Praetorians
Praetorians is an Action, Real-time Strategy, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Pyro Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. The game is set in historical Rome Empire and allows you get into the game world by selecting your side. Create your troops and equip them with traditional weapons and dive into battle, fight against thousands of other troops and defend your Empire. Defeat enemies and loot their resources. It has two different modes such as the Campaign and the Skirmish. The game campaign mode has four different levels in which you can take part as Julius Caesar and your main task is to lead your force against different hostile tribes and Egyptian. Explore the map, complete quests and earn rewards to unlock other content. There are twenty missions in Campaign mode divided into four section and each section is started by a short film. Expand your Empire by building and upgrading your units to progress in the game. With exciting features, different modes, stunning visuals, and brilliant mechanics, Praetorians is the best game to play and enjoy.
#1 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.
#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 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.
#4 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.
#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 Starcraft 2: Heart of Swarm
StarCraft 2: Heart of Swarm developed by Blizzard Entertainment is a War based Real Time Strategy and MMO video game and an expansion pack of StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty. The game continues the story from where it was ended in StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty and provides you with little changes such as more Troop Units, Multiplayer Changes, Enhanced Graphics and game Mechanics etc. The game still focuses on the Zerg (an advanced Alien Race) and allows you to take control of the Swarm and use it to revenge upon Terran Dominion Emperor, Arcturus Mengsk. StarCraft 2: Heart of Swarm provides you with 20 missions in campaigns and spawns you into the game world as Sarah Kerrigan. Your only task is to use best strategies and your skills to encounter Arcturus, turn his kingdom and his reign to an end by the help of a huge military force and Advanced Weapons and Tactics etc. You must defend your settlement in order to stay alive and play the game. Like its predecessor, StarCraft 2: Heart of Swarm is a super thrilling and addictive RTS video game with unique MMO features and it will definitely entertain you. Do try it out if you really are into games with RTS, MMO and PRG elements.
#7 Heroes of Might and Magic
Heroes of Might and Magic is a popular Series of Action, RPG, MMO and RTS video games. The whole series allows you to engage yourself into epic Fantasy-themed encounters with the enemies and lets you command over massive armies of Mythical Creatures, Explore a massive game world, collect resources and artifacts and wage wars against the enemies, defeat them in epic conflicts and gain experience points. With a number of characters, brilliant setting, amazingly addictive nature and an immersive game-play, Heroes of Might and Magic is a wonderful game to play. Games like Heroes of Might and Magic are a huge source of pure entertainment for all the hardcore Action, RPG and RTS fans. Heroes of Might and magic offers brilliant games packed up with immersive game-plays, great story-lines, state of the art visual details and loads of amazing stuff to discover. Do try this series out if you really are a fan of MMO, RTS and Fantasy gaming.
#8 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.
#9 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.
#10 Caesar III
Caesar III is a City-building, and Single-player video game created by Impression Games and published by Sierra Entertainment. It is the third entry in the series of Caesar game and allows the player take on the role of the Roman governor. The ultimate task of the player is to build a massive Roman city, in which he has to make the city safe, gather resources to expand his city, craft weapons, and grow crops to fed his people and keep them happy for further progress. The player has to deals with disasters, foes, and angry gods. The player can explore the game world from isometric views, and there are a set of levels that the player has to complete at any cost. To level-up, the player must fulfill the requirements of each level and expand his village by defeating another castle using his military. It combines the compound of city-building, crafting, resource management, and strategy. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.
#11 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans
Warcraft: Orcs and Humans is a Single-player and Multiplayer video game with Real-time Strategy elements developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. There are two different factions available, and the player can select one of them such as the invading Orcs and the Human. It takes place in the fictional medieval environment, and the primary objective of the player is to uses the different building to establish his Kingdom, recruit and train his army and harvest resources. In Single-player mode, the player needs to complete a series of missions by crushing enemies. The game rewards the player with points that he can use to unlock further units, resources, and modes. The player starts with empty land, and he must place units strategically, fend off enemies by destroying his structure, crush them, loot their resources and claim their land to expand his empire further and further. In some scenarios, the player needs to fight against monsters, but sometimes, the player can use these monsters as his army after defeating. Warcraft: Orcs and Humans is the best and award-winning Real-time Strategy.
#12 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.
#13 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.
#14 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.
#15 StarCraft: Remastered
StarCraft: Remastered is a 2017 Real-time Strategy (RTS), Single-player and Multiplayer video game created and published by Blizzard Entertainment. The title serves as the remastered edition of the original title StarCraft, released in 1998. The game retains the assets of the original title but offers Ultra HD graphics, modern online feature, and pre-recorded audio. The improved graphics support up to 4K HD resolution, and it comes with several improvements in multiplayer matchmaking, saved settings, and social integration. The player is capable of pairing his online accounts from the original title with the new online account to continue his statistics into the remastered version. There are different factions available, and the player needs to select his favourite one to partake in the world to battle against enemies. The game is played from an isometric perspective, and the player commands his troops using the point-and-click interface. In the game, the player can build bases, recruit armies, and equip them with weapons to use in the battlefield against rival forces. With superb mechanics, addictive gameplay, and smooth controls, StarCraft: Remastered is the best game to play.
#16 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.
#17 Warcraft
Warcraft or also known as Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the Very first video game of the series. Released back in 1994, Warcraft was a Record Sale hit video game that won three awards and was nominated for three more. With a massive response from around the world markets, Warcraft became the number one hit of the time and was a great competitor to Westwood Studio’s Command and Conquer video game series. Being a top trending RTS (Real Time Strategy) video game, the game lets the player take control of a character from any of the classes (Humans and Orcs) and engage in an epic single-player campaign to complete a number of different missions. Each and every mission of the game offers different objectives such as building towns, resource collection, and raising and training massive armies, etc. The Multiplayer Campaign of the game allows the players to complete only one primary objective of destroying enemy bases and defeat their forces (Humans, Orcs or Monsters based on the character class choices at the start of the game). The combat in the game is mainly Melee and Ranged type that requires troops having the abilities. With a truly remarkable narrative, Medieval and Fantasy-based game setting, addictive gameplay, loads of fantastic game modes, beautiful visuals and loads of other great things, Warcraft (Warcraft: Orcs & Humans) is one amazing RTS game to play and enjoy.