Rts reviews from Reddit

Summary

We analyzed 575 Reddit reviews across 16 subreddits and 59 posts to rank the best Rts brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/RealTimeStrategy, r/gaming, r/commandandconquer, r/gamingsuggestions, r/StrategyGames. Top-rated brands include Age of Empires (4.6/5), Company of Heroes (4.4/5), Blizzard Entertainment (4.8/5).

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Reviews575
Subreddits16
Posts59
Brands80
Products31
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#1

Age of Empires

4.6
(46)
"AoE 4 has one of the bigger active player bases at the moment and a fairly decent developer support."
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"In my opinion the best competitive rts is AOEIV"
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"AoE4 is the best for multiplayer imo - personal preferences factor alot here obviously."
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"AoE4 by far."
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"AoE 2 and 4 are both on sale and I would highly recommend either/both. 2 has a lot of single player campaigns (both official and user created) and an active multiplayer scene."
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"Age of Empires 2"
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"Age of Empires 2 is the best RTS game"
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"Age of Empires IV is peak for multiplayer RTS on PC right now."
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"I love aoe 2 for multiplayer madness with friends. It has a good system of paper rock scissors IMO."
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"Age of Empires 2 remake is really good."
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#2

Company of Heroes

4.4
(46)
"COH2 over 1000 hours"
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"Company of Heroes is more tactical but a great ww2 strategy game."
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"Company of Heroes 1 & 2 would be up your alley"
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"Definitely COH 1 and 2."
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"Company of Heroes is probably the best, if not the only, option for base building."
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"I think the Company of Heroes games are easily the best WW2 RTS games around."
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"Late to the party but yes Company of Heroes is fantastic."
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"If you like ww 2 try out company of heroes series. Especially 2."
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"Company of heroes 2. Play a Russian commander that has access to 105mm morter teams."
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"I love the Artillery in CoH. The Sound, the damage."
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#3

Blizzard Entertainment

4.8
(26)
"StarCraft (and it's sequel): One of the benchmark games of that genre."
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"You can also go full classic mode and buy warcraft 3."
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"Want best combo of Rts and RPG go Warcraft 3."
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"Want best space RTS with super high tempo and great unit design. Go starcraft 2."
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"I agree that SC2 is just amazing."
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"The first are definitely WC3 & TFT."
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"Starcraft 2 of course no question."
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"The best though IMO is undoubtedly starcraft 2 WoL."
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"Yes. I would recommend StarCraft 2 over WarCraft 3 personally."
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"RTS? Try game. Not many other games had an amazing campaign."
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#4

StarCraft II

5.0
(24)
"One of the last true story based RTS games too."
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"I think if you want mostly fighting, SC2 is sometimes considered best."
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"I think starcraft 2 is better."
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"I've always been a big StarCraft guy and StarCraft 2 has some neat modes in the arcade."
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"Starcraft 2, I have a pretty weak PC and I have been able to run it no problem."
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"Definitely StarCraft 2 as you can play a decent chunk of the game free."
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"StarCraft 2 is great because it's free and feels modern."
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"Starcraft 2 Company of Heroes 2 Dawn of War and Dawn of War 2."
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"Starcraft 2, of course."
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"If you like sci-fi: StarCraft 2 If you like fantasy: Warcraft 3 If you like the middle ages: Age of Empires 2 Defitinive Edition or AoE 4."
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#5

Beyond All Reason

4.7
(24)
"Quite literally the best RTS in terms of gameplay, commands, scaling, tactics, and battles it it's the best experience I've ever had since the 2000s as a child"
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"Beyond all reason. BAR FTW!"
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"This is my favourite RTS. It's miles better than any other I've ever played. The fact that it is a community-driven game and is completely free is amazing."
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"Beyond all reason."
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"Beyond All Reason is something you should look into if you like the OG RA and C&C games"
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"BAR is the best out of all the free RTS (and RTS in general), you will not find a better game with active support and growing multiplayer community, and it is only still in 'alpha'"
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"Beyond all reason"
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"It’s not just my favorite RTS but also perhaps the most well-designed game I’ve played."
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"Beyond All Reason is free and has the best UI/UX in any RTS."
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"The answer is so simple. BAR is your game."
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#6

Supreme Commander

4.5
(24)
"Even to this day I haven't played anything that will replace supreme commander for me."
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"Also voting for supreme commander forged alliance"
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"The best one is forged alliance."
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"Best of the 3, most in depth - graphically holds up still - it’s the first game with expansions added into it basically."
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"My vote goes to supreme commander."
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"IS community supported lots of players and i believe is free now or maybe 99 cents on sale at worst."
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"Supreme Command Forged Alliance used to run on my old Intel 4000 laptop as a kid."
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"My favorite is still supcom forged alliance."
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"All parts of supreme commander"
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"Supreme Commander 1 and 2 I both love dearly."
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#7

Microsoft

4.5
(22)
"Age of empires 2, a classic rts that has been rebuilt twice with better visuals."
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"Personally no matter what RTS I play over time, I always go back to Age of Empires II."
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"Try the AOE2 campaigns."
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"Age of Mythology has the best Campaign of all the Age games."
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"Age of Empires 2 is the loml."
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"You should check out Age of Mythology Retold."
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"Age of Empires 2 is still my go to RTS."
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"I would also recommend you should check out Age Of Empires (2 is my favorite)."
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"I personally love AOE2 the most and the campaigns were great."
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"If you like multiplayer, Age of empires IV is the best multiplayer RTS I have ever played."
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#8

StarCraft

4.3
(18)
"Starcraft 2 is still the best rts ever made and going kinda well."
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"I soon realized that when I’m away from my PC, all I think about is getting back to SC2. So now I’m hooked on it again."
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"I think both StarCraft and StarCraft 2 are free and work at these settings."
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"Starcraft, Homeworld, C&C remastered, Dawn of war 1 & it's DLCs."
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"Star Craft 2 wings of liberty went free to play for it's 10 year anniversary."
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"StarCraft and Brood War, the first few Command & Conquer games, Age of Empires 1 or 2."
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"StarCraft."
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"StarCraft is free as in free, StarCraft 2 is free for the first campaign in the trilogy."
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"Starcraft"
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"Starcraft 2 is still good after all this time and it's probably best 1v1 RTS there is."
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#9

Warcraft

4.8
(12)
"For RTS games if you can get your hands on the old Warcraft 3 I would definitely recommend playing the campaign."
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"Warcraft 3 is still doinf great with a lot of new players recently, because of Grubby."
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"Just buy warcraft 3"
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"Warcraft 3"
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"Warcraft 3 is just so well rounded and so fun to play with the heroes."
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"Warcraft 3, dawn of war and command and conquer generals."
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"Warcraft3. StarCraft and Battle for middle earth 2."
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"Warcraft 3 and Age of Empires 2."
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"Warcraft 3 has one of the best campaigns in the history of video games."
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"Warcrafts of old, Starcrafts, Company of Heroes, Age of Empires."
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#10

Age of Mythology

4.5
(12)
"Omg IMO IS SO GOOD. You have god powers, and mythical creatures, its really good, is a lot of fun."
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"Age of Mythology. I never played the original release, but I've played all the other Age of Empires games to death."
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"Age of Mythology is my all time favorite."
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"Age of Mythology & Rise of Nations."
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"Age of mythology, even my laptop with i7 2nd generation, 1gb GeForce 525m, 4 gb ram 3rd gen, hdd... can run smoothly."
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"Best campaign RTS imo is age of mythology."
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"Age of Mythology gives it a super natural twist while focusing more on asymmetrical play between civs and stronger focus on combat."
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"Age of mythology, on retold now but would settle for the remake."
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"Age of Mythology Retold has beautiful graphics and is really good"
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"Age of Mythology."
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#11

Age of Empires II

4.8
(11)
"Not 100% shure if your specs are enoth but I rediscovered Age of Empires 2."
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"The greatest RTS of all time, Age of Empires 2!"
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"Age of Empires 2 I used a shitty office laptop for years playin that shit"
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"AOE2"
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"Age of empires 2, any version."
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"1. AOE2. The best. The classic."
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"Age of empires 2 and mythology, so hyped mythology is getting a remake with retold."
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"Age of Empires 2. A drop dead classic."
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"After more than 20 years of RTS games the only one that has stuck for me is Age of Empires 2."
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"AoE2"
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#12

Dawn of War

4.7
(11)
"Dawn of War is a great series and is already quite cheap"
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"Dawn of War 2"
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"Dawn of War: Dark Crusade. So fun!"
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"Dawn of war or age of empires 2 definitive edition."
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"Dawn of War (in particular, Dawn of War: Dark Crusade)."
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"Dawn of war"
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"Dawn of war -dark crusade"
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"Dawn of war 1, especially Dark Crusade and Soulstorm expansions."
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"You can also try something quite action heavy like Dawn of War, Company of Heroes."
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"Mech commander, Dawn of War 2, Starcraft 2, Company of heroes 2."
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#13

Warcraft III

4.8
(10)
"Warcraft III! It’s a blast online and new people are joining in."
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"Warcraft 3 if you want multiple heroes simultaneously that you can level, assign talent points, 6 item slots."
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"WC3 and all of the Starcrafts are some of my favorite games of all time."
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"Yeah Warcraft 3 is incredible."
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"Warcraft 3 w/ classic graphics. Came out early 2000s so pretty much any low range modern laptop last 10 years could run this."
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"Warcraft 3 for sure."
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"Damn, this makes me miss Warcraft 3."
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"Warcraft 3 hands down."
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"Warcraft 3 is having a small renewal in popularity. It's still good and gets balance patches."
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"WarCraft III, worth a shout."
#14

Sins of a Solar Empire

4.4
(10)
"I would highly recommend Sins of a Solar Empire both 1 and 2."
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"I think youd love sins 2. its one of my favorite RTS games thats 4x."
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"Sins of a solar empire: rebellion (probably the best mixture of 4x and rts I've seen."
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"Sins of a solar empire"
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"Small community but friendly, good balance between Rats and 4X, and you get small battles plus high sprawling ones late game."
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"I'll also put a plug in for Sins of a Solar Empire 2"
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"Between Sins 2 and Age 4, defo pick Sins."
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"- Sins of a Solar Empire 2 (Sins 1 is worth it for the Mods)"
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"Think of it as command and conquer in space, but on bigger scale, with additional mechanics like deep research, more nuanced economy, culture and simple diplomacy."
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"A little more than traditional RTS but Sins of a Solar Empire 2."
#15

Relic Entertainment

4.3
(10)
"Company of Heroes or Dawn of War are good."
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"Company of Heroes, pretty much any warhammer 40k, to say a few."
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"I really enjoyed Dawn of War 2 and it's first expansion."
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"The mantra: Dawn of War, Dawn of War II."
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"Dawn of War 1 and 2 are rather old, but still hold up very well."
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"Dawn of War, if you want to get into the 40k aspect of warhammer."
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"Dawn of war 2 has great lore and gameplay."
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"I'd recommend Dawn of War 1 or Empire at War"
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#16

Northgard

4.2
(10)
"Give Northguard a try, it's a great twist on the genre!"
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"Northgard or Spellforce 3."
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"Northgard is a great one!"
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"The only true RTS games I know of on Switch are Northgard and Company of Heroes"
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"If you both like the dune universe, Dune Spice Wars."
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"If you like vikings I would recommend northgard it plays diffrent from other rts new player friendly."
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"I'm a fan of all the games you like, and I got many on my list! Northgard"
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"AOE4 is already mentioned, but I'd say Northgard is second."
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"It's slower pace and lower micro makes it more accessible for non-rts people"
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"I frequently see northgard or siege up or polytopia recommended."
#17

Rusted Warfare

4.7
(9)
"I recommend rusted warfare with mod "pacific warfare: red ride""
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"Rusted warfare, its a supreme commander clone, with extensive modding and mapping support, a pc port with crossplay and with a pretty big and active community on discord"
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"Rusted Warfare should do well."
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"Rusted warfare Supcom/ c&c spiritual successor."
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"Rusted warfare Supcom/ c&c spiritual successor Large scale battles Extremely optimised (1000+ units battles with full tactical zoomout in massive maps and minimal lag/ no lag at all, on a mobile device) Pay once only, no microtransactions or in app purchases or anything Active multiplayer community Insane modding community Crossplay between mobile and PC Gets updates to this"
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"Rusted Warfare"
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"Rusted warfare"
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"[https://store.steampowered.com/app/647960/Rusted\_Warfare\_\_RTS/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/647960/Rusted_Warfare__RTS/)"
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"Rusted warfare is a really simple rts with a good modding community and gameplay."
#18

World in Conflict

4.4
(9)
"World in Conflict (GREAT game)"
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"World in conflict. I am so sad that there isnt a second part of it."
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"I'm surprised nobody mention World in Conflict. An EXCELLENT RTS by Sierra that relies heavily on micromanagement and reinforcements."
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"World in conflict, honestly one of the best games I ever played."
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"World in conflict, halo wars, men at war, total war, company of heroes, star wars empire at war, age of empires, tom clancy’s endwar, & star wars galactic battlegrounds"
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"World in Conflict had some great artillery strikes, offshore bombardments, and carpet bombing."
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"World in Conflict"
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"World in Conflict"
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"A little secret underdog: World in Conflict (and the dlc)"
#19

Gas Powered Games

5.0
(8)
"But if you want the best, Supreme commander:Forged alliance."
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"Supreme commander forged alliance : with : foreever mod - its my go to."
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"Supreme Commander Forged Alliance is easily among my favorite RTS single player campaigns."
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"Id have to go with supreme commander forged alliance."
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"The best RTS of all time is incredibly subjective."
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"Sup Comm Forged Alliance and Northgard trade blow-for-blow for that #1 slot."
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"Supreme Commander Forged Alliance, really good imo."
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#20

Tempest Rising

4.1
(9)
"1. Tempest Rising, 2. Company of Heroes 3, 3. Age of Empires 2 DE, 4. Age of Empires 4, 5. Age of Mythology Retold."
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"Tempest Rising just dropped and is the best thing since command and conquer generals"
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"Tempest Rising, Sins of a Solar Empire 2, Homeworld Remastered (mostly heavy modded 2), AoE4, BAR."
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"Tempest Rising and ZeroSpace when it comes out."
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"A really good C&C like game that just came out is Tempest Rising. It plays a lot like Command and Conquer 3, and has good graphics."
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"Tempest Rising is the current hot game."
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"Tempest rising is about to come out. i haven't played it, but am looking forward to it"
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"Tempest rising was fun when I played the test a couple weeks ago."
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"Check out Tempest Rising."
#21

Starcraft

5.0
(7)
"You should play starcraft 2(or 1 if your cool). not because you like paradox games but because it's better then all the others."
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"Starcraft 2"
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"Starcraft by an absolute mile. Specifically number 2 with multiple campaigns / expansions with over 20 missions in each."
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"As someone said before Starcraft 2 is fun."
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"My favorite is Starcraft 2, start with the campaigns and if you want to get stressed play ranked."
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"StarCraft 2 still at the top for me. Campaign, co-op, ladder, AI, arcade, custom maps, it just has everything and the gameplay is so smooth."
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"Sc2 if you like StarCraft (also sc1 is free)"
#22

Warzone 2100

4.3
(8)
"Special artillery guidance sensors to which you assign static or mobile artillery units to form a battery, counter battery sensors to automatically retaliate against enemy arty within range. Big variety of artillery types; howitzers, mortars and rocket batteries, the biggest ones can reach across most maps."
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"Warzone 2100 It's even free."
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"Empire earth, Krush Kill & Destroy, Warzone 2100"
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"Warzone 2100."
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"[Warzone 2100](https://wz2100.net/). It's a 20yo RTS that went open source."
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"Warzone 2100, Total Annihilation, Supreme Commander, and of course Command and Conquer."
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"I'd go for Wazone 2100."
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"Warzone2100 is an older rts, and has linux version of it."
#23

Command and Conquer

4.7
(7)
"Command and Conquer Generals is the best RTS for me up to this day mods come out and I still play it."
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"Command and Conquer Generals was my favourite and first RTS game."
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"Tiberium Sun became free after Tiberium Twilight came out and Sun is a great RTS, while Twilight practically killed the franchise."
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"Command and Conquer Red Alert."
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"Command and Conquer 3 Kane's Wrath"
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"Dune 2 and Command and Conquer."
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"Also Tiberium Sun and the OG command and conquer I believe on the same site."
#24

Total Annihilation

4.6
(7)
"Nostalgia: Total Annihilation, AOE2, Starcraft."
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"Or for the really weak PC - Total Annihilation. Yes people still play and mod this great game from 1997 :)"
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"Total Annihilation or Supreme Commander."
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"Total Annihilation."
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"I recommend total annihilation because it is available on steam, did run well on such systems and still has a tiny online community."
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"Total annihilation and it's Spring derivates."
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"Total Annihilation."
#25

Age of Empires IV

4.6
(7)
"Age of empires 4 obviously."
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"The game is modern and well-produced."
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"I've been playing Age of Empires IV, it's pretty great."
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"Age of Empires 4!"
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"AOE4"
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"Age of Empires 4"
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"Age of Empires 4"
#26

Company of Heroes 3

4.3
(7)
"3 is the best of the series by far now. The 2.0 update was amazing, fixed all the major problems, now it's the best WW2 RTS game ever made by a mile."
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"Company of Heroes has most satisfying artillery play in my opinion. Happens to be a free weekend for CoH3, which just got a big update."
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"Company of heroes 3"
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"I would suggest Company of Heroes 3 because it is a fairly modern RTS."
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"Company of heroes 3"
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"Company of heroes 3, age of empires 3,4"
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"Company of heroes 3 😘"
#27

Gates of Hell

4.0
(7)
"Gates of Hell is so incredibly good."
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"Gates of Hell is great for this."
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"Call to Arms, Gates of hell. Has amazing artillery gameplay."
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"- Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront (For the dynamic campaign)"
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"Call to Arms - gates of hell"
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"Gates of hell: Ostfront."
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"Second on GoH - the explosions are insane. Just wish controls weren’t so clunky."
#28

WARNO

4.0
(7)
"Warno of you want Cold War era technology."
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"Warno"
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"WARNO"
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"Warno is good"
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"Might be worth looking at too."
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"Warno is pretty great."
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"WARNO and Steel Division 2"
#29

Rise of Nations

4.5
(6)
"GET RISE OF NATIONS RIGHT NOW. I swear if you love RTS games you will not regret that purchase."
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"DEF Rise of Nations! One of my Favs especially for Multiplayer"
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"My favorite RTS game of all time and it can run on a potato."
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"Rise of nations is solid but token ww2 modern age though"
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"Maybe Rise of Nations ? It's from the 2000's and It's about war between several civilisations across history."
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"Rise of nations, ron: thrones and patriots and ron: rise of legends"
#30

Halo Wars

4.0
(6)
"Halo Wars 1 and 2."
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"I feel halo wars is a good intro RTS."
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"Find halo wars, StarCraft and Warcraft a lot of fun."
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"Halo Wars"
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"If he loves Halo, why not start with Halo wars?"
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"Also Halo Wars 1 is a very good choice if he's a Halo fan."
#31

They Are Billions

4.6
(5)
"They are billions."
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"They are Billions - excellent survival."
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"Anyone try They Are Billions?"
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"They are billions."
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"They are billions"
#32

SpellForce 3

4.6
(5)
"I love wc3 and spellforce 3 the most."
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"Maybe Spellforce 3?"
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"Spellforce 3 blends RPG with RTS and has a super immersive and chill campaign, also single player skirmish mode and scenarios"
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"I'd throw in Spellforce 3, especially it's second expansion Fallen God."
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"Have you played Spellforce 3?"
#33

Command & Conquer

4.6
(5)
"It's an awesome game. The mixture of classic RTS (base building, resource gathering, map scanning) but with the sole purpose of defending yourself against numerous hordes (tower defence)."
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"Anno, command and conquer, age of empires"
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"Command and Conquer series"
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"Worth revisiting some of your favorite CnC's for the amazing mods that are out nowadays."
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"Command & Conquer and Warcraft 2 were my jams."
#34

Call to Arms

4.6
(5)
"I'd recommend Call to Arms: Gates of hell."
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"Call to arms: Gates of Hell. Anything else won’t have half of the attention to detail, the game is a WW2 geeks dream."
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"Call to Arms: Gates of Hell is fantastic"
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"Call to Arms, Gates of hell. Has amazing artillery gameplay."
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"Call to arms, warno and they are billions"
#35

Tooth and Tail

4.4
(5)
"For me tooth and tail is the best."
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"One of the simplest RTSes I know but still has a great amount of depth."
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"Tooth & Tail; 2 GB RAM & integrated graphics."
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"Tooth And Tail. It's a streamlined RTS."
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"1. Tooth and tail 2. StarCraft 2 3. Bfme 2 ? (Hard to say this is really subjective)"
#36

OpenRA

4.2
(5)
"Yep, the community version OpenRA.. Also with the most recent announcement of EA making C&C games open source, I'm expecting a huge uptick in the community for these games!"
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"OpenRA has active multiplayer. And runs natively."
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"OpenRA artillery is awesome. Other than that Company of Heroes."
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"At that point you may as well reccomend openra since it's essentially the same thing but with much better support for modern systems"
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"OpenRA - Open source red alert/cnc/dune."
#37

Red Alert 3

4.0
(5)
"Unpopular opinion: Red Alert 3. It’s what I was introduced to the genre with."
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"I grew up playing RA 3 on my dad's lap so I think its a good choice."
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"RA3 would be a fantastic first RTS."
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"The tutorial is decent (and fun), and the campaign eases you in."
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"I think red alert 3 is a good choice for this."
#38

Broken Arrow

4.0
(5)
"Played the betas and hands down one of favorite RTSs"
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"It’s not out yet but check out broken arrow. I’m pretty excited to give it a try"
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"Broken arrow is prob the one I'm most excited for."
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"Check out Broken Arrow on Steam."
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"Next one will be broken arrow."
#39

Stormgate

4.0
(5)
"Stormgate recently got an update, and it's incredibly fun. It moves fast, and feels smooth."
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"Stormgate ... since its release there's been ongoing significant improvements to it where its now looking pretty good IMHO, and it's FREE"
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"Stormgate is early access but worth checking out."
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"Stormgate"
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"Stormgate comes out July 30th!"
#40

Men of War: Assault Squad 2

4.8
(4)
"Men of War AS2, fantastic with friends"
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"Men of War: Assault Squad 2. One of those few games that allows you to take direct control of the unit."
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"Men of War: Assault Squad 2"
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"Men of War: Assault Squad 2 and Call To Arms: Gates of Hell Ostfront are the best WW2 RTS games out right now."
#41

Red Alert

4.8
(4)
"Red alert II. It's my best."
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"Red Alert 2. Fuck balance. Rule of cool wins."
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"Red alert is a hard recommendation for me for the cutscenes alone."
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"Red alert 2."
#42

Total War

4.5
(4)
"For me, it's Total War"
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"The only games I've found fit this bill are the Total War games"
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"Total war is a good intermediate between turn-based grand strategy and then RTS battles."
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"Total Warhammer 3 would probably be my go-to."
#43

Aliens: Dark Descent

4.3
(4)
"+1 to Aliens Dark Descent. I cant believe how much I love its gameplay style."
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"Honestly its fantastic - its a base building / tower defense combo that just works really well."
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"Both are good. I prefer AoD more personally."
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"Aliens dark descent is awesome if not a bit stressful."
#44

Grey Goo

3.8
(4)
"There are tons of good rts out there: 8-bit series, 9-bit armies, grey goo, star wars empire at war."
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"Grey Goo is good fun, reminds me of a Starcraft Supcom mix."
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"C&C like: Grey Goo and Halo Wars (1&2 both great)."
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"Despite of its technical issues... it plays like old-school Westwood RTSs."
#45

Steel Division

5.0
(3)
"Steel Division 2 for a large scale combat and Gates of Hell Ostfront for a smaller and more focused combat in one area. Both are great"
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"Steel division 2 is pretty much the best WW2 RTS out there when it comes to the amount of content."
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"Steel Division 2 when you are done with CoH."
#46

Battle for Middle-earth

4.7
(3)
"Battle for middle earth 2"
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"BFME 2"
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"Battle for Middle Earth 2 and its Expansion."
#47

Metal Fatigue

4.3
(3)
"Metal Fatigue had some amazing concepts I wish came around again."
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"Metal fatigue, an old rts, missions run on 3 levels simultaneously."
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"The entertainingly janky RTS Metal Fatigue is a personal favourite."
#48

Red Alert 2

4.3
(3)
"Red Alert 2 Easily my top favorite."
·
"Back to basics. red alert 2 and battle realms."
·
"Red Alert 2 + Yuris revenge"
#49

Planetary Annihilation

4.3
(3)
"Plannetary Annihilation"
·
"Planetary Annihilation Titans, and Sins of a Solar Empire is pretty fantastic for comp stomps imo."
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"I am shocked that no one in here is giving any love to Planetary Annihilation."
#50

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance

4.3
(3)
"Supreme commander forged alliance"
·
"The Supreme Commanders are an option. SC, SC: Forged Alliance, SC2."
·
"Supreme Commander Forged Alliance..."
#51

Iron Harvest

4.3
(3)
"I absolutely loved Iron Harvest. Felt fantastic on console."
·
"Iron Harvest was a lot of fun. Don't know how popular it is but I thoroughly enjoyed it"
·
"Iron harvest"
#52

Stronghold

4.3
(3)
"Stronghold Crusader"
·
"Stronghold"
·
"Stronghold, Diplomacy is not an Option, Cossacks3, Lords of the Realm 2 (old but fun)"
#53

Company of Heroes 2

4.3
(3)
"Company of Heroes 2, played the absolute shit out of that."
·
"I had a lot of fun playing CoH2 and CoH3 both with friends (coop) and solo (campaign/skirmish)."
·
"Coh2 - learning curve is mid. Team games are so fun."
#54

Spellforce

4.3
(3)
"Spellforce 3 has a fantastic campaign."
·
"I loved spellfore 3 campaign."
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"Spellforce 3 multiplayer is F2P I think. but I dont know 100% and I also dont know if people play it"
#55

Battle Realms

4.3
(3)
"Unpopular opinion but Battle Realms has the best storyline for an RTS game."
·
"Battle realms, age of mythology, rise of nations."
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"Battle Realms or C&C generals for me."
#56

Empire Earth

4.3
(3)
"If you're good with older games I personally love Empire Earth (1st one) or its spirtual successor Empires dawn of the modern world."
·
"Empire Earth 2."
·
"Perhaps Empire Earth too."
#57

Electronic Arts

4.3
(3)
"Red Alert 3’s really good campaign is built around co-op"
·
"Red Alert 3: newbie-friendly, turns up the ham to 11."
·
"Command and conquer red alert 3 and red alert uprising."
#58

Retro Commander

4.3
(3)
"Plus Retro Commander if you also appreciate the old school graphic style."
·
"The retro graphics are very polished, and it's basically the spiritual successor to Supreme Commander and and old Red Alert games in some ways. Highly recommend"
·
"I developed a game that might be of interest: Retro Commander - It's a futuristic RTS playing on earth."
#59

Sudden Strike

4.0
(3)
"Sudden strike 4 is and will always be one of my best ww2 RTS games, great graphics great detail and the mechanics are perfect in my opinion such rewarding game play"
·
"Sudden Strike 4"
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"The only decent RTS on console is sudden strike 4"
#60

0 A.D.

4.0
(3)
"0 A.D. (AoE-like)"
·
"0 A.D. is free, good and pretty similar to the classic AOE games."
·
"There is also 0 a.d. that is opensource."
#61

Zero-K

4.0
(3)
"Zero-K if you want total annihilation but with an even greater emphasis on units and unique usage of those units"
·
"Zero-K"
·
"Zero-k if you like 16v16 battles on the weekend."
#62

Supreme Commander 2

3.7
(3)
"Try Beyond All Reason or Supreme Commander 2 for massive sci-fi RTS with long range indirect artillery and Cruise missiles."
·
"Supreme commander 2."
·
"Supreme Commander 2 is disliked by the SC fanbase but is slightly smaller in scope."
#63

R.U.S.E.

4.5
(2)
"R.U.S.E. is goated (best for last)"
·
"Supreme commander, RUSE"
#64

Company of Heroes 1

4.5
(2)
"You can construct in company of heroes 1, baracks, HQs, Tank factories, point defenses, this is exactly what he's looking for"
·
"3 is pretty good although feedback wise 1 is still king"
#65

Blitzkrieg

4.5
(2)
"Original Blitzkrieg by far. Get your core arty into position, K17 german guns for example, set up the supply tracks, increase the speed of the game and turn the enemy small town into utter apocalypse."
·
"Check out Blitzkrieg 1,2 , they are old games but offer very good gameplay."
#66

Dune

4.5
(2)
"Dune 2 the game that starter it all."
·
"I’ve had my eye on the recent Dune RTS, as I believe it is more strategic and less about microing your units."
#67

Command & Conquer: Generals

4.5
(2)
"Classic rts like cnc generals, cnc tib war, coh, dow1, bfme2, battle realms"
·
"C&c generals is still a blast to play, also online"
#68

Impossible Creatures

4.5
(2)
"Impossible Creatures!"
·
"Impossible Creatures It's a pretty unique but old RTS."
#69

Battle for Middle-earth II

4.5
(2)
"But my favorite RTS is Battle for middle earth 2 with the expansion."
·
"If you enjoy the world of Tolkien you should check out the Age of The Ring mod for BFME 2."
#70

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

4.5
(2)
"[Command & Conquer: Red Alert, rebuilt from scratch for modern computers.] Free download, no registration, online multiplayer, single player missions, skirmish, tons of post game analytics, replays, camera zoom, active community, mods, custom map maker and [online database for sharing maps.]"
·
"War craft or red alert for me."
#71

Gates of Hell Ostfront

4.5
(2)
"Gates of Hell Ostfront offers quite a bit of replay value."
·
"Gates of Hell Osfront being really slept on here."
#72

Stronghold Crusader

4.5
(2)
"Stronghold crusader, I haven't played it in years but I grew up with it."
·
"Stronghold Crusader is great if you want a chill RTS."
#73

Dune: Spice Wars

4.5
(2)
"Dune Spice wars. It's so much fun! So many ways to win...or lose!"
·
"Dune: Spice Wars Excellent multiplayer experience w good players."
#74

War Selection

4.5
(2)
"War selection. It's free and really really good"
·
"War Selection? It's free on Steam."
#75

Warfront

4.0
(2)
"If you are looking for a game closer to C&C generals there is warfront turning point."
·
"Warfront turning point looks E.P.I.C. but havent played."
#76

Lord of the Rings

4.0
(2)
"Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth 2. C&C Generals Zero Hour is a very close second."
·
"Battle for middle earth 2 and bfme2:return of the witch king"
#77

Command and Conquer: Generals

4.0
(2)
"Command and Conquer: Generals or Kane's Wrath."
·
"C&C Generals (and expansion)"
#78

Cossacks

4.0
(2)
"Cossacks 1. It’s older. Cossacks 3 is basically a remaster but with changes to the artillery which made it not as fun."
·
"Cossacks series."
#79

Command & Conquer Remastered

4.0
(2)
"Command and conquer remaster should be able to run."
·
"The Command & Conquer Remastered runs great on the Deck."
#80

Syrian Warfare

3.0
(2)
"Syrian Warfare which is kinda very hard but also has really nice systems in it"
·
"Syrian Warfare (and it’s sequel terminator dark resistance)"

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