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1996 PCPlayStation free

A landmark real-time strategy game set in an alternate history where Allies and Soviets battle over Europe with tanks, spies and Tesla coils, framed by gloriously campy live-action cutscenes and Frank Klepacke's iconic soundtrack.

What defines Command & Conquer: Red Alert:

  • Tactical depth
  • Co-op or multiplayer
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Strong, story-driven narrative

The closest matches for Command & Conquer: Red Alert are Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and Supreme Commander. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Command & Conquer: Red Alert special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

Tactical depth

A classic real-time strategy game where GDI and the Brotherhood of Nod fight over a world ravaged by Tiberium. Base building, resource harvesting and live-action cutscenes define its bleak campaign.

Supreme Commander

Tactical depth

A colossal real-time strategy game with huge maps, seamless strategic zoom, and hundreds of land, sea and air units, capped by game-changing experimental superweapons. Three warring human factions battle for the galaxy in the Infinite War.

Command & Conquer

Tactical depth

The landmark RTS that defined the genre: harvest Tiberium, build bases and wage tank battles as GDI or Nod, tied together by campy full-motion video cutscenes starring the iconic Kane. Frank Klepacki's driving soundtrack completes the package.

StarCraft

Tactical depth

The landmark real-time strategy classic with three wildly different yet finely balanced factions and a gripping sci-fi campaign full of betrayal and intrigue. Its multiplayer shaped competitive esports like few games ever have.

Tempest Rising

Tactical depth

A classic-style real-time strategy game built around base building and army command. It is set in an alternate 1997 where the Cuban Missile Crisis went nuclear and a red energy vine called Tempest reshaped the world.

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Tactical depth

Blizzard's landmark RTS pairs a varied Terran campaign following Jim Raynor, where nearly every mission introduces a fresh twist, with a razor-sharp competitive multiplayer that defined esports for a decade.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

Tactical depth

A classic real-time strategy game set in a gloriously over-the-top alternate Cold War, pitting Soviets against Allies with Tesla troopers, prism tanks and mind control. Its campy live-action cutscenes and pounding soundtrack are as memorable as its fast-paced skirmishes.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

Linear, curated structure

A colorful, over-the-top real-time strategy classic where the Allies, Soviets and the Empire of the Rising Sun clash with absurd superweapons in an alternate history. Its co-op campaign and gloriously campy live-action cutscenes set it apart.

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