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enWed, 03 May 2023 16:24:11 +0000These are your 50 favourite strategy games of all timehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/these-are-your-50-favourite-strategy-games-of-all-timeKatharine CastleThu, 23 Feb 2023 19:00:22 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/these-are-your-50-favourite-strategy-games-of-all-timeWarcraft II: Tides of DarknessSid Meier's CivilizationCrusader Kings IIMedieval II: Total WarSid Meier's Alpha CentauriSid Meier's Civilization IICompany of HeroesTotal War: Shogun 2Command & Conquersupreme commander 2Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2Command & Conquer: Red AlertHomeworldWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War IIAge of Empires IIISins of a Solar EmpireZero-KStrategyThe Settlers II: 10th AnniversarySid Meier's Civilization 6XCOM: Enemy UnknownXCOM 2Jagged Alliance 2Age of MythologySid Meier's Civilization VInvisible Inc.Age of EmpiresTotal AnnihilationDune II: The Battle for ArrakisStarCraftWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of WarStellarisBestest Bests: Reader EditionTotal War: Warhammer IIIHeroes Of Might & Magic IIIEndless Space 2Total War: Warhammer IIFTL: Faster Than LightAge of Empires II: The Age of KingsBattleTechSupreme-CommanderSupreme Commander: Forged AllianceHearts of Iron IVAge of Empires IVInto the BreachSid Meier's Civilization IVStarCraft: Brood WarIndieStarCraft II: Wings Of LibertyWarcraft III: Reign of ChaosCrusader Kings IIIBeyond All ReasonEuropa Universalis IV

Earlier this month, we asked you to vote for your favourite strategy games of all time to celebrate the launch (and glorious return) of several strategy classics this month, including Relic's WW2 RTS Company Of Heroes 3, Blue Byte's The Settlers: New Allies and Cyanide's fantasy Warhamball Blood Bowl 3. And cor, I've never seen such love for individual expansions and total conversion mods among mainline RTS games and 4Xs. As with all strategy games, however, there can only be one victor - and you can find out what that single strategy game to rule them all is right here. Here are your 50 favourite strategy games of all time, as voted for by you, the RPS readership.

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RPS Time Capsule: the games worth saving from 2007https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rps-time-capsule-the-games-worth-saving-from-2007Katharine CastleFri, 29 Jul 2022 13:19:24 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/rps-time-capsule-the-games-worth-saving-from-2007Supreme-CommanderThe RPS Time CapsuleBioShockResident Evil 4World of Warcraft: The Burning CrusadeTeam Fortress 2PeggleBlockbusterPortalThrillville: Off the RailsIndieGuitar Hero III: Legends of RockStrangleholdBestest Bests

Earlier this month, RPS turned 15 years old, so it only seemed right that this month's Time Capsule entry should be the year of our birth: 2007. Looking back, it was a good year for PC gaming, with the release of Valve's Orange Box alone giving us three new stone-cold classics to enjoy. But what other games from the year of our Horace deserve to be preserved and saved above everything else? Find out which games made the cut below.

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The 50 best strategy games to play on PChttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-best-strategy-games-on-pcKatharine CastleFri, 06 Nov 2020 13:00:18 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-best-strategy-games-on-pcMohawk GamesTantalus MediaXbox OneCompany of HeroesSplash DamageTindalos InteractiveImperator: RomeFuncomSix Ages: Ride Like The WindThird personDesperados 3Mode 7 GamesPS4THQ1c-SoftClubIron Lore EntertainmentBattlefleet Gothic: Armada 2Endless LegendHumankindTHQ WirelessDune II: The Battle for ArrakisiOSWarhammer 40000: MechanicusNintendo DSTotal War: Warhammer IIBestest BestsIntroversion Software2KDistant Worlds: UniverseBlizzard EntertainmentCrusader Kings IIIMultiplayer CompetitivePCMacMimimi GamesMultiplayer CooperativeNeptune's PrideAge of Empires II: Definitive EditionTotal War: Shogun 2Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War - SoulstormTextXbox Game StudiosDefconHellbent GamesPuzzleCreative AssemblyStardockWarhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate - DaemonhuntersUbisoftUbisoft EntertainmentThey Are BillionsXCOM 2Nintendo SwitchParadox Development StudioAMPLITUDE StudiosAnno 1800Xbox Series X/SFrontier FoundryHeroes Of Might & Magic IIITotal War: Three KingdomsXbox 360Supreme-CommanderStrategy: Turn-Based StrategyCommand & Conquer Remastered CollectionUbisoft Blue ByteInto the BreachStarCraft II: Wings Of LibertyAspyrKasedo GamesGas Powered Games2K GamesElectronic ArtsMarvel's Midnight SunsSide viewAction AdventureFocus Home InteractiveSid Meier's Alpha CentauriUFO: Enemy UnknownSlipwaysCard GamesPS5EAStrategyIceberg InteractiveHarebrained SchemesStoicGears TacticsInvisible Inc.SegaKlei EntertainmentBulwark StudiosStellarisStardock CorporationFTL: Faster Than LightOffworld Trading CompanyBattleTechIndieShiro GamesPS1Europa Universalis IVPlayStation VitaRPGVersus EvilSingle PlayerThe Banner SagaBlitWorksRelic EntertainmentSimulationFiraxis GamesAndroidParadox InteractiveBird view / IsometricDruidstone: The Secret of the Menhir ForestKitfox GamesFocus Entertainment1C CompanySid Meier's Civilization 6The Creative AssemblyMutant Year Zero: Road To EdenTHQ NordicNorthgardUnity of CommandFrozen SynapseBeetlewingStrategy: Real-Time Strategy

Strategy games is an enormous genre in PC gaming, with real-time, turn-based, 4X and tactics games all flying the same flag to stake their claim as the one true best strategy game. Our list of the best strategy games on PC covers the lot of them. We like to take a broad view here at RPS, and every game listed below is something we firmly believe that you could love and play today. You'll find 30-year-old classics nestled right up against recent favourites here, so whether you're to the genre or want to dig deep for some hidden gems, we've got you covered. Here are our 50 best strategy games for 2023.

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RPS Discusses: Do Expansion Packs Still Matter?https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-expansion-packsRPSMon, 05 Oct 2015 18:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-expansion-packsSupreme-CommanderDeus Ex: Human Revolution: The Missing LinkHalf-Life: Opposing ForceBioShockDiablo IIHalf-LifeDeus Ex: Human RevolutionSupreme Commander: Forged AllianceBioShock 2: Minerva's DenCrusader Kings IIFeatureBlockbusterBioShock InfiniteThe Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimBioShock 2Bestest BestsHalf-Life: Blue Shift

Expansion packs were once a core part of playing PC games, but they can often feel less essential in a world of constant updates and microtransactions. Original game Alec, expansions Adam and Graham, and brief DLC Alice gathered to discuss their favourite game expansions and why they still think the model works.

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Have You Played... Supreme Commander: Forged Alliancehttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/have-you-played-supreme-commander-forged-allianceGraham SmithTue, 28 Oct 2014 15:30:22 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/have-you-played-supreme-commander-forged-allianceSupreme Commander: Forged AllianceGas Powered GamesSupreme-CommanderHave You Played

Have You Played? is an endless stream of game recommendations. One a day, every day of the year, perhaps for all time.

Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance initially amazed with its scale. It's a real-time strategy game in which hundreds of robots collide upon enormous maps, in which the units you build at the start of a match are the size of a metallic toenail on the Experimental units you'll be building at the end, and in which you'll spend your time zooming seamlessly up into the clouds just to fit all the destruction on screen.

Seven years later, the scale doesn't impress me as much. Instead it's the depth that continues to amaze.

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Total Converts: SupCom 2 Revamp Expansion Modhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/total-converts-supcom-2-revamp-expansion-modGraham SmithThu, 15 May 2014 18:00:37 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/total-converts-supcom-2-revamp-expansion-modsupreme commander 2Supreme-CommanderModsFeatureTotal ConvertsGas Powered Games

This is not the mod I intended to write about when the day began. I had great plans to write about "kitchen sink" mods, which abandon narrative coherency in favour of cramming borrowed ideas into a joyous, lunatic mess. Then I couldn't get my key example to work, and spent four hours stumbling over error after error until I was forced to give up. I'm telling you this now because it seems like a worthwhile lesson if you're going to attempt modding beyond the safe boundaries of the Steam Workshop; sometimes it requires patience, sometimes it creates nothing but frustration.

Quick pivot. What can I get running now which will be fun? Think, think, got it: the Supreme Commander 2 Revamp Expansion Mod. Wish Gas Powered's robotic RTS sequel had been more in-line with its predecessor? This is the mod for you.

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And Everything Else From THQ Went To... Nordic Games?https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/and-everything-else-from-thq-went-to-nordic-gamesNathan GraysonMon, 22 Apr 2013 23:51:21 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/and-everything-else-from-thq-went-to-nordic-gamesSupreme-CommanderTHQRed Faction: Guerrilla - Demons of the BadlandsTitan QuestFrontlines: Fuel of WarDarksidersFull Spectrum Warrior

OK, Nordic Games, the jig's up. You can go ahead and change your name to THQ II: The Rise Of Mecha-Bilson already, because seriously, you just purchased the publisher's legacy. Sure, Gearbox snagged Homeworld, and the company's modern heavy hitters found new, loving homes, but Nordic now (pending court approval) owns nearly everything else. Red Faction? Yep. Darksiders? Oh, certainly. And oh man, Titan Quest? Sure, why not. Supreme Commander too. And hey, remember Full Spectrum Warrior? I must admit, I - along with my good friend, Basically The Entire World - had forgotten about it, but Nordic deemed the military tactics sorta-sim worth salvaging. Here's the kicker, though: all those? Only the tip of the iceberg.

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Homeworld's For Sale, And Supreme Commander Toohttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/homeworlds-for-sale-and-supreme-commander-tooAlec MeerWed, 27 Feb 2013 10:00:00 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/homeworlds-for-sale-and-supreme-commander-tooHomeworldSupreme-CommanderTHQ

When Sega plucked Relic from the ashes of THQ last month, it appears they didn't get the Homeworld license along with it. So for now the sublime space RTS series remains without a home, in an odd case of life imitating art. The Homeworld IP is now up for sale in an auction of THQ's remaining stuff - as is the likes of Supreme Commander, Red Faction, Darksiders, Titan Quest, Full Spectrum Warrior and a whole host of names known and forgotten.

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Wild, Man: Gas Powered Games Kickstarting Wildmanhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/wild-man-gas-powered-games-kickstarting-wildmanNathan GraysonMon, 14 Jan 2013 21:30:08 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/wild-man-gas-powered-games-kickstarting-wildmanSupreme-CommanderKickstarterWildmanDungeon SiegeDemigodGas Powered Games

Gas Powered Games wants $1.1 million of your dollars. I also want $1.1 million of your dollars, but - instead of spending them on a mansion made of trampolines and a pony that's also a rocketship - the Dungeon Siege and Supreme Commander dev is hoping to bring an RTS-RPG called Wildman to life. It's about prehistoric evolution, but with an amusingly silly twist. "What if men, when they evolved into the homo sapiens form, what if other creatures also evolved, and other creatures had sentient minds? You could fight, say, a giant fly creature, or a lizard creature, or wild animals. What if there were thinking cats and things like that? Insects that are just creepy, that grew and were vying to take over the planet," explained Taylor in an interview with RPS. So it's part exploration-based hack 'n' slash, part troop-commanding RTS, and part fly monster. Got it. Video after the break.

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Planetary Annihilation: Total Annihilation With Planetshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/planetary-annihilation-total-annihilation-with-planetsNathan GraysonThu, 16 Aug 2012 14:00:28 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/planetary-annihilation-total-annihilation-with-planetsPlanetary AnnihilationSupreme-CommanderUber EntertainmentTotal AnnihilationSuper Monday Night Combat

That headline may seem obvious, but wow. So Total Annihilation (and, more recently, Supreme Commander) were big, but Planetary Annihilation is shooting for the stars. And potentially shooting at them, as well. It's all the absurdly large-scale mechanized warfare you've (probably) known and loved since the late '90s, but now you can zoom out into space, build a fort on an asteroid, and then crash it into an enemy planet. So basically, total insanity. After the break, you'll find a video from Super Monday Night Combat maestros Uber Entertainment explaining their ambitious RTS (ambitiouRTS, for short) and - yes - asking for money.

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Idle Musing: The Joy Of Unwinnable Skirmisheshttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/idle-musing-the-joy-of-unwinnable-skirmishesJim RossignolFri, 24 Feb 2012 15:14:07 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/idle-musing-the-joy-of-unwinnable-skirmishesSupreme-CommanderWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of WarIdle MusingFeature

Or at least against the odds skirmishes. This is an afternoon ode to that time when you set up a skirmish mode in an RTS and pitch yourself against extraordinary odds (perhaps with a chum to help you). It's one of those little pleasures that I think most RTS players understand, but is probably unknown by, well, the rest of humanity.

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Chris Taylor Interviewhttps://www.rockpapershotgun.com/chris-taylor-interviewKieron GillenWed, 12 Dec 2007 10:47:58 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/chris-taylor-interviewSupreme-CommanderGas Powered GamesChris-Taylor

Just before the release of Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance, I sat down and had a chat with the ever-effusive Chris Taylor. It was a fun interview - it started casual enough, but amped up and up and up until Chris was saying things like...

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Disc-go 2000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/disc-go-2000Kieron GillenMon, 17 Sep 2007 12:28:40 +0000https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/disc-go-2000Supreme-CommanderBioShockEnemy Territory: Quake WarsCommand & Conquer: Red Alert 3Relic Entertainment

Possibly of use to one in a hundred of our readers, but we're all about supporting persecuted minorities.

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