Games like Empires Apart
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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.
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution
· Relic Entertainment, Feral Interactive (Mac/Linux)
Both: RTS · Tactical · Co-op
Command any of the six unique factions in the next standalone expansion of the critically acclaimed Dawn of War real-time strategy franchise. Choose to build a massive army or lead a small squad of elite heroes into battle and experience a single player campaign customized to your favorite race.
RTSStrategyTacticalMultiplayerSci-fiOnline Co-OpCo-opSingleplayerReal-TimeFuturistic👍 7,920
$9.99WAR PARTY
Mar 28 · Rogueside
Both: RTS · Real-Time · War
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?
StrategyRTSBase BuildingReal-TimeResource ManagementWarHistoricalDinosaursCity BuilderTactical👍 376
$19.99Cossacks 3
Sep 20 · GSC Game World
Both: RTS · War · Historical
Cossacks 3 is the return of RTS classics. Obtain resources, build cities and research technologies while taking command of great armies, crushing enemies in grand historical warfares on land and sea!
StrategyRTSWarMultiplayerHistoricalResource ManagementSingleplayerBase BuildingAction RTSPvP👍 12,407
$24.99Line War
May 5 · Studio Centurion
Both: RTS · Real Time Tactics · Co-op
A new type of RTS with elements from 4X, Wargame, and Real-Time Tactics. Draw commands and execute a superior strategy to defeat your opponent, focusing on high-level decisions rather than constant micromanagement.
RTSStrategyAction RTSReal Time TacticsAuto BattlerPvPMultiplayerCo-opSingleplayerBoard Game👍 1,075
$39.99Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition
Oct 28 · World's Edge, Relic Entertainment, Forgotten Empires, Climax Studios
Both: RTS · War · Historical
Celebrating its first year of delighting millions of global players, the award-winning and best-selling strategy franchise continues with Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition, putting you at the center of even more epic historical battles that shaped the world.
StrategyRTSBase BuildingMultiplayerWarMedievalSingleplayerResource ManagementCity BuilderHistorical👍 72,300
$19.999-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
Aug 26 · Petroglyph
Both: RTS · Real Time Tactics · Tactical
Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.
Action RTSRTSWargameReal Time TacticsSandboxColorfulPvPBase BuildingStrategyTactical👍 945
$34.99Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition
Oct 15 · World's Edge, Tantalus Media, Forgotten Empires
Both: RTS · Historical · War
Lead powerful civilizations across the globe, master strategies and tactics, and relive history in co op battles—now remastered in stunning 4K and modernized gameplay.
StrategyBase BuildingRTSMultiplayerMilitaryCity BuilderHistoricalWarSingleplayerFree to Play👍 37,106
$19.99Age of Empires: Definitive Edition
Aug 19 · World's Edge, Forgotten Empires, Tantalus
Both: RTS · Historical · Real-Time
Age of Empires, the pivotal real-time strategy game that launched a 20-year legacy returns with modernized gameplay, all-new 4K visuals, 8-person multiplayer battles and a host of other new features. Welcome back to history.
StrategyRTSMultiplayerSingleplayerBase BuildingCity BuilderHistoricalClassicRemakeReal-Time👍 14,318
-60%$23.99Company of Heroes 3
Feb 23 · Relic Entertainment
Both: RTS · Co-op · Real Time Tactics
Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?
StrategySingleplayerWargameRTSMultiplayerAction RTSWorld War IICo-opPvEReal Time Tactics👍 24,537
$2.99Three Kingdoms: Innovatory
Jan 31 · 瞬息万变工作室
Both: Real Time Tactics · RTS · Historical
This is a classic historical simulation + real-time strategy game, where you will go back to the era of the Three Kingdoms and play as various renowned sovereigns.
WargameReal Time TacticsRTSTurn-Based StrategyStrategy4XRPGGrand Strategy3DHistorical👍 953
FreeZero-K
Apr 27 · Zero-K Team
Both: RTS · Real-Time · Co-op
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.
StrategyFree to PlayRTSIndieMultiplayerSimulationReal-TimeSingleplayerCo-opOnline Co-Op
$29.99Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
Nov 10 · Stardock Entertainment, Oxide Games
Both: RTS · Real Time Tactics
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
RTSBase BuildingReal Time TacticsPvPModdableStrategyOnline Co-OpSci-fiTranshumanismMilitary👍 2,705
$14.99Medieval Kingdom Wars
Jan 3 · Reverie World Studios
Both: RTS
Rewrite medieval history through bloody siege combat in a fusion of RTS and Grand Strategy genres. Rule, build, and serve your King as a minor lord in medieval Europe. Experience siege, field and naval combat with an unseen degree of brutality. Rogue-like progression, epic towns and battles await…
Grand StrategyRTSMedievalBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategyDiplomacyEconomyAction RTSWargame👍 2,233
$4.99Cossacks: Back to War
Sep 2 · GSC Game World
Both: RTS · Historical · War
Cossacks: Back to War contains all of the gameplay features of Cossacks: European Wars and Cossacks: The Art of War, this is a complete care package for all current and future Cossacks fans. This add-on contains two new nations: Switzerland and Hungary.
StrategyClassicRTSMultiplayerHistoricalWarSingleplayerNostalgiaFree to Play👍 2,663
FreeArt of War: Red Tides
Dec 22 · Game Science
Both: RTS · War · Co-op
Art of War: Red Tides is a fair multiplayer strategy game that allows different teams on the same platform (e.g. smartphones, PC, etc.) to battle against each other. You will encounter players around the world!
Free to PlayStrategyMultiplayerRTSEarly AccessWarMOBAActionCo-opIndie👍 706
$19.99Ratten Reich
Jul 15 · METALLADLERSTUDIO
Both: RTS · Real Time Tactics
Ratten Reich is an RTS focusing on realistic combat in a unique, steampunk/dieselpunk world ripped apart by an ongoing war between rats, mice, cockroaches, and lizards.
StrategyRTSWargameReal Time TacticsSpectacle fighter3DTop-DownThird PersonAlternate HistoryAtmospheric👍 616
$4.99Imperial Glory
Apr 11 · Pyro Studios
Both: RTS · Historical · War
It is a time of war in Europe. Driven by new ideas of Enlightenment, the hearts of men and women across the continent are inflamed with dreams of freedom and glory. This is the moment for a military genius to forge himself a name to be remembered throughout all eternity. This is your moment.
StrategyRTSHistoricalTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerWarSingleplayerClassic👍 1,179
