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Which real-time strategy games actually get played?

97 real-time strategy games owned in at least 30 of the libraries read here, ranked by how many owners launched it at all. Across all of them it’s 52%.

S7 games
  1. #1Age of Empires II (2013)95% of 102
  2. #2Plague Inc: Evolved87% of 164
  3. #3Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition88% of 82
  4. #4Northgard: Definitive Edition80% of 100
  5. #5Age of Mythology: Extended Edition91% of 46
  6. #6Age of Empires® III (2007)84% of 63
  7. #7Planetary Annihilation81% of 70
A20 games
  1. #8Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition86% of 49
  2. #9Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition79% of 76
  3. #10Natural Selection 279% of 72
  4. #11Control Craft 294% of 32
  5. #12Knights and Merchants77% of 75
  6. #13Rise of Nations: Extended Edition86% of 42
  7. #14Earth 216088% of 34
  8. #15Offworld Trading Company79% of 52
  9. #16AI War: Fleet Command82% of 39
  10. #17Planets Under Attack76% of 50
  11. #18Stronghold Crusader HD74% of 58
  12. #19Company of Heroes 68% of 119
  13. #20Brütal Legend67% of 144
  14. #21CastleStorm81% of 31
  15. #22Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition76% of 34
  16. #23Nuclear Dawn73% of 41
  17. #24World War III: Black Gold74% of 38
  18. #25Forts69% of 58
  19. #26Stronghold HD70% of 46
  20. #27Stronghold Crusader 267% of 57
B29 games
  1. #28Earth 2140 HD71% of 35
  2. #29Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection69% of 42
  3. #30Homeworld Remastered Collection66% of 59
  4. #31KnightShift66% of 59
  5. #32Dungeons 264% of 76
  6. #33Earth 2150 Trilogy68% of 44
  7. #34Age of Empires: Definitive Edition69% of 36
  8. #35Company of Heroes 259% of 250
  9. #36Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation62% of 79
  10. #37Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition 61% of 93
  11. #38Stronghold Legends67% of 33
  12. #39Grey Goo62% of 53
  13. #40Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion59% of 107
  14. #41Mindustry61% of 44
  15. #42Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III61% of 46
  16. #43Diplomacy is Not an Option60% of 40
  17. #44Dungeons 358% of 59
  18. #45DEFCON56% of 62
  19. #46STAR WARS™ Empire at War: Gold Pack55% of 92
  20. #47War for the Overworld55% of 44
  21. #48Ancestors Legacy54% of 50
  22. #49AI War 253% of 30
  23. #50Tooth and Tail51% of 61
  24. #51Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak50% of 32

And 5 more: Starship Troopers: Terran Command, Planetary Annihilation: TITANS, Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin, Knights of Honor II: Sovereign, Rebel Inc: Escalation.

C24 games
  1. #57Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 344% of 52
  2. #58Tempest Rising41% of 34
  3. #59Cepheus Protocol40% of 30
  4. #60Driftland: The Magic Revival43% of 72
  5. #61Autonauts vs Piratebots37% of 35
  6. #62Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance40% of 62
  7. #63Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution39% of 76
  8. #64Iron Harvest37% of 62
  9. #65Supreme Commander 234% of 56
  10. #66Multiwinia28% of 40
  11. #67Command & Conquer™: Generals26% of 39
  12. #68STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga27% of 44

And 12 more: Supreme Commander, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars™, Command & Conquer: Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising, Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition, Swords and Soldiers HD, Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour, Darwinia, Warpips, SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition, Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath™.

D17 games
  1. #81Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade28% of 93
  2. #82Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3 - Uprising26% of 81
  3. #83Battle Simulator: Counter Stickman19% of 53
  4. #84Command & Conquer™ 4 Tiberian Twilight14% of 42
  5. #85Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon6% of 31
  6. #86Fluffy Horde10% of 40
  7. #87Command & Conquer™ and The Covert Operations™8% of 39
  8. #88Command & Conquer: Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™8% of 39
  9. #89Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™8% of 39
  10. #90Commander: Conquest of the Americas Gold15% of 55
  11. #91Forged Battalion5% of 38
  12. #92Earth 2150: The Moon Project13% of 53

And 5 more: Stronghold Crusader Extreme HD, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault, Earth 2150: Lost Souls, Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts.

Counted from the Steam libraries read here, by the hours Steam has on each game; free games are left out, since Steam lists one as owned only once it has been played. A game owned in only a few libraries is pulled toward the kind’s 52% as if 60 more owners had played it like the typical one, so a lucky handful can’t top the list. S is the top 8%, A the next 20%, B the next 30%, C the next 25%, D the rest.