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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.

Related: Strategy, Base Building, Multiplayer, War

1,318 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.

1,318 games

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Imperator: Rome
Imperator: Rome
Ancient grand strategy about politics, populations, trade, and conquest
62% positive 21K reviews
Age of History 3 AI
Age of History 3
Single-player grand strategy across history and the far future
85% positive 20K reviews
Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition Demo
Total War: NAPOLEON – Definitive Edition
Historical strategy combining turn-based campaigns with real-time Napoleonic battles
91% positive 19K reviews
Mechabellum
Mechabellum
Tactical mech auto-battler built around positioning and unit counters
82% positive 19K reviews
Empires of the Undergrowth Demo
Empires of the Undergrowth
Ant colony RTS about building nests and commanding insect swarms
93% positive 19K reviews
Victoria II
Victoria II
Historical grand strategy built around politics, industry, and population
88% positive 19K reviews
Call to Arms
Call to Arms
Modern warfare RTS with direct first- and third-person combat
80% positive 19K reviews
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Medieval real-time strategy built around desert castles and sieges
97% positive 19K reviews
ENDLESS Space™ 2
ENDLESS Space™ 2
Turn-based space 4X with distinct factions and political management
83% positive 18K reviews
Going Medieval Demo
Going Medieval
Medieval colony sim with multilevel building and siege defense
88% positive 18K reviews
Dawn of Man
Dawn of Man
Prehistoric survival city builder spanning the Stone to Iron Age
87% positive 18K reviews
Infection Free Zone AI
Infection Free Zone
Zombie survival city builder set on real-world street maps
77% positive 17K reviews
Wargame: Red Dragon
Wargame: Red Dragon
Large-scale Cold War RTS with land, air, and naval combat
88% positive 17K reviews
IXION
IXION
Space station survival city-builder with punishing resource management
76% positive 16K reviews
Aliens: Dark Descent
Aliens: Dark Descent
Real-time squad tactics where every marine death is permanent
86% positive 16K reviews
Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3 Demo
Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3
Alternate-history RTS with three factions and land, air, naval warfare
85% positive 15K reviews
WARNO
WARNO
Cold War real-time tactics with customizable NATO and Warsaw Pact forces
79% positive 15K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III
Three-faction sci-fi RTS with base building and giant war machines
51% positive 15K reviews
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Historical real-time strategy about building civilizations and conquering rivals
84% positive 15K reviews
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
Rise of Nations: Extended Edition
Historical real-time strategy spanning ancient cities to modern warfare
94% positive 14K reviews
Rome: Total War™ - Collection
Rome: Total War™ - Collection
Turn-based Roman conquest campaigns with real-time battles and barbarian invasions
94% positive 14K reviews
Stronghold Crusader 2
Stronghold Crusader 2
Medieval real-time strategy mixing castle building, sieges, and desert economies
74% positive 13K reviews
Mitos.is: The Game
Mitos.is: The Game
Free-to-play multiplayer survival game where cells grow by eating others
81% positive Free
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes
World War II RTS built around cover and destructible battlefields
94% positive 13K reviews