Recommendations
20 games like Halo Wars
Games that share Halo Wars's genres, themes and feel — upcoming and already out.
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Halo: Spartan Assault
A top-down twin-stick shooter set in the Halo universe. Players control Spartan supersoldiers and battle a splinter faction of the alien Covenant across a campaign of missions, using series weapons and vehicles…
Science fictionWarfare- PC
- XB1
- iOS
- +1
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Halo: Reach
Halo: Reach is a first-person shooter set in 2552, serving as a prequel to Halo: Combat Evolved. Players control Noble Six, a member of Noble Team, an elite squad of Spartan supersoldiers defending the human colony…
Science fictionWarfare- PC
- XB1
- X360
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Halo 4
Halo 4 marks the start of an epic new saga within the award-winning Halo universe. The Master Chief returns in this award-winning first-person shooter developed by 343 Industries. Shipwrecked on a mysterious world…
Science fictionWarfare- PC
- XB1
- X360
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X-COM: Apocalypse
Your mission, as X-COM Commander, is to combat alien aggression and uncover their deadly intentions. But Beware! Alien infiltration into the city and its politics could see you under fire from criminal gangs, religious…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyScience fiction- PC
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Halo Infinite
Halo Infinite is a first-person shooter and the sixth mainline entry in the Halo series. The game features a semi-open world campaign set on the Forerunner ringworld Zeta Halo, where players control the supersoldier…
Science fictionWarfare- PC
- Xbox
- XB1
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Halo 3
Halo 3 is a shooter game where players primarily experience gameplay from a first-person perspective. Much of the gameplay takes place on foot, but also includes segments focused on vehicular combat. The balance of…
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- XB1
- X360
- 7
Tempest Rising
Tempest Rising seamlessly merges the classic action of real-time strategy (RTS) games from the ‘90s and 2000s with modern production and performance standards. Encounter a battle-scarred 1997 in an alternate timeline…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyScience fiction- PC
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Beyond All Reason
Beyond All Reason is an open-source, community-driven real-time strategy game built for epic-scale warfare. Featuring a flow economy, fully simulated projectile physics, and massive battles with thousands of units on…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyScience fiction- PC
- Linux
- 9
StarCraft
StarCraft is a real-time strategy game set in a distant sector of the Milky Way galaxy in the 26th century. Players command one of three species across separate campaigns: the Terrans, resourceful human colonists cut…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyScience fiction- PC
- Mac
- 10
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is a science fiction real-time strategy game and the sequel to the original StarCraft. Set four years after the events of Brood War, the game revolves around three species: the Terrans…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyScience fiction- PC
- Mac
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Age of Empires IV
One of the most beloved real-time strategy games returns to glory with Age of Empires IV, putting you at the center of epic historical battles that shaped the world. Featuring both familiar and innovative new ways to…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyWarfare- PC
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RimWorld
A sci-fi colony sim driven by an intelligent AI storyteller. Generates stories by simulating psychology, ecology, gunplay, melee combat, climate, biomes, diplomacy, interpersonal relationships, art, medicine, trade…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyScience fiction- PC
- Mac
- Linux
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Stellaris
Stellaris is a real-time 4X grand strategy game set in a procedurally generated galaxy. Players control an interstellar civilization, exploring star systems connected by hyperlane networks, colonizing habitable worlds…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyScience fiction- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +4
- 14
Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings
Take control of a powerful civilization. Lead them through 1000 years of the Middle Ages to riches and greatness. Will you Intimidate the world into following you by using military force? Rule the world with honor and…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyWarfare- PC
- Mac
- PS2
- +1
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Kenshi
A free-roaming squad based RPG. Focusing on open-ended sandbox gameplay features rather than a linear story. Be a trader, a thief, a rebel, a warlord, an adventurer, a farmer, a slave, or just food for the cannibals…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyScience fiction- PC
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Hearts of Iron IV
Victory is at your fingertips! Your ability to lead your nation is your supreme weapon, the strategy game Hearts of Iron IV lets you take command of any nation in World War II; the most engaging conflict in world…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyWarfare- PC
- Mac
- Linux
- 17
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos
Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos is a real-time strategy game set in the high fantasy world of Azeroth. Players control one of four factions, the Human Alliance, Orcish Horde, Night Elves, or Undead Scourge, each with…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyWarfare- PC
- Mac
- 18
Total War: Shogun 2
In Total War: Shogun 2 you choose from one of 9 (10 with Ikko-Ikki dlc) clans, each with their own unique traits and skills and each with their own RPG-style warlord to lead them. Use a mixture of diplomacy, political…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyWarfare- PC
- Mac
- Linux
- 19
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition celebrates the 20th anniversary of one of the most popular strategy games ever with stunning 4K Ultra HD graphics, a new and fully remastered soundtrack, and brand-new content…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyWarfare- PC
- PS5
- Xbox
- +2
- 20
Total War: Warhammer III
The cataclysmic conclusion to the Total War: Warhammer trilogy is coming. Rally your forces and step into the Realm of Chaos, a dimension of mind-bending horror where the very fate of the world will be decided. Will…
Real Time Strategy (RTS)StrategyWarfare- PC
- Mac
- Linux