The most popular real-time strategy games

Real-time strategy games

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  Dune 2000

  Windows XP/98/9519984.2/5 Westwood Studios

  Dune 2000 is an abandoned science fiction classic real-time strategy game based on the popular Dune franchise. The Dune "universe" took form in the books of science fiction writer Frank Herbert and went on to include movies, TV series, comics, and of course video games. Dune 2000 is one of the finest RTS of its era; it was developed by We...

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  Age of Empires

  Windows XP/98/951997protected4.2/5 Ensemble Studios

  Age of Empires, published by Microsoft and developed by Ensemble Studios, is one of the most popular historical RTS and started a successful series. The player must guide a civilization from prehistory to the iron age, battling other civilizations, building and gathering resources.

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  Command & Conquer: Red Alert

  DOS1996freeware4.2/5 Westwood Studios

  Command and Conquer: Red Alert is a RTS developed by Westwood Studios, a sequel to Command & Conquer. Allies and the Soviet Union battle for control over Europe in an alternate history setting.

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  Age of Empires 2: The Age of Kings

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4.3/5 Ensemble Studios
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  Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness

  DOS1995protected4.2/5 Blizzard Entertainment
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  Command & Conquer

  DOS1995freeware4.1/5 Westwood Studios
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  Empire Earth

  Windows XP/98/952001protected4.3/5 Stainless Steel Studios
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  Dune II: The building of a dynasty

  DOS19924.2/5 Westwood Studios

  Dune II, released in 1992, is a pioneering real-time strategy game developed by Westwood Studios. Set in the world of Frank Herbert's Dune, players command noble houses in a battle for control over the planet Arrakis. With base-building, resource management, and tactical combat, the game introduced key elements of the genre and influenced future RT...

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  Populous

  DOS19893.9/5 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, both console and PCs. Populos is a really unique game: it gave the name to the the whole god-game genre since, well, in the...

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  Dune Generations

  Windows XP/98/952002canceled3.3/5 Cryo Interactive Entertainment

  Dune Generations was a canceled 3D MMO strategy game set in the Dune universe that was never published. Dune Generations was in development by Cryo Interactive Entertainment, but it was canceled in 2002 when the company filed for bankruptcy. As of 2002 the game was still in the alpha stage; what's left are some screenshots ...

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  Rings of Medusa

  DOS19903.8/5 Starbyte Software
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  Dungeon Keeper

  DOSWindows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Electronic Arts
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  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...

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  The Settlers

  DOS1993protected4.2/5 Blue Byte Software
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  Total Annihilation

  Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Cavedog Entertainment
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  Stronghold

  DOS1993protected4/5 Stormfront Studios
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  Dune

  DOS19924.1/5 Cryo Interactive Entertainment
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  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.

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  Total Annihilation Kingdoms

  Windows XP/98/951999protected4.1/5 Cavedog Entertainment
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  Myth: The Fallen Lords

  Windows XP/98/95Mac19974.1/5 Bungie
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  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.

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  Mega lo Mania

  DOS19924.2/5 Sensible Software
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  Blood & Magic

  DOS19964/5 Tachyon Studios
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  Command HQ

  DOS19904/5 Ozark Softscape
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  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.

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  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...

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  The Settlers II: Veni, Vidi, Vici

  DOSMac1996protected3.8/5 Blue Byte Software
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  The Ancient Art of War at Sea

  DOS19874/5 Evryware
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  Dark Reign: The Future of War

  Windows XP/98/951997protected4.1/5 Auran Games
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  Ultimate Domain

  DOS19943.9/5 Microids