16 Best Real-time Strategy Games on Steam

Craft the World is a marvelous Sandbox Construction, Management, and MMO and RTS Simulation by Black maple games. The Simulation actually lets you be an in charge of a whole big Dwarf Society that with time changes into a fully developed community. Your task is to explore the world around you, collect resources, battles against the monsters, craft different items like “weapons, vehicles, buildings” etc. and discover new technologies to equalize your worth and strengthen your defenses, Defeat your enemies in order to capture their lands and to loot their resources etc. With a number of complex game levels filled with pure awesomeness and fun, amazing amounts of resources, and sandbox aesthetics, wonderful visuals, immersive gameplay and a lot of other cool things, Craft the World is one of the best game to play. Do try it out.

StarTopia is another great Building and Management and RTS Simulation that allows you to control a space station, one among the critically damaged but habitable space stations after the war of the universe. Your task is to take control of the space station, renovate it by simply managing the resources and constructing the necessary buildings, convert the whole space station into kind of a hotel, manage the rooms for the visitors, earn money and then spend it on the spaceport.

You’ll also have to control the employees, assign them duties according to their alien species and ultimately enjoy being in power. After you have enough skills, you can go start building up other space stations and repeat the whole procedure in order to be the most prominent figure in the universe. StarTopia offers wonderful Sci-Fi visuals, amazing characters, and an addictive game-play. Do try it out, it’ll amaze you with all the wonderful stuff it has to offer.

Tooth and Tail is a RTS (Real-time Strategy), Single-player and Multiplayer video game created and published by Pocketwatch Games. The game offers an environment, in which the animals face the shortage of food. In the beginning, the player needs to select his side, build his base, create his army and participate in the brutal battle for meat to survive. It has pixel graphics, and the game lets the player explore the environment from an isometric perspective. During the event, the player can navigate the environment, command his army and eat as many animals as possible to score the points. It has randomly generated maps and offers customizable factions. There are a series of levels, and each level has a set of objectives that the player has to accomplish to move to the next stage where he faces challenging tasks. In Single-player campaign, the player has to explore the land, eat enemies and collect meat for his empire. Tooth and Tail include prominent features such as Take Part in War for Meat, Endless Replayability, Split-screen Couch Play, Customization, and more. With addictive gameplay, excellent mechanics, and smooth controls, Tooth and Tail is the best game to play and enjoy.

Cities: Skylines is a wonderful City Building, Management and massively Multiplayer online Real-Time Strategy Simulation packed with new and improved gameplay mechanics and elements and it tends to entertain you with all the provided thrill and hardships of creating and managing a whole city. The game basically assesses your abilities of being a good Manager, Builder, Crafter, etc. all at once and throws various hardcore challenges at yourself to improve your abilities and ultimately be a great Building and Management Mogul, rule the businesses and, build and create new technologies and take it to a whole new level of entertainment. With awesome visual details, great game-play options, addictive nature, a lot to build and manage and Strategically grow your Economics, Relations and defenses, Cities: Skyline is a great City-building, Management, MMO, RTS simulation to enjoy. Try it out if you really want to enjoy an amazing experience of all the beautiful combination of various elements, you’ll love it for sure.

Spacebase DF-9 is a great City-Building, management and MMO-RTS Simulation that takes you to an amazing space journey. This wonderful Construction, Development, Real-Time Strategy and management game allows you to maintain your own space station with all the resources you have. With a beautiful space theme, Spacebase DF-9 lets you hire workers for different jobs, build new structures, generate and manage your resources, accommodate your people and eventually grow your space station to other parts of the galaxy. The main task is to find specific points in the galaxy, send explorers, scientists, and workers, settle a small group of people on the discovered area, help them grow by completing different tasks and conquer the worlds. Construction is one of the main objectives of Spacebase DF-9, so you must build structures, defend them against the enemies (Aliens) and keep your people alive by using all the available tactics, strategies and ways possible. This interesting amalgamation of Construction, management MMO and Strategy elements will definitely allow you to have hours of plain entertainment and fun.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a Military Themed Tactical and Turn-Based RTS (Real Time Strategy) and MMO, Role Playing video game set in an era of Global Alien Invasion. The game is developed by Firaxis Games and allows you to control a technically advanced organization named as XCOM and defend the Earth. You are tasked to lead your troops in the field, fight off and capture the aliens, Build research labs, develop new technologies using alien technology, expand your Organization’s operations, manage XCOM’s assets, monitor alien activities and respond to wherever your assistance is required. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is an outstanding strategy video game with a lot of campaigns, action packed game-play, sleek and state of the art Graphics, great cinematic animations, a lot of fun filled mini games etc. XCOM: Enemy Unknown offers an amazing standalone expansion named XCOM: Enemy Within that adds tons of new stuff (Weapons, new missions, more upgrade options etc.) to the main game. XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a great MMO and Strategy video game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.

Towns is a great Isometric City-Building and Management MMO-RTS simulation that offers a beautiful sandbox style theme. The game leaves you in a partially build piece of land and allows you to manipulate the land as you like it, explore, gather up resources and build structures you want. At the beginning, Towns allows you to choose biomes (Grass, Desert, Snow or Land) process your selected biomes with their own qualities, grow crops or clean the land and wildlife, build homes, farms and other structures by using the resources and eventually build a whole new civilization and help your people thrive in a very friendly environment. With the help of 11 villagers, you must perform the necessary tasks, settle them up in homes and grow the population, befriend neighboring settlements and grow economically, start trade and grow your nation and enjoy playing this marvelous game. Towns as compared to a lot of other titles of the similar nature, is one of the best simulation to enjoy. Try it out and you’ll love it for sure.

Blitzkrieg 3 is a Massively Multiplayer Online Real-time Strategy video game developed and published by Nival for multiple platforms. It is the sequel to Blitzkrieg 2 and the third installment in the series of Blitzkrieg based on the events of WW II. The game has both Single and Multiplayer Campaign based on defense and attack of specific areas. The Single-player Campaign revolves around the period of WWII (World War II) from the invasion of Poland in 1938 up to the destruction of Berlin in 1945. There are three different factions such as Axis, Western Allies, and USSR. The game offers you lead one of three factions, each with its unique section. Assume the role of the commander and lead your team on the battlefield to protect your units and conquer enemies’ bases. The game rewards you with experience points as you demolish the unit of the enemy. Use your points to advance your army, upgrade units and expand your Empire further and further. With prominent features, addictive gameplay, and incredible graphics, Blitzkrieg 3 is the best game to play and enjoy.

Medieval II: Total War is a mix of Turn-based Strategy, Real-time Tactics, and Real-time Strategy elements developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It is the fourth entry in the series of Total War and takes place in the medieval setting world and centers on between the years 1080 to 1530. It offers the similar gameplay to its predecessors and introduces two new modes such as Single-player Campaign and battles. Battles mode can be played in historical scenarios and revolves around between two factions such as the Battle of Agincourt and the Battle of Arsuf. There are different factions, and you can select your squad to lead your nation and participate in the battlefield to win rewards. The gameplay comprises leading the military, social systems, military, and politics system of the faction. During your turn, you need to make your strategy and move on to the map to defeat your enemies or against faction. Medieval II: Total War includes cool features such as Twenty-two Factions, Turn System, Battle System, different Characters and more. Medieval II: Total War is the best game to play and enjoy.

Civilization VI combines the elements of Turn-based Strategy, Historical, Single and Multiplayer 4X video game created by Firaxis Games and published by 2K Games. It is the sixth marvelous entry in the series of Civilization and offers enhanced gameplay, mechanics, and features. The game takes place in the historical-themed world and allows the player to lead his civilization from an early settlements and become a super power using one of different condition such as technology superiority, military power, and diplomacy leadership. In the beginning, you can start from a small tribe and your task is to explore the world, find new cities, build shelters, buildings, recruit your army, research new technologies, gather resources and train your force to defend your empire. Control the entire planet by defeat other players or AI-controlled Characters across different periods of development. Gather resources to survive longer, and conquer the land of other players to loot their resources. Civilization VI includes core features such as Expansive Empires, Active Research, Dynamic Diplomacy, Combined Arms, Enhance Multiplayer, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

XCOM is a Series Multi-genre video games and offers a versatility throughout the series. Strategy, RTS, turn-based tactics, Real-time Tactics, Simulations, Construction and Management, Military and War gaming, Space Flight, FPS, Third-person Shooting, Action, RPG, etc. are all the genres in which XCom offers games. XCom series was originally started back in 1994 by a company known as MicroProse. MicroProse published in total six games with two of them cancelled. The series rocked the markets but soon it lost the business until the series was rebooted in 2005 by 2K Games. The Series once again started with a mega hit XCOM: Enemy Unknown and broke all the previous records. With critically acclaim and commercial success, the company launched an Expansion pack named as XCOM: Enemy Within, back in 2013 and another title XCOM 2 in 2016. From the very beginning to the latest release of the series, XCOM has maintained the standard and the quality of content and is one of the most favorite series of games throughout the world. Players who typically love playing games with Sci-Fi and Action elements, can play the games in the series and enjoy.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II combines the Tactical Role-playing, and Real-time Strategy elements developed by Relic Entertainment and published by THQ. It takes place in the fictional Universe of Warhammer 4K and serves as the sequel to Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War game. There are different playable armies available for players such as Tyranids, Space Marines, Eldar, and Orks. The game offers the differ gameplay from its previous title and expansion pack. It has both Single-player and Multiplayer modes, and the player has to choose his favorite class to get into the world where he has to lead his team to destroy the enemy bases while trying to defend his own. Using customization, the player can design his player character, recruit his army and lead it on the battlefield against enemies. A massive arsenal of weaponry can be used during combat and can upgrade them using points that the player won by completing multiple tasks. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II offers core features such as Brutal Frontline Action, Non-Linear Gameplay, Single-player Campaign, Co-op Multiplayer, and more. With enhanced mechanics, addictive gameplay and smooth controls, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II is the incredible game to play and enjoy.

Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal mixes the Real-time Strategy, and Tower-defense elements produced by Knuckle Cracker for multiple platforms. The game offers a series of levels and supports single-player mode only. Instead of using units that attack your base, the game uses a fluid-like substance spread around the terrain. There are different weapons, bases, and strategies available and you must adapt all them to win the competition. It lets you immerse yourself in physics-based gameplay and compete tons to missions to become master. The game takes place in the thrilling world comprises hundreds of star systems, and thousands of worlds. It has hundreds of hand-drawn missions and you must build your base, make strategy and effort to fend off enemies by destroying your bases. The game becomes challenging, as you advanced through the game. Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal offers most prominent features such as Thermodynamic Play, Tons of Missions, Explore Star System, Create unique Map, Terraform the Landscapes, hundreds of Weapons, and more. With addictive gameplay, superb mechanics, and smooth controls, Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal is the best game to play and enjoy.

Planetary Annihilation: Titans is a stand-alone Expansion pack to the original game Planetary Annihilation, which introduces tons of new features and the base game. The game takes place in the thrilling world and adds different character classes. In the game, the player needs to recruit his army, built his units and defend them to progress in the match. Up to sixteen new units such as Orbital Battleships, Indomitable, Hover Tanks, Voracious Nanobot Swarms, etc. are available to use during the event. During the battle, the player has to command his army around thousands of planets on the sea, air, and land. It has both Single and Multiplayer modes. In Single-player mode, the player can play alone against AI while in Multiplayer mode, the player can compete against up to 10 players in team-based matches. Planetary Annihilation: Titans offers exciting features such as Epic Scale, Single-player Campaign, Smash Planet, Control and Command your Army, Instant Replays, and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Feudalism is a Real-time Strategy, 4X, Single and Multiplayer video game takes place in the medieval settings. The game offers a brilliant gameplay and puts you in the role of the leader, who must build his Empire, conquer the Europe and become an Emperor. In the beginning, you start off from an empty land and with a few money that you can use to purchase buildings and items. It offers a turn-based gameplay with a little focus on traditional gameplay with your strategy and management skills. You need to recruit an army, equip them with weapons, and gather resources by exploring the environment. Grow various crops to feed your inhabitants and keep them happy to become more powerful. Participate in battles against other nations and struggle to defeat them, conquer their land to expand your empire and loot their resources. Make strategies, trade with other countries, and arrange marriages with your strongest enemies to effect on other realms. To keep your population warm, you have to cut down and burn wood. With lots of prominent features, interesting mechanics, and superb graphics, Feudalism is the best game to play and enjoy.

Factorio mixes the elements of Action, Real-time Strategy, and Survival developed and published by Wube Software. The game supports both Single and Multiplayer modes and offers an exciting story revolves around a spaceman who landed on an alien planet due to crash. As the survival, your primary objective is to harvest resources by hand to build up different structures, and a rocket to escape back to home. The inhabitants of the planet are trying to defend their environment from the destruction and pollution by you. The game is about creating a colony, searching resources, and surviving as long as possible to progress in the match. In the beginning, you starts off from an empty land, and your initial task is to build a colony by collecting resources and expand it further and further to progress through the game. There are three vehicles available that you can use during gameplay such as train, car, and tank. Three types of enemies present to take you a tough time while you are completing your objectives such as splitters, worms, and bitters. Explore the world from a top-down perspective, accomplish randomly generated levels and build your spaceship to escape to home. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.