Imperator: Rome
Imperator: Rome is a Single-player and Multiplayer Grand Strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio for Multiple Platforms. A sequel to Europa Universalis: Rome, published in the year 2008. The setting of the game takes place at 450 AUC and comes with the period of the establishment of the Roman Empire and the Wars of the Diadochi. The massive map in the game spans from the Iberian peninsula to India and introduces more than seven-thousand cities. Like previous titles from Paradox, all the nations are playable. However, the game advertises a set of prominent features such as diverse population, character management, new battle tactics, various government types, and more. In the game, the strategy is the key to success, and the player must polish his skills to become the master and take down the rival factions. In the start, the player must declare his nation to play, and then jump into the unstoppable war where he must try his strategies to dominate other countries.
#1 Kingdoms at War
Kingdoms at War is an RPG, Strategy, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by A Thinking Ape Entertainment Ltd. The game has similar gameplay to the Lords of Empire, where the player has to build his Kingdom, crush the rivals, attack other rivals, and battle against epic bosses.
During the gameplay, the player serves as a Leader of a powerful army in the Kingdom and needs to protect the Kingdom’s dignity. While exploring the world, the player can discover new Kingdoms and conquer all of them by fighting the epic monsters. It all depends on the player’s strategy and power of the soldiers to dominate the opponents.
Make a powerful clan, invite friends to join the group, and battle with monsters to defeat them and conquer their Kingdoms. The player can upgrade the clan’s power by completing the side quests or by collecting all the power-ups in the battle-field. The game’s core features are MMORPG Mode, Real-time Battles, Leader Board, and Challenging Quests.
#2 Total War NAPOLEON: Definitive Edition
Total War NAPOLEON: Definitive Edition is a War-based Real-time Strategy, Historical, Single-player and Multiplayer Grand Strategy video game created by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. The game allows the player to complete his Total War Collection with this edition, which comes with all Downloadable Content Packs and introduce updates since the release of the game. It allows the player to take on the Peninsular Campaign focused on the intense battle that raged over the Spanish between 1811 and 1814. There are three different nations available, and the player must select one of them, such as Great Britain, France, and Spain. After choosing the nation, the player aims to lead his campaign across an independent map introducing more than thirty-two new regions. The mission of the player is to create an unstoppable force with epic heroes and then leads his units to victory by defeating challenging nations to become the master. Total War NAPOLEON: Definitive Edition offers exciting features such as Absorbing Gameplay, 20 Legendary Units, Coalition Battle Pack, Independent Map, and more.
#3 American Conquest: Divided Nation
American Conquest: Divided Nation is a Real-time Tactics, Strategy, and Single-player video game developed by Revolution of Strategy GmbH for Microsoft Windows. The game introduces immersive gameplay based on real-time historical events. It serves as the sequel to RTS game American Conquest, which is focused on the conquest of America by the Europeans from the natives. The main focus of the game is on the Civil War, and it introduces nine historical campaigns, as well as different, loses scenarios, lets the player replay the time of the battle. Like other RTS games, the player starts the game by gathering resources (gold, coal, grain, and wood), building a base, and creating powerful units to battle against opposing forces who are struggling to do the same. However, in campaign missions, the resource gathering and base building are sometimes left out in favor of maps that are focused on the playing field. Four playable nations are available such as the Union, the Confederacy, Texas, and Mexico. Each country has its specific units, but in appearance they are similar. With engaging gameplay, detailed graphics, and brilliant mechanics, American Conquest: Divided Nation is a good game to play.
#4 Outlive
Outlive is a Real-time Strategy, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Continuum Entertainment for Microsoft Windows. The game lets the player experience the mission-based RTS gameplay where the player commands either a human or robot military forces intending to eliminate all the opposing forces. Like other RTS titles, the player starts the game with limited resources and empty land. His main objective is to gain power, reputation, and resources and once the player has all, then he’s ready to attack others. The game is played from an isometric viewpoint, and the player needs to, in the start, establish his base, recruit armies, and create units. After that, the player must use his resources strategically to train his troops and lead them in the battlefield to victory by dominating the opposing forces. As the game advances, the difficulty level increases and the player confronts several powerful forces in this strategy game. The player has a chance to put his strategic skills to the test. There are three different campaigns such as Co-operative, Robot, and Human. In the start, the player has a choice of selecting one of three.
#5 Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest
Empire Earth: The Art of Conquest is a Real-time Strategy, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Mad Doc Software and published by Sierra Entertainment. The game serves as the downloadable content pack for the RTS game Empire Earth, and a Gold Edition of Empire Earth was released, containing both the original and expansion released in 2003. The game comes with several new features, including civilizations, units, civilization powers, and hero units. There are three new campaigns available such as WWII, Ancient Rome, and 24th Century Mars. In the start, the player needs to choose his campaign from available and then jump into the game where his ultimate goal is to establish his units, recruit armies, create a base, and then lead his forces to victory by dominating the battlefield. According to the plot, the Roman Campaign centers on the Struggles of Marius and the conquests of Julius Caesar. Each campaign has its unique sceneries, and the player needs to complete each one to advance through the game. Pacific, Asian, and Roman are three prominent campaigns in the game.
#6 Real War: Rogue States
Real War: Rogue States is a Real-time Strategy, Tactical, and Single-player video game developed by Rival Interactive, Inc. and published by Simon and Schuster Interactive for PC. This title serves as a Downloadable Content Pack comes with a set of new features and it is also a sequel to Real War video game. The gameplay continues where the previous title left off. However, the Independent Liberation Army is returned and has successfully managed to get their hands on the newest technology. In the game, the player has an option of playing in a cooperative mode where the first player controls the land forces while another one controls the air forces. There are over fourteen units available, including Amphibious Tanks, Advanced Fighters, Remote Gun Turrets, and more. Several new modes await the player, including new Multiplayer, Skirmish, Alliances, Air-only Maps, and more. In the start, the player needs to choose one of fourteen different campaigns and jump into one of twenty new skirmish maps. Real War: the Rogue States include prominent features such as Component Command Multiplayer, 14 new Units, New Multiplayer Mode, 20 Skirmish Maps, 14 Campaigns, and more.
#7 Great Conqueror: Rome
Great Conqueror: Rome is a Grand Strategy and Single-player video game developed by EasyTech for Mobile Devices. The game revolves around the Roman Republic that is on the rise, and several nations are planning to take down your nation for supremacy. A brutal war is ready to imminent. In the game, the Roman Empire needs the power of everyone to fend off such type of evil forces. There are lots of powerful commanders who ready to fight with you, such as Pompey, Caesar, Antony, Spartacus, Octavian, and more. The game allows you to witness the birth of the mighty conqueror. In the game, the main objective is to restore the scenes of tons of historical themed battles in Rome and must witnesses how Rome evolves into a massive empire across Africa, Asia and as well as Europe. During the gameplay, the player must command mighty legions and take part in the Punic Wars, the Conquest of Gaul, and the Spartacus Uprising, etc. to experience the rise and glory of Rome. The game has three modes such as Conquest Mode, Expedition Mode, and Campaign mode.
#8 Strategic Command WWII Pacific Theater
Strategic Command WWII Pacific Theater is a Single-player and Multiplayer Grand Strategy video game developed by Fury Software for PC. The game serves as the third release in the series of Strategic Command video games, and it revolves around turn-based strategy gameplay takes place in WWII, focusing on Asia and Pacific Theater for the first time in the series. There are two factions such as Axis and Allied, and the player has an option to choose either Allied or Axis, to start playing the game. Similar to the previous titles, the game takes place on a vast map split into squares. However, it is the first title not centering on the European Theater of WWII but rather set in the Pacific Theater. There are eight mini-campaigns, played on the small maps such as Kododa Trail, Battle of Midway, Philippines Campaign, Battle of Peleliu, and more. In the game, the primary campaign lasts from the vicious attack on Pearl Harbor until the year 1947 and set on a map spreading from Novosibirsk and Bangalore.
#9 Soldiers: Heroes of WWII
Soldiers: Heroes of WII is a Real-time Strategy, WWII, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Best Way and published by 1C Entertainment. The game is set in the war-themed world where the player has an option to select from several leaders of different nations such as German, Russian, American, and British, control their respective nation to dominate the map where the game is set.
Its primary focus of the game is on strategy elements, but the player can command his troops with the use of mouse and keyboard for additional depth of control. There are more than 100 authentic vehicles and weaponry that the player can command or commandeer. The objective of the player is to battle through a set of ultra-detailed terrain from wasters to villages.
In the Multiplayer mode, the player can compete against other online players from all across the land to prove his strategic skill. Soldiers: Heroes of WWII has core features such as Several Playable Nations, Become a Commander, RTS-style Gameplay, Cunning AI Enemies, Thirty Intense Missions, and more.
#10 Battlevoid: Harbinger
Battlevoid: Harbinger is an Action, Space, and Single-player Simulation developed and published by Bugbyte Ltd for Multiple Platforms. The game takes place in a beautiful world where the player has an opportunity to explore the massive space environment to experience the perfect blend of turn-based, rogue-like, and start map strategy with real-time space battles.
Assume the role of the young commander who needs to venture into the enemy territories, far away from his home to unknown galaxies, never knowing what he would face off ahead. During the gameplay, the player must make decisions regarding his fleet and equipment, find surprising elements to use on the battlefield to survive and save humanity. To ensure victory, the player should be master in tactics, strategy, and resource management.
During the gameplay, the player can engage himself in an intense and gripping adventure. Battlevoid: Harbinger offers prominent features such as Superb Pixel Graphics, Unique Upgrade System, Carry out Missions, find New Technologies, etc.
#11 CRYPTARK
CRYPTARK offers a perfect mix of Action, Rogue-like, and Platform gameplay elements developed and published by Alientrap for Multiple platforms. Take place in the 2D sci-fi world where the premise of the game is shooting genre. The game challenges the player with boarding and neutralizing the randomly generated starships of aliens to generate income for the enterprise.
During the gameplay, the player can complete each mission by smashing the central core of the enemy’s ship, making money that can be used to buy weapons for the next level. Once the player runs out of cash, the game will end. While playing the game, the player should need to purchase improved weaponry and equipment to tackle more targets, but be careful as failure will result in a loss of investment.
It takes place in a randomly generated world full of challenging enemies. There are more than seventy deadly weapons to use, and during the gameplay, the player will discover a challenging and re-playable campaign that tests the tactics and the strategy of the player. With engaging gameplay, superb mechanics, and crisp visuals, CRYPTARK is an excellent game to play.
#12 Galimulator
Galimulator is Strategy, and Single-player Simulation developed and published by Snoddasmannen for Multiple Platforms. It takes place in the sandbox environment, and the game simulates the brutal wars, politics, revolutions, different kinds of bizarre events in procedurally generated galaxy. In the game, the player has to watch the gameplay as the space empire and must struggle to dominate the world for powers. While playing the game, the player needs to decide if he wants to watch the game in Observer mode or want to freely in the Sandbox mode. There are three exciting modes such as Emperor mode, Sandbox mode, and Observer mode. In the game, the player has to battle against enemies to dominate as many stars as possible and to ensure the victory he must create ships to battle and do other strange things. During the gameplay, the player will encounter strange space vicious monsters and must destroy them to make points. Find new technology is the main objective of the player to make himself powerful, and during the game, he can switch politics between fortification, expansion, and more.
#13 World War I
World War I is a Real-time Strategy, WWI, and Single-player video game developed by Dark Fox and published by 1C Company for Microsoft Windows. According to the storyline, humanity didn’t know any military wars similar to WWI, and the interests of several countries got involved.
In the game, dreadnaughts, aviation, tanks, and chemical weapons are used in conflicts. The battles have become massive, and the world war has started for four years, causing three massive empires vanished from the map of the world. The game covers all these historical events of 1914-1918 in more than thirty challenging missions categorized into three different campaigns and one chapter.
The game puts the player in the role of the commander, who must lead his force of Allies, Germany, or Russia to prove the military leadership skills on the grounds of Europe. In the game, the player needs to organize the baseline, set targets, and install advanced defense lines. World War I includes prominent features such as Three Campaigns, RTS-based Real Events to Explore, Plenty of Units, and more. Check it out, and have fun.
#14 Rise of Empires: Ice and Fire
Rise of Empires: Ice and Fire is a Strategy and Single-player video game developed by Im30.net for Android and iOS. The game comes with unique gameplay revolves around nation versus nation, instead of team versus team. There are several countries and the player at the start can choose his favorite one to jump into the battle.
According to the plot, the nation of the player requires a hero who can make it from being destroyed from the hand of another country. It offers the perfect mix of Multiplayer RTS gameplay elements, and in the game, the player takes on the role of the protagonist, a leader of a small town conquered by the invasion of the Eastern Dynasty and the strange appearance of the Death Harbingers.
The story tells that the antagonist has corrupted the world and it has full control over the ancient powers of the dragons. As the leader, the player needs to establish his empire once again from the ruins, recruit his army, tame powerful dragons, and then join allies in the endless war. Rise of Empires: Ice and Fire include prominent features such as Realistic Graphics, Real-time Combat, Different Locations to Explore, Build your Empire, and more.
#15 Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Giants: Citizen Kabuto is a Real-time Strategy, Third-person Shooter, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Planet Moon Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment. It was the first game from Planet Moon Studios, previously comprised former employees of Shiny Entertainment who had worked on the video game MDK released in 1997.
In the game, the player controls the character from one of three different races to either complete the plot in Single-player or to challenge other players in online modes. The player can choose heavily armed Meccaryns fully loaded with jetpacks, etc. However, the single-player mode is considered as a sequential story, throwing the player in a set of missions, several of which will test the player’s reflexes in action game-like puzzles.
The player navigates the land from a third-person viewpoint and his main objective is to battle against enemies and remove them, as well as certain structure to advance through the game. Giants: Citizen Kabuto includes prominent features such as Unique Power-ups, Third-person Action, Challenging Puzzles to Solve, and more.
#16 Seven Kingdoms II: The Fryhtan Wars
Seven Kingdoms II: The Fryhtan Wars is a Real-time Strategy, Single-player and Multiplayer video game for Microsoft Windows, developed by Enlight and published by Ubisoft. The game offers the historic-fantasy environment where it takes place and it serves as the sequel to Seven Kingdoms video game.
This title retains a massive deal of concepts from its previous titles that distinguished it from other titles. As in original title , the game takes the player on an epic journey where he needs to find out a way to strike a balance between the mighty army for taking on the enemy kingdoms and a viable economy for expanding the former.
Like other RTS titles, the game is played from an isometric viewpoint, in which the player uses the point-and-click interface to take actions and command the units across the map to advance through the game. While playing the game, the player needs to deal with different elements such as Reputation, Food, Gold, Loyalty, and more. In the start, the player has an option to choose from available factions, and each has its unique attributes. Check it out, if you loved playing RTS games.
#17 Total War: Three Kingdom
Total War: Three Kingdom is an upcoming Turn-based Strategy, Historical, Single-player and Multiplayer War video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It serves as the first title in the award-winning video game series of strategy to recreate epic battles across ancient China.
Mixing a gripping turn-based campaign of statecraft, building, and conquest with Real-time fights, the game reintroduces the series in an age of legends and heroes. The game welcomes the players to a new era of legendary conquest. The most beautiful but fractured land is famous for a new emperor and a new way of life.
In the game, the player needs to unite China under his command, forge the next level dynasty, and create a legacy that will last through the ages. There are up to eleven legendary warlords available from which the player can choose his favorite one with the best stats and dominate the realm.
In the game, the player has to recruit heroic characters to aid himself in battle and conquer the enemies on military, political, technological, and economic fronts. China’s Greatest Legends, Guanxi System, Artistic Purity, Turn-based and Real-time Harmony, etc. are core features of the game.
#18 Legionnaire
Legionnaire is a mix of Real-time Strategy and Real-time Tactics game-play elements developed by Microcomputer Games and published by Avalon Hill. The game takes place in the historical places, where the player controls the Roman Legions in real-time battles against the barbarians.
In the game, the player is capable of assuming the role of Caser, issuing orders to his forces. There are three different types of units and the player needs to select and deploy them strategically. The game is played from a top-down perspective and receive points for each completed mission.
Using the point-and-click interface, the player can perform actions to take down rival factions. So, the player can issue orders by moving the arrow to units over them. It offers the massive grid of square cells, on which different terrains are displayed. The game increases the difficulty as the player advances through it. With old-classic graphics, strategy gameplay, and mouse-driven controls, Legionnaire is a good game to play.
#19 Epic Seven
Epic Seven is an Adventure, RPG, Single-player, and Multiplayer video game developed by Smilegate Megaport for Android and iOS. During the gameplay, the player serves his duty as a fighter who has to engage in multiple battles against different foes. It all depends upon the player’s combat skills and strategies to outlast the opponents or let them win.
In solo mode, the player comes to the battle against all the game’s characters one by one. Multiplayer mode allows the player to face multiple challenges again and again by inviting friends to prove the best fighter. The game offers a wide range of characters where the player can upgrade them by getting to advance.
Each character has a specific ability that allows him to decrease the opponent’s power to a larger extent. Jump into the adventure, experience different characters, and show off the fighting skills. The core features of the game are Multiplayer Mode, Different Characters, Abilities, and Combat Skills.
#20 Waterloo: Napoleon’s Last Battle
Waterloo: Napoleon’s Last Battle is a Real-time Strategy, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by BreakAway Games Ltd. and published by Strategy First, Inc. The game takes place in the 2D environment where the player can direct his units from an isometric angle, and his main goal is to lead his units to victory to advance through the game. In the game, the player has an opportunity to rewrite the history and also navigate the historical events, in which he can take command of Napolean’s or Wellington’s armies to modify the history. There are more than sixty different uniforms available and plenty of historical landmarks portrayed. The player can design his random battles in more than twenty-five historical and speculative scenarios. The Multiplayer mode supports up to eight players to play simultaneously either on LAN or Internet. The player starts the game with limited resources, units, and skills, but as the game advances the player will receive further items. Waterloo Napoleon’s Last Battle includes core features such as 2D Graphics, Strategic Gameplay, Command Units, Explore the History, and more.
#21 Iron Harvest
Iron Harvest is a Real-time Strategy, Single-player and Multiplayer video game available to play on PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. Currently, the game two editions such as Deluxe and Collector. Like other RTS games, the player starts his struggle by assembling a team of mechs, training them to improve their power, and them leading them in the battlefield to victory. It takes place in an alternate reality of 1920, after the end of the massive war. In the game, the player navigates the world from an isometric perspective, and he aims to defeat the opposing factions to loot their resources and items. During the gameplay, the player will face lots of difficulties that he must overcome to advance through the game. A variety of robots available and each has its unique abilities. The player controls his team using a point-and-click interface. Using a set of weapons, the player does not need to give up, face enemies, and kill them to restore the peace. Iron Harvest comes with lots of cool features, strategic gameplay, and more.