The best RTS games in 2026

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31. A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA
From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones…
From the multi-award-winning strategy series, A Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia…
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…
HistoricalMedievalWar
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32. Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
Axon TD lets you expand the map boundaries themselves.
Axon TD lets you expand the map boundaries themselves.
Axon TD lets you expand the map boundaries themselves. A huge arsenal of towers and a wide variety of enemies clash in a battlefield that grows to your whims.
Real Time TacticsTower DefenseRTS
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33. Iron Harvest
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign…
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop…
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
MechsWarRTS
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34. Carrier Command 2
Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in…
Note: This game can be played in non-virtual reality mode, and also in virtual reality.
Carrier Command 2 is the real-time strategy game that puts you in command of a futuristic carrier capable of deploying a vast array of aircraft and amphibious units.
WarRTSAction Adventure
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35. From the Depths
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel…
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep…
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space!
Naval CombatVehicular CombatRTS
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36. A Total War Saga: TROY
In this legendary age, heroes walk the earth.
In this legendary age, heroes walk the earth.
In this legendary age, heroes walk the earth. In an act that shocks the world, audacious Paris, prince of Troy, elopes with the beautiful queen of Sparta.
HistoricalWarViolent
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37. Creeper World 4
The eternal harvester of galactic empires has returned!
The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path!
The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path!
WargameReal Time TacticsTower Defense
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38. Rusted Warfare - RTS
{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's…
Rusted Warfare is an RTS inspired by classic real-time strategy games with modern tech.
{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth...
ModdableRTSBase Building
39. Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is the new real-time strategy game adapted…
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is the new real-time strategy game adapted from Games…
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada 2 is the new real-time strategy game adapted from Games Workshop’s famous tabletop game that portrays the epic space battles of the Warhammer 40,000…
Real Time TacticsSpaceSci Fi
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40. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time…
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic…
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic, Halo Wars, updated to run natively on PC.
WarSci FiRTS
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41. Line War
A new type of RTS with elements from 4X, Wargame, and Real-Time Tactics.
A new type of RTS with elements from 4X, Wargame, and Real-Time Tactics.
A new type of RTS with elements from 4X, Wargame, and Real-Time Tactics.
Auto BattlerAction RTSReal Time Tactics
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42. 63 Days
Coming of age as a part of the first generation born free, WWII…
Coming of age as a part of the first generation born free, WWII stripped me of my family…
Coming of age as a part of the first generation born free, WWII stripped me of my family, home, and future.
IsometricWorld War IiReal Time Tactics
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43. Survivalist: Invisible Strain
It's ten years since the infection started.
It's ten years since the infection started.
It's ten years since the infection started. Long-established settlements are collapsing, one by one, for unknown reasons.
Colony SimPost ApocalypticThird Person
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44. Frontline Crisis
Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines…
Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines Crisis!
Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines Crisis! A battlefield swarming with insects makes strategic and combat decisions crucial.
MechsTower DefenseSpace
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45. Attack on Toys
Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life!
Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life!
Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life! Build your Army Toys, make battle scenario, watch the Toys battling each other, and customize your play with Attack on Toys Toy Box.
Action RTSGrand StrategyReal Time Tactics
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46. Cepheus Protocol
Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game.
Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game.
Cepheus Protocol is an Open World RTS Military Survival Game. Play as the CERC hunting Patient 0, maintain Quarantine camps, fight dangerous mutations & Rogue Civilian Combatants .
Post ApocalypticRTSZombies
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47. SpellForce 3 Reforced
SpellForce 3 - The perfect blend between RTS and RPG!
SpellForce 3 - The perfect blend between RTS and RPG!
SpellForce 3 - The perfect blend between RTS and RPG!
FantasyRTSRPG
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48. R.U.S.E.™
A one-of-a-kind real-time strategy game that allows players to bluff…
R.U.S.E. is back in its Definitive Edition, including all DLCs and Steam Deck support.
A one-of-a-kind real-time strategy game that allows players to bluff their enemies to lead their nation to victory.
HistoricalWorld War IiWar
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49. TDS - Tower Defense Strategy
TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels.
TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels. Utilize their uniquely deep set of towers.
TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels. Utilize their uniquely deep set of towers. Create an everchanging defense. Play with friends. Protect your Basin at all costs.
2.5DTower DefenseAtmospheric
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50. Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World…
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you…
Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines is a real-time tactics game set in World War II that puts you in command of a small squad of elite troopers.
ClassicWorld War IiStealth
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51. 7 Days Blood Moons
7 Days Blood Moons is a 4v1 fight to the death.
7 Days Blood Moons is a 4v1 fight to the death.
7 Days Blood Moons is a 4v1 fight to the death. Survivors fortify bases and scavenge for materials while the Zombie Master commands and possesses the horde to crush them.
Action RTSTower DefenseRTS
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52. Eyes of War
Eyes of War is a real-time strategy game set in the medieval era…
Eyes of War is a real-time strategy game set in the medieval era, offering both…
Eyes of War is a real-time strategy game set in the medieval era, offering both single-player and multiplayer experiences where you can control every unit in character mode.
IsometricWargameStylized
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53. Battle Realms: Zen Edition
Return of the Classic, now remastered!
Return of the Classic, now remastered!
Return of the Classic, now remastered! Battle Realms is a fantasy RTS inspired by the stories told in martial- arts movies and oriental mythology.
ClassicFantasyRTS
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54. Anno 1701 History Edition
Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The…
Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon in Anno®…
Rediscover the classic gameplay of 1701 A.D. and its expansion The Sunken Dragon in Anno® 1701 History Edition.
Colony SimGrand StrategyCity Builder
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55. Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies…
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic…
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield.
ModdableReal Time TacticsRTS
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56. Wargame: Airland Battle
2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK!
2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK!
2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK!
Cold WarWargameReal Time Tactics
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57. Men of War: Assault Squad
Lead the fight. Command every unit. Win the war.
Lead the fight. Command every unit. Win the war.
Men of War: Assault Squad delivers a deeply tactical WWII experience, blending large-scale strategy with intense, hands-on combat.
World War IiWarMilitary
58. Outlive 25
Old school RTS is back!
Old school RTS is back!
Build your base, prepare your troops, and face your most epic battle yet in this old-school real-time strategy game.
FuturisticOld SchoolIsometric
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59. Steel Division: Normandy 44
Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game…
Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players…
Steel Division: Normandy 44 is a Tactical Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game, developed by Eugen Systems, the creators of titles like Wargame and R.U.S.E.
World War IiMilitaryTactical
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60. Wargame: European Escalation
2 sides, 8 nations, and one battlefield: Europe!
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
Cold WarWargameMilitary
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