Real-time strategy (RTS) sorted by title, from Z to A
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.
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DOS1996protected Bitmap Brothers
Welcome to Z, the real-time strategy game where psychotic robots with British accents duke it out over territory in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Think Command & Conquer if the developers had a few too many pints and a twisted...
Warzone 2100
Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS1999freeware
Warcraft: Orcs and Humans
DOS1994protecteddemo 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 A...
Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness
DOS1995protected Blizzard Entertainment
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...
Vlad Tepes Dracula
Windows XP/98/951997 ComputerHouse
Ultimate Domain
DOS1994 Microids
Total Annihilation Kingdoms
Windows XP/98/951999protected Cavedog Entertainment
Total Annihilation
Windows XP/98/951997protected Cavedog Entertainment
The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici
DOSMac OS1996protected Blue Byte Software
The Settlers
DOS1993protected Blue Byte Software
The Civil War
DOS1995 Dagger Interactive Technologies
The Ancient Art of War in the Skies
DOS1992 Evryware
The Ancient Art of War at Sea
DOS1987 Evryware
The Ancient Art of War
DOS1984 Evryware
The Ancient Art of War is a classic video game that was released in the late 1980s. Developed by Evryware and published by Broderbund, it was available on various platforms, including Apple II, Atari ST, Amiga, and MS-DOS. The Anc...
Supremacy: Your Will Be Done
DOS1990 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 Entertain...
Stronghold
DOS1993protected Stormfront Studios
Stronghold, released in 1993, is a strategy simulation game developed by Stormfront Studios and published by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI). Players assume the role of a lord tasked with managing a kingdom. The game involv...
StarCraft
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1998protecteddemo 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 ...
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2001protected 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...
Star Wars Rebellion
Windows XP/98/951998protected
Robo Rumble
Windows XP/98/951998 Metropolis Software House
Rings of Medusa
DOS1990 Starbyte Software
Rings of Medusa is a strategy / RPG developed by the German studio Starbyte Software. It was released in 1989 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, Amiga, and MS-DOS. In Rings of Medusa, players assume the role of...
Reunion
DOS1994 Dinamic Multimedia
Realms
DOS1991 Graftgold
Praetorians
Windows XP/98/952003protected Eidos Interactive
Praetorians is a real-time strategy (RTS) game originally released in 2003 by Pyro Studios. Set in the Roman Empire during its peak, the game offers a blend of strategy and tactics, focusing on large-scale battles rather than reso...
Powermonger
DOS1992 Bullfrog
Powermonger is a real-time strategy game where the player must defeat opponents by conquering towns and tipping the balance of power in their favor. Success requires giving orders to soldiers and captains, as well as accumulating ...
Populous: The Beginning
Windows XP/98/951998protected Bullfrog
Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods
DOSMac OS1993protected Bullfrog
Populous 2: Trials of the Olympian Gods is a classic sandbox strategy god game. As the title suggests, its setting is loosely based on ancient Greek mythology, and you play as a deity (hence the "god game" label). Populous 2 is th...
Populous
DOS1989 Bullfrog
Populous is an abandoned strategy game designed by the video game celebrity Peter Molyneux, developed by Bullfrog. Populous was released by Electronic Arts in 1989 for DOS and for a long list of other 16-bit and 8-bit systems, bot...
NetStorm: Islands at War
Windows XP/98/951997