Pharaoh + Cleopatra
Pharaoh + Cleopatra is a Strategy, City Building, Simulation, and Single-player video game developed by Impressions Games. Throughout the game, the player comes to experience the golden times of Egypt from the era of the great pyramids to the final years of the New Kingdom.
The player has to interlink with every aspect of the Egyptian culture, such as trading, religion, commercial, social, economic, and many other factors. The player starts with a poorly developed city, and over time, he has to convert it into an advanced town. The player must make a strong economic city, harvest crops to make revenue, and trade goods for the in-game currency.
Using the ultimate and the greatest Egyptian structure, the player has to build it in the way that the generations can rule this dynasty. The player can use many city construction kits to create the perfect Egyptian city with the desired structure or follow the pre-defined mechanism.
#1 StarCraft
StarCraft is a Real-Time Strategy and Military Themed Sci-Fi video game by Blizzard Entertainment and Mass Media. The game is set in an era of Earths 25th Epoch and features three Species “Humans, Terrans and Zerg” Fighting a tremendously destructive war for dominance over a distant Galaxy named as Koprulu. The game itself is a wonderful masterpiece because of its amazingly addictive and quite engaging nature, amazing Characteristics and a wonderful Sci-Fi background. This fantastic game is about the race known as Protos who struggles to survive from mass extinction as the fierce Sarah Kerrigan gets more stronger with the help of Zerg Broods. StarCraft offers 7 new units, modified AI (Artificial Intelligence) moods and behaviors, new terrains to explore, a unique Level Editor, enhanced scripting and game engine capabilities etc. Furthermore, StarCraft offers an exciting new expansion pack named as StarCraft: Brood War that makes this game even more engaging and immersive. With a powerful narrative, great storyline, beautifully designed game visuals and an epic gameplay, StarCraft is one of the most exciting RTS video game to play and enjoy.
#2 Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes is a 2006’s hit Real-Time Strategy and MMO video game by Relic Entertainment. The game is set in World War 2 Era and allows you to be part of any of the two Factions. Tasks are to simply capture certain areas on game map, build new bases, produce and train new units and defeat enemies in hardcore Action-packed battles. With brilliant visuals, amazingly addictive game-play and a super cool story-line, Company of Heroes is a cool addition to the RTS genre. With all the brilliant Single and Multiplayer Campaigns, Missions etc. Company of heroes offers a great MMO-RTS experience for all those who love playing games of this specific genre. Company of heroes offers Unique Combat mechanics and offers enhancements into the typical game-play type, takes it to a whole new level by enabling the players to build massive economies, strategic and diplomatic relations, mega alliances and take part into epic wars fought for the domination, resources and pride. With all the amazing things combined, Company of heroes offers a militaristic touch to the Core game-play and allows you to enjoy the game even more. if you are a true fan of MMO-RTS genre you must have played this game earlier, but if not, you should definitely try it out and enjoy all the ultimate fun and entertainment.
#3 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.
#4 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.
#5 StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty
StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty is Military themed Sci-Fi, MMO-RTS video game by Blizzard Entertainment. The game is about 3 different races Terrans, Zergs and Protoss and offers amazing visuals, Mechanics and game-play like the original StarCraft video game. As the protagonist Jim Raynor, the game tasks you to lead an insurgent faction against the Tyrannical Reign of the Terran race, bring it down by completing a number of objectives such as waging huge wars, tactically weakening their strength, close their resource routs, steal them and use them to enhance your power, defenses and military abilities etc. With hardcore action, brilliant story and immersive game-play, StarCraft2: Wings of Liberty is a marvelous MMO-RTS and Sci-Fi video game to play. StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty offers new features such as upgrades that will help you pace through the game-play quite rapidly, engage into epic Real-time Strategy based Warfare, and select your sides from the three main choices, beautifully created visuals, enhanced game mechanics, a number of new single and multiplayer campaigns and a new story-line along with a very immersive and quite addictive game-play to enjoy.
#6 Age of Empires Online
Age of Empires Online, is a Massively Multiplayer Online Real Time Strategy (MMORTS) video game developed by Robot Entertainment in collaboration with Gas Powered Games and published by Microsoft Game Studios for PC (Microsoft Windows) only. Being an online and a multiplayer game, “Age of Empires Online” is totally free to play and enjoy. You can play it alone or with your friends online. The game features a similar game-play to its predecessors, the only difference is that it allows the players to play the game online. Player in the game, creates civilizations, gathers resources, Trains army units, and creates buildings like homes for the people, markets, shops etc., goes on different quests and fights with the enemies either to save his land or sometimes to conquer their lands to grow his kingdom. The game provides with a lot of new content that a player can use to craft different things or trade with others etc. Age of Empires Online also features super fine graphics, a great game story and a lot more exciting things to do.
#7 Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War 2: Retribution
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2: Retribution is a Real-Time Strategy and Tactical War-based MMORPG video game by Relic Entertainment. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 Retribution lets you choose a character from six races (Space Marines, Eldars, Chaos, Orks, Tyranids and Imperial Guards) and engage yourself in war based campaigns to conquer. The campaign takes place on any of the six sub-sectors located on six or more planets. Because of being a war based tactical strategy video game, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2: Retribution has only one main objective! Attack the other races on different planets, conquer them, loot their resources and eventually dominate over the whole quadrant and all the planets in the vicinity. Multiplayer gaming mode allows you to play with other online players, form alliances and conquer the world around you with magnificent power and might. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2: Retribution is a wonderful game to play and enjoy.
#8 Age of Mythology
Age of Mythology is a Myth-based MMO-RTS video game by Ensemble Studios. The game is basically a Spin-off from the Age of Empires Series and is based on Greek, Egyptian and Norse mythologies. With an Age of Empires inspired game-play and mechanics, Age of Mythology features Admiral Arkantos from Atlantean Origins who is destined to explore the game world divided into 3 most significant cultures and hunt down Cyclops, a companion of Poseidon, and an enemy of Atlantis. Age of Mythology offers a typical gameplay to a lot of other MMORTS games and because of that it allows you to defeat a number of enemy units, build structures, towns, farms etc., train villagers into fully skilled fighters or soldiers, wage epic wars against the neighboring and distant Civilizations, Rival Towns etc. Your main task in the game is to always keep on advancing your tribes and to achieve that goal you’ll have to start from Archaic Age then eventually upgrades to Classic Age, Heroic Age and finally reach to the Mythic Age. Each and every upgrades to any age unlocks more unique Units, Technologies etc. and allows you to be in a more advanced time than the previous. Age of Mythology offers four types of main resources such as Food, Gold, Favor that you can use to train your troop units, build structures, research etc. Age of Mythology lacks one main resource Stone and lets you use other things instead of that. Furthermore, Age of Mythology offers brilliant options to build a strong economy, diplomatic relations with friendly nations etc. With a number of units classified into seven main classes such as Infantry, Cavalry, Archery, Naval, Heroes, Myth Units and Siege Weaponry controlled by Human Units, options to build multiple types of buildings such as Economic buildings, Markets, Farms, Military buildings, Research Facilities, Defensive Structures such as Towers and weapon Mounts etc, Age of Mythology offers a brilliantly engaging and quite addictive gameplay to enjoy.
#9 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.
#10 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth 2
Set in the universe of LOTR, The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II is a great MMORTS video game available to play on PC and Xbox gaming platforms. First off for a better gaming experience, the game lets you decide about on which side you want to be. You can either be a companion of the Evil or you can patch up with Good. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II quite resembles to the RTS games in the LOTR series and provides with a similar game-play. You will have to build your base by building different structures such as defense, barracks, refineries, farms, etc. and gather up the resources. The game allows you to choose any one from the six given factions to enjoy the game-play in different variations. You can also select skills for combat from the five given categories and you can also call the LOTR heroes to assist you in the battles. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II is a great MMORTS video game and it provides with a similar game-play and other characteristics to its predecessors. Do try it out and enjoy the ultimate Action and RTS fun.