PC Real-Time Games

Steel Division: Normandy 44

Steel Division: Normandy 44

Platform: PC
May 23, 2017
Steel Division: Normandy is a tactical real-time strategy (RTS) game that pits players against AI enemies in a single-player campaign -- or against several opponents in massive 10-on-10 multiplayer battles.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.8
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III

Platform: PC
April 27, 2017
Jump into a brutal battle between three warring factions In Dawn of War III. You will have no choice but to face your foes when a catastrophic weapon is found on the mysterious world of Acheron.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
4.6
Forts

Forts

Platform: PC
April 19, 2017
Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent's buildings to rubble! Experience the thrill of real-time construction and resource management as you forge ahead in the unforgiving race to develop your tech tree, and unlock a deadly arsenal of advanced weaponry to exploit your enemy's vulnerabilities. Savor the sweet taste of victory as their once-mighty forts collapse into smoldering heaps of ruin! Are you ready to embark on an adrenaline-fueled journey of construction, destruction, and ultimate domination? Join the ranks of Forts now, and let the battle commence!
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.3
Orcs Must Die! Unchained

Orcs Must Die! Unchained

Platform: PC
April 19, 2017
Orcs Must Die! Unchained takes the Orcs Must Die! action tower defense game to a new level with team-based gameplay. Bust skulls with your best pals in PvE co-op Survival, or put your teamwork to the real test in Endless Mode.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
6.5
Stellaris: Utopia

Stellaris: Utopia

Platform: PC
April 6, 2017
Build a Better Space Empire in Stellaris: Utopia. The stars have called you for millennia and now you walk among them. A universe of possibilities is open to your species as it takes its first fitful steps into the great unknown. Here you can turn your back on the divisive politics of the home planet. Here you can build something new. Here you can unify your people and build that perfect society.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.3
Northgard

Northgard

Platform: PC
February 22, 2017
Northgard is a strategy game based on Norse mythology in which you control a clan of Vikings vying for the control of a mysterious newfound continent.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.4
Halo Wars 2

Halo Wars 2

Platform: PC
February 17, 2017
Lead Spartans, Warthogs and other classic Halo fighting forces in a brutal war against a terrifying new enemy on the biggest Halo battlefield ever.- All-new, Action-packed Story – The heroes of Halo Wars return to find themselves - and the galaxy - in more danger than ever. Following the events of Halo 5, the all-new story is told in action-packed missions set on the legendary Halo destination known as the Ark. Players will strategically command overwhelming firepower in large-scale battles against a terrifying threat facing the UNSC and all of humanity.- Build Your Halo Army – Construct your bases, prepare your vehicles and amass your troops. Lead them into huge battles that span across alien environments in a vast collection of campaign and multiplayer maps.- Multiplayer Warfare – Play with or against your friends and the Xbox Live community in up to 3v3 matches. All-new units with explosive firepower, Leaders with special abilities that help to turn the tide in battle and thrilling multiplayer modes are at your fingertips as you wage war on a variety of maps.- Blitz: Instant Command – Blitz is an entirely new way to experience Halo Wars and real-time strategy gameplay. Combining tactical combat with card-based strategy, your deck is your army in Blitz as you build collections of powerful Halo vehicles and troops and command those units in fast-action matches online or solo against waves of enemies.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.2
Realpolitiks

Realpolitiks

Platform: PC
February 16, 2017
Become the ruler of any contemporary country in this streamlined real-time grand strategy game. Use diplomacy, espionage, military and economic power to deal with other nations, while tackling issues such as terrorism, financial crises and medical epidemics, all in an effort to achieve global domination.
Metascore:
52
User Score:
6.7
Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach

Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach

Platform: PC
January 19, 2017
Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach is a 3D turn-based strategy game like you’ve never seen before: fast, immediate, deep, impressive to look at and incredibly fun! Fight through a dark era of carnage and endless war and lead the Space Wolves in a struggle to defend the last bastion of mankind.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.9
Siegecraft Commander

Siegecraft Commander

Platform: PC
January 16, 2017
Siegecraft Commander is the latest installment in the popular Siegecraft franchise. With a combination of twitch mechanics and positional tactics, the objective is to build a fortress in a branching structure with specialised towers connected with lofty indestructible walls. Almost everything is performed by adjusting the angle and trajectory of projectiles. Fans of cult classic Moonbase Commander will appreciate the fresh look and overall improvements.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
Hearts of Iron IV: Together for Victory

Hearts of Iron IV: Together for Victory

Platform: PC
December 15, 2016
Join the Dominions as they step up to the challenge of defending the motherland for King and Country in Together for Victory, the first major expansion for Hearts of Iron IV, the critically acclaimed strategy wargame from Paradox Development Studio. This expansion puts the focus on British Commonwealth nations, deepening the experience of playing these outposts of the English language.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
4.2
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Platform: PC
December 6, 2016
The tactical game with stealth elements Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a cooperative endeavor of Daedalic Entertainment and Mimimi Productions. The game is a special take on the genre: it takes place during the Edo-Era of Japan in 1615. Within a playtime of roughly 25 hours, 5 characters will face challenging missions, each protagonist with their own special field of expertise. Only if you know the positive and negative qualities of your characters and play tactically and with finesse, will you master the challenges ahead.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.5
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation

Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation

Platform: PC
November 10, 2016
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.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.6
Clockwork Empires

Clockwork Empires

Platform: PC
October 26, 2016
Assume the role of a Junior Bureaucrat (Colonial Grade), sent forth to seek fame, promotions, and natural bounty to feed the ravenous maw of Imperial Industry & Commerce. Build a prosperous colony, fill it with magnificent factories worked by oppressed laborers, and harness the awesome power of steam through fearsome machines invented by determined men and women of Science! History is yours to seize for fame and fortune, for Science, and for the Queen and the glory of the Clockwork Empires.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
3.1
Masquerada: Songs and Shadows

Masquerada: Songs and Shadows

Platform: PC
September 30, 2016
Navigate the masked deceptions and deadly magic of a vividly Venetian city in this fully voiced pause-for-tactics RPG. In the turmoil-ridden Citte della Ombre, religion holds no sway. Only the songs sung of one’s deeds will carry an Ombrian’s legacy beyond death. Those who hold even the smallest morsel of power will make every effort to ensure their songs live on. Enter the Mascherines - masks that grant their wielders the power to channel the elements and cast destructive magic. The Mascherines have perpetuated a culture of inequality between the power-hungry guildsmen known as the Masquerada and the impoverished lower classes, the Contadani. A prolonged civil war, ignited by Contadani rebels who steal Mascherines from the Masquerada, has only drawn scars of mistrust across the Citte since. One of Ombre’s finest sleuths, Cicero Gavar, was exiled for a crime against the state five years ago, but he is now summoned back to Ombre to solve the mysterious kidnapping of the diplomat Razitof Azrus. As other members of the Masquerada join his investigation, all having their doubts about one another within this culture of deception, their faith will be pushed to the limit as a deeper conspiracy lurks in the shadows of Ombre.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.5
Cossacks 3

Cossacks 3

Platform: PC
September 20, 2016
Cossacks 3 is a combination of war, economy, army developing, building and upgrading. This RTS gameplay promises to return old fans in the golden ages of the genre and give newcomers a unique experience.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
6.5
Champions of Anteria

Champions of Anteria

Platform: PC
August 30, 2016
Champions of Anteria is a tactical RTS with Active-Pause Mode in which you can fight with three of five Champions in diverse and challenging battles. Each Champion is aligned to a magical element, and players must strategically choose the powers they bring into a battle, as interactions between affinities constitute a very important part of the gameplay. Champions of Anteria features a completely new narrative and adventure for players to enjoy. With a renewed focus on story, the economic and logistic features are revised and are handled via a homebase management system where you can craft items for your Champions and unlock new abilities. [Ubisoft]
Metascore:
67
User Score:
6.6
Meridian: Squad 22

Meridian: Squad 22

Platform: PC
August 11, 2016
Meridian: Squad 22 is a single-player science-fiction real-time strategy game with a focus on base building and advanced tactics. Every single choice, every tactical decision you make, shapes the outcome of your story.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
tbd
Little King's Story

Little King's Story

Platform: PC
August 5, 2016
A blend of RPG, simulation and light Real Time Strategy gameplay, the action in Little King's Story is all about improving your skill level and those of your followers as a means of gaining wealth and territory, which will in turn benefit the overall health of your subjects and your status as king. As players enter their humble town after finding their crown, they are assisted by their advisors, especially Howzer, in taking on missions in the immediate area of town. With the success of each, as well as activities like farming and natural resources development, they will gain wealth in the form of in-game currency called 'Bol.' Once an essential infrastructure has been established in town a suggestion box is set up through which in-game characters can make quest suggestions to supplement those of your advisors. During quests players in the role of young King Corobo can control multiple subjects of his kingdom who follow and serve based on your kingly status. These subjects have different professions which come in handy in specific as well as general quest scenarios and should be chosen wisely. Additional training facilities can be constructed to retrain existing subjects as well as those that are added to your kingdom as it prospers and eventually needs to expand into surrounding territories. The world of Little King's Story is expansive and set on many levels. Although each level contains multiple possible boss battles, progression through the game levels always requires the defeat of a substantial boss. Battles become more intense as you set out to conquer the lands that surround your kingdom, although these are never too overbearing due to the game's easy to alter difficulty settings. As these campaigns against neighboring kingdoms proceed you are kept aware of the health and happiness of your subjects at home and that of your troops via an information bar at the top left, as well as a ticker scrolling across the screen. Balance their needs with the needs of an expanding kingdom and you may indeed become the best king ever.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.5
Crush Your Enemies

Crush Your Enemies

Platform: PC
July 13, 2016
Return to the glory days of Real-Time Strategy games. Crush Your Enemies has planning, choosing different types of units, managing resources, taking enemy territory and outwitting your opponent with the ingenious formations of your men.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
6.4
Anarcute

Anarcute

Platform: PC
July 12, 2016
These are dark times. A group of evil corporations has taken over the world's major cities. They've taken over the media, brainwashed the police and are now shamelessly running citizens' lives from the security of their skyscrapers. It is time to act. Assume control of the revolution to confront the terrible Brainwash Patrol who are dominating the world.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.5
Space Run Galaxy

Space Run Galaxy

Platform: PC
June 17, 2016
Space Run Galaxy is the sequel to Space Run, the game from one-man studio Passtech, which seduced hundreds of thousands of players with its dynamic and original gameplay. By twisting the tower-defense game style, Space Run offered an addictive real-time spaceship construction strategy experience.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
5.5
Hearts of Iron IV

Hearts of Iron IV

Platform: PC
June 6, 2016
Hearts of Iron IV challenges players to face the brutal conflict of World War II in a multifaceted grand strategy game, where history can be fully relived or rewritten from the perspective of a global superpower attempting to change the world, or a small nation simply trying to survive.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.7
Excubitor

Excubitor

Platform: PC
May 26, 2016
Excubitor is an action shooter at its core that challenges the player to strategically control the battlefield whilst using skill based mechanics. The player will have to master three key gameplay features: Offense, Defense and Resource Management. Each level contains strategic locations, allowing the player to build defenses, interact with the environment and change the enemies’ tactics.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
tbd
Stellaris

Stellaris

Platform: PC
May 9, 2016
Featuring deep strategic gameplay, an enormous selection of alien races and emergent storytelling, Stellaris has a deeply challenging system that rewards interstellar exploration as you traverse, discover, interact and learn more about the multitude of species you will encounter during your travels. Etch your name across the cosmos by uncovering remote celestial outposts,and entire civilizations. Will you expand through war or walk the path of diplomacy to achieve your goals?
Metascore:
78
User Score:
8.0
Offworld Trading Company

Offworld Trading Company

Platform: PC
April 28, 2016
Offworld Trading Company is a new direction for real-time strategy, where money is both your deadliest weapon and toughest defense. After the Earth is tapped out and the asteroids claimed by faceless megacorporations, the stark Martian surface is the final frontier on which dreamers and entrepreneurs can make something of themselves by staking their claim to the red planet’s abundant resources and building an economic engine capable of out-producing the competition.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.6
8-Bit Armies

8-Bit Armies

Platform: PC
April 22, 2016
8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's first game in the 8-Bit RTS series. It commemorates the first Command & Conquer games with its accessible gameplay mechanics while providing a fun and timeless art style that introduces new players to the genre. A unique console controller scheme makes it easier than ever to build bases and command large armies without complex button memorization. FEATURES: * Jump right in with easy to understand modern military units and structures. * Play cooperatively or versus the AI choosing from multiple difficulty options. * Use classic RTS Base-Building mechanics to construct the ultimate HQ from which to attack your foes. * Explore a variety of locales, destroying everything that gets in your way with devastating superweapons. * Two campaigns with a total of 40 single-player combat missions for many hours of gameplay. * Join your friends to play 12 co-op missions against a variety of AI opponents. * Gather up to 8 online players to team up in one of the dozen multiplayer/skirmish maps.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.2
Battlefleet Gothic: Armada

Battlefleet Gothic: Armada

Platform: PC
April 21, 2016
Developed on Unreal Engine 4, Battlefleet Gothic: Armada is an RTS in which the player takes command of one of these battlefleets composed of the most powerful spaceships from the Imperial, Chaos, Eldar and Ork forces, in a no-quarter-given struggle for the control of the Gothic sector of space.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.6
StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops - Mission Pack 1

StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops - Mission Pack 1

Platform: PC
March 29, 2016
As Nova, you awaken in an unknown military facility with no memory of what brought you there. You've got to escape and learn the truth before it's too late-for you and the Terran Dominion.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.0
Sheltered

Sheltered

Platform: PC
March 15, 2016
Sheltered is a post-apocalyptic disaster management game that gives a new meaning to the term “nuclear family”. You must gather as many supplies as possible en route to the concrete underground shelter that will soon become your family home for the foreseeable dreary future.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
5.0
Spacejacked

Spacejacked

Platform: PC
February 26, 2016
A super fast-paced ARCADE TOWER-DEFENSE. Build turrets and shoot your way through hordes of alien scum as you protect multiple rooms simultaneously.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
tbd
We Are The Dwarves

We Are The Dwarves

Platform: PC
February 25, 2016
Imagine an inverted galaxy, a dwarven race built off of stars and the danger of extinction as they begin to burn out. This is the setup as you embark on your journey to help 3 dwarven astronauts find the salvation for their race.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
7.3
Death by Game Show

Death by Game Show

Platform: PC
January 22, 2016
A twitch-action and strategy game, a hybrid in which reaction and resources are equally important. Inspired by the movie Idiocracy, pop culture, and our skewed sense of humor, this is a twist on frenetic-off-the-wall-strategy.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
tbd
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak

Platform: PC
January 20, 2016
A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
8.0
Total War: Attila - Age of Charlemagne

Total War: Attila - Age of Charlemagne

Platform: PC
December 10, 2015
The world lays in tatters, exhausted, bleeding, scarred and burnt, the people desperate. But even after the apocalypse there are men willing to give everything to return to light, to knowledge, to civilization. Whatever the cost, and whatever the means... It is the age of a chosen few, an age of greatness, when the first true kings built vast kingdoms from the ashes of past empires... it is the Age of Charlemagne.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
8.4
Impossible Creatures Steam Edition

Impossible Creatures Steam Edition

Platform: PC
November 11, 2015
Set in a fantastic 1930s world, “Impossible Creatures” is a 3-D, real-time strategy game by Relic Entertainment the creators of Homeworld, Dawn of War and Company of Heroes that pits the player against an evil villain in a desperate campaign across a chain of remote and diverse islands. Using Earth’s most formidable animals as building blocks, the player must create an army of genetically-altered mutant monsters in a titanic struggle to protect an unsuspecting world.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void

Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void

Platform: PC
November 10, 2015
StarCraft II continues the epic saga of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg. These three distinct and powerful races clash once again in the fast-paced real-time strategy sequel to the legendary original, StarCraft. Legions of veteran, upgraded, and brand-new unit types do battle across the galaxy, as each faction struggles for survival. Featuring a unique single-player campaign that picks up where StarCraft: Brood War left off, StarCraft II presents a cast of new heroes and familiar faces in an edgy sci-fi story filled with adventure and intrigue. In addition, Blizzard again offers unparalleled online play through Battle.net, the company's world-renowned gaming service, with several enhancements and new features to make StarCraft II the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game. Features fast-paced, hard-hitting, tightly balanced competitive real-time strategy gameplay that recaptures and improves on the magic of the original game. New units and gameplay mechanics further distinguish each race. Vibrant new 3D-graphics engine with support for dazzling visual effects and massive unit and army sizes. Full map-making and scripting tools to give players incredible freedom in customizing and personalizing their gameplay experience. [Blizzard]
Metascore:
88
User Score:
8.3
Conflicks - Revolutionary Space Battles

Conflicks - Revolutionary Space Battles

Platform: PC
November 5, 2015
Conflicks in essence is a top-down physics-based RTS game set in space, and plays almost like a game of marbles where players must flick their ships across space. With single and multiplayer, each user has a Flagship at their disposal and they must colonize planets with hen houses to produce Metamatter (the resource in Conflicks) which they can use to manufacture other ships out of. The best way to describe it would be chaotic real-time strategy!
Metascore:
63
User Score:
tbd
Ashes of the Singularity

Ashes of the Singularity

Platform: PC
October 22, 2015
Humanity long ago shed its mortal skin and developed into beings of pure consciousness. But the Singularity is a thing of the past and the very future of human existence is being threatened. Though the post-humans wield godlike power, they find themselves at war for domination of not just the Milky Way but all galaxies with Haalee, the sentient AI, who is bent on saving the universe from post-human predation.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.8
Ceres (2015)

Ceres (2015)

Platform: PC
October 16, 2015
Take control of a squadron of ships in full 3D space combat. Explore, battle and trade your way through a pirate, machine and monster-infested solar system.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
tbd
Grand Ages: Medieval

Grand Ages: Medieval

Platform: PC
September 25, 2015
Grand Ages: Medieval is a real-time strategy game from Gaming Minds. Lead your people and advance through the decades by utilising construction, research, expansion and conquest in an area extending from Scandinavia and North Africa; to Portugal, the Caucasus and the Middle East. Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe. Experience an exciting campaign with elaborately designed cut-scenes, play by your own rules in free play or test your skills in multiplayer against up to 8 players!
Metascore:
63
User Score:
5.4
Act of Aggression

Act of Aggression

Platform: PC
September 2, 2015
In what is shaping up to be their most ambitious project since Act of War, Eugen Systems will deliver a real-time strategy experience set in the 2020's in a darkly realistic future where 3 major factions fight for their interests. In a world where international crisis and financial order is set in a seemingly unending loop, the shadowy organization known as "The Cartel" attempt to complete a secret agenda with high-tech technology, stolen prototypes and stealthy operatives. Against this looming threat stands the Chimere, a UNO funded, classified military organization specialized in fast strikes, which attempts to maintain global peace and order. Finally, somewhere between the two stands the US Army, worn out by two decades of being kept on a war footing with too few replacements, but still fielding a great deal of battle-hardened veterans.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.1
Renowned Explorers: International Society

Renowned Explorers: International Society

Platform: PC
September 2, 2015
Renowned Explorers: International Society is a strategy adventure game set in a fictitious 19th century world. It introduces a unique attitude-based gameplay that challenges both your tactical and storytelling skills. In this strategic rogue-like you become a famous expedition leader in the 19th century. You form your own crew with the skills and personality to discover legendary treasures, while exploring randomized locations and stories on every new adventure.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
6.4
Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces

Company of Heroes 2: The British Forces

Platform: PC
September 2, 2015
This latest multiplayer standalone entry in the COH2 series features this iconic Allied army. Experience a unique tech-tree that challenges the player to balance the constant trade-off between mobility and defense. Surprise opponents with your development choices and an open end game configuration.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
6.3
Satellite Reign

Satellite Reign

Platform: PC
August 28, 2015
A real-time, class-based strategy game through which you control a team of four agents, each with distinct and unique abilities, collectively battling for control of a simulated, living cyberpunk city.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.8
Breach & Clear: Deadline

Breach & Clear: Deadline

Platform: PC
July 20, 2015
A deadly new breed of human monster is on the rise, and it’s up to players to stop the infestation before it spreads. Breach & Clear: DEADline is the all-new follow up to Breach & Clear, the critically acclaimed and commercially successful hybrid tactical strategy game.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.7
The Masterplan

The Masterplan

Platform: PC
June 4, 2015
The Masterplan is a tactical heist game set in the 70s. Can you achieve the greatest heist in the history of mankind?
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.3
Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy

Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy

Platform: PC
June 4, 2015
Assume charge of Naval Strike Group 7 and lead your fleet to victory in full 3D tactical space combat. Star Hammer: The Vanguard Prophecy is a sci-fi strategy saga that tests your abilities as both capital assault ship Captain and naval fleet Commander.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.0
Heroes of the Storm

Heroes of the Storm

Platform: PC
June 2, 2015
This free-to-play online team brawler assembles a diverse cast of characters from Blizzard’s far-flung realms of science fiction and fantasy, including the Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo universes, and challenges them to compete in epic, adrenaline-charged battles. Heroes of the Storm solicits players to customize heroes to suit their style and then team up with friends for some all-out mayhem. The game features an array of gameplay modes for players of every skill level, including Cooperative, in which players team up against computer-controlled opponents, and Quick Match, an accessible way to jump in and play versus others. Experienced players can also join forces against other teams of players in highly competitive, draft-style ranked play. [Blizzard]
Metascore:
86
User Score:
6.3
Interloper

Interloper

Platform: PC
May 21, 2015
Interloper is an online multiplayer real-time strategy game with matches that take only 5 minutes. Instead of destroying your opponent, you win by claiming domain. By predicting your opponent's movements, you corner them to claim the entire map.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.7
Warhammer 40,000: Regicide

Warhammer 40,000: Regicide

Platform: PC
May 4, 2015
Regicide is a novel take on the Warhammer universe, featuring an intense mix of strategy and cinematic gameplay. An original and brutal take on turn-based strategy, Regicide fuses characters, abilities and environments derived from the Warhammer 40,000 universe from Games Workshop, with traditional strategy and new action-heavy gameplay elements.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.6
Space Colony: Steam Edition

Space Colony: Steam Edition

Platform: PC
April 30, 2015
Space Colony: Steam Edition is a remaster of the real-time base builder and strategy game from Firefly Studios, creators of the Stronghold series. In Space Colony you colonize to survive, designing intergalactic bases that keep your crew productive, happy and defended against hostile alien threats.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
8.4
StarDrive 2

StarDrive 2

Platform: PC
April 9, 2015
The core mechanics of the franchise have evolved to incorporate a turn-based strategic layer, featuring realtime battles.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
5.4
War for the Overworld

War for the Overworld

Platform: PC
April 2, 2015
War for the Overworld is a Dungeon Management Game that employs your favourite aspects of the RPG, RTS and god game genres. In War for the Overworld, you will play as a malevolent Underlord with unrivaled dark power and an insatiable desire for bloody conquest. Excavate your dungeon and populate it with dozens of unique rooms that will attract myriad creatures to your halls to work and fight for you. In addition to creatures you have destructive spells and powerful rituals to cast upon any unsuspecting goodly hero (or rival Underlord) who dares trespass your unholy halls.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.8
Bloodsports.TV

Bloodsports.TV

Platform: PC
March 30, 2015
Co-op action set in a deadly post-apocalyptic Sweden.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
6.2
Infinite Crisis

Infinite Crisis

Platform: PC
March 26, 2015
Infinite Crisis is a new entrant into the MOBA genre that delivers a competitive player vs. player battle experience set in the legendary DC Multiverse - a world in which familiar DC Comics characters have been reimagined in startling ways. Featuring a wide variety of DC Comics heroes and villains, Infinite Crisis puts players in control of twisted incarnations of their characters throughout the Multiverse such as Nightmare Batman and Gaslight Catwoman, playing in league with characters including Green Lantern and The Flash.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.6
Etherium

Etherium

Platform: PC
March 25, 2015
In Etherium, three empires are locked in a ruthless struggle to control a distant planet and its moons; this planet contains etherium, a mysterious and precious resource. The player will take the lead of one of the three factions, each with its individual characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, technologies and special skills, such as climate control, espionage and precognition.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
6.3
Vietnam '65

Vietnam '65

Platform: PC
March 5, 2015
It's 1965 and the US ground war in Vietnam happening. As a US Army commander, wage a counter-insurgency to secure the Ia Drang valley, on the border with Cambodia.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
6.8
There Came an Echo

There Came an Echo

Platform: PC
February 24, 2015
There Came an Echo is a real-time strategy in which the player takes command of a small squadron, using an advanced voice recognition system to issue orders. It features a character-driven sci-fi narrative that stars Wil Wheaton, Ashly Burch, Laura Bailey, Yuri Lowenthal, and others.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
5.7
Total War: Attila

Total War: Attila

Platform: PC
February 17, 2015
Set against backdrop of starvation, disease and war, a new power is rising in the East. With a million horsemen supporting him, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and he's got Rome in his sites. Total War: ATTILA thrusts players back to 395 AD world. A time of apocalyptic turmoil at the very dawn of the Dark Ages.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.4
Freaking Meatbags

Freaking Meatbags

Platform: PC
February 4, 2015
Freaking Meatbags throws you into a futuristic world where robots have jobs, cephalopods aren't confined to a single dimension, and humans stand around talking to themselves. As a lowly cleaning robot, your task is to gather precious materials from each world before the solar system explodes. Build a base, mix meatbag DNA, gather resources, and, oh yeah, fend off the nightly robot attacks.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
tbd
Raven's Cry

Raven's Cry

Platform: PC
January 30, 2015
Raven's Cry thrusts you into the dark heart of the Caribbean with the story of Christopher Raven and his quest for revenge against the pirates who killed his family.
Metascore:
27
User Score:
3.4
Grey Goo

Grey Goo

Platform: PC
January 23, 2015
Grey Goo is a real-time strategy game (RTS for short) with roots in classic strategy mechanics. Utilizing traditional base building as its core, the game aims to reinvent the modern standard of RTS gaming by placing emphasis on tactics over micro-management. By freeing players from having to issue hundreds of orders in a match, each decision is made more valuable and can mean the difference between victory and defeat.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.4
Emergency 5

Emergency 5

Platform: PC
November 27, 2014
Direct tense rescue missions on three maps. To succeed, you gradually upgrade your fleet of vehicles and your relief units, and make sure that each unit is in the right place at the right time – if you've always wanted to be an officer in charge of directing fire brigades, the police, technical relief units and paramedics, you've come to the right place. Having the right strategy is essential in order to put a halt to the chaos.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
5.7
Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon

Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon

Platform: PC
November 26, 2014
Warhammer 40,000: Armageddon is set during the Second War for Armageddon. In this hex-based, turn-based game developed by Flashback Games and The Lordz Games Studio, players will lead the Imperial forces of the Armageddon Steel Legion and Space Marines from a variety of Chapters against the Ork invasion through over 30 scenarios, on the hostile terrain of the planet and its gigantic Hive Cities. The game features a complex plot, involving known characters from the Warhammer 40,000 universe and while advancing through the campaign, the player will have the ability to carryover his core force from scenario to scenario.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.7
Fractured Space

Fractured Space

Platform: PC
November 20, 2014
Fractured Space is team-based space combat fought in massive capital ships.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.6
Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault

Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault

Platform: PC
November 17, 2014
Assume control of US Allied forces as they face tactical challenges and harrowing terrain during a surprise offensive manoeuvre led by the relentless resurgent Oberkommando West. Watch the dramatic Battle of the Bulge unfold through the eyes of 3 different Officers.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
6.3
This War of Mine

This War of Mine

Platform: PC
November 14, 2014
In This War of Mine, the focus is shifted away from military operations portrayed in most games. Instead, it is a dark survival game where players control a gaggle of civilians attempting to stay alive in a besieged city. During the day snipers outside stop you from leaving your refuge, offering players time to craft, trade, upgrade their shelter, feed and cure their people. At night they must scavenge nearby areas in search for food, medicines, weapons and other useful items.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.3
Defenders of Time

Defenders of Time

Platform: PC
November 4, 2014
Defend the integrity of time with up to seven other people in this hard core tower defense game. The Defenders of Time takes players to various points in history to wage war against those who might wish to change it in epic team vs team battles.
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
Dungeon of the Endless

Dungeon of the Endless

Platform: PC
October 27, 2014
Dungeon of the Endless is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out... so what could go wrong... open the door!
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.9
Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror

Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror

Platform: PC
October 20, 2014
Poltergeist: A Pixelated Horror is a strategy/puzzle game in which you are a ghost named Henry B. Knight. You will scare the tenants currently living in your house, so you can have some peace at last in the afterlife. Watch them run and scream, scaring them using your intelligence, wit, and with the use of powers like possessions, spectres, altering objects and more. Have fun and play with the occult... and become a Poltergeist! Purchasing this content entitles you to both the PS4 system and PS Vita system versions!
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
Door Kickers

Door Kickers

Platform: PC
October 20, 2014
Door Kickers is a realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.8
Ultimate General: Gettysburg

Ultimate General: Gettysburg

Platform: PC
October 16, 2014
Ultimate General: Gettysburg is a Tactical Battle Simulator that allows you to lead thousands of soldiers in the famous Battle of Gettysburg as commander of either the Union or Confederate army. The game features the most accurately created map, detailed order of battle, complex morale, and innovative control mechanics.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.8
Crusader Kings II: Charlemagne

Crusader Kings II: Charlemagne

Platform: PC
October 14, 2014
Crusader Kings II: Charlemagne is the seventh expansion for the much praised strategy/RPG Crusader Kings II and introduces the gamer to an absorbing story of conquests of Charlemagne. This expansion moves the game back almost a 100 years to 769 AD and will offer a unique new story driven narrative about the rise of Charlemagne and The Holy Roman Empire. It’s more of what you’ve come to know and love from Paradox Development Studios. Crusader Kings II explores one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Strategy where medieval times is brought to life in this epic game of knights, schemes, and thrones...
Metascore:
80
User Score:
6.8
Starpoint Gemini 2

Starpoint Gemini 2

Platform: PC
September 26, 2014
Starpoint Gemini 2, like its predecessor Starpoint Gemini (2011), is an open-world 3D space simulation that combines powerful RPG mechanics with the frenzy of space combat, creating a particular blend that sets itself apart from all other games in the genre.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
8.4
Meridian: New World

Meridian: New World

Platform: PC
September 26, 2014
Step into the role of Daniel Hanson, commander of the first mission to a remote planet called Meridian. Assured of the fact that the planet is uninhabited, the unexpected reception of a distress call from the surface could mean many things, none of which you are prepared for.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
6.3
DG2: Defense Grid 2

DG2: Defense Grid 2

Platform: PC
September 23, 2014
The sequel to the tower defense game of the same name, Defense Grid 2 introduces new worlds and threats to test your tower placement strategies. With a new look and the addition of new game modes, player-versus-player and multiplayer co-op, every play-through brings fun new opportunities and challenges.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
6.8
Stronghold: Crusader II

Stronghold: Crusader II

Platform: PC
September 22, 2014
When it was first released in 2002 Stronghold Crusader put a unique twist on the gameplay of the original Stronghold by focusing on skirmish gameplay and replayability above all else. Recently Stronghold Crusader HD gave the game a new lease of life, offered as a free update for existing owners of the game and made available for purchase on GOG and Steam. Crusader 2 has been on the mind of Lead Designer Simon Bradbury since the release of Stronghold Crusader in 2002. It is only now, having become a fully independent studio, that Firefly feel comfortable delivering a worthy sequel to their fans’ favourite game. As a developer their mission is to recapture the addictive, intense gameplay that made the original Crusader a classic. Players can also expect new visuals, a reworked battle interface, new AI characters, environmental threats, new units and real-time physics.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.0
Cannon Brawl

Cannon Brawl

Platform: PC
September 19, 2014
Cannon Brawl is a 2D action strategy game with big explosions and destructible terrain. Command the action from your airship to build cannons, capture mines, expand your territory and more. Choose from a multitude of buildings, cannons and towers to assemble a force that will rain destruction from the sky and defeat your enemy! Advance your military campaign across the map in single player mode, or duke it out in multiplayer mode.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
5.8
SPACECOM

SPACECOM

Platform: PC
September 17, 2014
Spacecom is a strategic-to-the-bone starfleet-command game with a heavy focus on multiplayer. Using three types of fleets (siege, invade, battle) and four types of planetary systems (hubs, shipyards, repairyards and supply systems) command your armies to dominate in the galaxy. Capture enemy hubs using proven maneuvers learned from military legends (blitzkrieg, burnt-ground, cut supply lines, outflanking) or devise your own plans. Exalt smart thinking over fast clicking in galaxies with up to six players in MP mode.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.7
Planetary Annihilation

Planetary Annihilation

Platform: PC
July 18, 2014
Planetary Annihilation brings Real-Time Strategy to a new generation of gamers in a way they've never been seen before - taking large scale real time strategy games from the past to gameplay on a planetary scale.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
5.6
Europa Universalis IV: Res Publica

Europa Universalis IV: Res Publica

Platform: PC
July 16, 2014
Res Publica is the third expansion for the much lauded strategy game Europa Universalis IV, that introduces new and unique ways to rule over your populace and govern your nation. Featuring the introduction of a new government type, this latest expansion also offers new idea groups to explore as well as new gameplay elements for Republics and Dictatorship. Res Publica elevates the art of governance and exploration by allowing the player to experience new ways of receiving bonuses, whilst expanding on their trade empire.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.1
The Red Solstice

The Red Solstice

Platform: PC
July 10, 2014
A tactical eight-player co-op survival game set in the distant future on Mars. Join the fight and lead your customized squad as you roam freely over huge maps, completing random objectives and dealing with random events. The goal is to strategize, survive and conquer by any means necessary.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.4
Company of Heroes 2: The Western Front Armies

Company of Heroes 2: The Western Front Armies

Platform: PC
June 23, 2014
The Western Front Armies is available as a stand-alone package that represents an entry point into the franchise and access to the vibrant Company of Heroes 2 community. New players can also access 23 existing Company of Heroes 2 maps in auto-match, and play against all other existing factions.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
6.9
Space Run

Space Run

Platform: PC
June 13, 2014
Space Run is a real-time spaceship construction strategy game. Space Run takes the well-known Tower Defense-style gameplay and twists it, challenging you to manage and protect a spaceship and its cargo against the hazards of deep space.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.6
Anomaly Defenders

Anomaly Defenders

Platform: PC
May 29, 2014
Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series. The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders. Now, the tables have turned. The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.5
Europa Universalis IV: Wealth of Nations

Europa Universalis IV: Wealth of Nations

Platform: PC
May 29, 2014
The expansion allows you to create trade conflicts in secret, steal from your competitors with the use of privateers, use peace treaties to gain trade power and create a new trade capital to strengthen your grasp over trade. The age of exploration is brought to life in this epic game of trade, diplomacy, warfare and exploration by Paradox Development Studio, the Masters of Strategy. Europa Universalis IV gives you control of a nation to rule an empire that lasts through the ages.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.5
War, the Game

War, the Game

Platform: PC
May 13, 2014
A real-time strategy for PC rigs in a realistic present day setting. The controls are intuitive, the game rules are simple and transparent. The game focuses on strategy and the use of ones brain to complete the scenarios. The map is a spherical version of earth.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.3
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

Age of Mythology: Extended Edition

Platform: PC
May 8, 2014
The classic real time strategy game that transports players to a time when heroes did battle with monsters of legend and the gods intervened in the affairs of mortals. Use mythological creatures like Minotaurs and Cyclopes to bolster your armies' strength. Call upon the gods for assistance in flattening enemy towns with meteors or scatter opposing troops with lightning storms. The Extended Edition includes: Age of Mythology Age of Mythology: The Titans Golden Gift Campaign
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.6
Wargame: Red Dragon

Wargame: Red Dragon

Platform: PC
April 17, 2014
The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.9
SMITE

SMITE

Platform: PC
March 25, 2014
Players choose from a selection of mythical gods, join session-based arena combat, and use custom powers and team tactics against other player-controlled gods and non-player controlled minions.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.0
Crusader Kings II: Rajas of India

Crusader Kings II: Rajas of India

Platform: PC
March 25, 2014
Rise up from the ashes of turmoil and anarchy to rule over a land fragmented into petty fiefs. Now is the time to take control. Now is the time for greatness. Crusader Kings II: Rajas of India is the sixth expansion for the strategy/RPG Crusader Kings II and focuses on Eastern Persia and India. The expansion Rajas of India extends the map to the east, including the entire Indian subcontinent, and allows you to play as a Hindu, Buddhist or Jain ruler. Can you defend Dharma against foreign invaders and bring order to the subcontinent?
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.2
Men of War: Assault Squad 2

Men of War: Assault Squad 2

Platform: PC
March 20, 2014
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 features new single player style skirmish modes that take players from extreme tank combat to deadly sniper stealth missions.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.4
Dragons and Titans

Dragons and Titans

Platform: PC
March 12, 2014
Dragons and Titans is a rapidly-paced MOBA with classic RPG elements. Select from over thirty unique dragons and thirty legendary weapons. Upgrade dragons and craft weapons to unlock more power. Free your Titan in 5v5 PvP battles across 3 different map types or play in ‘Adventure Mode’, traveling across different regions and unlocking rewards.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
7.2
Infested Planet

Infested Planet

Platform: PC
March 6, 2014
Infested Planet is a tactical RTS, giving players the command of 5 soldiers and pitting them against a swarm of 100,000 aliens. To defeat this numerous enemy, players will have to employ their entire arsenal of weapons, buildings and technologies. Constructing everything from artillery cannons to heavily armoured minigun specialists, the marine team must push back the encroaching alien menace. The aliens have a few tricks at their disposal as well. They can mutate to gain new abilities, challenging the player with new problems. Potential commanders will need to adapt quickly or risk being overrun.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.7
Warhammer 40,000: Storm of Vengeance

Warhammer 40,000: Storm of Vengeance

Platform: PC
February 27, 2014
Storm of Vengeance tells the story of a pivotal moment in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, during the legendary planetary conflict on Piscina IV. Featuring two of Games Workshop's most cherished characters, Grand Master Belial and Ork Warlord Ghazghkull Thraka, Storm of Vengeance offers the player the chance to command the tenacious defence of the planet with only 100 Dark Angel Space Marines, or attempt it’s annihilation using the cunning of the Ork Waaagh! and their telly-porta technology.
Metascore:
33
User Score:
1.3
Line Of Defense Tactics - Tactical Advantage

Line Of Defense Tactics - Tactical Advantage

Platform: PC
February 11, 2014
Line Of Defense Tactics is a real-time strategy combat game for a range of mobile devices, laptops and desktops. The game is based on the world of the Line Of Defense MMO in which players command a team of four Galactic Command (GALCOM) marines in highly classified missions which take place in space and on planets. Equip your team with all types of inventory items, including weapons of mass destruction, space and planetary vehicles as they fight hard to accomplish their missions based on issue #0 of the Line Of Defense comic by DC Comics.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
1.2
Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise

Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise

Platform: PC
January 14, 2014
Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise is the first expansion for the critically praised empire building game Europa Universalis IV, focusing on exploration of the new world and the Native American nations.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.7
Total War: Rome II - Caesar in Gaul

Total War: Rome II - Caesar in Gaul

Platform: PC
December 12, 2013
Caesar in Gaul is a standalone campaign pack for Total War: ROME II covering Julius Caesar’s war of expansion against the Gaulish tribes. Players can choose from four playable factions in this conflict: the Gallic Arverni, the Germanic Suebi, the Belgic Nervii and Rome, in a campaign inspired by Caesar’s Commentarii de bello Gallico (Commentaries on the Gallic war). Offering a tighter scope in terms of time and geography than Rome II (58-51BC), the Caesar in Gaul Campaign Map is an expanded, more detailed vision of Gaul and the south coast of Britannia. A war of great profit and glory for Caesar, this conflict made him extremely popular with the people of Rome... though less so with the senators, who saw him gathering power to himself in a series of events that ultimately lead to his ascension to Dictator.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
4.7
Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham

Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham

Platform: PC
November 18, 2013
Crusader Kings II: Sons of Abraham is the fifth expansion for the strategy/RPG , focusing on the Abrahamic religions; Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Get your bishops appointed cardinals and tap the might of the Papacy, borrow money from the Knights Templar and send troublesome relatives off to live out their days in a monastery. Sons of Abraham also introduces the Jewish religion and allows you to recreate the Kingdom of Israel and rebuild the Temple in Jerusalem. The expansion for Crusader Kings II explores one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by Paradox Development Studio, the masters of Grand Strategy. Medieval Europe is brought to life in this epic game of knights, schemes, and thrones.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.7
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