The Best Real-time Games for PC Windows - Page 5

Update : Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War added at rank #1.
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The Valiant (2022)

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PC Windows Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Join Theoderich von Akenburg and his team of warriors on an epic journey filled with adventure and danger in The Valiant. Experience immersive squad-based RTS gameplay with a variety of units, each with unique skills to unlock. With multiple game modes, including PvP and co-op, and 15 hand-crafted single-player missions, The Valiant offers endless possibilities for strategy and combat.


What we like:
  • Good story
  • Well-designed characters
  • Solid graphics and music
  • Focus on tactics and decision-making
  • Infantry charges and cavalry trample abilities are great
What could be improved:
  • Slow and dull gameplay
  • Short length of gameplay
  • Lackluster multiplayer
  • Linear story with almost no choices
  • Awful replayability

  • real-time
  • strategy
  • medieval
  • squad
  • tactical
  • competitive
  • battle
  • historical
  • multiplayer

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Under Siege (2022)

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Playstation 3 PC Windows

"Under Siege" is a top-down arena shooter. The player takes on the role of a fearless tanker. The goal is to survive in the arena and defeat all enemies.

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  • real-time
  • strategy
  • top-down
  • in-battle
  • arena
  • shooter
  • tactical
  • battle
  • squad

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Stronghold: Warlords (2021)

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PC Windows Mac OS

Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!


  • real-time
  • economy
  • strategy
  • medieval
  • military
  • city-building
  • historical
  • colony
  • simulation
  • building
  • tactical

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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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Airborne Empire (2025)

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early access PC Windows

Build your sky city while exploring a vast landscape in this Open World RPG City Builder. Combining the methodical construction and management of a city builder; the unique lift, balance, and propulsion needed for a flying city; and the compelling characters, dangers, and adventures of an RPG!

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  • city-building
  • base-building
  • real-time
  • resource-management
  • strategy
  • flight
  • colony
  • economy
  • open-world
  • atmospheric
  • survival
  • exploration
  • steampunk
  • community
  • building

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Empires of the Undergrowth (2017)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Command swarms of warriors at an unprecedented scale of warfare in this blend of RTS and base-building. Lead ant colonies against the many fearsome threats of the insect world, while building intricate nests, developing pheromone-based tactics, and evolving to meet growing dangers.


  • strategy
  • simulation
  • colony
  • automation
  • management
  • moddable
  • real-time
  • base-building
  • city-building
  • resource-management
  • building
  • sandbox
  • economy
  • documentary
  • replay-value

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Rusted Warfare - RTS (2017)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

{{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.

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  • real-time
  • strategy
  • moddable
  • base-building
  • 10-player
  • sandbox
  • retro
  • multiplayer

48

Crystal Clash (2022)

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PC Windows browser

Crystal Clash is a mix of Lane Battles and Deckbuilding - with action-packed tug-of-war strategy, just like your favorite RTS mods from back in the day! :) Play 2v2 or co-op with a friend, or pair up with new allies and enemies! Collect cards, build your decks and have fun crushing your enemies!

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  • real-time
  • cartoony
  • card
  • pvp
  • pve
  • strategy
  • moba
  • stylized
  • royale
  • top-down
  • trading
  • deckbuilder
  • magic
  • fantasy
  • tactical

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AI War 2 (2019)

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PC Windows Mac OS Linux

The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.


  • real-time
  • grand-strategy
  • 4x
  • moddable
  • strategy
  • space
  • tactical
  • management
  • pause

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Summoners War (2024)

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Android PC Windows IOS iPhone

A global hit RPG that captured the Summoners all around the world! Jump into the Sky Arena, a world under battle over the vital resource: Mana Crystals. Design your own deck and strategy using over 1,500 Monsters to claim victory. Go on an epic adventure with your Monsters!

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  • turn-based
  • rpg
  • strategy
  • tactical
  • real-time
  • battle
  • tutorial
  • lore
  • pvp
  • multiplayer
  • pve
  • dungeon
  • mmo

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