Real Time Strategy (RTS) Games
Plants vs. Zombies
May 5, 2009
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★ 3.8
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Plants vs. Zombies is a tower defense video game developed and published by PopCap Games. As …
Android
Mac
Nintendo DSi
PC (Microsoft Windows)
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Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Sep 30, 1999
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★ 4.2
Take control of a powerful civilization. Lead them through 1000 years of the Middle Ages to riches and greatness. Will you Intimidate the world into following you by using military …
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Jul 3, 2002
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★ 4.3
Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos is an RTS made by Blizzard Entertainment. Take control of either the Humans, the Orcs, the Night Elves or the Undead, all with different unit …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Jul 1, 2003
· Expansion
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★ 4.4
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne adds a host of new features to the game, including four new campaigns that take you across the frozen continent of Northrend. Explore new maps …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
StarCraft
Mar 31, 1998
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★ 4.2
StarCraft is a strategic game set in a Galaxy far away on multiple planets. Its style and balance between the three antagonistic species it features is unique and appealed to …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Jul 27, 2010
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★ 4.0
In the distant future, in the darkest reaches of space, the ghosts of the past whisper your name. You are Jim Raynor, a marshal-turned-rebel on a vigilante crusade to bring …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Spore
Sep 4, 2008
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★ 3.3
From Single Cell to Galactic God, evolve your creature in a universe of your own creations. Play through Spore's five evolutionary stages: Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilization, and Space. Each stage …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
StarCraft: Brood War
Dec 18, 1998
· Expansion
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★ 4.3
In the distant future, the newly formed Terran Dominion faces the arrival of two hostile alien races: the savage Zerg and the enigmatic Protoss. Gather resources and expand your forces …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Age of Empires III
Oct 18, 2005
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★ 3.5
In this highly anticipated next installment in the Age of Empires franchise from Ensemble Studios, Age of Empires III places players in the time period of roughly 1500–1850, picking up …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Brütal Legend
Oct 13, 2009
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★ 3.3
Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take …
Age of Mythology
Oct 30, 2002
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★ 4.0
Age of Mythology is a real-time strategy game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios. Drawing inspiration from Greek, Egyptian, and Norse mythology rather than historical events, …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Pikmin
Oct 26, 2001
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★ 3.9
Pikmin is a whole new breed of gameplay from Nintendo. The quirky, life-under-the-microscope title delivers a unique experience like few before it with a blend of real-time strategy, adventure, and …
Nintendo GameCube
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Dec 15, 2011
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★ 3.4
Final Fantasy XIII‑2 is a story-driven JRPG that blends fast-paced, party-based combat with time-travel exploration. Lead a dynamic duo across branching timelines and varied environments, recruit and customize powerful allies, …
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm
Mar 12, 2013
· Standalone Expansion/DLC
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★ 4.1
You are Sarah Kerrigan, former Queen of Blades. Once the most feared entity in the galaxy, you now wait in a cell in the depths of a high-security research laboratory. …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Oct 25, 2000
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★ 4.1
The Soviets are back and this time they’re on American soil. Fight for the red, white, and blue – or just the red. But be careful – the mystical madman …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Plague Inc.
May 26, 2012
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★ 3.3
As a new disease, it is your job to destroy the entire human species by evolving to a deadly plague.
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
Dec 9, 1995
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★ 4.1
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is a Strategy video game published by Blizzard Entertainment released on 1995 for MS-DOS. Warcraft 2 is a successor of the popular Warcraft real-time strategy …
Pikmin 3
Jul 13, 2013
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★ 4.1
Explore an alien world like no other in the third edition of Nintendo's strategic adventure series. In Pikmin 3, players take command of three explorers and a legion of adorable …
Wii U
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Nov 22, 1996
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★ 4.0
Travel to an alternate universe where dark experiments have permanently altered time. Or have they? Soviet tanks crush city after city while Allied cruisers shell bases. Spies lurk, landmines await, …
Pikmin 2
Apr 29, 2004
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★ 4.1
In Pikmin 2, Captain Olimar returns to the planet he was originally stranded on, to collect trinkets for his failing company to sell back at home. The game features a …
Nintendo GameCube
Halo Wars
Feb 26, 2009
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★ 3.2
The Covenant has declared war on humanity, and Harvest is the first battleground. Set 21 years before the events of Halo: Combat Evolved, Halo Wars is an exciting real-time strategy …
Xbox 360
Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition
May 29, 2020
· Expanded Game
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★ 4.3
Discover the origins of Shulk as he and his companions clash against a seemingly-unstoppable mechanical menace. Wield a future-seeing blade, chain together attacks, and carefully position your party members in …
Nintendo Switch
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
Aug 24, 2000
· Expansion
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★ 4.3
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors Expansion is the official add-on to the award-winning, best-selling real-time strategy game Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. Focusing on legendary leaders, …
Dreamcast
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Rome: Total War
Sep 22, 2004
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★ 4.0
Set during the rule of the late Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire, Rome: Total War is a real-time tactics and turn-based strategy game that takes place across Europe, …
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War
Sep 20, 2004
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★ 3.9
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War is a revolutionary science fiction real-time strategy (RTS) game set in the violent, post-apocalyptic universe of the 41st Millennium. Utilizing the exceptional game design skills …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Company of Heroes
Sep 12, 2006
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★ 3.8
Command the company that changed the face of history! Battle your way across Europe as your troops make intuitive use of the terrain and buildings for cover and mount attacks …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
iOS
Command & Conquer
Sep 26, 1995
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★ 3.8
Experience the game that started it all! Enter a gritty, high-tech world and take advantage of electronic intelligence and covert surveillance to determine who reigns supreme. Join either the forces …
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
Oct 15, 2002
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★ 4.1
Stretch your imagination further to build bigger parks and higher coasters! Break ground and start from scratch, open the gates to a remarkable Six Flags park, or just create the …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Total War: Shogun 2
Mar 15, 2011
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★ 3.8
In Total War: Shogun 2 you choose from one of 9 (10 with Ikko-Ikki dlc) clans, each with their own unique traits and skills and each with their own RPG-style …
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Theme Hospital
Feb 4, 1997
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★ 3.9
Theme Hospital is a business simulation game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1997, in which the player designs and operates a hospital. Like most of …
DOS
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Plague Inc: Evolved
Sep 18, 2015
· Remake
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★ 3.4
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of …
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Oct 28, 2008
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★ 3.4
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 is set in an alternate reality from World War II, in which the Western Allies fought the Soviet Union. In Red Alert 3 the …
Stellaris
May 9, 2016
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★ 3.8
Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand …
RimWorld
Oct 17, 2018
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★ 4.3
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade, and more.
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Black & White
Mar 25, 2001
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★ 3.4
Play the role of a deity in a land where the surroundings are yours to shape and its people are yours to lord over. Be an evil, malevolent god and …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Medieval II: Total War
Nov 10, 2006
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★ 4.1
Take command of your armies and expand your reign. Conquer, destroy, rebuild and improve the cities of the greatest medieval nations of the Western and Middle Eastern world. Employ diplomacy …
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II
Mar 2, 2006
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★ 4.0
Wage war in the North and assume command of the most storied civilizations in all of Middle-earth history - the Elven and Dwarven armies - or fight on the side …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Xbox 360
Age of Mythology: The Titans
Sep 30, 2003
· Expansion
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★ 4.0
Age of Mythology: The Titans is an expansion pack to the real-time strategy video game of Age of Mythology. It was developed by Ensemble Studios and released on September 30, …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
Nov 10, 2015
· Standalone Expansion/DLC
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★ 4.2
You are Hierarch Artanis, leader of the mighty protoss race. Years ago, your homeworld of Aiur fell to the merciless zerg Swarm. Now, at long last, you have raised a …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Europa Universalis IV
Aug 13, 2013
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★ 4.0
Rule your land and dominate the world with unparalleled freedom, depth and historical accuracy. Write a new history of the world and build an empire for the ages.
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Banished
Feb 18, 2014
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★ 3.4
Welcome to the world of Banished! In this city-building strategy game, you control a group of exiled travelers who decide to restart their lives in a new land. They have …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Clash of Clans
Aug 2, 2012
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★ 2.6
Clash of Clans is an addictive mixture of strategic planning and competitive fast-paced combats. Raise an army of Barbarians, War Wizards, Dragons and other mighty fighters. Join a clan of …
Android
iOS
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Aug 20, 1999
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★ 3.7
The sequel to 1995's genre defining Command & Conquer, Tiberian Sun takes place in a bleak future where the tiberium infestation has spread across the world, and made large regions …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Nov 22, 2004
· Remake
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★ 3.8
Based on Sid Meier's original masterpiece, Pirates!, Sid Meier's Pirates! has you facing countless dogged enemies, wooing fair maidens and raising the Jolly Roger on the high seas in pursuit …
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth
Dec 6, 2004
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★ 3.9
The players control the heroes or villians from the famous Lord of The Rings movies. With a hero characters similar to the Warcraft series you control both the armies and …
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
Feb 19, 2009
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★ 3.6
With a focus on fast-action RTS gameplay, Dawn of War II brings to life the science fiction universe of Warhammer 40,000 like never before. Experience the intimate brutality of battle …
Linux
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Plants vs. Zombies 2: It's About Time
Aug 15, 2013
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★ 3.0
Plants vs. Zombies 2 is a tower defense game released by PopCap Games as a sequel to the award-winning Plants vs. Zombies. This time, players must battle new zombies in …
Android
iOS
Patapon
Dec 20, 2007
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★ 3.6
Set among a variety of colorful 2D backgrounds, Patapon unfolds through more than 30 missions with more than 20 different environments, where players are tasked with outfitting the Patapon army, …
PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Vita
Tropico 4
Aug 26, 2011
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★ 3.4
Fancy being a dictator? Well this is the ideal time! Build a Tropico and control who and what happens in it. Juggle foreign relations and run a nuclear program! Apply …
Mac
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Xbox 360
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
Nov 23, 1994
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★ 3.5
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first game in the Warcraft series developed by Blizzard Entertainment. The Orcish hordes are summoned through the dark portal to the peaceful human Kingdom …