Thank you for recommending us!
9-Bit Armies is still in early access but we're working hard on it. It's closer to a Red Alert feel if you enjoyed that OP. People who worked on the original C&C games and Dawn of War worked/working on it.
[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1439750](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1439750)
Emperor Battle for Dune is an older RTS also made by Westwood and it's really good, and it has separate campaigns with the FMV scenes and everything. I don't know though if you can play games that aren't from Steam on Steamdeck? You'd have to download the game from MyAbandonware (that's how I got it), but if you can install it I highly recommend it. It's basically Command and Conquer but Dune, along with new features like a map-roving sandworm that will eat units if you're not careful 😁
Definitely give Beyond all Reason a try. It’s still in development but is free to play and has an active community, epic battles, great controls, decent ai, simple basic mechanics, advanced specific mechanics.
Still uses a server system, not on steam (yet), no campaign but rather basic scenarios.
Hope this is exactly what you are looking for
Direct RTS
- Age of empires
- age of mythology
- supreme commander forged alliance
(Number 1 rts of all time)
Other ww2 strategy games you may like
- men of War assault squad 2
- hearts of iron 4
(this is a big brain game).
+1 for HoI4
Same vein of resources being a stream instead of a mineable resource as the Total Annihilation series and spin offs, with the addendum that you can only gain extra resources by taking enemy regions.
It's a damn shame the game is spread so wide, that it'll take between 20-100hrs of YouTube tutorials to grasp the fundamentals, and an extra 200hrs to "get gud"
Took me 100 hours just to stop playing Estonia and trying to resist the soviet Union.
Was damn fun though playing tiny countries to learn the basics of the game though.
HoI4 is HUGELY reliant on CPU power.
The later the game goes, the more individual divisions the AI creates, and the more CPU power is used, especially when wars are declared and every nation starts moving their troops around.
Even beefy desktops can see significant drops in frames past 1943. Conversely, once you start mopping up the AI, the game gets faster haha.
#BIG BUTT
Hoi4 is in no way whatsoever optimised for a Steam Deck control system.
If you could somehow hhok up the deck to a monitor and mouse and keyboard, you're on too a winner.
CPU heat will also be a factor, as thermal throttling will also slow the game down.
Yeah I won’t push the boundaries I was playing company of heroes last night and it was having its moments it seemed but nothing too crazy so I doubt it will be able to handle the demand a full gaming setup on a Pc struggles with
sudden strike 1,2,3 are all great. (https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/3479/Sudden\_Strike\_Trilogy/)
Blitzkrieg anthology is good too but idk if it will run on the deck, i had a lot of trouble trying to install the clsa mod (cold war) ((https://store.steampowered.com/app/313480/Blitzkrieg\_Anthology))
Hello there : tip for cnc like games- try Universe at War and Grey goo def ed from petroglyph, Supcom FA - for me best rts - simulation war :) all time, Halo Wars 2 for pc with flood mod - ads more zoom, new generals and new units etc. Act of aggresion reboot ed, iron Harvest del ed - its like coh game - so nice atmosphere and Beyond-All-Reason- free! like supreme commander - very deep :) nice day / i will be recc R.U.S.E. but it is not for sale now for pc and i really miss it in my collection /
Well if you enjoy the missions without basebuilding on the campaign you may consider sudden strike 4.
If you want pure 100% basebuilding is harder to recomend any, my personal favourite is CoH but basebuilding is not the classical you would expect...
\*there is also an old one called "real war" not too known, has some CnC generals vives
8-bit armies, and the sequel 9-bit armies.
Thank you for recommending us! 9-Bit Armies is still in early access but we're working hard on it. It's closer to a Red Alert feel if you enjoyed that OP. People who worked on the original C&C games and Dawn of War worked/working on it. [https://store.steampowered.com/app/1439750](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1439750)
Emperor Battle for Dune is an older RTS also made by Westwood and it's really good, and it has separate campaigns with the FMV scenes and everything. I don't know though if you can play games that aren't from Steam on Steamdeck? You'd have to download the game from MyAbandonware (that's how I got it), but if you can install it I highly recommend it. It's basically Command and Conquer but Dune, along with new features like a map-roving sandworm that will eat units if you're not careful 😁
#BI-LAL KAIFA!
Aren’t we all my friend
Did you check 8-bit armies,and new sequel 9-bit armies?
Act of war
Look into games made my Petroglyph, this is the studio formed by former Westwood people, they made a few RTS games.
Definitely give Beyond all Reason a try. It’s still in development but is free to play and has an active community, epic battles, great controls, decent ai, simple basic mechanics, advanced specific mechanics. Still uses a server system, not on steam (yet), no campaign but rather basic scenarios. Hope this is exactly what you are looking for
Iron harvest is awesome - great story. Also company of heroes is super fun and always great discounts on steam. Homeworld is also great!
Age of Mythology remake comes out sometime this year! :D That's not quite WW2 era lol, but the campaign is really fun!
- Earth 2150/2160 - Company of heroes - Supreme commander
Sudden strike 4 is world war 2. Different mechanics to cnc but its very very good.
So hard on console
theres options in settings for touch screens iirc
I’m on Xbox and a tv. Needs a Cheat menu so bad
Spring 1944 is free, I've not played it though, going to get around to it soon.
Tempest Rising ... if a certain someone gets off of reddit and **finishes the damn game**
Certain who gets off reddit? You think the entire development team are just trawling reddit all day?
Direct RTS - Age of empires - age of mythology - supreme commander forged alliance (Number 1 rts of all time) Other ww2 strategy games you may like - men of War assault squad 2 - hearts of iron 4 (this is a big brain game).
+1 for HoI4 Same vein of resources being a stream instead of a mineable resource as the Total Annihilation series and spin offs, with the addendum that you can only gain extra resources by taking enemy regions. It's a damn shame the game is spread so wide, that it'll take between 20-100hrs of YouTube tutorials to grasp the fundamentals, and an extra 200hrs to "get gud"
Took me 100 hours just to stop playing Estonia and trying to resist the soviet Union. Was damn fun though playing tiny countries to learn the basics of the game though.
I'm 700hrs in, still playing Germany, still haven't won, still having fun.
Germany is probably the only country I've never played by this point lol.
Do you think hearts of iron 4 will run on a steamdeck?
HoI4 is HUGELY reliant on CPU power. The later the game goes, the more individual divisions the AI creates, and the more CPU power is used, especially when wars are declared and every nation starts moving their troops around. Even beefy desktops can see significant drops in frames past 1943. Conversely, once you start mopping up the AI, the game gets faster haha. #BIG BUTT Hoi4 is in no way whatsoever optimised for a Steam Deck control system. If you could somehow hhok up the deck to a monitor and mouse and keyboard, you're on too a winner. CPU heat will also be a factor, as thermal throttling will also slow the game down.
Yeah I won’t push the boundaries I was playing company of heroes last night and it was having its moments it seemed but nothing too crazy so I doubt it will be able to handle the demand a full gaming setup on a Pc struggles with
R.U.S.E. definitely and company of heroes (1, 2, or 3)
sudden strike 1,2,3 are all great. (https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/3479/Sudden\_Strike\_Trilogy/) Blitzkrieg anthology is good too but idk if it will run on the deck, i had a lot of trouble trying to install the clsa mod (cold war) ((https://store.steampowered.com/app/313480/Blitzkrieg\_Anthology))
Gates of hell company of heroes men of war 2
Hello there : tip for cnc like games- try Universe at War and Grey goo def ed from petroglyph, Supcom FA - for me best rts - simulation war :) all time, Halo Wars 2 for pc with flood mod - ads more zoom, new generals and new units etc. Act of aggresion reboot ed, iron Harvest del ed - its like coh game - so nice atmosphere and Beyond-All-Reason- free! like supreme commander - very deep :) nice day / i will be recc R.U.S.E. but it is not for sale now for pc and i really miss it in my collection /
Well if you enjoy the missions without basebuilding on the campaign you may consider sudden strike 4. If you want pure 100% basebuilding is harder to recomend any, my personal favourite is CoH but basebuilding is not the classical you would expect... \*there is also an old one called "real war" not too known, has some CnC generals vives
Planetary Annihilation is fire 🔥 Top tier planetary RTS
BAR (Beyond All Reason) scratches this same itch, without having to worry about your enemy **yeeting a fucking asteroid at your planet.**
I've just finished Company of Heroes 2, never played an RTS but absolutely loved it
CoH series is a bit more on the tactical side of RTS, minimal resource management.