tower defense with movable turrets against alien swarms
78% positive
724 reviews
Urban Rivals
Free-to-play card battles where reading opponents shapes every move
67% positive
Free
Praetorians
Historical real-time strategy built around troop formations and maneuvering
81% positive
707 reviews
Hexguardian
Roguelite tower defense where hex tiles reshape enemy paths
80% positive
704 reviews
American Conquest
Historical real-time strategy with large armies and colonial-era campaigns
68% positive
698 reviews
Cultures - Northland
Viking city-building strategy with trade routes and mythological quests
82% positive
696 reviews
State of War : Warmonger / 蓝色警戒 (Classic 2000)
Old-school real-time strategy with airstrikes and enemy building capture
90% positive
694 reviews
World Warfare & Economics
Grand strategy simulation about ruling nations through economics and war
58% positive
688 reviews
Order of War™
World War II real-time strategy with American and German campaigns
71% positive
683 reviews
Void Destroyer 2
Open-world space sandbox combining ship piloting and fleet command
80% positive
675 reviews
Hearts of Iron 2 Complete
World War II grand strategy with an alternate World War III
87% positive
669 reviews
Earth 2140
Real-time strategy battles between two powers over scarce resources
68% positive
669 reviews
clickyland
Tower defense village builder where clicks manage resources and combat
85% positive
659 reviews
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars
Historical real-time strategy built around Napoleonic formations and morale
57% positive
657 reviews