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Which real-time strategy games actually get played?

94 real-time strategy games owned in at least 30 of the libraries read here, ranked by the share of its Steam reviewers who recommend it. The typical one is recommended by 82%.

S7 games
  1. #1STAR WARS™ Empire at War: Gold Pack98% recommend
  2. #2Stronghold Crusader HD98% recommend
  3. #3Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance97% recommend
  4. #4Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade96% recommend
  5. #5Age of Empires II (2013)96% recommend
  6. #6Mindustry96% recommend
  7. #7Stronghold HD96% recommend
A19 games
  1. #8Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition95% recommend
  2. #9Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm95% recommend
  3. #10Rise of Nations: Extended Edition95% recommend
  4. #11Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition 95% recommend
  5. #12Company of Heroes 94% recommend
  6. #13Stronghold Crusader Extreme HD94% recommend
  7. #14Plague Inc: Evolved94% recommend
  8. #15Dungeons 394% recommend
  9. #16Command & Conquer: Red Alert™ 2 and Yuri’s Revenge™94% recommend
  10. #17Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath™93% recommend
  11. #18Age of Mythology: Extended Edition93% recommend
  12. #19Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion93% recommend
  13. #20Brütal Legend93% recommend
  14. #21Company of Heroes - Legacy Edition93% recommend
  15. #22Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor92% recommend
  16. #23Forts92% recommend
  17. #24Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts92% recommend
  18. #25STAR WARS™ Galactic Battlegrounds Saga91% recommend
  19. #26Age of Empires® III (2007)91% recommend
B28 games
  1. #27Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising91% recommend
  2. #28Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection91% recommend
  3. #29Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution90% recommend
  4. #30Command & Conquer™ Generals Zero Hour90% recommend
  5. #31Command & Conquer™ Tiberian Sun™ and Firestorm™90% recommend
  6. #32Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars™90% recommend
  7. #33CastleStorm89% recommend
  8. #34Supreme Commander89% recommend
  9. #35Supreme Commander 288% recommend
  10. #36Homeworld Remastered Collection88% recommend
  11. #37Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Winter Assault88% recommend
  12. #38Stronghold Legends88% recommend
  13. #39Command & Conquer™: Generals88% recommend
  14. #40Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition88% recommend
  15. #41DEFCON88% recommend
  16. #42Starship Troopers: Terran Command87% recommend
  17. #43AI War 287% recommend
  18. #44Warpips87% recommend
  19. #45Tempest Rising87% recommend
  20. #46Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition86% recommend
  21. #47War for the Overworld86% recommend
  22. #48Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition86% recommend
  23. #49Diplomacy is Not an Option86% recommend
  24. #50Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 385% recommend

And 4 more: Knights and Merchants, Northgard: Definitive Edition, Natural Selection 2, Planetary Annihilation: TITANS.

C24 games
  1. #55Age of Empires: Definitive Edition84% recommend
  2. #56Command & Conquer™ Red Alert™ 3 - Uprising83% recommend
  3. #57AI War: Fleet Command82% recommend
  4. #58Multiwinia82% recommend
  5. #59Dungeons 282% recommend
  6. #60Rebel Inc: Escalation82% recommend
  7. #61Darwinia80% recommend
  8. #62Tooth and Tail80% recommend
  9. #63Command & Conquer: Red Alert™, Counterstrike™ and The Aftermath™80% recommend
  10. #64Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak79% recommend
  11. #65Company of Heroes 279% recommend
  12. #66Ancestors Legacy79% recommend

And 12 more: Earth 2150 Trilogy, Nuclear Dawn, Swords and Soldiers HD, Autonauts vs Piratebots, Knights of Honor II: Sovereign, Offworld Trading Company, Control Craft 2, Cepheus Protocol, SpellForce 2 - Anniversary Edition, Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation, Planets Under Attack, Earth 2160.

D16 games
  1. #79Stronghold Crusader 273% recommend
  2. #80Iron Harvest72% recommend
  3. #81Driftland: The Magic Revival72% recommend
  4. #82Command & Conquer™ and The Covert Operations™72% recommend
  5. #83KnightShift70% recommend
  6. #84Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon70% recommend
  7. #85Earth 2140 HD68% recommend
  8. #86Grey Goo68% recommend
  9. #87World War III: Black Gold63% recommend
  10. #88Fluffy Horde59% recommend
  11. #89Planetary Annihilation59% recommend
  12. #90Forged Battalion58% recommend

And 4 more: Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin, Battle Simulator: Counter Stickman, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War III, Command & Conquer™ 4 Tiberian Twilight.

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. Recommended is the share of each game’s Steam reviewers who recommend it.