2D · RTS games to play together

59 2D · RTS games your group can play together online, including OpenFront, FrontWars, and SkyInFlames.

All games: 24

OpenFront

A massively multiplayer real-time strategy game pitting hundreds of players against one another. Over one million nuke each other every month.

86% positive of 1,173 reviewsPlaying now: 638$6.99

FrontWars

FrontWars is a free-to-play multiplayer strategy game where hundreds of players battle for global domination! Build alliances, command armies, grow your economy, and unleash nuclear strikes to wipe your rivals off the map. No pay-to-win: only the strongest will rule the world.

76% positive of 138 reviewsPlaying now: 176Free

SkyInFlames

Command drones, deploy mobile air defense systems and conduct tactical aerial operations. Choose your side - Ukrainian or Russian forces - and protect critical infrastructure in a realistic military simulation on a detailed map.

90% positive of 324 reviewsPlaying now: 89$6.99

Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition

Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.

92% positive of 10,877 reviewsPlaying now: 2,558$19.99

War of Dots

Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.

80% positive of 7,682 reviewsPlaying now: 94Free

Buggos 2

You are the Buggo Hivemind. In this low-micro swarm RTS you place spawners, set attack pins and send up to 5,000 bugs into the dirty Humans' walls and turrets. Evolve your swarm across a 45-mission campaign, then take it into Survival, Workshop maps or 4-player online battles.

83% positive of 712 reviewsPlaying now: 57$19.99

Sanguo's Ambition 4 :Three Kingdoms

A real-time strategy+team competition game, in 189, the Han Dynasty launched a mutual attack and expansion of territories, operating their own forces, and seizing generals and resources until the world was unified.

66% positive of 103 reviewsPlaying now: 4$9.99

Relentless Expanse

Capture and upgrade planets, outsmart your enemies, and conquer the galaxy! Simple yet addicting, you can play alone or outsmart your friends in this 2D top-down space RTS. Completely free, no monetization, just fun!

91% positive of 113 reviewsPlaying now: 1Free

TFC: The Fertile Crescent

Gather resources, build your base, and lead your people to victory in this captivating reimagining of classic RTS, set in the Bronze Age. Secure fertile land, fend off raids, and stockpile food to generate knowledge and unlock powerful village advancements.

88% positive of 375 reviewsPlaying now: 5$10.99

Stronghold: Definitive Edition

Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

86% positive of 9,859 reviewsPlaying now: 125$14.99

Cavalry Girls

In this refreshing and exciting shooting game, lead the brave and fearless girl soldiers to fight with the enemy. Refit different types of machine armour, reasonably deploy machine soldiers with different skills, repel all kinds of enemies, and protect the Empire behind you in the gunfire.

86% positive of 1,927 reviewsPlaying now: 22$15.99

Kingdom Under Fire: A War of Heroes (GOLD Edition)

World first to achieve a successful serverless online gaming feature by utilizing Locus Chain Blockchain technology - RPG game mode with multi-play capability - Unique RTS/RPG Hybrid

84% positive of 292 reviewsPlaying now: 4Free

Iron Order 1919

An unique long-term strategy game with week-long matches with up to 101 players, set in the alternate reality of 1919.

67% positive of 459 reviewsPlaying now: 14Free

Imperivm RTC - HD Edition "Great Battles of Rome"

Lead the battles that forged the greatest Empire of all time. Seven civilizations fighting for glory or freedom: Rome, Aegyptus, Britannia, Germania, Gallia, Hispania, and Carthago. Enjoy the fast-paced RTC “Real-Time Conquest” gameplay, an Old School RTS oriented to military conquest.

71% positive of 838 reviewsPlaying now: 113$9.99

Airline Manager

Create and manage your own airline. Create both passenger and cargo routes all over the world while you upgrade and expand your fleet of airplanes and airports. Airline Manager is among the most realistic of its genre - so prove yourself and beat your friends and other real life managers.

69% positive of 3,376 reviewsPlaying now: 204Free

Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition

42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.

94% positive of 160,134 reviewsPlaying now: 17,913

Mindustry

An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

94% positive of 25,013 reviewsPlaying now: 878$9.99

Battlecruisers

A visually stunning RTS where players battle to build the ultimate automated floating Ultraweapon. Outsmart players or AIs by building a strategically superior Battlecruiser. Step aboard for unique, hand-drawn misadventure on Flooded Earth, explosive gameplay, and an addictive soundtrack. And nukes.

83% positive of 389 reviewsPlaying now: 1$19.99

Close Combat: Cross of Iron

In Close Combat: Cross of Iron you start off as a junior officer leading your men into battle in real-time, focusing on the Eastern Front of World War II. Earn promotions as you deal with an unforgiving enemy. Fight and survive through the frozen winter, hot dusty summer and muddy autumn.

80% positive of 166 reviewsPlaying now: 7$39.99

Airships: Conquer the Skies

Construct mighty steampunk airships and fly them into battle, waging war and conquering the skies!

95% positive of 6,221 reviewsPlaying now: 71$24.99

Hades' Star

A unique space strategy game where thousands of players participate in one shared galaxy.

72% positive of 2,696 reviewsPlaying now: 134Free

Worbital

With the shifting gravity on your side, aim your cannons, blast your enemies and enjoy the fireworks. Worbital is a real-time strategic artillery game in space, peppered with a heavy dose of cosmic chaos. The goal: be the last civilization standing!

87% positive of 419 reviewsPlaying now: 5$12.99

Mashinky

Mashinky is a transport strategy game about trains. The goal is to create your own transport empire on a procedurally generated map. It’s a unique blend of realistic graphics combined with an isometric construction mode and board game-like rules.

82% positive of 2,467 reviewsPlaying now: 35$24.99

RIOT: Civil Unrest

As civil crisis deepens and inequality tears the very fabric of society the discontentment of the masses manifests itself in violent public disturbances and civil disorder. Play as the police or the angry horde as RIOT – Civil Unrest places you in some of the world’s most fractious disputes.

69% positive of 1,650 reviewsPlaying now: 18$16.99