Best Real-Time Strategy Games
267 Real-Time Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
DEFCON
Released: Sep 29, 2006
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
You play the role of a military commander hidden deep within an underground bunker.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Counterstrike
Released: Apr 3, 1997
Critic rating: 80.9 / 100 • 24 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Command & Conquer: Red Alert: Counterstrike is the first of two expansions for Command & Conquer: Red Alert, released in 1997 with some new missions for both the Allies and the Soviets.
The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary
Released: Sep 1, 2006
Critic rating: 80.8 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: PEGI 7
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Settlers II: 10th Anniversary is a remake of the original "The Settlers II" game.
Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties
Released: Oct 23, 2007
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties is the second expansion pack for the massively popular Age of Empires III.
Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive
Released: Apr 18, 2001
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100 • 101 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player
Play six Desperados, lead by the hero John Cooper in the hardest and wildest Wild West Game of all times.
The Settlers: Fourth Edition
Released: Mar 30, 2001
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100 • 40 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Romans, the Mayans, the Vikings, and the Trojans are the four industrious little races you'll be settling with.
Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra
Released: Sep 9, 2025
Critic rating: 84.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), MOBA
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
This brand‑new title is a battle arena game that will divide players into teams of four and have them fight it out!
Sunless Sea
Released: Feb 6, 2015
Critic rating: 85.0 / 100
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Adventure, Indie
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player
Play as the captain of a steamship on an underwater ocean surrounding the fictional city of Fallen London.
Napoleon: Total War
Released: Feb 23, 2010
Critic rating: 83.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Napoleon: Total War is the new chapter in the critically acclaimed Total War series and opens up a new narrative layer to the genre-defining franchise.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution
Released: Mar 1, 2011
Critic rating: 88.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Command any of the six unique factions in the next standalone expansion of the critically acclaimed Dawn of War real-time strategy franchise.
Age of Empires II: Forgotten Empires
Released: Dec 31, 2012
Critic rating: 80.5 / 100 • 30 votes
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Age of Empires II: The Forgotten is the second official expansion pack for Age of Empires II.
Knights of Honor
Released: Oct 1, 2005
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
As King, it is your duty to lead your people in their struggle to raise your kingdom from its humble beginnings to a position of power and prestige.
Pikmin
Released: Oct 26, 2001
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Adventure
Platforms: Nintendo GameCube
Game modes: Single player
Pikmin is a whole new breed of gameplay from Nintendo.
Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome
Released: Oct 22, 1998
Critic rating: 80.4 / 100 • 66 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Age of Empires: The Rise of Rome is an expansion pack for the real-time strategy game Age of Empires.
Command & Conquer: Generals
Released: Feb 1, 2003
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100 • 250 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Command & Conquer: Generals puts your trigger finger on the pulse of modern warfare.
Mega Man Battle Network 2
Released: Dec 14, 2001
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100 • 46 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Tactical, Adventure
Platforms: Game Boy Advance
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Enter the futuristic universe of Mega Man.EXE in this new adventure in the Battle Network series.
Homeworld: Emergence
Released: Sep 1, 2000
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Homeworld: Emergence was originally released as "Homeworld: Cataclysm".
Soldiers: Heroes of World War II
Released: Jun 30, 2004
Critic rating: 84.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The player can take control of American, British, Russian, or German forces to play out battles that are set in World War II.
Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends
Released: May 9, 2006
Critic rating: 80.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Rise of Legends is a real-time strategy game released in 2006 and a spin off of Rise of Nations.
Door Kickers: Action Squad
Released: Sep 10, 2018
Critic rating: 82.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Platform, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side scroller action with retro graphics and retro sensibilities.
Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim
Released: Mar 21, 2000
Critic rating: 79.8 / 100 • 32 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Majesty is a fantasy kingdom simulation game where players build, tax, and manage their kingdom, but the units control themselves.
Homeworld 2
Released: Sep 16, 2003
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Homeworld 2 is the third game in the Homeworld series.
Dune 2000
Released: Sep 1, 1998
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 87 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Real-time strategy taking place in Frank Herbert's "Dune" universe.
Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal
Released: Dec 1, 1995
Critic rating: 79.7 / 100 • 116 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Mac, DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal is an expansion pack for Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness.
Cossacks: European Wars
Released: Mar 30, 2001
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Cossacks: European Wars is a real-time strategy computer game for Windows made by the Ukrainian developer GSC Game World.