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.
Tempest Rising
Base-building RTS about rival factions fighting over mysterious vines
87% positive
12K reviews
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic)
Sci-fi real-time strategy with squad combat, cover, and morale
95% positive
12K reviews
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2
Real-time space strategy built around fleet-scale Warhammer 40,000 battles
74% positive
11K reviews
AirMech
Action strategy game where a transforming mech carries troops into battle
84% positive
Free
Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
Fantasy tower defense with upgradeable towers, heroes, and tough bosses
97% positive
11K reviews
Castle Story
Castle-building strategy game with crumbling structures on floating islands
65% positive
11K reviews
Age of Darkness: Final Stand
Dark fantasy RTS about building defenses against massive hordes
74% positive
11K reviews
Norland
Medieval colony sim about noble families, politics, and survival
82% positive
10K reviews
Planetbase
Single-player space colony sim about building a self-sufficient outpost
80% positive
10K reviews
Stronghold HD (2012)
Medieval strategy game about building castles and surviving sieges
96% positive
10K reviews
Stronghold: Definitive Edition
Medieval castle-building RTS balancing settlement economics and siege warfare
87% positive
10K reviews
Door Kickers
Top-down SWAT tactics with pausable raids and planned routes
94% positive
10K reviews
Kingdoms Reborn
Medieval city builder with card-based growth and multiplayer kingdoms
90% positive
9,735 reviews
Steel Division 2
World War II strategy across turn-based campaigns and tactical battles
79% positive
9,602 reviews
Stronghold Kingdoms
Medieval MMO strategy about building castles and ruling through factions
64% positive
Free
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
Accessible sci-fi RTS with base building and large-army battles
91% positive
9,554 reviews
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars™
Sci-fi real-time strategy with three campaigns and live-action storytelling
90% positive
9,356 reviews
LEGO® Star Wars™ III - The Clone Wars™
LEGO action adventure with ground battles and space missions
95% positive
9,317 reviews
Stormgate
Top-down real-time strategy with base building and three warring factions
47% positive
Free
Colony Survival
Colony-building survival game with workers and nightly monster attacks
92% positive
9,010 reviews
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
Ground-based real-time strategy with vehicle fleets and desert ambushes
79% positive
8,940 reviews
Sins of a Solar Empire II
Real-time space strategy where orbiting planets reshape battlefronts
84% positive
8,773 reviews
Homeworld 3
Real-time space strategy with persistent fleets and three-dimensional combat
41% positive
8,754 reviews
Ancestors Legacy
Medieval real-time strategy with squad battles and history-inspired campaigns
79% positive
8,663 reviews