Real-Time Games

Age of Booty 501.

Age of Booty

Platform: Xbox 360
October 15, 2008
[Xbox Live Arcade] Set in the swashbuckling era, Age of Booty is a casual real-time multiplayer strategy game that puts players at the helm of their own pirate ship with the goal of sending your enemies to the briny deep, and looting and capturing towns for your pirate faction. In Age of Booty, players team up with other online players or AI-controlled pirate ships to raid, pillage, sink, and destroy their way to dominance on the high seas. Spoils of war and booty are used to upgrade and customize pirate ships to make them even more deadly as players take on 25 unique challenges and seven of the most devious Pirate Alliances on the high seas. Gain notoriety and fame by climbing the online leader boards. Create and share custom maps using the intuitive map creation system. Single player and multiplayer real-time action strategy from Certain Affinity, lead by Max Hoberman, designer of Halo 2 and 3's multiplayer game. Raid villages, sink merchants, seize towns, steal gold, upgrade your pirate ship and use your guns and your wits to send your foes to the briny deep. Master twenty-five unique multiplayer maps or create your own and share them with your friends. Up to four players on one console, up to eight players over LAN or the Internet. Tons of customizable options that allow you to tune the game to meet your taste. [Capcom]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.2
Orcs Must Die! Unchained 502.

Orcs Must Die! Unchained

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 18, 2017
Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them — no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this team-based, fantasy tower defense game from Robot Entertainment.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.2
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath 503.

Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath

Platform: Xbox 360
June 23, 2008
As the expansion pack to Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars, this Real-time Strategy game returns to the Tiberium universe with Kane at the center of an epic new single player campaign which allows players to experience a new story that spans 20 years – from the rebirth of the Brotherhood of Nod after the Second Tiberium War through the dramatic events of the Third Tiberium War and beyond. The story is told through a new set of high-definition live action video sequences starring a celebrity cast. Joe Kucan, the original actor who portrayed the character Kane in Command & Conquer games over the last decade, reprises his role as the megalomaniacal leader of the Brotherhood of Nod. Kane's Wrath also features a new strategic layer to gameplay that allows players to establish bases, build customized armies, and attack their enemies on a global scale – and then dive into the frenzied tactical combat where their skills as a commander makes the difference in battle. The game introduces six new sub-factions and a wealth of new units, structures, and powers to the armies of the Global Defense Initiative, the Brotherhood of Nod, and the enigmatic alien Scrin. The Xbox 360 version features a revolutionary new radial interface designed specifically for console gamers. Taking RTS controls to a whole new level, players utilize the command stick to build, deploy, and attack. [Electronic Arts]
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.2
South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! 504.

South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!

Platform: Xbox 360
October 7, 2009
[Xbox Live Arcade] Play as Stan, Kyle, Kenny, Cartman, or any number of your favorite South Park characters in South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play! It's the fast-paced action/strategy game, where you play to save the town of South Park. Combining snowball-throwing action with tower defense strategy, the game is designed for players of all skill levels. Unlock special content and new characters throughout the game for your in-game scrapbook. Play locally with up to four players or team up on Xbox LIVE in the story-based campaign or the extra-demanding Challenge levels. [Microsoft]
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.2
Aliens Versus Predator: Extinction 505.

Aliens Versus Predator: Extinction

Platform: Xbox
July 30, 2003
On a cold distant planet, the war against extinction begins, and your command skills will determine its outcome. Lead an Alien hive, a Predator clan, or an elite squad of Colonial Marines to victory in 21 single-player missions. Each race has its own characteristics, abilities, weapons, and vehicles to suit your style of play. The survival of your species depends on your ability to use powerful resources and strategies, including pulse rifles, exosuits, and air strikes.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.2
8-Bit Armies 506.

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
Crusader Kings II: Rajas of India 507.

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
Dragons and Titans 508.

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
Imagine Earth 509.

Imagine Earth

Platform: PC
May 25, 2021
Imagine Earth is a futuristic world simulaton. Your job as a colony manager is to explore and populate various undiscovered planets. Raise great cities and supply the needs of your growing population by building power plants, farms and factories. Will it end up in desolation or wealth and prosperity?
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.2
Anomaly 2 510.

Anomaly 2

Platform: iOS
October 31, 2013
Lead the Yukon convoy across a post-apocalyptic wasteland to fight for mankind's survival against the alien machines in an epic single player campaign. Use over one million tactical combinations including troops that morph into game-changing war mechs to overcome the enemy's gauntlet.
Metascore:
86
User Score:
7.2
Ancestors Legacy 511.

Ancestors Legacy

Platform: Xbox One
August 13, 2019
A history-inspired, real-time strategy game influenced by historical events in the Middle Ages. Combining resource management and base building with large-scale, squad-based battles across vast battlefields and a cinematic action camera that puts you right in the middle of the battle.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.2
Soldiers of Anarchy 512.

Soldiers of Anarchy

Platform: PC
October 8, 2002
It's 2013. 10 years ago, a fanatical cult caused a near apocalypse on the Earth. To survive, you and a group of military veterans went underground. Now, you emerge to a world enslaved by the cult. You must free humanity from its new oppressors. Controlling a fully customizable squad of up to 12 soldiers, you work your way through a scarred landscape. Starting with only a pistol, your squad must locate and recapture the weapons of modern warcraft and do battle. But be careful because all weapons and vehicles can also be commandeered by the enemy, even in mid-battle-and used against you, too.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.2
Stellaris: Distant Stars 513.

Stellaris: Distant Stars

Platform: PC
May 22, 2018
Distant Stars is a new discovery-themed story pack, where players will uncover new anomalies and storylines, and encounter strange new beings in the uncharted depths of space. Distant Stars will also feature new surprises that may help or harm ambitious explorers.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.2
Tooth and Tail 514.

Tooth and Tail

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 12, 2017
Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a real-time strategy game featuring single-player play, online competitive, split-screen, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.2
Star Trek Away Team 515.

Star Trek Away Team

Platform: PC
March 19, 2001
Venture into the Black Ops side of the Trek universe as the head of Star Trek AT, a special forces unit brought in to handle those "sticky" situations the Star Fleet won't officially touch, in this self-proclaimed squad-based strategy.
Metascore:
64
User Score:
7.2
Frontline: Fields of Thunder 516.

Frontline: Fields of Thunder

Platform: PC
April 9, 2007
Frontline: Fields of Thunder follows in the footsteps of the original "Blitzkrieg" and incorporates the best aspects of the now classic RTS games. The battle at the Kursk Salient was Germany's last attempt to avoid defeat in World War II. This conflict was marked by a ferocity that had been previously unseen by either side and has been remembered as the largest tank engagement in world history. Highly detailed Battle Map: Lots of data is included in the different chapter maps, including more geographical data and historical dislocation data of the real troops that will change ac­cording to the real historical timeline. Streamlined and intuitive interface. Unit parameters and the battle dynamics based on historically accurate data. Two historically correct campaigns that encompass 20 thrilling missions, most of which will be based on accurate historical episodes. New Units: Three to four new units will be added to the unit pool in an effort to more ac­curately depict the actual, historical events. New Rewards: The game features new awards, medals and promotions to suit the historical period of the game. Multiplayer functionality, including 10 multiplayer missions that can be played both on LAN and over the Nival.Net Internet service. [Paradox Interactive]
Metascore:
57
User Score:
7.2
Thandor: The Invasion 517.

Thandor: The Invasion

Platform: PC
December 31, 2000
The problem with Thandor: The Invasion is that its lack of creativity extends into every single part of the game.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
7.2
Hero Defense 518.

Hero Defense

Platform: Xbox One
August 15, 2018
To destroy the world’s most powerful vampire, your team of slayers must impale, slash, tear and burn through legions of undead hell-bent on world domination.
Metascore:
62
User Score:
7.2
The Last Friend 519.

The Last Friend

Platform: PC
September 30, 2021
Doggone tired of the typical brawler or tower defense that is all bark and no bite? Then join Alpha and T. Juan on a dynamic adventure that has you battling hordes of baddies and bosses on their mission to save all the Doggos!
Metascore:
86
User Score:
7.2
Anno 2070 520.

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
Hearts of Iron III 521.

Hearts of Iron III

Platform: PC
August 7, 2009
Play as any nation from 1936 to1948 with more than 150 countries to choose from. More than 10,000 land provinces makes this game five times more detailed than Hearts of Iron 2 and the most detailed depiction of World War 2 ever made. Control the oceans with aircraft carriers, submarines and battleships. Use your air force to defend the skies, support naval and ground forces, and bomb your enemies. Customize your divisions in detail with more than 20 types of brigades.New economic system makes it possible to buy weapons overseas. Mobilization and reserves gives the option of surprise attacks. A completely new intelligence system makes it possible to get information about enemy reserves and troop movements.Assign troops to theatres on the map to fight two-front wars more successfully. Thousands of historically accurate real-world military commanders and politicians. Realistic military command AI with unprecedented levels of interaction. In-depth diplomatic and political system. [Paradox Interactive]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.1
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor 522.

Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor

Platform: PC
April 7, 2009
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor is the next standalone chapter in the Company of Heroes franchise, featuring all-new content, including three single-player campaigns, new multiplayer modes, additional maps and units. Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor also introduces a new “direct-fire” feature that allows players more tactical control of their units and more strategic options in-game. Developed by internal studio Relic Entertainment and powered by Relic’s proprietary Essence Engine, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor is fully compatible with Company of Heroes and Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, allowing players who own the entire series complete access to the epic battles of World War. [THQ]
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.1
Empire Earth II 523.

Empire Earth II

Platform: PC
April 26, 2005
Prepare to serve up worldwide conquest on an epic scale once again with Empire Earth 2. Become the greatest conqueror of all time by creating, building and forging the grandest of all empires as you progress through 15 epochs that span more than 10,000 years of history. Introducing new units, powers and leaders through 3 expansive campaigns, Empire Earth 2 will once again set the standard for real-time strategy games with the latest technology and features that expand both the single-player and multiplayer experience. Relive more than 10,000 years of history as you lead one of 14 different civilizations spanning 3 distinct campaigns that feature all-new units, powers and leaders under your control. Challenge an all-new reactive and dynamic artificial intelligence system that will adapt to your every move and test the limits of your strategic warfare knowledge. Adapt to ever-changing weather conditions and constantly revolving seasons that will impact your civilization's growth and necessitate new tactical initiatives. Engage your opponents over a LAN or the Internet within nine types of games featuring improved tournament support, multiplayer co-operative scenarios and all-new features including a new reward system for demonstrating superior military, economic, and empire-expanding strategies and a tactical planning map to coordinate efforts with your team. [Vivendi Universal]
Metascore:
79
User Score:
7.1
BattleForge 524.

BattleForge

Platform: PC
March 23, 2009
BattleForge is a fantasy online real-time strategy game where you assemble your own army with collectible trading cards. Win, trade and buy your cards online to create your ultimate deck. Mix and match the elements of your cards to play with your friends online and conquer massive online battlegrounds. For mortals caught in a clash between insane gods and ancient giants, standing together is the only option. Using the forces of Fire, Frost, Nature and Shadow a mysterious Forge which makes legends come to life, is their single hope to create armies powerful enough to overcome these impossible odds. It is now time to set out and reclaim an epic fantasy world which has been overthrown by sinister powers in the twilight of a dying sun. [Electronic Arts]
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.1
Act of Aggression 525.

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
Worms 3D 526.

Worms 3D

Platform: PC
March 11, 2004
Worms comes to PC and console in full 3-D, continuing to capture the true essence of the game as teams of worms battle across bizarre, randomly generated landscapes, or across finely crafted, custom-designed levels utilising an arsenal of devastating weapons. The gameplay remains unchanged, featuring turn-based fighting and relying on the player to judge the trajectory and strength of their shots in order to inflict maximum damage on opponents. All the favourite weapons such as bazooka, grenade, dynamite, air strike and sheep are present including some new additions. Defensive tactics can also be employed as you choose to dig in with buildings, trenches, sandbags or fortifications, while buildings on the landscapes can also provide shelter against attacks. Adapt your strategy according to the weapons available, landscape and each new opponent you play. With a multitude of tactics available, coupled with the ever-changing, randomly generated landscapes, no battle will ever be the same. Worms 3D is set in a more exciting and immersive game world than ever before, with the emphasis on great multi-player action and challenging single-player fun.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.1
Order of War 527.

Order of War

Platform: PC
September 22, 2009
ORDER OF WAR features massive-scale battles brought to life with a cinematic intensity never seen before in a WWII strategy game. Players take command of an entire army including ground troops, artillery, tank divisions and aircraft in all-out strategic assaults. The single-player mode can be played out in two campaigns - American versus German forces on the western front and German versus Russian on the eastern front. Missions will be based on key historic events and operations from 1944. In the summer of 1944, the Second World War entered its end-game when the Allies launched two major operations that would drive back German forces on both the Western and Eastern Fronts at once. In the ultimate test of military strategy, ORDER OF WAR challenges you not only to lead America's finest to victory in the west, but also place you in command of German forces charged with repelling the Red Army’s seemingly unstoppable offensive in the east. Even the keenest military minds will find that it's one thing to make history, but quite another to change it. Do you have what it takes to command? Experience WWII warfare on an epic, cinematic stage; that truly captures the intensity and scale of the battlefield. Command of an entire armed force consisting of up to 1,000 soldiers, tanks, armored vehicles, artillery and air planes. Players can choose between two different campaign modes offering completely different storylines, missions, objectives and environments. Experience the unique dynamic camera that allows players to command troops over huge geographical scale whilst maintaining movie-like vistas and detail. In-depth gameplay mode: two different campaign modes, multi-player, Deathmatch and Skirmish. [Square Enix]
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.1
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos 528.

Warhammer: Mark of Chaos

Platform: PC
November 14, 2006
Over a year has passed since the Great War, during which the brutal Chaos armies swept across the Empire lands. Many fierce battles still rage across the Old World. Portions of the defeated Chaos armies have retreated to the distant Northern Wastes, while others have fallen to hostile groups. Among these tribes, new Champions rise up in an effort to reunite the Chaos forces, yet eventually all fail. None can match the power of their fallen leader, Asavar Kul. The united Empire and High Elf forces hunt the Chaos hordes from the Empire territories, still alert because danger lurks around them in the form of smaller enemy warbands that loot the settlements of the border lands. Now, four fully playable powerful armies - Empire, Chaos, Skaven and High Elves - as well as additional controllable races (Orcs, Dwarfs, Vampires, and Goblins), clash amidst breathtaking scenery in an epic battle for land and power. [Namco Bandai]
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.1
Dawn of Fantasy 529.

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
Bad North 530.

Bad North

Platform: PC
November 16, 2018
Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island. Everything is at stake: fail, and watch the blood of your subjects stain the ground red.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.1
Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters 531.

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - Daemonhunters

Platform: PC
May 5, 2022
Lead humanity's greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, in this fast-paced turn-based tactical RPG. Root out and purge a galaxy-spanning plague in a cinematic, story-driven campaign, using the tactics and talents of your own personalised squad of Daemonhunters. Forge Your Champions - Grey Knights are humanity's greatest weapon. A secretive yet supremely powerful chapter of Space Marines sworn to eradicate corruption, these legendary Daemonhunters are dedicated to combating the minions of Chaos. Lead your own personalised squad against a galaxy-wide plot to infect worlds with a cosmic plague, The Bloom. Plan Your Strategy Master a turn-based tactical game full of satisfyingly strategic action. Choose powerful classes, wield incredible weapons, use environments to your advantage, and target specific enemy weak points to hinder the advance of an ever-evolving and mutating threat. Enter the 41st Millennium Penned by acclaimed Black Library author Aaron Dembski-Bowden, immerse yourself in a compelling story set in the grimdark universe of Warhammer 40,000. Meet famous faces, engage iconic foes, and discover what it takes to lead a squad of elite warriors battling to prevent galaxy-wide destruction in the 41st millennium.
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.1
Total War: WARHAMMER II - Rise of the Tomb Kings 532.

Total War: WARHAMMER II - Rise of the Tomb Kings

Platform: PC
January 23, 2018
Across the arid deserts of Nehekhara, vast legions of skeletal warriors rise from beneath the baking sands to slaughter those who trespass into their domain. It is a lifeless realm of endless dunes, stained red from the blood of savages and barbarians. This is the Land of the Dead, where mummified kings are cursed to rule in perpetual unlife. But it was not always thus.
Metascore:
84
User Score:
7.1
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 533.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

Platform: Xbox 360
November 11, 2008
Red Alert 3 breaks new ground in the RTS genre, featuring a fully co-operative campaign while bringing back the series’ light-hearted style and classic, action-oriented gameplay. In Red Alert 3, the desperate leadership of a doomed Soviet Union travels back in time to change history and restore the glory of Mother Russia. The time travel mission goes awry, creating an alternate timeline where technology has followed an entirely different evolution, a new superpower has been thrust on to the world stage, and World War III is raging. The Empire of the Rising Sun has risen in the East, making World War III a three-way struggle between the Soviets, the Allies, and the Empire with armies fielding wacky and wonderful weapons and technologies like Tesla coils, heavily armed War Blimps, teleportation, armored bears, intelligent dolphins, floating island fortresses, and transforming tanks. Red Alert 3 asks the question "What If?" What if every bizarre research project and technology experiment for the last 70 years had actually borne fruit? What if the Philadelphia Experiment, time travel theory, teleportation, invisibility, Tesla technology, and a hundred other intriguing research projects had all paid off and gone mainstream? What if the Soviet Union survived and thrived; what would it look like 10 years in the future? What if the Japanese Empire had never fallen and instead became the ultimate high-tech military superpower? The end result is an imaginative and playful vision of an alternate future filled with possibility. [Electronic Arts]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.1
Stellar Impact 534.

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
Under Siege 535.

Under Siege

Platform: PlayStation 3
June 2, 2011
Under Siege is a Real Time Strategy game developed exclusively for Playstation 3, it supports DualShock 3 and the new PlayStation Move Motion Controller.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.1
Savage Moon 536.

Savage Moon

Platform: PlayStation 3
January 29, 2009
[Playstation Network] This action-packed tower defense strategy game takes you to distant planets where you must defend mining facilities from relentless Insectocyte monsters. Build towers in strategic locations in order to fend off wave after wave of increasingly tough attackers. Then use funds from kills and mining to build, upgrade, or research new weapons and technologies to strengthen your defenses. It will take equal parts skill and strategy to survive in Savage Moon. [SCEA]
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.1
Europa Universalis IV: Res Publica 537.

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
Stellaris: Apocalypse 538.

Stellaris: Apocalypse

Platform: PC
February 22, 2018
Stellaris: Apocalypse is a full expansion which redefines stellar warfare for all players with a host of new offensive and defensive options. Destroy entire worlds with terrifying new planet-killer weapons, fight against (or alongside) ruthless space pirates, and maybe discover a few non-violent game features as well.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.1
Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Battle March 539.

Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Battle March

Platform: PC
September 2, 2008
An expansion to Warhammer: Mark of Chaos for the PC, Warhammer: Mark of Chaos - Battle March builds upon the game's tactical foundation to offer new units for each army as well as an original campaign and new online modes. Players can experience the mysterious sorcery of the Dark Elves and the savage brutality of the Orcs and Goblins in an all-new chapter of the game’s single player campaign as they battle to overcome an invasion by the armies of Chaos. [Namco Bandai Games]
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.1
Lionheart: Kings' Crusade 540.

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
Starpoint Gemini 2 541.

Starpoint Gemini 2

Platform: Xbox One
December 11, 2015
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:
71
User Score:
7.1
ATOM RPG Trudograd 542.

ATOM RPG Trudograd

Platform: PC
September 13, 2021
Atom RPG: Trudograd is a turn-based post-apocalyptic roleplaying game, which continues the story of Atom RPG as a stand-alone sequel/expansion, and follows the traditions set by classic cRPGs such as the early Fallout and Wasteland titles.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.1
Commandos 2: Men of Courage 543.

Commandos 2: Men of Courage

Platform: PlayStation 2
August 28, 2002
A tactical action/strategy game set against the backdrop of World War II. Take control of an elite group of commandos who must venture deep into enemy territory and utilize their combined expertise to complete a series of mission-based objectives. Go covert into new environments based on authentic WWII locations: the heart of the third Reich, a northern European submarine installation, the headquarters of the Japanese army and more. [Eidos Interactive]
Metascore:
67
User Score:
7.1
CastleStorm: Definitive Edition 544.

CastleStorm: Definitive Edition

Platform: Xbox One
September 24, 2014
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:
69
User Score:
7.1
BANNERMEN 545.

BANNERMEN

Platform: PC
February 21, 2019
Take on the role of a fallen lord on his journey back to become one of the mightiest in the realm. Make your banner strike fear into your opponents and challenge the multiplayer ladder in action packed skirmishes.
Metascore:
51
User Score:
7.1
Total Tank Simulator 546.

Total Tank Simulator

Platform: PC
May 20, 2020
Commander in the ranks. Soldier at heart. Choose a faction and deploy and command your army into massive physics-driven WWII battles to the last man standing. Destroy everything on sight with an insane amount of units that will behave tactically.
Metascore:
66
User Score:
7.1
Tinykin 547.

Tinykin

Platform: PlayStation 5
August 30, 2022
Milo arrives on Earth to find that he's way too small, everybody's gone and a day hasn't passed since 1991! Catch hundreds of mysterious tinykin and use their unique powers to create ladders, bridges, explosions and a lot more! Find a way home through a sprawling ant-sized metropolis, and unravel Earth's biggest mystery!
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.1
Anomaly: Warzone Earth 548.

Anomaly: Warzone Earth

Platform: PlayStation 3
September 11, 2012
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:
78
User Score:
7.1
No Man's Land 549.

No Man's Land

Platform: PC
October 20, 2003
Forget the Old World, for you're now in the land of boundless opportunity. America is yours for the taking: from colonizing the East to settling the Wild West - give it your best shot! Step into the role of a Spanish conqueror, Englishman, Native American, patriot, or settler and experience six thrilling adventures where you'll encounter countless eccentric personalities determined to put a bullet through your head... Show them who's boss: use special forces or bounty hunters, or rely on your wits alone to get your enemies before they get you. This game tests your mettle. In No Man's Land you need the true spirit of America to brave the dangers of the New World, whether fighting the War of Independence or building a transcontinental railroad. [CDV Software]
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.1
Defend Your Castle 550.

Defend Your Castle

Platform: Wii
May 12, 2008
[WiiWare] Defend Your Castle takes place on a grassy plain surrounded by invaders. You are the commander of your castle, and at your disposal is only a hand for picking up the enemy and flinging them to their doom. Over time, add power-ups and other weapons to your arsenal to repel the attacks. How long can you hold them off? [Nintendo]
Metascore:
65
User Score:
7.1
Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis 551.

Dark Planet: Battle for Natrolis

Platform: PC
March 20, 2002
For eons, the planet Natrolis was controlled by the magic of the reptilian Sorin race. But when a fleet of tech-powered humans arrives to colonize the surface, they awaken the unimaginable: the Dreil, a hyper evolved insectoid warrior race hibernating deep within the planet's core. Now, all three forces collide in a mortal struggle for domination. [Ubi Soft]
Metascore:
59
User Score:
7.1
Amoebattle 552.

Amoebattle

Platform: DS
May 3, 2012
Battle for 'Primordial Soup'-remacy! A mysterious infection threatens the microscopic world and its inhabitants, and it's up to you - and your group of loveable single-celled creatures - to stop it from spreading. Built from the ground up, Amoebattle delivers a portable twist to the real time strategy genre and brings the experience to the palm of your hand. Intuitively command your troops using the Touch Screen as you discover interesting types of amoebas, journey through fantastic environments, and lead your amoebas to victory in battle...Amoebattle!
Metascore:
68
User Score:
7.1
Fieldrunners 553.

Fieldrunners

Platform: PSP
October 1, 2009
[PSP Minis] Descend into the world of Fieldrunners, the most anticipated and visually stunning game in mobile Tower Defense history! Defend and control the field using a diverse selection of upgradeable towers in a limitless adventure, using a wide array of tactics and strategies against countless waves of unique land and air combatants! Hours of entertainment and replayable challenges! Enjoy a growing experience through free content updates! Do you have what it takes to dominate the fieldrunners and rise to the top as the ultimate Tower Defense master? [Subatomic Studios]
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.1
Empire: Total War 554.

Empire: Total War

Platform: PC
March 3, 2009
Empire: Total War is set in the 18th century, a turbulent era that is the most requested by Total War’s loyal fan base and a period alive with global conflict, revolutionary fervour and technological advances. The game features themes such as the Industrial Revolution, America's struggle for independence, the race to control Eastern trade routes and the globalisation of war on land and sea. Empire: Total War sees the debut of 3D naval combat within the Total War franchise. PC Gamers intuitively command vast fleets or single ships upon seascapes rich with extraordinary water and weather effects that play a huge role in your eventual glorious success or ignominious defeat. After pummelling your enemy with cannon fire, close in to grapple their ship and prepare to board taking control your men as they fight hand to hand on the decks. Empire: Total War also sees further enhancements to the Total War series signature 3D battles and turn based campaign map. Real time battles pose new challenges with the addition of cannon and musket, challenging players to master new formations and tactics as a result of the increasing role of gunpowder within warfare. And the Campaign Map – for many the heart of Total War – will see new improved systems for Trade, Diplomacy and Espionage with agents, a refined and streamlined UI, improved Advisors and extended scope taking in the riches of India, the turbulence of Europe and the untapped potential of North America. [Sega]
Metascore:
90
User Score:
7.0
Awesomenauts Assemble! 555.

Awesomenauts Assemble!

Platform: PlayStation 4
March 4, 2014
Awesomenauts Assemble! is an online arena game that has two teams of 3 players facing off in battle. The game plays as a classic 2D platformer, but contains all the modern trappings of the genre. Such as a diverse cast of classes, an extensive upgrade system and powerful turrets and creeps.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.0
StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops - Mission Pack 1 556.

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
Prime World 557.

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
Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars 558.

Cossacks II: Napoleonic Wars

Platform: PC
April 27, 2005
Napoleonic period brought "civilized" warfare, fighting in combat formations into being. The very principle is put into practice in Cossacks II gameplay. Generally speaking, formations play a decisive role on the battlefields whereas individual units are mostly ineffective. Players are given a chance to lead their armies to victory through the pandemonium of epic battles with up to 64,000 units on the map, which is virtually the scale of real combats. What is more, ability to zoom in and soar upwards to get a bird's-eye view of the battle makes Cossacks II the most spectacular game on the Napoleonic era. [CDV Software]
Metascore:
73
User Score:
7.0
The Guild 2 559.

The Guild 2

Platform: PC
October 12, 2006
Is it a life simulation? Yes, it is! Is it an RPG? An action game? Most definitely so. And the best thing is...you are the main character. Go back to the dark middle ages and found a new dynasty. Take care of yourself, because your opponents never sleep. Marry a beautiful wife and make new friends...control your life. Hand down your skills and your descendants will greatly appreciate it. Live your life as preacher, thief, craftsman, outcast or aristocrat...it's up to you. Everything's realtime. Walk around the streets and accidentally watch an execution of a prisoner or a rich merchant being robbed by one of your opponents. Build your own character. State-of-the-art role playing features allow you to create your own unique character and play in a party of up to 3 members with different strengths and weaknesses.
Metascore:
61
User Score:
7.0
Tom Clancy's EndWar 560.

Tom Clancy's EndWar

Platform: PlayStation 3
November 4, 2008
2011 - 2014. The world enjoys an unprecedented era of peace as enhanced defense technology eliminates the threat of nuclear war. But can it last? 2020. Constant depletion of resources has international tensions at a breaking point. One spark will ignite what no one thought could happen...a third and final world war. Strategy for the next generation: Led by creative director Michael de Plater (Rome Total War), EndWar promises to redefine strategy gaming. Designed for next-gen consoles EndWar creates a theatre of war, immersing you in the drama of World War III in a way you never thought possible. Fight For Your Nation: Pick a side US, Europe, Russia - the fate of the world is in your hands. If you don't step in to save your homeland, who will? Command Your Army: Grow your army into the most powerful force on the planet. Your army is completely customizable, and experience breeds strength - your units grow more powerful with every campaign you fight. Light Up The City of Lights: Tom Clancy's World War III won't be won by capturing remote deserts or grasslands but by striking countries in the heart. Paris, Moscow, Washington D.C. will all erupt in flames as you battle your way through the fully destructive playground. A Whole New Kind of Massive: EndWar is an online multiplayer experience unlike anything you've ever encountered. 16 player matchups? Try hundreds. 30 minute battles? Try persistent matchups lasting for months at a time. This isn't a skirmish, it's World War III. Talk Your Way to Victory: Put the controller aside and start shouting commands. EndWar can be played almost entirely via voice command. [Ubisoft]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.0
Bad North 561.

Bad North

Platform: Switch
August 20, 2018
Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island. Everything is at stake: fail, and watch the blood of your subjects stain the ground red.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.0
Hoard 562.

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
PixelJunk Monsters 2 563.

PixelJunk Monsters 2

Platform: PlayStation 4
May 18, 2018
Get ready to experience the next generation of real-time tower defense gameplay in the PixelJunk Monsters series.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.0
Starship Troopers: Terran Command 564.

Starship Troopers: Terran Command

Platform: PC
June 16, 2022
Starship Troopers - Terran Command is a thrilling real-time strategy game set in the Starship Troopers movies universe. Take command of the Mobile Infantry and do your part in the war against the Arachnid threat. Build, develop and control your armies to strike an effective balance between tactical superiority and strength in numbers. Ensure that human civilization, not insect, dominates the galaxy now and always! Planetary Campaigns Fight for control over an entire planet in the campaign mode, where the storyline and missions develop according to your choices and achievements on the battlefield. Remain obedient to the demands of Terran Command no matter how costly or ruthless to benefit from exclusive unit types and special abilities, or follow your own path to glory to become an irrefutable Hero of the Federation. Develop and customize your forces through a detailed technology tree and upgradeable leader characters that can be assigned to your units. Tactics & Numbers While the Arachnids can rely on virtually limitless numbers, the Mobile Infantry must develop effective tactics to overcome this imbalance. Deploy your units at strategic locations to cover vital choke points and gain superior firepower through tactical use of elevation levels. Be wary, however, that battle mechanics such as True Line of Sight and True Line of Fire also allow Bugs to lay ambushes around every corner, as they are well known for their use of surprise attacks and deception. Units & Abilities An expansive range of unique units, weapons, and special abilities are at the disposal of MI commanders. Infantry squads armed with Morita Assault Rifles and MX-90 Fragmentation Grenades form the mainstay of your forces. Rocket Troopers deliver deadly payloads with pin-point accuracy while Engineers are vital to shore up defensive positions with MG turrets, barricades, and minefields. As a campaign progresses, technological breakthroughs unlock the true potential of the Federation's arsenal with Power Armor infantry squads, TAC Fighter airstrikes, Marauder mobile suits, and many more developments optimized for spraying Bug ichor across the battlefield. Key features - Dynamically generated campaigns for virtually limitless replayability. - Dozens of unique unit types, each with their own special abilities. - Terrain elevation, True Line of Sight & True Line of Fire provide deep tactical gameplay. - An extensive technology tree to develop and customize your forces. - Persistent leaders can be attached to units and upgraded throughout the campaign. - Heroics, explosions, gore, and Bugs. Lots of Bugs.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
7.0
DG2: Defense Grid 2 565.

DG2: Defense Grid 2

Platform: Xbox One
September 24, 2014
Defense Grid 2, DG2, is the highly-anticipated sequel to Hidden Path Entertainments 2008 Defense Grid: The Awakening. Setting the bar as the definitive tower defense game, Defense Grid 2 introduces new worlds and threats to test your tower placement strategies. With a bold new look, a compelling single-player campaign, and the addition of new game modes, online player-versus-player and multiplayer co-op, every play-through brings fun new opportunities and challenges. DG2 comes with a story campaign featuring 21 stunning maps, dynamic level movement, an expanded story and cast of characters, hundreds of challenge mode experiences, new multiplayer modes, a procedurally driven audio score and the ability for players to build their own levels. DG2 also introduces players to DG Architect, a level creation tool set connected to Steam Workshop where players can create their own unique levels to share and possibly even sell if selected. DG2 for the PC was funded in part by Dracogen, a private investor after a 2012 Kickstarter campaign funded the original game's DLC, Defense Grid: Containment. DG2 is developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and published by 505 Games.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.0
Supreme Commander 2 566.

Supreme Commander 2

Platform: Xbox 360
March 17, 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:
75
User Score:
7.0
Korix 567.

Korix

Platform: PlayStation 4
March 28, 2017
Korix places you deep in space, fighting for your race’s survival after your homeworld is destroyed. With nothing left to lose, you are put in the role of commander, with the sole mission of taking the fight back to the enemy. Build up your defences, capture resources, and build your own army to exact revenge.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.0
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign 568.

Knights of Honor II: Sovereign

Platform: PC
December 6, 2022
Become the King and wrestle over control of Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Knights of Honor II: Sovereign includes all the depth players desire while being the gate-way game to the grand strategy genre, presenting the world as a living, breathing miniature, alive and ripe for the taking. Choose your royal court carefully and determine the destiny of your people, be it riches, conquest, intrigue, trade, or defeat! Raise armies to defend your lands or take war to the enemy - even jump into battle directly in action-packed RTS combat. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.0
Warhammer: Battle March 569.

Warhammer: Battle March

Platform: Xbox 360
September 2, 2008
On the Xbox 360, Warhammer: Battle March includes the original content from Warhammer: Mark of Chaos as well as all-new features, intuitive control schemes and support for online play via the Xbox LIVE. Thrusting players into Games Workshop's renowned fantasy world, players control six unique armies – the Empire, Chaos, Skaven, High Elves as well as the all-new Dark Elf and Orcs & Goblins forces – as they battle for supremacy in a world torn apart by constant warfare. The individual units of each army can be customized in great detail, allowing players to put their own mark on their fighting force and strike fear into their opponents with terrifying combinations of weaponry and armor. Players can also control Heroes and Champions for each army, high-powered units that gain new abilities as they tear through the opposition. Placing the focus of gameplay on combat and tactics rather than tedious resource management, Warhammer: Battle March on the Xbox 360 features two control schemes for both master battlefield tacticians and novice warriors that offer full control over all aspects of the player’s army. On Xbox LIVE, up to four players can engage in massive multi-army clashes in head-to-head and team-based modes of play. [Namco Bandai Games]
Metascore:
55
User Score:
7.0
Total War: Three Kingdoms - Mandate of Heaven 570.

Total War: Three Kingdoms - Mandate of Heaven

Platform: PC
January 16, 2020
The Total War: THREE KINGDOMS – Mandate of Heaven Chapter Pack depicts the events of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, enabling players to engage in the conflict from either rebel or loyalist perspectives. Introducing a number of new characters and playable faction leaders, the campaign begins in 182CE, but players can choose to continue well into the Three Kingdoms period, with familiar characters entering the campaign as the timeline progresses.
Metascore:
80
User Score:
7.0
Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn 571.

Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn

Platform: PC
September 21, 2017
Stellaris: Synthetic Dawn Story Pack provides an all-new way for players to establish their empire across the stars, starting the game as a Machine Empire -- a society made up entirely of robots. Unique game features and event chains will allow the machines to expand as a robotic consciousness, and create an AI-led network that grows to galactic dominance.
Metascore:
83
User Score:
7.0
Total War: Arena 572.

Total War: Arena

Platform: PC
February 22, 2018
Total War: ARENA is a free-to-play, team-based strategy game where players step into the boots of legendary heroes from the past to forge their legacy through combat. Built on years of Creative Assembly’s experience with the critically acclaimed Total War series, it takes the pillars of strategy, intense, tactical combat, and dedication to history the series is famous for and distills it into epic, online combat for new and old fans alike.
Metascore:
75
User Score:
7.0
American Conquest: Divided Nation 573.

American Conquest: Divided Nation

Platform: PC
March 27, 2006
Divided Nation is the next installment in the American Conquest RTS series. CDV and GSC GameWorld return to offer the player an opportunity to experience the American Civil War and key events immediately prior to and following the conflict that changed the United States. In Divided Nation, players take on multiple roles in 19th century America, including Civil War General, pirate commander and militia leader in the Texas War of Independence. [CDV]
Metascore:
53
User Score:
7.0
Spuds Unearthed 574.

Spuds Unearthed

Platform: PlayStation 4
April 24, 2020
Fight to build your own Spud tribe and make your planet prosper in this hilarious action-strategy game with a dash of playing god. Journey to different planets, upgrade your heroes and create new weapons for your galactic conquest.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
7.0
Takeda 575.

Takeda

Platform: PC
November 14, 2001
Historically real Japanese feudal war strategy. Test your strategic skills of warfare in the feudal days of Japan. Be a general in the most glorious days of the Japanese empire when Shoguns and warlords ruled the land. Position your armies where you can overwhelm your competitor. Play against a real artificial intelligence based upon the greatest warlords of all time, or combat your best friends in a game of skill and chance. [Xicat Interactive]
Metascore:
58
User Score:
7.0
The Golden Horde 576.

The Golden Horde

Platform: PC
July 15, 2008
Lead armored crusaders, flexible Mongolians or impregnable Russians into historic battles! The Scenario is based on a on the events which took place in Europe, central Asia and Russia at the beginning of the XIII century. The game will offer recreated versions of famous battles and political crises as well as an epic campaign which outcome is yours to determine. Thanks to sophisticated RPG elements, individual Heroes, fancy graphics and easy controls The Golden Horde offers a perfect access to the real-time strategy genre in the exotic setting of the early middle ages in Europe and Asia. [JoWood Productions]
Metascore:
54
User Score:
7.0
Rails Across America 577.

Rails Across America

Platform: PC
September 18, 2001
A game of railroad empires in North America, covering the period from 1830 to the near future. It is a real-time strategy with a "sim" flavor. Rails allows hundreds of tracks with thousands of trains crossing the continent. Players must focus on where to expand, where to compete, and when to call in favors from government officials, union leaders, and other powerful figures. [Strategy First]
Metascore:
81
User Score:
7.0
Magic & Mayhem: The Art of Magic 578.

Magic & Mayhem: The Art of Magic

Platform: PC
October 26, 2001
A unique blend of strategy, tactical combat, and role-playing brought to life with full 3D graphics and an epic storyline. As a Wizard, you have the power to conjure terrifying creatures and devastating spells against you opponent. Before each battle, you choose which spells you will bring with you, and then use the spells in real-time tactical combat against your opponent. [Bethesda Softworks]
Metascore:
71
User Score:
7.0
Worbital 579.

Worbital

Platform: PC
January 31, 2019
With the post to shift gravity, prepare to aim your cannons, blast your enemies, and enjoy the fireworks. Worbital is a real-time strategy artillery game in space, peppered with a heavy dose of cosmic chaos. The goal: be the last civilization standing.
Metascore:
76
User Score:
7.0
The Gladiators: The Galactic Circus Games 580.

The Gladiators: The Galactic Circus Games

Platform: PC
March 3, 2003
You are Greg Callahan, leader of a top-secret space shuttle mission to investigate a black hole in deep space. Lost during the mission, you end up on a strange planet, forced to fight for your life in the Deathbowl-a galactic deathmatch in an arena full of screaming, bloodthirsty crowds. The Gladiators: Galactic Circus Games is an action-packed, single- or multi-player RTS (Real Time Slaughter!) game that puts you right in the middle of incredible 3-D landscapes, spectacular explosions, bloody alien brawls and more. Embodying the Gladiators of 3 different races (Humans, Galactic, Magic), gain the tactical advantage and lead your combat units on 18 different missions. Playing The Gladiators is fun and easy. Surviving it is the hard part. [Arxel Guild]
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.0
Kingdom Rush 581.

Kingdom Rush

Platform: Xbox One
January 25, 2023
Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command! Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations! Rain fire upon your enemies, summon reinforcements, command your troops, recruit elven warriors and face legendary monsters on a quest to save the Kingdom from the forces of darkness!
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.0
Total War: Three Kingdoms - Fates Divided 582.

Total War: Three Kingdoms - Fates Divided

Platform: PC
March 11, 2021
Determine the fate of China in the new Chapter pack for Total War: Three Kingdoms. Grow Yuan Shao’s mighty army or stand in his way as Cao Cao and use strategy to achieve the grandest of ambitions. In the Fates Divided Chapter Pack you begin at 200 CE, a period that finds Yuan Shao and Cao Cao at a crucial turning point. These childhood friends have borne witness to each other’s growing ambition, but Yuan Shao’s patience with Cao Cao is fast coming to an end – a childhood bond is about to break. Fates Divided includes significant improvements to several in-game mechanics, a new faction, and new units, as well as new playstyles for established factions.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.0
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 583.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

Platform: PC
October 28, 2008
Red Alert 3 breaks new ground in the RTS genre, featuring a fully co-operative campaign while bringing back the series’ light-hearted style and classic, action-oriented gameplay. In Red Alert 3, the desperate leadership of a doomed Soviet Union travels back in time to change history and restore the glory of Mother Russia. The time travel mission goes awry, creating an alternate timeline where technology has followed an entirely different evolution, a new superpower has been thrust on to the world stage, and World War III is raging. The Empire of the Rising Sun has risen in the East, making World War III a three-way struggle between the Soviets, the Allies, and the Empire with armies fielding wacky and wonderful weapons and technologies like Tesla coils, heavily armed War Blimps, teleportation, armored bears, intelligent dolphins, floating island fortresses, and transforming tanks. Red Alert 3 asks the question "What If?" What if every bizarre research project and technology experiment for the last 70 years had actually borne fruit? What if the Philadelphia Experiment, time travel theory, teleportation, invisibility, Tesla technology, and a hundred other intriguing research projects had all paid off and gone mainstream? What if the Soviet Union survived and thrived; what would it look like 10 years in the future? What if the Japanese Empire had never fallen and instead became the ultimate high-tech military superpower? The end result is an imaginative and playful vision of an alternate future filled with possibility. [Electronic Arts]
Metascore:
82
User Score:
6.9
They Are Billions 584.

They Are Billions

Platform: PC
June 18, 2019
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.9
Company of Heroes 2: The Western Front Armies 585.

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
Dungeon Defenders 586.

Dungeon Defenders

Platform: Xbox 360
October 19, 2011
In Dungeon Defenders, you fight for team and territory in a mash-up of action, role playing, and tower defense.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.9
Aliens: Dark Descent 587.

Aliens: Dark Descent

Platform: PlayStation 5
June 20, 2023
In Aliens: Dark Descent, command a squad of hardened Colonial Marines to stop a terrifying Xenomorph outbreak on Moon Lethe. Lead your soldiers in real-time combat against iconic Xenomorphs, rogue operatives from the insatiable Weyland-Yutani Corporation, and a host of horrifying creatures new to the Alien franchise. Infiltrate large open levels and annihilate enemies with your squad, dispatching orders strategically and intuitively at the touch of a button. Tread carefully, as your foes will adapt their tactics to your actions while hunting you down because death is permanent. Manage your resources wisely and take calculated risks to outsmart the deadliest creature mankind has ever faced. Can you and your squad stop the outbreak before it's too late?
Metascore:
74
User Score:
6.9
Full Spectrum Warrior 588.

Full Spectrum Warrior

Platform: PC
September 21, 2004
Full Spectrum Warrior is based on a game commissioned by the U.S. Army to train light Infantry troops in urban combat situations. Soldiers are placed in a tense, hostile, and claustrophobic environment where they must complete a variety of military objectives. Players act as the Squad Leader, providing direction to Alpha and Bravo fire teams. The successful Squad Leader effectively uses cover in the environment and moves his fire teams in a coordinated fashion so they can protect themselves from possible attacks that could come from any direction. Full Spectrum Warrior puts you in the dirt with your men, where danger lurks around every corner. [THQ]
Metascore:
80
User Score:
6.9
March of the Eagles 589.

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
The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring 590.

The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring

Platform: PC
November 4, 2003
Play the Greatest Story Ever Written . . . The quest to destroy the One Ring continues in the first Real-Time Strategy game based on The Lord of the Rings saga. Massive battles erupt as the forces of light and darkness battle for control of Middle-earth. Play as the forces of good and valiantly fight for the One Ring's destruction or play as the forces of evil to claim control over Middle-earth forever. [Sierra]
Metascore:
67
User Score:
6.9
Warhammer 40,000: Sanctus Reach 591.

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
Ancient Wars: Sparta 592.

Ancient Wars: Sparta

Platform: PC
April 24, 2007
Anciet Wars: Sparta is based on the history of the ancient ages and their main nations. Spartans, Persians and Egyptians are fighting for influence around Little Asia, Europe and North Africa. Historical correct timeline is 700-300 BC and the action takes place with different campaigns for all three races. Sparta represents 3D strategy in real time with the new developed Ancient Wars Engine (AWE), where the player will have to use each nation’s powers to be superior over other competitors and build up a driving and ruling faction. The main emphasis is on large-scaled battles and complex tactical manoeuvres. Additional to this, a new method of army equipment is represented. Warriors can be equipped with weapons and shields, can be put on horses or on chariots and be given special abilities. The player can collect abandoned weapons after battles or import powerful weapons from other cultures to build more powerful and different special units. Additionally the forces of nature are very important, because fire, find etc. will affect the whole environment. Cities can be upgraded (e.g. turned to fortresses), workers gather resources to ensure the economic part. [Playlogic]
Metascore:
59
User Score:
6.9
Orcs Must Die! 3 593.

Orcs Must Die! 3

Platform: PC
July 23, 2021
Orcs Must Die! 3 ushers orc-slaying mayhem to a previously unimaginable scale. All new War Scenarios pit players and their friends against the largest orc armies ever assembled. Mountable War Machines give players the essential firepower to heave, stab, carbonize, and disarticulate the abominable intruders.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.9
Dark Reign 2 594.

Dark Reign 2

Platform: PC
June 30, 2000
With a new 3-D engine and a host of features -- gorgeous 3-D terrain and units, traditional top-down and immersive "on the battlefield" camera viewpoints, true line of sight, and unprecedented battlefield control -- DR2 will innovate the RTS genre and give gamers the most exhilarating war experience ever. [Activision]
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.9
Earth 2150: Lost Souls 595.

Earth 2150: Lost Souls

Platform: PC
September 9, 2002
It is the 7th of December, 2150 and the Earth is quickly coming to an end. An ongoing feud between the Eurasian Dynasty and the United Civilized States has left the planet in disarray - people are hungry, resources are scarce and agricultural production has stopped. But the situation is getting even worse. A series of nuclear explosions near Antarctica have altered the Earth's orbit around the sun, making glaciers melt and the seas rise to threatening levels and the catastrophe has been worsened by meteorite showers that have buried whole parts of the planet. Thanks to a group of scientists from the Lunar Corporation, a long forgotten colony on the Moon, many people have managed to escape the terror and make their way to the nearby safety of Mars, but an unlucky few - the Lost Souls - have been left behind. And now they are seeking revenge. [Strategy First]
Metascore:
67
User Score:
6.9
Anomaly 2 596.

Anomaly 2

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 16, 2014
In the years following the invasion of Earth in 2018, the planet is overrun by alien machines. Humankind is on the verge of extinction. Banded together in huge convoys, they search the frozen tundra for food and supplies. Since the war, the roles have been reversed: now our species seems to be the Anomaly on a machine-controlled planet. Your convoy, Commander, is called Yukon.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
6.9
Fate of the Dragon 597.

Fate of the Dragon

Platform: PC
March 14, 2001
Reminiscent of "Age of Empires II", this historical real-time strategy is based on the Three Kingdoms period of 2nd century China, just after the Han Dynasty fell into ruin, a turbulent time during which dozens of warlords sought the throne and eventually settled into three conflicting kingdoms.
Metascore:
71
User Score:
6.9
Patrician II: Quest for Power 598.

Patrician II: Quest for Power

Platform: PC
October 8, 2001
A real-time trading simulation featuring elements of construction and the historical background of maritime trade in the North European area between London and Novgorod during the 1300's. As a citizen of a medieval town, the aim of the game is to rise from the status of a simple trader to that of a big businessman and perhaps to the head of the Hanseatic League. [Strategy First]
Metascore:
76
User Score:
6.9
WorldShift 599.

WorldShift

Platform: PC
November 16, 2009
In the 21st century, earth has been hit by a mysterious huge dark object called 'Shard Zero'. It released a plague that disrupted the very nature of space and life. WorldShift is set thousands of years later, when our civilization is no more than a fading myth. The remnants of Human civilisation developed a new culture and now live in 5 mega-cities, struggling every day for the precious resources they need to survive. The rest of Earth is populated by the Tribes, successors of early humans that were affected by the Plague. [Playlogic]
Metascore:
63
User Score:
6.9
Titanfall: Assault 600.

Titanfall: Assault

Platform: iOS
August 10, 2017
Standby for Titanfall! Experience freedom on the Frontier battlefield in a new mobile RTS that redefines the genre with fast-paced action and intense PvP battles. Put your combat skills to the test by unleashing a powerful arsenal of Titans and Pilots, including units from Titanfall 2 plus brand new specialized units only for the mobile game. Deploy Sim Ninja, Boomer Ion, Scorch and more onto the battlefield to fight for control of the Frontier. Collect and upgrade dozens of cards including tactical Burn Cards, which provide powerful support. Create or join a Guild to play and strategize with friends and fight across multiple maps that extend the dynamic Titanfall universe. Play on Crash Site, Angel City, Boneyard and more. Strategize your way to victory over enemy forces in epic PvP battles and compete for glory and rewards on the leaderboards. Assemble and conquer. Unite and destroy. And lead your forces to victory in The Frontier War.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
6.9
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