Real-time strategy (RTS)

Real-time strategy games (RTS for short) are strategy games in which actions do not happen in turns, but are free to happen continuously, thus players can issue commands, like moving or assembling combat units, at any time. Some of the most well-known RTS series are Warcraft, Starcraft, Command & Conquer, and Age of Empires.

Most popular real-time strategy games

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Populous: The Beginning

Windows XP/98/951998protected4.2/5 Bullfrog
Powermonger

DOS19923.9/5 Bullfrog

Powermonger is a real time strategy game where the player must defeat the opponents by conquering towns and tipping the balance of power in his/her favor. This is done by giving orders to soldiers and captains and by accumulating enough resources (food and equipment) to survive and ultimately win.
Realms

DOS19914/5 Graftgold
Rings of Medusa

DOS19903.8/5 Starbyte Software
Robo Rumble

Windows XP/98/9519983.8/5 Metropolis Software House
Star Wars Rebellion

Windows XP/98/951998protected3.9/5
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

Windows XP/98/95Mac2001protected4.1/5 LucasArts

Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds is a science fiction real-time strategy game set in the Star Wars universe, focused both on the first and the second Star Wars trilogy. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds was developed by LucasArts Entertainment in 2001. SWGB was developed using the Genie engine, the same used for Age of Empires.
StarCraft

Windows XP/98/95Mac1998protected4.2/5 Blizzard Entertainment

StarCraft is a classic RTS (Real-Time Strategy) game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released in 1998 for Windows and Macintosh. StarCraft takes the Warcraft experience to a sci-fi setting with an interesting story, three very different races (the militaristic Humans, the alien Zerg and the religious Protoss) and one of the best gameplay ex...
Stronghold

DOS1993protected4/5 Stormfront Studios
Supremacy: Your Will Be Done

DOS19904.1/5 Probe Entertainment

Supremacy: You Will Be Done (also known simply as Overlord) is a rare example of mix between real-time strategy and science fiction themed 4X game (eXplore, eXpand, eXploid, eXterminate). Supremacy was developed by Probe Entertainment and published by Mastertronic in 1990.
The Ancient Art of War

DOS19843.9/5 Evryware
The Ancient Art of War at Sea

DOS19874/5 Evryware
The Ancient Art of War in the Skies

DOS19923.4/5 Evryware
The Settlers

DOS1993protected4.2/5 Blue Byte Software
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici

DOSMac1996protected3.8/5 Blue Byte Software
Total Annihilation

Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Cavedog Entertainment
Total Annihilation Kingdoms

Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 Cavedog Entertainment
Ultimate Domain

DOS19943.9/5 Microids
Vlad Tepes Dracula

Windows XP/98/9519972.5/5 ComputerHouse
Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness

DOS1995protected4.2/5 Blizzard Entertainment
Warcraft: Orcs and Humans

DOS1994protected4.2/5 Blizzard Entertainment

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first real-time fantasy strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment. Two separate story lines (Orcs and Humans) evolve with 12 scenarios per side telling the tale of the battle for the Kingdom of Azeroth. Players must mine gold and chop wood in order to construct buildings and create units. Each side tries to destro...
Warzone 2100

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac1999freeware3.9/5
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DOS1996protected4.2/5 Bitmap Brothers