Best Rated RTS Games Free

The best rated RTS games on Steam that are free to play. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.

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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
  1. 1Crusader Kings II89.93%
  2. 2Minion Masters88.87%
  3. 3Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition85.52%
  4. 4War Selection85.34%
  5. 5Galcon 2: Galactic Conquest85.21%
  6. 6Zombie Defense85.15%
  7. 7Rise of Legions84.93%
  8. 8AirMech Strike84.72%
  9. 9Age of Conquest IV84.59%
  10. 10Gods and Idols84.25%
  11. 11Prime World: Defenders 284.25%
  12. 12Touhou Big Big Battle83.97%
  13. 13War Planet Online: Global Conquest83.39%
  14. 14Mitos.is: The Game83.00%
  15. 15Art of War: Red Tides82.78%
  16. 16Hades' Star82.76%
  17. 17Strife82.48%
  18. 18Supremacy 1914: World War 181.88%
  19. 19March of Empires81.87%
  20. 20Builders of Egypt: Prologue81.79%
  21. 21CONFLICT OF NATIONS: WORLD WAR 381.44%
  22. 22Blood of Steel81.38%
  23. 23Dota 280.78%
  24. 24Game of Thrones Winter is Coming80.18%
  25. 25Call of War: World War 279.99%
  26. 26Lords Mobile78.53%
  27. 27Stronghold Kingdoms74.82%
  28. 28Stormgate67.28%