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Games like StarCraft

1998USK 12PC

The landmark real-time strategy classic with three wildly different yet finely balanced factions and a gripping sci-fi campaign full of betrayal and intrigue. Its multiplayer shaped competitive esports like few games ever have.

  • Competing against other players
  • Economy and management
  • Deep systems to master
  • Tactical depth
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In short: Games like StarCraft

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes StarCraft special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Supreme Commander

96 %Match

2007USK 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox88 % positive9.99 €

Brings what grabs you about StarCraft: economy and management, complex systems to tinker with as well as competing against other players.

A colossal real-time strategy game with huge maps, seamless strategic zoom, and hundreds of land, sea and air units, capped by game-changing experimental superweapons. Three warring human factions battle for the galaxy in the Infinite War.

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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

Tactical depth

A punchy real-time strategy game in the grim Warhammer 40K universe that favors squad-based units, territory control and brutal melee sync-kills over heavy economy management. Space Marines, Orks, Eldar and Chaos each play distinctly, especially in multiplayer.

Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

Deep systems to master

A classic real-time strategy game where GDI and the Brotherhood of Nod fight over a world ravaged by Tiberium. Base building, resource harvesting and live-action cutscenes define its bleak campaign.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert

Strong soundtrack

A landmark real-time strategy game set in an alternate history where Allies and Soviets battle over Europe with tanks, spies and Tesla coils, framed by gloriously campy live-action cutscenes and Frank Klepacke's iconic soundtrack.

Total Annihilation

Deep systems to master

A landmark real-time strategy game where the Arm and Core factions clash in massive robot wars. Flowing resource management and true 3D units and terrain set a high bar for the genre.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

Strong soundtrack

A classic real-time strategy game set in a gloriously over-the-top alternate Cold War, pitting Soviets against Allies with Tesla troopers, prism tanks and mind control. Its campy live-action cutscenes and pounding soundtrack are as memorable as its fast-paced skirmishes.

Command & Conquer

Strong soundtrack

The landmark RTS that defined the genre: harvest Tiberium, build bases and wage tank battles as GDI or Nod, tied together by campy full-motion video cutscenes starring the iconic Kane. Frank Klepacki's driving soundtrack completes the package.

Homeworld 2

Deep systems to master

A real-time strategy game set in space where you command a fleet in full 3D, managing ships, formations and resources. Its campaign about reclaiming a homeland is carried by strong atmosphere and music.

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