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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Ground Control Anthology
Sci-fi real-time tactics with customizable ground and air forces
85% positive
208 reviews
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Action and real-time strategy with three playable races at war
95% positive
208 reviews
Re-Legion
Cyberpunk real-time strategy about building an army by converting citizens
63% positive
208 reviews
Nomad Fleet
Real-time space strategy about guiding humanity's survivors through hostile sectors
66% positive
207 reviews
Red Rocket Defencism
Base-building tower defense about protecting unfinished rockets from capitalist attackers
97% positive
207 reviews
BC Kings
Prehistoric real-time strategy with side quests and upgradeable heroes
64% positive
206 reviews
Microsoft Allegiance
Team-based space combat with player-piloted ships and real-time fleet command
77% positive
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Hot Springs Story 2
Pixel-art resort management sim about building baths and attracting guests
81% positive
206 reviews
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Kingdom Ascension
Medieval strategy with settlement building and armies that fight automatically
82% positive
206 reviews
Tethered
Real-time god game with resource gathering and nightly island defense
80% positive
205 reviews
Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943
Real-time World War II tactics with simulated armor and ballistics
65% positive
204 reviews
ShellMobile: Titan Rampart
Real-time strategy with titanium defenses and mechs fighting alien attacks
98% positive
204 reviews
Colony Siege
Sci-fi tower defense with laser fences that shape enemy routes
90% positive
203 reviews
Z Steel Soldiers
Real-time strategy where capturing territory lets you build armies faster
51% positive
202 reviews
Demo Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece
Ancient Greek real-time strategy centered on sieges and logistics
94% positive
201 reviews
Dawn of Andromeda
Pausable space strategy with civilizations at different stages of development
44% positive
201 reviews
Battlevoid: Sector Siege
Real-time space strategy about building fleets and capturing enemy ships
58% positive
201 reviews
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Gold Edition (Classic)
Real-time fantasy tactics with customizable armies and dueling heroes
95% positive
200 reviews
Undead Overlord
Real-time strategy about commanding a zombie horde against human defenders
27% positive
199 reviews
OTTTD
Tower defense with real-time hero control and squad progression
78% positive
199 reviews
Demo GemCraft - Legacy Collection
Fantasy tower defense built around creating and combining magical gems
95% positive
199 reviews
Stellar Survivor
First-person tower defense against alien waves threatening your power core
67% positive
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Star Trek: Outposts Unknown
Colony-building strategy across alien worlds in the Star Trek universe
45% positive
198 reviews
Shallow Space
Space real-time strategy with fleet building and salvaged ship upgrades
26% positive
197 reviews