The most popular real-time tactics games

Real-time tactics games are an hybrid between real-time strategy (RTS) and turn-base tactics. Real-time tactics are played in real-time, like RTSs, but lack the resource management and base and unit building elements. Real-time tactics games focus much more on individual units and tactics on the battlefield. Some of the most popular real-time tactics games are: the Syndicate series, Cannon Fodder.

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Cossacks: The Art of War

Windows XP/98/952001protected GSC Game World

Hooligans: Storm Over Europe

Windows XP/98/952002 DarXabre

Army Men

Windows XP/98/951998 The 3DO Company

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space

Windows XP/98/95LinuxMac OS2005protected Digital Eel

Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space is a science fiction roguelike game developed by Digital Eel. Originally released in 2005, it is the sequel to Strange Adventures in Infinite Space. The game puts you in command of a starship exploring the randomly generated reaches of the fictional Purple Void. Your mission is to explore, trade, battle, ...

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel

Windows XP/98/952001protecteddemo Interplay Productions

Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel is a tactical role-playing game published by Interplay Entertainment in 2001. Unlike its predecessors, which were traditional RPGs with turn-based combat, Fallout Tactics took a different approach by focusing more on tactical combat rather than extensive role-playing elements.The game features squad-based comba...

Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines

Windows XP/98/951998protected Pyro Studios

Commandos: Beyond the Call of Duty

Windows XP/98/951999protected Pyro Studios

Ultimate Domain

DOS1994 Microids

Space Hulk

DOS1993 Electronic Arts

Space Hulk is an abandoned real-time tactical strategy game set in the Warhammer 40000 universe, developed and released by Electronic Arts in 1993 for DOS and Amiga systems. In Space Hulk, the player is tasked with wiping out hordes of aliens by the means of a squad of Space Marines armored and armed to the teeth. Space Hulk is the adaptation...

Seal Team

DOS1993 Electronic Arts

Cossacks: European Wars

Windows XP/98/952000protected GSC Game World

Cossacks: European Wars is a real-time strategy game developed by GSC Game World and released in 2001. The game is set in the 17th and 18th centuries, a period marked by significant military, political, and social changes in Europe. Players can choose from 16 different European nations, each with unique units and buildings. The gamep...

Myth: The Fallen Lords

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS1997 Bungie

Dark Reign: The Future of War

Windows XP/98/951997protected Auran Games

Master of Orion 3

Windows XP/98/95Mac OS2003protected Quicksilver Software

Waterworld

DOS1997 Intelligent Games

Power Dolls

DOS1994 Kogado Software Products

War in Middle Earth

DOS1989 Synergistic Software

War in Middle-earth is a real-time strategy game developed by Synergistic Software and published by Melbourne House. It was released in 1988 for various platforms including the Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and Amstrad CPC.The game is based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy world of Middle-earth, specifically focusing on the events depicted in "The Lor...

BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge

DOS1990 Westwood Studios

BattleTech: The Crescent Hawks' Revenge is a turn-based strategy game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom in 1990. It is the sequel to "Crescent Hawk's Inception" and is set in the BattleTech universe, a fictional universe where noble houses and mercenary groups vie for power using giant robotic vehicles known as BattleMe...

Ambush at Sorinor

DOS1993 Mindcraft Software

Dark Reign 2

Windows XP/98/952000protected Pandemic Studios

Syndicate

DOS1993protected Bullfrog

Unnatural Selection

DOS1993 Maxis

Battle Bugs

DOS1994 Epyx

Cannon Fodder

DOS1994protected Sensible Software

Cannon Fodder, released by Sensible Software in 1993, is a military-themed action game that cleverly blends strategy with real-time tactics. Players control a small squad of soldiers through various missions, facing enemies and obstacles in a top-down perspective. The game's distinctive style is marked by its dark humor and satirical take on war, m...

Syndicate Wars

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1996protected Bullfrog

Syndicate Wars is the sequel to the much acclaimed Syndicate developed by Bullfrog in its golden years. Like its predecessor, Syndicate Wars is a real-time tactics strategy game set in a cyberpunk dystopian world involving excessive violence, mega-corporations, bleak urban environment. Syndicate Wars also supports a multi-player co-op mode via LAN.