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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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The Riftbreaker: Prologue
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
Action strategy combining mech combat, industrial construction, and alien base defense
95% positive Free
Overlord II Demo
Overlord II
Third-person fantasy action RPG about commanding minions against an empire
88% positive 4,258 reviews
Survivalist: Invisible Strain Demo
Survivalist: Invisible Strain
Open-world zombie colony sim built around relationships and survival
86% positive 4,252 reviews
Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
Top-down tower defense against a fluid enemy that floods terrain
96% positive 4,239 reviews
STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga
Classic Star Wars real-time strategy with base building and large armies
92% positive 4,174 reviews
Master of Command Demo
Master of Command
Real-time tactical strategy about keeping an eighteenth-century army supplied
91% positive 4,141 reviews
Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice
Shadow Tactics: Aiko's Choice
Isometric stealth tactics in Edo Japan with coordinated team attacks
93% positive 4,105 reviews
Cataclismo Demo
Cataclismo
Base-building strategy with modular fortresses against nightly monster attacks
88% positive 4,045 reviews
The Crust AI
The Crust
Lunar colony simulator blending automation with deadline-driven Earth contracts
72% positive 4,044 reviews
Circle Empires
Circle Empires
Casual real-time strategy built around conquering linked circular territories
89% positive 4,026 reviews
Hollywood Animal
Hollywood Animal
Studio management strategy about making films and navigating Hollywood politics
72% positive 4,014 reviews
EmergeNYC
Open-world emergency response simulation with fire trucks and randomized fires
65% positive 4,006 reviews
Gladiator Guild Manager
Gladiator Guild Manager
Fantasy auto-battler about building gladiator teams for arena championships
80% positive 3,991 reviews
DEFCON Demo
DEFCON
Cold War strategy matches of nuclear strikes and fragile alliances
86% positive 3,856 reviews
Wargame: Airland Battle
Wargame: Airland Battle
Cold War real-time strategy with air and ground battles
86% positive 3,780 reviews
Total War: PHARAOH
Total War: PHARAOH
Bronze Age strategy with turn-based empires and real-time battles
62% positive 3,763 reviews
Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation
Large-scale sci-fi RTS with physics-driven battles across land, sea, and air
96% positive 3,724 reviews
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Isometric World War II tactics built around stealth and sabotage
90% positive 3,685 reviews
Carrier Command 2
Carrier Command 2
Real-time carrier strategy with direct vehicle control and island conquest
80% positive 3,673 reviews
Whiskerwood Demo
Whiskerwood
Island colony builder with stacked cities and underground mouse settlements
91% positive 3,655 reviews
Anno 1404 - History Edition
Anno 1404 - History Edition
City-building strategy with trade, production chains, and island expansion
82% positive 3,634 reviews
Airline Manager
Airline Manager
Multiplayer airline management simulation with real-world aircraft and airports
71% positive Free
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
Terminator: Dark Fate - Defiance
Real-time tactics with persistent troops and scarce battlefield resources
80% positive 3,586 reviews
A Total War Saga: TROY
A Total War Saga: TROY
Turn-based empire strategy with real-time battles during the Trojan War
71% positive 3,513 reviews