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1998PC

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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  • Deep systems to master
  • Tactical depth
  • Competing against other players
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The closest matches for StarCraft are StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes StarCraft special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

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2010PC

  • Economy and management
  • Deep systems to master
  • 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.

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Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun

Sci-fi setting

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.

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War

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.

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

Economy and management

A landmark real-time strategy game that blends base building with powerful hero units that level up in battle. Its gripping campaign, including Arthas' fall, defined Warcraft lore, while its multiplayer and map editor became legendary.

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: Red Alert

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.

Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings

Economy and management

The timeless real-time strategy classic: build a medieval civilization, gather resources, advance through the ages and lead armies in historical campaigns or intense multiplayer matches.

Ground Control

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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