Best Real Time Tactics Games on Steam
Tactical games where positioning and commands unfold continuously instead of by turns.
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1Total War: WARHAMMER II - The forces of Lustria await your command. Choose your Legendary Lord, expand your armies, forge alliances in a strategic turn-based campaign, and unleash the might of your monstrous forces in fast-paced real-time battles.
Sep 28, 2017
In this game, you can…
- get ambushed, eat a tactical nuke minutes into the fight, then rebuild your entire battle line mid-chaos and still win.
- lead an army of thousands of rats with poison bombs, lightning cannons, and rapid-fire guns that can erase units fast.
- play on a stitched-together mega-map where every race from both games is in one campaign with wildly different starting situations.
- race other empires to complete world-shaking rituals, then hold off enemy counterattacks long enough to finish yours.
- set up a chokepoint defense where one perfect position and timed spells lets you beat multiple elite armies at once.
- send a single hero into the front line to fight whole groups alone, then swing the battle with healing or devastating magic.
- slam cavalry into a line hard enough to rip it open, then follow up with hydras, dragons, and phoenixes to finish the collapse.
- pull 10,000 gold from a shipwreck, drop it straight into new buildings, then use the upgrade to launch your next conquest.
2Kenshi - A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals. Train your men up from puny victims to master warriors.
Dec 6, 2018
In this game, you can…
- throw someone into acid to melt their legs off, then install bionic scout legs so they can outrun everyone and steal dinosaur eggs.
- leave a shop door open, watch a camel wander in, and trigger a chain fight where shopkeepers, guards, and caravans brawl across town.
- get enslaved for stealing food, train lockpicking and stealth at night, free other slaves, and sprint into the wilderness with guards chasing you.
- get beaten unconscious by bandits, wake up, and come back tougher because taking hits raises your durability.
- lose an arm or leg, crawl across the desert to safety, then replace it with a metal limb and come back faster and stronger.
- start as an escaped slave, build a drug-running business, hire an army, and turn your grudge into a full war against a government.
- turn prison time into training by repeatedly breaking out, getting caught, healing up, and leveling skills from inside a cage.
- build a base with one bad gap, then watch bandits and cannibals pile into your storage building together while you scramble to survive the pileup.
3Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Total War: SHOGUN 2 is the perfect mix of real-time and turn-based strategy gaming for newcomers and veterans alike.
Mar 15, 2011
In this game, you can…
- import British marines through a single foreign-trade port, buy an ironclad, and mow down elite samurai with Gatling guns and cannons.
- grow powerful enough that allies and vassals flip on you, then fight off a coordinated dogpile ordered by the Shogun himself.
- recruit a new general from the rank and file when leaderless troops win battles, promoting a regular soldier into command.
- pivot your clan from sword charges to rifles, factories, and a new emperor after getting shredded by modern gun lines.
- bait an army into a trap with one division, encircle it with gun units, wipe it out in volleys, then upgrade to bigger guns when armored samurai appear.
- watch a trained ninja assassination play out as a cutscene gamble that can succeed cleanly or fail in a spectacular botch.
- climb castle walls with any unit, push through multiple inner tiers, and turn a siege into a chaotic all-hands fortress storm.
- fight battles where weather, thunder, petals, and war drums all keep going while armies clash and enemies try to sneak through forests.
4One-armed robber - One-armed robber is a chaotic first-person heist game that centers around a uniquely challenging premise. Players take the role of a determined robber equipped with only one arm, tasked with pulling off daring heists on banks, shops, and various establishments.
Dec 15, 2023
In this game, you can…
- rob banks with only one arm.
- hit a bank, take down security, crack the vault, then survive the military showing up before you escape with the money.
- tie up hostages, dodge cameras, wipe out the SWAT response, and still get away with $70,000 from a jewelry store.
- choose to sneak in quietly or go loud and shoot your way to the vault.
- break into a vault, stuff loot into a duffel bag, then sprint back to the truck for another bag to haul even more out.
- set off an alarm by dropping your gun or shattering a single window, then fight your way out while everything devolves into chaos.
- unlock tools and customize weapons so you can approach the same heist in totally different ways.
5Men of War: Assault Squad 2 - Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
May 15, 2014
In this game, you can…
- take direct control of a soldier or tank to drive, aim manually, and swap ammo types mid-fight.
- disable an enemy tank, kill the crew, repair it, and crew it yourself to turn it back on its own side.
- collapse a building with an HE shot so the falling debris kills the gun crew hiding behind it.
- disable a tank by knocking out its tracks, turret, gun, engine, or crew with one well-placed shot.
- crawl a single sapper with TNT up behind a heavy tank and blow it apart at point-blank range.
- strip dead soldiers and wrecks for weapons, ammo, grenades, bandages, and fuel, then use it immediately.
- transfer ammo and supplies between vehicles, loot disabled tanks, and keep a frontline force running without resupply.
6Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun - Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period. A new Shogun seizes power over Japan and enforces nationwide peace. In his battle against conspiracy and rebellion, he recruits five specialists with extraordinary skills for assassination, sabotage and espionage.
Dec 6, 2016
In this game, you can…
- queue one command per character, then hit a button to make the whole squad act at once for a synchronized multi-kill.
- walk through hostile areas in a disguise, stop to chat with guards, and hold them in place while teammates slip behind them.
- throw down a bottle of sake to lure a guard, or send out a pet tanuki to pull enemies away from a locked-down area.
- sprint up to two guards and cut them down at the same instant before either can react.
- set a trap, whistle a guard over, and turn a patrol route into a controlled kill zone.
- carry bodies out of sight, including having stronger characters haul two corpses at once to erase evidence before the next patrol loops back.
- run across rooftops, climb up walls, and strike from above to bypass ground patrols entirely.
- leave footprints in snow that guards can follow straight to your hiding spot, then change routes to avoid being tracked.
7Total War: EMPIRE – Definitive Edition - Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe.
Mar 4, 2009
In this game, you can…
- march an army from India to Northern Europe while fighting across three continents and multiple oceans.
- get steamrolled in Europe, evacuate half your empire by ship to the New World, seize a South American foothold, rebuild, then sail back for revenge.
- trigger colonial uprisings so early the United States can form in 1710, then land troops and erase it in 1711.
- command a fleet in real time, turn into the wind, fire broadsides, then grapple and board enemy ships.
- use chain shot to shred masts, cripple a warship's movement, then close in for a boarding takeover.
- start a world war in the 1720s as alliances cascade, then bombard capitals like Moscow with cannons and mortars.
- invade England as Sweden after surviving naval attacks, take the whole island, then pivot east and siege Moscow.
- build a trade-and-colony money engine by seizing overseas trade theaters and escorting fleets to keep them alive.
8Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition - Spanning the most turbulent era in Western history, your quest for territory and power takes you through Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and even onto the shores of the New World.
Nov 15, 2006
In this game, you can…
- assassinate the Pope, sack Rome, then get welcomed back into the Church when a new Pope gets elected.
- trade a marriage proposal for a whole castle and a new general in your family.
- fight off Mongol and Timurid invasions, including armies with armored elephants carrying cannons on their backs.
- join a crusade, capture Cairo, exterminate it, then trade the city to get Rome.
- send spies to stir unrest, blockade ports to stop repairs, then storm a city while your agents open the gates.
- convert a settlement between city and castle, then specialize it as a trade hub or a knight-producing fortress.
- watch generals and princesses pick up life-derailing traits like "Ugly woman," "Wife Is Horrid," or alcoholism that change how they perform.
- sail west after the "World is round" event and end up fighting the Aztecs on their home continent.
- play huge Lord of the Rings total conversions where you break the Black Gate, take Barad-dûr, and fight Sauron.
9Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection - Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.
Jun 5, 2020
In this game, you can…
- toggle the visuals between the original 1995 look and a 4K remaster mid-battle.
- roll into multiplayer and face tank swarms so huge someone can show up with 1000 tanks.
- play console-only missions on PC alongside the full original campaigns and expansions.
- unlock a gallery of archived footage, photos, and unreleased music as you finish missions.
- build custom music playlists and loop re-recorded tracks, demos, and alternate versions for an entire match.
- watch preserved, upscaled live-action briefings where officials talk directly to you and the story escalates mission by mission.
- pull off a comeback by surviving a Mammoth tank rush with minelayers, then turning the game around with a capture play.
- win an objective like capturing an Orca, then choose to end it there or wipe the rest of the base for extra control.
10Football Manager 2024 - Build a world-class team ready to dominate your rivals in football’s most prestigious competitions. Progress never stops when you’re pursuing footballing greatness.
Nov 6, 2023
In this game, you can…
- win the World Cup with Lithuania after years of building a national team program.
- take a tiny sixth-tier club all the way to the Bundesliga over 16 seasons.
- refuse a Manchester United job offer and just keep managing elsewhere.
- import your Football Manager 2023 career and keep the same save going for hundreds of hours.
- win an MLS Cup after a shootout that takes 15 penalty kicks.
- scout villages in Nigeria for a teenager who can change your club.
- turn set pieces into a real tactical weapon by designing your own routines.
- pull off a giant-killing cup upset, like Mansfield Town beating Liverpool.
- take a club from local obscurity to European nights, then switch into national-team management mid-career.
