PC Real-Time Games

I, Zombie

I, Zombie

Platform: PC
November 1, 2013
In I, Zombie you play as the leader of a zombie horde and your goal is to infect all humans on the map. Whenever you infect a human you turn him into a one of your kind and you can use him against armed soldiers. Youre also able to command your horde to either attack the enemies, follow you or wait for orders. Each scenario requires tactical approach and careful planning to achieve success.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
5.1
Defense Technica

Defense Technica

Platform: PC
October 24, 2013
The genre-defining 3D Tower Defense game, Defense Technica! Think you know tower defense? Think again.Experience a new kind of Defense game with Defense Technica, featuring stunning 3D graphics and ground-breaking new features like path rotation, tower construction, tower upgrades, and card collection and combination! * Unsupported devices: iPhone 3GS, 3rd/4th Gen iPod Touch, iPad 1* You may lose data if you update while playing as a guest. * Please sign up for a Hub account before updating.Defense Technica is the ultimate 3D Tower Defense Game! Check out these groundbreaking features:Path Rotation & Tower Building- Build towers in strategic places to defend against incoming enemies, and rotate paths.- Upgrade towers to increase striking power against the waves of incoming enemies.- Defeat enemies to receive a variety of resources to upgrade your tower.Collect & Combine Tower Cards- Use the special upgrade card system to create your own unique cards and upgrades.- Sell or combine unwanted cards to get new cards.Ether Repair & Attack Items- Later stages and waves have stronger enemies and continuous attacks.- Use Ether items to annihilate enemies and to repair your core. * This game supports English, français, Deutsch, ??, ?? and ???.* This is a singleplayer game. When deleting or initializing the game, please use the data backup/restoration service in options.* Follow Com2uS on Twitter for the latest game updates! http://twitter.com/com2us---------------------COM2US GAMES ---------------------- Golf Star™- Tiny Pop- The World of Magic- Homerun Battle 2- Heroes War™---------------------ABOUT COM2US ---------------------Follow us! twitter.com/Com2uS Like us on Facebook!facebook.com/Com2uS Tips and Updates com2us.com
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.7
Prime World

Prime World

Platform: PC
October 1, 2013
Prime World is a full-scale downloadable game with a meaningful cross-platform, social experience. Players will face off in intense, player-versus-player fighting and will also build their castles and enjoy social gaming features through a web browser and mobile devices, enabled with Android or iOS as the castle-building gameplay is developed on the Unity 3D engine.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.0
Aarklash: Legacy

Aarklash: Legacy

Platform: PC
September 12, 2013
Aarklash: Legacy is a tactical role playing game centered around the principles of planification and strategy. Master tactical combat through the use of active pause to coordinate the various heroes and their skills. Play cleverly to defeat all the merciless creatures living in Aarklash. Learn their weaknesses and send them to their graves. Sharpen your skills/techniques and attempt to defeat the game in Ragnarok mode, if you dare.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.8
Total War: Rome II

Total War: Rome II

Platform: PC
September 2, 2013
Become the world’s first superpower and command the most incredible and vast war machine of the Ancient world. Dominate the enemies of your glorious empire by military, economic and political means. Your ascendency will yield admiration from your followers but will also attract greed and jealousy, even from your closest allies. Will betrayal strike you down, or will you be the first to turn on old friends? How much are you ready to sacrifice for your vision of Rome? Will you fight to save the Republic, or plot to rule alone as Dictator — as Emperor? Total War: Rome 2.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
4.4
Guardians of Middle-Earth

Guardians of Middle-Earth

Platform: PC
August 29, 2013
Guardians of Middle-earth brings up to 10 players together in five versus five competitive multiplayer battle arenas in the epic setting of Middle-earth. The game offers more than 20 iconic guardians, including Gandalf, Sauron, Gollum, Thrain and many more, for players to control in player versus player (PVP) matches. Gamers will have the ability to connect with other players via an in-game voice communication system, as well as access to a comprehensive online stat and leader board system where they can track friends' victories and defeats, and more.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
6.0
PixelJunk Monsters: Ultimate

PixelJunk Monsters: Ultimate

Platform: PC
August 26, 2013
Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them. By placing weapon towers at strategic points around the landscape, you can destroy the invaders and save the little ones. Collect treasure along the way to build up your arsenal and pay for new towers - countless waves of monsters are out to get the Tiki babies, so you need to be prepared to fight hard!
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.4
Europa Universalis IV

Europa Universalis IV

Platform: PC
August 13, 2013
Europa Universalis IV explores the world history in an experience crafted by Paradox Development Studio, the masters of Grand Strategy. The experiences of true exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy will be brought to life in this epic title rife with rich strategic and tactical depth.
Metascore:
87
User Score:
8.7
CastleStorm

CastleStorm

Platform: PC
July 29, 2013
CastleStorm features medieval ballista weaponry, allowing players to launch an assortment of explosive weapons including Morningstars, Apple Grenades, Homing Eagles, and even flying sheep to defeat an onslaught of enemies trying to capture your flag and destroy your castle. Deploy a fearsome ground attack of swordsmen, knights, and donkey riders in order to protect your castle games, and if all else fails, call upon powerful spells to help keep the enemy at bay.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.7
Citadels

Citadels

Platform: PC
July 25, 2013
In Citadels, the player experiences the Arthurian legend in two campaigns; one fighting on the side of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, and the other on the side of Morgana and Mordred. Citadels tells a spellbinding story in a time of kings, noble knights, and mighty castles. It offers epic battles with extraordinary characters and numerous tactical options.
Metascore:
20
User Score:
1.2
Dota 2

Dota 2

Platform: PC
July 9, 2013
Dota 2 features the characters and factions from the original Defense of the Ancients title with new features.
Metascore:
90
User Score:
6.5
Company of Heroes 2

Company of Heroes 2

Platform: PC
June 25, 2013
It is 1941 and the beginning of what will become the most brutal conflict of World War II, as Germany launches a full-scale invasion of the frozen tundra of the Soviet Union which would result in over 14 million military casualties. Take command of the iconic Soviet Red Army in brutal frontline warfare to free Mother Russia from the invading Nazis. Your strategic skills and tactical expertise hold the power to tip the very balance of this conflict in the sequel to the critically acclaimed and multi award-winning Company of Heroes. Engage in visceral tactical combat that will define you as a military leader and challenge you to wield the might of the Soviet Empire as you smash your way to Berlin.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
2.2
Prime World: Defenders

Prime World: Defenders

Platform: PC
June 5, 2013
Prime World: Defenders merges classic tower defense gameplay with collectible card mechanic.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.7
Wargame: AirLand Battle

Wargame: AirLand Battle

Platform: PC
May 29, 2013
Wargame: AirLand Battle allows players to command all military resources of the Cold War era from tanks to planes. A total of 150 planes strengthen the playable arsenal of the game, from fighters to bombers to electronic warfare planes. Four new nations and their vehicles join the original eight from the first installment, making a total of over 750 vehicles and combat units rendered in realistic detail! Wargame: AirLand Battle also brings authenticity to the next level thanks to a new weapons system, better handling of fire effects, and a new Urban Combat Interface (UCI) allowing for battle inside cities.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
8.1
Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods

Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods

Platform: PC
May 28, 2013
Crusader Kings II: The Old Gods lets players step into the boots of a pagan chieftain, approaching the brutal backstabbing world of Crusader Kings through invasion, adventure, and holy war.
Metascore:
88
User Score:
8.6
Anomaly 2

Anomaly 2

Platform: PC
May 15, 2013
11 Bit's Secret Game is an unannounced title from 11 bit that is scheduled to be announced on February 28th.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.7
StarDrive

StarDrive

Platform: PC
April 26, 2013
In StarDrive, you will design your own race to lead into the stars. You will find new worlds to colonize and conquer, meet strange aliens to trade with or war upon, and implement strategies to promote trade within and growth of your interstellar empire. Expand your military forces by researching new technologies and ship designs. And, when provoked by alien warmongering or the urge to conquer, lead your customized fleets and ships into pulse-pounding battles for supremacy of the galaxy.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
6.8
Victoria II: Heart of Darkness

Victoria II: Heart of Darkness

Platform: PC
April 16, 2013
Victoria II: Heart of Darkness, the second expansion for the grand strategy/ political simulator focuses on the Scramble for Africa as you compete with other colonial powers and experience international crises which require Great Power mediation if the world is to avoid war. Become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century in Victoria II, an experience crafted by Paradox Development Studio, the masters of Grand Strategy.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.7
Age of Empires II: HD Edition

Age of Empires II: HD Edition

Platform: PC
April 9, 2013
In Age of Empires II: HD Edition, fans of the original game and new players alike will fall in love with the classic Age of Empires II experience. Explore all the original single player campaigns from both Age of Kings and The Conquerors expansion, choose from 18 civilizations spanning over a thousand years of history, and head online to challenge other Steam players in your quest for world domination throughout the ages. Originally developed by Ensemble Studios and reimagined in high definition by Hidden Path Entertainment, Microsoft Studios is proud to bring Age of Empires II: HD Edition to Steam!
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.9
Cubemen 2

Cubemen 2

Platform: PC
April 8, 2013
Cubemen 2 is a fast paced, action packed, original 3D Strategy game where you use your little Cubemen units to defend and attack enemies in a range of awesome game modes including CTF, Skirmish, Territory and more.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.8
Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm

Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm

Platform: PC
March 12, 2013
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:
86
User Score:
8.0
March of the Eagles

March of the Eagles

Platform: PC
February 18, 2013
The wargame March of the Eagles is dedicated to the era 1805-1815 focused on the dramatic conflicts of Europe. March of the Eagles explores one of the defining periods in European history in an experience crafted by Paradox Development Studio, the masters of Grand Strategy and makers of Hearts of Iron and Europa Universalis. The Napoleonic War is brought to life in this war-focused strategy game.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.9
Dungeonland

Dungeonland

Platform: PC
January 29, 2013
A theme park is a magical place reserved only for children, right? Wrong. DEAD wrong. Dungeonland redefines the idea of having "fun" in a fantasy theme park as it attempts to entrap your heroes and let them line up for their demise. Playing as the Rogue, the Warrior, or the Mage, heroes will adventure in a classic co-op dungeon crawl, with a sinister twist: three players can play as the daring heroes, while a fourth takes on the role of Dungeonland's Game Master, using a pool of traps and monsters to annihilate their unwelcome guests! Featuring hero customization, looting and dozens of items, Dungeonland is an amoral, atypical take on asymmetric gameplay.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.5
Crusader Kings II: The Republic

Crusader Kings II: The Republic

Platform: PC
January 14, 2013
Crusader Kings II: The Republic introduces a silk route's wealth of new features, including lobbying to become Doge, where investing money in the campaign coffers will make up for lack of family ties and prestige. Cold hard cash is king here, may the richest man win!
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.4
Fieldrunners 2

Fieldrunners 2

Platform: PC
January 10, 2013
Build epic mazes out of powerful weapons to defend the world from the invading fieldrunners!
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.5
Frozen Hearth

Frozen Hearth

Platform: PC
November 27, 2012
Frozen Hearth is an RTS blended with RPG features to create a new experience for lovers of Real-Time Strategy games. Set in its own unique, Dark-Fantasy world-setting, you can play alone, or co-operatively with a friend, through an epic and brutal campaign.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
4.9
Cortex Command

Cortex Command

Platform: PC
September 28, 2012
Mine precious gold from the deformable pixel terrain in order to buy more and better ships, soldiers, weapons, digging tools, and deployable defenses. Use these assets to defend your disembodied brain and bankrupt your opponent! Old-school 2D sidescroller pixel graphics coupled with an extremely detailed physics simulation makes for a mix of nostalgia and surprising gameplay.
Metascore:
44
User Score:
7.3
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission

Carrier Command: Gaea Mission

Platform: PC
September 28, 2012
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission, set in the Gaea Universe and based on a story adapted from the science fiction trilogy of novels, reinvents the classic gameplay of the original Carrier Command released in 1988 in next-gen experience.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
5.6
Tryst

Tryst

Platform: PC
September 14, 2012
Tryst is an RTS game set in the distant future where humans find themselves at war with a mechanical alien race known as the Zali. In Tryst, the player takes command of one of these two factions as they wage war on a distant world where their opponent won't be all that's vying for their attention! Tryst is a competitive RTS in which players experience reactive environmental dangers, a breadth of unique units and most importantly the A.R.M. - the Augmentation Research Mechanism. This last feature allows the player to equip units with specific load-outs to change their natural advantages and disadvantages.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
6.2
FTL: Faster Than Light

FTL: Faster Than Light

Platform: PC
September 14, 2012
You manage the Kestrel and its crew as you explore the galaxy. Strategic, real-time combat involves managing power between essential systems and choosing which enemy systems to target. Meanwhile, you control your crew to keep the ship functioning and fight off intruders. The combat is difficult but, being a "roguelike-like" game, frequent permadeath is at the core of the experience. While exploring the galaxy you will encounter a variety of situations requiring decision making that can result in many outcomes. Since all events are randomly generated, each play-through will be significantly different.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.3
Shad'O

Shad'O

Platform: PC
September 4, 2012
Shad'O is a unique Tower defense game that will immerse you in the story of William, a 9-year-old boy lost in his own mind, fighting to save his memory. He will get help from his luminous companions in his struggle to remember what happened to him.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.6
Beware Planet Earth!

Beware Planet Earth!

Platform: PC
August 30, 2012
Beware Planet Earth! is a mix of classic tower defense and time management. Save your cows from the Martian invasion by building an effective defense using towers, traps and objects, and also by firing your Zapper directly at the invading force of little green men!
Metascore:
68
User Score:
5.1
Starvoid

Starvoid

Platform: PC
August 30, 2012
The player takes the role of a mercenary commander in the outer rims of the galaxy, fighting for control over the rare spaceship fuel Starvoid. On the battlefield, the player has an arsenal of combat droids, vehicles and ingenious abilities ranging from deployable machine gun turrets and minefields to repair nanoids and orbital rocket strikes. Everything is constantly refilled as the commander instantly is allowed to re-enter the battlefield after being eliminated.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
6.0
Tower Wars

Tower Wars

Platform: PC
August 14, 2012
Hello there, good sir! Or is it madam, perhaps? Well, thats neither here, nor there! Matters of far greater importance are at hand! It would appear that, through the peculiar optical contraption that youre staring into, you have managed to find yourself here! Where is here, you ask? Why, in the midst of Tower Wars, of course! I must say, its jolly good to have you on board! We need all of the fodder.... ERRR... HELP... yes, yes... all of the help we can get. Tower Wars is a new and unique spin on the competitive multi-player tower defense genre! The game combines elements of tower defense, real-time strategy, and all-out multi-player mayhem to bring you a completely unique experience, delivered with a fun and funny not-so-old world style!
Metascore:
59
User Score:
6.6
Iron Brigade

Iron Brigade

Platform: PC
August 13, 2012
Iron Brigade is a third-person shooter in which players pilot and control giant weaponized mechs to defend against robotic enemies.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
5.5
Awesomenauts

Awesomenauts

Platform: PC
August 1, 2012
The game features the most awesome mercenaries in the galaxy in their fight for territorial supremacy. Awesomenauts brings Russian monkeys with jetpacks, giant robots, and lots of other mighty aliens to the two-dimensional console battlefield. Combining classic platforming-action with modern online multiplayer functionality, the action-packed gameplay offers everything the 16-bit generation and modern gamers love.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
8.0
Orcs Must Die! 2

Orcs Must Die! 2

Platform: PC
July 30, 2012
Orcs Must Die! 2 begins days after the ending of the original game. With the rifts closed and the magical Order dead, the War Mage finds himself suddenly thrust into a new battle against the mindless orc mob. He has a powerful, if questionable, new companion in the Sorceress, an ex-War Mage responsible for the destruction of the Order.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.9
Gemini Wars

Gemini Wars

Platform: PC
June 8, 2012
Gemini Wars is a Real Time Strategy Game set in space, featuring an epic campaign controlling fleets of ships in massive battles.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
6.4
Port Royale 3: Pirates and Merchants

Port Royale 3: Pirates and Merchants

Platform: PC
May 4, 2012
In Port Royale 3, players will embark upon an epic adventure through the Caribbean during the 17th century.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
6.6
Toy Soldiers

Toy Soldiers

Platform: PC
April 27, 2012
Put your foot soldiers, snipers, cavalry, and fighter pilots to the test in Toy Soldiers. Poised to be a smash hit on Xbox LIVE Arcade, Toy Soldiers is an action packed strategy-based game in which players command antique WWI toy soldiers vying for control of the trench-filled battlefields of Europe. Deploy an exciting arsenal such as tanks, cavalry, biplanes, and flamethrowers in vintage WWI toy dioramas. Developed by Signal Studios exclusively for Xbox 360, Toy Soldiers allows you to take control of individual units or control the entire battlefield from a strategic view. Integrating multiple game genres and world-class visuals, Toy Soldiers is a unique and action-packed entertainment experience!
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.4
Super Monday Night Combat

Super Monday Night Combat

Platform: PC
April 19, 2012
Uber Entertainment follows up on its original class-based shooter with a new freemium business model, new classes, modes, maps, and more.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
3.7
Men of War: Condemned Heroes

Men of War: Condemned Heroes

Platform: PC
April 12, 2012
Take command of one of these notorious companies and lead it to victory against all odds through most of the war on the Eastern front. Fight from desperate battles in 1942 in the area of Volyn in the Ukraine, to the massive operation "Bagration" in the Brest area, Magnush bridgehead and Warsaw area in Poland and finally to attacks on the German Altdam and Stettin near the end of the war.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
6.5
Naval War: Arctic Circle

Naval War: Arctic Circle

Platform: PC
April 10, 2012
Naval War: Arctic Circle is a first in a series of Real Time Strategy (RTS) games where the player battle enemy naval and aerial forces questing for power and ultimate world domination.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
5.8
Confrontation

Confrontation

Platform: PC
April 4, 2012
The game is set in the fantastic and original universe of Confrontation, Aarklash. As the Age of Rag'narok is approaching, four factions are fighting for their own cause and struggling for domination over the land: the brutal Orcs of the Tree-Spirit, the ferocious Wolfen packs, the fearsome Griffon warriors or the terrifying creatures of the Scorpion.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
5.0
Defenders of Ardania

Defenders of Ardania

Platform: PC
March 14, 2012
Defenders of Ardania is a next-generation tower defense game that is being developed for four different platforms.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
4.6
Cubemen

Cubemen

Platform: PC
February 22, 2012
Cubemen is a fast paced, action packed, original 3D Tower Defense game that mixes TD with RTS in single player & online multi-­player awesomeness! Get ready for some crazy Cubemen action! It’s the age old struggle between Good vs Bad, Blue vs Red, Little men vs Little men. Use your own little Cubemen to defend your base from other little Cubemen that are trying to run it over. It’s the usual story, but with many very interesting twists. Play a purely defense game in various modes on a sweet selection of levels, or go into Skirmish mode and play a new type of TD game against either the computer or another human opponent. That’s right.. Two way REAL-­TIME TD against the computer or a real person! It’s TD like you’ve never seen or experienced before.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
6.3
Wargame: European Escalation

Wargame: European Escalation

Platform: PC
February 22, 2012
Set in the rarely explored period of 1975-1985, Wargame pits NATO (USA and Western Europe) against the Warsaw Pact (Soviet and Eastern European countries) in battles that explore “what could have been.” The specter of nuclear warfare loomed large over the real Cold War, but this catastrophic outcome was the ultimate last resort as everyone knew that the first one to start nuclear hostilities would end up wiped out just the same. Large, armored offensives through Europe would certainly have been the core of this hypothetical war; and this is what the game’s explosive campaign takes you through!
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.2
Crusader Kings II

Crusader Kings II

Platform: PC
February 14, 2012
In Crusader Kings II, you will get to control one of the great Christian dynasties of the West, attempt to conquer all of Europe, and liberate the Holy Land.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
8.7
Cannon Fodder 3

Cannon Fodder 3

Platform: PC
February 9, 2012
Cannon Fodder 3 is a tactical action game, which inherited the style and traditions of the original game. The war goes on and its scale is nearly the same as before. 500 conscripts are sent to meet their destiny. What awaits them? A general's stars or a bed of honor?
Metascore:
49
User Score:
5.3
Fray (2012)

Fray (2012)

Platform: PC
February 8, 2012
Fray is a gritty sci-fi game set in 2098, a world where civil society is on the brink of collapse.
Metascore:
27
User Score:
2.1
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action

Jagged Alliance: Back in Action

Platform: PC
February 8, 2012
Jagged Alliance: Back in Action revives the top-selling Jagged Alliance series of mercenary-themed strategy games with significant updates to visuals and gameplay. Back in Action will showcase a fully updated experience, with modernized gameplay, state-of-the-art graphics and premium production values.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
5.5
Victoria II: A House Divided

Victoria II: A House Divided

Platform: PC
January 24, 2012
A House Divided is a digital download expansion for Victoria II.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.5
Unstoppable Gorg

Unstoppable Gorg

Platform: PC
January 19, 2012
Unstoppable Gorg is a thrilling space defense game inspired by vintage sci-fi from the 1940s and 50s. Expect wholesome heroes, rubbery aliens and dodgy special effects as we pay homage to a great era of film. In Unstoppable Gorg you defend our solar system from the relentless march of a fearsome alien race by sending satellites into orbit around planets, moons and space stations. Unlike other tower defense style games, in Unstoppable Gorg you can move your satellites around their orbits to best defend against each wave, a convention defying mechanic that brings new vitality and interaction to the tower defense genre.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
6.7
Anno 2070

Anno 2070

Platform: PC
November 17, 2011
Developed by Related Designs in collaboration with Blue Byte, Anno 2070 takes place in a near-future environment where climate change has forced humanity to adapt to rising sea levels that have left stretches of once-fertile land completely inhospitable. Players need to master new technologies while facing numerous ecological challenges to build their empires. Anno 2070 offers players the ability to be architects of the future and create the world of tomorrow.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.1
Stronghold 3

Stronghold 3

Platform: PC
October 24, 2011
Stronghold 3 is the third installment in the award winning castle-building series.
Metascore:
47
User Score:
3.0
Dungeon Defenders

Dungeon Defenders

Platform: PC
October 18, 2011
Dungeon Defenders is an original hybrid of two hot genres: Tower Defense and online Action-RPG! The game puts players in the role of one of four distinctive hero classes, tasked with fending off hordes of invading beasties by strategically summoning a variety of Defenses & Traps throughout their castle. But as far more than a strategy game, players directly participate in the action-packed combat with their hero characters, while upgrading their statistics, gathering tons of loot and inventory items, customizing & upgrading equipment, and developing unique class abilities. All of this can be enjoyed in seamless online and split-screen local multiplayer, as players cooperate and compete through the story campaign and challenge missions to build the strongest heroes and achieve the highest scores in the kingdom. Combining the depth of strategic gaming with the satisfying action of RPG character building in a beautifully stylized toon fantasy setting, Dungeon Defenders is designed to be a distinctly addictive, easy-to-play experience for casual and hardcore gamers alike.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.3
Orcs Must Die!

Orcs Must Die!

Platform: PC
October 11, 2011
With a wide variety of traps and weapons to choose from, Orcs Must Die! dares players to find the best ways to hack, launch, flatten, gibletize, and incinerate an endless army of filthy orcs and their vile allies. Orcs Must Die! features a vibrant look, addictive gameplay, and a blatant disregard for the welfare of orcs.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
8.1
A Game of Thrones: Genesis

A Game of Thrones: Genesis

Platform: PC
September 28, 2011
A Game of Thrones: Genesis is a new PC strategy game that is adapted from George R.R. Martin's series of best-seller novels "A Song of Ice and Fire."
Metascore:
53
User Score:
4.1
Oil Rush

Oil Rush

Platform: PC
September 23, 2011
OilRush is a real-time strategy game based on group control. It offers mechanics of a classical RTS combined with a Tower Wars genre: control the upgrade of production platforms as well as their defence forces, and send battle groups of naval and air units to capture enemy platforms and oil rigs.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
6.5
King Arthur: Fallen Champions

King Arthur: Fallen Champions

Platform: PC
September 16, 2011
King Arthur: Fallen Champions features the story of three brave souls - a knight, an enchantress, and a prophet – who venture through uncharted lands beyond the Forest of Bedegraine in fulfillment of their individual quests. Sir Lionel, a brave knight from Britannia, is on a quest to rescue a damsel in distress. Lady Corrigan of the Sidhe, an enchantress of the twilight, is seeking the secret pathways that will lead her back to her lost home of Tir na nOg. Drest the Chosen, a prophet of the North, is drawn by the mystic voices and visions to explore the wild lands. Tied together by strings of fate, these three heroes must join hands in order to prevail as champions of a forgotten battle that began long time ago.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
5.0
Sengoku

Sengoku

Platform: PC
September 13, 2011
Sengoku is a strategy game for the PC set in 15th-century feudal Japan.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.8
Rise of Immortals: Battle for Graxia

Rise of Immortals: Battle for Graxia

Platform: PC
September 12, 2011
Rise of Immortals is set in the world of Graxia, 300 years after the events of "Guardians of Graxia," Petroglyph's fantasy-based PC game released last year.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
5.5
Men of War: Vietnam

Men of War: Vietnam

Platform: PC
September 8, 2011
This successor to Men of War brings tactical strategy to the jungle battles of the Vietnam War.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
5.4
King Arthur's Gold

King Arthur's Gold

Platform: PC
September 4, 2011
Would you enjoy building CASTLES, traps and siege machines in MULTIPLAYER? And then undermine your opponents castle and collapse it with 2D PHYSICS & DESTRUCTION? King Arthur's Gold blends the cooperative aspects of Lost Vikings, mashes them with the full destructibility of Worms and the visual style and action of Metal Slug, brought to you by the creators of Soldat.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.3
Achron

Achron

Platform: PC
August 29, 2011
How would combat change if you could foresee the future? If you could prevent your past mistakes from ever happening? What if your enemy could too? Achron is the first game to feature single-player and multiplayer free-form time travel. It is the world's first meta-time strategy game, a real-time strategy game where players and units can jump to and play at different times simultaneously and independently. You can undo your mistakes, change your strategy after committing to it, preview the future, freeze time to perfectly coordinate attacks, and send entire fleets through time to when they are needed. However, all of your opponents will also be independently moving across time, attempting to rewrite history in their favor...
Metascore:
54
User Score:
7.3
Stellar Impact

Stellar Impact

Platform: PC
August 22, 2011
Stellar Impact is an online strategy game taking place in a Sci-Fi/Space Opera universe. It stands somewhere between classics RTS and MOBA/DotA games. Our goal was to create a demanding but rewarding gameplay, based on maneuvers, skills and strategies elaboration. Most of all, we tried to create something fun and teamplay oriented! In Stellar Impact, the war between allies and axis has moved to space and you command a space battleship! You can choose between several ship classes, from the fast corvette to the heavy dreadnought. Make your own skills template according to your preferences: attack, defense, speed, maneuverability, or recon.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.1
Age of Empires Online

Age of Empires Online

Platform: PC
August 16, 2011
With more than 20 million copies sold worldwide, the “Age of Empires” series redefined real-time strategy games for Windows-based PC players. Now, the timeless franchise once again invites players to experience its rich storyline in new ways. “Age of Empires Online” will invite players to create a living, growing online world, shared with friends and friendly rivals around the globe. Begin the journey with your own Greek civilisation, and watch as it progresses from a village to an empire. Embark on quests along the way, alone or with friends, and immerse yourself in epic tales, quirky characters, adventure, history and strategy. Together with the Games for Windows – LIVE service, “Age of Empires Online” delivers a rich, social experience that lets you play however you want — anywhere, anytime.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
5.7
Panzer Corps

Panzer Corps

Platform: PC
July 11, 2011
Panzer Corps will feature 26 scenarios on 21 unique maps, covering most major battles of the European Theatre of World War II and including a few hypothetical 'what if' scenarios based on your actions.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.6
Dawn of Fantasy

Dawn of Fantasy

Platform: PC
June 3, 2011
Set in the persistent massively multiplayer online 3D world of Mythador, Dawn of Fantasy, offers you the chance to write your own chapter in the bloody history of this land. Explore a richly-detailed, endless world, from the high mountain peaks of Southmount in the human realm of Teria to the swamps of Erthee l'Bala of the Wood Elves. Complete dozens of story-driven quests in services of kings, wizards, and fellow adventurers. Interact with thousands of other players through trading, forging alliances, and waging war in both Player vs. Player and Player vs. Environment battles. Build up your villages into towns and then mighty empires, cast mighty magic upon your enemies with a total of 28 unique spells, and lay siege to your enemies with great trebuchets, the brute strength of the walking woods, ogres, and dragon mercenaries to reign supreme. Play as three different races - elves, men, and orcs, each of which offers a radically different playstyle and has been given a deep, compelling mythology, a dramatic historical background, and a spectrum of complex political ambitions that drive the story and gameplay.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
7.1
Elements of War

Elements of War

Platform: PC
April 18, 2011
Elements of War is a modern RTS in the setting of Global man-caused catastrophe which resulted from the use of the newest natural force-based weapons by the military authority of the USA, that put Washington into destruction and buried the government under ruins. When the waves of tsunami, giant hurricanes and earthquakes hit the entire World, eliminating millions of people and particularly distracted the Civilization, the European coalition of military forces was sent to USA to explore and eliminate the source of the catastrophe.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
tbd
Anomaly: Warzone Earth

Anomaly: Warzone Earth

Platform: PC
April 8, 2011
Blending fast-paced, explosive action with tactical battlefield command, Anomaly puts players in charge of a military convoy tasked with fighting back against the mysterious alien war machines that have begun to spring up in many of the world's largest cities. Players take part in battles personally to support and assist a hand-picked armor squad, utilizing their top-down tactical view to plot each and every turn of the convoy. As they progress through the story campaign and challenge modes, players will unlock upgrades and new units to build their ultimate destruction squad.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.2
Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game

Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game

Platform: PC
April 5, 2011
Developed by a team of experienced modders from the Paradox forum, Darkest Hour is a stand-alone Hearts of Iron II game featuring a mixture of short and in-depth campaigns set across the darkest chapters of the 20th century, from the outbreak of the Great War up to the onset of the Cold War. Darkest Hour will introduce a new artificial intelligence that is now able to react to hundreds of different situations simultaneously, along with a dynamic diplomatic system that will allow the player to have a real impact on the course of history.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
8.1
Hoard

Hoard

Platform: PC
April 4, 2011
HOARD™ is an arcade action-strategy score attack game in which you play a dragon intent on ransacking a medieval kingdom to gather a giant hoard of glittering gold. You must scare towns, kidnap princesses, burn knights, and even topple berserk giants. Let no obstacle prevent you from your treasure hoarding!
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.0
Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty

Patrician IV: Rise of a Dynasty

Platform: PC
March 31, 2011
Rise of a Dynasty is the expansion for Patrician IV.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
8.8
Theatre of War 3: Korea

Theatre of War 3: Korea

Platform: PC
March 24, 2011
Theatre of War 3 Korea begins where World War II ended. Replay the events of the first hot war of the Cold War era – the Korean War, also known as the Forgotten War! The players are involved in two campaigns, both set in 1950: the North Korean campaign spans June 25 - August 20 and the American campaign from September 15 - October 8.
Metascore:
49
User Score:
5.1
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution

Platform: PC
February 28, 2011
It is ten years since the events of Chaos Rising and Sub-Sector Aurelia has been in a constant state of warfare with the Imperium struggling to retain control. The apparent betrayal of the chapter by Gabriel Angelos and his Space Marines has shaken the Blood Ravens and now the Imperial forces are beset on all sides by hostile aliens. Retribution allows the player to select the race of their choosing in a battle to determine the very survival or destruction of the entire sector.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.7
Trapped Dead

Trapped Dead

Platform: PC
February 25, 2011
Devise tactics to rid a small community of the living dead.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
4.6
Men of War: Assault Squad

Men of War: Assault Squad

Platform: PC
February 25, 2011
This stand-alone expansion pack for Men of War focuses on skirmish maps and multiplayer play.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.9
Atom Zombie Smasher

Atom Zombie Smasher

Platform: PC
January 23, 2011
Players must save survivors from the 1961 zombie apocalypse by assembling an army of mercenaries and firing nuclear missiles from orbit to destroy the oncoming horde.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.2
APOX

APOX

Platform: PC
January 20, 2011
APOX is a real-time strategy game that uniquely includes gameplay concepts from first-person shooters. Like in a FPS, you can prone, crouch, switch active weapons, throw grenades, and loot corpses. Soldiers in APOX have limited ammo, but ammo sharing is done seamlessly. Soldiers can be placed in vehicles, and this essentially lets you create your own unit designs. APOX keeps everything that makes RTS great like making bases, controlling strategic sites, and managing your resources. The eight missions included are designed to show basic combat and explain the unique aspects to APOX's gameplay. From there, play in one of 100 scrimmage maps against AI-controlled bots. Play with your friends against bots in co-op mode or play against other people in versus mode.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
3.9
Bloodline Champions

Bloodline Champions

Platform: PC
January 13, 2011
Bloodline Champions is a PVP game with short, intense matches for up to ten players divided into two teams. Chance is not a factor, spells and abilities do a set amount of damage. Random elements such as critical hits and passive abilities do not exist. Every spell is aimed and can be avoided by enemy players, making every ability dependent on individual player skill. Without mana and creeps, the game has almost zero downtime and is instead based on short cooldowns, this coupled with the absence of elements such as grind and farming ensures that every match is full of action.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.7
Starpoint Gemini

Starpoint Gemini

Platform: PC
December 15, 2010
Starpoint Gemini is a tactical space RPG set in a science-fiction universe, which focuses on the control and strengths of individual vessels and their captains.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
8.4
Hegemony: Philip of Macedon

Hegemony: Philip of Macedon

Platform: PC
November 5, 2010
Hegemony: Philip of Macedon lets you conquer the ancient Greek world in this PC RTS war game that follows the rise of Philip of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great. Players campaign across a continuous satellite-accurate map of ancient Greece encountering the full range of warfare from reconnaissance to raids to field battles to mountain blockades.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
8.4
Lionheart: Kings' Crusade

Lionheart: Kings' Crusade

Platform: PC
October 8, 2010
Lionheart: Kings' Crusade invites players to rewrite history through controlling and upgrading leaders and their armies, guiding various historical factions through political events, collecting relics, and unlocking new content in a feature-rich campaign set to take on the strategy genre by force.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.1
Patrician IV: Conquest by Trade

Patrician IV: Conquest by Trade

Platform: PC
September 17, 2010
In Patrician IV , the player takes on the role of a young merchant in the area of the Baltic and North Sea during the late Middle Age, the zenith of the Hanseatic League and its naval trading empire. Starting from meagre beginnings as a small stall trader, players must use every skill at their disposal to rise through the merchant ranks and become the most powerful merchant in Europe. The authentic supply and demand-based trading system allows players to grow their business and head out to the high seas to form trading routes with other Hanseatic cities negotiating better prices for the buying and selling of goods. Patrician IV is being developed by Gaming Minds Studios GmbH, a studio created with members of the original Patrician development team. Features: Rise through the merchant ranks using your increasing fame and wealth to shape towns from small villages to glorious capitals during the middle ages Thrive based on your ability to prosper in a realistic supply and demand driven economy Balance competing interests, trade routes, political turmoil, disease, weather, piracy and greedy royalty to maximise your wealth reputation Construct buildings and hire workers, stimulating demand for common and more exotic goods Fortify your convoys to hold off pirate attacks or hunt them down in realistic sea battles Set up your trading routes along the Baltic and North Sea and visit bustling medieval cities such as London, Novgorod, Cologne and Bergen Compete against eight computer-controlled merchants to become the most famous leader of the Hanseatic League Visit the newly launched official Web site at - http://www.patrician4.com
Metascore:
66
User Score:
6.4
R.U.S.E.

R.U.S.E.

Platform: PC
September 7, 2010
R.U.S.E. is a real-time strategy game that allows players to bluff their enemies to lead their nation to victory, controlling the action using views that range seamlessly from the heart of the battlefield to the full theatre of war. Players are plunged into the action thanks to the exclusive IRISZOOM Engine which offers an intuitive interface that allows for smooth, rapid transitions from a birds-eye view of the entire conflict, down into the heat of the battle and vice versa. In R.U.S.E., players use their brain as the ultimate weapon, fighting a war of perception, where the ability to deceive and mislead the enemy determines success. A first in a strategy game, R.U.S.E. promises to reinvigorate the genre by using deception to give new-found depth to the game play. [Ubisoft]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
8.0
Victoria II

Victoria II

Platform: PC
August 13, 2010
Created by the developers of Europa Universalis and Hearts of Iron, Victoria 2 is a grand strategy game set during the colonial era of the 19th century and is scheduled for release in Q3 2010. Gamers will guide their nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization in hopes of becoming a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.4
Commander: Conquest of the Americas

Commander: Conquest of the Americas

Platform: PC
July 30, 2010
Choosing from 7 different European factions, take charge of a European power aiming to conquer the New World. Found new colonies and manage their resources, production, military, and much more as they develop into a full blown empire. Choose to command ships in RTS fashion or take direct control as your fleet engages ships of an enemy nation or blood thirsty pirates at a highly detailed tactical level.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
5.4
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty

Platform: PC
July 27, 2010
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:
93
User Score:
8.2
Napoleon: Total War - The Peninsular Campaign

Napoleon: Total War - The Peninsular Campaign

Platform: PC
July 25, 2010
This expansion pack includes a brand new campaign map, featuring 32 controllable regions divided among four different factions. It is 1811 and the war in the Spanish Peninsula has been raging for over two years with mixed fortunes and heavy casualties for both sides. Napoleon’s Armée d’Espagne, led by Marshal Masséna, has invaded Portugal once again, but thus far, the network of entrenchments has proved impossible for the French to successfully assail. Although forced back to the edges of their Peninsula by France and the traitors who helped them, Spain is not yet out of the fight. The Supreme Central Junta and its successor, the Supreme Regency, authorized the forming of local bands to fight guerrilla – the “little war” – against the invaders. [Sega]
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.5
Reign: Conflict of Nations

Reign: Conflict of Nations

Platform: PC
June 28, 2010
Reign: Conflict of Nations is a large-scale real-time historical strategy game covering three centuries of medieval Europe. The player becomes a monarch testing their skills by controlling one of 26 unique factions as they develop smart economics, work political maneuvers, maintain thoughtful diplomacy, take care of resources and wage war. As the ruler players have absolute command and the ability to thrive or fail and die. Reign: Conflict of Nations allows players to have a well thought-out and historically accurate system of building and assigning labor forces in cities, a large selection of scenario-based and random missions, an expansive and realistic technology tree, more than 150 types of military units and elaborated graphics and animations which bring the war to life.
Metascore:
60
User Score:
5.1
Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi

Hearts of Iron III: Semper Fi

Platform: PC
June 7, 2010
It's time to dust off the field marshal's baton and take command of any nation in World War II; the largest conflict in history. The first expansion to the critically acclaimed Hearts of Iron III lets you take charge - or delegate - at any level, from divison to nation, through a variety of scenarios. Guide your country to glory from 1936 to 1948: wage war on the battlefields, in the factories, and at the negotiating table, in the grandest of all World War II strategy games ever made.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.0
Revenge of the Titans

Revenge of the Titans

Platform: PC
May 24, 2010
Construct and command your ground defences in a series of increasingly massive battles across the solar system, in our frenetic arcade mash-up of Real Time Strategy and Tower Defence!
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.6
Heroes of Newerth

Heroes of Newerth

Platform: PC
May 12, 2010
Heroes of Newerth is a session-based, multiplayer, Action-RPG.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.3
Distant Worlds

Distant Worlds

Platform: PC
March 25, 2010
Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time, 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of large turn-based strategy games, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game. [Matrix Games]
Metascore:
78
User Score:
8.4
Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight

Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight

Platform: PC
March 16, 2010
The story of Command & Conquer 4 Tiberian Twilight takes place after the events of the critically acclaimed Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. The year is 2062 and humanity is at the brink of extinction. With only six years left until the mysterious crystalline structure Tiberium renders the earth entirely uninhabitable, the two opposing factions - Global Defense Initiative (GDI) and the Brotherhood of Nod - inevitably find themselves in desperation for the same cause: to stop Tiberium from extinguishing mankind. The unthinkable becomes reality and Nod’s enigmatic leader Kane takes off for GDI headquarters. What is Kane planning in the heart of his enemies’ base? Command & Conquer 4 draws the epic conclusion to the beloved Tiberium universe, where fans learn the fate of Earth, Nod, Tiberium, GDI and most importantly, Kane’s motivations behind his decade-long plan. In addition to the two campaigns on the epic battles of GDI and Nod, which players will get to conquer alone or in a cooperative mode, Command & Conquer 4 also features a new 5v5 objective-based multiplayer mode, promoting teamwork and cooperation and delivering a social real-time-strategy experience never seen before in a Command & Conquer game. [Electronic Arts]
Metascore:
64
User Score:
2.1
Sol Survivor

Sol Survivor

Platform: PC
March 15, 2010
Jump in to intense turret defense action with Sol Survivor! Build turrets to defend your colony and the innocent colonists within. Smash enemies with volleys of actively-controlled orbital support. Play with friends in co-operative and competitive multiplayer matches or test your mettle against our new Survival mode. [Cadenza]
Metascore:
75
User Score:
8.0
Order of War: Challenge

Order of War: Challenge

Platform: PC
March 11, 2010
Order of War: Challenge is a multiplayer stand-alone game in the world of Order of War, published by Wargaming.net, packing even more intense World War II real-time strategy action. With 6 extended modes, 12 unique maps, fog of war, and hundreds of units under player control it gives players a battlefield experience of epic scale. [Wargaming.net]
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.4
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising

Platform: PC
March 10, 2010
Set in the grim, war-ravaged world of Games Workshop’s vast Warhammer 40,000 science fiction universe, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising transports players into the midst of an intergalactic war between ancient enemies. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II – Chaos Rising introduces the Chaos Space Marines as a new playable army, continues the single player campaign from the original Dawn of War II, delivers all new wargear and raises the level cap from 20 to 30. Relic Entertainment will also deliver new multiplayer maps and new units for the Orks, Eldar, Tyranids and Space Marines. Veterans of the Dawn of War II single player campaign can use their existing squads’ accumulated wargear, abilities and experience to battle the traitorous Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion throughout 20 new missions. Newcomers to Dawn of War II will begin the single player campaign with a squad of Space Marines fully equipped to take on the malevolent forces of Chaos. Powerful Chaos tainted wargear can be equipped and used against your enemy, but doing so could lead to dreadful consequences. Will you risk corruption for power? [THQ]
Metascore:
84
User Score:
8.6
Supreme Commander 2

Supreme Commander 2

Platform: PC
March 1, 2010
Experience brutal battles on a massive scale! In Supreme Commander 2, players wage war by creating enormous customizable armies and experimental war machines that can change the balance of power at any given moment. Take the role of one of the three enigmatic commanders, each representing a unique faction with a rich story that brings a new level of emotional connection to the RTS genre, or fight the battle online. Where do your loyalties lie? [Square Enix]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.2
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