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Real-time tactical games sorted by title, from Z to A

Real-time tactics games are an hybrid between real-time strategy (RTS) and turn-base tactics. Real-time tactics are played in real-time, like RTSs, but lack the resource management and base and unit building elements. Real-time tactics games focus much more on individual units and tactics on the battlefield. Some of the most popular real-time tactics games are: the Syndicate series, Cannon Fodder.

Most popular real-time tactics games

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Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space

Windows 10/11LinuxMac OS2005protected Digital Eel
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a science fiction roguelike game developed by Digital Eel. Originally released in 2005, it is the sequel to Strange Adventures in Infinite Space. The game puts you in command of a sta...
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Waterworld

DOS1997 Intelligent Games
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War in Middle Earth

DOS1989 Synergistic Software
War in Middle-earth is a real-time strategy game developed by Synergistic Software and published by Melbourne House. It was released in 1988 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.The game i...
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Video Trek 88

DOS1982 Windmill Software
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Unnatural Selection

DOS1993 Maxis
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Ultimate Domain

DOS1994 Microids
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Twilight 2000

DOS1991 Paragon Software
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Syndicate Wars

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected Bullfrog
Syndicate Wars is the sequel to the much acclaimed Syndicate developed by Bullfrog in its golden years. Like its predecessor, Syndicate Wars is a real-time tactics strategy game set in a cyberpunk dystopian world involving excessi...
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Syndicate

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1993protecteddemo Bullfrog
Syndicate is a cyberpunk-themed tactical action game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts in 1993. The game is set in a dystopian future where corporations, called syndicates, have replaced government...
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Space Hulk

DOS1993 Electronic Arts
Space Hulk is an abandoned real-time tactical strategy game set in the Warhammer  40000 universe, developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for DOS and Amiga systems. In Space Hulk, the player is tasked with wiping ou...
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Seal Team

DOS1993 Electronic Arts
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Rules of Engagement 2

DOS1993 Omnitrend Software
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Rules of Engagement

DOS1991 Omnitrend Software
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Robot Odissey

DOS1985 The Learning Company
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Power Dolls

DOS1994 Kogado Software Products
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Omega

DOS1989 Origin Systems
Omega is an abandoned science fiction themed strategy game developed and released by Origin Systems in 1989 for DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, C64. Omega is a rare example of a programming game about robots.
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Myth: The Fallen Lords

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997 Bungie
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Master of Orion 3

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected Quicksilver Software
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J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan

DOS1997 Papyrus Design Group
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Hooligans: Storm Over Europe

Windows XP/98/952002 DarXabre
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Ground Control

Windows XP/98/952000protected Massive Entertainment
Ground Control is a strategy game developed by Massive Entertainment and released by Sierra On-Line in 2000. More precisely Ground Control is a real time tactical game with a sci-fi setting.
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Fort Apache

DOS1992 Impressions Games
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Fleet Command

DOS1999protected Sonalysts
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Fields of Glory

DOS1993protected MicroProse Software
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Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel

Windows XP/98/952001protecteddemo Interplay Productions
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel is a tactical role-playing game published by Interplay Entertainment in 2001. Unlike its predecessors, which were traditional RPGs with turn-based combat, Fallout Tactics took a different appr...
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Dominus

DOS1994 Viacom New Media
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Dark Reign: The Future of War

Windows XP/98/951997protected Auran Games
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Dark Reign 2

Windows XP/98/952000protected Pandemic Studios
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Cossacks: The Art of War

Windows XP/98/952001protected GSC Game World
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Cossacks: European Wars

Windows XP/98/952000protected GSC Game World
Cossacks: European Wars is a real-time strategy game developed by GSC Game World and released in 2001. The game is set in the 17th and 18th centuries, a period marked by significant military, political, and social changes in ...