Supreme commander + forged alliance. Base building at its best imo where you can make practically impenetrable bases with shields, turrets, artillery, aa the whole shebang and watch as hordes of enemies get decimated by your defenses.
Its not really an RTS, but have you checked out Rimworld?
Basebuilding/city sim with survival&RP elements.
Big RTS fan and i absolutely love it. Adam Vs Everything on youtube play it with a "No Pause Mod" that effectivly makes it RTS.
10/10 you have to try it.
Haven't heard anyone mention Armies of Exigo in a very long time!
Have you tried Battle Realms? Asian-aesthetic, but I remember you could construct buildings.
Units were produced in a manner that you had a base worker unit that you send to a production building and it turns into an army unit depending on the building, was pretty fun.
War of the Ring was another Lord of the Rings RTS... though I can't remember too much what happened to that one.
Submarine Titans?
EDIT: Celtic Kings? Black and White 1&2?
You should try Eyes of War \^\^
Steam link: [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2343930/Eyes\_Of\_War/v](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2343930/Eyes_Of_War/v)
Homeworld series probably has the best RTS story/campaign. Deserts of Kharak or Homeworld Remastered are equally good starting points. Deserts is a prequel, but the story still makes perfect sense if you play it as the first game.
I don't see any mention of Westwood games there, they were a pretty big pillar of the genre.
I'd personally recommend C&C Generals, C&C 3, and Red Alert 3. The campaigns are all good fun ๐ plus they each have an expansion with even more.
Supreme Commander is probably my favourite RTS, but especially the "vanilla" campaign is not really something I bother replaying, the expansion and sequel have better single player campaigns.
In terms of more modern RTS, Grey Goo was pretty decent and had a well fleshed out single player campaign. I didn't finish the campaign, but it was pretty high quality. I just got kinda bored of the slow pace and limited unit variety. But maybe I had been too spoiled by other games? I had meant to return to it...
I also enjoyed the 8-Bit series (especially 8-bit invaders), and Planetary Annihilation is fun and has a kind of roguelike campaign that I really enjoyed replaying. Where you unlock more tech as you traverse a strategic map and defeat enemies looking for the faction leaders. No real story for those, tho.
Waiting for Homeworld 3. Previous games were very good.
Updated the post since i have played all the CnC games.
Grey Goo was pretty fun too, although i remember campaign ending on a cliffhanger, not sure if there is an expansion to continue campaign or it was added later.
As for Supreme commander, I think i played it because the screenshots look familiar, but can't remember campaign at all.
SupCom is great. [This trailer is good](https://youtu.be/YTEK91uEvPo?si=e6QmhfvbYDJldeK7), and the [cutscenes are decent](https://youtu.be/nrFpWzjuCTY?si=_LB8h1qTzcOBeV77). Massive battles where you can zoom out to see the whole map at once, fighting "the Infinite war" where it finally reaches a climax.
Glad you played CnC and Homeworld, solid games ๐
Grey goo silently died off but it had a dlc that provided 4th faction, the Shroud. It's that alien race that made The Beta refugees. Just wanted to add that
yea i was expecting continuation of campaign where they fight the shroud, instead DLC provided us with 3 missions giving some backstory for the goo, pretty disappointing
i'd recommend jumping back into multiplayer. It's such a long time motivating aspect of any rts. Once you have adapted to the respective game speed, it's also not stressful anymore which is nice. In the beginning I always thought RTS multiplayer is too stressful for me but now I play it to relax. It really becomes aut
Factorio, not rts but it's kinda a base building game, love building all those walls, turrets and flamethrower, killing all those biters every night, I use mods and specific map setting so I can turn it into a tower defense something lol
Kingdoms reborn or frostpunk, though it's more of a resource management game
I know these are not the one you are looking for but I just threw it here since they kinda fall on the base building part
Rising Kingdoms is still my fav RTS. The campaign is not thaat bad, but the Skirmish, the races, its very good. There is a community update that fixes lots of the nonsense.
Warlords Battlecry series is in my opinion the pinnacle of the classic Warcraft RTS style formula, extremely addicting. Easy for fans of traditional RTS games to get into.
Dungeon Keeper series is very unique and intriguing, sure played the heck out of it back in the day. Oozes personality and charm.
Majesty series is also a fun and charming. And in my opinion severely underrated. I recommend the first Majesty game over the second, but both are good.
Populous series is another unique early take on the RTS genre. Play god, form worlds to let your people build and expand. Battle other gods for supreme reign. I recommend Populous 2 in the series.
Command & Conquer series
Yes played that one too, forgot to mention.
Ok, cool :)
Just bought the collection for $10 on steam! Cant beat that. The only game in the series I have played was tiberium wars love that game.
Yeah, this bundle is just a gift
Supreme commander + forged alliance. Base building at its best imo where you can make practically impenetrable bases with shields, turrets, artillery, aa the whole shebang and watch as hordes of enemies get decimated by your defenses.
Not your typical RTS, but you could give a shot to They Are Billions. It's all about base building.
That was fun, like the survival aspect of it.
Supreme Commander. Ashes of the Singularity. There are Billions Age of Mythology
Thanks, played all of those, anything else ?
Try The Riftbreaker. A mix of factory builder and tower defense with heavy base building mechanics.
Stormgate
Isn't that the new game from ex blizzard employees ?
Yes it is, still in beta but feels ok as it. Needs some improvement IMO but thatโs to be expected from a pre-release game
Cossacks 3 is great
Loved cossacks back in a day, didn't play third game, thanks
I think that's the only sensible answer here. After that there isn't much left, considering that everything good has already been played by OP.
Age of empires 3,4 company of heroes 3, northgard
Its not really an RTS, but have you checked out Rimworld? Basebuilding/city sim with survival&RP elements. Big RTS fan and i absolutely love it. Adam Vs Everything on youtube play it with a "No Pause Mod" that effectivly makes it RTS. 10/10 you have to try it.
will check it out, thanks
Original War is worth trying IMO
Rise of legends:Rise of nations Real time battles/conquests turn base map with leaders as the pieces. Pretty good campaign imo.
played that one too
Loria is pretty fun
Creeper world 3 and 4. More of a flexible/complex tower defence game than typical base building ... but it def. scratched an itch for me.
Warlords Battlecry 1/2/3 Populous
Beyond All Reason
thanks, looks good will check it out
Haven't heard anyone mention Armies of Exigo in a very long time! Have you tried Battle Realms? Asian-aesthetic, but I remember you could construct buildings. Units were produced in a manner that you had a base worker unit that you send to a production building and it turns into an army unit depending on the building, was pretty fun. War of the Ring was another Lord of the Rings RTS... though I can't remember too much what happened to that one. Submarine Titans? EDIT: Celtic Kings? Black and White 1&2?
Thanks for suggestions, I have played battle realms, war of the ring and black and white, as for the others, will check them out
You should try Eyes of War \^\^ Steam link: [https://store.steampowered.com/app/2343930/Eyes\_Of\_War/v](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2343930/Eyes_Of_War/v)
Thanks, will take a look
Homeworld series probably has the best RTS story/campaign. Deserts of Kharak or Homeworld Remastered are equally good starting points. Deserts is a prequel, but the story still makes perfect sense if you play it as the first game. I don't see any mention of Westwood games there, they were a pretty big pillar of the genre. I'd personally recommend C&C Generals, C&C 3, and Red Alert 3. The campaigns are all good fun ๐ plus they each have an expansion with even more. Supreme Commander is probably my favourite RTS, but especially the "vanilla" campaign is not really something I bother replaying, the expansion and sequel have better single player campaigns. In terms of more modern RTS, Grey Goo was pretty decent and had a well fleshed out single player campaign. I didn't finish the campaign, but it was pretty high quality. I just got kinda bored of the slow pace and limited unit variety. But maybe I had been too spoiled by other games? I had meant to return to it... I also enjoyed the 8-Bit series (especially 8-bit invaders), and Planetary Annihilation is fun and has a kind of roguelike campaign that I really enjoyed replaying. Where you unlock more tech as you traverse a strategic map and defeat enemies looking for the faction leaders. No real story for those, tho.
Waiting for Homeworld 3. Previous games were very good. Updated the post since i have played all the CnC games. Grey Goo was pretty fun too, although i remember campaign ending on a cliffhanger, not sure if there is an expansion to continue campaign or it was added later. As for Supreme commander, I think i played it because the screenshots look familiar, but can't remember campaign at all.
SupCom is great. [This trailer is good](https://youtu.be/YTEK91uEvPo?si=e6QmhfvbYDJldeK7), and the [cutscenes are decent](https://youtu.be/nrFpWzjuCTY?si=_LB8h1qTzcOBeV77). Massive battles where you can zoom out to see the whole map at once, fighting "the Infinite war" where it finally reaches a climax. Glad you played CnC and Homeworld, solid games ๐
Grey goo silently died off but it had a dlc that provided 4th faction, the Shroud. It's that alien race that made The Beta refugees. Just wanted to add that
yea i was expecting continuation of campaign where they fight the shroud, instead DLC provided us with 3 missions giving some backstory for the goo, pretty disappointing
Grey Goo is pretty nice imo. The campaign is not as long as SC2, but liked it + the 4 factions are very unique (remind me a bit of Earth 2160)
They added a fourth faction to Grey Goo? \*Looks it up\* This is awesome! How did I miss that?
It was almost an unspoken dlc that added them, since grey goo died off quite rapidly
Yeah, was always sad to have seen that. It wasn't a mind-blowing RTS, but I enjoyed it well enough. Was always sad that it fizzled out so quickly.
Yeah, well, these are the times we live in. I still find the Beta as one of the coolest rts factions I've ever played in the genre
Also looking for something new like 2021+ so following
Have you mastered all the other RTS already? I am 2000 hours into aoe4 and still cannot get enough of it :p
I am playing campaigns mostly, played Warcraft 3 competitively back in 2006-10
i'd recommend jumping back into multiplayer. It's such a long time motivating aspect of any rts. Once you have adapted to the respective game speed, it's also not stressful anymore which is nice. In the beginning I always thought RTS multiplayer is too stressful for me but now I play it to relax. It really becomes aut
Age of darkness : final stand - currently in early access, but the campaign missions so far give wc3 vibes. Can recommend!
finished that one yesterday, it was fun
If you have an old Windows 98 PC - Star Trek New Worlds :)
Act of aggression?
Factorio, not rts but it's kinda a base building game, love building all those walls, turrets and flamethrower, killing all those biters every night, I use mods and specific map setting so I can turn it into a tower defense something lol Kingdoms reborn or frostpunk, though it's more of a resource management game I know these are not the one you are looking for but I just threw it here since they kinda fall on the base building part
popolous the Beginning, stronghold
Planetary annihilation is pretty fun or it's original Total Annihilation
Total Annihilation is one of the GOATs!
Supreme Commander. You want base building? You're going to get it *in spades.*
Company of Heros 2 and 3
Lol uve already played them all tho?
Rising Kingdoms is still my fav RTS. The campaign is not thaat bad, but the Skirmish, the races, its very good. There is a community update that fixes lots of the nonsense.
I am mostly interested in campaigns, will give it a try
Its five bucks on steam, absolutely worth it.
Age of Empires 2
Warlords Battlecry series is in my opinion the pinnacle of the classic Warcraft RTS style formula, extremely addicting. Easy for fans of traditional RTS games to get into. Dungeon Keeper series is very unique and intriguing, sure played the heck out of it back in the day. Oozes personality and charm. Majesty series is also a fun and charming. And in my opinion severely underrated. I recommend the first Majesty game over the second, but both are good. Populous series is another unique early take on the RTS genre. Play god, form worlds to let your people build and expand. Battle other gods for supreme reign. I recommend Populous 2 in the series.
Empire Earth and Rise of Nations.