The Real-Time Zone

Games where action continues continuously, demanding live decisions and timing.

Latest Standouts

Recent releases that landed well, newest first, filtered to games with enough reviews to trust the score.

Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020) 40th Anniversary Edition - Players say: Pilot aircraft from gliders to airliners across a recreated Earth, managing flight controls, routes, weather, and landings. Players like: Worldwide Scenic Flights · Realistic Flight Handling · Aircraft Variety ·
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From gliders and helicopters to wide-body jets, fly highly detailed and accurate aircraft in the Microsoft Flight Simulator 40th Anniversary Edition. The world is at your fingertips.

Castle Craft - Players say: Build a voxel castle, automate its village economy, then use troops, traps and magic to survive destructive enemy sieges. Players like: Creative Castle Building · Defense Design Freedom · Addictive Wave Loop ·
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Will your castle survive the relentless onslaught, or collapse under pressure? Build, manage resources, and outsmart your foes in a world where everything can be destroyed. Use strategy and creativity to turn the chaos into your greatest advantage!

Outside the Blocks - Unleash your creativity and design your own diorama in Outside the Blocks ‒ a full-featured model builder. Shape the terrain, assemble modular houses, add decorations and put your creation on display!
60 Minutes to Extinction: Escape Room - You have exactly 60 minutes to save humanity from nuclear extinction. There are no second attempts. No manual saves. Explore a collapsing bunker, repair critical systems, and solve puzzles under pressure. Succeed or watch the world end.
Sin and Love - "Sin and Love" is a dark narrative roguelike game with a background set in a fantastical version of the Tang Dynasty. You will play as a princess from the ‘Stone’ Kingdom, who has been poisoned and rises from the ashes.
Final Outpost: Definitive Edition - Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?
Mini Idle Dice Monster - Ever wished for a friend to roll dice with? Meet Fred, the friendly monster who's Hungry to Play Dice with you! Mini Idle Dice Monster is an idle game all about dice rolling. Roll dice, unleash combos, upgrade perks, and spend time with Fred!
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Feb 4, 2025
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Literally Just Pixels On A Screen - Welcome to Literally Just Pixels On A Screen. In this "game" you get to collect pixels. That's it.
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Jan 31, 2025
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On Sale Now

Discounted 25% or more right now, limited to well-reviewed games, steepest cuts first.

Endzone - A World Apart - Players say: Lead survivors back to a poisoned surface, building a settlement and balancing supplies against radiation and extreme weather. Players like: Survival Resource Planning · Post-Apocalyptic Atmosphere · Settlement Design ·
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Endzone is a post-apocalyptic survival city builder, where you start a new civilization with a group of people after an ecological disaster. Build them a new home and ensure their survival in a shattered world, threatened by constant radiation, toxic rain, sandstorms and droughts.

Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak - Players say: Lead Rachel S’jet’s desert expedition in a ground-based RTS, commanding a mobile carrier and land-air forces across Kharak. Players like: Desert Atmosphere · Campaign Story · Terrain Tactics ·
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A ground-based RTS prequel to the classic Homeworld games. Assemble your fleet and lead them to victory on the shifting sands of Kharak in this compelling strategy game for PC from Blackbird Interactive.

Distant Worlds: Universe - Players say: Guide a spacefaring empire in pausable real-time, exploring, colonizing, researching, trading, and waging war across a customizable galaxy. Players like: Deep 4X Systems · Enormous Galaxy · Empire Automation ·
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Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.  

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May 23, 2014
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S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster - Players say: Command rabbit or pig armor in a no-base RTS, preserving a limited force through tactical campaigns and multiplayer battles. Players like: Rabbit-Pig Humor · No-Base Tactics · Childhood Nostalgia ·
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S.W.I.N.E. HD Remaster is the new edition of the challenging classic strategy game S.W.I.N.E! The filthiest of all wars between the Rabbit and the Pig armies is a sophisticated real-time strategy with completely revised textures, detailed unit models, a 16:9 adapted interface.

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May 23, 2019
91% 👍
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Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® II Chaos Rising - Players say: Lead Blood Ravens squads against the Black Legion, balancing tactical missions, gear growth, and choices that risk corruption. Players like: Corruption Choices · Squad-Based Combat · Campaign Story ·
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In Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising you will take command of the Blood Ravens and defend the sector against the Chaos Space Marines of the Black Legion. Purge the Chaos filth and hold the chapter together as traitorous forces work from within to try bring down the Blood Ravens.

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Mar 11, 2010
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RAILGRADE - Players say: Build stacked rail networks on an off-world colony, link factories into supply chains, and deliver goods to meet mission goals. Players like: Logistics Puzzles · Mission Variety · Easy To Learn ·
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RAILGRADE is the train RTS game! Construct dense vertical railroads, build cities, construct vast factory chains with train automation! Restore an off world colony's economy all in the intense story driven campaign or relaxing sandbox mode!

Krush Kill ‘N Destroy 2: Krossfire - Players say: Command one of three factions in a post-apocalyptic RTS, gathering oil, building bases, and fighting through 51 missions. Players like: Childhood Nostalgia · Classic RTS Design · Distinct Factions ·
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Updated in 2026 for modern systems, Krush Kill 'N Destroy 2: Krossfire is a fast and furious post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game where you have to be quick or be dead. Play as one of three unique factions in the struggle to seek out and conquer oil fields to fuel your army.

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Jul 23, 2020
75% 👍
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Hidden Gems

Well-liked but under-played: strong scores, small review counts.

Wand Wars - Ride brooms, cast spells and transform your enemies into chickens in this intense magical sport
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Apr 13, 2016
97% 👍
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Tower of Mask - Tower of Mask is a thrilling survival horror in the spirit of the 80's dungeon crawlers. The most claustrophobic dungeon in modern times is yours to venture through alone. Hero, face the ancient tower where eerie masked humans prowl.
qop 2 - Players say: Guide a sliding cube through 60 puzzles, planning four-way moves around angled blocks, teleporters and locked paths. Players like: Sliding Puzzle Challenges · New Puzzle Mechanics · Achievement Collection ·
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qop 2 is a minimalistic puzzle which goal is to get the cube to finish using 4 directions in space.

Giants: Citizen Kabuto - Before man climbed down from the trees to shop in megastores and drink cappuccino, before the Earth wadded itself into a ball, there was the Island. A fragment from a long-lost planet. Upon the surface of this paradise wandered Kabuto the giant. Little does he know, it was home to others before him.
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Dec 2, 2016
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Colony Siege - Colony Siege combines the best of RTS and tower defense, including base building, mazing, and unit physics. Defend Earth's remaining colonies using an arsenal of deadly weapons to torch, slice, throw, and impale swarms of alien invaders.
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Sep 7, 2020
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BattleGroupVR - Players say: From a VR flagship bridge, command and outfit a fleet of warships in real-time space battles and campaign missions. Players like: VR Fleet Command · Tactical Space Battles · Ship Customization ·
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BattleGroupVR is a first person real-time space strategy where you lead a fleet of powerful warships into battle from the bridge of your own flagship. Assemble your fleet, upgrade your load-outs, train your captains, engage the enemy and secure the sector. Try not to go down with the ship.

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Jul 31, 2023
92% 👍
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Sacrifice - Players say: Fight as a third-person wizard, capturing souls to summon creatures and casting spells to defeat rivals at their altars. Players like: Unusual Third-Person Strategy · Memorable Campaign Story · Distinctive Creature Art ·
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Sacrifice is the acclaimed real-time strategy game that focuses on combat instead of resource gathering. The only two resources you'll need to worry about are mana and souls. Need more units? Capture the souls of your enemy. Cast spells of awesome power.

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Aug 19, 2009
92% 👍
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Sector Six - Sector Six is a side-scrolling, sci-fi shooter with a silhouette aesthetic, procedural loot, extensive customization, and story missions.
Cosmodread - Cosmodread is a VR survival horror roguelike about escaping a dying spaceship filled with nightmares. Stranded in a hostile universe, you must explore, survive, and find your way back to the safety of Earth.
Battlezone: Combat Commander - Players say: Lead human resistance against an alien attack, switching between first-person vehicle combat and real-time unit and base command. Players like: FPS-RTS Blend · Nostalgic Return · Tactical Unit Command ·
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Battlezone: Combat Commander remasters FPS-RTS classic Battlezone II with slick new visuals, brand new achievements, Steam Workshop support and much more! The solar system is at war. Take command.

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Mar 1, 2018
90% 👍
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Top Rated

Defining examples of the genre, all rated 85%+ across 1,000+ reviews.

Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) - Players say: Build a desert fortress, manage its economy and armies, then defend or besiege rival castles in Crusades campaigns and skirmishes. Players like: Nostalgic Appeal · Castle-Economy Strategy · Distinctive AI Lords ·
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The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.

Age of Empires II (Retired) - Players say: Lead a medieval civilization in real time: gather resources, build settlements, advance through ages, and command armies in campaigns or matches. Players like: Childhood Nostalgia · Strategic Depth · Replayable Matches ·
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Age of Empires II has been re-imagined in high definition. With the release of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, this product will not be updated further.

Rusted Warfare - RTS - Players say: Build a base, grow your economy, and command land, air, and sea forces in large real-time battles against AI or other players. Players like: Workshop Mods · Large-Scale Battles · Easy to Learn ·
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{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.

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Jul 14, 2017
96% 👍
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Airships: Conquer the Skies - Players say: Design modular steampunk airships and land vehicles, then command their fleets in real-time battles and map-spanning conquest. Players like: Creative Shipbuilding · Destructive Battles · Replayable Campaigns ·
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Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!

Impossible Creatures Steam Edition - Players say: Lead Rex Chance through island battles, building animal hybrids and commanding them in a resource-driven real-time strategy war. Players like: Animal Creature Mixing · Custom Army Strategy · Nostalgic Memories ·
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Impossible Creatures is a 3D RTS game that pits the player against an evil villain. Using Earth’s most formidable animals as building blocks, the player must create an army of genetically-altered mutant monsters in a titanic struggle to protect an unsuspecting world.

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Nov 11, 2015
96% 👍
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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Players say: Build a medieval economy, advance through four ages, and command armies in historical campaigns, skirmishes, or multiplayer battles. Players like: Strategic Depth · Civilization Variety · Campaign Content ·
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42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.

Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® - Soulstorm - Players say: Lead one of nine armies in a base-building RTS, fighting battles to conquer planets and moons across a star system. Players like: Faction Variety · Tactical RTS Battles · Territory Conquest ·
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The third and final expansion to the genre-defining and critically-acclaimed RTS, Dawn of War. In Soulstorm, two new armies are introduced – Sisters of Battle and Dark Eldar - raising the total number of playable armies to nine.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Anniversary Edition (Classic) - Players say: Command squads in a Warhammer 40,000 RTS: seize resource points, build forces, and fight through four campaigns across nine factions. Players like: Distinct Faction Styles · Fast Point-Control Battles · Warhammer Atmosphere ·
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All of Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War in one glorious package. Play the genre-defining classic real time strategy game in all its blood-soaked glory, including four complete campaigns and nine full-fledged factions.

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Aug 7, 2007
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Zero-K - Players say: Command a robot army in a physics-driven RTS, shaping terrain, managing resources, and battling through a campaign or multiplayer matches. Players like: Strategic Unit Variety · Detailed Army Controls · Terrain Manipulation ·
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With 100+ truly unique units, Zero-K is an RTS of freedom and creativity, tempered by a decade of refinement. Sculpt land into a castle and throw invaders off it with a Jugglenaut. Explore a massive campaign, solo or co-op. Hop online for epic 32 player battles or fast paced 1v1, on 100s of maps.

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Apr 27, 2018
94% 👍
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Legend of Grimrock - Players say: Lead four exiled prisoners through a grid-based mountain dungeon, solving traps and puzzles while fighting monsters in real time. Players like: Puzzles and Secrets · Dungeon Exploration · Atmospheric Dungeons ·
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Use the Dungeon Editor to build entirely new adventures and challenges for other players to solve.

EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe - Players say: As incident commander, dispatch fire, police, medical and technical crews to time-critical emergencies across missions and a living city. Players like: Active Mod Scene · Replayable Freeplay · Emergency Management ·
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Coordinate firefighters, police, medical personnel and specialists in the classic EMERGENCY 4 Deluxe! Now with the previously untranslated bonus missions in English.

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Apr 24, 2018
93% 👍
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