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.
Supremacy: Call of War 1942
World War II grand strategy built around real-time player diplomacy
71% positive
Free
Anno 2205™
Futuristic city builder linking Earth's industries to Moon colonies
70% positive
6,353 reviews
Steel Division: Normandy 44
Real-time strategy commanding World War II divisions in Normandy
74% positive
6,318 reviews
Hearts of Iron III
World War II grand strategy across diplomacy, industry, and combat
76% positive
6,084 reviews
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada (Classic)
Real-time space strategy with customizable fleets and tactical ship combat
69% positive
6,068 reviews
Cortex Command
Side-scrolling sci-fi action and strategy across destructible battlefields
72% positive
6,033 reviews
SUPREMACY: WORLD WAR 3
Persistent real-time grand strategy with diplomacy and modern global warfare
75% positive
Free
Lords Mobile: Kingdom Wars
Free-to-play MMO strategy about building kingdoms and waging guild wars
67% positive
Free
Command & Conquer™ 3: Kane’s Wrath
Sci-fi real-time strategy with base building and global conquest
93% positive
5,888 reviews
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
Single-player RTS with four mini-campaigns and commander challenges
83% positive
5,876 reviews
Stronghold 2: Steam Edition
Medieval castle-building strategy focused on economies, management, and sieges
89% positive
5,771 reviews
Becastled
Medieval city builder with nightly sieges and castle defenses
82% positive
5,620 reviews
Syrian Warfare
Real-time military tactics with persistent troops in war-torn Syria
87% positive
5,596 reviews
Tower Dominion
Roguelite tower defense where you shape terrain and enemy paths
86% positive
5,585 reviews
Last Train Home
Real-time tactics and train management amid the Russian Civil War
87% positive
5,536 reviews
Pioneers of Pagonia
Fantasy colony sim with visible supply chains and four-player co-op
81% positive
5,497 reviews
Total War: PHARAOH
Bronze Age strategy with turn-based empires and real-time battles
63% positive
5,420 reviews
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Sci-fi tower defense where tower placement shapes enemy routes
96% positive
5,375 reviews
Satellite Reign
Real-time cyberpunk tactics with four customizable agents and open-ended missions
71% positive
5,371 reviews
Total Conflict: Resistance
Modern warfare strategy blending tactical command with first-person combat
74% positive
5,359 reviews
Stronghold: Warlords
Real-time castle-building strategy with East Asian sieges and recruitable warlords
65% positive
5,326 reviews
Dungeons 2
Dungeon management strategy with monster armies and overworld battles
82% positive
5,286 reviews
Warpips
Strategy auto-battler where you deploy troops and call airstrikes
87% positive
5,215 reviews
Men of War: Assault Squad
World War II real-time tactics with direct unit control
87% positive
5,178 reviews