Best Real-Time Strategy Games
267 Real-Time Strategy games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Tzar: The Burden of the Crown
Released: Jan 27, 2000
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Tzar: The Burden of the Crown is a real-time strategy game for the PC published by Take-Two Interactive and developed by the Bulgarian game developer company Haemimont Games.
Black & White 2
Released: Oct 7, 2005
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Adventure
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player
In the game, the player takes the role of a god called from the void (nothingness) to help those who invoked them.
Europa Universalis III
Released: Jan 23, 2007
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy.
A Total War Saga: Troy
Released: Aug 13, 2020
Critic rating: 76.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
A Total War Saga: Troy is the first in the award-winning strategy series to focus on the Bronze-Age Mediterranean and the legendary twenty-year conflict between the kingdoms of Troy and Mycenaean Greece, known as the Trojan War.
Theme Park
Released: Jan 2, 1994
Critic rating: 79.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Amiga CD32, PlayStation 3, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable, Sega CD, Super Famicom
Game modes: Single player
You have inherited a fortune from an eccentric aunt and her will states the money can be spend building the world largest and most profitable theme park.
Populous
Released: Jun 5, 1989
Critic rating: 73.9 / 100 • 47 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes, PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Sega Master System/Mark III
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Populous is a real-time strategy game where the player takes the role of a deity influencing the development of civilizations.
Cossacks 3
Released: Sep 20, 2016
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Cossacks 3 is the third main game in the long-running historical real-time strategy series.
Divinity: Dragon Commander
Released: Aug 6, 2013
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: PEGI 12
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
You are the Dragon Commander.
The Guild 2
Released: Sep 29, 2006
Critic rating: 68.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The Guild 2 is the shining successor of the ultra successful medieval life sim, Europe 1400.
Sacrifice
Released: Nov 5, 2000
Critic rating: 60.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Holy War is over.
Dune: Spice Wars
Released: Sep 14, 2023
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Dune: Spice Wars is a real-time strategy game with 4X elements, from the developers of the critically acclaimed Northgard.
Star Wars: Empire at War
Released: Feb 16, 2006
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
From the lives of soldiers to the deaths of planets, you are the supreme galactic commander.
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm
Released: Mar 4, 2008
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
The third and final expansion to the genre-defining and critically-acclaimed RTS, Dawn of War.
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Released: Dec 15, 2011
Critic rating: 74.7 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player
Final Fantasy XIII‑2 is a story-driven JRPG that blends fast-paced, party-based combat with time-travel exploration.
Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia
Released: May 2, 2018
Critic rating: 76.4 / 100
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia combines huge real-time battles with engrossing turn-based campaign, set at a critical flashpoint in history.
Gigantic
Released: Jun 23, 2017
Critic rating: 76.5 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative
Gigantic is a visually-stunning evolution in team action gaming, where freedom of movement, play-style choice, and towering Guardians makes 5x5 competition more accessible and fun than ever.
Faces of War
Released: Sep 12, 2006
Critic rating: 63.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy, Tactical
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)
Through the eyes of Allied, German and Russian squad leaders, experience the most immersive World War II time strategy game where each battle is played out and won differently based on your tactical choices.
Supreme Commander 2
Released: Mar 2, 2010
Critic rating: 73.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Supreme Commander 2 is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game.
Fat Princess
Released: Jul 30, 2009
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Rescue your beloved princess through teamwork in this comic medieval battle royale.
Empire Earth II
Released: Apr 26, 2005
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
Relive the complete span of human history!
Halo Wars
Released: Feb 26, 2009
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
The Covenant has declared war on humanity, and Harvest is the first battleground.
The Settlers: Rise of an Empire
Released: Sep 25, 2007
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
In The Settlers - Rise of an Empire, players build lively, bustling towns in a medieval world.
Planetary Annihilation
Released: Sep 5, 2014
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Colonize solar systems, annihilate homeworlds, and exterminate your foes in epic interplanetary battles with multiple players and thousands of units.
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath
Released: Sep 24, 1997
Critic rating: 62.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), DOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Command & Conquer: Red Alert: The Aftermath is the second of two expansion packs for Command & Conquer: Red Alert, and was released in 1997.
Kingdom Rush Origins
Released: Nov 7, 2014
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy, Indie
Platforms: Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player
The third installment in the popular tower defense series Kingdom Rush.