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.
#1 Age of Wonders 3
Age of Wonders 3 is an Action, RPG and 4X Tactical Strategy video game by Triumph Studios. The game is set in a fictional Fantasy World where you act as the Leader whose tasks are to explore the world, interact with other players, NPCs and races, build diplomatic and trade relations with other nations, wage epic and mighty wars against the foes and eventually expand your Empire. Age of Wonders 3 offers multiple new character classes and skill trees to choose the best and allows you to forge alliances with friendly nations in order to defeat the forces of Dark Lord Meandor and help out his sister Julia who is taking the damages. With some of the most epic turn-based battles, amazing campaigns, wonderful characters and dramatization of this cool game, Age of Wonders 3 lets you enjoy an amazing and quite unique Strategy, High Fantasy and RPG gaming experience. Try it out if you really want to enjoy something that has the qualities of a brilliant game.
#2 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.
#3 Machines at War 3
Machines at War 3 by Isotope 244 is a great MMO-RTS and War based video game. The game lets you be a commander, command over a great number of military units, Military grade vehicles (Tanks, Humvees, Cruisers, Planes, choppers etc.) and make best strategies to either defend yourself against the enemies or to attack and conquer them. Machines at War 3 is played from a top down perspective and allows you to focus on every detail from above and manage it well. The game encourages you to attack and destroy most prominent enemy installations to disrupt their transport and operations. You can use heavy artillery, air strikes, battle ships and other available resources to conquer your enemies. The multiplayer gaming mode lets you be allies with your online friends and attack the enemy from multiple directions and with more power and force. Your Strategic, Diplomatic and Friendly relations with other settlements are the key elements in winning or losing the wars and expansion of your own lands, so you better be good at them in order to prove your supremacy and to dominate over the surrounding world. Machines at War 3 offers fantastic visuals, game-play and other characteristics.
#4 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.
#5 Company of Heroes 2
Company of Heroes 2 is a popular RTS game that offers an amazingly addictive and quite immersive game-play similar to the popular Supreme Commander video game. This sequel to the original Company of Heroes lacks the allies feature and instead it takes you to the eastern frontiers in order to battle against the enemies and experience an extremely action-packed game-play ever. As usual the game sets you up into the character of a commander/lieutenant and allows you to focus on building your own base, gather up resources, and build immense man power by building and training troop units, and finally embarking on amazing journeys that will eventually lead you to huge battles against the enemies. Your task is to simply conquer the enemy bases, outposts etc. in order to eliminate the threat and to expand your reign. Every outpost and base capture awards you with points that you can use to buy more upgrades and stuff. Building, defending and occupying enemy territories are the main parts of the core game-play, so the more you are tactically strong, the more chances of success you get. The unique combat system allows you to use your amazing militaristic approach to cater with the armies, use heavy machinery, artillery, military grade vehicles and stuff to defeat your enemies and enjoy an amazing gaming experience.
#6 Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds is a brilliant RTS game like Supreme Commander that takes the franchise to the amazing RTS genre and offers a seemingly wonderful gaming experience. The game mechanics and visuals are highly inspired by the mighty Age of Empires and offers a similar game-play. Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds allows you to choose anyone of the available factions (Rebels, Wookies, Gangans, Trade Federation, The Empire and Royal Nabbo etc.), select the relevant campaign and enjoy a marvelous game-play experience. Just like Supreme Commander, Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds lets you focus on building your own base, collect the resources, build many troop units and upgrade them time to time in order to level up, and go hunting your enemies on ground, in air and in sea. Explore different planets, defeat the native forces and conquer them in order to expand your reign. Building part of the game allows you to construct new buildings, make defensive outposts and defend against any enemy incursions. This game is a wonderful combination of Star Wars and Age of Empire aesthetics and because of that it would definitely be a great source of entertainment for all the amazing RTS and Action fans. Do try it out.
#7 Age of Empires 3
Age of Empires 3 is a Real-time Strategy, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Ensemble Studios. The game includes eight different civilizations such as Spanish, Ottoman, Dutch, British, Portuguese, and more. Each civilization has its unique advantages and weaknesses. It combines the elements of building, resource management and combat. The main task is to create your Empire using different buildings and gather resources to survive. Recruit military and arm them with weapons and protect your Empire. In the game, you’ll face different challenges such as population, war, diplomacy, and more. Expand your Empire by conquering other Empires and upgrade your units, buildings. Military and weapons using experience points. It has a set of objectives and the game rewards you with points as you fulfill requirements of each level. Unlock other civilizations by progressing through the game. With detailed environment, immersive gameplay, superb mechanics and brilliant controls, Age of Empires 3 is the best game to play and enjoy.
#8 Westward IV: All Aboard
Westward IV: All Aboard is a superb, City-building, Gather Resources, Strategy and Single-player video game developed and published by Sandlot Games. The game offers an exciting gameplay and puts the player in the role of the leader. It is a mix of Real-time Strategy, Adventure, Isometric, and Exploration elements. According to the story, the owner of the Turner Railroad company goes disappearing, his children named as Henry and Anne, are called to unearth the truth behind the missing of their beloved father. The player can play as Anne or Henry, and his ultimate task is to protect his family business from greedy robbers and expand his father business further and further to progress in the game. Save the captured citizens from kidnappers, fight against bandits, and lead the people of his nation throughout a variety of levels to earn money. The player can build his unique town using more than thirty-six buildings and can grow food to feed his people and produce items and goods for daily use. Westward IV: All Aboard offers core features such as Thirty-six Buildings with Upgrades, Train skilled Workers, Building Bonuses, Town products, Unlock Secrets and more. Try it out.
#9 Westward III: Gold Rush
Westward III: Gold Rush is a Real-time Strategy, and Single-player Business Simulation developed and published by Sandlot Games. The game takes place in the fantastic land of Northern California and offers the story follows the kind-hearted but struggling family, who welcomes three travelers into their home and provides a space for rest. The travelers make a promise to repay for the generosity and kindness of the family when they are settled. A greedy land specular known as Silas McAllister appears and take over the valuable land, and become the governor of California. The game has a similar gameplay to its previous titles and features three different pioneers each has a special bonus. Wood and gold are primary resources in the game, which can be used to grow food to feed the people and build houses to offers the shelters to the people. The game takes place in two different cities, and the player needs experience points to unlock further buildings to expand his city. There are three different modes, which can be played in Sandbox modes such as Bandit Showdown, Disaster Challenge, and Open Range. With prominent features, exciting gameplay, and wonderful graphics, Westward III: Gold Rush is the best game to play.
#10 Age of Empires II: The Conquerors
Age of Empires II: The Conquerors is a Downloadable Content Pack for RTS (Real-time Strategy) video game Age of Empires: The Age of Kings, released in 1999 by Ensemble Studios. It DLC pack serves as the 4th title in the series of Age of Empires and comes with five new civilizations (such as Huns, Koreans, Mayans, Aztecs, and Spanish), four new campaigns, and more. The game introduced different gameplay tweaks and features, including the new modes such as Wonder Race, King of the Hill, and Defend the Wonder. Some maps in the game take place on the real-life locations. At the beginning of the game, the player needs to select his civilization, choose the campaign and dive into the world where he must establish his empire by placing buildings, recruit an army to defend the inhabitants and bases for further progress. The player can manipulate the land to collect resources and use to craft multiple items, equipment, and weapons for the army to take down other territories to conquer the world. Age of Empires II: The Conquerors offers prominent features such as Eleven new Units, New Gameplay Modes, Four Campaigns, Twenty-six Technologies, and more. Check it out, and have fun.
#11 Knights and Merchants
Knights and Merchants is a Medieval-themed, City-building, Real-time Strategy, Single-player and Multiplayer video game with an emphasis on Resource Management elements developed by Topware Interactive. The game takes place in the era of the Middle-Ages and offers the former Kingdom, divided into several small principalities and earldoms. There are two campaigns available such as The Peasants Rebellion and The Shattered Kingdom, with a collection of twenty-four challenging missions. It has over twenty-five types of buildings, and the game comes with more than dozens of characters. In the start of the game, the player needs to select his playable character, struggle to establish the kingdom, recruit the army and jump into the game to compete against other players while gathering resources from defeated territories. During the battle, the player commands multiple units of the army to eliminate the opposing forces from the ground to win. Knights and Merchants include core features such as Middle Age Simulation, Skirmish Mode, 10 Multiplayer Maps, 25 types of Buildings, Dozens of Characters, and more. Check it out, and have fun.
#12 PowerMonger
PowerMonger is a RTS (Real-time Strategy), Single-player and Two-player video game developed by Bullfrog Productions and published by Electronic Arts. The game is set in the fantasy-based world where the movement of the camera is limited to rotating the map by 90 degree. It introduces the advanced artificial life system, in which each character has its own mind and can use to do job and perform other tasks. In the game, the player can use the tool to encounter the name, gender, vital stats, allegiance, and hometown of the character. The player starts the game with a small number of soldiers and few town. To conquer the map, the player must balance the power, command the army to defeat opposing team, and struggle conquer all of the towns on the map to become the master. The locals can shifted into the army of the player and massive towns, as the player conquers the land. During the gameplay, the player can controls as many captains as armies, with an objective to keep them alive to advance through the game. Try it out, and you’ll love it.
#13 Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs
Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs is a Single-player and Multiplayer RTS (Real-time Strategy) video game developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The game acts as the first Downloadable Content Pack for the RTS video game Age of Empires III, and it comes with several modifications, new content, and more. In the game, the player is still expected to collect resources, create troops and send them to conquer opponents like the original game. Instead of introduces new concepts, the game expanded the existing concepts. There are fifteen long missions available, including the Black Family in the historical setting. The game puts the player in the role of the protagonist, the leader whose ultimate task is to establish his kingdom, recruit his troops and struggle to dominate the map to expand his empire. The game features both Single-player and Multiplayer modes, and the player can compete against AI in Single-player mode while going against friends in Multiplayer mode. The game is played from an isometric perspective, and the player uses the point-and-click interface to advance and control the aspects. Further levels will be unlocked as the player proceeds through it and gain points as well as resources to supply the units. With immersive gameplay, superb mechanics, and brilliant graphics, Age of Empires III: The WarChiefs is the best game to play.
#14 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.
#15 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.
#16 Towns
Towns is a great Isometric City-Building and Management MMO-RTS simulation that offers a beautiful sandbox style theme. The game leaves you in a partially build piece of land and allows you to manipulate the land as you like it, explore, gather up resources and build structures you want. At the beginning, Towns allows you to choose biomes (Grass, Desert, Snow or Land) process your selected biomes with their own qualities, grow crops or clean the land and wildlife, build homes, farms and other structures by using the resources and eventually build a whole new civilization and help your people thrive in a very friendly environment. With the help of 11 villagers, you must perform the necessary tasks, settle them up in homes and grow the population, befriend neighboring settlements and grow economically, start trade and grow your nation and enjoy playing this marvelous game. Towns as compared to a lot of other titles of the similar nature, is one of the best simulation to enjoy. Try it out and you’ll love it for sure.
#17 Offworld Trading Company
Offworld Trading Company is another great City-Building, Management, MMO-RTS, Economic and Exploration video game. This wonderful game allows you to leave the Earth out of Curiosity and start exploring planet Mars, build mining facilities on the surface and gather resources as an Offworld Trading Company, process the resources in your other facilities and finally sell them onto Earth and other Planets in the Galaxy. As this game is all about Trading and Economics, Offworld Trading Company allows you to manipulate the market by your varying products, manufacture new technologies with the help of Martian resources, Sell them in the markets, generate revenue and spend it on enhancing your company and resources like machinery, operators, and other necessary things. Offworld Trading Company offers single-player campaign and allows you to be in full control of your actions and receive the possible outcome based on the decisions you make. With a marvelous game setting, Sci-fi aesthetics, great visuals and an immersive game-play, Offworld Trading Company is a fun game to play.
#18 Battle World: Kronos
Battle World: kronos is an MMO and Turn-Based Real time Strategy and a war-based video game that lands you into a militaristic setting. The game allows you to engage yourself into campaigns, skirmishes and wars against your enemies from the Yerla Faction. You get to control your own troop units, train them and use the most sophisticated weaponry against your enemies. Battle World: kronos lets you explore the game world, assault your enemies using transporting vehicles, Air Support and via troops, seize their properties and loot their resources etc. You can play the game online with your friends in multiplayer gaming mode and make alliances to defeat your enemy with the greatest force, tactical advantage and might. Battle World: kronos is a great strategy and war based MMO video game to play and enjoy. try it out if you haven’t yet and enjoy the ultimate fun.