The Best Real-time strategy Games for Playstation 4 - Page 2

Update : Unicorn Overlord added at rank #1.
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Tower of Time (2018)

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PC Windows Linux Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 4

Tower of Time is a story-rich dungeon crawler with innovative real time combat. Set in the world of Artaria, you play as an anonymous character who has no name and seemingly little history. Explore the Tower with your party, discover various narrative threads that tie back to the present and foreshadow the future. With RPG tropes such as upgrading buildings to level up your heroes, finding blueprints and crafting special equipment also included, Tower of Time offers an incredibly varied gaming experience.


What we like:
  • Innovative real time combat system
  • Story-rich narrative
  • Varied team members with unique skills
  • Deep exploration encourages full discovery
  • RPG tropes included
What could be improved:
  • Occasional graphical hitches
  • No shortcut to select all heroes at once

  • rpg
  • real-time
  • pause
  • combat
  • dungeon-crawler
  • tactical
  • story
  • old-school
  • classic
  • strategy
  • battle
  • exploration
  • fight

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Worbital (2019)

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Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

With the shifting gravity on your side, aim your cannons, blast your enemies and enjoy the fireworks. Worbital is a real-time strategic artillery game in space, peppered with a heavy dose of cosmic chaos. The goal: be the last civilization standing!


  • artillery
  • real-time
  • strategy
  • asteroid
  • local
  • multiplayer
  • turn-based
  • online
  • comedy

13

Iron Harvest (2020)

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PC Windows Playstation 4

A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+


  • mech
  • real-time
  • strategy
  • alternate
  • cover
  • tactical
  • war

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Warpips (2021)

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80
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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One

Warpips is a physics-based combat game that will keep you entertained for hours. You get to assemble your army from a variety of infantry, vehicles and airplanes, and lead them to the battlefield without the stress of micromanagement. With each round lasting between 10-20 minutes, this game is easy to learn and hard to master. You can try out various randomly generated battles with multiple replay options, unlockable upgrade tree, and multiple strategic combinations that provide a unique gaming experience.


What we like:
  • Awesome graphics and soundtrack
  • Challenging gameplay that is easy to learn
  • Multiple units and upgrades available
  • Runs smoothly on Linux
  • Good value for its price
What could be improved:
  • Repetitive gameplay
  • No multiplayer or ability to play as other side's units
  • Units are consumable and get boring quickly
  • Lack of innovation and unit diversity

  • auto-battler
  • strategy
  • resource-management
  • tower-defense
  • real-time
  • war
  • 2.5d
  • base-building
  • wargame
  • tanks
  • tactical
  • combat
  • pixel
  • physics

15

Unholy Heights (2017)

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90
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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Nintendo 3DS

The Devil has converted a tenement building into monsters-only housing, and has big plans for the future. Sucker monsters into moving into your building, charge them rent and keep them happy by buying them furniture. Knock on residents' doors to call them to battle, trap heroes in devious pincer formations, and command your troops to victory.


  • auto-battler
  • management
  • tower-defense
  • simulation
  • real-time
  • collector
  • creature
  • immersive
  • defence
  • strategy
  • tower
  • city-building
  • humor
  • cute
  • cartoony

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8-Bit Armies (2016)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Featuring a campaign of 25 single-player missions, 12 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.


  • real-time
  • strategy
  • tanks
  • cooperative
  • colourful
  • retro
  • artillery

17

They Are Billions (2019)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

They Are Billions is an addictive RTS game that puts you in a post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies. You'll need to fortify your colony, fend off hordes of infected, and uncover the cause of the pandemic. With engaging gameplay modes and gorgeous 4K graphics, this game will keep you hooked for over 60 hours of playtime. Plus, you can pause the action to plan your attacks strategically and train mercenaries to defend your settlement. Just be prepared to face up to 20,000 zombies at once!


What we like:
  • Balanced gameplay mechanics that keep the tension high
  • Steampunk aesthetics executed beautifully
  • Rich research tree and game mode variety to explore
  • Easy to run on slower computers
  • Realistic threat from never-ending zombie hordes
What could be improved:
  • No in-game save points available during missions
  • Forced losing scenarios in some levels
  • Difficulty based on 'gotcha' mechanics that can be frustrating

  • zombies
  • survival
  • steampunk
  • real-time
  • strategy
  • pause
  • wave

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Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening (2023)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4

Conquer Warring States Japan under one banner!


  • historical
  • grand-strategy
  • real-time
  • wargame
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • simulation
  • immersive
  • military
  • alternate

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John Wick Hex (2019)

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Mac OS Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows

John Wick Hex is a fast-paced, action-oriented strategy game that makes you think and strike like John Wick, the professional hitman of the critically acclaimed film franchise.


  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • assassin
  • real-time
  • shooter
  • villain
  • hex
  • action
  • boss
  • combat
  • top-down
  • wick
  • cover
  • grid

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII (2016)

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Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch

"The ultimate depiction of the Three Kingdom. A heroic drama of a gathering of Legends. "With this as the concept behind Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13, we have compiled an experience that will immerse you even deeper into the world of the Three Kingdoms, with "human drama," seen through the interactions of the...

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  • strategy
  • historical
  • battle
  • real-time
  • war
  • simulation
  • grand-strategy
  • political
  • military

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