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Best RTS video games (all time)

A ranking of real-time strategy video games.

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Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
1

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness

(1995)
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is a fantasy-themed real-time strategy (RTS) game published by Blizzard Entertainment and first released for DOS in 1995 and for Mac OS in 1996. The main game, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, earned...
9
9
as video game
from 3 votes
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Warcraft: Orcs & Humans
2

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

(1994)
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is a real-time strategy game (RTS), developed by Blizzard Entertainment and published by Blizzard and Interplay Entertainment. The MS-DOS version was released on 23 November 1994 and the Macintosh version i...
9
9
as video game
from 2 votes
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Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
3

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

(2002)
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is a high fantasy real-time strategy video game released by Blizzard Entertainment in July 2002. It is the second sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, and it is the third game set in the Warcraft fiction...
8.9
8.9
as video game
from 8 votes
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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
4

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

(2010)
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and released by Blizzard Entertainment for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. A sequel to the award-winning 1998 video game StarCraf...
8.8
8.8
as video game
from 5 votes
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Total War: Shogun 2
5

Total War: Shogun 2

(2011)
Total War: Shogun 2 is a strategy video game developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It is part of the Total War series and returns to the 16th-century Japan setting of the first Total War game, Shogun: Total War...
8.6
8.6
as video game
from 5 votes
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StarCraft
6

StarCraft

(1998)
StarCraft is a military science fiction real-time strategy video game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment and released for Microsoft Windows on March 31, 1998. The game later spawned a franchise, and is the first gam...
7.8
7.8
as video game
from 11 votes
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Heroes of the Storm
7

Heroes of the Storm

(2015)
Heroes of the Storm is a MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) made by Blizzard Entertainment. It differs from most MOBAs by being targeted to a more casual audience. It features a cast of characters from other Blizzard games as...
7.3
7.3
as video game
from 15 votes
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Smite
8

Smite

(2014)
Smite (stylized as SMITE) is a third person action multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) video game developed and published by Hi-Rez Studios for Microsoft Windows and Xbox One. In Smite, players take on the visage of a mythologi...
6.7
6.7
as video game
from 9 votes
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League of Legends
9

League of Legends

(2009)
League of Legends (LoL) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows and OS X. It is a free-to-play game supported by micro-transactions and inspired by the mod Defens...
6.4
6.4
as video game
from 34 votes
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Anno 2070
10

Anno 2070

(2011)
Anno 2070 is a city-building and economic simulation game, with real-time strategy elements. It is the 5th game of the Anno series. It was released on 17 November 2011, and was co-developed by the German studios Related Designs an...
6
6
as video game
from 7 votes
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Dota 2
11

Dota 2

(2013)
Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena video game, the stand-alone sequel to the Defense of the Ancients (DotA) Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne mod. Developed by Valve Corporation, Dota 2 was...
6
6
as video game
from 24 votes
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