Top 17 RTS with Base Building Games of All Time That You Should Play 2024 | Real Time Strategy

[@roobini_gamer]

Correct Timestamps 00:18 - cossacks 3 01:00 - they are billions 01:44 - planetary annihilation 02:26 - supreme commander forged alliance 03:17 - warhammer 40k dawn of war 04:05 - the lord of the rings battle for middle earth 2 04:50 - rise of nations extended edition 05:30 - halo wars 2 06:16 - starcraft 2 06:48 - 0 A.D 07:36 - age of mythology extended edition 08:23 - command and conquer remastered collection 08:58 - northgard 09:43 - last train home 10:21 - stronghold crusader 11:01 - age of empires 2 definitive edition 11:50 - company of heroes 2

[@alexkid1]

The fact we have to go 10+ years back in time to find decent RTS games...

[@geraldezeafulukwe3652]

I totally agree. Stronghold 1 and Crusader are classics that I still enjoy. However, I recently had the chance to beta test Immortal Gates of Pyre, and it looks promising.

[@T2THEKING]

Agree

[@GEE_BLACCK]

Gates of Pyre is new and its a good game. I played the playtest.

[@zeeshanshaikh9082]

@@geraldezeafulukwe3652 if you are a real RTS lover you cannot miss the C&C generals zero hour . For me theat is the best RTS game ever

[@zeeshanshaikh9082]

@@geraldezeafulukwe3652 you can also add C&C generals in that category

[@ObiKKa]

No Warcraft III or Empire Earth? Come on.

[@lasvista2tech]

No only timeless great games here, warcraft 3 is not fun in 2024

[@DinViesel-fd6cd]

@@lasvista2techhow old are you. I play wc 3 once a year. Maybe best rts ever

[@glens1800]

Empire earth 🌎 was awesome 👏

[@absolutelyfookinnobody2843]

Empire earth sucks

[@absolutelyfookinnobody2843]

​@@glens1800 no, only because the units were weird. But rise of nations was extremely similar but better

[@saviorself1164]

I'm glad you did this. To me, RTS has ALWAYS meant base building. I come from the Dune, Warcraft, Command & Conquer days, so an RTS that doesn't involve base building isn't something that I consider RTS, even though they are RTS by definition. I just don't have any interest in them, and they always get lumped in with games that I would love to play

[@RazorX0517]

Yeah, this is what made me love this genre! Well, that, and then steamrolling the AI with a huuuge army. One of the most satisfying experiences in gaming, that's for sure.

[@saviorself1164]

@@RazorX0517 Oh yeah, dude! If I wanted to just relax, I would set up a game with me and 3 AI. First, I would just set up impenetrable base defenses and then just start building up a huge army. Once I got it all set up, I would damn near freeze my PC by moving all of that shit at once

[@jonnyf3150]

To be more precise, RTS without base building are called RTT, real time tactic games. Unfortunately, almost anybody use that term, so now you have RTS used for games which have nothing in common with the classics.

[@99westi]

you forgot empire earth 1 ?

[@Magnus_2727]

Also there is a hidden gem called Tzar: The Burden of the crown. Not many remember this great title.

[@thecoolzone7108]

Thanks for the mention, I'm going to buy it.

[@Swaggaccino]

This is a really great list bro. You got all the major gems like Starcraft 2 and SupCom and those hidden wonders like TAB and Last Train Home. It's a shame the industry is moving away from base building RTS. There are some nice games coming out soon but not as frequent as we use to have.

[@R4ZORLIGHT]

I wish Chris Taylor would make a proper Supreme Commander successor or even just a Sup Com FA remaster with 64bit engine

[@TheErrand86]

I loved Supreme Commander! I enjoyed how you could zoom way out and see just boxes on a map screen. It really makes you feel like you have command on a large map.

[@xDanilor]

you might wanna check out Sanctuary: Shattered Sun then!

[@R4ZORLIGHT]

@@xDanilor Already on my radar, but sadly it is far away from beeing polished enough or from release.

[@xDanilor]

@@R4ZORLIGHT true that. I can't wait though, it looks so good

[@R4ZORLIGHT]

@@xDanilor There is no other choice than waiting and hoping it will be just as good as Forged Alliance :D

[@geneanthony3421]

They are Billions is good, but it drove me how nuts how 1 zombie can reak such havoc.

[@stardust1007]

Infection Free Zone from small indie studio, looks very promising for 2024

[@andrewmendoza7707]

Really wish Battle for Middle Earth to was still available in 2024 😢

[@gwoody4003]

Company of Heroes 2 is my favorite RTS game all time. The AI is pretty decent, playing skirmishes against the computer is actually a good time. There a tons of downloadable maps, unit skins and mods/tuning packs too. Its better than COH3, 3 was like a dumbed down version. Its like they conflated "quality of life improvements" with "simplified mechanics". And COH2 has more going on visually.

[@4opesharing]

anno 1800 one of the best building game ever

[@missinglink10001]

I played Earth 2150: The Moon Project back in the day, pretty in depth base building et al.

[@DarkLorde]

Every now and then I reinstall SupCom and Forged Alliance and give them another play through. It's by far my favorite RTS ever!

[@Zael06]

I'm surprised to not see warcraft 3 on here! Otherwise great list!

[@francis9523]

I'm made to believe that you didn't know about Gates of Pyre before making this content because it qualifies to be on this list

[@teemo43]

bow down to the king! I was in 3rd place in Battle for Middle Earth :D Great game

[@farshid8829]

How could anno not be on the list??!!

[@sirknightgaming2257]

Why does the script sounded like it was written by Chatgpt?

[@zeeshanshaikh9082]

may be you can also add Command and conquer series and The settlers in this list

[@LukeHunter-m8v]

It's funny that even after so many years SC2 is still one of the best RTS games. I gave a shoot to some new RTS games and with most of them I was disappointed. SG was a joke. I said to myself I will give a shoot to IGP and if that doesn't go well I will stick only to SC2.

[@The_Panda99]

Have you ever played The Entente Gold?

[@Tanvir1337]

command and conquer and age of empires are ❤

[@mikecasey6612]

My list would be very similar!

[@techsupportgamingwithjawad5671]

Where is Red Alert 2?

[@jackmangles8594]

Rise of nations is goated imo

[@nelsonmiranda9982]

Weird that the title says base building RTS, and a bunch of them, including nr.1 are not base building RTS 🤦

[@somaalzoy5003]

Number one frostpunk ❤❤❤❤❤🇱🇾

[@nagyandras8857]

wh40k:dw resources are not infinate. they produce less over time. they depleat at a constant rate.

[@soulblade9021]

which game is offline ?

[@punypunny]

Why include #13 Dawn of War and #1 Company of Heroes when they're not about base building? This is just any other RTS list.

[@ReAlPower7777]

Thanks man 🤩 ,I like this kind of Games . like dawn of war,Age of Mythology and Dark Crusade. I don't like Clash of Clans, like mind suffering games, coc devs only plan to make us gaming slaves, Who wants to be like that? it's total bullshit

[@ManOfSmoke]

Base building, and then he choose coh as number 1... And no warcraft? He dosent know the rts scene...

[@luder82si]

populous the beginning is still my favourite

[@Soneredmy]

Can these games run on rog ally and legion go?

[@AhmedOsama-oc7bt]

Rome total war Age of empires 3 Empire earth 1 and 2 You really have no good taste of awesome strategy games

[@nameisbad]

don't get cossacks if you got an amd gpu, they didn't bother to make it work with amd...

[@risiek7863]

where is war selection?

[@fethullahspolyglotdaily3999]

Empire Earth in 2001 :)

[@BoottheHost]

Age of Empires 4??! How did you miss this

[@Tillo_KHAN]

Red Alert 4 is No 1 in the world

[@User_92020]

Starcraft 2 is not on steam :(

[@SquidMax-ym6gv]

Sudden Strike and Empire Earth blow most of those away.

[@AaronBrown-po1rf]

R these pc games we need these games on Xbox for game pass

[@BradBolek-i2s]

Stronghold 2 is FAR better than stronghold crusades.. soo anyone looking at this today. Go for stronghold 2.. it doesnt feel as dated and the kingmaker mode is one of the best replayable vs ai modes in any rts

[@lonestar3235]

Best Base Building RTS games list .......1. Company of heroes 2. Bruh😂

[@ostpower1974]

Men of War???😏

[@cryptoigamingisport3214]

STR 9 ? XD

[@spidey4085]

❤

[@robertmoar8588]

I can't go back to these. I need real weapon ranges. Tank battles meters apart, no. Unlimited zoom, yes. Massive maps. Steel Division 2 mixed with base building, even more realistic weapon ranges. And definitely 4x expansion on the very large map sizes. With that map being listed as small. Tired of the tactical games like SD2, Wargame and the up coming Broken Arrow. Give me that with base building.

[@janissprincis9363]

Bullshit Nr.1 is Heroes Might of Magic

[@dubstepftw2392]

paid place 1 xd

[@adviththegreat5610]

I company of heroes 2 is great, but why put it in this list, and in 1st position. That just seems quite biased instead of factual approach to ranking considering the title of this video and also the fact that Age of Empires was put in second. I am not saying the list as a whole is bad, it is great, but I think if you wanted to add company of heroes then the title should have been different or at least it shouldn't have been at the top.

[@black_cappi_2479]

nice games but sadly most of them look like clay ........when will we see a polished good looking RTS game something that has RTX support aswel

[@mohaglade4892]

It is about graphics but not all about graphics , spellforce 3 has stunning graphics if you want that

[@TheErrand86]

Games with good graphics can have gameplay like crud too.

[@SATURNOBR007]

NO WARCRAFT NO LIKE YOU KNOW NOTHING

[@Leon.Ashford]

warcraft sucks, company of heroes is the best rts just accept this mate

[@azharuddinquazi389]

Where is Total war? 👎