Free/F2P Single-player RTS Games for Windows

List of free-to-play or free single-player RTS (real-time strategy) games for PC (Windows) including online / offline, browser or desktop Windows single-player RTS games, ordered by (full) release date. This list may also include multiplayer games which have a major single player PVE component (a single-player campaign or a substantial single-player mode).

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State of Survival is a free-to-play* zombie-themed steampunk survival RTS (real-time strategy) game for PC (Windows client, or BlueStacks for Windows and Mac enhancements**) and Mobile (Android/iOS). The game has both a single-player campaign and PVP / PVE multiplayer game modes […]

WindowsMacIphone & IpadAndroid
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War Selection is a free-to-play (and win), pseudo-historical strategy game that focuses on base, economic and military development culminating in huge military clashes. Players can build their empire from the Stone Age to Modernity in a War RTS game that reimagines […]

Windows
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Rise of Legions is a free-to-play castle siege RTS set in a rich fantasy world based on the Warcraft 3 mod “Castlefight” and features tug-of-war battles and deckbuilding, with intense matches that take only 10 minutes to play. Collect dozens of […]

Windows
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Unknown Horizons is a free, open source 2D real-time strategy (RTS) game or city/colony building simulation for PC (Windows & Linux). Expand your small settlement to a strong and wealthy colony, collect taxes and supply your inhabitants with valuable goods. Increase […]

WindowsLinux
85

Empires Apart is a free-to-play Real Time Strategy game set in medieval times, featuring uniquely designed factions, customization options, singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay. If you are a fan of RTS games, you will relive memories of classic games of the past […]

Windows
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Minion Masters is a free-to-play 1 vs 1 and 2 vs 2 multiplayer online Minion Battler by Beta Dwarf, mixing gameplay elements drawn from MOBA, RTS and Card games. Collect an army of Mighty Minions & Sparkling Spells, then go head […]

Windows
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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the sequel to the original StarCraft, Blizzard Entertainment’s critically acclaimed sci-fi real-time strategy game. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is both a challenging single-player game and a fast-paced, eSports multiplayer game, and it also taps […]

WindowsMac
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Tiny Toyfare is a free-to-play Tower Defense/FPS hybrid with a focus on strategic calm followed by twitch action. Construct powerful towers, recruit adorable squads and fight off the Dino invasion. In the comfort of their home, two young siblings challenge each […]

Windows
78

Guns Up! is a free-to-play multiplayer side-scrolling RTS & Tower Defense game for PC, PS4 and Mobile devices that pits players against each other in a battle to destroy enemy bases to increase their own army’s strength. Guns Up! lets you […]

WindowsIphone & IpadAndroidPlaystation4
80

Mini Guns is a free-to-play real-time multiplayer strategy game featuring the Minis, toy soldiers that come to life on the battlefield. Collect and upgrade over 100 figurines from the rifleman and infantry units to the heavy tank and bomber. Each unit […]

WindowsIphone & IpadAndroidFacebook
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Bang! Howdy is an online free-to-play real-time and turn-based hybrid strategy game. The setting mixes elements from a variety of related genres, such as steampunk or Native American myth. Several of the players’ available units are entirely mechanical, including artillery and […]

WindowsLinux
80

Bombinator was a free-to-play Bomberman-inspired multiplayer strategy & action game where your objective is to kill opponents (up to 4 players). The game is based on dynamic model where a single game should take around 3 to 10 minutes. Bombinator is […]

WindowsMac
50

Fallout Shelter is a free-to-play single-player survival strategy game for PC, Mobile (iOS & Android) and Console (PS4, Xbox One & Switch) based on the poplar Fallout franchise Bethesda. Fallout Shelter puts you in control of a state-of-the-art underground Vault from […]

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BOID is a Class Based RTS about a Bio Organic Infestation Drone which crashlands on a planet, enabling its primitive life forms to mutate and develop special abilities. These life forms now have to fight for dominance. It’s a game about […]

Windows
80

Age of Cavemen is a free-to-play multiplayer strategy game where the main goal of the player is to face the dangers of wild, prehistoric world as a village chief. Your village needs you! Your people are looking for leaders, who will […]

WindowsIphone & IpadAndroidFacebook
51

Istrolid is a free-to-play multiplayer and singleplayer RTS game set in space. In Istrolid you design your own unique spaceships from a large number of parts to fit your strategy and play style. With no set units or factions you are […]

WindowsMacLinux
84

Ghoul Kid is a free casual strategy single player game. A mysterious old house lies at the end of the lane. No one knows when or why it was abandoned, only that it’s been there since before the suburban housing development […]

Windows
64

War of Beach is a free-to-play strategy game in which you are to rule your own Island-State. As the ruler of your island, you are to plan your economy and optimize the layout of your island. Be careful though, some people […]

WindowsMacIphone & Ipad
61

Shadow of Kingdoms is a free-to-play strategy RPG game with both turn-based and real-time gameplay elements. It contains real time dungeon exploration and turn based encounter battle. Play as the heir of a long lost kingdom, you will discover the secret […]

Windows
27

Total War Battles: Kingdom is a free-to-play multi and single player real-time strategy game, the follow-up to the award-winning Total War Battles: SHOGUN, and is different to traditional Total War games. Enjoy easy to pick-up, quick gaming sessions as you build […]

Windows
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CaesarIA is a remake of an old-school economic strategy game, Caesar III which is a masterpiece among the games of this genre, to many fans. There are different economic strategy games and they can be broken down to subtypes but from […]

WindowsMacLinuxAndroid
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