What are the best RTS games on pc?

[Olli_]

Hi

 

I was wondering what are some of the best RTS games to buy on pc I haven't played any as I have only just made the switch to pc but have been looking at Total war series and they look really good and also Civ V. I was wondering are there are any others that you would recommend?

[star_weaver]

if you like a good story, i would recomend the starcraft franchise, start with 1 episode 1 and go through to the end of starcraft 2

[Mira Yurizaki]

• Company of Heroes
• The Command & Conquer series
• The Warcraft series (if you can find it)
• Dungeon Keeper (Both games on GOG.com)
• Sins of a Solar Empire
• Rise of Nations
• (I heard Homeworld is good, but I haven't played it)
• World in Conflict

[AHaskin14]

There's two kinds of RTS games imo. There's the massive army clash style, where units are really "personal" and you just get another dozen when you lose them. Then there's the small, super in depth style, where units are precious items that you can become attached to. For the clash style, the Total War series is very good. For small scale, I absolutely recommend Company of Heroes, of which I'm a longtime fan and player.

[xAcid9]

There is no the best RTS on PC. There is many good RTS games though.

 

adding more into the list.

 

Warhammer 40k: Dawn Of War series

- First one is old school C&C like RTS games. Base building and all that shits.

- Second one is COH like RTS games. Capture capture capture.

- Third one is a mixed of 1st and 2nd with MOBA twist. (Many hated this)

 

Syrian Warfare

- Single player only.

 

Ashes Of The Singularity:Escalation

- Different kind of large scale battles. 

- Might takes times to learn and enjoy.

- Old school style RTS.

 

Wargame Series

[Gale]

The Red Alert series.

[Stefan Payne]

9 hours ago, Olli_ said:

I was wondering what are some of the best RTS games to buy on pc 

Age of Empires (1 + 2)

Command & Conquer 2, maybe 3

Supreme Commander

Warcraft 2

 

That's the ones I'd start with...

And yes, I played them at the time...

[soz]

Warcraft 3 TFT is HANDS DOWN best RTS ever made in my opinion, and where DotA/Mobas was born.

Age of Empires would be the second fav for me.

[Stefan Payne]

2 hours ago, soz said:

Warcraft 3 TFT is HANDS DOWN best RTS ever made in my opinion, and where DotA/Mobas was born.

Age of Empires would be the second fav for me.

Not by a long shot.

War3 is more like an RTS/RPG Hybrid like Spellforce...

 

[soz]

11 hours ago, Stefan Payne said:

Not by a long shot.

War3 is more like an RTS/RPG Hybrid like Spellforce...

 

I'm sure you're referring to the campaign. And restating, it is in my opinion

[Stefan Payne]

6 hours ago, soz said:

I'm sure you're referring to the campaign. And restating, it is in my opinion

Yes, of course.

 

Have you played War Craft 2??

[Crunchy Dragon]

They Are Billions. 

 

Combines zombie survival and RTS, fantastic game. 

[Olli_]

18 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

They Are Billions. 

 

Combines zombie survival and RTS, fantastic game. 

Just had a look at the trailer and have added it to my wish list looks very interesting. Thanks.

[Andreas Lilja]

On 10/04/2018 at 6:41 AM, soz said:

Warcraft 3 TFT is HANDS DOWN best RTS ever made in my opinion, and where DotA/Mobas was born.

Age of Empires would be the second fav for me.

Reverse for me, but clooooooose.

[PurplDrank]

On 4/9/2018 at 5:24 PM, Olli_ said:

Hi

 

I was wondering what are some of the best RTS games to buy on pc I haven't played any as I have only just made the switch to pc but have been looking at Total war series and they look really good and also Civ V. I was wondering are there are any others that you would recommend?

this is a tough one.

 

Total War Warhammer (1 or 2) 

Company of heroes 2

Age of empires 2 hd edition

Warcraft 3 (blizzard has been updating this alot again)

 

[Olli_]

3 hours ago, PurplDrank said:

this is a tough one.

 

Total War Warhammer (1 or 2) 

Company of heroes 2

Age of empires 2 hd edition

Warcraft 3 (blizzard has been updating this alot again)

 

Will I be able to play any of these games and the ones mentioned above on a iGPU? 

[Stefan Payne]

2 hours ago, Olli_ said:

Will I be able to play any of these games and the ones mentioned above on a iGPU? 

Probably not.

But most of the ones I mentioned you could.

Especially things like Age of Empire 1 and 2, Warcraft 2, Command and Conquer 2...

 

Because they don't use 3D Acceleration.

[Mira Yurizaki]

2 hours ago, Olli_ said:

Will I be able to play any of these games and the ones mentioned above on a iGPU? 

Depends on the iGPU. Though any in the last decade should at least play Warcraft 3 and AoE2 HD fine. CoH2 definitely would take some tweaking, but it looks playable on at least a Haswell iGPU:

 

[PurplDrank]

5 hours ago, Olli_ said:

Will I be able to play any of these games and the ones mentioned above on a iGPU? 

woah wth are you doing with an igpu?

[Stefan Payne]

4 hours ago, PurplDrank said:

woah wth are you doing with an igpu?

probably something like a notebook that doesn't have discrete graphics.

[Olli_]

1 hour ago, Stefan Payne said:

probably something like a notebook that doesn't have discrete graphics.

I don't have a notebook. I have a pc but can't afford the card that I want at the moment so I have to wait a while until I can get one.

[ExuberantBlockhead]

Starcraft 2, since a good chunk of the game is free, and you'll need the Battle.net launcher anyways to play Warcraft.

Age of Empires 2 is a classic.

Creeper World is a hidden indie gem, brings me back to the old flash games. 95%+ on steam. Runs on a potato.

I liked Halo Wars back on the console, not sure how it ported over.

Also, Humble Bundle has a sale on strategy games $12 for 7 games, definite buy to get stared on your collection: https://www.humblebundle.com/games/strategy-bundle?hmb_source=humble_home&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_1_layout_type_twos_tile_index_2