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[The Infectious Paradox]

Especially space related games. But I'm up for anything.

 

[MagusMajul]

try the myth games form Bungie they are like no other

 

[cormack12]

Xcom seems an obvious one?

 

[DoubleClutch]

Age of Empires 4 is a good starting point.

 

[Rentahamster]

Real time strategy space games? Like StarCraft?

 

[Lagspike_exe]

Starcraft 2 and Warcraft 3.
Age of Mythology. I haven't tried the new Age of Empires FWIW.
Company of Heroes 3 (although 2 is better in some regards).
Rise of Nations.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Especially space related games. But I'm up for anything.

I mean the mother of all space RTS is ofc Starcraft. If you think the first one is too old for your taste than you can safely jump in the second one which is a masterpiece in terms of everything, including cinematic storytelling. It's blizzard at their peak and theres nothing like it in the market.

Moving on, Frostpunk is a great survival RTS, a bit sci-fi/post-apocalyptic. Havent played the second so can't commen on that.

Not sci-fi but fantastic RTS is the Anno series, specifically 1404 and 1800. 1800 will give you a ton of hours of content. One of the last franchises owned by Ubisoft that hasnt been ruined.

Havent played it yet but Age of Darkness just got out of Early Access so you shoul check it out.


Rift Breaker, fantastic action rts, you basically control a mech which you use to destroy waves of aliens in epic battles and you will also have to build a base to advance and whatnot. Fantastic game!

These are at the top of my head.

Xcom seems an obvious one?

Thats turn-based.

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

Age of Empires 4 is a good starting point.

Just started and love it

Real time strategy space games? Like StarCraft?

Yeah a long those lines

 

[T4keD0wN]

Start with StarCraft, after that its mostly downhill, but there are still some really good ones (I believe all of these are also on GOG, might be better there):

 

[Rentahamster]

Yeah a long those lines

Well, ex-devs of Starcraft recently released Stormgate into early access, and it's free to play.

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

I mean the mother of all space RTS is ofc Starcraft. If you think the first one is too old for your taste than you can safely jump in the second one which is a masterpiece in terms of everything, including cinematic storytelling. It's blizzard at their peak and theres nothing like it in the market.

Moving on, Frostpunk is a great survival RTS, a bit sci-fi/post-apocalyptic. Havent played the second so can't commen on that.

Not sci-fi but fantastic RTS is the Anno series, specifically 1404 and 1800. 1800 will give you a ton of hours of content. One of the last franchises owned by Ubisoft that hasnt been ruined.

Havent played it yet but Age of Darkness just got out of Early Access so you shoul check it out.


Rift Breaker, fantastic action rts, you basically control a mech which you use to destroy waves of aliens in epic battles and you will also have to build a base to advance and whatnot. Fantastic game!

These are at the top of my head.




Thats turn-based.

Does Anno have combat?

 

[Senua]

The first Company of Heroes is an all time classic

 

[The Cockatrice]

Does Anno have combat?

Only ship combat. It's a political RTS, which means pirates and the enemies can build a lot of ships to attack and ruin your base, but it's also easy to avoid it.

 

[Rentahamster]

Does Anno have combat?

Anno does have combat. The newest version, Anno 1800 has both ship and airship battles. However, the game is 80% city builder/logistics and trade simulator and 20% combat. If combat is what you're looking for, Anno isn't for you. It's a great game though. I have probably around 500 hours in Anno 1800.

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

Anno does have combat. The newest version, Anno 1800 has both ship and airship battles. However, the game is 80% city builder/logistics and trade simulator and 20% combat. If combat is what you're looking for, Anno isn't for you. It's a great game though. I have probably around 500 hours in Anno 1800.

Yeah I've had that one on my wishlist for a long time. But I want one with more combat for now. Maybe one day I'll jump in

 

[BennyBlanco]

 

[Rentahamster]

Just started and love it

AoE4 is good. But you prefer a space setting, right? What's the most important quality? The RTS genre? Does it have to be strategy or does any kind of action combat in a space setting suit you?

Yeah I've had that one on my wishlist for a long time. But I want one with more combat for now. Maybe one day I'll jump in

Maybe something from the Total War franchise?

Steam Franchise: Total War Official

Spanning feudal Japan, the Roman era, Medieval Europe and 18th century France, the Total War series brings the past to life with a unique mix of turn-based strategy and real-time land and naval battles.

store.steampowered.com

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

AoE4 is good. But you prefer a space setting, right? What's the most important quality? The RTS genre? Does it have to be strategy or does any kind of action combat in a space setting suit you?



Maybe something from the Total War franchise?

Steam Franchise: Total War Official

Spanning feudal Japan, the Roman era, Medieval Europe and 18th century France, the Total War series brings the past to life with a unique mix of turn-based strategy and real-time land and naval battles.

store.steampowered.com

That's a good question. I'm equally trying to get into RTS generally. However, I'm still pretty new to PC and want some games with good space ship combat. I figured steam would have some good options on games.

 

[rofif]

I've not played RTS games in a long time but what I always liked to do was to turtle.
Supreme Commander 2 is so fun for this. You can set enemy to MAX difficulty (or few enemy players) and see if you can manage to survive and build an army or artillery behind your walls.
I was doing that in Total Annihilation, Warhammer dawn of war, Supreme commander games and the (oh I am old) LOTR games that had very fun walls building mechanics

edit: like this.... and these sessions can last like 3 hours. At some point, I was afraid to launch this game because the time disappears

 

[Leo9]

if you like space you should try homeworld remastered collection.

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

I've not played RTS games in a long time but what I always liked to do was to turtle.
Supreme Commander 2 is so fun for this. You can set enemy to MAX difficulty (or few enemy players) and see if you can manage to survive and build an army or artillery behind your walls.
I was doing that in Total Annihilation, Warhammer dawn of war, Supreme commander games and the (oh I am old) LOTR games that had very fun walls building mechanics

edit: like this.... and these sessions can last like 3 hours. At some point, I was afraid to launch this game because the time disappears

That is excitedly terrifying. What a rabbit hole.

 

[Rentahamster]

That's a good question. I'm equally trying to get into RTS generally. However, I'm still pretty new to PC and want some games with good space ship combat. I figured steam would have some good options on games.

In that case, I'd say to watch some youtube videos about games like the Supreme Commander series, the Homeworld series, Ashes of the Singularity, Sins of the Solar Empire, and see which ones interest you the best.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

The best two.

 

[Beechos]

Alot of the good ones have been already mentioned. The lord of the rings ones if they sell them are awesome too. But space theme will prob be homeworld and starcraft. If you want to go more tactical where things like elevation play a big part you can't go wrong with any of the total war games, company of heroes, myth.

 

[xVodevil]

Definitely StarCraft 2! I don't play competitive but the trilogy campaigns are easily the best out there, pushing the genre with some new ideas where I believe it is still at it's best ever since.

 

[The Infectious Paradox]

The best two.

Homeworld does look tight af

 

[rofif]

That is excitedly terrifying. What a rabbit hole.

Contrary to what people think here, I've finished tons and tons of RTS games full campaigns Like cnc3, Warhammer dow, lotr1,2, the star wars empire at war both rts games, total annihilation, the
Like... red alert 3 campaign is like the best ever. There was this game World at war which campaign narrative stuck with me too.
And for some reason I loved Rise of Legends game. This old janky RTS but I just loved it. I finished the campaign and couldn't stop playing skirmish for a month or more.
Just from the top of my head oh and Battle for middle Earth 2. that was the best.

Supreme commander 1 is kinda rough. 2 is more limited and simple but it's also a benefit. the UI is better, qol is better but both games work great for some skirmish turtling.

 

[Beechos]

rise of nations is also very good. One of my favorite memories were playing with friends, and we would have this one friend who wasnt very good. Everyone would advance their nations to the modern era with stealth bombers and stuff and this one friend would be so far behind he would still be attacking us with bows and arrows.

 

[willothedog]

Halo Wars 2 is easy to get into.

 

[rofif]

rise of nations is also very good

my childhood !

 

[Lorianus]

Sins of a Solar Empire is in essence Command and Conquer in space from a complexity stand point, 1&2 on Steam both are excellent games.

If you want something more complex and for number crunching then Stellaris.

 

[BennyBlanco]

I've not played RTS games in a long time but what I always liked to do was to turtle.
Supreme Commander 2 is so fun for this. You can set enemy to MAX difficulty (or few enemy players) and see if you can manage to survive and build an army or artillery behind your walls.
I was doing that in Total Annihilation, Warhammer dawn of war, Supreme commander games and the (oh I am old) LOTR games that had very fun walls building mechanics

edit: like this.... and these sessions can last like 3 hours. At some point, I was afraid to launch this game because the time disappears

This game is all about turtling, and it’s pretty good

 

[rofif]

This game is all about turtling, and it’s pretty good

oh I had no idea it's out of early access. thanks

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Homeworld does look tight af

And that's not even the best thing about it..

Grab the Complex mod from the Workshop, it turns it into one of the best RTS games on the PC. There's nothing like it. Nothing.



Watch the clock though, this game has that time warp ability the good games have. You'll boot it up and before you know it You're 45



(Ps, it's not really Complex, at all)

 

[Kacho]

Sins of a Solar Empire is in essence Command and Conquer in space from a complexity stand point, 1&2 on Steam both are excellent games.

If you want something more complex and for number crunching then Stellaris.

Came to suggest these. Sounds like what you're looking for.

The original Dawn of War with it's many expansions are dated but extremely good. EXTREMELY. I recommend this more than anything else tbh.


If you like Civ this is... ok. I'm sure you can find it for dirt cheap somewhere.

For a more action-focused RTS/4X

 

[yogaflame]

Starcraft series and Red alert series

 

[simpatico]

Herzog Zwei. Still waiting for something to top it. Crusader Kings and Hearts of Iron come pretty darn close though.

 

[kikii]

 

[Shubh_C63]

Especially space related games. But I'm up for anything.

Try IXION. More like colony management like Frostpunk but in space with amazing graphics and music.

 

[calistan]

try the myth games form Bungie they are like no other

Myth II was one of the best (and first) things I ever played online. Amazing singleplayer campaign too, plus countless mods and total conversions. Every new PC and Mac I've had since then, I always install Myth II.

It's still maintained by hardcore fans, as far as I can tell. These are the same web pages I used to visit in '98, complete with references to Hotline servers. I used to take a zip disk in to work and download the files so I didn't have to spend forever waiting for my 56k connection. Happy days.
https://www.projectmagma.net/downloads/

 

[Harlock]

Watch uthermal channel. He talks some other RTS beyond SC2. But SC2 matches are always fun to watch.

 

[violence]

Starcraft 1 + 2 and Company of Heroes 1 are my personal favs.

 

[mayham2199]

StarCraft is the pinnacle of rts imo. Especially for space.

 

[BlackTron]

StarCraft 2 has accessibility and graphics, while 1 is still pretty much the best game ever.

Play the campaign of 1 for the story and characters, 2 for the fun replayable missions. Don't expect to like the story anymore, they Phantom Menaced that part. Either way, use the custom game mode to turtle against a bunch of zerg comps with many, many siege tanks.

 

[Syphon Filter]

0 a.d is good and currently a work in progress. it's free too.

0 A.D.: Empires Ascendant

0 A.D. is a free, open-source, historical Real Time Strategy (RTS) game currently under development by Wildfire Games, a global group of volunteer game developers.

play0ad.com

 

[Hari Seldon]

If you want space RTS it is hard to top Sins of a Solar Empire.

 

[taylor34]

Age of Empires series
Command and Conquer series
Starship troopers
Starcraft
Warcraft
Dawn of War series
Mechcommander
Halo Wars 1 and 2
Anno series
Battle for Middle Earth
Homeword series
Company of Heroes series
Total Annihilation
Myth

Some of the games haven't aged well, some have. My favorites would probably be Halo Wars series, the first Company of Heroes, and then the C&C series. Anno 1808 is really fun too.

 

[IAmRei]

I rarely play RTS, still, i have some recommendations, like homeworld 1-2, 3D space is implemented well there. But its kind of old. But the visual style is very stylish and modern. Other than that, star wars battleground or empire at war. First star craft is my favorite. But the second is also okay. Command and Conquer and Red Alert is also fine, but i'm not too deep in those games. Well forgive me, i only know old RTS : ))

 

[FeralEcho]

Age of Empires 2 and Starcraft 2 are my all time favourite.The Starcraft and Warhammer 40k Dawn of War series are a must for space related rts fans.

But plenty of amazing old rts games out there.

CnC
Stronghold
Warcraft
Supreme Commander
Etc. The list goes on and on.

 

[Pegasus Actual]