Strategy: Real-Time Strategy

Two of the best indie strategy games are now Steam Deck verified

Engrossing games to play this Christmas

The RPS Advent Calendar 2023, December 18th

Is a ghost ship a ship full of ghosts, or is the ship itself a ghost?

Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew gets surprise modding tool as a "very final parting gift"

Make your own stealth missions

Removed from sale: Peter Molyneux's Godus and Godus Wars, never finished

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Creative Assembly apologise for "mistakes" with Total Warhammer 3 and Pharaoh, offering part-refunds and free DLC

“We see the confusion, the frustration, and the distrust of us across the community"

King Legacy codes list [December 2023]

Codes you can redeem in King Legacy for free Beli, Gems, and more!

Ex-Blizzard devs' RTS Stormgate enters early access Summer 2024

Shang-Chi actor Simu Liu will also voice the Infernal Host faction leader

Shadow Gambit's pair of expansions are a fitting farewell for Mimimi's tactical masterpiece

Old friends and new faces join The Cursed Crew for a final curtain call

Stellaris Nexus - aka "Stellaris in an hour" - delays its early access release for a week-long open beta

Play for free for a week

Review: Against The Storm review: a roguelite citybuilder awash with great ideas

Let the weather get you down

Space strategy sequel Homeworld 3 sets release date for March 2024

Over 20 years after Homeworld 2

Total War devs Creative Assembly to refocus on “offline RTS games” after ditching online shooter Hyenas

“Although the game itself was good, we did not think it would reach a quality that would satisfy our users,” say Sega

Planet Coaster devs Frontier double down on management sims as Warhammer RTS Realms of Ruin suffers slow sales

Publishers also behind Elite Dangerous and F1 Manager admit that their efforts to move into other genres haven't been as successful as hoped

Review: Last Train Home review: freezing to death in the Russian Civil War shouldn't be this entertaining

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Mimimi say goodbye with two big Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew DLC expansions

Both out in December

17 years after release, Star Wars: Empire At War just got patched to support 64-bit

May the 64s be with you

Roguelite city-builder Against The Storm hits 1.0 and PC Game Pass this December

Alongside an endgame permadeath mode

34 years later, space sim Krellan Commander is back with a 2.0 release that's sort of FTL meets Dwarf Fortress

Original creator launches a new version of MS-DOS classic

A former EverQuest producer, WoW vets and Elden Ring devs are making an MMO filled with AI-generated NPCs

With a load of blockchain to boot

Review: Warhammer Age Of Sigmar: Realms Of Ruin review: a decent RTS heavy on micromanagement

But too fussy for a dummy like me

A fifteen year open source effort to remake Dungeon Keeper just hit 1.0

Modern controls, 4K and multiplayer included

Ubisoft are switching off online services for another batch of games

Pour one out for R.U.S.E.

Moonlighter devs’ next game has you build Lego-style fortresses and defend them against waves of horrors

Minecraft meets They Are Billions

Foxhole's massive Naval Warfare update is out now, adding gunboats and subs to its persistent battlefield

Teamwork and death at sea

Manor Lords is Total War, Crusader Kings and Age of Empires in a blender, and it's headed to Game Pass

An ambitious mix of city-building, historical simulation and real-time battles from a solo dev