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.
Wandering Sword
2.5D wuxia RPG with tiled turn-based or real-time combat
95% positive
46K reviews
Banished
Single-player survival city builder about sustaining an exiled settlement
90% positive
43K reviews
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
Galactic strategy with real-time battles on planets and in space
98% positive
43K reviews
Company of Heroes 3
World War II RTS combining tactical battles with campaign command
57% positive
40K reviews
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Isometric stealth tactics with five specialists and coordinated takedowns
96% positive
38K reviews
Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition
Eighteenth-century grand strategy with turn-based campaigns and real-time battles
91% positive
38K reviews
Total War: ATTILA
Historical grand strategy of Roman survival and real-time warfare
82% positive
38K reviews
Against the Storm
Roguelite city builder about adapting settlements to endless storms
94% positive
38K reviews
Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
Medieval grand strategy with turn-based rule and real-time battles
96% positive
36K reviews
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition
Classic real-time strategy with mythic armies and destructive god powers
93% positive
36K reviews
Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection
Two classic base-building RTS games remastered with expansions and multiplayer
91% positive
35K reviews
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
World War II real-time tactics with direct unit control
85% positive
34K reviews
Anno 1800
Industrial-era city builder focused on production chains and global trade
81% positive
32K reviews
Kingdoms and Castles
Medieval city builder with modular castles and Viking raids
94% positive
31K reviews
Mindustry
Factory-building strategy with automated supply lines and wave defense
96% positive
28K reviews
Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
Historical strategy combining turn-based campaigns with real-time Napoleonic battles
92% positive
28K reviews
UBOAT
World War II submarine simulator centered on crew survival and command
84% positive
27K reviews
Imperator: Rome
Ancient grand strategy about politics, populations, trade, and conquest
66% positive
27K reviews
Farthest Frontier
Medieval city builder with physical logistics, farming, and frontier survival
86% positive
26K reviews
The Riftbreaker
Base-building action RPG with alien hordes and tower defense
90% positive
25K reviews
Foundation
Gridless medieval city builder with organic roads and modular buildings
87% positive
24K reviews
Call to Arms
Modern warfare RTS with direct first- and third-person combat
79% positive
24K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
Three-faction sci-fi RTS with base building and giant war machines
48% positive
24K reviews
War Selection
Free-to-play base-building RTS spanning the Stone Age to heavy tanks
85% positive
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