Best Real-Time Strategy Games
267 Real-Time Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Supreme Commander
Released: Feb 16, 2007
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
For a millennium, three opposing forces of humanity--the Cybran Nation, the Aeon Illuminate and the United Earth Federation--have fought a bitter and bloody war over conflicting and unwavering systems of belief.
Dawn of Discovery
Released: Jun 23, 2009
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Dawn of Discovery (Known as "Anno 1404" in Europe) is a city-building and economic simulation game with real-time strategy elements.
Iron Harvest
Released: Sep 1, 2020
Critic rating: 80.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Sport, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
After World War 1 farmers found a plethora of unexploded ordnance, barbed wire, weapons, shrapnel and bullets while ploughing their fields.
World of Warships
Released: Sep 17, 2015
Critic rating: 82.4 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
World of Warships is a free to play online naval combat game by Wargaming.net.
Emperor: Battle for Dune
Released: Jun 12, 2001
Critic rating: 75.5 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Emperor: Battle for Dune represents the seamless combination of cutting-edge 3D graphics and perfected real-time strategy gameplay.
Cossacks: Back to War
Released: Oct 17, 2002
Critic rating: 75.5 / 100 • 43 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Back to War is the second expansion pack, and it can be played as a standalone.
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Released: Feb 20, 2018
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Age of Empires, the pivotal RTS that launched a 20-year legacy returns in definitive form for Windows 10 PCs.
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Released: Apr 7, 2009
Critic rating: 67.5 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor is the expansion to the Game of the Year winner and highest rated real time strategy franchise Company of Heroes.
Dungeons 3
Released: Oct 13, 2017
Critic rating: 74.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Unleash your dark side by creating a unique underground dungeon from a huge array of rooms, traps and structures.
Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Released: Oct 17, 2006
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Sway fierce battles in your favor with the powerful WarChief and lead one of three great Native American civilizations.
Total War: Attila
Released: Feb 17, 2015
Critic rating: 76.8 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The next installment in the turn-based strategy game with real-time tactics, Total War: Attila casts players back to 395 AD.
Clash of Clans
Released: Aug 2, 2012
Critic rating: 75.2 / 100 • 214 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Clash of Clans is an addictive mixture of strategic planning and competitive fast-paced combats.
Anno 2070
Released: Nov 17, 2011
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Anno 2070 is a city-building and economic simulation game, with real-time strategy elements.
Total War: Rome II
Released: Sep 3, 2013
Critic rating: 71.9 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Encompassing one of the best-known periods in world history, Total War: Rome II will combines turn-based campaigns with large, cinematic real-time battles.
Tropico 6
Released: Mar 29, 2019
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
El Presidente is back!
Populous: The Beginning
Released: Nov 30, 1998
Critic rating: 75.1 / 100 • 41 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Populous: The Beginning is a strategy and god-style video game.
Impossible Creatures
Released: Dec 29, 2002
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Genetically-alter animals to create scientific marvels in "Impossible Creatures", the 2003 classic RTS.
Sanctum 2
Released: May 15, 2013
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Shooter, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
In Sanctum 2, you will have to utilize elements of multiple gameplay genres to succeed.
Star Wars: Empire at War - Forces of Corruption
Released: Oct 24, 2006
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
You’ve played the light side.
Plants vs. Zombies
Released: May 5, 2009
Critic rating: 70.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Nintendo DSi
Game modes: Single player, Co-operative
Plants vs.
Black & White
Released: Mar 25, 2001
Critic rating: 74.8 / 100 • 143 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Puzzle, Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Play the role of a deity in a land where the surroundings are yours to shape and its people are yours to lord over.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Released: Oct 28, 2008
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is set in an alternate reality from World War II, in which the Western Allies fought the Soviet Union.
Clash Royale
Released: Jan 4, 2016
Critic rating: 74.5 / 100 • 206 votes
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical, Card & Board Game
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Multiplayer
Enter the Arena!
They Are Billions
Released: Jun 18, 2019
Critic rating: 75.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet.
Kingdom Rush
Released: Dec 19, 2011
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!