Anno
Anno is a series of brilliantly immersive Real-time Strategy, City Building and Business Simulation video games by Ubisoft and Sunflowers GmbH. The games in the series involve City building, Resource Generation, Collection, Management, and the games are set on small Islands. Anno series encourages the players to explore, form diplomatic relations, and combat against the enemies of the rival nations. The series includes some of the biggest hits of the RTS genre such as Anno 1701, Anno 2070, and Anno 2205. Over all the game includes six main games, three expansion packs and five Spin-offs that include Anno 1701: Dawn of Discovery, Anno Online and Anno 2205: Asteroid Miner (2015). With a worldwide fame and a huge player base, Anno series offers great RTS games throughout the series and offers plenty of room for the gameplay, great mechanics and sleekest 3D visuals details. The very first game of the series was launched back in 1998, so the series is almost a decade old but it has never lost its standards of quality and it offers great games till date. The franchise has evolved a lot since its first launch and it now offers great mechanics but the same great type of gameplay as before. So all the players who haven’t yet played the games from Anno series, they should try em’ out. Anno series will definitely out rank lots of the big names of this specific genre.
#1 Tropico 4
Tropico 4, developed by Haemimont Games and Feral Interactive is an Open Ended City-Building, management and MMO-RTS Simulation video game. The game allows you design, build and manage the Cities as the President of Tropical Islands (Banana Republic). You must govern over Banana Republic and build buildings and structures on any island by choosing one from the map or you can just randomly select an island and start building. The game lets you be part of the game world by selecting and customizing an online avatar for yourself and after you have completed the initial steps you can start working on your cities. Tropico 4 allow you to play game in Campaign and provides with 20 levels of addictive and engaging game-play in which you get a chance to attack your enemies and conquer their lands and loot their resources. You must use best Turn Based Strategies to eliminate your enemies and any threat that diverts your attention from building your cities. Tropico 4 is an amazingly cool MMO-RTS, City Building and Management video game to play and enjoy. Do try it out.
#2 The Settlers
The settlers, developed by Ubisoft Blue Bite and published by Ubisoft back in 1993, is a Real Time Strategy (RTS) video game series. The series comprises of total eight main games in the series including the remakes and the recent game was made available in the markets in late 2012. The whole game series features Real Time Strategy game-play in which the player builds a civilization, gathers resources, unlocks new buildings and wages wars against the enemies. The Settlers offers a unique RTS gaming experience along with a community of players all around the world. Players can communicate, make alliances and attack the enemies from different locations and conquer their lands. With all the fancies provided, The Settlers is available to play on numerous gaming platforms as Amiga, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac OS X, Nintendo DS, iOS and Android.
#3 Tropico 5
Tropico 5 is a marvelous new MMO-RTS, City-Building, Management Simulation that offers gameplay a lot similar to its predecessors and Anno series games. With a unique Co-op Multiplayer (4-Player) feature, Tropico 5 lets you build whole cities on different islands and allows you to work with or against each other. The main task in the game is to manage your cities and take your settlement to the Colonial Era, witness World Wars, Cold War and finally reach to the modern era, embrace technological advancements and thrive in an advanced society. You can also be one of the super powers of the time by simply working hard, write the constitution and decide the independence of your cities or countries and by waging wars against your enemies and defeating them. With all the wonderful building and management options, great visuals, and an addictive game-play, Tropico 5 is a brilliant Simulation to spend your precious time on. Do try it out for a beautiful MMO, RTS, management and City-building experience.
#4 Age of Empires
Age of Empires is a marvelous MMO-RTS video game developed by Ensemble Studios and distributed by Microsoft studios back in 1997. The Original game came with 7 sequels and 3 spin-offs. From its first release till date, the game titles are all historical real time strategies and the game-play offers single and multiplayer player gaming modes along with a number of fantastic Campaigns, missions and stuff. Age of Empires is set in a historical eras like Stone Age, The Rise of Roman Empire, Europe and Asia in Middle Ages, Spanish Conquest of Mexico, Asian Dynasties, Rise of Asia etc. The latest inclusion to this amazing real time strategy game series is “Age of Empires Online” which is the 7th sequel to the game. This sequel of the game also revolves around historical events. Age of Empires ruled the world and sold almost 20 Million copies and handed back a really sizable profit to Ensemble Studios. The game allows you to control the whole Empires, train massive armies, build your defenses, wage epic wars against your enemies and defeat them to prove your supremacy. With a very thrill filled game-play that offers a number of amazing campaigns, beautifully created 3D visuals and loads of fantatsic things to discover, Age of Empires in one of the best MMO-RTS games and typically a trend setter for this specific genre.
#5 Cities: Skylines
Cities: Skylines is a wonderful City Building, Management and massively Multiplayer online Real-Time Strategy Simulation packed with new and improved gameplay mechanics and elements and it tends to entertain you with all the provided thrill and hardships of creating and managing a whole city. The game basically assesses your abilities of being a good Manager, Builder, Crafter, etc. all at once and throws various hardcore challenges at yourself to improve your abilities and ultimately be a great Building and Management Mogul, rule the businesses and, build and create new technologies and take it to a whole new level of entertainment. With awesome visual details, great game-play options, addictive nature, a lot to build and manage and Strategically grow your Economics, Relations and defenses, Cities: Skyline is a great City-building, Management, MMO, RTS simulation to enjoy. Try it out if you really want to enjoy an amazing experience of all the beautiful combination of various elements, you’ll love it for sure.
#6 Supreme Commander
Supreme Commander or popularly known as SupCom is a wonderful Real-Time Strategy and MMO video game by Gas Powered Games. The game allows you to Pilot giant Mechs named as Armored Command Units (ACUs) and lets you build your own Base, build more Mech units like the one you are piloting, use sophisticated technologies to upgrade your mech units, wage wars against the enemies and conquer their outposts. You can select anyone of the three main factions, go hunting on the enemies and eventually expand your mechanical reign. With a number of fantastic Single and Multiplayer Campaign, missions and side missions for you to engage yourself in and enjoy a brilliant experience. Supreme Commander is the predecessor to 1997’s “Total Annihilation” if you consider it to and it offers almost similar game-play and mechanics and allows yo to have a totally unique MMO-RTS experience. With a futuristic game setting, beautifuly created 3D visuals and all the thrilling Campaigns in the game, Supreme Commander is one of the best games of this specific genre.
#7 Black and White
Black and White is a wonderful City Building and a Community-based virtual simulation that allows you to build, cities, accommodate people, craft buildings such as homes, markets, workshops, castles etc. and govern over everything from a top down perspective. Initially the game lets you take control over an Island, home to a number of different tribes. your task is to control the tribes, feed them, build houses and markets for them, assign them various tasks and Expand your land. As you control the whole villages, it is your duty to take care of your people, provide them with good nutrition and help them solve problems, make them breed and increase their population in order to have more and more people living in your villages. With all the fun and epic gameplay, Black and White offers a fantastic environment, beautifully created game visuals and loads of exciting things to discover.
#8 Endless Legend
Endless Legend by Amplitude Studios is a Turn Based 4x Fantasy MMO-RTS video game set in the land of Auriga and allows the players to dominate over the land by Exploration, Technology, Conquest, Wars, Diplomacy and Research. You can select your character from one of the eight main races/factions, multiple skill trees and unique characteristics. Endless Legend tasks you with expanding the kingdom of Auriga by using the above mentioned methods and once an area is seized, you can gather up resources and build new cities. The quests in the game can be unlocked by completing different tasks and every finished quests awards you with Dust, the game currency. Dust can be used to buy more upgrades and stuff that makes the game more interesting. Endless Legend with a wonderful Grid-based mechanics, turn based combats, amazing quests and characters, cool visuals and a brilliant game-play is a marvelous game to play and enjoy.
#9 Omerta: City of Gangsters
Omerta: City of Gangsters is a Turn-based, Management, Tactical, Strategy, Single and Multiplayer Simulation developed by Haemimont Games. The game takes place in the fictional city called Atlantic City in Atlantic Country where alcohol is ban. The city is threatened by the criminal gangs who makes money off gambling trade. The game lets the player get into the role of the unnamed character with big dreams. The player must explore the game world, start from small jobs, collect criminals and create his gang, earn money from gambling trade and expand his empire. Create the base, fight against other gangs and defeat them to earn reputation points. Use the points to unlock further content. There are fifteen different characters each with unique skills, backgrounds, and personalities. The game includes twenty different maps with various environments to explore. Omerta: City of Gangsters offers core features such as RPG system, Turn-based Combat, Strategic Gameplay, Historical City, Stealth Action, and more. Try it out and you’ll enjoy it.
#10 Civilization V
Civilization V is another great Action-RPG and RTS Life Simulation that allows you to build, explore, and manage resources just like you did in the Spore and specifically on the Civilization Stage. Civilization V offers amazing Turn-based RTS game-play in which your task is to simply control a whole civilization, explore different worlds, and create settlements, research for technologies and much more. Another great aspect of the game is the element of battles and conquering. You are allowed to simply defend your settlements from enemies, battle to conquer other areas and eventually grow the size of your settlement or you can simply negotiate with other online players, make alliances and rule over the vast areas. Civilization V is one of the best game to play like Spore. Do give it a try.
#11 Spacebase DF-9
Spacebase DF-9 is a great City-Building, management and MMO-RTS Simulation that takes you to an amazing space journey. This wonderful Construction, Development, Real-Time Strategy and management game allows you to maintain your own space station with all the resources you have. With a beautiful space theme, Spacebase DF-9 lets you hire workers for different jobs, build new structures, generate and manage your resources, accommodate your people and eventually grow your space station to other parts of the galaxy. The main task is to find specific points in the galaxy, send explorers, scientists, and workers, settle a small group of people on the discovered area, help them grow by completing different tasks and conquer the worlds. Construction is one of the main objectives of Spacebase DF-9, so you must build structures, defend them against the enemies (Aliens) and keep your people alive by using all the available tactics, strategies and ways possible. This interesting amalgamation of Construction, management MMO and Strategy elements will definitely allow you to have hours of plain entertainment and fun.