Any decent RTS games?

[Devst8nDscoDave]

What about going old skool? Earth 2150 was mindblowing in it's day.

 

[bakes0310]

Total war series is my favourite. Try Shogun 2 total war as a starting point. It's the most noob friendly and still looks great and is up there as my personal favourite.

Latest is warhammer total war which is great fun too.

 

[Nikumba]

I have just been replaying through Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak which I am finding pretty good

Kimbie

 

[Samueltastic]

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I have just been replaying through Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak which I am finding pretty good

Kimbie

It's on my wishlist too. Loved the Homeworld series but have so many unplaced games will have to wait for another Steam sale.

 

[Devst8nDscoDave]

Try Evil Genius. Great little game.
It's more like dungeon keeper than an RTS.

 

[AHarvey]

I bought grey goo on steam but haven't played it yet.

Honestly, it starts off ok but it ends far too quickly. Nowhere near enough gameplay for me in single player.

 

[mrbazmondo]

If you're feeling retro you could try Dune2000

 

[Slam]

Brass Tactics on the Oculus Rift, design team included the lead designer of Age of Empires II.

 

[C64]

Company of heroes 1 is solid still has a decent playerbase

 

[Nikumba]

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It's on my wishlist too. Loved the Homeworld series but have so many unplaced games will have to wait for another Steam sale.

Just a heads up Humble have Homeworld: Kharak on 66% off sale atm

Kimbie

 

[Samueltastic]

Just a heads up Humble have Homeworld: Kharak on 66% off sale atm

Kimbie

Thanks ill take a look

 

[Cromulent]

Supreme Commander is still the best RTS out there. Don't get the 2nd one though, that one sucks.

 

[linktoinsanity]

Supreme Commander is still the best RTS out there. Don't get the 2nd one though, that one sucks.

Correction: Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance with the Sorian AI mod is one of the best out there at the moment.

Supreme Commander 2 is a good game in it's own right (and has a much better AI setup, being able to tweak difficulty with sliders, rather than Easy or Hard which SC has by default), and is a good introduction game to Supcom, however if you want scope and bigger battles, yes SC:FA is the better game.

 

[iakhtar]

Forged Alliance was amazing, real shame the series didn't continue.

 

[imginy]

I read that command conquer might be coming back.

 

[Double07]

Supreme Commander is still the best RTS out there. Don't get the 2nd one though, that one sucks.

SC2 would like a word.

 

[LostCorpse]

Zero-K on steam and free! i've been playing a lot of this recently and been enjoying it although it can be infuriating (put it own to my lack of skillz) has good introduction to units and can co-op on campaign.

Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal - there is a new one (creep world 4) in the works with 3d terrain !!

Total Annihilation - classic my 1st RTS didnt come accors CNC untill much later.

Command and Concore red alert 2 : yuris revenge

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - its ok, think it would work well with co-op campaign

Planetary Annihilation - interesting with 3d planets and space

metal fatigue - another classic with some interesting mexhanics

Supreme command Forge Alliance

Supreme command 2 - good in its own right, smaller games faster battles. storys not half bad either

Homeworld / Homeworld 2 / Homeworld Cataclysm also

A.I. war

Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion

 

[Subzero85]

sudden strike 4 might be worth a try, ww2 setting, but it still might be a bit expensive on steam

 

[NathanL]

No one seems to have mentioned Heart of Iron 4 yet.
Steep learning curve but a fantastic WWII-based RTS with some great dlc.

Often goes on sale on steam

Edit: having thought about it. Does HoI count as an RTS?

 

[C64]

company of heroes 1 is still king