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
1,318 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Air Defender
Real-time air defense strategy built around identifying unknown radar contacts
79% positive
412 reviews
Battlecruisers
Real-time naval strategy where you build and arm your warship
84% positive
409 reviews
Pixel Starships 2
Online starship strategy with custom layouts and programmable battle behavior
27% positive
Free
NationWar:Chronicles | 国战:列国志传
Real-time grand strategy about uniting the states of ancient China
67% positive
406 reviews
Empires and Tribes
A medieval city builder with first-person role-playing and castle sieges
65% positive
406 reviews
Geo-Political Simulator 5
Real-time political simulation spanning economics, diplomacy, and military strategy
36% positive
405 reviews
WAR PARTY
Real-time strategy with tribal armies, dinosaurs, and ancient magic
68% positive
403 reviews
TFC: The Fertile Crescent
Bronze Age real-time strategy built around food and fertile land
89% positive
400 reviews
Extremely Realistic Siege Warfare Simulator
Physics-based siege strategy with armies you command and castles you breach
56% positive
Free
春秋
Real-time grand strategy about building a state in ancient China
60% positive
394 reviews
Rift Riff
Tower defense across monster worlds with a flexible, wave-by-wave approach
95% positive
394 reviews
Spacebase Startopia
Space-station management with alien visitors and real-time strategy battles
58% positive
392 reviews
Demo Shop Tycoon: Prepare your wallet
Store management simulator where gangs can threaten your growing business
74% positive
391 reviews
Star Command Galaxies
Real-time space strategy about commanding a starship and its crew
42% positive
390 reviews
Demo Crush Your Enemies
Real-time strategy about leading barbarians through brief battles for territory
82% positive
390 reviews
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After Long Night
Sandbox survival RTS built around scavenging and resisting zombie hordes
73% positive
390 reviews
SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny
Fantasy RPG and real-time strategy with quests and armies
61% positive
389 reviews
Deep Space Battle Simulator
First-person space battles fought both inside and outside capital ships
79% positive
388 reviews
Citadels
Medieval real-time strategy built around fortress construction and siege warfare
13% positive
386 reviews
KnightShift
Fantasy RPG and real-time strategy, from dungeons to battlefields
77% positive
385 reviews
Demo Loopstructor
Top-down tower defense with vehicles patrolling tracks you build
83% positive
384 reviews
Here Comes The Swarm
Survival real-time strategy about building settlements and repelling insect swarms
84% positive
384 reviews
CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense
Science fiction tower defense with heroes fighting alongside your turrets
95% positive
383 reviews
Company of Heroes 2 - Ardennes Assault
World War II strategy with losses that persist between missions
42% positive
381 reviews