Top Real-Time Games
60+ real-time games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Strategy, Singleplayer, RTS, Multiplayer.
Recommended Real-Time Games

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition
From gliders and helicopters to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition. The world is at your fingertips.

AdVenture Capitalist
Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!
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- #1 Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition98% matchMostly Positive79% of 71,065 reviews2020Developer: Asobo StudioPublisher: Xbox Game StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 35.3hMean: 165.3h≥1hr: 98%
From gliders and helicopters to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition. The world is at your fingertips.
- #2 AdVenture Capitalist98% matchVery Positive88% of 59,967 reviews2015Developer: Hyper Hippo GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 7.0hMean: 67.9h≥1hr: 81%
Welcome, eager young investor, to AdVenture Capitalist! Arguably the world's greatest Capitalism simulator!
- #3 Starship Troopers: Terran Command98% matchVery Positive87% of 11,704 reviews2022Developer: The ArtistocratsPublisher: Slitherine Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 3.4hMean: 10.2h≥1hr: 83%
Lead the Mobile Infantry in this RTS game set in the Starship Troopers film universe. Balance your army composition with a diverse set of unit types, overcome line-of-sight and line-of-fire challenges through tactical positioning, and use special abilities to smash the Arachnid hordes!
- #4 Earth 216098% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,542 reviews2006Developer: Reality Pump StudiosPublisher: Topware InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.9hMean: 9.8h≥1hr: 93%
After the destruction of the EARTH in 2150, the leaders of the Eurasian Dynasty escaped on board an evacuation fleet. Now they are fighting for the survival of the human species. Their base is one large building comprising of smaller variable parts.
- #5 Ancestors Legacy97% matchMostly Positive79% of 8,549 reviews2018Developer: Destructive CreationsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.4hMean: 8.3h≥1hr: 88%
Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually solved by war.
- #6 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition97% matchVery Positive95% of 11,762 reviews2007Developer: Relic EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.9hMean: 9.5h≥1hr: 75%
All of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War in one glorious package. Play the genre-defining classic real time strategy game in all its blood-soaked glory, including four complete campaigns and nine full-fledged factions.
- #7 Zero-K96% matchVery Positive94% of 4,227 reviews2018Developer: Zero-K TeamPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 2.3hMean: 33.5h≥1hr: 67%
With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.
- #8 Circle Empires96% matchVery Positive90% of 4,100 reviews2018Developer: LuminousPublisher: Iceberg InteractivePlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.7hMean: 18.1h≥1hr: 82%
Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
- #9 Sea Power : Naval Combat in the Missile Age96% matchVery Positive90% of 5,484 reviews2024Developer: Triassic GamesPublisher: MicroProse SoftwarePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.1hMean: 37.1h≥1hr: 85%
From the lead designer of Cold Waters, Sea Power lets you control NATO and Warsaw Pact forces in modern naval conflict campaigns. Use your advanced naval weaponry and sensors to respect rules of engagement and defeat the enemy forces in a tense fight for initiative and air/naval supremacy.
- #10 Supreme Commander 296% matchVery Positive88% of 12,779 reviews2010Developer: Gas Powered GamesPublisher: Square EnixPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 7.6hMean: 31.1h≥1hr: 76%
Includes 47 Steam achievements, leaderboards, and stats!
- #11 Satellite Reign94% matchMostly Positive72% of 5,308 reviews2015Developer: 5 Lives StudiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.5hMean: 19.0h≥1hr: 82%
Satellite Reign is a real-time, class-based strategy game, set in an open-world cyberpunk city. You command a group of 4 agents through rain-soaked, neon-lit streets, where the law is the will of mega-corporations.
- #12 Tower of Time93% matchVery Positive83% of 2,544 reviews2018Developer: Event HorizonPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 4.5hMean: 7.9h≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of RPG awaits you. A story-rich dungeon crawler with innovative real-time combat that lets you pause or slow time. Tactical thinking is essential to succeed. Now with RPGlite and Permadeath for fast-paced game.
- #13 Per Aspera92% matchMostly Positive76% of 5,662 reviews2020Developer: Tlön IndustriesPublisher: Raw FuryPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.0hMean: 11.9h≥1hr: 93%
Make Mars your own! Take control of the world’s most sophisticated AI (AMI) and terraform the surface of the Red Planet for a city-building experience on a planetary scale. Transform this barren world into a lush paradise and explore the surface for any ancient secrets that may be waiting.
- #14 Sudden Strike 492% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,179 reviews2017Developer: Kite GamesPublisher: Kalypso MediaPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.0hMean: 8.6h≥1hr: 79%
Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!
- #15 Rusted Warfare - RTS91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,087 reviews2017Developer: Corroding GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.3hMean: 32.4h≥1hr: 78%
{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.
- #16 Impossible Creatures Steam Edition90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,801 reviews2015Developer: Relic EntertainmentPublisher: THQ NordicPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.3hMean: 6.4h≥1hr: 57%
Impossible Creatures is a 3D RTS game that pits the player against an evil villain. Using Earth’s most formidable animals as building blocks, the player must create an army of genetically-altered mutant monsters in a titanic struggle to protect an unsuspecting world.
- #17 Supreme Commander90% matchVery Positive89% of 3,076 reviews2011Developer: Gas Powered GamesPublisher: Square EnixPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.5hMean: 10.3h≥1hr: 57%
For a thousand years, three opposing forces have waged war for what they believe is true. There can be no room for compromise: their way is the only way. Dubbed The Infinite War, this devastating conflict has taken its toll on a once-peaceful galaxy and has only served to deepen the hatred between the factions.
- #18 Krush Kill ‘N Destroy 2: Krossfire89% matchMostly Positive71% of 391 reviews2020Developer: Beam SoftwarePublisher: ZigguratPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.0hMean: 5.2h≥1hr: 48%
Krush Kill 'N Destroy 2: Krossfire is a fast and furious post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game where you have to be quick or be dead. Play as one of three unique factions in the struggle to seek out and conquer oil fields to fuel your army.
- #19 Tempest Rising86% matchVery Positive88% of 10,866 reviews2025Developer: Slipgate Ironworks™Publisher: 3D RealmsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.0hMean: 10.1h≥1hr: 84%
Command distinct factions in a desperate struggle for power and resources in Tempest Rising - a classic RTS set on Earth after a nuclear war.
- #20 Wargame: Airland Battle87% matchVery Positive87% of 4,439 reviews2013Developer: Eugen SystemsPlatforms: Windows, LinuxMedian: 3.5hMean: 14.2h≥1hr: 81%
2 SIDES, 12 NATIONS, 750 UNITS: THE STRATEGY GAME REFERENCE IS BACK! Richer, more beautiful and more accessible, Wargame AirLand Battle is the sequel to the explosive real-time strategy game Wargame European Escalation! 1985.
- #21 Rakion Chaos Force87% matchMixed62% of 3,552 reviews2020Developer: Neosonyx Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 1.2hMean: 27.4h≥1hr: 53%
Enter the arena in Rakion, an online free-to-play action RPG built for fast-paced, skill-based combat. Customize powerful warriors, unleash summoned creatures, and dominate dynamic PvP battles solo or with your team.
- #22 Empires Apart87% matchMixed68% of 2,472 reviews2018Developer: DESTINYbitPublisher: Slitherine Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 1.4hMean: 6.0h≥1hr: 61%
An exciting free-to-play Real Time Strategy game set in medieval times. Uniquely designed factions, customization options, singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. Gather resources, raise an army and lead your civilization to victory in a classic RTS, brought to the modern age.
- #23 Ancestors Legacy Free Peasant Edition86% matchMostly Positive79% of 880 reviews2018Developer: Destructive CreationsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.0hMean: 4.2h≥1hr: 50%
Ancestors Legacy Free Peasant Edition represents a part of the full product. Get a taste of medieval battles in this free version of the acclaimed historical RTS! 4 SP missions and 17 MP maps are now available to everyone. Challenge friends, AI, or take part in our League that will start in March!
- #24 Executive Assault 280% matchVery Positive83% of 1,726 reviews2023Developer: Hesketh Studios LtdPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.0hMean: 8.4h≥1hr: 76%
The RTS/FPS phenomenon has moved into space! Build your base on an asteroid, command fleets of starships for epic battles, pilot fighters, mine and trade resources, assemble robots to defend or assault other stations. Take sole command or share the glory as you fight for control of the quadrant.
- #25 Arcade Moonlander80% matchVery Positive93% of 1,202 reviews2017Developer: Daniel Paul GriffinPublisher: Back Of Nowhere StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 18mMean: 31.4h≥1hr: 39%
Explore space and race against the clock in this retro styled adventure game.
- #26 Nevergrind Online80% matchVery Positive87% of 1,293 reviews2024Developer: Neverworks GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.7hMean: 25.5h≥1hr: 82%
Nevergrind Online is the ultimate dungeon-crawl multiplayer blobber RPG focused on treasure hunting and slaying monsters! Create your hero and start climbing the ladder in normal mode—or, for those seeking the ultimate challenge, hardcore mode! No microtransactions ever!
- #27 RAILGRADE80% matchVery Positive85% of 1,194 reviews2023Developer: Minakata DynamicsPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.2hMean: 10.6h≥1hr: 75%
RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!
- #28 Realpolitiks81% matchMixed62% of 1,232 reviews2017Developer: Jujubee S.A.Publisher: Fulqrum PublishingPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.5hMean: 6.8h≥1hr: 92%
Become the leader of any contemporary country in this streamlined real-time grand strategy game. Use diplomacy, espionage, military and economic power to deal with other nations, while tackling issues such as terrorism, financial crises and medical epidemics, all in an effort to achieve global domination!
- #29 EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe79% matchVery Positive94% of 2,003 reviews2018Developer: Sixteen Tons EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 12.0hMean: 43.2h≥1hr: 81%
Coordinate firefighters, police, medical personnel and specialists in the classic EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe! Now with the previously untranslated bonus missions in English.
- #30 Necrosmith 278% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,440 reviews2024Developer: AlawarPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.5hMean: 6.8h≥1hr: 85%
Like a dead man reanimated by dark sorcery, the necromancer simulator is back! Give the undead the ability to fly over mountains and swim across rivers, explore a fully generated world at night and fend off enemy hordes during the day. Start a new, uhm, life.
- #31 Omelet You Cook75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,316 reviews2026Developer: Dan SchumacherPublisher: SchuBox GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.5hMean: 5.2h≥1hr: 60%
The cozy chaotic cooking roguelike. Assemble omelets for quirky students using ingredients from a conveyor belt. Discover wacky combinations to satisfy the ever-demanding Principal Clucker.
- #32 Cursed Treasure 277% matchVery Positive82% of 565 reviews2017Developer: IriySoftPublisher: Armor Games StudiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.1hMean: 10.2h≥1hr: 92%
Why be good when you can be... bad? Cursed Treasure 2 is an addictive tower-defense game that puts the power of darkness at your fingertips. Build towers of powerful orcs, demons, and undead, and master powerful spells, to protect your precious hoard from all manner of no-good do-gooders.
- #33 Dice Legacy77% matchMixed68% of 1,050 reviews2021Developer: DESTINYbitPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.4hMean: 5.7h≥1hr: 85%
Dice Legacy is a dice-based survival city builder set on a mysterious ringworld. Your ship has reached the shore of an uncharted continent. Roll and use your dice to gather resources, expand and defend your settlement, survive the winter and interact with the strange inhabitants of this eerie world.
- #34 S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster75% matchVery Positive91% of 1,245 reviews2019Developer: Kite GamesPublisher: Assemble EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 42mMean: 7.3h≥1hr: 43%
S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster is the new edition of the challenging classic strategy game S.W.I.N.E! The filthiest of all wars between the Rabbit and the Pig armies is a sophisticated real-time strategy with completely revised textures, detailed unit models, a 16:9 adapted interface.
- #35 Distant Worlds: Universe76% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,845 reviews2014Developer: Code ForcePublisher: Slitherine Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 2.9hMean: 23.9h≥1hr: 59%
Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.
- #36 Sacrifice75% matchVery Positive92% of 686 reviews2009Developer: Shiny EntertainmentPublisher: Interplay Inc.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 1.0hMean: 5.5h≥1hr: 50%
Sacrifice is the acclaimed real-time strategy game that focuses on combat instead of resource gathering. The only two resources you'll need to worry about are mana and souls. Need more units? Capture the souls of your enemy. Cast spells of awesome power.
- #37 STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga74% matchVery Positive91% of 4,575 reviews2016Developer: Ensemble StudiosPublisher: DisneyPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 54mMean: 7.4h≥1hr: 48%
Lead the great armies of the Star Wars™ Episode II: Attack of the Clones saga in intense real-time strategy clashes. Enter the fray as the Galactic Empire, Rebel Alliance, Wookies, Trade Federation, Gungans or Royal Naboo to determine the course of the Galactic Civil War.
- #38 Executive Assault75% matchVery Positive85% of 1,455 reviews2015Developer: Hesketh Studios LtdPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.4hMean: 7.1h≥1hr: 78%
Executive Assault is an indie real-time strategy/first-person shooter where you can not only build your base and create armies, but also take control of your units and fight as one of them.
- #39 Battlezone: Combat Commander73% matchVery Positive90% of 926 reviews2018Developer: Big Boat InteractivePublisher: RebellionPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.1hMean: 6.4h≥1hr: 80%
Battlezone: Combat Commander remasters FPS-RTS classic Battlezone II with slick new visuals, brand new achievements, Steam Workshop support and much more! The solar system is at war. Take command.
- #40 Veil of Crows75% matchMixed51% of 479 reviews2018Developer: Kerry FawdrayPublisher: Humble Sage GamesPlatforms: Windows
Veil of crows is a sandbox style real-time strategy game set in a chaotic medieval world. From violent, and overtly bloody battles, to completely destructible castles, RPG style hero development, and meaningful interactions with other factions. Trade, extort, and conquer!
- #41 The Last Express Gold Edition72% matchVery Positive81% of 369 reviews2013Developer: DotemuPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.3hMean: 4.6h≥1hr: 92%
Step aboard the 1914 Orient Express in this award-winning mystery adventure from Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner. Described as one of the best adventure games of all time, The Last Express is an intrigue-filled adventure set aboard the luxurious Orient Express.
- #42 Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity®72% matchMostly Positive77% of 809 reviews2011Developer: Ironclad Games CorporationPublisher: Stardock EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.0hMean: 30.9h≥1hr: 59%
In Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity, you are the leader of a civilization embroiled in a galactic war, fighting for the survival of your entire race against relentless foes.
- #43 Godsworn70% matchVery Positive93% of 800 reviews2024Developer: Thunderoak InteractivePlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.2hMean: 4.7h≥1hr: 68%
Godsworn is a classic mythological RTS. Experience an epic fantasy retelling of the Baltic Crusades, where pagan gods and their tribes clash against crusaders and armies of heaven. Choose a divine hero, rally worshippers alongside mythical creatures, and smite the unworthy!
- #44 Empires and Tribes70% matchMixed67% of 419 reviews2023Developer: White Vertex StudiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac
Empires and Tribes is a unique hybrid of a medieval city builder and a role-playing game. You will undertake the duties of a mayor in the 13th century and manage the expansion of your city, ensure the production of resources and raise a powerful army to protect yourself from rival principalities.
- #45 Space Hack72% matchMixed44% of 811 reviews2014Publisher: Meridian4Platforms: WindowsMedian: 6mMean: 1.4h≥1hr: 10%
Space Hack is an isometric action RPG set in space, featuring fast-paced hack-and-slash combat, loot progression, and dozens of levels to explore aboard a doomed colony ship.
- #46 Polaris Sector70% matchMostly Positive72% of 471 reviews2016Developer: SoftWarWarePublisher: Slitherine Ltd.Platforms: Windows
Can anyone build an empire in a place like this? Other factions are naturally suspicious of newcomers and may wage war at the first sign of unidentified craft. Here, a natural death is an uncommon luxury.
- #47 Ikki Unite69% matchMostly Positive77% of 706 reviews2023Developer: SUNSOFTPlatforms: Windows
SUNSOFT relapses... The legendary Bad Game Hall of Famer "Ikki" is back, and this time it's a multiplayer experience! You can't start a riot with just one or two people! Enlist up to 16 friends in this Roguelite madness... Ikki but united!
- #48 WAR PARTY70% matchMixed69% of 455 reviews2019Developer: RoguesidePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.6hMean: 4.6h≥1hr: 84%
War Party is a strategy game where you enter a prehistoric world of Dinosaurs, Cavemen and Magic! Build up your chosen faction, gather resources, explore the land and command them against enemy tribes and wildlife! Will your story be about Life, Death or Balance? Can you survive?
- #49 MegaGlest69% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2017Developer: SoftCoderPublisher: Mega Glest TeamPlatforms: Windows, Linux
MegaGlest is a 3d real time strategy game with a very strong AI. Single player games and especially multiplayer co-op games are much fun. The game already has a lot of content and it is very easy to make new content, especially new maps.
- #50 Heroes of the Monkey Tavern69% matchMostly Positive73% of 414 reviews2016Developer: Monkey StoriesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.5hMean: 5.6h≥1hr: 94%
Heroes of the Monkey Tavern is a first-person dungeon-crawling game designed as an introduction to the genre : simplified rules, balanced puzzles and challenges. An independent project developed solo.
- #51 Nomad Fleet69% matchMixed67% of 212 reviews2016Developer: AutarcaPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.1hMean: 3.2h≥1hr: 79%
Nomad Fleet is a RTS game where you must lead the last remnants of Mankind to safety after a mysterious alien race has hunted them near extinction. Lead a fully armed fleet of battleships, carriers and fighters through a series of randomized scenarios and encounters where they must fight for their survival while scavenging for resources,...
- #52 Dark Future: Blood Red States68% matchMixed62% of 506 reviews2019Developer: Auroch DigitalPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.2hMean: 5.1h≥1hr: 93%
Step into the extraordinary, dystopian world of Dark Future, filled with danger, chaos and adventure. A game of both action and strategy unlike any other, featuring a unique time dilating command mode to help you make tactical decisions on the dangerous highways of this world.
- #53 Cossacks: Art of War68% matchVery Positive81% of 362 reviews2011Developer: GSC Game WorldPublisher: GSC World PublishingPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 18mMean: 15.8h≥1hr: 36%
Cossacks: The Art of War continues the history of the great battles of XVII–XVIII centuries
- #54 Siege of Centauri68% matchMixed66% of 448 reviews2019Developer: Stardock EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 42mMean: 6.0h≥1hr: 44%
Defend against thousands of enemies in this explosive tower defense game. Deploy upgradable towers and unleash powerful orbital abilities as you try to protect Earth's first colony world from destruction.
- #55 Command & Conquer™ Tiberium Alliances68% matchMostly Negative38% of 295 reviews2025Developer: EA PhenomicPublisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 1.6hMean: 11.6h≥1hr: 55%
From the genre-defining RTS franchise Command & Conquer comes a unique, free-to-play strategic warfare MMO experience!
