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1997USK 12PC96 % positive4.99 €

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.

  • Economy and management
  • Building and crafting
  • Deep systems to master
  • Strong soundtrack
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Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Total Annihilation special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Supreme Commander

100 %Match

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

Brings what grabs you about Total Annihilation: economy and management, complex systems to tinker with as well as building and crafting.

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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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.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

Competing against other players

A colorful, over-the-top real-time strategy classic where the Allies, Soviets and the Empire of the Rising Sun clash with absurd superweapons in an alternate history. Its co-op campaign and gloriously campy live-action cutscenes set it apart.

Supreme Commander 2

Deep systems to master

A sci-fi real-time strategy game where you build an economy around your powerful commander unit, field huge armies and destroy the enemy commander. Research trees and large-scale battles are the focus.

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.

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.

Homeworld 2

Strong soundtrack

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.

Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

Sci-fi setting

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.

StarCraft

Deep systems to master

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.

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