Acclaimed Video Games
The top 1,000 most recommended games across 827 critic lists from 134 publications.
Updated: October 26, 2025
Most Acclaimed Real-Time Strategy Games of All Time
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#1 StarCraft (1998) (#43)
Blizzard Entertainment | MAC, WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~25h | 52 lists
#2 Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings (1999) (#112)
Ensemble Studios | WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~41h | 30 lists
#3 Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos (2002) (#116)
Blizzard Entertainment | MAC, WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~22h | 26 lists
#4 Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness (1995) (#160)
Blizzard Entertainment | DOS, MAC | Real-Time Strategy | ~21h | 26 lists
#5 Command & Conquer: Red Alert (1996) (#164)
Westwood Studios | WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~28h | 23 lists
#6 Command & Conquer (1995) (#193)
Westwood Studios | 3 | Real-Time Strategy | ~17h | 23 lists
#7 StarCraft II (2010) (#218)
Blizzard Entertainment | MAC, WIN | Real-Time Strategy | 29 lists
#8 Company of Heroes (2006) (#238)
Relic Entertainment | WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~19h | 18 lists
#9 Homeworld (1999) (#279)
Relic Entertainment | WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~16h | 15 lists
#10 Age of Empires (1997) (#302)
Ensemble Studios | WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~21h | 14 lists
#11 Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty / Dune II: Battle for Arrakis (1992) (#339)
Westwood Studios | DOS, AMI, GEN | Real-Time Strategy | ~14h | 12 lists
#12 Total Annihilation (1997) (#345)
Cavedog Entertainment | MAC, WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~22h | 10 lists
#13 Herzog Zwei (1989) (#420)
Technosoft | GEN | Real-Time Strategy | ~6h | 9 lists
#14 Dungeon Keeper (1997) (#512)
Bullfrog Productions | DOS, WIN | Role-Playing / Real-Time Strategy / God Game | ~17h | 8 lists
#15 Pikmin 2 (2004) (#560)
Nintendo EAD | GC | Real-Time Strategy | ~11h | 8 lists
#16 Warcraft: Orcs & Humans (1994) (#565)
Blizzard Entertainment | DOS, MAC | Real-Time Strategy | ~14h | 8 lists
#17 DEFCON (2006) (#649)
Introversion Software | MAC, WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~1h | 4 lists
#18 Battlezone (1980) (#652)
Atari | ARC, A26, VC20, C64 | Real-Time Strategy / First-Person Shooter | ~13h | 6 lists
#19 Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (2000) (#694)
Westwood Pacific | WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~15h | 7 lists
#20 Factorio (2020) (#705)
Wube Software | 3, SW | Real-Time Strategy / Construction & Management | ~50h | 1 lists
#21 Battlezone (1998) (#741)
Activision | WIN | Real-Time Strategy / First-Person Shooter | ~13h | 4 lists
#22 Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War (2004) (#764)
Relic Entertainment | WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~12h | 5 lists
#23 Sins of a Solar Empire (2008) (#766)
Ironclad Games | WIN | Real-Time Strategy | ~8h | 4 lists
#24 Dragon Force (1996) (#782)
Sega CS1 | SAT | Role-Playing / Real-Time Strategy | ~30h | 4 lists
#25 World in Conflict (2007) (#897)
Massive Entertainment | WIN | Real-Time Strategy / Real-Time Tactics | ~12h | 5 lists
#26 X-COM: Terror from the Deep (1995) (#902)
MicroProse Software, Inc. | DOS, WIN, PS | Real-Time Strategy / Turn-Based Tactics | ~34h | 4 lists
#27 Anno 1602: Creation of a New World / 1602 A.D. (1998) (#934)
Max Design | WIN | Real-Time Strategy / City Building | ~24h | 4 lists
#28 Anno 1800 (2019) (#964)
Ubisoft Blue Byte | WIN | Real-Time Strategy / City Building | ~15h | 1 lists
#1
#43
StarCraft
1998
#2
#112
#3
#116
#4
#160
#5
#164
#6
#193
Command & Conquer
1995
#7
#218
StarCraft II
2010
#8
#238
Company of Heroes
2006
#9
#279
Homeworld
1999
#10
#302
Age of Empires
1997
#12
#345
Total Annihilation
1997
#13
#420
Herzog Zwei
1989
#14
#512
Dungeon Keeper
1997
#15
#560
Pikmin 2
2004
#16
#565
#17
#649
DEFCON
2006
#18
#652
Battlezone
1980
#19
#694
#20
#705
Factorio
2020
#21
#741
Battlezone
1998
#22
#764
#23
#766
#24
#782
Dragon Force
1996
#25
#897
World in Conflict
2007
#26
#902
#27
#934
#28
#964
Anno 1800
2019
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