
Best Real Time Strategy (RTS) Games of 2016
15 Real Time Strategy (RTS) games from 2016 ranked by critic score
The highest-rated Real Time Strategy (RTS) games released in 2016, ranked by critics on CriticDB. Scores are aggregated from leading gaming publications worldwide.
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Total War: Warhammer
8720 critic reviews·May 23, 2016·SegaPCA unique combination of colossal real-time battles and an addictive turn-based sandbox campaign game of statecraft, politics and empire building, Total War: WARHAMMER will deliver hundreds of hours…
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Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
8422 critic reviews·Dec 5, 2016·Daedalic EntertainmentPCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1Skillfully hide from and sneak past the enemies fields of view, take their formations apart and hide their bodies to cover your tracks. Quick Save will enable you to execute your plans perfectly.…
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Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
819 critic reviews·Jan 19, 2016·Gearbox SoftwarePCBefore you can find your Homeworld, you must first unlock the secrets of the desert. Blackbird Interactive and Gearbox Software invite you to visit the deserts of Kharak in this new Homeworld story,…
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Tyranny
8017 critic reviews·Nov 9, 2016·Paradox InteractivePCExperience a story-driven RPG where your choices mean all the difference in the world.
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NeuroVoider
808 critic reviews·Aug 30, 2016·Plug In DigitalPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchNeuroVoider is a twin-stick shooter RPG set in a cyber futuristic world about brains shooting around evil robots with nuclear rocket launchers. Battle through the horde of vigilant robots, boost your…
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Offworld Trading Company
796 critic reviews·Apr 27, 2016·StardockPCOffworld Trading Company is a real-time strategy game in which money, not firepower, is the player's weapon. Players lead their developing companies in cutthroat economic warfare against other…
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Battlefleet Gothic: Armada
7911 critic reviews·Apr 20, 2016·Focus EntertainmentPCBattlefleet Gothic: Armada is the RTS videogame adaptation of Games Workshop's classic tabletop game, pitting the Chaos, Imperium, Eldar, and Orks against each other in visceral space-battles.…
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Stellaris
7921 critic reviews·May 8, 2016·DMM GAMESPCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1Explore a galaxy full of wonders in this sci-fi grand strategy game from Paradox Development Studios. Interact with diverse alien races, discover strange new worlds with unexpected events and expand…
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Mushroom Wars 2
788 critic reviews·Oct 12, 2016·Zillion WhalesPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchSequel to one of the hit RTS games of the last generation, Mushroom Wars 2 introduces hero characters with customizable skins, reimagined campaigns for each race of Mushroom folk, even wilder…
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Battleborn
7119 critic reviews·May 2, 2016·2K GamesPCPS4Xbox One"Battleborn is a next-gen hero-shooter brought to you by the creators of the award-winning and best-selling Borderlands franchise. In Battleborn’s distant future, the only hope for the last star in a…
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Ashes of the Singularity
7111 critic reviews·Mar 30, 2016·StardockPCAshes of the Singularity is a real-time strategy game set in humanity’s not-so-distant future. What it means to be human has changed with the coming of the singularity. In the post-human economy,…
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Hearts of Iron IV
717 critic reviews·Jun 5, 2016·Paradox InteractivePCVictory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging…
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Champions of Anteria
695 critic reviews·Aug 29, 2016PCChampions of Anteria is an epic real-time strategy extravaganza invites you to unleash the powers of five Champions to defeat the enemy, reclaim the kingdom, and make it back home in time for dinner.
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Curious Expedition
675 critic reviews·Sep 1, 2016·Maschinen-MenschPCPS4Xbox OneSwitchCurious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before…
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Crush Your Enemies
647 critic reviews·Jul 12, 2016·Vile MonarchPCSwitchStrategy games have become too stuffy, bogged down with diplomacy, endless repositioning, waiting....ugh, so much waiting. Crush Your Enemies is a RTS distilled down to the basics - foul-mouthed…