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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.
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The closest matches for StarCraft are Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars and Supreme Commander. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes StarCraft special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
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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.
91 % free
Tactical depth
A classic real-time strategy game where GDI, Nod and the alien Scrin battle over Tiberium, featuring fast-paced base building and iconic live-action FMV cutscenes.
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91 % 9.99 €
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.
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90 % free
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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.
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90 % −80 %Sci-fi setting
A real-time strategy game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, where you lead Space Marines, Orks and Eldar in large battles over a devastating weapon on the planet Acheron. Powerful hero units and special abilities blend classic base-building strategy with MOBA-like elements.
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90 % −34 %Tactical depth
A punchy real-time strategy game in the grim Warhammer 40K universe that favors squad-based units, territory control and brutal melee sync-kills over heavy economy management. Space Marines, Orks, Eldar and Chaos each play distinctly, especially in multiplayer.
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90 %
Dark, serious atmosphere
A tactical real-time strategy game set in the 25th century with no base building: you command a limited squad dropped into 3D battles where terrain, cover and elevation decide the outcome.
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89 % 63.50 €
Tactical depth
Stormgate is a free-to-play real-time strategy game from veterans of Warcraft III and StarCraft II, where you command mechs or alien factions. It offers a campaign, co-op missions and competitive 1v1 matches.
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89 % 4.99 €
Challenging difficulty
A tactical real-time strategy game with no base building: you command a limited army across battlefields and call in reinforcements using acquisition points. Terrain use and smart positioning decide each fight.
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89 % free
Challenging difficulty
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.
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