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2011PCSteam Deck playable96 % positive4.99 €

A 2D real-time strategy game with a pixel art look, recalling Total Annihilation with huge armies of tanks, ships and aircraft. It focuses on base building, resource management and cooperative or competitive skirmishes.

  • Building and crafting
  • Economy and management
  • Competing against other players
  • Tactical depth

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In short: Games like Rusted Warfare

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Rusted Warfare special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Mindustry

94 %Match

2017PCSteam Deck playable95 % positive9.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Rusted Warfare: building and crafting, economy and management as well as tactical depth.

Mindustry blends tower defense with factory building: you design conveyor networks and production chains to supply resources and ammo for defenses against enemy waves. It also offers a map editor, co-op and PvP.

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Total Annihilation

Building and crafting

A landmark real-time strategy game where the Arm and Core factions clash in massive robot wars. Flowing resource management and true 3D units and terrain set a high bar for the genre.

Nightside

Building and crafting

Nightside is a sci-fi real-time strategy game with base building on the dark side of an alien planet. You follow Adam through a story campaign uncovering the world's secrets and fight over valuable green ice, solo, co-op against AI, or online against other players.

Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds

Competing against other players

A classic real-time strategy game built on the Age of Empires formula, bringing base building and army command to the Star Wars universe. You lead factions like the Empire, Rebels, Gungans or Trade Federation through campaigns and skirmishes.

StarCraft: Remastered

Competing against other players

You get the sci-fi real-time strategy classic in a fresh coat of paint, with up to 4K support and all campaigns of StarCraft and Brood War plus new comic-style storytelling. Its fast, demanding multiplayer battles remain a benchmark for the genre.

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3

Competing against other players

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.

Command & Conquer

Building and crafting

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.

Metal Fatigue

Competing against other players

In this real-time strategy game you guide one of three warring factions toward victory and shape the outcome of a sci-fi conflict. Hedoth technology ultimately decides which side stands above the rest.

Command & Conquer: Generals

Competing against other players

A classic near-future real-time strategy game pitting the USA, China and the GLA against each other with sharply asymmetric playstyles. General powers, destructible environments and a lasting multiplayer scene keep it a fan favorite.

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